Recently released on Mahorka, Captains of Industry by Dolphins of Venice is a vivid exploration of the modern workplace seen through an experimental electronic lens. The album brings together elements of techno, ambient, industrial, IDM and Electronica, then filters them through robotic voices that trade clipped fragments of corporate chatter. These spoken pieces serve as guideposts, turning everyday office language into something strangely magnetic. The result is a world where business talk becomes both the structure and the atmosphere.
The album presents the workplace as a place of constant motion and quiet tension. A conference room comes to mind, filled with management units that speak in clipped, precise tones about productivity and targets. Beyond that, a granite office tower rises from a scar in the earth, its windows glowing with the hum of countless devices and activity inside. Assembly lines continue without pause, machines moving in steady rhythm as a subtle electronic pulse fills the space. These images reflect the album’s focus on structure, routine, and the relentless drive that shapes the modern corporate world.
The track titles reinforce this vision without the need for exact sonic description. They suggest offices full of activity, point toward corporate hierarchy, and hint at tension beneath polished surfaces. They move between satire, critique, observation, and curiosity. Through these titles and the overarching corporate theme, the album builds a detailed portrait of a workplace where every corner hums with motion and every voice contributes to a larger system.
Captains of Industry thrives on its commitment to this idea. Dolphins of Venice use experimental electronic structure and robotic speech fragments to create an environment alive with ambition, pressure, and measured rhythm. The album presents the business world as a vast, restless stage where everything moves with purpose, and even small moments carry weight. It maintains its theme consistently while remaining imaginative and varied, full of subtle details and flashes of personality.
In the end, Captains of Industry stands as a sharply realized concept. It turns the familiar world of corporate life into something compelling and strangely captivating, full of activity, energy, and intricate detail. Dolphins of Venice have crafted an experience that invites the listener to step into a living workplace driven by tireless systems, relentless ambition, and the quiet curiosities that appear within the hum of constant work.
Captains of Industry by Dolphins of Venice was released 6th December 2025 on Mahorka