Track eight, “幽示 Divulging,” is a collaboration between Cheng and the Taiwanese conspiracy psychedelic trio, Mong Tong. 旣 Apeiron is structured into three chapters, each of which have their own independent themes and changes.

Haunted voices, cryptic announcements from tannoys and even bird sounds appear on the track “落芽 Lamella Cries,” before being overwhelmed by sludgy toneclouds, and finally a pattern of telegraph taps that fades over into the next track. They open up the background, combining the paranoid digital tones with false reassurances of open spaces and natural tones. In other areas, the distorted bass drums suggest the gabber techno scene, without the frenetic pace. The sheer amount of distortion on Apeiron could draw to mind a description such as “dark ambient.” The second track, “虛見 Hollow in Emptiness,” opens with a repeating note like a blown horn, behind which the other competing noises struggle for attention, perhaps reminiscent of the cultish ritual recordings of Lustmord. This collection should only be purchased with currency issued by the Bank of Hell. Its waves of distortion crash into, and over one another buried tones are barely visible in a dark sea of fuzz and decay, occasionally drifting towards the surface to groan. 旣 Apeiron (FPRS008), is the debut album by Taiwanese artist Cheng Daoyuan. Apeiron, the end is the beginning, death is birth, nothingness is everything.

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