February 2018 Archives

Month: February 2018

Christian Kleine :: Electronic Music From The Lost World 1998-2001 (A Strangely Isolated Place)

Reviews 02/27/2018 by James Knapman

Well, not strictly speaking new. Electronic Music From The Lost World 1998-2001 may be a bit of a mouthful as a title, but it does […]

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Ian Boddy & Erik Wøllo :: Meridian (DiN)

Reviews 02/25/2018 by Philippe Blache

The soundscapes express peaceful, soothing, warm, and mellow passages dominated by a straight dialogue between evocative guitar sequences in a minimalist mood. Hypnotically fixed pulses […]

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WE FORFEIT (Mix 4) :: 500m below Madrid (NYE mix)

Features 02/25/2018 by Robbie Geoghegan

So 2018 is upon us. Resolutions are in. Hope is out, almost. Chris and Robbie have come together to bring a ray of musical sunshine […]

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NihitTronix :: Homesongs (La Nouvelle Alliance, OPN)

Reviews 02/24/2018 by Philippe Blache

Homesongs is a cohesive collection of craft-based and subversive industrial sketches, a menacing cinematic orchestration which relates to our post-modern days at its stage of […]

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Morphology :: Mind Stealers EP (Cultivated Electronics)

Reviews 02/24/2018 by Robbie Geoghegan

Mind Stealers shows a sheer side of Morphology’s sound, crystalline melodies scored and scorched with iron and steel. This latest installment is yet another excellent […]

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ZoiD :: Nebulous Concrete (Self-Released)

Reviews 02/24/2018 by Andrew Danso

ZoiD continues to dabble in experimental electronica and jazz, and then whirls them together. Somehow. It’s fantastic—after all who in their bloody mind could pull […]

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Snowbeasts :: Survival (M-Tronic)

Reviews 02/18/2018 by Philippe Blache

The agitated, menacing tripped out sound sculptures of Survival seem to invite the listener to enter a vast post-industrial dystopian universe dominated by machines and technological […]

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Kirk Degiorgio presents Future/Past :: Rare & Unreleased (De:Tuned)

Reviews 02/18/2018 by Robbie Geoghegan

Rare & Unreleased turns back the clock, washing away the last twenty five years to return to those halcyon days. Found on forgotten DAT tapes […]

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Eff Dst :: Out Of Body (Hymen)

Reviews 02/10/2018 by Pietro Da Sacco

An aptly-titled album that scrapes and chisels its way through heavy sonic debris. Belarus-based Sound Engineer, Dmitry Stepnov (aka Eff Dst) is back on Hymen […]

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Maelstrom :: ALPH4 (Central Processing Unit)

Reviews 02/10/2018 by Pietro Da Sacco

A finely executed EP that contorts itself around rugged electro-techno of yesteryear, but with an updated machined pulse. Maelstrom (aka Joan-Mael Péneau) delivers an action […]

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Pollux Rose :: Daisy (Numb Capsule)

Reviews 02/10/2018 by Pietro Da Sacco

A myriad of broken beats, and scorched (Detroit-infused) electro are welded with technical precision. Along the way, Pollux Rose unleashes pounding bass with classic braindance […]

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