The second album by electronic musician Pymin Davydov aka Pymin has been released on Hybrid Moment and marks the label’s debut release. ‘Axiomatic’ is the result of Pymin’s evening improvisations with Korg ARP Odyssey and Moog DFAM synthesizers. The artist describes it through the concept of electricity as a natural phenomenon that ‘connects movement and the interaction of energies’.
The album features five tracks that the musician worked on over the course of about a month. The title ‘Axiomatic’ refers to the mathematical term ‘axioms’, meaning something unquestionable or self-evident.
‘For me, it’s about physical and energetic sensations that feel so natural and obvious, they can’t be questioned. This album is about primal impulses, about energy that simply is’, Pymin explained.
According to Davydov, the tracks on the release are united by ‘a certain raw energy and a live impulse’ provided by the synthesizers:
‘I treat synthesizers as capsules of energy — they’re essentially machines packed with electricity, and that electricity is born from the earth itself and flows through us. That’s why I try to give them freedom — to let the instruments express their own living, unpredictable nature’.
The producer highlights the track ‘Touch’, created in improvisation with his friend Miia: ‘she was humming something into the mic, I added a rhythm, and it turned into this elegant, slightly erotic bleep track with slow dynamics’.
About the difference from Pymin’s previous album
Pymin’s previous and debut album, ‘Ultrashell’, was released in 2021. While he describes it as ‘an attempt to piece myself together from different parts’, ‘Axiomatic’ is the result of accumulated internal resistance — ‘a surplus of adrenaline released through music’.
‘There’s a lot of physicality here, emotions being unleashed like an explosion — through rhythm, through high-frequency oscillations that affect you even on a mental level’.
About choosing Hybrid Moment for the release
Despite being the founder of the Telesma label, Pymin released his new album on Hybrid Moment — a label focused on dark disco, EBM, new beat, and other ‘dark’ genres.
The musician explained that the album’s aesthetic suited Hybrid Moment better and ‘went beyond the bounds of Telesma’:
‘I’m drawn to the idea of multidirectional interaction — I feel comfortable working with folk, techno, and ambient. When the idea to create rather raw electronics came up, I immediately felt it was beyond Telesma’s aesthetic’.
Telesma is preparing to release the ‘Landscape’ compilation featuring 13 producers, as well as a new release from Ukrainian producer Native Outsider.
About Pymin’s other releases
In November 2024, Pymin released the ‘Amulet’ EP — a three-track release that embodies the artist’s source of inner strength and love.
In this EP, Pymin approaches music and art ‘not just as ornaments of life, but as its foundation’.
‘I believe this kind of foundation gives us strength by igniting an inner fire — one that can light up even the darkest times. These qualities are our amulet’, the artist says.
The tracks from ‘Amulet’ will be part of Pymin’s upcoming trip-hop album titled ‘Armatura’. The album is dedicated to russia’s full-scale invasion and serves as ‘a kind of journal of 2022–2023’. ‘Armatura’ was originally set for release in spring 2025, but the artist has postponed it until autumn.
‘I have an intuitive sense that this material will sound most organic in the colder season. And by that time, I’ll also be ready to perform it live’, he added.
