Blue Chondria

There is a point at which something familiar begins to dissolve... Not all at once, but slowly, a quiet erosion. Edges soften. Meanings drift. What once held form becomes uncertain, and in that uncertainty, something else begins to surface. Benzalkonium inhabits this threshold. Across two discs, EPIMYTH traces a landscape of pressure and distance, not as narrative, but as presence. The work does not speak directly of its origin, but carries its residue throughout: a tension held beneath the surface, an undercurrent that never quite settles. The first disc is dense to the point of saturation. Sound gathers in thick, collapsing layers, a continuous field without clear entry or release. It presses inward, blurring the boundary between listening and being inside the sound itself. There is no relief offered here, only immersion. And yet, within that immersion, a strange stillness begins to take hold, not calm, but suspension. The second disc withdraws, but does not escape. The weight disperses into fragments, into quieter, more porous forms. Texture replaces force; space becomes an active presence. What remains is a kind of after-image, the imprint of something that has already passed, but continues to resonate. It neither resolves nor resists. It lingers. Together, the two discs exist in quiet opposition. Not as contrast alone, but as parallel states, density and dispersal, proximity and distance. One does not complete the other. They remain unresolved, suspended in relation. Benzalkonium does not offer clarity. It stays with the moment where clarity fails. Presented as a limited double CD edition, each copy is assembled by hand using raw, tactile materials. The physical object mirrors the work itself: restrained, weathered, and intentionally unresolved. No repress. 17:22.500/0:38.500/12:01.000/7:30.000/2:28.000 Audio/Mixing/Mastering - EPIMYTH Dedicated To Lou Reed