404.zero - 404.0
An impressive otherworldly sound multiplied by immersive sound rituals
On June 5, stars of digital art the 404.zero released their first full-length album 404.0 with Icelandic label, Bedroom Community. They are the first Russian musicians selected by this world-famous label.
The 404.zero, a duet of Russian media artists Kristina Karpysheva and Alexander Letsius, perfectly matches the spirit of the label. They expand the idea of art by experimenting on the borders of media and video art, music, acoustics, design and architecture. After notable success at dozens of major international festivals and projects (in places such as Japan, the USA, Moscow and Mexico City), and after presenting their works at the LACMA and Times Square, The 404.zero debuted as musicians in early 2020. In March, they independently released the audio-visual EP Black Sunday and in June the debut longplay titled 404.0 will be released by Bedroom Community.
The sound of their new album captures the visual purity of the nature of the Northern Hemisphere - it can be heard in literally every note. They achieved this effect by using only analog electronic instruments such as Buchla synthesizers and the popular modular synthesizer format Eurorack; as well as by doing a final mix on analog equipment. The 404.0 album blends a variety of styles of clever meditative electronics. Transcendent mysticism, reminiscent of Tangerine Dream, is in dialogue with multilayered textures of dark-ambient. An impressive otherworldly sound - in the spirit of Autechre - is multiplied by immersive sound rituals that could be compared to Sunn O))).
Throughout the hour-long music score the musicians artfully maintain an almost spatial sense of form: the listener moves through the album as if between mystic architectural objects nonexistent in the physical world, ending up at a final sonic monument of sorts. 404.0 is a perfect album record from which no single track can be excluded. This is the music for future festivals; combined with powerful acoustics it is nigh on guaranteed to bring a sense of catharsis in the listener.
Released on June 5, 2020