26-year-old Josh Griffiths, known professionally as Ship Sket, has been making waves in Manchester's electronic underground for a while. After seven years of forging his own path, Ship Sket has arrived at Planet Mu Records, and is releasing his debut album InitiatriX on October 31.

The lead single, "Vendetta's Theme", featuring British experimentalist Charlie Osborne, is out now. Watch the music video here:

Sonically, Ship Sket draws from the many UK styles that shaped him, namely dubstep, grime, and British drill, and distorts them into dark tales about spirituality and fetishism. "I like happy accidents, messing around and resampling," says Griffiths, "kind of seeing how far I can push stuff before it disintegrates in front of me." Eventually, he bends until the sound system breaks, saying, "I’ve heard my tunes on a club system and gone 'wow that mix sounds bad,' but the tune is still popping. My approach is a lot more stylistic than it is technical."

InitiatriX is a dadaist blend of dizzying collagework, distorted sonic poetry, and submerged drill soundscapes. Griffiths thinks of production as a divine practice, saying "Putting together a track is drawing down energy and organising it into the best possible shape, like a huge elaborate puzzle. Sometimes the tracks will write themselves, and that is a beautiful feeling."

Alongside Ship Sket and Osborne, the album will also feature conceptual collage artist S280F.

InitiatriX will is out October 31. Pre-order on Bandcamp here. Full tracklist:

1. Frost Cake
2. Vendetta's Theme (ft. Charlie Osborne)
3. Supermodel Mansion
4. Dysentery
5. Audition For The Part Of The Killer
6. Casting Call (ft. S280F)
7. iLuminatriX
8. Permanent Kigurumi
9. Futaro
10. Mimikyu
11. Desire 4 Stealth
12. Locked In