The latest and greatest from the lair of the Nasty Wizard dives to new depths of delicious audio depravity with a split EP that presents some of the weirdest electronic soundscapes being crafted in Asia. Like a faulty radio transmission between Beijing and Singapore, this tape skirts the boundary between orchestrated chaos and apocalyptic epiphany. Truth is often stranger than fiction, and the contents of this tape hints at the truths of our strange world.

Side A Liquid Palace comes blaring hard. Officially a noise band (unofficially a supergroup to people who really dig nerding out to recordings of white noise and feedback on Soundcloud) the group consists of electronic producers/synth makers/artists Meng Qi, Doctor Xiin, Zpax, and Chen Zhe. It should come as little surprise that no two performances include the same sounds or set up, yet what might come as a revelation to more skeptical listeners is the amount of space in their sound — rather than being an explosion of harsh sound, Liquid Palace is very much a journey. A journey that Nasty Wizard Recordings are proud to commit to tape because when extraterrestrial life forms are allowed to set up Taobao accounts these babies are going to sell like hot cakes.

Side B gifts (((connection_error))) to your face, either a collaboration between three Singaporean noise musicians or a trio of international crime fighting men of mystery, who choose to conceal their true identities from villains and scalawags by making ear-bleeding harsh soundscapes. Each member is a solo noise head/ warrior of justice in his own right, consisting of drone/ bass/ Shaolin master s*i*n, effect /noise maker/ ninja NZSDLX, and guitarist / cybernetically-enhanced playboy Schizophrenic Wonderland. Individually they strike fear into the hearts of sound men and underworld kingpins alike, combined they represent humanity’s last hope of salvation. For instance the time NZSDLX snuck into the temple of The All Seeing Hand and single handedly took on their entire army of drug enhanced warriors. Or that other time when Schizophrenic Wonderland saved the Singapore from the dastardly android legions of the insane Dr. Segway. Or perhaps that other other time when s*i*n defeated the dragon prince Gorbo in a tournament on a mystery island that seemed vaguely similar to one depicted in ‘Enter The Dragon’ … Regardless of whether you appreciate noise music you should know the name (((connection_error))) because without their efforts you most likely would be dead by now. In (((connection_error))) we trust!

Combined this tape represents one of the most culturally significant releases from not just Nasty Wizard, but any label in the known galaxy. The Liquid Palace / (((connection_error))) will change lives, so please, let it change yours.