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Blackout Blinds

by Ubik MCDXCII

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Santa Kali 02:54
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Mythologies 03:34
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Particles Of Light 02:11
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Demons and Angels 03:04
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Gnosticism 03:07
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Smudged Out Passion 04:39
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Rites and Ceremonies 05:57
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Dervish 03:05
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Blackout Blinds 02:58
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Collosal Machine 06:30

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Blackout Blinds is the second album from London based musical artist and analog photographer Ubik MCDXCII, mixed wonderfully by Rico from the Italian experimental rap duo Uochi Toki.

As a Londoner, Ubik MCDXCII is influenced by his city and its sounds, in both a musical, noisy and historic way. Influences include classic innovators of British trip-hop (Massive attack, Tricky), old school (Eric B & Rakim) to experimental hip-hop (Dälek, Cities Aviv), free-jazz to electronic and more extreme punk and metal subgenres (Rudimentary Peni, Septic Death). All these influences built the artist musical background and infuse his sound.

Ubik is of course a science-fiction reference, a Phillip K Dick novel in which this dark and crazy symbiotic godlike presence permeates over and throughout everything ; a mist life moving through life, setting back in time whatever it reaches. MCDXCII is for the year 1492, when America was « discovered » bringing forth genocide. The same year, in Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella took control of the keys of Granada, in Andalusia, the final vestige of the Kingdom of Moorish Andalus. References to his Andalusian gitano heritage are also an important motif of this record - « Santa Kali » being the opening song of the album.

This is a boisterous record. The ever-present clamor making life in London claustrophobic lifestyles, the Orwellian high-tech modernity clashing with an ancient past, the parenting of an autistic child in an autistic society ; these are all important themes in this album, illuminating the schizophrenic duality of present-day urban life.

This record is a heavy and powerful piece of hip-hop. A noisy, atmospheric and really personal collection of tracks all crafted into an oppressive and multi-layered album, assembled from field-recordings, voice samples, beats and instrumentals recorded here and there between London and Morrocco. Vocals blend in this musical landscape to create an oppressive and overwhelming tape. This is a biting record, but definitely not the kind you'll bang your head to !

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released July 7, 2019

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