James Knapman

Author: James Knapman

V/A :: Emerging Organisms 4 (Tympanik Audio)

Reviews 10/30/2011 by James Knapman

Emerging Organisms Vol 4 breaks the boundaries of previous entries in the series, reflecting both the increased diversity of the label’s output and the compounding […]

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Plaid :: Scintilli (Warp)

Reviews 09/27/2011 by James Knapman

Plaid have placed extreme effort into honing electronic sounds so that they have an acoustic feel, creating a divine meeting in the middle where one […]

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PLAID :: Building on human errors

Profiles 09/20/2011 by James Knapman

2011 heralds the eagerly anticipated return of Plaid with their stunning new album Scintilli. Andy Turner and Ed Handley took a moment to speak with […]

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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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