News — C.Y.M.

PH91 Kicking off the final stretch of #Phantasy100, 'Blue Ice/Meltwater' was a digital transmission of flawless liquid electro from the studio of one of Phantasy’s most prolific artist family members, Ghost Culture.   'Blue Ice’ delved into trippy euphoria, perfectly engineered to transmit a trance-like effect on listeners. All tunnelling energy, melting through layer-upon-layer of serotonin-altering rave oscillations, awash in a texture that lands somewhere between melancholy and euphoria, strobe light and sunrise.   ‘Meltwater’ meanwhile begins unassumingly, executing a spacious rhythm that is soon consumed by powerful sub-bass weight and an almost overwhelming rush of analogue synthesis. An aquatic...

Let C.Y.M. soundtrack your Monday with their new Monday Morning Mixtape for Stamp The Wax.Read the full feature here Tracklist:Deep Listening Band – Deep HocketsAshra – 77 Slightly DelayedHawkwind – Opa-LokaEdgar Froese – Epsilon in Malaysian PaleA Winged Victory For The Sullen – The Haunted Victorian PencilPopol Vuh – Maria (Ave Maria)Deuter – Pearls (Glittering, Continuous Flow)The Edge – One Foot In HeavenFuture Sound of London – Fractional differenceEarth – MirageDavid Bowie – some areThe Human League – Toyota CityEinstruzende Neubauten – Fur den UntergangModern English – HomeGrauzone – Film IIKing Crimson – The Dream / The IllusionPink Floyd –...

Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio teams up with Fort Romeau aka Mike Greene, collaborating as C.Y.M. for their debut on Phantasy, out now. Pressed onto 12" vinyl, housed in a special reflective sleeve.Pick up the 12" vinyl here C.Y.M. is the collaboration between British producer and DJ Mike Greene (otherwise known as Fort Romeau) and LA-based American musician Chris Baio, who releases music as Baio in addition to playing bass in the acclaimed band Vampire Weekend. Their debut, self-titled EP arrives on Phantasy as an elegant pean to the infinite possibilities of kosmische music, driven by a motorik strain of psychedelia. The foundations of...