Experimental Electronic Music
Now You Exist gives me hope that maybe 2018 was not the last time we heard from The Field, because perhaps 2026 won’t be either. In all seriousness, this seems to be a proper comeback in a year of proper comebacks. This EP will not disappoint any longtime fan, but maybe it’s only the beginning of a new era for Willner, who hopefully hasn’t run out of ink—or MIDI tracks.
Ritual Fever dives deeply into ritualistic influences; both the vocals, reminiscent of chants and mantras, and the earth-rattling sustained drones help send the listener into a trance, as if they were lying down in the middle of a field, waiting to ascend into a higher world.
This release is excellent on its own, but with so little material, it almost feels like something you’d listen to in anticipation of the next Vijunns release. Given how great the music on 1991 is, I certainly hope there’s more to come soon.
From bubbling synths to irresistible basslines, Teleportations makes every stop on its cosmic journey worth visiting.
Tschernobyl serves as an immersive depiction of such a wasteland and as a medium to cement the band’s feelings regarding the catastrophe. Both the music and the various vocal samples scattered throughout feel incredibly apt for painting images in the listener’s head; a sense of melancholy is sometimes present, while at other times the tracks become rougher and much more industrially influenced.
In Bernhard Living’s works, there’s almost always a straightforward title to express the context behind each one, and there is always a description paired with the record to fully elaborate on its concept. That ends up making music as minimalistic as this far more interesting to me.
Kin is a record that offers hazy soundscapes, with layers of noise stacked on top of serene melodies, making it almost seem like a series of distant tunes you can’t quite recall. There’s a faint melancholy woven through it, sure—but that’s not what keeps pulling me back. What really hooks me are the songs themselves; track by track, they’re just exceptional.
A confident follow-up that leans heavier and more varied, Blumenfantasie doesn’t quite surpass Anemones but firmly proves Xylitol is still worth your attention.
Alavux’s Underground Is Resistance is a relentless, low-end assault that trades melody for sheer industrial force, pushing electro foundations into overwhelming, club-crushing extremes.
A finely crafted blend of dusty breakbeats, acid lines, and modern atmospheres, Ranidae sees BufoBufo deliver a sharply produced and deeply memorable take on breakbeat–IDM fusion.
Blending prog electronic tension, restrained club energy, and immersive urban atmospheres, Sinemis’s Farewell is less about moving bodies than about pulling the listener deeper into its futuristic inner world.
