The acoustic elements added to all the synth wizardry enhance an already pastoral, countryside atmosphere, the vibrant, coral-reef colours and proliferous, spined synths largely replaced […]
Reviews
Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengras meet The Congos :: Icon Give Thank & Icon Eye (Rvng Intl)
Icon Give Thank is hands down the most important collaboration of the year. The document of a unique, self-sustaining social and musical biotope, an acknowledgement […]
I-Land Beat :: Cybernautics EP (Frigio)
Beyond the lengthy starts is a myriad of analogue sounds, a complexity and a richness. I-Land Beat is as much armchair as it is DJ […]
Talvihorros, Konntinent & Widesky :: 3View (Hibernate)
In 2009 a micro-independent label ‘inspired by the unpredictable, momentary and quiet solitary beauty of the Pennine Moors,’ Hibernate was born. For Jonathan Lees, who […]
Matta & Niveau Zero :: Riot / Be Real (Ad Noiseam)
This release is a big one. It’s a body mover from two of the leading lights of the Ad Noiseam dubstep stable. [Release page] Matta […]
J.T.C. :: The Controller (MinimalRome)
Splitting beats and shredding sounds, he has contorted the genetic make-up of house to produce weird and wonderful beasts. Summer is here and MinimalRome are […]
Soulacybin :: Learning Through Dreams EP (Herb)
As dub, reggae and a plume of smoke fades into and out of site, these pieces of glitched-out manipulations offer more in terms of tranquilized phases of light, pulses of sound and pictures of the now.
Nils Quak :: Aether (Nomadic Kids Republic)
Produced entirely on a modular synthesizer mixed with field recordings, it lurches and quavers, sooty and sebaceous, and pieces break off from the main flow. […]
FAH :: Galaxy Gust (030303)
FAH has taken Braindance and rewired it to his musical machinery—communicating his eclectic ideas through a cacophony of computer sounds, contrasting rhythms and clever analogue […]
Spaces Between :: Untitled (Striate Cortex)
Quiet, fiddly needlework and big, reverberant soundscaping, textures, melodies, ambiences and mood adjusters are assayed on a baker’s dozen tracks covering just under forty-eight minutes. […]
Musette & Logreybeam :: Double review (Häpna, Les Enregistrements Variables / Muri)
Both engage with popular music, but while Logreybeam’s is more intimate—small salons and cafés—Musette’s is music intended for big public spaces—dancehalls, radio, office tower lobbies […]
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