Spirit Breaking

XAL is a new post-industrial formation consisting of AM NOT, A and MOLLUSK KING solidifying live and studio collaboarations of recent years.

The Debut tape "Spirit Breaking " is intended as a tribute and attempt at a soundtrack to Darren T Byler's thesis "Spirit Breaking: Uyghur Dispossession, Culture Work and Terror Capitalism in a Chinese Global City." (University of Washington , 2018).
Stepping away from the Heavy electronics / PE style that Am Not is known for, this tape explores tendency cinematic/dystopian - electronic/rhythmic industrial to convey the harowing experiences and processes described in the text.
Though this one off diversion into different music territory is stylistically very differnet, it works as a perfect follow up to 2022's "Cold + Disloyal"(Unrest Productions) as it continues with the same themes of dispossession, technological, political pessimism...

Tracklist:
A1 Spirit Watching 2:00
A2 Seven City Blocks (Desiring The City) 3:57
A3 New Dominion Pioneer Corps 1:17
A4 The Three Evils 3:18
A5 Terror Capital 2:51
A6 Dispossessor 2:17
A7 Disappear 0:44
B1 Behind The Black Gate 3:35
B2 God Is Dead 3:16
B3 Takbir 2:33
B4 Bioluminesence II : Sleeping Citadel 3:56
B5 Dungeon Theme 3:52