MODUL8's "Corpse Sonata Vol. I": A new era of Curbstep Chaos.

MODUL8 dismantles the concept of art by using distortion and turns chaos into rhythm.

MODUL8 is a Dutch artist and a cutting-edge AI-technologist who is pushing the boundaries of what is possible with sound. Over the past two decades, he has traversed the soundscapes of speed-core, drum & bass, poetry, and battle rap, always seeking new creative expressions. He leveraged his AI expertise to invent Curbstep — a genre that seamlessly integrates the elements of phonk, dubstep, trap, glitch, and boom bap into a single fiery sonic assault. By fusing human vulnerability with machine coldness in his creative process, MODUL8 manages to produce music that is time primitive and avant-garde.

The fusion of human inventiveness with artificial intelligence unleashed is just pure sonic mayhem in "Corpse Sonata."

With "Corpse Sonata Vol. I," MODUL8 delivers an album that is beyond the typical notion of a mere audio work — it is a wild ride through distortion and madness fueled by a rush of adrenaline. In these 14 songs, the Dutch AI innovator exhaustively explores the extent of his new genre “Curbstep,” the genre he has invented by mixing phonk, dubstep, trap, glitch, and boom bap into a dark, breathing-by-the-minute beast of the night. The explosion of sound is simultaneously accompanied by the dive of his words into obsession, mania, and psychological terror.

This ideology is most clear to see in "Corpse Sonata Vol. I," a record that gives the impression that it was composed in the language of disorder. Following long periods of activity in AI research, MODUL8 started to play with the idea he terms "mindless intelligence," which involves the use of algorithms to produce stems that he subsequently modifies manually. The very thing that makes MODUL8 different is its mixture of human feelings with AI-facilitated sound design.