Ilinx

*Limited Edition Compact Disc with 7-Inch Cover* "It buys you time. Lit yellow drops target. Her cold fingers. In a patient room. Under the blanket. Throbbing. Your feverish flesh cuts time in the living room outage screaming. You do not require to exit to go east. To the end of the world a plane crash signals 6 balls, one coin. Gliding. Her voice is cut off. 3 balls, 5 coins. She said: listening flips into writing prematurely. Deafness. You switch roles, top becomes bottom, bottom becomes top. Often with a sudden movement. To lose control, toss a coin. Speed changes. Black Hole. Caveman. Presets. Quickly. Buy and sell. To make profit. Lights spell ‘extra object’ on the screen. Rollovers replace surrender. Hitting in sequence advances the multiplier. Locking begins the maze. After you kill him, it will reconstruct into your mother and begins chasing you. You are the hunter hunted. Her voice evolves into something approximating human voice. 2 balls, 2 coins." - Maziar Afrassiabi

During the quiet and strange Covid days, Suzana Lașcu, Robert Kroos, and Reinier van Houdt began a recording project based on the soundbites of pinball machines. They visited the empty Dutch Pinball Museum in Rotterdam and captured field recordings of machines from the 1960s to the 1990s. From these, they selected 28 samples to serve as thematic starting points for what they called 'game pieces,' recorded in two sessions at Sonology Studios in The Hague. The recordings were then shaped into sound collages using cut-up techniques and probabilistic processes.

The project is titled 'Flipperen,' released under the name 'Ilinx.' 'Ilinx' refers to a form of play described by Roger Caillois, which creates a temporary disruption of perception, similar to vertigo or trance. The trio’s improvisational approach intentionally follows this principle.

Featuring artwork by Dutch Situationist painter Jacqueline de Jong, the design is reproduced on a double-sided, 300g foldout Multicard in 7-inch format, using the original PMS colours.