Semiratruth - S!M Semiratruth

Semiratruth is constantly in motion. The Brooklyn based, Chicago-born electronic artist travels from stage to stage, bouncing between divergent underground music scenes from the US to Guatemala to the Netherlands, synths and sampler in hand like a teleportation device. Onstage, they intuitively conduct the energy in the room, seemingly syncing the audience's collective heart rate to a universal metronome. Wielding a table of electronics, they casually tap out sonic portals to another world.

Semira’s constantly shifting environment and their own lived momentum can be heard throughout their new LP S!M arriving September 25th via eclectic Chicago label Sooper Records. S!M strikes a unique balance; the compositional minimalism of Acid, Juke, and Baile funk scutters into industrial soundscapes, only to be brought into the light by exploratory & melodic improvisations reminiscent of 1970s Cosmic Synth and Spiritual Jazz.

The confidence with which Semiratruth harnesses this sonic duality is mirrored in themes throughout their dizzying 20-track instrumental multiverse. Discordant voices of thought and feeling, desire and devotion, questioning and dreaming - all find harmony within Semira’s world, where divergent realities exist at once. Each track is a universe, revelling in an existentialism that's equal parts pleasure and pain, an invocation to ponder the cosmos in a pair of headphones, or channel it on the dancefloor. At any given moment, Semiratruth could be anywhere. Wherever Semira is not, their mystery fills the void. Their shadow self stage-dives into a pulsing audience of NYC heads as they shake the speakers with the tap of a finger. At the same minute, their history becomes myth in the Chicago DIY scenes they emerged from. At precisely the same second, farm-core songwriters backstage at a folk festival buzz about their newfound musical obsession, exclaiming, “Semira is the TRUTH!” As Semira puts it, “All of these S!Mulations and timelines are happening S!Multaneously. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.”

“Lush, synth-dominated soundscapes” - Rolling Stone

“Warm, glitchy beats that could make you hallucinate the longer you listen… with bleeps, bloops, rings, and buzzes that make it feel you’re putting the coordinates into the mothership” - Pitchfork

FFO: Boards of Canada, Oneohtrixpoint Never, Loraine James, Laraaji