Trace Amount Collaborates with Qual to Create the Annihilating “Death Match”

The collaborative project between New York City-based producer, Trace Amount, and post-punk-cum-EBM mainstay, William Maybelline (under the name Qual and who is one-half of Lebanon Hanover), wreaks havoc on the new EP, Alien Dust. Ignited by slabs of sound that pummel and drill into the brain’s cortex, the track “Death Match” is grimy and raw, an annihilation of industrial soundscapes. Trace Amount and Qual’s EP sits somewhere between Nine Inch Nails’ production and the severity of Hypnoskull’s music, all while representing the new strain of industrial—much like Statiqbloom‘s endeavors.

Watch the video for “Death Match” below:

Alien Dust is comprised of bursts of energy—compositions that are both ravenous and frenetic as “Death Match” clocks in at just over two minutes and the entire EP is just over ten minutes long. Trace Amount put together the mechanical rhythms and vocals in NYC while Qual worked remotely on the synthesized elements in Athens which made for a collaboration none of us knew we needed… until now.

Alien Dust will be out via the NYC-based electronic collective Faktor Music on October 29th.

Trace Amount will hit the road this December for a string of dates alongside Black Magnet (20 Buck Spin).

• 12/15/21 – Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus
• 12/16/21 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
• 12/17/21 – Boston, MA @ Middle East Upstairs
• 12/18/21 – Cleveland, OH @ The Foundry
• 12/19/21 – Chicago, IL @ Reggies
• 12/20/21 – Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle

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