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Gavin Toomey :: Boxer / Brawler (Self-Released)

Reviews 05/25/2014 by Pietro Da Sacco

Boxer / Brawler offers five weaving downtempo tracks and ambient electronics harking back to the early days of IDM’s original birthing grounds. Gavin Toomey (aka […]

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Fraction :: Dromos EP (Infiné)

Reviews 05/25/2014 by Philippe Blache

Navigating from dreamy-looped glitch electronica, to classical minimalism, space ambient, electronic-world and event music with a rare genuine intuition. International label which covers a musical […]

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Vittoria Fleet :: Acht (n5MD)

Reviews 05/25/2014 by Eric Sorenson

If the concept of mid-period Clark, with the noisier glitch-fests reined in and balanced with delicate female vocals appeals to you in the slightest, you […]

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V/A :: Riviera Disco (Bordello A Parigi )

Reviews 05/25/2014 by Robbie Geoghegan

Some tracks are characterized by innocence, early and naive and needing that bit more. Other pieces are much more developed, fully thought out and a […]

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C. Mantle :: Femto Tudomány EP (Acre)

Reviews 05/25/2014 by Pietro Da Sacco

Weaving basslines that burst from every corner, Femto Tudomány is a distracting yet somehow attractively coherent extended player. C. Mantle (aka Christopher Mantle and Acre […]

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Wooky :: Montjuïc (spa.RK)

Reviews 05/25/2014 by Stephen Fruitman

Wooky’s techno tunes are merry melodies perfectly balancing antic pace and a smooth, easy-going undertone, a hint of funk charged with emotional sincerity. First of […]

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Huron :: The Other Side of Reality (Raumklang)

Reviews 05/25/2014 by Pietro Da Sacco

Sharp edges, fluid rhythms, mechanical pulses, chiseled percussion and a darkened veil surround these dozen tracks that spark, reflect and ricochet in every direction. Huron […]

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Fennesz :: Bécs (Editions Mego)

Newswires 05/20/2014 by Andy Gillham

Not quite ambient and not quite overt noise with Bécs pointedly asking for your attention rather than quietly seeking it out. Editions Mego serve up […]

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Etcher :: Polytom Dusk (Abstract Acid)

Reviews 05/18/2014 by Robbie Geoghegan

Brutal angular machine teeth are bared from needle drop to run out. Abstract Forms 303 wing is back for 2014 with a new name. Abstract […]

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Ignatius :: Nodding’s Uses (Buried In Time)

Reviews 05/17/2014 by Pietro Da Sacco

Ignatius continues to unfold elongated sonic exhibits that lures its listeners into a state of unusual delight. Autechre is to the UK as Ignatius is […]

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