Reviews

Tay0 :: Possible Futures EP (Nophi)

Reviews 05/12/2013 by Pietro Da Sacco

Tay0’s sound is one filled with erratic yet consistent elements of exp-electronics that must be examined over repeat listens for full absorption. Fans of early […]

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Aksutique :: Notch Fields (diametric.)

Reviews 05/12/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

Rather than pander to the “dub” crowd, this EP takes what has become quite a saturated genre and elevates it with ambient subtlety and a […]

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Strom Noir :: Standing Out Against the Sea (DataObscura)

Reviews 05/12/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Strom Noir’s ambient is amongst the most subtle on record, distant and place-less but richly varied and embrasive. Emil Mat’ko has been releasing music at […]

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Hans Nieswandt :: Hildegard Knef – Remixed 12 Versions (Bureau B)

Reviews 05/12/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Knef has a dark, occasionally faltering voice, but that doesn’t prevent it from bopping along to pop as innocent as a daytime TV margarine commercial […]

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RSS Boys :: Double review (Mik Musik)

Reviews 05/08/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

RSS Boys might just be the most colorful step forward taken by really intelligent dance music in a long time. RSS Boys might just be […]

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Atiq & EnK :: Fear Of The Unknown (Tympanik Audio / Mindtrick)

Reviews 05/07/2013 by James Knapman

A swirling mix of electronic, classical, trip-hop, dubstep and breakbeat influences permeate Fear of the Unknown, creating a wonderfully cerebral and intriguing experience. Listening to […]

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Richard Chartier & Yann Novak :: Undefined (Farmacia901)

Reviews 05/07/2013 by Philippe Blache

Developed as one long title, Undefined is a resonating-sinuous droning sound tapestry which demonstrates a totally absorbing exploration through infinitely subtle waving tones and micro interferences. Undefined is […]

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(ghost) :: Departure (n5MD)

Reviews 05/05/2013 by Pietro Da Sacco

(ghost) channels early-era intelligent exp-electronic systems and transforms them into evocative snapshots of rhythmic simplicity suspended just above planet Earth. It has more than likely […]

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Tape Loop Orchestra :: In a Lonely Place (Facture)

Reviews 05/05/2013 by Alan Lockett

Fading time-stretched tunes, recursive arcs and dives unravel in a flux of melodic micro-variations, self-cannibalizing loops succumbing happily to the hiss, run through by fraying […]

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V/A :: Colonization: Empty Channels of Mars (Lagunamuch)

Reviews 05/05/2013 by Philippe Blache

Colonization: Empty Channels of Mars is a beautifully diversified and cinematic sci-fi sounding album which admits intense synth psychscapes and haunting pulsating looped studies. Colonization: […]

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