James Knapman

Author: James Knapman

Mark Pritchard :: Under The Sun (Warp)

Reviews 05/15/2016 by James Knapman

It may take a while to really click, but when it does you’ll find Under The Sun really gets under the skin. It’s a potent […]

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2 8 1 4 :: 新しい日の誕生 (Dream Catalogue)

Reviews 04/24/2016 by James Knapman

新しい日の誕生 (Birth of a New Day) isn’t an album that begins, it’s one you arrive at, as if slowly waking from a fever dream in […]

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Choir Of Young Believers :: Grasque (Ghostly International)

Reviews 02/27/2016 by James Knapman

One thing Grasque most definitely isn’t is immediate, but it’s so deliciously different, referential and fresh that it rewards repeated listens in spades. I’ll wager […]

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Arovane & Hior Chronik :: In-between Remixes (A Strangely Isolated Place)

Reviews 02/08/2016 by James Knapman

Fantastic source material, a stellar cast of artists on remix duty and a 53-minute run-time make In-between Remixes a release you can’t afford to miss. […]

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B12 :: Orbiting Souls (Delsin)

Reviews 02/05/2016 by James Knapman

Orbiting Souls vividly recalls that mid-nineties period when B12 were in their element whilst also sounding classically timeless, perhaps even more so than some of […]

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Underworld :: Second Toughest In The Infants – Remaster (Universal)

Reviews 01/18/2016 by James Knapman

So is the super-deluxe set just for fans? Well, perhaps not. Again, the price is going to be a barrier to entry for some, but […]

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Markus Guentner :: Theia (A Strangely Isolated Place)

Reviews 11/25/2015 by James Knapman

Theia sees Markus Guentner taking his immersive ambient soundscaping to another level, creating a work that is grandiose but somehow never overblown. Ryan Griffin’s A […]

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The Silicon Scientist :: Outside the Night (Anna Logue)

Reviews 11/07/2015 by James Knapman

Anna Logue released one of the year’s best synth-pop albums in 2014 with Twins Natalia’s spellbinding The Destiny Room and with the late 2015 release […]

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Aroy Dee :: Sketches (M>O>S Recordings)

Reviews 09/25/2014 by James Knapman

Sketches is an album possessed of a refinement, restraint and nuance rarely found these days, and contains some of the finest and most evocative music […]

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Function / Vatican Shadow :: Games Have Rules (Hospital Productions)

Reviews 09/24/2014 by James Knapman

With Games Have Fules, Function and Vatican Shadow have worked together to create a breathtakingly atmospheric and surprisingly ambient electronic album unique in both their […]

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