These tracks burn slowly, guttering to points of blackened breaks and bleak acid washes. All the traditional markers of techno are present, but on this […]
Author: Robbie Geoghegan
TH ± Tar Hallow :: From the blackened pits
The Netherlands does electronics well. In spite of its size Holland is a heartland of machine music. Clone. Bunker. Crème Organization. Viewlexx. Bordello A Parigi. […]
Heinrich Dressel :: Lurking Underwater (Barba)
Airier moments have been given substance without becoming bogged down, beats have been bolstered but not left leaden whilst melodies are still full of imagination […]
V/A :: The Underground Wave 7″s (Walhalla)
A varied beast. Tracks slide from style to style with little fixity of genre, but that’s what those early innovators were all about. There was […]
LA Synthesis :: Agraphobia Relapse (De:Tuned)
There was a remix 12” released in ’95 but the De:Tuned gang have decided to go one better. Agraphobia Relapse collects a spread of artists […]
Dream Weapons :: Reach Dystopia (MRT)
Strong and strident beat patterns with subtle key changes and bold 303 strokes. Unsurprising, Lux Rec’s sub label set the bar pretty high with its […]
CCO :: Space Race (Endless Illusion)
Space Race adopts its retro-futuristic namesake. From the outset the heavens are the inspiration. Florin Buchel has been quiet of late. After his excellent ad-hoc […]
Thirteen, unlucky for some; not for Kernkrach.
I find it hard to come at Kernkrach from a critical angle. For thirteen years they have been pioneering synthesizer music. The German label has […]
Ekman & Dez Williams :: Double review (Shipwrec)
A testament to the search for innovation and experimentation. Shipwrec’s musical compass points in no one direction. Electronica. Acid. Techno. Electro. A sea of genres, […]
Manie Sans Délire :: Manie Sans Délire (June)
A record that skips across the lines of wave, house, ebm and techno. Last month I was lucky enough to hear June doing his thing […]
ANALOGIC DENSITY :: The spirit of Italian techno rekindled
Analogic Density is a label pushing acid and techno and going back to the machines that founded that sound. A new wave of musicians continuing […]
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