Niko Marks turns Transhumanism into soulful machine philosophy

Niko Marks’ Transhumanism lands on 21 June with a title that sounds like it belongs equally to a techno record, a philosophy seminar and a slightly worrying lab. That is a good thing. Marks, a Detroit producer with deep electronic roots, frames the album as an experiment made from the perspective of creating art, and the 15-track structure gives him room to move through techno, deep house, electronic soul, electronic funk, experimental electronics, high-tech jazz and tech house. Titles like Simulation Interlude, Brain Interface, Chip Jabber and Residential Lab Rat suggest a record interested in the body-machine question without losing the groove. Detroit electronic music has always known how to make technology human and humanity mechanical in the best possible way. Transhumanism sounds like another chapter in that conversation, full of circuits, rhythm and stubborn soul.

Source: https://nikomarks.bandcamp.com/album/transhumanism