Swallowed whole, Archive is comfort in resignation, commiseration in loss, a low-key celebration of ephemerality. I wonder if folklorists or musicologists, or perhaps it takes a […]
Reviews
Deru :: 1979 (Friends Of Friends)
Essential and clearly recommended for adepts of moody, poignant, luminous and cinematic ambient sculptures. Deru (aka Benjamin Wynn) is an abstract-minimal ambient music project based […]
Carlos Cipa :: All Your Life You Walk (Denovali)
With elegant ebb and flow maneuvers, Cipa slides effortlessly through contemplative, wistful, uplifting and hopeful districts while maintaining a dreamy cinematic glow. It was an […]
2ndMouse :: Acquiesce (Self-Released)
Playful, articulate electronics, melodic and nostalgic, 2ndMouse returns with Acquiesce. Playful, articulate electronics, melodic and nostalgic, 2ndMouse returns with Acquiesce. 18 audio snapshots shed raw […]
Oubys :: SQM Part II (Testtoon)
This second installment sees Kolf balancing sound and silence, the perceived with that which cannot be. Threats are created, palpable almost tactile ones, but then […]
Dronelock and Ontal :: Continuum (Shadow Story)
The “double duo” continue to explore the darker shades of techno’s sonic spectrum. Dronelock operate out of West Yorkshire and Ontal from Serbia, but their […]
Ian Holloway & Banks Bailey :: Strange Pilgrims (Quiet World)
Despite its earthy origins, music that absorbs the night sky and all who may travel it. In Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds, 17th-century philosopher Fontenelle […]
Sync 24 & The Exaltics :: Vacuum Years (Cultivated Electronics)
Vacuum Years inaugurates a new series that will see Cultivated Electronics boss Sync 24 (Phil Bolland) team up with some top names in Electro. Rob […]
V/A :: Soun Compilation 01 (Soun)
Attainable childhood and adult fantasies and a few good scares. Comes in a stern, minimalist black and white package. Soun Records is the little Slovakian […]
Visonia :: Impossible Romance (Last Known Trajectory)
Ambient moments are paralleled by heartening Synth Pop and colder Electro. Dare it be said, Visonia has quietly screamed onto the electronic music scene. With […]
Gnome & Spybey :: Reflective (The Crime League)
This new Gnome & Spybey explores the possibilities of synthesizers, disrupted collage sounds and harmonic piano touches around touchingly emotional ambient pieces in a pure […]

















