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Photek :: KU:PALM (Photek Productions)

Reviews 11/15/2012 by Wes Roberts

Photek is in a tricky position of managing mainstream appeal whilst still clinging on to the underground he flourished so successfully within. Consciousness of this […]

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Connect.Ohm :: 9980 (Ultimae)

Reviews 11/15/2012 by Nocturnal Ghost

Intricate, pristine, spacey, restrained yet exhilarating ambient electronica that will keep you warm during the cold winter months ahead. [Release page] Lyon based record label, […]

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Dissolved / Nonima :: Foil Splinters (Section 27 / Mitoma Industries)

Reviews 11/15/2012 by igloomag

Where yesteryear’s template for articulated and semi-emotive electronics has been emulated and reconstructed to great lengths, Foil Splinters is a welcomed retreat. Not necessarily reflecting on the […]

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Offthesky & Man Watching the Stars :: Afar, Farewell (Rural Colours)

Reviews 11/15/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

While the Offthesky quietly paints him a vast universe, Man Watching the Stars populates it with planets, meteor showers and asteroids slowly tumbling end over […]

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Matti Turunen :: Elokuu EP (Muhk Music)

Reviews 11/13/2012 by Robbie Geoghegan

Turunen moulds Techno, Electro, House and Electronics into this wonderfully complex, underground dancehall record. A stunning 12” and a cracking first for Muhk. [Buy at […]

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V/A :: New Caledonia (UNOIKI)

Reviews 11/11/2012 by igloomag

New Caledonia is a welcomed foray of fragile, distinctive and home-grown electronics that merges rhythm and non-linear soundscapes with a panoramic vision of what it […]

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Yuri Lugovskoy :: Self-Titled (Home Assembly Music)

Reviews 11/11/2012 by Philippe Blache

The collection of tracks compiled for this double album provides an absolute exquisite sense of electronic isolationism. Static, deeply moving winter-like ambiences and textures which […]

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Gyu :: Supreme Being EP (Drawn)

Reviews 11/10/2012 by Chris Bolszo

A wonderful embodiment of mood in a quality EP, Supreme Being pushes forth with an earlier 2000’s two-step/garage style forged with deep and bass heavy […]

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Willie Burns :: Another Place, Another Time (Sequencias)

Reviews 11/10/2012 by Robbie Geoghegan

The pole position enjoyed by House for the past few years will undoubtedly break, and probably sooner rather than later. This won’t matter so long […]

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Rael :: Frame 4-6 EP (nonine)

Reviews 11/10/2012 by Philippe Blache

Frame 4-6 is an engaging and explosive EP which releases an orchestrated stylistic fusion between chilling-scary cinematic synth ambiences and swirling hypnotic techno inflected minimalism. […]

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