[Listen | Purchase] "...The fact that these tracks are in a raw format - a collection of demos, experiments or ideas - lends them a special quality. They have a certain lo-fi feeling as if they were recorded in one take, the idea being committed to tape/disc as it was intended with no post-production or fine-tuning..."

[Listen | Purchase] "...Overall, though, BB&T does speak with a distinctive voice, however low key, which is, perhaps, THE key: his take on ambient's favoured gauzy-floaty-drifty template is imbued with a character and economy of expression that somehow sets apart this urban-pastoral late-period mood music whose slender means belie a fibrillating Brownian motion of substance that reveals itself on closer observation..."

"...a small record label from Finland has been dishing up its own brand of synth pop since 2007..."

[Listen | Purchase] Audiobulb Records put down an early-millenial marker in support of innovative artists in contemporary electro-acoustic and experimental electronica, since when it has become a productive conduit. 2010 has seen Bulbmeister David Newman's own, Autistici, come out with a retrospective trio in the form of two sets of early works, followed by an album of reworks. Contributing Editor, Alan Lockett, grants Autistic license.

[Purchase] "...Even in its more free-form jazz moments ...And Poppies from Kandahar is still peppered with diverse elements that become rooted in the memory, helped along by the album's omnipresent sense of shifting unease..."

[Listen | Purchase] "...Poeme Electronique may not have had as intense a complexion as the likes of Strange Steve but they did have an image --and the formula is only that, the important element is the execution; something Poeme Electronique achieved, and achieved very well..."

"...There seems to be something in the water around Brooklyn when it comes to synth pop and new wave, both in production and sourcing talent. Void Vision have a youthful sound, one full of energy and drive synced with a vintage analogue backdrop..."

"...Wierd's decision to release these two albums in tandum is an interesting one. Automelodi and Frank (just Frank) are like two sides of the same coin. A French Canadian outfit and a band from France and Britain. One a synth centered sound that employs traditional instruments, the latter being a post punk group with an analogue affinity..."