Drifting deeper into ambient sound fields, UK-based Will Brazier-Smith, recording as Xurba, traces hauntological contours across Zelun Somniates, a sequence of ten pieces shaped from slow-moving undercurrents
Author: Pietro Da Sacco
Vcam :: sift EP (Self Released) — [concise]
Closely tied to early IDM explorations, James Long’s Vcam alias continues shaping environments alive with intricate rhythms and fluid forms. With sift, twenty minutes slip by across five crumpled, fractured bursts, each sharpened by laser-like focus.
Jvox :: Elemental (Component)
Elemental arrives almost unannounced—a sprawling nine-piece set casting a hauntological spell through its organically rhythmic frameworks and sporadic instrumental fissures.
WONKS :: Error M3trics (Clean Error) — [concise]
WONKS’ Error M3trics is a nine-track blast of gritty, glitch-driven electronics where fractured beats, warped synths, and mechanical textures collide into a restless, future-leaning soundscape.
Spacelike :: Spy Satellite EP (Lightlike)
Spacelike’s debut suite Spy Satellite threads orchestral depth through shadowed ambient synths, guiding listeners from the expansive surge of “Points In Space” to the delicate, dissolving glow of its closing title track.
Spednar / eczem :: .XOR / TXX (Tarantella)
Across two live, fifty-minute transmissions, Spednar and eczem push their machines to the brink, sculpting raw voltage and fractured rhythm into immersive, ever-mutating electronic architecture.
John Nap :: C.C.T. (Heterodox)
Across eight meticulously engineered cuts, John Nap’s C.C.T. fuses subterranean bass weight, corroded glitch textures, and restless breakbeat architecture into a sleek, nocturnal system of controlled sonic volatility.
Near The Parenthesis :: Relative Minor (Self Released)
On Relative Minor, Near The Parenthesis crafts a hushed, neo-classical ambient journey where delicate piano and drifting synths unfold with intimate, suspended beauty.
V/A :: Errormatic Vol.5 (Clean Error)
With Errormatic Vol. 5, Clean Error unleashes a razor-edged manifesto of fractured electronics—nineteen precision-cut transmissions propelling glitch and dystopian IDM into fiercely futurist terrain.
V/A :: Twentieth Listen (People Can Listen)
Twentieth Listen pulses with boundary-pushing IDM and ambient-electronic explorations, inviting listeners into a dynamic sonic journey where abstraction and emotion collide at the furthest edges of sound.
Vivid Stars Forgotten :: Seven Light Rays (EQ)
Seven Light Rays drifts through eight weightless realms, where Vivid Stars Forgotten crafts a hushed, cosmic escape of slow-burn ambience, submerged bass, and dissolving light.
















