Bobby Krlic returns with “N/Y" as his first solo release in over a decade

"N/Y" is a feeling I’ve had for a really long time,” he says of the track. “It was made with the intention of being something that I could play live only, and was just this burst of intensity that could re contextualise anywhere I would play it in. I kept working on it and it became something that I wanted to hear regardless of the context. I made the video in the same way. Making charcoal drawings and oil paintings, then fusing these together with self-shot video of myself in my studio. It feels immediate and without compromise. It was made quickly, in a moment, with complete intention. I really hope it changes the space you’re in.”

The release of “N/Y” coincides with the announcement of Archaic Devices, a new label founded by Krlic that will serve as the home for his future releases as The Haxan Cloak alongside reissues of his past work under the moniker. Krlic admits that starting a record label wasn’t something that had occurred to him until he finished building his own home studio in LA and he regained the master tapes to his records from various underground labels.

Krlic last released an album as The Haxan Cloak in 2013 with Excavation. The new label Archaic Devices will reissue that album, as well as 2011’s The Haxan Cloak.

All of his archival releases have been remastered, with aspects of their design and presentation tightened up by Krlic to present his music exactly as he initially intended. Working with revered visual artist Christopher Leckie, Krlic has built a stark, unique identity for his newly minted label Archaic Devices that extends to a new line of merchandise, as well as new visual directions for the label’s first and forthcoming releases.

After his scores for the likes of Midsommar, Beau Is Afraid, Netflix's BEEF, and DC's Blue Beetle have made him a prominent name in the mainstream, Bobby Krlic returns to revive his seminal project The Haxan Cloak. It is one that revitalised immersive sounds in electronic music and saw him work with the likes of Björk, Khalid, serpentwithfeet and more.