SLOVENE FREEFORM CREATIVE COMMONS BOUTIQUE NETLABEL presents:

# Terranigma – HydroZone EP #

(techno-inspired bass electro meets with Drexciya aesthetics)

After many long years of steady growth as a DJ, selector, and
electronic producer, the Ljubljana-based Črt Trkman alias Terranigma
has taken another important step to becoming one of the most
interesting electronic producers in the region. Kamizdat is proud to
present HydroZone EP, Terranigma’s second 3-track release, with which
Terranigma has taken form and at the same time become a mystery, an
enigma.

As an attentive listener, Trkman went through a significant change
over the past years, working as a sound technician in Ljubljana’s main
electronic venue, Klub K4. His first recognisable moniker was
Freeverse and he was one of the first DJs to introduce UK bass and
trap derivations. But in 2017, he turned to his roots – to jungle,
acid, electro – and started reperceiving the music of his youth under
the pseudonym Terranigma.

Terranigma first got noticed for his tracks on two compilations of
local electronic music in 2017 and 2018, but it was not until Booster
Pack EP (released in March 2019 at Kamizdat) that he started
attracting wider attention. The EP was a tribute to adolescence, which
caught the careless joy of opening booster packs, the naïve shine of
an honest, although commercial surprise.

In a very important year that followed, Terranigma found the
foundations, the imagery, the sound he feels comfortable with, and
released HydroZone EP. The three songs on the EP show the growing
maturity of his sound and the spectrum of what Terranigma is all about
right now. The opener Dark Fin strengthens discreet flirtation with
Drexciya’s immersive aesthetics, the late night club hazes, and the
forward-pushing electro rhythms. The transition from digital to
digital-analogue gear is perhaps most clearly heard on the second
track, Deep Sea Oddities, where Terranigma shows a new approach to
music-making and his hidden potentials. But perhaps saving the best
for last: there is the title song Hydrozone with a twist: soft-ambient
evolution with a seemingly long fade out for the end of this
short-and-sweet EP.

With HydroZone EP, Terranigma is creating his own space, his sound
territory, a place where he is most comfortable at. Although clearly
envisioning a toxic-water world, embraced also by the cover art by
visual artist 5237, his approach is not straightforward. On HydroZone
EP, he highlights the possibilities of techno-inspired electro, from
club bangers to goosebumped pleasers. The rawness and the broadness.

The record will be presented at Kamizdat Rentgen: Shekuza & Terranigma
event with additional DJ support by Nulla and others. Complete video
stream from the event is archived on Kamizdat web page via YouTube
(www.kamizdat.si).  Digital downloads and streaming are available via
kamizdat.si and kamizdat.bandcamp.com (name-your-price). The music is
available to the public for free distribution under the conditions of
Creative Commons BY-SA (Attribution-ShareAlike) 4.0 International
licence.


Tracklist:
    1. Dark Fin
    2. Deep Sea Oddities
    3. Hydrozone

Črt Trkman · music, production, mix
Igor Vuk · mastering
Stella Ivšek · design
Andrej Pervanje · promotion, production assistance
Luka Prinčič · executive production 


Terranigma is the alias of DJ / producer Črt Trkman, also known as
Freeverse, who has been active on the local scene for the past 10
years. Terranigma is a throwback to his youth and a nod to the
influences, which set him on his musical path. This is manifested
through intricately arranged jungle breaks floating somewhere between
UK aesthetics and the classic electro sounds of the early
noughties. He has released music on the compilation “Gibanica Vol. 2”
and EP “Booster Pack”, out on Kamizdat.
https://terranigma.bandcamp.com


KAMIZDAT – a Slovene free-form boutique netlabel for Creative Commons
music by local artists exploring a wide range of genres often packaged
in locally-made and unique hand-numbered limited editions.

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Media conact: Luka Prinčič / +386 40 66 77 98 / luka@kamizdat.si

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