Joe Sousa
Infinite Cold Distance
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Infinite Cold Distance is the latest EP from Detroit-based techno artist Joe Sousa. A veteran of such imprints as: Blank Code [Detroit], Clan Destine Records [Glasgow], and Junted [Detroit], Joe makes his much awaited debut on Detroit Underground with this genre-defying release.

Infinite Cold Distance is cerebral, profound, and provoking. Foremost among the thoughts that will inevitably assault the listener after the first sonic journey through this release is the seeming inappropriateness of the label “EP”. The conceptual cohesion of the work is stunning, and it towers over many longer format releases by virtue of its lucid movement between and across individual tracks. But subsequent listens reveal a truth that is already hinted at in the title: totality is infinite, distance is relative, and coldness contains multitudes. The cohesion of the release seems to result from tracing the trajectory of a feeling, rather than an idea.

Perhaps the greatest achievement of Infinite Cold Distance is that it sets a new standard for every genre that takes “darkness” as a constitutive theme, by teaching the synesthetic imagination…  more

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released June 15, 2020

Petals in the Stream video description:

“This is a visual representation of my rage, distilled through protest, about the murder of George Floyd. Joe Sousa’s track provided the perfect backdrop to trek through the woods of my discontent. The spontaneous but deliberate nature of this song hung heavily as I reacted to the changes. Strange fruit continues to hang in the poplar trees, now compounded by digital hatred and amplified by technology. The woods in this video are entirely artificial, created by machine learning, and layered with live performances of touchdesigner visual effects after days of protesting police brutality. As AI is used to identify protestors for police retribution, we must use AI to create a better world through art and techno.”
– Andrew Charles Edman


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