Partial Defrag 𓇳

Coverage The Quietus (Review, Agata Kik): “Snapshots of voices and digital debris conjuring up a journey through London’s nocturnal streets” NINA Protocol (Staff Pick, JB Johnson): “Prickly compositions pulled from the dregs of hard drive compression”

Memory Recoil DL + Limited Edition CD on STRATA (04.12.25). “Shifting from swirling sound design to teetering piano motifs, Memory Recoil ventures deeper into the heart of the hard drive, where the haunted remnants of compressed data are mechanically recombined into uncanny, heartfelt confabulations.”

Listen & Support on Bandcamp + NINA (Physical copies available on Bandcamp only)

ScanDisk ScanDisk is the debut AV release of Partial Defrag on STRATA (29.11.24).

“Whispered voices, car engines, and ethereal club hooks are cut up, compressed, and congealed into a fluid, late-night motif for a spectral, industrial London. Partial Defrag’s free-form compositions are the leftovers of a hard drive compression: space-optimised memories tainted with artifacts.”

This is an audio-visual release accompanied by three videos and a limited run of 30 Blue CDs, packaged in anti-static hard drive bags.

Listen & Support on Bandcamp + NINA (Physical copies available on Bandcamp only)

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Live Set Footage 6.12.24 ScanDisk Launch, CSTC Goldsmiths + IKLECTIK (London) 10.10.24 Strata+0.1, Spanners (London)