"Cartography of Expression" is a very difficult album to label. Some of the tunes, especially the tracks 3 to 5, can find a place under the "ambient" umbrella, while others have stronger techno vibes to them.
What they have in common is the constant sense of unrest and uncertainty that each of them transmits to the listener. Even just reading the titles in the tracklist one can't help but feeling uneasy. Sometimes these titles are pretty explicit, such as in "america is a gangster nation" (where a drum and bass backing track provides foundation for a sharp speech whose content you can pretty much figure out from the title), or "jamming the drones (abolish ICE)". Other times the titles are more ambiguous, leaving to the audience's imagination to paint an image, such as in "a whistle, then echoing silence", but for some reason I believe that the images that each listener will create in their head will not be a happy one.
Musically, the atmosphere is in line with the themes: the sounds are gloomy, the loops irregular and crooked, with an always renewed sense of unexpected and uncertain that manages to remain pleasant to the ear. There is great variety in structures and musical solutions, which is why it's so hard to narrow down the exact sub-genre, but it's also what makes this release so interesting and re-listenable.
Even if you might not enjoy the full album, I'm sure that you'll find at least a handful of tracks that will capture your attention. In my case, the song that more stuck with me is "being unseen is a privilege", with its dry percussions and the soft, lushy synths merging in a dark hypnotic blend that I would definitely love to put in a loop for a couple hours and just zone out to.