Experimental Electronic Music
A new single from The Tear Garden is like a signal from beyond—dark, dreamy, and full of promise. With Astral Elevator arriving October 24th on Artoffact Records, cEvin Key and Edward Kaspel prove they haven’t lost their edge. This track’s pulsing bass, eerie synths, and vivid lyrics capture the spirit of their early work while hinting at something new—and it’s got me ready for the full trip.
Key actor and indie label in the vast panorama of modern day electronica and sound art, Mahorka started its creative adventure back in 2000-2001 with strongly aligned ideas to participate actively in advanced experimental music worldwide and from various cultural horizons.
Indeed over the course of this first for ASIP KILN fire shivering shapes and febrile forms into a timbral trade-off of hi v. lo-fi; a quiet riot of rhythm’n’sound ranging from “DrnkGrlfrnd” with its ‘aquarium-on-fire radiance’ to “Maplefunk Diptych”’s ‘garden groove of field-recorded percussion’ to the ‘sizzling whiteout’ of “Deacon Rayhand.”
A tightly curated suite of short but potent DJ tools: compact, flavorful, and rhythmically cohesive. In this second volume, Perimeter Loops Vol. II navigates an eclectic terrain—swapping between buoyant, downtempo, and propulsive loopscapes.
As the murk of modern political unrest deepens, these artists illuminate the darkness with warped frequencies and broken beauty, refusing silence. In its sprawling chaos and cathartic clamor, Solidarity [complete] doesn’t just advocate—it agitates, igniting sparks of resistance in every distorted signal.
Fresh from his music being picked up for a Ridley Scott Netflix production, Dalham brings the required noise in Cobra / And The Sun, a twin release from the estimable Castles in Space set to alter states across the planet.
There is a geography of the soul that Rafael Anton Irisarri mapped out in 2015, a cartography drawn with electrified mists, torn soundscapes, and submerged melancholies. A Fragile Geography, his third release on Room40 (see our 2016 review here), spoke at the time with a dark and hushed voice, the echo of an emotionally fractured era. Now, ten years later, the album returns in a newly curated edition by Black Knoll Editions.
With newly enhanced clarity, remastered Leylines reveals hidden dimensions and subtle details—glimpses of nostalgia mingling with visions of uncharted sonic futures. A cornerstone of celestial downtempo, it remains a calm yet exploratory experience that continues to resonate.
Through every granular texture and skewed rhythm, Planet Mu reaffirms its place as one of electronic music’s most vital and visionary institutions.
“”Split” is a raw and sincere reflection on the fragility of love. It captures that bittersweet moment when you are trying so hard to hold on to something that is already slipping away. We wanted the song to feel like a vortex—intense, relentless—like being trapped in a loop you can’t get out of. It’s that space between the fear of losing someone and the desperate need to keep them close.”
