Devil World Wide

Rxm Reality is Chicago-based producer Mike Meegan. His futuristic strain of detailed beat work jitters somewhere between the margins of kinetic IDM, grimy industrial electronics, and intricately spatialized sound design. DEViL WORLD WiDE, his second release with Hausu Mountain, builds on the precedent established by Panic Cycle (2018), as Meegan steers his hybrid rig of hardware samplers and software systems through a series of rhythmic sketches that are as transfixing as they are claustrophobic. Like fellow members of the Hausu Mountain roster such as Fire-Toolz, Khaki Blazer, or Bonnie Baxter, the music of Rxm Reality toys with building blocks of dark humor and chaotic irreverence, as tracks break into unexpected shifts in mood or shed any semblance of legible rhythm on a dime to explode into the territory of pure texture. A pummeling passage of breakbeats might slide into a patch of 8-bit squelch, while a brief flash of bouncy, major-key melody might herald the waves of feedback rushing in to wash out the mix.A1) My Sweet KingA2) I'm a SwitchA3) Totally Stress FreeA4) The EnablerA5) HellA6) Neck UpB1) Prayers to Fall Asleep in Perfect PeaceB2) AddictB3) Chill Lofi Study BeatB4) DoomB5) Down on My Knees