Back in February 2019, we reviewed Portland-based trio Darkswoon’s third album, BIND, and the subsequent months have been hectic ones for the band. Between relentless […]
Author: Eric Sorenson
Sceptre Fretpen :: Earthquake Park (Self-Released)
Dense layers of sliced-up synth and organic tones, a heavily effected dulcimer melody that slips through the mix, and a glitchy beat that only coheres […]
Darkswoon :: BIND (Icy Cold)
The range of moods and styles expressed on BIND‘s nine tracks is impressive, as each represents a distinct direction and set of influences but manage […]
Robert Lippok :: Applied Autonomy (Raster)
Experimental electronics from deep in left field. Robert Lippok, lately of To Rococo Rot, collaborations with other Berlin-based musicians like 2005’s Tesri (with Barbara Morgenstern) […]
Tim Koch :: Spinifex (Central Processing Unit)
Tim Koch returns after nearly a decade-long hiatus from releasing music to bring us Spinifex, 17 tracks of melodic, slightly wonky IDM. A cohesive and […]
Production Unit Xero :: Post African Repetitions (Heterodox)
Post African Repetitions represents a lofty, cohesive concept: to evoke emotional responses to Mills’ understanding of himself as a product of the African diaspora and […]
V/A :: Source Book 1 (Raster-Noton)
The markers that identify the boundaries of the label’s surface area — techno, ambient, musiqué concrete — are on display, and the terrain inside them […]
Earthen Sea :: An Act of Love (Kranky)
Rather than just relying on echoed synth stabs or reverb-drenched reggae samples, the Earthen Sea variety of dub builds from a foundation of sustained, morphing […]
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