STELLAR OM SOURCE's new album, "Joy One Mile", marks a certain and spirited departure into worlds unknown. A faithful leap into the infinite beat, "Joy One Mil" is the most forward-reaching effort by STELLAR OM SOURCE yet. STELLAR OM SOURCE originated from Christelle Gualdi's desire to unhinge from her academic musical upbringing. A double bassist in the Konigin Katharina Stift Schulorchester and a student of music theory at Université Paris VIII, Gualdi completed her studies in electro-acoustic composition at the Conservatoire de Paris after earning an architecture degree. The process of Gualdi's "unlearning" began in experimental ensemble settings, and it became more recognizable as she moved toward solo performance. STELLAR OM SOURCE's name is fittingly inspired in part by the pathway to higher consciousness and cosmos via one's own voice. Gualdi was also inspired by-and also an integral member of-the late aughts DIY synthesizer community. Alongside ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, EMERALDS and JAMES FERRARO, STELLAR OM SOURCE's stream of self-released CDRs defined a zeitgeist of artists trending away from their noisy roots via polyphonic escapism. The singularity of Gualdi's compositions, when pulled back and recalibrated even slightly, resemble early era Warp Records, and, by that admission, the wayward electro of early-90s Detroit. The abstractions in Gualdi's programming and mutant melodies is what keeps Joy One Mile perfectly relegated to outsider status, akin to the primitive techno of Esplendor Geometrico and Chris & Cosey. "Joy One Mile" was mixed and arranged by techno legend Kassem Mosse.