{"product_id":"x-o-chaos-butterfly-aqua-marine-vinyl","title":"x\/o - Chaos Butterfly [AQUA MARINE Vinyl]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: Colour LP, AQUA MARINE\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: PM004\u003cbr\u003eBarcode: 5056321665584\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 10 Jun 2022\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Ambient\/Drone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrecious Metals are excited to announce \"Chaos Butterfly\", the debut album from the Vietnamese-Canadian electronic music producer, vocalist and filmmaker, x\/o. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e “Chaos Butterfly” is an epic tale of catharsis and self-actualization explored through metamorphosis. It is a free-falling kaleidoscopic journey into a beautiful nightmare, both cataclysmic and tender. Expanding on the themes present in their first EP “Cocoon Egg”, the album builds a parallel world from a different perspective. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e “Chaos Butterfly” tells a loose narrative about an anti-hero navigating trauma through whirlwinds of grief and anger; a vengeful spirit who finds true strength in inner healing and forgiveness. An allegory for transcending societal concepts of gender, “Chaos Butterfly” is a journey of self-acceptance and reflection of x\/o’s own path towards their non-binary identity.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Throughout the voyage, x\/o pulls apart and collides masculine and feminine tropes both theoretically and musically by utilising contrasts between soft and hard, internal and external, calmness and anger, loud and quiet. This system of symbolism and influences reveal a pattern that is the overarching theme of duality.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Colliding disparate but interconnected influences, x\/o references Playstation 2’s Final Fantasy X world-building, Fight Club, the half-yoma warriors in the anime Claymore, as well as the real legends of the Vietnamese Trưng Sisters. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Musically, “Chaos Butterfly” resists easy categorisation, playfully fusing moments of reversed breakbeat, with elements of solemn ambience, distorted metal, and trip-hop catharsis, with inspiration from artists such as Yoko Kanno, to Bone Thugs-n-Harmony as well as Deftones, Massive Attack, Orbital, and Aaliyah. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The album journey begins with opener “Chrysalis Wrath”, a prologue to the story, and emblematic of the metamorphosis of the album. A soft and unassuming exterior to the hard shell and bone that lies beneath. Delicately cascading melodies and disembodied vocals are torn asunder by a brooding, ominous synth, punctuated by blasts of percussion, like dark clouds forming on the horizon, the egg cracks; a foretelling of what is to come and a reference to what has been.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e This is followed by “Red Alert,” the first single from the release, which blends airy melancholic vocals with a flurry of drum breaks and synths plucks, an ambitious and cinematic exploration of intuition against recurring trauma. Melodies drifting and out of focus under the swirling vocal, like the blur of neon street lights reflecting in a rain-soaked cityscape. It’s a liminal poem about listening to your inner voice to protect you from harm. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Duality is never more apparent than on “Promise : Armour” delicate piano melodies drift and settle like snowfall before crushing blows of hardstyle kicks blast through the ether, as their soulful, but anguished vocal harmony is overcome by a demonic refrain “Cross your heart, don’t cross me”.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e x\/o is a founding member of s.M.i.L.e, a trail-blazing collective of like-minded artists in Vancouver pushing the boundaries of club experimentation, showcasing artists such as Actress, Hitmakerchinx, Mechatok, Nídia, and Shygirl.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e This is an album that reaches dizzying heights, and in 2022 we expect x\/o to do the exact same. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Track list:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 1. Chrysalis Wrath\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 2. Red Alert\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 3. Indigo Drop\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 4. Promise : Armour\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 5. Initiation Relic\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 6. Locking In\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 7. Fight or Flight\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 8. Cyclone Storm\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 9. Mirror Shard, Phoenix Down\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 10. Final Wingspan\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 11. 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