Since 1992, Patrick Stevens has been crafting some of the most bone-crunching techno and rhythmic noise sounds your speakers will ever spit. A pioneer of the raw, brutal, and industrial punk club sounds now so prevalent, the Belgian artist has never slowed down since he first blasted ears so many years ago. Often using his voice as an instrument as well, Stevens’ grinding performances bring together the blasted catharsis of club raving with the collective embrace of ritual song, in the most harrowing way possible. Dig in to those early Escape 3 releases, or the surefire cutting lash of his Ant-Zen work.

• Hypnoskull X Cartel [028] by Techno Cartel

• Hypnoskull X Cartel [028] by Techno Cartel