With a brief look at some notables along the road, Chang Terhune’s Music Mondays aims to shed light on both new and old(er) music over a wide spectrum of sound (and vision). This week: RIP Geordie Walker of Killing Joke 1957—2023.
Reviews
Oberman Knocks :: Rhemunvhurse Optikonn EP (Detroit Underground)
With Rhemunvhurse Optikonn, a half-dozen tracks chopped and diced with enough blips and bleeps beauty to last us to the end of the decade, Truswell dives even further into the abyss for Detroit Underground.
Carl Brown :: Time Slip (Mozyk)
A 12-track behemoth that sputters and shimmies its way through video-game electronics and broken breaks (with three remixes by Poborsk, Wagawaga, and The Ghost of 3.13).
Francis Gri & Lilium :: Cycles (Krysalisound)
This album preserves an expressive environmental sound aestheticism, continuously soothing, slightly bitter, but without being too austere.
Jilk :: Found Little Lost (noci miste)
A delicate time-capsule composed of fragile electronics recommended for fans of B. Fleischmann, Ovuca, ISAN, and múm.
vcam :: Concavity EP (High Grade Media)
Overall, a serene and captivating EP from a granular glitch’n IDM genre bender and highly recommended for fans of exm, Autechre, and Arovane.
Kroubikou :: PSSGR EP (Concrete Collage)
It’s astonishing how Kroubikou can find the time to combine such a random assortment of oddly engrossing sounds and samples into such short tracks.
Neuro… No Neuro :: Positive* (Mille Plateaux)
Markarian weaves a diverse mix of distinct electrical strands across each of its twelve sections, even while his usage of drones, tones, and buzzing melodic shards veer even more into isolated abstraction.
Zimoun :: ModularGuitarFields I-VI (12k)
Modular Guitar Fields I-VI encompasses the expansive quality of dark ambient and the fuzz here is warm, analog, and rich.
Great Panoptique Winter :: This Time Alone (Sound in Silence)
This is immediately enjoyable, transportive, and atmospheric, showing ingredients of delicate musical sweetness.
Nonima + Dissolved :: Neurophosis (Mahorka)
Neurophosis casts shadows that extend beyond the limits of vision, attempting to occupy a soothing area where kaleidoscopic textures coexist in harmony.
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