An elusive and quiet figure amidst the Portuguese electronic scene, Timóteo Azevedo aka Random Gods releases his debut album on Discrepant's sub label Souk after his killer appearance in the long sold out 'Antologia de Música Atípica Portuguesa Vol. 2' compilation back in 2019.With two previous EPs on Danse Noire and ZABRA, Random Gods' futurist visions project themselves through a scav-enger-like body music assembled from the hopes and debris of these uncertain and dread-inducing times. Rituals con-jured from metal shards, blunted kickdrums, submerged basslines, reverberating textures, cut up vocals and lazer guided melodies.The orchestral runs of opener 'Abertura' as a glimmer of nervous light into the deep end bass weight meditations on syn-copated kicks and grimey synth stabs of 'Somatiga'. Slow burner 'Pneuma' conjures neon synth lines into its halfstep flow, while 'Acervo' complicates the rhythm further with its profusion of crumbling kickdrums, tossed off claps and tonal