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YSMHB

Metamorphose, Tetraform (Ep)

EP artwork for Yellow Sunshine Microdot Happiness Band – “Metamorphose, Tetraform”. The image features a bright orange background with yellow text. A central square inset displays a close-up, stylized photograph of an cockroach or small organism perched on a plant stem. The top text reads “Yellow Sunshine Microdot Happiness Band”, while the bottom states “Metamorphose, Tetraform EP”. The composition blends vivid colour with abstract biological imagery, evoking themes of transformation, mutation, and psychedelic evolution.

The Metamorphose, Tetraform EP follows the debut Bourgeois Doppelgänger album released earlier this year, with YSMHB continuing their deep dive into electronic experimental noise and shifting sonic architectures. The title itself is drawn from a fragment of Hawkwind lyrics taken from the track D‑Rider (1974 - In the Hall of the Mountain Grill), echoing the project’s ongoing fascination with cosmic language, transformation, and the unstable boundaries of form.


Across its four tracks, the EP moves between feedback‑driven abstraction, philosophical inquiry, and mythic undertones. “Stars in Feedback Loop”opens the release with a dense, recursive structure, treating distortion as both texture and cosmological metaphor.


Commodity Abounds in Metaphysical Subtleties” takes its name from the idea that objects — whether material or conceptual — carry hidden layers of meaning beyond their surface value. The track mirrors this by layering sonic fragments that seem simple at first but reveal deeper patterns as they unfold.


Dibbuk/Kisalon” references the dybbuk, a spirit from Jewish folklore said to cling to the living, and Kisalon, a small region in the Judean hills. The pairing suggests a haunting tied to place — a lingering presence woven into geography — and the music reflects this with shifting drones and spectral textures.


The EP closes with “The Dictator Chaplin,” a homage to Charlie Chaplin that incorporates sampled fragments from The Great Dictator. The track reframes Chaplin’s satire through an industrial lens, turning his critique of authoritarianism into a jagged, noise‑driven commentary.


Metamorphose, Tetraform stands as a compact but conceptually rich extension of YSMHB’s evolving soundworld — a release where philosophy, folklore, cinema, and cosmic drift converge in four sharply defined movements.

01. Stars in Feedback Loop 


02. Commodity Abounds In Metaphysical Subtleties 


03. Dibbuk/Kisalon


04. The Dictator Chaplin

2013/07/01

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