PurelinkUS
Formed around a shared love of multilayered motifs and early aughts electronica, Brooklyn-based trio Purelink are ambient’s response to the basement jam band. Taking to their laptops in 2020, the Chicago-formed group forged their atmospheric dub-rinsed sound from the remnants of the ‘90s clicks and cuts era, merging influences ranging from the speaker-knocking thrum of contemporary bass music to the aqueous swirls of classic chillout IDM.
Impressionistic in approach, their productions shift between idyllic, emotionally translucent terrain and ambiguous hypnopompic haze, leveling out somewhere in the subdued, pensive in-between. Echoes of Chicago post-rock dapple their sound, with resonant, light-drenched chords and weighty, saturated drums shimmering in the delicate sparkle of their diffuse, noise-padded scapes.
Off the success of their 2023 albumSigns, the trio followed up with 2025’s Faith, a concise tableau of focused downtempo rhythms, consonant bass-plucks, and warm electro-acoustic timbres. Cut through with vocals from Hyperdub’s Loraine James and poet Angelina Nonaj, the album expanded the group’s sonic sensibility into a new domain.
Purelink
Live
Brooklyn-via-Chicago trio Purelink make their Montréal debut at MUTEK with a live blend of dubbed ambience, experimental rhythm and atmospheric electronica, transforming ambient sensibility from its inward-looking roots into a shared experience. The performance unfolds through a slow, near-imperceptible build—starting in quiet, loosely connected fragments before gradually locking into a cohesive flow, as each member’s musical sensibility converges into a finely balanced whole.
