On November 14th the Toronto-based musician and producer David Psutka’s long dormant but highly regarded Egyptrixx alias returns, with How Tidal, on his own Halocline Trance label.
A compendium of sorts, which retells the story so far, reworks of highlights from his catalogue sit alongside brand new tracks, serving as a bridge between the past and the future, preceding more fresh music in 2026.
With the originals still sounding remarkably current, a straight best-of wouldn’t have been out of question, but ever the tinkering student of sound, Psutka thought he’d break them apart, just to see just to see how he could put them back together again.
The music on is How Tidal is cutting-edge and futuristic, but never difficult, instead offering accessible gems where multiple strains of bass music are infused with a zingy, techno-pop bounce, whilst ambient moments gift sonic lozenges for maximum contentment. Psutka creates optimistically welcoming environments, where synthetic birds chirrup in cyan skies over babbling rainbow brooks, as chrome mario karts with starburst glitter paintjobs and 15 inch subwoofers boom by.
Egyptrixx is an early member of the visionary British label Night Slugs, alongside the likes of L-Vis 1990, Bok Bok, Jam City, Mosca, Lil Silva, Ikonika, Leonce and Bored Lord.
He gained renown across the 2010s with his hard hitting yet tranquil experimental dance music dubbed ‘celestial jeep music for a Saturn moon’. Colourful sound design was braided with dancefloor structures, creating an exhilarating tension between melodic and dissonant, euphoric and inward. The debut album Bible Eyes was released in March of 2011 to critical acclaim from Pitchfork, The Wire, Resident Advisor, New York Times, The Fader and more.
As Egyptrixx, Psutka has released four studio albums, collaborated, remixed, and toured with some of the biggest names in electronic music, including Massive Attack, Modeselektor, Caribou, TR/ST, Brodinski, Junior Boys and Blanck Mass.
The widely acclaimed moniker is foundational to Psutka’s complex body of work that encompasses multiple solo projects, including his ACT!, Anamai and Ceramic TL aliases, plus a diverse range of collaborative work with Massive Attack, Junor Boys, Jessy Lanza, Kuedo, Ipek Gorgun, Casey MQ, Myst Milano, Karen Ng and Colin Fisher.
He has performed live at Sonar Festival, Roskilde, Mutek, MOMA PS1 Warm-UP and CTM Festival, and presented sound installations at Galeria Civica Commune di Modena and Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO).
Egyptrixx – How Tidal
November 14th
Track-list:
1. Rooks Theme
2. Chrysalis Records
3. Dynachord
4. Josephine (Egyptrixx Remix)
5. Disorbital
6. Bible Eyes
7. Dreamliner [beat]
8. Dink
9. Hexagon Ya
10. Transfer of Energy (Feelings of Power)
11. Water
12. We Can Be Concrete
13. Cakewalk [beat]
14. Adult
15. Liberation Front
16. Halocline Trance
