26.10.25

NAM 02 w/ eX.IVy

One of the primary functions of our auditory sense is to scan the environment for danger. Much of today’s electronic dance music, especially on the dub continuum (including genres such as jungle, bass, dubstep, or minimal techno), seems to have evolved from these sonic relations between predator and prey. Sonic booms shaking the ground, sounds of emergency, and hi-hats resembling the trigger of a gun, invoke atmospheres of dread, alarm, and bad vibes. As Steve Goodman argues in his book Sonic Warfare, these currents within post-Cold War dance music are manifestations of a contemporary ecology of fear, echoing police violence, high-tech warfare, and, increasingly, an overload of (dis)information.

Being a regular at anti-fascist street protests around Stuttgart, eX.IVy is well acquainted with the sonorities of violence and state oppression. Undoubtedly, his experiences reverberate in the selection he made for the 2nd mix of NAM. He steps out of the shadows, mobilizing sub-bass frequencies and visceral vibrational force, showing that he did not quite leave the scene (yet).

Sources

  • Steve Goodman (2009), Sonic Warfare: Sound, Affect, and the Ecology of Fear
  • Christoph Cox (2019), The Author as Selector: Tony Cokes’ Iconoclasm

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