Medical Records‘ techno-based imprint Transfusions returned again this month with a debut 12″ from Guilt. The NYC-based project brings together the musicians Oliver Chapoy and Nathaniel Young for 3-tracks (plus a remix by Løt.te) of richly textured and hard driving techno.
Chapoy is a multi-instrumentalist/producer and besides his solo electronic project Certain Creatures, he has collaborated through the years with a diverse range of artists like Shai Hulud, Warm Ghost, Saxon Shore, and Helado Negro. In addition, he engineered, co-produced, mixed, and provided modular synthesizer on Black Rain‘s 2014 LP Dark Pool (Blackest Ever Black). For his part, Nathaniel Young is a photographer, visual artist, graphic designer, and musician who also runs the electronic label Blankstairs.
The duo recorded their self-titled debut during two recording sessions in the Spring of 2017. “Cult Leader Of My Youth” is the second A-side track off the EP, and it’s a deep dive into the pair’s bass-driven electronics. Methodically blurring the lines between texture and melody, Guilt combines an unrelenting kick with acid washed tones before adding a robotic, deeply buried vocal line to create their aphotic, but dance floor ready, brand of techno.
