Woods Mattress & Spietate Agonie

The self-titled collaboration between Woods Mattress and Spietate Agonie, released in 2026 on the Zaragoza-based label Drama Recorder, represents a significant meeting of international noise practitioners. Woods Mattress is the project of Peoria-based artist Alex LaHood, whose prolific output is defined by a dark, hypnotic approach to harsh noise and atmospheric drone. He is joined here by Italian artist Alessio Dutto, performing as Spietate Agonie, a project known for its explorations of death industrial and power electronics. Across five tracks and eighteen minutes, this cassette release navigates the intersections of concrete music and experimental noise, blending distorted synthesis with abrasive textures. The album aligns with the curatorial identity of Drama Recorder, a DIY imprint dedicated to the preservation of tactile formats and the promotion of global experimental sound design. Within the context of 2026’s experimental landscape, the record serves as a concise yet dense study of collaborative dissonance and industrial atmosphere.