Continuing a musical style inhabiting acidic sci-fi techno and dark-side Detroit leanings, Posthuman return with the five track Nebula EP on Acroplane plus a follow up remix selection from Datasette, Kirk Degiorgio, Nightwave and Boxcutter (under Planet Mu pseudonym The Host). With a discography going back to 2000, a rave CV that covers club nights [...]
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Funckarma vs. Onionboy :: Rusty Kokon EP (Shipwrec)
Funckarma (the Funcken brothers) and Darko Esser’s Onionboy project combine to creatively sinter a four-track compilation and remix EP, (Rusty Kokon) on the Netherland’s Shipwrec label. Funckarma (the Funcken brothers) and Darko Esser’s Onionboy project combine to creatively sinter a four-track compilation and remix EP, (Rusty Kokon) on the Netherland’s Shipwrec label. Musically, each track [...]
SYNC 24 :: Cultivated Electronics Promo Mix
New Cultivated Electronics promo mix from CE label head Sync 24 for Igloo Magazine, May 2012. Tracklist :: —Sonar Base :: “The Journey Home” (CE010) —Scape One :: “Time Falls” (CE008) —Morphology :: “Tangent Spaces” (CE009) —Scape One :: “Potent Mutagen” (CE008) —Morphology :: “Information Paradox” (CE009) —Boris Divider :: “Primary Functions” (CE011) —Sonar Base [...]
Stephen Hummel :: Meld (Self-Released)
With a handful of genres lapped over each other, Meld is an adventurous foray of raw electronics melded to lyrical lava flows that trickle into the subconscious with ease, simplicity and style. A well-oiled release that will surely agree with fans of Bitcrush, Tobias Lilja, Syntax and even mid-80s Depeche Mode for that matter. [Release [...]
Jeff Pils :: Useless (Digital Gadget)
Useless dives headfirst into subtle fusions of electro, ambient and light melodies without being overtly in your face. Slithering around loosely crafted bells, pops, cracks, plunks and shades of emotion, each piece doesn’t rely solely on twisting itself around tangled data bursts. Jeff Pils’ self-released Useless sheds light on the uncompacted soil of electro, its [...]
Raab Codec :: Life Amongst the Wires (Mojura Digital)
Bridging mid-90′s melodic pulsars tied to current-era data processing, the whole package feels as raw as it’ll ever get. Robert Galbraith, previously known for his darker strands of electronics as Codec and the label operator behind now defunct Component Records now reverts to his roots as Raab Codec. Keeping busy with his latest start-up label [...]
Ignatius :: Strays (Buried In Time)
A strong collection of lightly dusted stray tracks of heavy bass, beats and astute sound design. Fans waiting for Gescom to get back together for their infrequent ventures in the studio will be comforted by Ignatius‘ knack for creating parallel distortions of submerged exp-electro—a strong collection of lightly dusted stray tracks of heavy bass, beats [...]
V/A :: Frogmania (Plastic Frog)
Frogmania sees heavy hitters of the minimal scene sit side by side with newcomers. Downtrodden wave pulls up a seat next to Amiga inspired electronics—a stunning cross section of a fixating sound. Reviewing records is a good gig—it keeps you up to date with music, and who doesn’t like getting packages in the post? Every [...]
Fabrics :: Refabricated (From A Tree)
Shards of twisted bass, left field tape recordings, broken synthesizers, blistered techno wrangling and an affinity for surreal auditory manipulation keeps Refabricated on its edge as it leans on mysterious iterations of past and future. Skimming our review from July 2011 of Fabrics and the same duo (Greek purveyors of music technology, Vasilis Kesalidis and [...]
The rare and intriguing talent of Rachel Ellektra
Rachel Ellektra is a rare and intriguing talent. She’s been playing keyboards since the age of five, ventured into violin at age seven, and took up the guitar aged just eight. Her musical virtuosity didn’t stop there and she would later progress into DJ’ing, as well as experimenting in bands. Today, she runs Axis Trax, [...]
Nachtliche :: Full Moon (Cytown)
Korgs, strings and drum machine. Nachtliche adhere to the tried and true formula of cold electronics. Angst ridden vocals, bald strings, pared synths and a wholly anti-disposition. [Buy at Juno] The only guarantee you’ve got from one day to the next is, time will pass. Fierce misanthropic stuff, ah not really. But the years do [...]
Release your ears 2.0
A list of some recent, current and forthcoming titles that are piquing our ears lately—it’s our attempt to point you to some notable releases worth investigating. Following up from earlier this month, there’s still plenty of music to digest among dangling wires and digital waveforms. Here’s another batch of titles worth investigating—each dipping into new [...]
Bengalfuel :: Sprague, Edgemere, Lowe, Toth (Hibernate)
Bengalfuel conjures a world where rather than some omninous singularity, man, machine and nature sync up with wit and empathy. Prettiest little mini-disc set ever, thanks to dandy packaging by the label featuring the floral photography of Joe LiTrenta, who is also a prolific video and film director. He and Lou Dibenedetto claim to make [...]
Wirewound :: Wirewound EP (Acre)
Without venturing too far off the beaten path, Wirewound EP offers spiced electro creations and keeps this prolific Romanian producer busy with his highly energetic robotic assistants. Sorin Paun must have several robots assisting him with sound design. Separating between outfits has to be time consuming as his Randomform alias envelops obscure data-mining while the [...]
Lost Trax / The Connection Machine :: Lost Machine (Tabernacle)
The sound espoused in Lost Machine are echoes of the almost forgotten UK techno scene. Lost Trax mesh some modern moments with reflection. TCM serve up recollection. The evenings are getting longer. The temperature is tipping double digits. Spring appears to be in the air. Best get some techno on the turntable. Tabernacle Records return [...]
Subject / Human Dance :: The (Almost) Insanely Happy EP (EE Tapes)
EE Tapes peer down a number of avenues—looking at electronics, industrial, synth wave and more. For some twenty-five years the label has been releasing sounds on the peripheries and here’s hoping it continues this tradition of quality explorations. [Release page] The underworld of electronics is almost invisible in that it is predominately subterranean. Some labels [...]
Shemale :: Hell Transformation Screens (Last Known Trajectory)
Shemale explores the margins of electro, probing the floor and the backroom of the analogue world. Over seven tracks the Northerner paints in shades of black and grey, producing 808 infused beasts and ashen eyed ambience. Shemale is an artist who has been beavering away in the shadows of Newcastle’s empty factories since 2006. . [...]
UV PØP :: Anyone for Me / Bendy Baby Man (Genetic Music)
For electronic zealots Sheffield is the bastion of UK Techno, Warp Records and Bleep. But, before the town went purple and TDR there was a decent synth wave and punk scene. UV PØP are monuments of this tradition, somewhat lost artifacts. Rock and electronic sounds melt into a Northern Indie stew. Genetic sidestepping some of [...]
V/A :: Urbi et Orbi Vol III (Minimal Rome)
There’s a wonderful variety across the album, of established artists and new names, of musical styles and ideas. Turn a corner and you’re listening to Electro, next it’s mutating Acid, next its Industrial Ambience, next House. There is an unbelievable spread of sounds across Urbi Et Orbi III, but without the album becoming cluttered or [...]
Velapene Screen :: What if they can’t trust you? (The Centrifuge)
The syncopated percussive breaks, acidic tones, busted rhythms, tweaked synth-distortions and overall flare for oblique maneuvers further exemplifies Velapene Screen’s honed skill-set. [Release page] Velapene Screen (aka Chris Ghiraldi) has been in creative mode for the past decade (plus or minus a few years). Having developed a glitch-laden propulsion with labels like Frozen Empire Media [...]
Neud Photo :: Simulations (Pylon)
Neud Photo makes Simulations seem effortless; the tracks ebb and flow masking the intricacies of Nightingale’s vintage synthesizer arsenal. Neud Photo, aka Nico Nightingale, is an artist who seems to be releasing back to front. The young New Yorker has been serving up his own brand of minimal synth infused electro on labels like Living [...]
Plastic Frog :: Review batch
Over of spread of EP’s and albums, Plastic Frog have explored—and released—some excellent synth, electro pop and EBM. It can be quite a mission to find labels promoting quality synth wave and minimal analogue; it’s tricky to find such quality. The world of electronic music has always been an underground affair. The scene thrives on [...]
Tropa :: Weight Of The World EP (Self-Released)
As Tropa reconfigures his audio machines and software, it’s becoming more apparent that he’s capable of propelling himself further into the past in order to replant electronica’s lost seeds. Tropa switches gears for this self-released three tracker. Having pulled off a solid venture with Outside Recordings on Love, Songs, and Alibis, Weight Of The World [...]
Tolouse Low Trax :: Jeidem Fall (Karaoke Kalk)
Weinrich has a sharp, structured mind for creating rhythms of complexity and duration. Rhythms alone would however soon grow tiresome if they didn’t have something to contrast and complement. Between bedspring bounce and hollow bamboo whonk, Weinrich dabs minimal melody and repetitive vocal samples. For his solo efforts, Detlef Weinrich of Kreidler (“masters of precision [...]
Publicist / Tussle :: Split Infinitive (Voltaire)
With electro disco having dried up over the last few years, Voltaire are, in a way, breaking with the norm. For those looking for an analogue fix with a decent floor slant, look no further. It’s full time work, well part time, staying up to date with the comings and goings of electronic music. But [...]
The Exaltics / Gosub :: The Exaltics Meets Gosub (Solar One Music)
The Exaltics serve up two warming Electro tracks, toeing the line between detached and inviting. Gosub tears down any welcoming aspects, instead establishing an uneasy twosome of Electro dappled with disaffection. [Release page] There are a handful of Electro labels and artists that are consistently releasing pure quality; Solar One Music and The Exaltics (Robert Witschakowski) are two [...]