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V/A :: Music Sans Frontiers (Balkan Vinyl)

Newswires 11/02/2013 by Wes Roberts

Come on—dig deep and give up a little bit of cash in the name of a good cause—in return you’ll get an earful of very […]

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DMX Krew & Elec Pt 1 :: Double review (Abstract Forms)

Reviews 11/02/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

Abstract Forms, and its sister sub Abstract Acid, have called on a veteran of electronics and a rising name in machine music. Ed Upton (aka […]

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Roel Funcken :: Mercury Retrograde Remixes Vinyl Giveaway (Schematic)

Newswires 10/29/2013 by igloomag

The first in a 2-part series of remixes sees Roel Funcken letting the frequencies loose with fellow cohorts Amestsub, Braza Lui Novac, Generate, Hecq and […]

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Phylum Sinter :: Escape Key (hopskotch recs)

Reviews 10/29/2013 by Pietro Da Sacco

Cross-pollinating Global Goon styled funk with a side of Aphex Twin entanglement, Phylum Sinter keeps a consistent pace throughout these glitched percussive extracts in a […]

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John 3:16 :: Visions of the Hereafter (Alrealon Musique)

Reviews 10/29/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Gerber grinds out Gehenna-gaze guitar that blurs the line between the blessings and the curses in a very personal theodicy, not trying to reconcile the […]

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Operator Tracey / Perseus Traxx :: Nothing To Do With Us / Across The North Sea (Future Flash)

Reviews 10/27/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

Over the last few years has seen a wave of dark murky distorted House. Labels like Crème, L.I.E.S. and Bunker have created a platform for […]

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Maduro :: Terror is the Night (Octofoil)

Reviews 10/26/2013 by Pietro Da Sacco

An unyielding—if not unsettling—snapshot of petrified electronic music that simply doesn’t let up. Maduro has kept a prolific release schedule with Octofoil, balancing an assortment […]

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3View :: Infraction

Reviews 10/26/2013 by Alan Lockett

Founded around the turn of the millenium, Infraction Records has played an unerring long game since then. One suspects Jason Bryant subscribes to The Long […]

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M.Armani :: Construindo Sombras (Luscinia)

Reviews 10/26/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Each of Construindo Sombras’ eight pieces unwinds so gracefully and cling to one another in such close kinship, they seem carefully, purposefully composed. Marcelo Armani is […]

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Sindre Bjerga & Micromelancolié :: Momentum (Twice Removed)

Reviews 10/23/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Momentum is gorgeously desolate. One must admire the restraint the duo commands, elegantly and perversely amplifying its ghastliness. Twin, extended drones, smooth, minimal but bumpy […]

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Blamstrain :: Sunday Dub (Erotus)

Reviews 10/23/2013 by Andy Gillham

Guiding us through the wee hours, the four tracks all sit firmly within the dub techno fields of introspective muted kicks alongside reverb and delay […]

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