(10.21.06) The anticipation of a new Detalles CD at the beginning of 2007 has the potential to make me want to retreat into musical solitary […]

(10.14.06) Retrospection is an interesting concept. To delve into the past, to search for links with today, to compare and contrast the now and the […]

(10.12.06) Absolutely the most anticipated album of the year for me. Since the release of 1 Up I’ve been waiting for more, and even if […]

(10.08.06) The Funcken brothers add another pseudonym to their extensive roster of aliases: Automotive. Their first release under this moniker, The Digil Parker Project, finds […]

(10.08.06) City Centre Offices is a label renowned for quality electronic music. Since the label’s inception, a joint venture between Berlin and Manchester, the imprint […]

(10.02.06) Critiquing a musician’s work is as subjective as looking at a piece of art and doing the same. Personal taste, preference, and tolerance all […]

(09.22.06) Notochord is one of the latest independent electronic labels to come from America. The label’s name, Notochord, is a term used in embryonic development; […]

(09.13.06) Robin Storey has a long history of combining abstract art with his ethno-ambient music and, for his first release for Essense Music, he provides […]

(06.13.06) Menton J. Matthews distills the emotional weight of loss and heartbreak down to the tremor of a violin’s string and the vibration of a […]