Javelin / Skimmer by CHXMERAS

The new EP from CHXMERAS features the space-bending minimalist beatscape of "Javelin" paired with the fractured field of dissolving identities and hall of mirror rhythms found in "Skimmer".

“Javelin” blends bit-crushed, lo-fi percussive stabs with swirling modular synths and transforms from its innocuous opening groove into a frenzy of speaker-blasting low end and angular staccato melody.

Meanwhile, “Skimmer” invokes a disorienting underworld overflowing with broken beats, false faces and surveillant eyes, and rattles and echoes its way into the head-knocking bounce of 808s and outer orbit, cinematic sound.

CHXMERAS recorded more than fifty hours of music over an intensive recording and creation period in late 2022, and then meticulously distilled the initial improvisations into the seeds of new songs. They resampled sounds and elements from the early live recordings, re-arranged and added layers of sound processing, synths, pedal efx, film samples, and field recordings. The resulting music from these expansive sessions will be released throughout 2024.

Tracklist

1.	Javelin	5:12

2.	Skimmer	3:38

Credits

released February 9, 2024

Mixed by Alex Penney at Monarch Studios
Mastered by Greg Mindorff at Suite Sound Labs
Artwork by C.von Szombathy/@YupZone

Recorded in Vancouver on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ territories

License