ersatz esoterica by niwlio

niwlio returns to explore the eerie intersection of the mundane and the surreal. ersatz esoterica is a patchwork of sonic landscapes, where noise blends with kitsch fragmented sounds, in places where walls quietly hold secrets and history is discovered buried in cracks.

This 13-track release presents a sense of decay and lost grandeur through abstract textures and cryptic fragments. It's a dive into forgotten memories – distorted and weathered, expressing the friction of time slipping away.

With ersatz esoterica, niwlio plays with absurdity and melancholy, creating a record that feels both familiar and unknowable, inviting us to decode its haunted, fractured narrative.

Tracklist

1.	(nowhere)	0:50

2.	temporal ersatzism	5:24

3.	ref gglum empire	4:25

4.	performance archaeology	1:09

5.	code parable cut-up	2:50

6.	crypt-poesis	2:26

7.	time's patina/tape mulch	1:41

8.	damp records the dismal past	3:47

9.	mego marshlands	3:08

10.	concrete schism	2:33

11.	grotfabrieken rubbishhausen	2:12

12.	cloud of nothing	2:53

13.	(somewhere)	1:38

Credits

released April 4, 2025

ersatz esoterica | 13 tracks | 34 mins

Art and design by Heavy Cloud

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