Perturbators new mini-album New Model, Due for physical release on October 20, takes the Parisian synthsmith into deeper, murkier terrains. Perturbator has previously said that New Model is an intentional departure from synthwave and instead a "purely dark electronic music release." When Hammer caught up with the man himself to ask why, he replied simply with "I just think genre names are pointless. "They tend to make people talk too much and then forget to listen to the actual music that’s presented to them." One of the inspirations behind New Model is Roko's Basilisk, a thought experiment about the potential risks involved with artificial intelligence. The theory states that a supreme AI from the future could retroactively punish all humans who didn't help or hindered bringing about its existence. While it might sound like the plot to a Terminator-esque movie, Perturbator admits it's an "interesting concept" and allowed him to create a dystopian, bleak and lonely world throughout New Model.
