The sonic equivalent of a neon-lit, rain-soaked alley in a world where AI runs the show and humanity is just trying to keep up. The new album by ZENIAL ranges from experimental electronics to ethereal ambient, with raw, mechanical industrial noise music echoing Lukasz Szalankiewiczof's previous projects Angst'78, NOR_POL, or Aabzu.

This is a tribute to cyberpunk culture, with all its character, philosophy and formula, often drawing a dystopian, slightly post-apocalyptic vision of the future, but also engaging in a discourse on issues related to conspiracy theories, as a reflection of the fears that consume communities in the face of the unknown.

Zenial doesn't provide answers, but invites us to a discussion about AI and the dangers lurking in the near future, in which scenarios caused by fears and ignorance are realised, while presenting the point of view of a person who is more aware of the futuristic model in which humans are only the mode of the great dehumanised wave of the universe. "The future is here, and it's not as shiny as we hoped".

Recorded at the French institute Center National De Création Musicale in Reims. Ltd x 250 copies in a 6-panel ecopak.

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