Portuguese/German duo Splitterzelle sign to Fuzz Club and announce self-titled debut album, available to pre-order now!
Portuguese/German duo Splitterzelle have signed to Fuzz Club and are today announcing their self-titled debut album, out January 17 2025. Check out the lead single 'Golem' and pre-order the album on the Fuzz Club Store/Membership exclusive clear blue LP and standard amber LP here
"Golem was one of our first songs. It’s electro psych noise aimed at the body. As we are getting closer to creating digital life, this song explores the relation of not having an apparent physical body while at the same time maintaining a ubiquitous presence. Unlike the rest of the tracks in the album which were entirely produced in the studio, Golem features some guitars and drums from a gig recording in Maus Hábitos, Porto."
Departing from the hypnotic, loop-based space-rock jams of their earlier work, the self-titled album from Portuguese/German duo Splitterzelle finds Pedro Pestana (10 000 Russos, Tren Go! Sound System) and Sidney Jaffe (Arcane Allies, Burnpilot, Parse, Ornamental) taking a much more produced approach driven primarily by drum machine and synths. Pounding sub-bass and dark electronic textures are at the forefront here, finding a middle ground between club-ready industrial techno heaviness and droning psychedelic noise.
Following their solo projects' collaboration on 2021’s Tren Go! Sound System & Ornamental 'Assessment' LP and a few Portuguese and German tours, Sidney and Pedro soon came to realise a new band was bubbling away and officialised their partnership in 2023 with the emergence of Splitterzelle. Starting out as a guitar and drums duo, their time together and also perhaps the geographical circumstances of living in different countries allowed them the freedom to explore radically different creative approaches between 2024's live session album 'The Drumhard Sessions Vol. 1' and the full-throttle electronics of the the incoming 'Splitterzelle' LP:
"Out of several recording sessions came the collaborative Drumhard Sessions Vol. 1 and this self-titled LP. However, both of these couldn't be more further apart in approach. Where DHSV1 was performed and recorded live in the studio with no overdubs, the S/T LP is the exact opposite with overproduced layers of sound, sub bass and ear candy all the time. The modus operandi was pretty much to record and jam whenever a possibility arose when we were together on tour and then work on the material in our separate home studios once we returned."
