Paperclip Minimiser - Topology Transform
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Paperclip Minimiser - Topology Transform
Holdrons Arcade
135A Rye Lane
Unit 11 Holdrons Arcade
London SE15 4ST
United Kingdom
Label: Blank Mind – BLNK027
Format: Vinyl, 12"
Country: UK
Released: April, 2026
Genre: Electronic
Style: Bass, Experimental, IDM
John Howes has been quietly building one of the more singular sound worlds in UK electronic music, and Topology Transform is his most concentrated statement yet. Returning to Blank Mind as Paperclip Minimiser, the North West-based producer delivers three tracks that map the full range of his fractured, micro-dub-techno approach — from its most kinetic extremes to its most still and suspended.
The A-side moves through high-tempo glitchy percussion and twitching rhythms before pulling back into spacious half-time structures where detail and negative space do the heavy lifting. The flip dissolves the energy entirely — a beatless ambient drift that maintains the same precision and depth through shimmering textures and suspended motion. Built on custom tools and intuitive production methods, Topology Transform sits at the point where clicks n' cuts, UK bass and broken techno converge without quite belonging to any of them. Concise, expansive and unmistakably personal.
