These guys might be in the obscure folder, but their contribution to the development of wave music is unquestionable. Mannequin have done their homework on […]
Reviews
Discoverer :: Build A Base (Overland Shark)
Instead of gazing fondly back upon half-remembered sounds from 20+ years ago, Build A Base takes command of these sounds, modifies them, and assembles them […]
Contra Communem Opinionem & dRUMMAN (Lux Rec.)
If you like the sounds of Mathematics, the Crème Organization or just love a decent acid line look no further, you’ve found it. Lux Records […]
Morgan Packard :: Moment Again Elsewhere (Anticipate)
Moment Again Elsewhere is in many ways a perfect realization of this: a low-key smarty-pants dance that puts house (and home) into micro- of sound, […]
Tomas Phillips + Marihiko Hara :: Prosa (Tench)
The composers both deal in the absence of sound as much as they want to bring forth the sense of viscerality of what it’s like […]
port-royal :: 2000-2010 The Golden Age Of Consumerism (n5MD)
Trying to place the half audible conversations and delayed guitar lines in context with their place in the port-royal time-line is enough to engage one […]
The Hole Punch Generation :: Conversations (Audiobulb)
Plenty of texture paste here, interwoven well, making it a responsive, forward thinking ride. [Listen | Purchase] With two mixes of definite contrast, The Hole […]
Publicist :: Keep It Off The Record EP (Voltaire)
An energy filled and DJ friendly record with a synthesizer focus and kraut slant; it’s a surprise this is a U.S. record. [Listen | Purchase] […]
Tim Hecker :: Ravedeath, 1972 (Kranky)
Other listeners have remarked how the album is perfect accompaniment to early evening or night, but it sounds to this listener as though it would […]
Drifting In Silence :: Lifesounds (Labile)
Raw, sheer power is expelled in unison with more tranquil and emotional mind benders; cold beats are coated with warm melodies and time just slips […]
GENETIC MUSIC / NO EMB BLANC :: 3View 2011.4
Minimal electropop, EBM, synth wave and whatever else you want to call this music is the German label’s specialty. Few labels manage to hit the […]

















