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Aabzu :: It Came from Outer Space (Zoharum)

Reviews 08/12/2014 by Stephen Fruitman

A hyperglycemic sci-fi adventure with a bracing mixture of beats and a soupçon of dub. Laptop shenanigans. A hyperglycemic sci-fi adventure with a bracing mixture of beats and a soupçon of […]

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Alessandro Parisi / Adamennon :: Il Plenilunio Del Fuoco (Flight Recorder)

Reviews 08/12/2014 by Robbie Geoghegan

Four thick cuts of fog-riddled electronics, a quartet of fear streaked atmospherics from two men taking up the mantle of their soundtrack predecessors. Alessandro Parisi […]

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Sound Strider :: Padovan Sequence EP (La Briche)

Reviews 08/10/2014 by Giancarlo Sandoval

Padonvan Sequence shows an artist willing to lay it on thick on the psychedelics over techno beats. In “Polyegg Eighty-Six,” a persistent percussion makes its […]

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Moss Garden :: In the Silence of the Subconscious (Carpe Sonum)

Reviews 08/10/2014 by Alan Lockett

‘One of the things I’ve been concerned with quite a lot is to deliberately dismantle or shift contexts around so that something comes from an […]

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Babe Rainbow :: Falling Apart (Kinky Beggar)

Reviews 08/09/2014 by Giancarlo Sandoval

Whereas most artists struggle to go back to that initial sound, Babe Rainbow has quit the schizophrenic experimenting of his early days and has now […]

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Pausal :: Along the Mantic Spring (Infraction)

Reviews 08/09/2014 by Alan Lockett

Pausal’s patented minimalist neo-romanticism offsets harmonic comfort zone with subtle experimental edge, finding a fine balance between long-form drones and hushed acoustic twinkles—of the nature […]

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V/A :: The Silence Was Warm Vol. 5 (Symbolic Interaction)

Reviews 08/09/2014 by Giancarlo Sandoval

A wide range of sounds that go from ambient electronics to field recordings, to beautiful piano driven soundscapes and beats. The Symbolic Interactions compilations have […]

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Techno’s Outer Limits :: August 2014

Profiles 08/09/2014 by Alan Lockett

Latest in a series of snapshots from Techno’s twilight zone of EPs/12″s and LPs, with notes in the margin. First up, German newbies, Natch, tell us Audiolouis & […]

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ALAN LOCKETT :: Dalliance #8 mix

Features 08/09/2014 by Alan Lockett

Dalliance #8 is the latest Ambient Dub Techno mix from igloomag Contributing Editor Alan Lockett in his MistMaxer albient guise—part of a continuing series of snapshots from Techno’s twilight zone. Including: […]

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Yagya :: Sleepygirls (Delsin)

Reviews 08/09/2014 by James Knapman

A record that works exceptionally well as soothing background music, Sleepygirls is a propulsive, repetitive work characterized by the occasional burst of jazz and Japanese […]

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