Knef has a dark, occasionally faltering voice, but that doesn’t prevent it from bopping along to pop as innocent as a daytime TV margarine commercial […]
Author: Stephen Fruitman
RSS Boys :: Double review (Mik Musik)
RSS Boys might just be the most colorful step forward taken by really intelligent dance music in a long time. RSS Boys might just be […]
dreamSTATE vs Heiki :: The North Shore (Paper+Sound)
There is great beauty in the fact that though evoking such a variety of winter conditions, there is never a sharp edge or crusty ridge. […]
Nils Quak :: Long Forgotten Days Under a Dust Covered Sky (Nomadic Kids Republic)
Nils Quak reflects on the tissue that separates one moment from the next, one opportunity from the next. Field recording and ambient music as two […]
V/A :: Aquarius (Dronarivm)
Liquidity has always been an apt metaphor for ambient music as well as for what this collection represents—the fluidity, if not downright irrelevance of boundaries, […]
\\\V/// :: 267L-18 (Vomit Bucket Productions)
The anonymous artist behind the cipher \\\V/// builds up a threnody of muscular tension, as if too much sound is trying to squeeze itself through […]
Birds of a Feather, Vols. 3-6 (Flaming Pines)
The second quartet of Flaming Pines‘ year-long Birds of a Feather 3″ CDR series is now available, bringing us at least halfway through its planned […]
Szymon Kaliski :: From Scattered Accidents (Kitchen)
Mishap and flaw are key to his aesthetic, but craftsmanship and attention to detail the organizing principle. Musically, Szymon Kaliski is a wise old soul, […]
Wouter Veldhuis :: Blue Forest (Organic Industries)
With Blue Forest, Wouter Velduis has crafted such a handsome edition it’s like purchasing a framed piece of art with its own soundtrack slipped in […]
Josh Mason :: Jeremiad (Analogpath)
Mason speaks softly and with some difficulty, his reel-to-reel and cassette tape loops wobbling while his guitar strives to articulate itself in contention with scuffed […]
















