CHXMERAS’ NEW EP OUT TODAY, SHARE NEW VIDEO

EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONIC DUO CHXMERAS NEW EP, SECOND SIGHT, AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE TODAY

CANADIAN TOUR DATES CONTINUE JUNE 17

WATCH / SHARE “SECOND SIGHT” HERE

BUY / STREAM SECOND SIGHT EP HERE

Photo Credit : T. Ayalik // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

Out today, CHXMERAS new EP, Second Sight is about “standing face-to-face with the wild, furious, anything goes, free-for-all, freefall present moment that we’re all living through.” CHXMERAS are a transatlantic collaboration between UK/Canadian musician Paul Finlay from the North East of England and Vancouver-based nêhiyaw/Denesuline musician Jarrett Martineau from Treaty 6 territory. Together, they weave immersive soundscapes with angular dub, experimental techno, mutating noise, and bit-crushed beats into a genre-blending, otherworldly experience. “When we set out to make this record, we didn’t know where we would end up, but we knew that we wanted it to sound and feel like the chaos and anxieties that are swirling all around us.”

To celebrate the EP’s release, they are sharing the new video for “Second Sight” which was “the first song we wrote for the album and it embodies the energy and relentlessness of the entire record,” says the band. “From the opening syncopated kick drums to the swarming synths, and rubbery bass stabs, it's a fast-moving, elastic track that bounces from dissonance to harmony, from staccato sounds to four on the floor techno. But it's also a turning point in the story. It's somehow one of the optimistic things we've made. It channels a precognitive sense that you might just survive the storm...the feeling that, even as you're hurtling through the fallout, and don't know where you're going, that you might just make it. The song holds onto the idea that even somewhere down the dystopian fury road of our burning world, you might just get to the other side. And ‘Second Sight’ holds onto that glimmer and premonition of another world that's worth fighting to try and reach.”

WATCH / SHARE “SECOND SIGHT” HERE

MORE ABOUT CHXMERAS
CHXMERAS released their debut album, Terminal City, in 2024 on Virtua94 Records. Hailed by RANGE Magazine as “a multilayered cinematic masterpiece", the album charts a sonic passage through the echoes and ruins of late-stage capitalism, environmental degradation, and urban decay. Using modular synths, drum machines, live efx, field recordings, film samples and live improvisation, CHXMERAS take listeners into a hallucinatory landscape where fractal paths, lost futures, and the disorienting present collide. 


WATCH / SHARE “MAELSTROM” HERE
WATCH / SHARE “SUBLIMATION” HERE


CANADIAN TOUR DATES
June 17 - Sled Island Festival - Calgary, AB
June 25 - Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival - Montreal, QC
June 27 - Vancouver International Jazz Festival - Vancouver, BC
July 27-28 - Shambhala Music Festival - Salmo, BC 

BUY / STREAM SECOND SIGHT EP HERE

DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

SECOND SIGHT TRACKLIST
01 Sublimation
02 Armour Up
03 Formline
04 Maelstrom
05 Second Sight

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YOUTUBE
SOUNDCLOUD

CHXMERAS REVEALS “MAELSTROM” FROM UPCOMING EP

EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONIC DUO CHXMERAS ANNOUNCES NEW EP, SECOND SIGHT, OUT JUNE 13, 2025

WATCH / SHARE “MAELSTROM” HERE
BUY / STREAM “MAELSTROM” HERE

PRE-SAVE SECOND SIGHT EP HERE

CANADIAN TOUR DATES COMMENCE MAY 25

Photo Credit : T. Ayalik // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

"If a solar storm was a song, it would be 'Maelstrom',” says experimental electronic duo CHXMERAS of their new single, the latest from their upcoming EP, Second Sight. “This one feels electromagnetic and irradiated. It flashes out of some fire-filled core and accelerates the particles around it. When we first started working on the track, it felt like a straight up, ink-black, late night Berlin techno banger. But as we dug in, the track started to glitch, fray, and fall apart -- and we leaned into that direction. ‘Maelstrom’ evolved into its fragmented form and now it feels furious. You can almost hear shards and spikes flying off from it the whole way through, like it could spark a fire everywhere it touches."      

WATCH / SHARE “MAELSTROM” HERE
BUY / STREAM “MAELSTROM” HERE

MORE ABOUT CHXMERAS
CHXMERAS are a transatlantic collaboration between UK/Canadian musician Paul Finlay from the North East of England and Vancouver-based nêhiyaw/Denesuline musician Jarrett Martineau from Treaty 6 territory. Together, they weave immersive soundscape with angular dub, experimental techno, mutating noise, and bit-crushed beats into a genre-blending, otherworldly experience. 

Out June 13, their new EP, Second Sight is about “standing face-to-face with the wild, furious, anything goes, free-for-all, freefall present moment that we’re all living through,” says CHXMERAS. “When we set out to make this record, we didn’t know where we would end up, but we knew that we wanted it to sound and feel like the chaos and anxieties that are swirling all around us.”

WATCH / SHARE “SUBLIMATION” HERE
BUY / STREAM “SUBLIMATION” HERE

CHXMERAS released their debut album, Terminal City, in 2024 on Virtua94 Records. Hailed by RANGE Magazine as “a multilayered cinematic masterpiece", the album charts a sonic passage through the echoes and ruins of late-stage capitalism, environmental degradation, and urban decay. Using modular synths, drum machines, live efx, field recordings, film samples and live improvisation, CHXMERAS take listeners into a hallucinatory landscape where fractal paths, lost futures, and the disorienting present collide. 

PRE-SAVE SECOND SIGHT EP HERE

TOUR DATES
May 25 - Lobe Studio - Vancouver, BC
Jun 17 - Sled Island Festival - Calgary, AB
Jun 25 - Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival - Montreal, QC
Jun 27 - Vancouver International Jazz Festival - Vancouver, BC
Jul 27-28 - Shambhala Music Festival - Salmo, BC 

DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

SECOND SIGHT TRACKLIST
01 Sublimation
02 Armour Up
03 Formline
04 Maelstrom
05 Second Sight

CHXMERAS ONLINE
INSTAGRAM
BANDCAMP
YOUTUBE
SOUNDCLOUD

CHXMERAS ANNOUNCES NEW EP, SHARES FIRST SINGLE, “SUBLIMATION”

EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONIC DUO CHXMERAS ANNOUNCES NEW EP, SECOND SIGHT, OUT JUNE 13, 2025

WATCH / SHARE “SUBLIMATION” HERE
BUY / STREAM “SUBLIMATION” HERE

PRE-SAVE SECOND SIGHT EP HERE

Photo Credit : T. Ayalik // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

Experimental electronic duo CHXMERAS are a transatlantic collaboration between UK/Canadian musician Paul Finlay from the North East of England and Vancouver-based nêhiyaw/Denesuline musician Jarrett Martineau from Treaty 6 territory. Together, they weave immersive soundscape with angular dub, experimental techno, mutating noise, and bit-crushed beats into a genre-blending, otherworldly experience. 

Out June 13, their new EP, Second Sight is about “standing face-to-face with the wild, furious, anything goes, free-for-all, freefall present moment that we’re all living through,” says CHXMERAS. “When we set out to make this record, we didn’t know where we would end up, but we knew that we wanted it to sound and feel like the chaos and anxieties that are swirling all around us.”

The EP’s first single, “Sublimation”, set that idea in motion. “When we were making the song, it felt like we were being guided by premonitions,” the duo explains. “Like the future rushing toward us. And the music came flying at the same speed. “Sublimation” channels the feeling of being hurtled inevitably through space toward an unknown destination and unknowable outcomes. It’s driving, overwhelming, and always on the edge of breaking down. But it’s also about trying to capture that frenetic energy and take its power back before everything cascades fully out of control.”

WATCH / SHARE “SUBLIMATION” HERE
BUY / STREAM “SUBLIMATION” HERE

MORE ABOUT CHXMERAS
CHXMERAS released their debut album, Terminal City, in 2024 on Virtua94 Records. Hailed by RANGE Magazine as “a multilayered cinematic masterpiece", the album charts a sonic passage through the echoes and ruins of late-stage capitalism, environmental degradation, and urban decay. Using modular synths, drum machines, live efx, field recordings, film samples and live improvisation, CHXMERAS take listeners into a hallucinatory landscape where fractal paths, lost futures, and the disorienting present collide. 

PRE-SAVE SECOND SIGHT EP HERE

DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

SECOND SIGHT TRACKLIST
01 Sublimation
02 Armour Up
03 Formline
04 Maelstrom
05 Second Sight

CHXMERAS ONLINE
INSTAGRAM
BANDCAMP
YOUTUBE
SOUNDCLOUD