The pair behind Arketek are no strangers to collaboration. Between 2012 and 2015, they performed together in Light Entertainment, a jazz-punk-drone outfit known for its chaotic live shows and genre-bending instrumentation. Their two albums received airplay on Sydney’s 2SER and FBi Radio, showcasing a heady mix of freeform saxophone, abrasive guitar textures and vocal experimentation. That raw, improvisational spirit lives on in arketek—albeit distilled, processed and driven through a sequencer. Sonically, arketek draws a throughline from the disorienting, percussive hypnosis of Salon des Amateurs regulars like Lena Willikens, Tolouse Low Trax, Vladimir Ivkovic and Jako Jako, to the heavier, dubwise propulsion of artists like Suba, Front de Cadeaux and Andrew Weatherall. The result is a sound that feels both grounded and hallucinatory—glitching between submerged rhythm and mechanical euphoria. While still a new project, arketek have already begun carving out a place in the local underground. Recent performances include sets at Mothership Marrickville, Lazy Thinking, The Lord Gladstone Hotel, and a private warehouse show staged by the duo themselves. Their live shows favour improvisation and a deep, physical low-end—unfolding on machines rather than laptops. They’ve shared bills with acts including Ideal Lovers, Postponez, Jungist, Corrupted Mutex, Ritmu & Texolotl and more, and were recently featured in a live session on 2SER radio. With a debut single slated for late 2025 and a full EP scheduled for release in 2026, Arketek are steadily constructing a soundworld all their own—mechanical yet murky, urgent but unhurried. This is techno as architecture: brutal, abstract, and built to endure.