“A hard drive storing the after-dark, compressed and space-optimised.”

ScanDisk is the debut release of London-based artist Partial Defrag. Whispered voices, car engines, and ethereal club hooks are cut up, compressed, and congealed into a fluid, late-night motif for a spectral, industrial London. Partial Defrag’s free-form compositions are the leftovers of a hard drive compression: space-optimised memories tainted with artifacts.
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This is an audio-visual release accompanied by three videos and a limited run of 30 Blue CDs, packaged in anti-static hard drive bags.
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ScanDisk is accompanied by three videos blending 3D scans with phone footage of London’s suburbs.

Elmelin: https://youtu.be/npcC32gz2KQ
Squat: https://youtu.be/mrEraBWjmkA
VFS: https://youtu.be/3WujZG_iTCk
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Partial Defrag: “In the empty space of a semi-compressed hard drive.”

Written and Produced: Partial Defrag
Videos: Partial Defrag
Mastering: Fausto Mercier
Mixing: Pietro Bardini at RCA Studios
Cover and CD Design: Partial Defrag