Bouncing around this Manichean soundworld are Stroon’s diminutive melodies, played on vibraphone and tinkly-tronics. Stroon’s Triple Farewell is a peculiar juxtaposition of waves of soft, […]
Reviews
Docetism :: Endura (Bunkier Productions)
Endura breathes, sighs, sinks its feet into the sand, fills its mind with sublunary profundity. Docetism is a project inspired by some of the earliest […]
Magic Panda :: Temple of a Thousand Lights (Tigerbeat6)
Swirling arpeggios provide backbone to a number of the tracks and there’s no holding back when it comes to deploying a big melodic lead line or deft […]
Aus :: ReCollected (Plop)
ReCollected is that rare beast, a remix of the hard work of a diverse range of artists that plays with utter coherency. Absolutely the best remix […]
Exael :: Ghost Hologram (Beer on the Rug)
Exael excels in combining the best attributes of ambient, classic electronica and lo-fi aesthetics into a unique, pastoral, pastel vision. Tumbling, tumbling, ever tumbling, Ghost […]
Rauelsson :: Vora (Sonic Pieces)
Rauelsson has created an emotionally charged, filmic work of understated beauty and pitch perfect sensitivity that more than justifies its place with the best work […]
Sankt Otten :: Messias Maschine (Denovali)
Even though all the collaborators are quite distinctive in sound and style, they managed to pour their magic into Sankt Otten’s music in a way […]
V/A :: Circuit D’Actes 3 (La Forme Lente)
La Forme Lente, and their Circuit D’Actes compilations, help to navigate the listener towards gleaming aural islands and analogue ambrosia. La Forme Lente are stalwarts of contemporary Synth Wave. […]
Defunkt Dialekt :: Clockworks EP (The Irrational Media Society)
Ultimately, Clockworks is a definitive exp-electronic space lost in a void of crimped extrasensory chaos. Early-era Skam—including Gescom, Jega, Funkstörung et al—comes to mind while absorbing […]
Uexkull :: Hormad (Brutalist Sunset)
Some of Conner’s movements are steeped in the rich history of Autechre and Funkstörung, others adopt some more modern moments of the floor. Bitstream were […]
Left Hand Cuts Off the Right :: Goma (Must Die)
Although recorded in London and Poland, his mind seems to be somewhere in Nirvana with visions of gamelan bells dancing in his head. A gruesome […]
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