Reviews

V/A :: Aquarius (Dronarivm)

Reviews 04/26/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Liquidity has always been an apt metaphor for ambient music as well as for what this collection represents—the fluidity, if not downright irrelevance of boundaries, […]

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Alessandro Parisi :: Draconia (Lux Rec)

Reviews 04/26/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

An analogue rich album of engaging sound scenarios, one supported by the mechanics of House music. Brooding harmonies for a dark, organic and lucid piece […]

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Valance Drakes :: A Fatherless Child EP (Detroit Underground)

Reviews 04/24/2013 by Pietro Da Sacco

A Fatherless Child takes Detroit Underground to tranquil lands of sun-soaked signal processing with an emotional buzz. Valance Drakes continues in his mission for sublime audio […]

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Mimetic :: Where We Will Never Go (Hymen)

Reviews 04/24/2013 by igloomag

While on the outside one might consider Where We Will Never Go as a darkened electronic mesh of styles, it also contains sublime textures that weave into […]

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Skatebård :: Love In The Night (Bordello A Parigi)

Reviews 04/24/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

This is not crushed distortion or Acid squalor, instead it is a developed dancefloor project; a sound for late night sessions and armchair moments. Bordello […]

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\\\V/// :: 267L-18 (Vomit Bucket Productions)

Reviews 04/24/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

The anonymous artist behind the cipher \\\V/// builds up a threnody of muscular tension, as if too much sound is trying to squeeze itself through […]

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Morris Cowan :: Six Degrees (Wigflex)

Reviews 04/22/2013 by Andy Gillham

Like some kind of psilocybin-fueled Max Cooper locked in a studio for months fed on nothing but an intravenous drip of hybrid Plaid / Lone […]

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Ion Driver :: Momentary Abstractions EP (Addictech)

Reviews 04/22/2013 by igloomag

An ebb and flow of solitude, serenity and idyllic vistas are wrapped in sheets of low-rolling sonic emissions, strings and analog manipulations. Ion Driver (aka So-Cal resident […]

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Oyaarss :: Smaida Greizi Nakamiba (Ad Noiseam)

Reviews 04/22/2013 by igloomag

What’s left to consume on Smaida Greizi Nakamiba is an abrupt ebb and disjointed flow of brittle melodic bursts buried underneath a cacophonous stream of clipped percussion, […]

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Neud Photo :: Interface (Electunes)

Reviews 04/22/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

Nico Nightingale has been proving himself with every release, building on his past successes to create ever more complex, and persuasive, works. Another accomplished LP […]

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