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Author: Greg Dutcher
Zomby & Machinedrum :: Double review (4AD / Planet Mu)
Zomby and Machinedrum are both excellent candidates for post-dubstep status because of their expertise and reluctance to fully engage with dubstep as a genre. Both […]
Proswell :: Konami (Merck) ~Flashback
Proswell uses so few tools to create his work – chiptunes or similar sounding synths, deceptively simple rhythms, and an assortment of moody pads, yet […]
Iuengliss :: Blank Matter (Plastic Sound Supply)
At its best, Blank Matter is still indebted to the musical legacy that spawned it. This is the eddy IDM has been for the last […]
Mist :: House (Editions Mego)
For fans of Emeralds and their ilk, House will surely prove an engaging, rewarding listen, earning a place in many record collections. [Listen | Purchase] […]
Kyle Bobby Dunn :: Ways Of Meaning (Desire Path)
As with all ambient music, this can serve as engaging music for active listening, but most will prefer it to be background music. One should […]
Proqxis :: Parallax Utopia (Buried In Time)
An intensely cerebral album, full of cryptic beats and arcane melodies, abruptly issuing its message in a perplexing dialect. [Listen | Purchase] Full disclosure: I […]
V/A :: SMM: Context (Ghostly International)
Ghostly has taken great pains to convince its fan base that this ensemble of music, and ostensibly the invitations from Ghostly themselves, are worth paying […]