ADMX-71 – The Aging Process (Album – L.I.E.S. Records)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Techno, Minimal-Electro, Experimental.
Format: Digital, Vinyl.
Background/Info: Adam Mitchell strikes back with a new opus of his ‘industrialized’ ADMX-71 project. We know the New-Yorker -based in Berlin (Germany) from his other projects Adam X, Traversable Wormhole ao, but also as sonic Groove label runner. “The Aging Process” has been released on the New-York label L.I.E.S. Records featuring nine new songs.
Content: The album takes off with a kind of intro-track, but we rapidly move into a mix of Experimental-sounding loops and Techno-Industrial elements. Quite progressively the tracks become more elaborated, featuring minimal Electro sequences, raw sound treatments and space-like bleeps.
+ + + : The tracklist of the album is interesting as it moves progressively towards more accomplished pieces of Minimal-Electro. I especially recommend listening to the final part of the work revealing three great cuts. The way the songs have been built up is a noticeable aspect here. “The Code Decipher” is a true apotheosis of the work, which has been preceded by “Leading The Way”, which sounds like pure class-minimalism. “Dormant DNA Activation” is the other track left, bringing a mix of astral sound treatments and slow Techno music. Last, but not least I also want to mention “They’ve Instilled Fear In Us” for its cool, vintage sound sculptures.
– – – : some of the opening tracks are more Experimental and not exactly the best exponents of the work. So you have to be a little bit patient to discover the strength of this work.
Conclusion: The fourth full length by ADMX-71 also is the first one in five years, but it remains a great sonic exposure of modern Industrial-Techno & Experimental music.
Best songs: “The Code Decipher”, “Leading The Way”, “Dormant DNA Activation”, “They’ve Instilled Fear In Us”, “Catch Me If You Can”.
Rate: 8.
Artist: www.adamx.net / www.facebook.com/AdamXsonicgroove
Label: www.liesrecords.com / www.facebook.com/longislandelectricalsystems
About ADMX-71
ADMX-71 is the downtempo, experimental and at times ambient side project of Adam Mitchell, better known as Adam X. Mitchell was born in New York, United States, and has been based in Berlin, Germany, for years. He also runs the Sonic Groove label and works as Traversable Wormhole.
The ADMX-71 discography opened with “Luminous Vapors” in 2009, followed by “Second System” in 2012, “The Redacted Files” in 2014, “Coherent Abstractions” in 2015 and “Melted Fuel” in 2017. Mitchell also recorded podcast mixes for L.I.E.S. Records in 2014 and 2015.
“The Aging Process” holds nine tracks: “Speaking Via Telepathy”, “Sensor-tised”, “Walking Through Walls”, “They’ve Instilled Fear In Us”, “Catch Me If You Can”, “Atlantis Rising”, “Leading The Way”, “Dormant DNA Activation” and “The Code Decipher”. Sources differ on the edition: the album appeared on L.I.E.S. Records, while a double vinyl pressing was issued through Sonic Groove and is dated 19 January 2022 on the project’s Bandcamp page.
Mitchell discussed his projects and working methods in ‘Click Interview’ with Adam X: ‘I’ve Always Been Into The Cerebral/Out Of Worldly Side Of Electronic Music’.
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