cstl - 'city of tears' Out Now!

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cstl’s debut EP ‘city of tears’ is now available through Petite Victory Collective.

Stripped to the bone, this live performance embraces a minimal techno aesthetic nearly devoid of musical substance or intent. This is not music for storytelling, it's a place, a moment in time. A stark, monochrome architecture of rhythm and repetition. Pushing the idea of techno as pure machinery, an exercise in restraint and reduction. Each track unfolds with mechanical focus, favoring function over feeling. Just the pulse of a city too tired to weep. Raw, cold, and strangely human in its refusal to pretend.

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Tracklist:

1. city of tears
2. revolt
3. solitude
4. full live session v.2

 

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