MiDi BiTCH – HABITAT

Rodrigo Passannanti:
„A great album that journeys both outward and inward, much like a mirror reflecting the listener’s unspoken inner thought with pure mesmerising energy flow orbiting between mystical worlds“

Michael Brückner:
„The concept of the excellent new album by midibitch on Cyclical Dreams immediately made me think of a couple of others – Jean Michel Jarre for example had a single out in 2022 called „Brutalism“. Tangerine Dream’s „Le Parc“ is all about different parks. Robert Rich’s „Gaudi“ about the work of this architect.
And Vangelis‘ daring (though unpopular) „Beaubourg“ is also inspired by a huge and ugly building (or so the master said…).
Vangelis is also the first musician that came to mind once I started to listen – already the first track has vague Blade Runner vibes.
Then again, over all the album reminded me more of Vangelis‘ „The City“ than of his famous soundtrack.
In the end though it turns out that comparisons don’t really do this great album justice anyway, and MiDi BiTCH’s sophisticated and highly evocative mix of „classic“ and contemporary electronica stands very much on its own.
Therefore, I can only recommend to listen.
After all, writing about music is like dancing about architecture anyway, isn’t it…?“

Frans Lemaire – MICADO:
„What a great Album. The style is fascinating and each track tells a story, inspired by the iconic Brutalist architecture around the world. I love the artistic Journal.pdf included in the download. Fantastic total approach of the Album. Very well done.“

01 Cité Radieuse [Marseille]
02 Habitat 67 [Montreal]
03 Robin Hood Gardens [London]
04 Rozzol Melara [Triest]
05 Torre Velasca [Mailand]
06 Torres Blancas [Madrid]
07 Trellic Tower [London]
08 Genex Turm [Belgrad]
09 Premabhai Hall [Ahmedabad]
10 Barbican Centre [London]
11 SESC Pompéia [São Paulo]
12 Sainte-Marie de La Tourette [Éveux]
13 Saint-Nicolas [Hérémence]

released March 13, 2026

The release includes a 50-page booklet with illustrations for each track and chapter, extending the album into a visual journey.

Habitat is a conceptual electronic album by MiDi BiTCH inspired by iconic Brutalist architecture around the world. Each track is named after a monumental building and functions as a sonic translation of concrete, mass, repetition, and social utopia. The album treats architecture as a living system—a habitat where futuristic ideals, human presence, and decay coexist.

MiDi BITCH – HABITAT

Concept & Liner Notes
Drawing from Brutalism’s radical honesty and material clarity, Habitat explores how visionary structures embody both collective hope and isolation. These buildings are approached as symbols of a forgotten future: part social experiment, part cosmic monument. The album positions itself within a futuristic, transnational mindset—echoing a “cosmic international” where borders dissolve and architecture, sound, and ideology merge into a shared vision of humanity.

Production
The album was produced entirely in the DAW Bitwig Studio, using The Grid as a modular environment. Modular signal flows, generative MIDI structures, and evolving patches form the backbone of the compositions, mirroring architectural systems and spatial logic. The sound design emphasizes raw digital textures, controlled repetition, and structural minimalism without external hardware.

Transcendence
Beyond documentation or homage, Habitat seeks transcendence: from the functional to the metaphysical, from local structures to a universal future language. It imagines Brutalism not as a relic, but as a signal—broadcast from an unfinished future still waiting to be inhabited.

MiDi BiTCH wishing you happiness, love, health, inspiration, prosperity and good luck and much inspiration with whatever you are doing. May we all grow beyond the inner and outer limitations that are keeping us enslaved, and be able to make this world a better place, for all. 

— Midi Bitch