01: Piteous Gate (02:25) 02: Optimate (04:46) 03: Thorium (05:35) 04: The Black Pill (02:43) 05: Kritikal & X (01:54) 06: Epithet (05:16) 07: Jester's Visage (00:56) 08: Methy Imbiß (03:08) 09: Azov Seepage (04:31) Alongside fellow members of Berlin's Janus collective, recently behind nights at Berghain and Corsica Studios, M.E.S.H. is known for his futurist approach to club dynamics and production. On Piteous Gate, tightly gridded and sculpted sound juts up against loose-wristed improvisation, automated processes, and collage. Standard club synco- pation is twisted by sliding tempos, cut and paste time signatures, and indeterminate pacing. Its sound design and compositions are ornate, even courtly, with neo-feudal moods offset by the recurrence of hydraulic hiss and flanger.