This Shadow Mix Of Forbidden From Sexsomnia Offers Up A Sacrifice Of Devilish Synths And Hefty Chomping Rhythms

Sexsomnia 
Forbidden (Shadow Mix) 
Montreal 
 
Alive and kicking since 2021, the avant-garde post-punk trio Sexsomnia have been laying out their upbeat dreary vision along singles, EPs, and a show stopping album. Since the release of last year’s Transcendent, the full-length record on the French label Manic Depression Records, Sexsomnia have gone back to the studio to bring another volley of darkwave and electro-goth from shade to reality. Philip Faith, the bassist, programmer, and vocalist of the group has used his Moog Minitaur, ACCESS Virus T1,  VSynth, plus a bunch of analogue devices to create a darkly Shadow Mix for this title track. Featuring the vocals of Stridulum’s Marita Volodina, the track has been produced with a dreamcore style video made by editing some old arty photoshoot footage and putting it to music. It’s like stepping into another reality. Check it out.  
 
A grinding industrial rhythm opens the track with mechanical sounds melding with thudding percussion. A digitised vocal then speaks in a dominatrix-esque tone before a throbbing bass riff hits. Bubbling undertones vibrantly jibe at the rhythm as the bass icks along the passageway in ample and bounding steps. Marita Volodina continues with her commanding presence, moving her lyrics through snaking twists of melody and mesmerism. A sense of gloom and shadow fills the air, and the jostle of percussive sounds weld to strange and eerie chunks of atmosphere that glisten like machine oil over the hardware. Dramatic and dirge-like, a sinister world of gothic electronica spins before your ears.  
 
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