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NNYz? :: Aetiology EP (Kahvi Collective)

Reviews 03/15/2019 by Pietro Da Sacco

A bewildering release that carefully eases the listener into its dark audio passages—all the while, somnolent shifting layers hover over its enticing tracks. Fans of […]

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Yaporigami :: We Dance Alone (Detroit Underground)

Reviews 03/15/2019 by Pietro Da Sacco

We Dance Alone breathes life—once again—into the ever-expanding exp-electronic music genre. Fans of Kaer’Uiks, Touched Music, and Central Processing Unit should easily find a slot […]

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Nimh :: Beyond The Crying Era (Winter-Light)

Reviews 03/15/2019 by Philippe Blache

Beyond The Crying Era is one massively immersive and entrancing score built on ominous, eerie soundscapes of darkly, grainy, and slowly moving elegance. Winter-Light is an […]

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Ork Man :: Nature EP (Acroplane)

Reviews 03/12/2019 by Pietro Da Sacco

Nature finds itself in a maze of left-field micro-shifts where abstract electronics and minimal layers converge. This is the first I’ve heard from the elusive […]

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Sceptre Fretpen :: Earthquake Park (Self-Released)

Reviews 03/12/2019 by Eric Sorenson

Dense layers of sliced-up synth and organic tones, a heavily effected dulcimer melody that slips through the mix, and a glitchy beat that only coheres […]

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V/A :: DE:10.02 (De:tuned)

Reviews 03/10/2019 by Robbie Geoghegan

DE:10.02 shifts the focus. Where its predecessor concentrated on heady grooves and full bodied beats, this latest is more concerned with the esoteric side of […]

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Junq :: COG003 (Art Mechanical)

Reviews 03/10/2019 by Robbie Geoghegan

COG003 collects sounds from Junq’s past, present while it muses on the future. And it’s on the future where the focus will lie. Back in […]

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V/A :: Various Rats (Rat Life)

Reviews 03/10/2019 by Robbie Geoghegan

Chipped and stinking of smoke, this collective has plundered styles and produced something demanding, gnarled and gloriously pock marked. A record living up to the […]

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Caural :: Word Is Bond (Original Soundtrack) (Prism92)

Reviews 03/09/2019 by Will Andahazy

The official soundtrack for Word Is Bond by decade plus vet and the film’s co-producer Caural, approaches the subject matter with a mixtape mindset. A welcomed […]

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SC-164 :: Transmitter Park EP (Subapical)

Reviews 03/07/2019 by Robbie Geoghegan

Transmitter Park journeys a similar path to past SC-164 productions, the grit and gristle of industrial abandonment and the hollowing out of the human experience. […]

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