These tracks burn slowly, guttering to points of blackened breaks and bleak acid washes. All the traditional markers of techno are present, but on this […]
Reviews
Mike Allen :: Juxt (Sun Sea Sky)
A lot of what’s heard in Juxt is the pulsing thump of a kick drum, atmospheric synths and that sequenced ‘clickty-clickty-clickty’ percussive noise, which clicks […]
Heinrich Dressel :: Lurking Underwater (Barba)
Airier moments have been given substance without becoming bogged down, beats have been bolstered but not left leaden whilst melodies are still full of imagination […]
Celer & Machinefabriek :: Compendium (Irrational Arts)
Full of light and space with a few dark corners, Compendium is a perfectly curated collection, packaged in charming, wish-you-were-here collaged cover art. Will Long plays well with […]
Stephan Mathieu :: Nachtstücke (Schwebung)
Peaceful drone hypnosis and cold sound sculptures that will ravish fans of the genre. Stephan Mathieu is a prolific and really active sound artist who […]
V/A :: The Underground Wave 7″s (Walhalla)
A varied beast. Tracks slide from style to style with little fixity of genre, but that’s what those early innovators were all about. There was […]
A WINTER TRANSMISSION :: Bersarin Quartett, Saffronkeira, Subheim
It’s winter again here in the Northern Hemisphere. Kitchen cabinets are filled with tea supply, favorite blankets are out and aired. The November batch of […]
Markus Guentner :: Theia (A Strangely Isolated Place)
Theia sees Markus Guentner taking his immersive ambient soundscaping to another level, creating a work that is grandiose but somehow never overblown. Ryan Griffin’s A […]
Kangding Ray :: Cory Arcane (Raster-Noton)
Insistent and incessant loops built from clustered assemblages of staccato chunks of sound achieve a kind of weightless velocity, churning heat out from the furious […]
Sound Awakener & Linear Bells :: Belonging to the Infinity (Soft)
Motionless as the dead, writhing with memory. Nguyễn Hồng Nhung forces me to pay close attention to her career as it unfolds—each new thing she does as […]
LA Synthesis :: Agraphobia Relapse (De:Tuned)
There was a remix 12” released in ’95 but the De:Tuned gang have decided to go one better. Agraphobia Relapse collects a spread of artists […]
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