English producer Seamus Rawles Malliagh, AKA Iglooghost, has occupied a more influential space in contemporary electronic music than one might expect. His sound, an experimental amalgamation of glitch, bass, and street culture formulated for the internet age has made Iglooghost particularly trendsetting, perhaps even more so than his peers like Flume or Kai Whiston. Sitting somewhere between Death Grips and A.G Cook, Malliagh has always been firmly on the pulse of youth culture and the trajectory of its aesthetic (and online) direction.
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His latest single, Rust Genome, again takes inspiration from technology and its grip on culture. Though compared to the wonky motherboard trap of 2020’s Lei Line Eon, Rust Genome is far more abrasive. There’s a confrontational edge to the ominous, filtered vocals and icy hip-hop beats, eventually unravelling into aggressive and hard-hitting industrial bass. Though for all its hardwiring, there’s a subtle ephemerality to Rust Genome that makes it feels as if it disappears in an instance. In a blurb of sorts that accompanies it, Malliagh imagines a fictional origin for the song. “Rust Genome was first heard when the ESPI Storm Network (an emergency weather channel) was hacked,” he explains. “A rogue group of drifters compromised the airwaves and used it to broadcast their demo tunes.” Then, speaking toward the track’s enigmatic aura, he offers us something fantastical: “Rumours claim that these pirate broadcasters are sneaking genetic data into their music, & are attempting to lead listeners to washed-up remnants of mysterious azure-coloured sprites.”
Listen to Rust Genome below.
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