Reviews

Esem :: Aquanaut EP (Self-Released)

Reviews 02/02/2014 by James Knapman

Aquanaut is a fully realized and beautifully constructed EP that feels genuinely substantial in spite of the relatively brief running time. Anyone who remembers now […]

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Lè Travo :: Erring and Errant (Dark Entries)

Reviews 02/02/2014 by Robbie Geoghegan

Bollen quakes with the angst and anger that characterized the music of 80s synth wave. There is a pervasive sadness accompanying this frustration, but there […]

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Ruby My Dear :: Form (Ad Noiseam)

Reviews 01/31/2014 by Gustave Savy

The psychotic programming of his previous work is still in abundance, if a little more refined, but there is also something a bit more humanistic […]

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Kayla Painter :: A Very New Everything EP (Bit-Phalanx)

Reviews 01/29/2014 by Stephen Fruitman

Bristol-based Kayla Painter may be the next generation out of a well-established local tradition, but her sounds single her out as a new hybrid genus. Discreet […]

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Howard Stelzer & Frans de Waard :: Pink Pearl (Bocian)

Reviews 01/29/2014 by Stephen Fruitman

Long-time, far-reaching purveyors and curators of all noise under and beyond the sun, Howard Stelzer and Frans de Waard team up, not for the first […]

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Machinedrum :: Vapor City (Ninja Tune)

Reviews 01/29/2014 by Eric Sorenson

Vapor City keeps an eye over its shoulder as it relentlessly pushes forward. Examined closely, (Travis) Stewart seems to have absorbed a huge range of […]

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Iuengliss :: Down Cosm (Plastic Sound Supply)

Reviews 01/27/2014 by Eric Sorenson

The main body of Down Cosm considered as a six-track snapshot of the state of Iuengliss’ art presents an impressively skilled and diverse picture. As […]

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Krusseldorf :: Fractal World (Self-Released)

Reviews 01/26/2014 by Nocturnal Ghost

Krusseldorf ignites the imagination with exceptional, highly detailed and dynamic sonic designs that carry an emotional weight and atmospheric depth rarely found in the sectors […]

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Nils Quak & Dino Spiluttini :: Modular Anxiety (Umor Rex)

Reviews 01/22/2014 by Philippe Blache

This split album provides a natural musical variety around meditatively calm texturally drone sequences, distorted chordal noises and heuristic developmental experiments which demonstrate a great […]

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Tobias Hellkvist :: Turquoise (Small Fragments)

Reviews 01/20/2014 by Alan Lockett

Turquoise extends, chromatically eponymous in aspect, over four tracks full of graceful washes of guitar-wrung tone-melt, drawing out slow flow melodies assisted, the press blurb […]

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