Subjective Slave is the work of Cédric Dambrain and offers up a concept album of sorts. The label explains, 'As the record's title refers to human beings' inclination to create in themselves the conditions of their own alienation, the music oscillates between sound as (outer) phenomena and sound as (inner) experience, transforming the listener's body into the space of the perception. Happening simultaneously inside and outside, the context of the listening becomes a place for self-knowledge and ecstasy.' Subjective Slave comes out swinging with 'Splace Genesis,' an ear cleaning slab of crunchy noise. This is well done and I am excited for the rest of the album. Then we switch gears entirely with 'EE Duct Con,' which is mastered incredibly low and is mostly high pitched warbling electronics. The rest of the album tacks back and forth between these two extremes, with tracks like 'The FHN Vision' and 'Double Negative' laying down some quiet noise, with low rumblings, static, and crackling electronics. From the introduction, I was surprised to find that most of this album was quiet, mostly static compositions. For example, tracks like 'Lake R_09' and 'Another You' were pretty quiet and too minimal for my tastes and didn't really seem to go anywhere. On the other hand, 'Hypersoul 2031' with its glitchy, cut up barrage and the overdriven 'Protoae 67 Orgies' demonstrate Subjective Slave's mastery of noise, but this was the exception on this album rather than the rule. One may be left wondering if this is a minimalist drone album with some noise thrown in or a noise album that somehow lost its way. As such, it is a mixed bag. This album weighs in at around 43 minutes and is limited to 500 copies packaged in a black anti-static bag.