July 2013 Archives

Month: July 2013

youAnd:The Machines :: Behind (Ornaments)

Reviews 07/19/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Seeking the heart of urban dark, Müller’s soft arrangement of a hard-edged genre with its roots in Detroit techno make an album nearly the length […]

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Mojo Rising :: On The Horizon (Cold Busted)

Reviews 07/19/2013 by Pietro Da Sacco

Via an astute ear for electrons fluttering in downtempo streams, On The Horizon reinvigorates vintage synths, bass guitars, funk and good old-school electronics and ignites these frequencies […]

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3View :: Voigt & Voigt / Barker & Baumecker / Tutner Schimana

Reviews 07/19/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Brothers, buddies and bipartites in beats. A trio of avant techno duos innocent and experienced, cerebral and hedonistic. Voigt & Voigt :: Die Zauberhafte Welt […]

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Perseus Traxx :: Goddesses of Inspiration (Flight Recorder)

Reviews 07/19/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

Brandishing jagged edges of House, Rogers saws even further, the UK artist contaminating and poisoning with a brutalised version of the sound. Toughened and tight […]

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Spazzkid :: Desire (Keats//Collective / Purr Tapes / Abandon Building)

Reviews 07/17/2013 by Gustave Savy

Plenty of contemplative moments peppered around a soundscape constructed with interesting sounds gathered from various unknown sources. This full length album from Spazzkid is a […]

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Ambot :: A (Etalabel)

Reviews 07/16/2013 by Pietro Da Sacco

Intelligently broken electronics for both machine and human. Recorded somewhere between 2007—2009, Paul Ryttel (aka Xlorite) and Piotr Michalowski (aka Nmis) joined forces to create A—released […]

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Valance Drakes / Cyuild Apo :: Double review (Luana / Clean Error)

Reviews 07/15/2013 by Pietro Da Sacco

Yielding various connotations based on who might be delve into these disjointed electrical tones, a data splurge unfolds from each audio architect and is accurately […]

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Orla Wren :: Book of the Folded Forest (Home Normal)

Newswires 07/15/2013 by Alan Lockett

When label curator Ian Hawgood was sounded out by electroacoustic nomad Wren a couple of years ago about releasing his latest opus, it meant fulfillment […]

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Rapoon :: Vernal Crossing Revisited (Zoharum)

Reviews 07/15/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Where the original was harmonious, the re-reading opens sounding as if its frequencies have been badly, perhaps even malevolently disturbed. The sublime raga Vernal Crossing, […]

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Asan :: Welcome Home Supperman (Borneo)

Reviews 07/13/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

Asan isn’t reinventing the wheel, but he is adding a different hue to a well-known palette. There are elements of Dub in the formula and […]

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V/A :: The Descent of Man (Electronique.it)

Reviews 07/13/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

A descent, yes, but definitely some ascension in amongst the charcoal clad visage of man, and his machine. It’s not easy forming sentences in 35°C […]

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