Baffling beatwork and blissed-out electrical mayhem make for an odd (yet essential) auditory couplet.
Author: Pietro Da Sacco
Adrien d’Elzius :: Silent Revolution EP (Abstrakt Reflections)
Silent Revolution is a perplexing aural buffet of abstract electro-nics and side splitting bass skills, consisting of four tracks and two remixes.
Michael Valentine West :: She Dreams of Lynchings EP (UVG212)
MVW displays some of his most experimental sound sculptures to date in a space that continually changes shape.
dgoHn & Badun :: Talk To The Planets EP (Love Love)
From the drum funk’n bass of dgoHn to Badun’s meandering abstract jazz infiltration, Talk To The Planets is a seriously splendid collection that doesn’t slow down.
Kindohm :: Prompt 3 (3OP)
A powerful and perplexing giant that showcases sandblasted electronics combined with intricate sculptures, with very little breathing room and just a sliver of melodic strands.
Dissolved :: Island Flux Remixes (Section 27)
With ambient synth swells, hardened glitch-mechanics, crunchy and ethereal soundscapes’n scrapes, Island Flux Remixes continues to be a magnetically charged giant drifting on IDM waters.
illocanblo :: Liminal Rhythms (EC Underground)
The initial EP showcases the Russians’ skill at odd blips, bleeps, and low end manipulation as well as acid breaks and pulsing electro hijinks in full gear. A stand-alone and exceptional EP, the remix compilation that follows is equally perplexing.
Bovaflux :: Strange Tales (mindcolormusic / [d]-tached)
Symons’ skillful sonic reconfiguration and melancholy rhythms are as sugary as anything we’ve heard recently, serving as a soundtrack to a bygone era, and Strange Tales stands tall as a pinnacle effort.
Hexalyne / Lain :: Evel 46 (Evel)
The tiniest particles and granular rhythms here are seductive and as abstract as ever, but it’s the evenly dispersed ambient threads that hold the disparate parts together so effectively.
V/A :: Artist Showcase – 4th Edition (Point Source Electronic Arts)
The Artist Showcase series offers a community of like-minded sonic sculptors a platform to present their enigmatic but perplexing structures for the world to interpret.
Ital Tek :: Timeproof (Planet Mu)
Timeproof simply functions as a gloomy and spacious soundtrack to lost planets thanks to the static fizz-fuzz sounds and bewitching textures that Ital Tek carefully extracts from his machines.
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