A brand-new name in my ear, Daif (surname King) is heralded by Crystal Magic as “New Zealand’s most-beloved visual artist/synth-wizard,” which only goes to show how […]
Reviews
Michael Fahres :: Tibataje (Testtoon)
The record transports the listener to a stark world, one of prelapsarian parameters, one where ritual and wildlife convene over the beat of the drum. […]
6APPEAL :: Shimmering Moods
Neonate Shimmering Moods label’s rapid-fire release strategy tops our pile with an array of the unknown, Gallery Six, Michiru Aoyama, ~~^^^macheteoxidado^^^~~, TimeDog, and away from […]
Ultradyne :: Resurrection :: Return from the Abyss (Pi Gao Movement)
A fist in the throat from the founding fathers if electro. Around Madrid, at the moment, you might well see Ultradyne in bold text. The […]
Alex Cobb :: Chantepleure (Students of Decay)
Ultimately, though darkness and desolation are hinted at, each track of Chantepleure enfolds a trace of hope within it, perhaps simply elemental—the abyss musically faced and […]
Robert Logan :: Extasis EP (Slowfoot)
Logan excels at conjuring up a peculiar, off-kilter atmosphere in each of Extasis‘ tracks without being too clever nor too arty or experimental which can […]
EUS, Postdrome & Saåad :: Different Streams (Soft)
Different Streams is confident and cosmopolitan, not only because its far-flung participants each recorded in their respective hometowns—San José, London and Toulouse—but also (live? improvised? field […]
DJ Stingray 313 :: Cognition (Lower Parts)
On hearing Cognition it is clear that it’s the art and not the tools which are most important. This is probably the best I’ve ever […]
Frank Rothkamm :: Wiener Process (Baskaru)
Twenty-four hours drawn out over twenty-four compact discs, moments germinated inside a single algorithm and nurtured into being in a studio situated in his enchanting sounding Lodge for Utopian Science […]
Kristoffer Oustad :: Filth Haven (Malignant)
An ultimate bleak, demonic and epic soundscaping inferno. Filth Haven is the first full length release published by the Norwegian Kristoffer Oustad under his own […]
Triac :: Days (Line)
Days shifts from light and floaty to more earthy and rumbling, its seven pieces ranging from pop-ambient lushness to wispy Basinski, the lingering residue of its […]

















