Benedikt Schmidt grew up in a small village in West Germany during which he always felt a sense of otherness especially as a growing creative. This sense of otherness intensified within the confines of his small-town environment to a point where relocating to a new place that supported this otherness was almost imperative. And it was Berlin. When the village failed to nurture Schmidt's creative mind and soul, Berlin, with its like-minded souls, embraced him. During the 8 years he lived in the big city, Schmidt’s otherness wasn’t only embraced but rather celebrated. These major transitional phases in the artist’s life were reflected in his sound elements that constituted the album where each was a reflection to a certain emotion or state of mind he had experienced. In a musical transcription, otherness was and still is Schmidt’s creative dynamo. He creates without confinements of any kind except remaining truthful to his sound palette. Schmidt - as Snuffo and an artist - makes music out of a deep urge to create. The seven tracks on this album are the result of this freeform creation process - jamming with the gear and giving in to the flow. The tracks are an amalgamation of Snuffo’s unique vision on Techno, Experimental music and Electro. Five years through, Schmidt resides in Mallorca, where he leads a withdrawn lifestyle enabling him to indulge more into all his creative endeavors. On the release, he says, “The tracks were made between 2023 and 2024 and are the childbirth of myself and the machines. The approach was intuitive. I get to my machine and work their magic and embrace their oddities. They deliver little imperfections each time and that is the appeal of live recording for me”. He adds, “I had to learn to embrace my otherness in order to become an artist and make mistakes in order to grow. I want to create in order to express myself and not deliver”. “Otherness” could be simply described as a dark shining on sonic tales. Words by Bexley Mellish