James Knapman

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Ex_Tension :: Desert (Tympanik Audio)

Reviews 09/20/2011 by James Knapman

The entire EP scans like the soundtrack to a full-on military operation and the introduction to “Desert” whilst perhaps a little lengthy, sets the scene […]

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Nest :: Body Pilot (Serein)

Reviews 09/18/2011 by James Knapman

It’s good to know that the Nest project is still going strong and Body Pilot is an exemplary collection of gorgeously crafted gaseous ambient excursions. […]

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Biosphere :: N-Plants (Touch)

Reviews 09/18/2011 by James Knapman

Typically situated on or near the shores of Japan, frequently adjacent to or in the shadow of a hill or craggy land mass, Jenssen has […]

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Kangding Ray :: OR (Raster-Noton)

Reviews 09/08/2011 by James Knapman

OR gives the ears a thorough pummeling across its eleven relentless bass-music tone-poems, interrupted only briefly by morsels of polished ambience or skewed and bent […]

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Jürgen Müller :: Science of the Sea (Digitalis)

Reviews 08/29/2011 by James Knapman

There’s a Wes Anderson style quirkiness about Science of the Sea that places it somewhere between Jaques Cousteau and Steve Zissou, an era spanning sound […]

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Dynamophone :: 3View 2011.9

Reviews 08/20/2011 by James Knapman

Since the release of Seven Saturday’s album in April of this year, San Francisco-based Dynamophone imprint has been quiet. A possible reason for that has […]

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Stendeck :: Scintilla (Tympanik Audio)

Reviews 07/30/2011 by James Knapman

At seventeen tracks Scintilla is quite the epic journey, another of those consistent Tympanik Audio releases that demand a straight-through listen, with loving care lavished […]

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The Caretaker :: An Empty Bliss This World (History Always Favours The Winners)

Reviews 07/15/2011 by James Knapman

As a consequence of being not quite hauntological, not quite classical or ballroom, not quite identifiably anything, An Empty Bliss Beyond This World is such […]

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Donato Wharton :: A White Rainbow Spanning The Dark (Serein)

Reviews 06/19/2011 by James Knapman

A White Rainbow Spanning The Dark describes vast open spaces and seemingly endless vistas, but always viewed at long distance within safe, isolated or enclosed […]

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Miasmah :: 3View 2011.7

Reviews 06/09/2011 by James Knapman

There aren’t a great many independent record labels that have successfully released music as willfully weird and wonderful as Erik Skodvin’s Miasmah Recordings, which continues […]

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