There is something for everyone: acid, braindance, experimental electronics, IDM—even some slightly more downtempo numbers too.
Reviews
(Front) 242 :: Live Code (1994) (Play It Again Sam)
This show embodies their moodiest and darkest sounds of their late 80s and early 90s classics using true to period instruments to pound out the beats. Loaded with organic sounds and analog vocal effects that mesh perfectly with their electronic gear.
Ariadne’s Labyrinth :: Ridiom EP (Self Released)
The London based artist rounds off the year with an exemplary self-released 4-track titled Ridiom. Infusing influences from the likes of early Warp and Rephlex into a classical array of layered spontaneity and detailed composition.
Fortresses :: “Spring” (Dragon’s Eye)
This 8-minute single is beautifully crafted, subtly choreographed with an elegance that is both uplifting and mesmerizing.
Marco Simioni & Mattia Saviolo :: Zeitgeist: Ambient Music from 2012 to 2020 (Force Inc. / Mille Plateaux)
What is the real appeal here though, is the conviction in the use of tempo and pace, as to not get too carried away with the under current of bass and bleeps that is within some of these ambient compositions.
Quizzik :: Simulacrum EP (6 Plusten)
Whilst Quizzik is certainly not new to the music world, their take on experimental electronic music is creating encouraging foundations for future releases.
Rhonchus :: بلَووِه EP (Mahorka)
Evading genre leanings and focused on obscure sound sources, fuzzy tones and drones harken back to a time when IDM planted its roots.
f5point6 :: The Shuttle Leaves At Midnight (See Blue Audio)
Each pad and orchestral influence generates a culmination in movements that takes one on many journeys.
Zainetica :: Transmission Vectors (Rednetic)
A 12-track album based on syncopated downtempo/dubstep beats, dub basslines and dreamy pad synths that can almost take you to a state of trance.
Loess :: Totems (n5MD)
The duo’s signature chilling ambience, sharp percussion elements, and low end rumble are undeniably present—but perhaps with some surprisingly refreshing compositions that deviate from their previous output.
Interconnected :: Grainophonics (Móatún 7)
A study in minimalist drone/ambient music with occasional rhythmic episodes that gives Grainophonics a slightly glitchy and psychedelic element.
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datewithdeath :: Apple Tree Brightness (Poverty Electronics)
V/A :: Mutual Motion (Body Method)
David Helpling & Scott Reich :: Through The Thought Horizon (Spotted Peccary Music)
Build Buildings x Molly Gochman :: Continuum (Unending Loop)
Netherworld :: The Hermit (Glacial Movements)
Bitbasic :: The Cosmological Constant (Glitchpulse)
