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1.	The Dominant Trough 05:46	buy track
2.	Castle Of Doubt 05:53	buy track
3.	TPOTT 04:44	buy track
4.	Skin 05:22	buy track

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From Ōtautahi, Aotearoa (Christchurch, New Zealand) comes a collaboration between James Barrett, best known for his work in techno on Perc Trax, Mord, South London Analogue Material, and KAOS/OAKS as Keepsakes, and Henry Nicol, a founder of industrial-freak outfit Loghorn Breed who’s work as a member of Dog Power saw his music signed to legendary Aotearoa indie label Flying Nun. As CUT 989 the two bring their respective musical worlds in to collision, producing a debut EP representing a mutated hybrid of industrial, post-punk, techno, and experimental music tied together with cynical lyricism musing on anxiety, human nature and the crumbling state of politics and society in the modern era.

The A1 starts with bass driven drum hits and rolling metallic percussion combine with booming vocals and looping dark synth melodies in ‘The Dominant Trough’. The A2 follows with ‘Castle Of Doubt’, where sombre atmospheres and hand-drum rhythms come together with melancholy Lyra-8 refrains and verbed-out vocals to complete the first side of the record.

‘TPOTT’ launches the flip and picks up the energy with gated reverb toms, weighty kick drums, heavy bass sweeps and vocals ranging from enraged screaming to faint whispers in a driving slab of electronic bitterness. The B2 closes this debut offering with ‘Skin’ - a mournful bass-heavy piece featuring tribalistic drumming, experimental percussions, gloomy synth work and lyrics pondering political betrayal.

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released August 18, 2023

Vocals, Lyra-8, and percussions by James Barrett
Yamaha FB01, hand-drums, and percussions by Henry Nicol
All tracks produced and mixed by James Barrett and Henry Nicol
Mastering by Conor Dalton at Glowcast
Artwork, design and photography by Marie Celeste Lawrence and Lidija Raletic

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CUT 989 Christchurch, New Zealand

Ōtautahi-based drum-driven industrial experimental melancholy from the minds behind Keepsakes and Dog Power (James Barrett + Henry Nicol).

Anxiety, human nature and political frustration amidst the collapse of normality in civilisation in the modern era.

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