Crisis Design is a brief but unmistakably impactful collection that rarely loses steam.
Author: Pietro Da Sacco
DELI KUVVETI :: Micro Dramas (Evel)
Micro Dramas is a captivating album that strikes an ideal balance of calm and agitated electrical flurries that we keep returning to.
Language Field :: Reworks (Precariat Records)
An expansive field of musical pulsars ebb and flow seamlessly at the highest level as Language Field’s original audio works are only further amplified on Reworks, resulting in one of our favorites of 2024.
Orghanon :: Future in Motion (Mahorka)
Orghanon (real name Sergio Calzoni; also known by the aliases Act Noir, Colloquio, and ILUITEQ) drifts to the outermost margins, fine-tuning soundscape layers into exploratory listening environments, while downtempo and glitch extrusions build suspensefully.
Homemade Weapons & Voidloss :: Bloodlillies In The Moonlight EP (Onset Audio)
Two talented sound sculptors burst through harder-edged beats, bass, and distortion with a potent collection of sound design structures and dark electronics.
Reverb Delay :: The Storm Has Passed (Mighty Force)
These spherical, dub-heavy, technoid soundscapes engulf everything in their path, slowly progressing down various ridges, valleys, and depressions along sloping terrain. Walking through surrounding fog, the throbbing beats and atmospheric textures hypnotize our senses.
Aseq :: Thrones (KOMBINE)
These compact sci-fi-infused auditory slabs transport us back a number of years as they continuously shift and fade away, building up to an inevitable breakdown.
Panopticum :: Multisensory Metaphors EP (Polygon Network)
Panopticum’s aptly-titled Multisensory Metaphors is a densely-packed EP combining meditative downtempo electronics, glitch, electro, and IDM in beautiful deconstructive patterns.
rinse.repeat :: A New Braindance Era EP (Clean Error)
Fragmented glitch, beats, melodies, and esoteric rhythms push and pull in a variety of ways during A New Braindance Era, where precision clicks’n cuts are surrounded by complex layers.