CT Kidobó ‎– Into The Zone EP

In the Strugatsky brothers’ Roadside Picnic – and its ensuing film adaptation by Andrei Tarkovsky, Stalker – «the Zone» is a forbidden area lying somewhere in a post-apocalyptic, post-Soviet wilderness, in which manifold unspeakable evils and anomalies lurk, in wait of those bold enough to brave them by riskily attempting to reach the wish-granting, power-bestowing oracle at its heart. Producer CT Kidobo channels the noxiously wish-fulfilling, but also toxic gases and atmospheres native to the Strugatskys’ Zone, via four waste-scouring 4×4 electro heaters, described by the Neuma label as channelling ‘highly emotional content’. A chillingly formative journey is conveyed through the opening ‘The Last Run’, the sticky, hands-dirty drama of ‘Into The Zone’ and the half-lived bonus beats of ‘Just Use Your Imagination’.