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Mirrorman & India Czajkowska :: Secretia (Zoharum)

Reviews 03/23/2014 by Stephen Fruitman

Deeply sincere but more poetically oblique. Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist India Czajkowska put out a lovely album on Alio Die’s Hic Sunt Leones label five years […]

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E S T A R A is Born :: Teebs

Newswires 03/22/2014 by Alan Lockett

News of a new album from tone-painting beat-poet, Teebs, due soon on Flying Lotus’s Brainfeeder. It was back in the mists of 2010 that LA-based […]

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Conforce :: Kinetic Image (Delsin)

Reviews 03/22/2014 by Alan Lockett

Between conceptual techno and pared-back hypgnosis, this year’s model is more nuanced, with less of the warm velvety and more of the cold clinical In […]

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Broken Synths / Neon & the Other Noble Gases :: Split EP (More Mars Team)

Reviews 03/22/2014 by Stephen Fruitman

Liberating, easefully spun-out melodies betraying a fondness for early krautrock and its brainy structures, while chugging along with the wonky, good timey grin of backyard […]

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Chat Noir :: Elec3Cities (RareNoise)

Reviews 03/21/2014 by Nocturnal Ghost

There’s no doubt every seeker of adventurous jazz should explore this trio’s music, and Elec3Cities can be a wonderful starting point. Chat Noir’s wildest and […]

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AL_X :: Shunt (Fluttery)

Reviews 03/18/2014 by Andrew Danso

A delicate, measured and calm piece, with the producer moving from idea to idea. Shunt by AL_X (Alex Dunford) is a massive twenty-two track album […]

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Damian Valles :: Exposure (VoxxoV)

Reviews 03/18/2014 by Alan Lockett

Matter is shaped into dense oppressive drone-slabs of staticky churn; ghosts of settlers skulk in the shadows of its inky contours. Canadian wild frontiersman Damian […]

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Donato Dozzy & Nuel :: The Aquaplano Sessions (Spectrum Spools)

Reviews 03/18/2014 by Alan Lockett

Over the course of its eight Aqua-referencing tracks, Dozzy and Nuel resuscitate the spirits of Ambient Techno with a craft rarely seen in an age […]

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Daniel Thomas & Kevin Sanders :: Four More Cosmic Jams… (Cherry Row)

Reviews 03/18/2014 by Stephen Fruitman

Droning like a flax mill left running on standby ever since the textile industry in Leeds took a downturn in the 1850s, the numerically titled […]

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Nouvelle Phénomène :: Glory of Romance (Other Voices)

Reviews 03/18/2014 by Philippe Blache

An eloquent collection of devouringly emotional-colorful tunes that frequently invokes a comprehensible combination between new wave pop climax and instrumental textured electronic variations. Always part […]

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