A two-track Gearwatcher release with rhythmic focus and atmospheric detail.

Mantra / Shift Register is one of the releases that shows the mechanical side of the project most clearly. The tracks revolve around movement, pattern, and tension, but they still hold onto melody and atmosphere instead of flattening into utility.

Mantra features drumming by talented young drummer Kian Mi, that pushes its rhythmic complexity and functions as a obviuos centerpiece of the track.

Shift Register leans into the mechanical side of the project without sacrificing the sense of depth that keeps Gearwatcher music from reading as purely technical, the track features a dark brooding drum and bass atmoshphere, expanding it with atmospheric techno tinge that lifts the sound up.