This collaboration between thisquietarmy (Eric Quach) and otay:onii (Lane Shi) traces its origins to a European tour in Spring 2023, where both artists crossed paths as part of Hypnodrone Ensemble—a Berlin-based collective led by Quach and Aidan Baker. The duo recorded in the summer of 2023 in Montreal, further unleashing a hauntingly immersive album —fusing Quach's dense, atmospheric guitar drones with Shi’s visceral vocals and textural sensibilities, blurring the edges between drone, avant-garde noise, and experimental vocal performance. The result is a dialogue between ethereal dissonance and visceral emotion, a powerful convergence of post-industrial ambience and emotionally charged experimentation—capturing the tension, intimacy, and unpredictability of their performative chemistry.

Pavel Tchikov is a musician, composer, sound artist and improviser - also part of the experimental, post-chamber-rock band Ogives as well as the electronic, spoken word, string quartet, storytelling project Sopa Boba (with G.W. Sok of The Ex). In his solo works, he explores modular synth & electroacoustic works. In this collaborative EP with free-jazz drummer-improviser Tom Malmendier, they explore the synthesis voices driven by the drum through Tchikov's modular patches.