Experimental Electronic Music
Derrick Stembridge, with over two decades of experience composing ambient music and scoring films and television, brings his expertise in crafting expansive soundscapes to this collaboration. Partnering with w-berg adds new depth and texture to the project, marking a significant evolution for both artists.
More than just a stopgap to chew on while awaiting a new studio album, Future Transmissions stands as an absorbing compilation that perfectly showcases how the band sounds today, proving beyond doubt that it has definitely not lost its special touch.
And like a dream, or the waking dream of creative action and inspiration, the flow state of this album passes by with temporal swiftness. Caught up in the eddies and swirls we are soon down the stream of consciousness and into a calm clear pool.
The duo seamlessly navigate complex coordinates of technique and technology, art and skill—weaving them into their own distinctive aural fabric.
playgrounds: recess by Greystar features a variety of braindance, bass, shattered percussion, and punctuated breaks and is a massive 17-track collection that stretches into numerous sonic trajectories.
A complex and tumultuous collection making for some of the heaviest and disjointed compositions we’ve heard from the ever-enduring Evel enterprise.
Multitasking has ruined listening to albums at home in the woods. But this album can restore that experience. It is just as good to listen to in complete darkness, late at night, as an episode of Over the Edge. I hope to experience further instrumental excursions from the band, now that they have decided to shut up and play their instruments.
These multi-talented musicians easily fall into the scope of exp-electronics we embed ourselves within each and every day, while Mitoma’s distinctive remodeling gives these already potent recordings an additional level of reconstruction, or fragments.
Transmission 009 achieves a striking unity of sound across all of its thirteen tracks. This could even all be the work of one artist, but it’s not. While there are differences, the commonalities between these musicians flow together in sequence to create a lush tapestry.
