This new work by British post-Industrial / Dark Ambient trio Contrastate is inspired by cafes, clubs, cabarets, from Moscow 1918 over Tehran 1966 to Münster 1997 - and fantasised venues that could / should have existed - relating to the glorious times of the 'true' avantgarde.

"The arc that links them all is the experimentation, the exchange of ideas, and the platform to perform free from the social norms of the time" (SRMeixner).

Opening with a very sombre and melancholic mood, the album leads to more collagenous and experimental areas, using guitar and bass harmonics, pulsing analogue electronics, spoken word, and all kinds of samples and weird processed sounds.

"Imagination is subversive, because it puts the possible against the real. That's why you should always use your wildest imagination. Imagination is the biggest gift humanity has received. Imagination makes people human, not work" (Jan Svankmajer).

Ltd x 250 copies in a 6-panel digisleeve.