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After releasing "Retain a Breath" last year, FMSAO returns on Imum Coeli with a new full-length album titled "Tales of Severe Damage," which marks his fifth release in his discography. This monumental sonic canvas encompasses a wide spectrum of electronic genres : you can hear elements of ambient and IDM from the 90s and 2000s, passages reminiscent of krautrock from the 70s and 80s, deconstruction, glitch, noise, Soviet electronic music by Eduard Artemyev, video game soundtracks in the spirit of Jesper Kyd and Akira Yamaoka, and much more. FMSAO magically unifies this entire sonic spectrum into a cohesive dramaturgical narrative. We find ourselves in sunlit clearings one moment and in the dimly lit chambers of David Lynch's films the next, while also witnessing something grand and cosmic that defies description. This can be likened to a psychedelic journey with the purpose of healing the soul and addressing profound damages. The album is about the power of overcoming and the strength of the inner light that resides within each of us.

FMSAO is the project of Evgeny Shchukin, who also produces as WOLS and in the duo Narcissi. Evgeny is also one of the founders of Fuselab label.

released June 23, 2023

Art cover by Sasha Manik