September 9th, 2010

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2010-08-29 :: cliffordandcalix :: Lost Foundling 1999-2004 (Aperture)

[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..."

category: reviews
 
2010-08-29 :: Hadamard :: Studio Gangster (Mighty Robot)

"...Hadamard's tracks have a primal quality to them, stripped back to electro fundamentals similar to the likes of DJ Stingray or Gosub but with a generous nod to Aux 88..."

category: reviews
 
2010-08-29 :: Andrew Thomas :: Between Buildings and Trees (Kompakt)

[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..."

category: reviews
 
2010-08-29 :: FBK :: The Expert Escapist (Diametric)

[Listen | Purchase] "...In some ways the record throws up memories of Beaumont Hannant, in another reflections on another Glasgow imprint: Ampoule. FBK is selecting pieces from the annals of techno, reshaping and adding to them to create something unique..."

category: reviews
 
2010-08-29 :: Out of Range Records :: Triple review

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

category: reviews
 
2010-08-22 :: The Caretaker :: Persistent Repetition of Phrases (HAFTW)

"...Combining nostalgia and period charm with a heavy dash of the hauntological and the genuinely psychologically disturbing, locking them into disturbed loops and then wrapping them in consummately crafted clouds of vinyl crackle and dank echoing acoustics, The Caretaker reveals a ghostly library of vintage memories and fictions that are quite simply without par...."

category: reviews
 
2010-08-22 :: Autistici :: Triple review (Audiobulb)

[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.

category: reviews
 
2010-08-22 :: STREFF :: Darfur (Streff.be)

[Free download] "...The way they have channeled their ideas into music is not groundbreaking by any means but their dubcore style is a nice change from other, more popular, genres..."

category: reviews
 
2010-08-22 :: Jan Bang :: ...And Poppies from Kandahar (Samadhisound)

[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..."

category: reviews
 
2010-08-22 :: Those Attractive Magnets :: Electromagnetic Pulse (Dark Entries)

"...The tracks have the polar embedding of 1980s Britain, the dissection of society and the cynicism that resulted strung out to an electro chord..."

category: reviews
 
2010-08-22 :: Poeme Electronique :: Echoes Fade (Anna Logue)

[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..."

category: reviews
 
2010-08-22 :: Neud Photo :: Synthetics (Custom Craft)

"...Neud Photo may be toeing the lines of the minimal synth scene, but his sound does not fall into the genre's limits. Like a postmodern author, Neud Photo has cherry picked what sounds he wants. Unlike the postmodern writer his art isn't being tapped out on the most modern equipment, but on classic vintage machinery..."

category: reviews
 
2010-08-22 :: Void Vision :: In 20 Years (Blind Prophet)

"...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..."

category: reviews
 
2010-08-22 :: V/A :: Full Metal Acid (00121)

"...Full Metal Acid will either fill a floor or drain it. Personally I'd probably wait it out at the bar. Though it will more than likely go down a treat in a field, or squat. Nevertheless, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't curious to see what was next on the 00121 menu..."

category: reviews
 
2010-08-22 :: Wierd Records :: Automelodi & Frank (just Frank) reviews

"...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..."

category: reviews