Every time the label dives into the vast oceans of house, techno and electronics it resurfaces with another pearl from the depths. Function, form and flawless execution. Ron Morelli’s L.I.E.S. label has only been on the go for two years, but has been receiving serious acclaim from DJ’s and electronic zealots across the world. Do latest [...]
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BROKEN20 :: 3View
These three releases (10-20′s Magnet Marsh, Isodyne’s Dreams Torn From The Sky and Nanorhythm’s Beyond the Green Wall) show Broken20′s faculties very much intact in their drawing together of fragments across the electronic spectrum from washed out wonk-tronica to headf**k techno. (February—2012) Broken20 is a nearly new label run by Marcia Blaine School for Girls [...]
CELER :: 3View (Con-V, and/OAR, Analog Path)
Since Danielle Baquet’s passing, her talented partner (Will Long), now residing in Tokyo, has continued to release previously unheard material recorded by the duo and oversee reissues of out-of-print and early, handmade self-releases; at the time of writing, Celer’s list of CD, CDR, cassette tape, vinyl and digital releases has climbed well beyond seventy. [February—2012] [...]
TYPE :: 3View 2011.11 (Hallowe’en special)
Three releases in as many weeks after a comparatively frugal 2011 release schedule so close to the witching time implies otherwise. So turn off those dreadful remakes of already dreadful Hallowe’en horror bores and tune in to something genuinely creepy. (November 2011) And so the corpse of another Hallowe’en lies broken and bloodied atop of [...]
Dragon’s Eye :: 3View 2011.10
A trio of recordings from Dragon’s Eye that maintains the reputation of Yann Novak’s minimal electronica and sound art house for covering all points north of experimental. The three on view here span the breadth of DE’s concept and sound – from the organic-electronic hybrids of Mem1 & Stephen Vitiello to the evacuated installation spaces [...]
Dynamophone :: 3View 2011.9
Since the release of Seven Saturday’s album in April of this year, San Francisco-based Dynamophone imprint has been quiet. A possible reason for that has just now become clear as they re-emerge with a beautifully designed new website, completely overhauled and fully updated with a more complete and detailed discography, artist roster and a slew [...]
Hymen & Ant-Zen :: 3View 2011.8
Ant-Zen, and its Hymen offspring, continually pound the ears one release at a time with a passion for revealing the finest in terms of visual-audio electronics welded to industrialized layers. Here’s a trio of releases that hit the shelves over the past several months, and an audio synopsis. [...]
Miasmah :: 3View 2011.7
There aren’t a great many independent record labels that have successfully released music as willfully weird and wonderful as Erik Skodvin’s Miasmah Recordings, which continues to perplex and disorient with its diverse array of musical oddities. Interestingly, the debut compilation release Silva aside, the label began life largely by releasing post classical records with delicate [...]
130701 :: 3View 2011.6
The last thing one would expect from a label with a name like 130701 is a catalog of primarily of post-classical and orchestral works, but this is indeed the label’s remit. A sub-division of Brighton-based UK label FatCat Records, 130701 was created to house under one umbrella all those modern classical and orchestral releases that [...]
DEMDIKE STARE :: 3View 2011.5
New material from the duo has been eagerly anticipated, and over the course of 2010 the Modern Love label delivered in the form of three new blink-and-you’ve-missed them limited vinyl only albums. [Listen | Purchase] Composed of Lancastrian friends Miles Whittaker (aka MLZ and one half of Pendle Coven) and Finders Keepers researcher Sean Canty, [...]
GENETIC MUSIC / NO EMB BLANC :: 3View 2011.4
Minimal electropop, EBM, synth wave and whatever else you want to call this music is the German label’s specialty. Few labels manage to hit the right chord under such a diverse range of sound. Over thirty days. More than a month. It’s the longest time I’ve ever had to wait for records to arrive, but [...]
TYMPANIK AUDIO :: 3View 2011.3
Despite significant changes in musical retail in recent years Tympanik Audio have successfully managed to maintain their popularity with a regular release schedule (mostly on physical formats) and a strong stable of both new and established artists. At the beginning of last year, Tympanik Audio opened their annual release schedule with a clutch of releases [...]
TOUCH :: 3View 2011.2
Resplendent in founder Jon Wozencroft’s distinctive sleeve designs, Touch is always mindful of quality both aesthetically and musically, and continues to deliver the best in experimental electronic listening music that is high in concept and creativity. Touch has long been a label that embraces experimental electronic music by an array of respected musicians, many who [...]
AUDIOBULB :: 3view 2011.1
2010 was a busy year for Sheffield’s favourite purveyors of exploratory electronica, Audiobulb. This round-up finds curator David Newman giving voice to a typically wide-ranging set of releases, two of which are compilations and one a solo effort. Alan Lockett checks the strength of the ‘bulb’s wattage. (:papercutz :: Do Outro Lado do Espelho (Lylac [...]
Thomas Koner :: 3View 2010.3 by James Knapman
For those unfamiliar with Thomas Köner‘s oeuvre (I certainly was until Type’s re-issue campaign this year), Nunatak, Teimo and Permafrost were his first three solo albums released through the now defunct Barooni label as limited edition compact discs way back in 1990, 1992 and 1993 respectively. Yes, that’s correct, these albums are up to twenty [...]
TYMPANIK AUDIO :: 3View 2010.1 by James Knapman
It has been a busy and eclectic twelve months for Tympanik Audio with a good fifteen or so new albums under its belt since this time last year. Released in batches of between two and four albums at a time, the choice that is subsequently offered is no illusion and 2010′s roster displays a pleasingly [...]