Virginia-based native electronic/ industrial duo group called Digital Negative consists of Richard Johnson best known for Drugs Of Faith, ex-Enemy Soil, and Agoraphobic Nosebleed and Daniel Euphrat best known for Person918x and Timmy Sells His Soul have released a new single “March Onward” from their upcoming second EP due out in March. They already released songs such as “Industrial Scraps” and “The Floor” ahead of the album release.
The duo formed during the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 and their self-titled debut EP was released in 2021 via Hostile 1 Tapes in 2021. EP 2 is expected to be harsh, electro-industrial tracks while venturing into uncharted territory with their sound.
Premiering exclusively at mxdwn Music Digital Negative’s latest song “March Onward” is an intense and brutal electronic-industrial sound on repeat and very hypnotic in its rhythm across various instruments blended in perfect cohesion. Odd, harsh, intense instruments that don’t work together oiled in nice machinery creating “March Onward.”
Euphrat and Johnson break down their song “March Onward”:
“For ‘March Onward,’ the central element of the music is sort of an ‘uncanny valley’ bass guitar. The bassline is similar to what a guitarist might play, but since it is constructed out of single-note bass samples, the rhythm is too perfect, the timbre too repetitive. Stripping the riff of human touch, to my mind, makes it more hypnotic,” said Euphrat.
Johnson added: “I approached the vocals a little differently on ‘March Onward.’ With some of the Digital Negative songs it wasn’t obvious what to do with them, but it felt like I needed to embrace that repetition on this track.”
Check out the new song “March Onward” below!
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