James Knapman

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2814 :: Pillar / New Sun (Arcola)

Reviews 04/22/2018 by James Knapman

Even if we’re unlikely to see an entire album of new material like this from 2814 any time soon, wouldn’t it be a dream come […]

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Atom™ & Lisokot :: Walzerzyklus (Raster Media)

Reviews 03/31/2018 by James Knapman

There’s so much clever and so little content in Walzerzyklus that it’s tempting to to brush it off as an exercise in style over substance. […]

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Christian Kleine :: Electronic Music From The Lost World 1998-2001 (A Strangely Isolated Place)

Reviews 02/27/2018 by James Knapman

Well, not strictly speaking new. Electronic Music From The Lost World 1998-2001 may be a bit of a mouthful as a title, but it does […]

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Christian Kleine Compilation :: Stream an exclusive track from the forthcoming (ASIP)

Newswires 12/18/2017 by James Knapman

A Strangely Isolated Place have ventured further out of their ambient hunting grounds than ever before with the forthcoming Electronic Music From The Lost World […]

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Karsten Pflum :: Love Canticles (Touched Music)

Reviews 11/27/2017 by James Knapman

With Love Canticles, Karsten Pflum has the answer: sprinkle liberally with different styles, expertly program, apply crisp and precise production, weave in melodic and rhythmic […]

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Com Truise :: Iteration (Ghostly International)

Reviews 07/11/2017 by James Knapman

Iteration may suffer a little from that samey-ness that has crept into some of his previous records, but honestly, if you’re coming to Com Truise […]

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A Strangely Isolated Place, indeed?

Newswires 07/11/2017 by James Knapman

To be the victim of four terrible vinyl runs coming back from a pressing plant for a single release seems like carelessness. Lav & Purl’s […]

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Freeform :: Rewind Above/Below/Beyond (Bedroom Research)

Newswires 06/18/2017 by James Knapman

It’s 2017, and Freeform is finally making a comeback on Bedroom Research under the umbrella title: Rewind. Thanks to label-owner Matthieu Debliqui’s exhaustive scouring of […]

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Biosphere :: The Petrified Forest (Biophon)

Reviews 06/12/2017 by James Knapman

On the surface The Petrified Forest may seem a minor work, but only in terms of its brevity. Biosphere continues to branch out in discrete […]

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(ghost) :: Everything We Touch Turns to Dust (n5MD)

Reviews 06/04/2017 by James Knapman

Everything We Touch Turns to Dust is a hugely accessible, sonically consistent and cohesive piece of work that, even at a lean thirty-five minutes, never […]

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