The ten tracks on Even Keel, which was published in August 2023, flex and sputter with a somber electronica intensity that skillfully projects early Warp, Rednetic, Toytronic, and Neo Ouija labels’ output.
Reviews
V/A :: Remember the Future Part Two (To Pikap)
This compilation is a balance of concepts and styles that showcases bright new talent that pays homage to what came before while producing their own sounds.
Ümlaut :: Half the Speed of Light (Self Released)
Jeff Düngfelder (also known as Ümlaut) develops a musique concrète resource and minuscule time-capsules to lose yourself within.
Alex Jann :: Cold Light Wave EP (brokntoys)
A well-oiled and tightly packed release to kick off 2024 as we keep our ears peeled for more in what could very well be its own genre titled “cold light wave.”
Tarsiform :: Mechanically Reclaimed Pickings (Pingdiscs)
On these jagged aural experiments, scorched percussive rhythms, tangled vocal samples, and braindance components combine and burst leaving us to believe that Tarsiform is an unusual yet creative force to seriously pay attention to.
Zeuge :: Maturation (Concrete Collage)
Concrete Collage’s ability to curate such vast sound structures is one of the best places to find completely abstract and experimental electronics. Zeuge’s Maturation, along with partnerships with Lokom, M.E.R.S, Romanowitch, and Fauna Modulara (aka fxbip), help navigate this jumble of fragmented audio data.
Room of Wires :: Decayed: 10yrs of Isolation and Collaboration – Remixed (Section 27)
Here, isolation and cooperation coexist within the confines of dark electronics as lighter shapes and shades lurk in the background.
clocolan :: 2k10-2k20 (Redpan)
2k10–2k20 as a whole, is much more of a laid-back atmosphere than a percussive one, and it serves as a benchmark for the artists’ sound and vision.
Derrick Stembridge | Mike Petruna :: Cryptic Logic (Labile)
Derrick Stembridge and Mike Petruna’s Cryptic Logic is an easily-digested industrial album with atmospheric aspects. It is mindful of Front Line Assembly’s more atmospheric works, with dystopian and futuristic elements.
Meat Beat Manifesto & Merzbow :: Extinct (Cold Spring)
This is not a collaboration you thought could happen or would happen. Extinct reminded me a bit of the more noisy performances at the legendary Maschinenfest festivals I’ve attended over the years. Like pre-Hands ORPHX or early Synapscape. Become reacquainted with some beautiful music / rhythmic noise.
Daiki F :: A Walk in the Countryside (Rednetic)
Overall, I feel a recharging of positive energy, higher energy levels, and a purification of negative thoughts, nice and slow with some gem false endings, when things seem to settle down to wrap up, and then starts back up again.
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