WL//WH Premiere: MULTIPLEX “Al novox” (off the “Colour Kinetica” LP) [Bricolage]

WL//WH Premiere MULTIPLEX Bricolage

Hot on the heels of the huge 10th anniversary celebrative compilation “X”, Glaswegian independent label Bricolage label hits the ground running with an absolute titan of a release from legends of the electronic underground, Multiplex.

Multiplex is the longstanding project of British electronic brothers Christian & Roland Dormon, renowned mainstays of the so-called ‘second wave’ of IDM scene since the late 90s, honing their craft over the years through a raft of albums and EPs on some great labels such as Piehead, Lom, Senton, Progerik and the seminal Toytronic.

Based on separate sides of the Atlantic, the brothers produce by sending music back and forward to each other from separate studios.

Multiplex recordings are far from the standard studio format, as we build up the tracks on two sets of music equipment, in two countries, with two biased opinions of what the final result should be. But instead of fighting for control of the studio and the mix, we surrender control of our ideas to each other, which has worked well so far.

The result makes for raw, analogue chaos. When they go hard, they go all in, but there’s also the other side that seeps through with their more textured electronica that breezes along so smoothly.

The “ Colour Kinetica” album has all the Multiplex hallmarks. Abrasive yet vibrant melodies, cyber basslines and elastic rhythms. They take the genre’s bleeps and bass elements and put them through their own audio grinder to create a unique brand of head-spinning electro.

The second track, “Al Novox”, WL//WH is very pleased to premiere, is a heady and nostalgic mechanical electro body-moving jaunt, nervously revolving around a relentless interlace of tight and bouncy, uptempo percussive drum patterns and high energy buzz-laden bass bursts, roiled up by an array of warbling undertows, acidic ripples, bleeping echoes and tinny chimes, to sway between hyper-aware, stark focus and loose, relaxed sensations.

Multiplex‘s upcoming album “Colour Kinetica” is scheduled for release in Ltd. Cassette & Digital formats on September 26, 2025, with the pre-orders launching a fortnight before on September 12th via the Bricolage Label Bandcamp.

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