An amalgamation of noise, drone, field recordings, dub techno and industrial memories. Vivid soundscapes are sculpted from subtle sounds and disheartening din. Testtoon Records has […]
Reviews
S Crosbie :: Dark Arts 04 (Dark Arts)
Melodies are pushed into the shadows as the drum machine takes the lead, heavy clouds looming over a weary Techno world. Stu Crosbie is opening […]
The Exaltics :: Some Other Place Vol 2 (Clone)
With releases on some of the premier labels of electronics, Solar One Music steadily growing and his own machine skills getting ever greater recognition, 2014 […]
Northcape :: Glasshouse EP (Sun Sea Sky)
Glasshouse is just that, a place where you’ll need to move about carefully to let the sound waves travel unfettered and undisturbed. Glasshouse by Northcape […]
Francisco López :: Presque Tout (Quiet Pieces: 1993-2013) (Line)
‘WARNING: Due to the extreme subtlety of these recordings, virtually all of the audio content is completely inaudible through laptop or equivalent small speakers. Quality […]
Photophob :: Large Headroom Collider (Self-Released)
Slower atmospheric pieces sit alongside frantic breakcore with proper science applied to the drum programming. A slightly schizophrenic album from Photophob here. Slower atmospheric pieces […]
Plaid :: Reachy Prints (Warp)
Reachy Prints is bursting with new and unique sounds, textures and meticulous attention to melodic detail. Maybe it’s the gap of roughly eight years that […]
Driftmachine :: Nocturnes (Umor Rex)
A sonic hybrid of sub vibrating dub, hypnotic technoid rhythms and modular tweaking. Berlin based duo Andreas Gerth (Tied & Tickled Trio) and Florian Zimmer […]
Nightmares on Wax :: N.O.W. Is The Time (Warp)
Recommended if you wish to complete your N.O.W. collection, but also if you’re looking for soulful hip-hop to kick back to. George Evelyn, or Nightmares […]
Ben Frost :: Aurora (Bedroom Community / Mute)
Aurora is filthy, like good sci-fi, and so it’s not for everybody. It certainly coddles, cradles, swaths the listener, but it does so in a briar […]
Teebs :: E S T A R A (Brainfeeder)
Naturally big on beats and bass, though refracted, after its founder’s off-kilter bent, driven less by boom-bap imperative than the diffusion of a heady vibe via tone color and harmonic motif.
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