The Black Forest‑based group Institut Für Feinmotorik has issued a new album titled Öd, issued through the Faitiche imprint. The release continues the collective’s long‑term focus on stripped‑down, mechanical soundscapes that draw on post‑Cagean ideas and the Profan strain of minimal techno.
Their signature approach employs the Octogrammoticum, an arrangement of eight turntables that operate without records, producing squeaking, sparse textures that the source describes as sounding like dying machines. The Quietus first reported the album’s arrival, noting the group’s ongoing commitment to messy, incomplete art rather than hyper‑individualised, AI‑driven solutions.