Reviews

Nmls :: On & On (N_Coded)

Reviews 12/18/2016 by Pietro Da Sacco

On & On collects broken beats, driving rhythms, glitchy strands and transforming ambient ice sheets from just above the stratosphere it seems. Back and forth, […]

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Snowbeasts :: Rmx (M-Tronic)

Reviews 12/17/2016 by Philippe Blache

Beautifully creepy, hypnotic, with brooding and tense atmospheres seconded by an avalanche of electronic grooves obtained by the machines. A few months after the publication […]

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Two on the Radar :: Phoenician Blinds and L.U.C.A.

Reviews 12/17/2016 by Nocturnal Ghost

Exhilarating, vividly atmospheric fusion of jazz, afrobeat, rock and hip hop from new promising London-based quartet Phoenician Blinds, and a cosmic cinematic mélange of electronica, […]

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Understated Theory :: Critical Drift EP (Sparkwood)

Reviews 12/17/2016 by Elan Samuel

Understated Theory’s 2015 EP, Critical Drift, is another example of the fine ears on the folks at Sparkwood Records. Must be something special about the […]

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James Murray :: Eyes to the Height (Ultimae)

Reviews 12/12/2016 by Nocturnal Ghost

With Eyes to the Height Murray takes the Ultimae panoramic sound experience to a new level of idiosyncratic creativity that places him at the forefront […]

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Filippo Diana :: Nemesi (KOOAAD Muzik)

Reviews 12/11/2016 by Robbie Geoghegan

A rounded vision of the sounds of the silver screen. A singular style isn’t adhered to, instead Diana explores all. Blood stained full moons, rain soaked […]

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V/A :: Frequencies Of The Mind III (Mindtrick)

Reviews 12/10/2016 by Pietro Da Sacco

Oozing with subdued electrical patches and driving rhythms, there’s plenty to digest as FM3 jets to the top of our 2016 list—an intoxicating, surreal musical […]

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Yagya :: Stars and Dust (Delsin)

Reviews 12/04/2016 by James Knapman

I don’t know what’s happened to Guðmundsson in the last few years, but Stars and Dust is shot through with the heady euphoria that only […]

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Franck Kartell :: Coïncidences (Bass Agenda)

Reviews 12/04/2016 by Robbie Geoghegan

The second LP from this Frenchman was his soundtrack to a 1962 film. Coïncidences is music of a broader narrative. Links, crossovers, connections between our […]

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Lost Trail :: The Lost Trail Orchestra (Shimmering Moods)

Reviews 12/03/2016 by Philippe Blache

The Lost Trail Orchestra gives a large space to warm layers of fuzzed-out guitar drones seconded by dream-pop melodies, concrete noises and minimal patterns. Shimmering […]

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