XOTOX - Wir Hatten Doch Träume [Infacted Recordings Promo]

Put out on the digital circuit via Infacted Recordings on October 2nd, 2k26 - as well as a super limited physical CD-r edition by the artist himself - is "Wir Hatten Doch Träume" by the long running EBM x Industrial x HardTechno x Rhythmic Noise project XOTOX. The three trrack single opens with the title track "Wir Hatten Doch Träume" which in its heavy and expressive lyrics deals with an existential problem in both relationships as well as peoples personal trajectories - the fact that dreams and hopes are eaten up by everyday life - and fuses these reflections with relentless, uncompromising and hypercompressed Rhythm Industrial x Wonky Techno brutalism and a surprisingly cheeky melodic motif buried deep within the mix. Furthermore the subsequent "Cherophobia" weighs in dense and destructive Hardcore x Anarchcore leaning Industrial violence and therefore might be the hardest and heaviest XOTOX production we've heard in a while whilst the closing cut "Hypnose" brings closure and relief in the form of a deep, icy Electronica x IDM structures reminiscent of style-adjacent works by Japanese producer Yamaoka which even retain their dominant structural position when the emerging stomping 4-2-the-floor drum foundation takes over crowd control in a very late late night DJ set and provides an excellent counterpoint to the first two tracks on this release. Good stuff. Go check!