Lars Huismann has released System Collapse, an eight-track record on Dax J’s Monnom Black, and it is out now digitally and on vinyl. In a new studio breakdown tied to the release, the Berlin producer explains that much of the record’s movement comes from filter modulation rather than writing lead melodies in the usual way.
The release follows Huismann’s 2024 Monnom Black debut Mechanized and the Sounds From The Past trilogy on Mutual Rytm. Attack Magazine reports that most of System Collapse runs at 145 BPM, with Grid and Anomaly acting as his answer to the idea that dub techno has to stay slow.
FL Studio is still the centre of his setup. Huismann says he builds custom chains in Patcher so he can start with sounds that already move, instead of rebuilding the same routing every time. He also points to two self-made tools: a VCV Rack stereo effect called Dual Motion, built around Output Movement, and DuoPulse, a filter sequencer with two independent rhythm units. The core method is simple: keep the chord or stab steady, then let cutoff and resonance patterns create the feeling of a melody.
Several tracks show how that approach reshapes familiar sounds. Corrosive and Cult Breaker use Arturia Acid V, then add more filter sequencing in Pigments. Neon Shadows, which opens the record and is also its oldest track, uses an FM synth built in Rob Papen BLUE-III before further work in Pigments. System Collapse is available now via Monnom Black in digital and vinyl formats.
