I’m really enamored with how Xylitol always manages to merge these two completely unrelated universes, the almost new age aesthetics with the energy and franticness of the breaks, sometimes to a point where they don’t even merge, rather they seem to be playing separately and turn into a completely overwhelming experience.
Reviews
Federica Deiana :: Faith EP (Home Normal)
The 5-track release entitled Faith brings deep peace and beauty in the form of music, which the listener can easily relate to film scores as a rich set of scene imagery comes to mind automatically.
SubtractiveLAD :: Brutalist (Self Released)
Brutalist is an intriguing and varied collection of electronic tracks that reflect a smorgasbord of sub-genres, the most of which are readily identifiable by attentive listening.
Pink B :: A Close Connection With Your Soul (Wireframe Clouds)
Thanks to Pink B for this break from the action in an overstimulated world, and to bright days of true connection that await ahead. This […]
Neutrino Effect :: Vapored Angels (Labile)
Vapored Angels’ relentless assault of harsh electronics and tortured instrumentals propels itself to our list of the best releases of 2024.
Field Lines Cartographer :: Portable Reality Generator (DiN)
The modular maven channels something of an early TD sound-feel via post-Kosmische textures, motifs, and rhythms; new projections in the head cinema, strangely familiar, yet otherworldly.
Analytica :: Strategy of Tension (Ice Machine)
Their words pull no punches, they are fired with conviction and intent. Softening this directness is the composition of their songs, the rich instrumentation smoothing corners without diluting the message. An accomplished album from a political and polyphonic partnership.
KMRU :: Natur (Touch)
The listener is transported in a rolling ambient vastness connected to natural elements and morphed field recordings, for a breathing, lively and emotional embrace which progressively reaches a mesmerizing climax.
Kessell & Kerqus :: Druid (Detroit Underground)
Druid is a cinematic and audiovisual experience for the senses; transporting us through multiple layers of exploratory sound patterns, textures, and shifting structures while deftly blending roughened sceneries with explosive clarity.
Speedy J :: Ginger (Remaster/Reissue) (Warp)
The ten tracks on offer have been meticulously remastered, breathing new life into the rich range of elements Paap originally employed. This dusting down accentuates the influence of Detroit on the record.
b0t23 + inoperative system :: Sin Ciclo EP (Patterned Media)
Sin Ciclo skillfully combines downtempo elements with breakbeats; sprinkling nostalgic electro fragments and melodic threads with pummeling effects.

















