Urbanfailure – Recurring Errors (Album – EXILES)
Genre/Influences: IDM, Experimental.
Format: Digital, Cassette.
Background/Info: Michal Lichý has already been active under the Urbanfailure moniker for more than twenty years. He’s also running the Slovakian underground label URB Sounds. “Recurring Errors” is his latest work featuring seven tracks.
Content: The work reveals two different sides. There’s a sophisticated and clearly IDM-driven side built up with Industrial sound treatments and passages featuring fragmented vocals. The other side is more into Experimental music creating a chaotic effect.
+ + + : The first side of the cassette features 4 cool songs driven by IDM influences. It’s a true sonic patchwork of sounds and noises. I like the dark loops running through the tracks while I noticed fragmented vocal effects injecting a spooky touch.
– – – : The B-side is for Experimental heads and the tracks are less homogenous.
Conclusion: I have mixed feelings with this work; a great debut and forgettable end.
Best songs: “Invasive”, “Drain”, “Citizens Of Upcycling Will Prevail”
Rate: 6½.
Artist: https://urbsounds.sk
Label: www.facebook.com/exileselectronics
“Recurring Errors” was released on 7 October 2021 by the Budapest label EXILES, as a limited cassette in a clear case with custom on-body printing and as a digital album. The seven tracks run to about 38 minutes.
Listen to “Recurring Errors”:
About Urbanfailure
Urbanfailure is the solo project of Slovak musician Michal Lichý, a co-founder of the Urbsounds collective and label in Bratislava. The project works with hardware and live takes rather than studio edits, and sits between IDM, industrial rhythm and free-running experimental electronics.
Every track on “Recurring Errors” was created, played live and recorded by Lichý during living-room sessions across the spring and summer of 2021. EXILES issued the result on 7 October 2021 on limited cassette and digital. The seven tracks include “Invasive”, “Drain” and “Citizens Of Upcycling Will Prevail”, and the album is also on Spotify.
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