Dedicated to Mike Petruna, whose recent passing lingers behind every note, Where Waves Begin to Collide deepens Stembridge’s devotion to immersive exploration.
Reviews
Nathan Fake :: Evaporator (InFiné)
Evaporator, then, sees the pop accessibility and playful experiment latent in releases from debut Drowning In A Sea Of Love (2006) to the recent Crystal Vision redirected by NF through a prism of deep electronica, trance uplift and ambient sweep; also, incidentally, continuing inclusion of fruitful team-ups with spirit kin (e.g. Border Community bud Dextro on “Baltasound” and Clark for “Orbiting Meadows”) into his lone M.O..
BLACK ANT :: Dokkōdō (Y-7-ZERO))) (Self Released)
Sound arrives warped, bent out of shape, tangled inside broken-beat filaments. Dokkōdō (Y-7-ZERO))) moves through knots of blips and bleeps, a maze of micro-techno sparks, flickering bass currents, and crooked mechanical murmurs.
Pink B :: Metadata While Coffee Breaking (Eves Music)
On Metadata While Coffee Breaking, Marco Paladin crafts a quietly immersive electronic journey as Pink B, where drifting atmospheres and nostalgic pulses unfold with understated emotional pull.
Drum & Lace :: Terra EP (Mesh) — [concise]
On Terra, Drum & Lace craft a quietly immersive five-track suite where ambient textures, soft rhythms, and distant vocals ebb and flow with a grounded, elemental grace.
Robert Logan :: HABITATIONS (Evel)
From the vibrant energy of its opening stutters to the meditative, elemental quiet of the finale, HABITATIONS showcases bravery, craftsmanship, and a flourishing imagination at every cyclical turn—a fully realized exploration of the wonders and ways of electronic music’s vast and enduring potential.
Xurba :: Zelun Somniates (Electric Studios)
Drifting deeper into ambient sound fields, UK-based Will Brazier-Smith, recording as Xurba, traces hauntological contours across Zelun Somniates, a sequence of ten pieces shaped from slow-moving undercurrents
Vcam :: sift EP (Self Released) — [concise]
Closely tied to early IDM explorations, James Long’s Vcam alias continues shaping environments alive with intricate rhythms and fluid forms. With sift, twenty minutes slip by across five crumpled, fractured bursts, each sharpened by laser-like focus.
Clock DVA :: Thirst (2026 Remaster) (The Grey Area of Mute)
Thirst captures the group at a critical threshold: post-punk bite tightening into colder industrial form. Rhythm grows more mechanical, structure more deliberate, while Newton’s voice holds the centre — signaling the darker, more system-driven path the band would soon pursue. Halcyon days revisited. Forward facing future retro. Delicious.
fields we found :: landscape 03 EP (quiet details)
By the end I feel a shimmering effervescence, like the details of the sunlit landscape slowly dissolving into purple twilight, only to reemerge in new forms dimly sketched in the shapes of the twinkling constellations.
V/A :: Clear Memory 015 (Clear Memory)
Across these six tracks, Clear Memory once again demonstrates how far its sound has travelled. The music may sit within the broad canon of electro, but the label continues to reshape and rewire the colder edges of the machine.
Recent Posts
Yu Su :: Foundry (Short Span)
SCALD :: Asphyxia (Industrial Coast)
Eko :: The Mirror World (Evel)
Yulyseus :: Nothing Under Heaven (n5MD)
Memory Effect :: Ritual Machines (Augment)
Puscha :: Not That Special (NEN)
Anhnch :: Cartography of Expression (Self Released)
MQSA :: Enmity Voidance EP (Self Released)
