Stephen Fruitman

Author: Stephen Fruitman

Musculus :: Not In (Dokuro)

Reviews 04/01/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Ruomu Guo, Alex Obal and Michael Tau of Musculus claim to have discovered a buried cache of cassettes with a metal detector, which they have […]

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Brother Sun, Sister Moon :: Self-Titled (Denovali)

Reviews 03/30/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Their debut is like a mood board, a spate (eleven tracks over thirty-seven minutes) of snaps, grabs and aspirations. Barely-there vocalist couples with an electronic […]

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Bengalfuel :: Sprague, Edgemere, Lowe, Toth (Hibernate)

Reviews 03/23/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Bengalfuel conjures a world where rather than some omninous singularity, man, machine and nature sync up with wit and empathy. Prettiest little mini-disc set ever, […]

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Roger Doyle :: Chalant – Memento Mori (Psychonavigation)

Reviews 03/16/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Though confined to a single disc, Chalant – Memento Mori is a sprawling work itself, a collection of memories garnered from a slew of answering […]

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Mendel Kaelen :: A Secret Birth (Twisted Tree Line)

Reviews 03/11/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

A Secret Birth—guess whose—is based on late nineteenth-century Swiss composer Charles Haenni’s setting of Stabat Mater, a Marian hymn which has been varied by dozens […]

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Noiko :: Honey (Etalabel)

Reviews 03/09/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Small specialist Polish imprint Etalabel is dedicated to debuting young, domestic electronic artists and packaging them with an eye on quality. Refreshigly, its owner’s philosophy is that […]

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Rudawoda feat. O. Lubencov :: Wiatr (Turbinicarpus)

Reviews 03/09/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

This mutely eloquent soundtrack to perniciousness, improvised live on analogue synthesizer and bass guitar, conveys a scene of post-Soviet dilapidation and exudes bitter abjection. [Release […]

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