(February 2010) Last September Benbecula Records closed down after 10 years as Scotland’s premier purveyor of leftfield electronica. Pressed for motive, owner, Stephen McConnell, declared: […]
Author: Alan Lockett
Concert Silence :: 09.22.07 [2-3pm] (Infraction)
(February 2010) The sound of piano, both pure and processed, has become almost a sub-genre of its own within ambient electronica. There’s a Satie-authored lineage […]
Alan Lockett :: Top lists for 2009
(January 2010) This is a rough guide for the Igloo-peruser who may be passing by, grazing, looking for some tasty electronic shoots from 2009’s crop. […]
Deru :: Say Goodbye to Useless (Mush)
(December 2009) After a hiatus in a sequence going back to 2003 on Neo Ouija (Pushing Air), Merck (Trying To Remember), and more recent Ghostly […]
Brock Van Wey and Quantec :: double review (echospace [detroit], Echocord)
(November 2009) By now SF mood-man Brock Van Wey will be familiar to many for his prodigious output as bvdub. At the deeper end of […]
Rim and Pausal :: double review (U-Cover CD-R, Highpoint Lowlife)
(November 2009) U-Cover’s limited CDr series has yielded a number of unsung gems in a stream of sometimes patchy sometime ho-hum output from deep in […]
Aquadorsa :: Cloudlands (Glacial Movements)
(November 2009) Italy’s Glacial Movements label may be a relative newcomer to the ambient netherworld, but a slow but steady infusion of releases from the […]
Pendle Coven :: Self Assessment (Modern Love)
(October 2009) With a slew of solid 12″s built up over their half-decade plus of operation, it’s surprising to find Pendle Coven the late-delivery boys […]