Cerpintxt’s latest offering, “microtubule encoded memory,” is a mesmerizing journey through an ambient dreamscape. This extended track unfolds with a haunting vibe, as vocal and ambient layers intertwine, creating a dream-like, drifting sensation. Later in the composition, fragments of spoken word emerge, blending together to craft a fascinating sonic texture. “microtubule encoded memory” is a piece that truly deserves to be experienced in a quiet space with the lights dimmed, allowing the listener to fully immerse themselves in its ethereal world.
The track itself is a longform study in systematic harmonic erosion, brought to life by cascading and spectrally smeared vocal layers, retrograding guitar pulses, and a composition driven by speech. The vocal elements create a corrosive terrain, a backdrop against which skeletal frequency swells flicker. The narrative follows a cyclical pattern, eventually bleeding into an exploration of phonetic entropy and mechanisms of auto-composition, where voices without bodies reflect off each other, much like a recurring dream.
Cerpintxt, an Egyptian sound artist and vocalist, specializes in the creation of a unique strain of softness through auto-destruction, phonetic entropy, and augmented instrumentation. Her sonic textures are a result of an intriguing mix of wind instruments, broken turntablism, prepared zither, seismic microphones, generative composition, tape recorders, and modular synthesis. Her work carries a hauntological essence, serving as a form of sonic activism against the weaponization of love in Egypt.
Cerpintxt’s portfolio is rich and diverse, including projects that delve into improvisational synesthesia-inducing musical game systems, site-specific works in locations like the pharaonic temple Serabit El Khadim and the Sinai Peninsula mountains, and efforts to document the music of Bedouin tribes.
Furthermore, she has collaborated with a multitude of artists, including Carlos Casas, Hans Joachim Rodelius, and Il Santo Bevitore, and her performances have graced venues like Café Oto, CLUSTER Contemporary, Electric Brixton, IKLECTIK, and more. Cerpintxt is also a resident on several radio platforms, further showcasing her involvement in the music scene.
In addition to her solo work, Cerpintxt joins forces with Ruben Sonnoli in an audiovisual collaborative performance that explores darkjazz with hyperromantic undertones. Their use of various instruments and sound sources recontextualizes jazz, adding an intriguing post-Lynchian touch to the genre.
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