The hopes of humanity and of each individual can manifest in at least two ways: actively and aggressively, or passively and calmly, or some combination thereof. In the case of Luis Fernando, also known as ^L_, one of our favorite producers, it is always a combination of both. Xanax Manifesto is the track that opens NO_HOPE.TOR, his release on Insane Industry Recordings.
A brutal sonic weapon that begins hesitantly, but quickly builds into a rhythmic hammer that pounds relentlessly amidst industrial atmospheres. As it unfolds, a toughness-saturated nostalgia becomes a unique synthesis. Only a delirious intensity, bordering on madness, can put an end to such sonic martyrdom—all in the best sense possible. This impasse generates an interference that leads us into silence, amidst unfamiliar sonic valleys.
Like any true artist worth their salt, ^L_ not only knows how to navigate versatility and genre decoupling but does so within a single release. Unpaid And Overworked sheds its dark and rugged attire to reveal itself as agile, direct, and with a relentless attitude. The Drum & Bass hits hard, with its characteristic violent percussion, set against the backdrop of undeniable social realities. Overwork and lack of pay are recoded into a sound that seeks to sublimate their psychological effects.
Once the threshold of the tolerable is crossed, we enter fully into the dry and harsh. Serial Experiments Lain explores a synthesis of the rhythmic styles of the previous tracks. Electrified metals, harsh atmospheres coated in agility. And continuities that discontinue any psychic process seeking stability. Madness carves out a space here, amidst sounds that turn interference into a well-defined element, and massive blows that stir slumbering unconsciousness.
The Billionaire Killer is cloaked in cinematic semantics and sonic structures, as its title and sound clearly show. Chases, gunshots, adrenaline, uncertainty, and endings that never arrive amidst beginnings that never started. Anguish and hopelessness become sound, in the midst of unceasing environments. The intensity can only be halted by the sound design itself, which pauses only to replenish its energy. A beautiful, crescendoing intensity that can only be the result of an unparalleled productive genius.
Diesel Therapy returns to hopelessness in its calm coordinates, amidst fresh and shining sonic notes that play with the laments of the past and swords piercing the thin air around us. This time, the intensity runs on very manageable rails, controlling our intrusive thoughts and leading us into an existential drowsiness—is this a good thing?
Perhaps no artistic work can be complete without a conceptual stance, whether implicit or explicit, to a greater or lesser extent. Bills, Coffer and Cheap Existentialism is that explicit positioning. And it is likely the sound that reminds us how the underground is the facet that maintains electronic music as an artistic expression. Repetitions ad infinitum that adhere to unique and spectacular variations, completing this sonic canvas.
Artist: ^L_
Title: NO_HOPE.TOR EP
Label: INSANE INDUSTRY RECORDINGS
Genre: Techno / Industrial
Format: Digital
Catalogue: II259D
Release Date: 2025
Support & Buy: Bandcamp
Tracklist
1. Xanax Manifesto 07:03
2. Unpaid And Overworked 05:41
3. Serial Experiments Lain 06:29
4. The Billionaire Killer 08:03
5. Diesel Therapy 08:05
6. Bills, Coffer and Cheap Existentialism 07:33
Credits
Written & Produced by ^L_
Mastered by Lobotomija at STVDIO CVLT
Layout by Soft Porn
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