Mitchell constructs warm and foundational melodies, developing them into shimmering works of electronic sound. In a medium that can sometimes alienate, Mitchell invites, involves and […]
Reviews
Swarm Intelligence :: Surveillance EP (Acroplane)
Get ready for some more blistering heavy duty electro/techno/bass bangers from Ireland’s Acroplane label. [Release page] Swarm Intelligence’s Surveillance EP opens with “Execute”—a brutalist work-out hammering neck […]
Marihiko Hara & Hideki Umezawa :: Jigokuhen (Wist Rec.)
The “sound report” composed in tandem by Marihiko Hara and Hideki Umezawa, multimedia artists from Kyoto and Tokyo, respectively, is quiet and scraggly, just as […]
Datacrashrobot :: Disassembler (Battery Park Studio)
As Disassembler embarks on its direct mission of controlled electronics, there are textured layers of mechanical rhythms buried underneath sheets of lost signals. As Sorin Paun (aka […]
Pinklogik :: Random Access Memory (Section 27)
While not entirely focused on complex electronic sparks, Pinklogik rests somewhere in between ambient fizzle versus experimental drizzle and adheres to a calming foray of melodic attractions. […]
V/A :: ... and darkness came (Headphone Commute)
… and darkness came is a colossal yet stunning collection of cinematic and emotive music—showcasing artists new and established at a very reasonable price and […]
V/A :: Fall Is A House Of Gold And Rain (VoxxoV)
Predominately ambient with vivid doses of current IDM fluctuations and downtempo structures are brought forward with a sense of careful balance and order. [Release page] […]
Ten And Tracer :: A Secret Is A Poisonous Snake (CARE / Konque)
A Secret Is A Snake is a culmination of Ten And Tracer‘s fascination with permutations of dub, drone, ambient and layered analog strands that continually unfold […]
Park Avenue Music & Cuushe :: Double review
Park Avenue Music :: For Your Home or Office (Mü-Nest) A very welcome re-release. Because of its nifty, “That Girl” modernist advertising art (its layout […]
Twins Natalia / Marsheaux :: Radial Emotion / When We Were Young (Anna Logue)
For their latest, Schaffer’s label offer up a bright vision of synth pop. The teeth are white and the sounds are clean. An enjoyable excursion […]
Erstlaub :: Marconi’s Shipwreck DVD (Broken20)
Marconi’s Shipwreck emerges a tour de force of drone-scape shape-shift that defies possible imputations of longform legginess and single-take unkemptness to convince of its compositional […]

















