Name: X X ͛ SplInter X
Evocator: Heald Recordings
Portal: healdrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/a-home-of-sorts-in-parts
An inscription reads: All proceeds directed to Doctors Without Borders, aiding their invaluable humanitarian efforts.
Instance: N/A
Coevals: Mun Sing
Location: Iklectik
Portal: https://ra.co/events/1799896
Setlist: Blizzard / Catastrotopia, Hailshardss Bleedstung, Off Your Phase, Tonguelash On The Floe, Sxc Bladed Eyelids, Hiighlyheartstrung
Lore Account: [Lost]
Name: SPEKTYKLE 𝟶 ° ⚲ 𝘖 ⬭ ⌾ 🝯
Artifact Medium: Digital File, Enhanced CD
Evocator: N/A
Portal: terrorpeaks.bandcamp.com/album/spektykle
Lore Account: SPEKTYKLE is a sonic curse born of Terror Peaks' worst recesses. Reified across digital, streaming and CD media, the artifact is an impudent exercise in genre tourism, spanning electro, trance, electrance, hyperpop, emo, trap, “hiss” - any popular category into which the arch-zeitgeist might wish to sink its fangs. Across its seven tracks, we hear the ultra-effected, autotuned, compressed voices of Terror Peaks’ “angels” - grotesque, idolatrous tulpas of the worst kind.
An Inscription Reads: sseven entryways to Terror Peaks, swarrms of vampish entities, emergent, singing in a horrifying language, a many-tongued, devilish dialectt, crude overlays of trance, hisss, emo, ecto, noise, geiist, gush, neurosis, envy, overstimulation, artifice, future-past interfacings of forbiddden instruments, theremin, auto2ne, synth, blursed haands morph to claws and teeth to fangs!
Credits: Guitar: Laurence Wilkins | Additional Vocals: Finn Kennedy | Music Video Co-Dir: Oliver Geraghty
Lore Account: Range of posters through which a new curse from Terror Peaks continues to ooze into our world. It seems Terror Peaks' methods of intervention have gone beyond just portals. Imperil / actualize yourself by scanning the QR code.
Incantation / Cogitation: What are thezse strange, digital ports? Perhaps they lead somewhere multisensory???
Instance: Herah
Coevals: Earth Angel, House On The Strand, Finn Kennedy
Location: Spanners
Portal: https://www.spanners.club/event-details/herah
Setlist: Spektykle (Video Ward), Off Your Phase, Tonguelash On The Floe, Sxc Bladed Eyelids, Daarkheartstrings
Lore Account: [Lost]
Instance: Uh 'Humanus' Album Launch
Coevals: Uh, Ex.sses, Lord Tusk, Terror Peaks (DJ)
Location: Peckham Audio
Setlist: [Lost]
Lore Account: [Lost]
Instance: ROCA 'Sweethearts' Compilation Launch
Coevals: Parru, Cloak Of Kings, Boy Lucid, Terror Peaks, Pentu, +777000, Liim_xa, Instar, DJ Meddle
Location: Spanners
Portal: www.spanners.club/event-details/roca-i
Setlist: Blizzard Of Us, Off Your Phase, Wicked Aiir, Thinn Mirror, Tonguelash On The Floe
Lore Account: [Lost]
An inscription reads: yyou: stranded on some far polynya, arms fastened ankles froze, strapped to ice a chilling vice. something seeps behind the lightgloom n its got six legs (or are they wings???) but just as quickly flits outter sight, w/ so much speeed it shoots a fright, down your back nn knees it burns, you may well try to break away but not before that tthing returns, arms outstretched n tongue extended, pray u can outwit a sprite not least as vishuss as this one...
Instance: Loose Trax
Coevals: Mea0u, m.Kwas, Skyfragrance, Terror Peaks
Location: Venue MOT Unit 18
Portal: ra.co/events/1679362
Setlist: Blizzard Of Us, Off Your Phase, Wicked Aiir, Thinn Mirror, Freeze Corporeal (Beatless Ver.)
Lore Account: [Lost]
Evocator: Voices Radio
Spectacle: Seasonal Expression w/ Terror Peaks
Lore Account: Hijacking the regular Seasonal Expression show, a faction of denizens, believed to be in cahoots, narrate a series of freezing cold icescapes, illegally siphoned from select portals to chilling, tundric subrealms.
Setlist: [Unknown - though all sounds presumed to originate from Terror Peaks]
Name: Bab Pulse Surge Burst
Evocator: ROCA
Portal: rocahaha.bandcamp.com/album/sweethearts
Lore Account: Said to be an ecstatic sonic expression of the electrified abomination, Pangzap. Aside from a tiny hardened core at its centre, Pangzap does not usually appear to the perceiver in corporeal form. Rather, its standard apparition is that of a large, dangerous ball lightning - a form which allows it perpetual energy for both travel and predation.
Lore Account: Five angelic abominations, miraculously captured and petrified in the form of downloadable ".adg" files, and loadable in the evocation technology known as "Ableton Live". The entity responsible for bottling the angels - Heald Recordings, for their Heald_Open series - is still at large. It is said that those wishing to channel the garbled, ecstatic voices of these five abominations - among them Psychotwinge, Pangzap and Banishbansh - may load these files instantaneously within the evocation window. So long as a microphone is connected, an entity of the bearer's choosing will parasitize the human larynx, leading to ecstatic vocal alterations in the character of said entity. In the long term, the bearer may find themselves cursed.
Download the oddity via the site of its evocator, Heald Recordings: healdrecordings.com/Heald_Open
Instance: Crossovers Collective
Coevals: Lamia, 9mp9mp, Ex.sses, Terror Peaks
Location: St. James Hatcham Church
Portal: www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=14175
Lore Account: [Lost]
Setlist: Blizzard Of Us, Off Your Phase, Wicked Aiir, Freeze Corporeal, Thinn Mirror
Instance: It's A Tough Game
Coevals: Max Winter, Terror Peaks, Elsas
Location: The Windmill Brixton
Portal: www.windmillbrixton.co.uk/events/2022-10-03-max-winter-elsas-terror-peaks-the-windmill
Setlist: Blizzard Of Us, Wicked Aiir, Spektykle, Thinn Mirror
Lore Account: [Lost]
Evocator: Noods Radio
Spectacle: Sample Stories w/ Terror Peaks: Cloud Glossolalia
Lore Account: An undocumented, autotuned denizen of Terror Peaks, perhaps itself an abomination, scours the noisy, net-bound wastes in search of glossolalic digital musick and the samples contained therein.
Setlist:
Celer - Rains Lit By Neon
Rihanna - Close To You
Ssaliva - Close2u Stretchdascent Edit
Unknown - Unknown
Monker178 - Pov 2The Surge
Flagalova - Don’t Forget The Violence
DJ Victor Borge - n3w ne0n str4wberry
Unknown - You And Alot
Burial - Young Death
Monker178 - Above The Gasoline Below The Clouds
Summer Walker - Potential (Special Guest Edit)
Celer - Nothing So Mystical
Lil Rhiz0me - g4rd3v0!r
onor / 5starcrys - He’s playing dice So you want to live off me
Donor / Woodstock / Chillin / Kishi / Omgsora / Private Joker / Spookjamie - Garden
Flora & H2OP - Juniper (Live)
Sellasouls - 3 - 157 LordShaliku 171
Buum - 51_50
H2OP - Pass Emotions
Lei - Means So Much To Me
Nosgov / 5v - Crush My <3
Daemon & Cassius Select - Breach
James Ferraro - Dove
Terror Peaks - Off Your Phase
Sasha Matsuryev / Kalia - Rain
Lore Account: Twin ominous scrolls bearing the decrees of each murderous entity captured on the artifact "Peaky Sparkle Pangs ⟍ᐠ ⸜⸌ Shockfalls ⸌ ᐠ ⸜ヽ".
To Obtain: Directly purchaseable via its evocator, Heald Recordings: healdrecordings.com/Terror-Peaks-A-B-Side-Scroll-Prints
An Inscription Reads: "A REALM OF EMOTIONAL SMOKE AND MIRRORS; A NETWORK OF CAVES BOTH SMALL AND LARGE. ITS WALLS, CEILINGS AND FLOORS ARE LINED BY TALL, REFLECTIVE, GLASSY SHEETS OF ROCK, WHICH RESEMBLE ENORMOUS MIRRORS. THESE EXPAND AND CONTORT IN RELATION TO THEIR OBSERVER, WHOSE VISAGE - WHEN REFLECTED BACK AT THEM - BECOMES HORRIBLY DISTORTED. CRYSTALS GLISTEN AND SPARKLE IN THE BLINDING DARK, CAUSING PAIN AND PLEASURE TO BLUR INTO INDISTINCT PANGS OF FEELING. A BLIND ANGEL STALKS THE HALLS, SPOUTING GLOSSOLALIC NONSENSE, DEVOURING ANYTHING THAT COMES INTO CLOSE CONTACT."
"A PLANE OF WHIRLPOOLS THAT SUCKS EXPLORERS INTO LOST OBLIVIONS. ANGELS WHISPER-SING INTO THE EARS OF THE FOOLS WHO EXPLORE IT, TEMPTING THEM TO PLACE JUST ONE FOOT WRONG, SO AS TO DRAG THEM DOWN INTO ONE OF THESE TERRIFYING HOLES. THROWING THEIR VOICES AND OUTSTRETCHING THEIR GROTESQUE ARMS, THEY TUG, SING, AND URGE. THE GROUND CACKLES AND SPUTTERS WITH HUMMING ELECTRIC ENERGY, WHILE ENTRANTS REGULARLY REPORT THE FEELING OF FALLING OUT OF THEIR OWN BODIES. COMMON NEUROSES INCLUDE DEREALIZATION, VERTIGO, AND SHOCK."
Credits: Design: Liam Cosford (stateofinertia)
Lore Account: Arcane pewter ring bearing the mark of fabled jeweler Pietro Fiori. Said to have materialised along with the artifact "Peaky Sparkle Pangs ⟍ᐠ ⸜⸌ Shockfalls ⸌ ᐠ ⸜ヽ". The wearer is cursed with a contingent, brutal aura.
To Obtain: Made-to-order via its evocator, Heald Recordings. Enquire using the written or typed word: healdrecordings.com/About
Credits: Design: Terror Peaks | Craft: Pietro Fiori
Name: Peaky Sparkle Pangs ⟍ᐠ ⸜⸌ Shockfalls ⸌ ᐠ ⸜ヽ
Artifact Medium: Digital File, Cassette (Live Exclusive)
Evocator: Heald Recordings
Lore Account: Second clustered portal record. Said to vividly document the ramblings of two mad, murderous abominations, though their accompanying realms are said to have been rather beautiful.
Tracklist:
Peaky Sparkle Pangs ⟍ᐠ ⸜⸌ (06:26)
Shockfalls ⸌ ᐠ ⸜ヽ (06:51)
An inscription reads: "A realm of emotional smoke and mirrors; a network of caves both small and large. Its walls, ceilings and floors are lined by tall, reflective, glassy sheets of rock, which resemble enormous mirrors. These expand and contort in relation to their observer, whose visage - when reflected back at them - becomes horribly distorted. Crystals glisten and sparkle in the blinding dark, causing pain and pleasure to blur into indistinct pangs of feeling. A blind angel stalks the halls, spouting glossolalic nonsense, devouring anything that comes into close contact."
"A plane of whirlpools that sucks explorers into lost oblivions. Angels whisper-sing into the ears of the fools who explore it, tempting them to place just one foot wrong, so as to drag them down into one of these terrifying holes. Throwing their voices and outstretching their grotesque arms, they tug, sing, and urge. The ground cackles and sputters with humming electric energy, while entrants regularly report the feeling of falling out of their own bodies. Common neuroses include derealization, vertigo, and shock."
Credits: Art Direction: Terror Peaks / Liam Cosford (stateofinertia) | Mastering: Anne Taegert
Instance: Silver S
Coevals: Silkarmour, Terror Peaks, TaliaBle
Location: The Waiting Room
Portal: ra.co/events/1513778
Setlist: Spektykle, Frostbit Sclera, [Lost]
Lore Account: [Lost]
Instance: Hey Angel
Coevals: Bara & Isa, Susu Laroche, Terror Peaks, Angel Steele, DJ Subaru, Kasra V
Location: Venue MOT Unit 18
Portal: ra.co/events/1503915
Lore Account: First documented account of a fully live apparition. Theremin, autotuned vocals, haptic overloads. Stage backed by ancient occult inscriptions daubed on parchment, said to buff performances.
Setlist: Spektkyle, Shockfalls, Earsringin, Haze Gaze End (Ending), [Lost]
Instance: [Lost]
Coevals: Uh, Rubie, Ex.sses
Location: Bermondsey Social Club
Portal: dice.fm/event/dbwbg-uh-special-guests-21st-oct-bermondsey-social-club-london-tickets
Lore Account: Two denizens of Terror Peaks - one uttering vocal incantations, and the other wielding twin rotaries - collude to evoke an "ultralight avalanche": an overwhelming deluge of cruddy trance and frozen sonohazards, directly from the mouth of a portal.
Name: Thunderszhok Trip Side ⚲ 𝘖° ⵔo° ⬭ 𝘖° / Haze Gaze End U ᒢ ᶸ U ᵁ ᴜ ᐡ ⟢
Artifact Medium: Digital File, Cassette
Evocator: Unknown, said to be the result of a spontaneous rift
Portal: terrorpeaks.bandcamp.com/album/thunderszhok-trip-side-haze-gaze-end
Lore Account: Thirty minutes of seamless segues between subrealms. Despite its spontaneous origin, this is the fullest and least affected representation of Terror Peaks to date.
An inscription reads: "All sounds captured by an accursed denizen of Terror Peaks, where blinding light dashes all faculties and renders the senses null."
Artifact Medium: Digital File, Cassette
Evocator: Slow Dance / MOTR
Portal: slowdancerecords.bandcamp.com/album/terror-peaks
Lore Account: First documented instance of a multi-portal cluster recorded on a single artifact. Three portals - Showyou, Blis and On+On+On - burst open in quick succession. The voices audible on the recording are said not to have spewed from real, embodied abominations; rather, their shades.
Tracklist:
Sᐝo⼁❘︲⏐ˌˈ ̩ Showyou (03:54)
Blis · . ↼ ° ⟜ ⇀ (06:10)
°ᐢ + OႶ + o⌒ (18:29)
An inscription reads: "You are showered in, and forever fatigued by, an overbearing light. This light does not reveal things as they are, but behaves in an obscurant way, an anti-haze that blinds what it illuminates. Only rarely does the light behave normally, like a beam. Mostly, it acts like a volatile weather condition, like a blizzard or sleet storm. Occasionally, it gives observers a cruel fright, morphing in and out of sight as though it were a living entity. Nobody knows it where it comes from. There is no sun. The sky appears as a vaguely off-white void, if it can be made out at all. Your eyes are bathed in it, like an afterimage taunting the visual field. It is difficult to know the limit to its brightness. It simply floods more light that existed there before. Light floods extant light. It masks what could only exist before. Visions of distant mountain ranges, oceans, and sky-scraping structures appear from behind the light-gloom, out of reach. Odd beings, like floating pieces of dyed papyrus or cloth, hover about before darting away again. There are horrors, angels. Mercilessly stalking the unprepared and foolish, these superintelligences rarely take on corporeal form, singing, wailing in pain. Prolonged exposure has forced their voices into a trapped tuning, a suffocating harmony. Terror Peaks is never silent. Even in the quieter moments, there is always a hiss, a crackle, a blip. You always hear Terror Peaks before you see it, before you even step through the Portal. Every footstep is cacophonous, every brushing-up-against a sonic barrage. Impossible sound oozes from nowhere: alien gongs, hypertense zither zaps. All amplified. Light bends sound. Perceived loudness scales with the attention an observer pays to its source, rather than proximity to the source itself. You witness a storm in the vivid distance; warped thunderclaps, ice-cracks, and the wails of angels fleeing; but it may as well be happening right before you. Half of the original explorers now have permanent tinnitus. The other half are missing. Moments of peace can be found, away from the blare and glare. The light persists as ever, but it is possible to stumble into less overbearing grottos and nooks. In these rare places, sounds and sights coalesce in harmony. Such moments are delicate and easily disturbed. In many cases, they are a flat-out manipulation, either caused by an angel or Terror Peaks itself. Do not let your guard down. Miracles are to be appreciated, but they must not be clung on to. For some foolish minority, Terror Peaks is sought purely as a drug-realm, to get high and trip on the nuggets of rapture obtainable there."
Credits: Art Direction: Terror Peaks / Marco Pini / Ben Hodgson | Mastering: Kevin Tuffy
Name: Not Chasing (Terror Peaks Remix)
Evocator: Slow Dance
Portal: slowdancerecords.bandcamp.com/album/brave-ep-deluxe
Lore Account: Earliest recovered artifact. Sounds to be a distorted version of Fran Lobo's 'Not Chasing'; the original vestige has been thoroughly affected.
