- 1Desolate_Revenant
- 2Breach
- 3Omnistack
- 4Catacomb (with Dis Fig)
- 5Descendant Cross (with x/o)
- 6Bleak Chain (with x/o)
- 7Unkind (with Dis Fig)
- 8Bomb-blasted Stack (with vvilms)
- 9Atlatica
- 10Circling Orc
- 11Temprorare
- 12Marrow
- 13-20+20-20+20-20+20-20
- 14Granular_Heater
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Open edition
City & i.o are immensely proud to present Chaos is God Neighbour, the full-length follow-up to their 2019 record Spirit Volume. This new release finds the musicians digging into murkier depths than Spirit Volume, and features extensive contributions from collaborators Dis Fig, aka Felicia Chen, x/o, aka Veron Xio, and vvilms, aka Aaron Wharton.
Composed at a frenetic pace over several weeks in mid-2020, the claustrophobia is palpable. As the album progresses the tracks get both shorter and progressively more brutal, interrupted by brief moments of respite. Throat-shredding harsh vocals provide a high watermark in intensity, while the expansive performances of Dis Fig and x/o serve as vantage points over the morass, giving the listener something both beautiful and human to grasp. Careening from rich synth work, to distorted guitars in alternate tunings; from i.o’s virtuosic and unhinged drumming to slabs of harsh ambient noise, this is a genuinely ambitious and rewarding album.
The front and back cover artwork is courtesy of legendary Games Workshop illustrator John Blanche.
released November 1, 2021
City & i.o are:
AW — Audio engineering, synth
FC — Vocals, accordion
MP — Drums, guitar, sampler
VX — Vocals, strings
WB — Guitar, synths, piano
Tracks 4 & 7 written by Dis Fig
Track 5 & 6 written by x/o, City & i.o
All lyrics written by the vocalists
Additional production on track 5 by Aaron Wharton
Track 8 features an extensive sample of an untitled piece by vvilms
Artwork by John Blanche
Additional artwork, design, and Tortured Cybernetic Abomination logo by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier
Sigil by Julian Butterfield
Mastered by Aaron Wharton
Composed at a frenetic pace over several weeks in mid-2020, the claustrophobia is palpable. As the album progresses the tracks get both shorter and progressively more brutal, interrupted by brief moments of respite. Throat-shredding harsh vocals provide a high watermark in intensity, while the expansive performances of Dis Fig and x/o serve as vantage points over the morass, giving the listener something both beautiful and human to grasp. Careening from rich synth work, to distorted guitars in alternate tunings; from i.o’s virtuosic and unhinged drumming to slabs of harsh ambient noise, this is a genuinely ambitious and rewarding album.
The front and back cover artwork is courtesy of legendary Games Workshop illustrator John Blanche.
released November 1, 2021
City & i.o are:
AW — Audio engineering, synth
FC — Vocals, accordion
MP — Drums, guitar, sampler
VX — Vocals, strings
WB — Guitar, synths, piano
Tracks 4 & 7 written by Dis Fig
Track 5 & 6 written by x/o, City & i.o
All lyrics written by the vocalists
Additional production on track 5 by Aaron Wharton
Track 8 features an extensive sample of an untitled piece by vvilms
Artwork by John Blanche
Additional artwork, design, and Tortured Cybernetic Abomination logo by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier
Sigil by Julian Butterfield
Mastered by Aaron Wharton
