All those years back, the majority of these artists were unknown, unheard of or still incubating. Although the style they’re pursuing is not exactly new, […]
Reviews
Blackwood :: As the World Rots Away (Subsound)
As the World Rots Away is a poison pen letter to optimists, written in guitar, electronics and percussion, cohesively rancorous but also beautifully varied and lucid […]
Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus :: Beauty Will Save the World (Occultation)
Beauty is created in the meeting of our understanding with our imagination; an album like Beauty Will Save the World may not save the world, but surely helps enchant it. […]
Ocoeur :: Reversed (n5MD)
Ocoeur turns back time, piano tastefully graced with soft field samples, a flute, a violin, daubing a vivid, moderately Celtic landscape where sheep may safely graze. The not-so chance […]
Dextro :: In The Crossing (16k)
Haunting, pastoral and evocative music from a unique artist, Dextro has the power to paint very beautiful landscapes and to transport the listener to a […]
Roel Funcken :: Iridium Flare (Funckarma.com)
Iridium Flare is all of the above and more, an assortment of tangible audio/visual electronic delights spanning an amorphous panoramic. Amsterdam’s Roel Funcken has traversed […]
Tom Knapp :: Mophoc Rez EP (Ge-stell)
A brief and promising introduction to an artist working deep within nonrepresentational sound composition. Shifting metallics, collapsing walls of illogical harmonics, and granular synthesis that […]
Visonia / Synth Alien :: Opal’s Sunflowers / Memories (Last Known Trajectory)
The disco currents of past releases have been sidelined, a more mature and developed sound taking its place. In a strange coincidence, the latest two […]
port-royal :: Where Are You Now (n5MD)
Where Are You Know is an audacious and masterful return for port-royal, who have demonstrated their ability to expertly utilize and combine a variety of […]
Lee Simeone :: Best Seat in the Dream EP (Vernal Equinox)
A fascinating collection of intricate compositions; a cinematic burst of perfect visual accompaniment that is roused within the mind, especially when taking on board the […]
B12 :: Transient Life (De:Tuned)
Instead this quartet is introspective and pondering, thoughtful and reflective; a slight glance back to the “Soundtrack of Space” before a firm gaze into an […]
















