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Roel Funcken :: Iridium Flare (Funckarma.com)

Reviews 03/15/2016 by Pietro Da Sacco

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 […]

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Tom Knapp :: Mophoc Rez EP (Ge-stell)

Reviews 03/15/2016 by Chris Taylor

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 […]

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Visonia / Synth Alien :: Opal’s Sunflowers / Memories (Last Known Trajectory)

Reviews 03/15/2016 by Robbie Geoghegan

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 […]

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port-royal :: Where Are You Now (n5MD)

Reviews 03/12/2016 by Owen Vince

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 […]

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Lee Simeone :: Best Seat in the Dream EP (Vernal Equinox)

Reviews 03/09/2016 by Jus Forrest

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 […]

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B12 :: Transient Life (De:Tuned)

Reviews 03/09/2016 by Robbie Geoghegan

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 […]

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Badrich :: Viscosity (Technicolor Yawn)

Reviews 03/08/2016 by Pietro Da Sacco

Purely in a (dark) field of its own, yet effortlessly delivered, Viscosity is a detailed foray into deconstructed electronics melded to blackened ambient sheets. Robotic noise boxes dancing […]

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SubtractiveLAD :: Nucleus (Self-Released)

Reviews 03/06/2016 by Pietro Da Sacco

A percussive darker energy unfolds in the opening nucleic chapters as a mechanical tone sets the pace. In the closing chapters, miniature stretched symphonies shimmy […]

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Double Review :: The Sand Rays / Ray Sands (CEIL)

Reviews 03/05/2016 by Stephen Fruitman

Both are mysterious discs—looped, concrète, ambivalent, ambient and transportive. No trainspotter I, but old steam engines still conjure romance for me, especially caked matt black with the grease […]

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Drifting in Silence :: Artificial (Labile)

Reviews 03/05/2016 by Chris Taylor

Unapologetically grand and emotional, this album will please those who like their ambient sounds tidy and ready for the big screen. Artificial marks a return […]

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