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Red Stars Over Tokyo :: Melody Attack (Testtoon)

Reviews 09/29/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

RSOT has created an LP of rich textures and warm soundscapes. Curiously the album contains a number of tracks that have quite a nice DJ […]

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Lagerfeltz :: Xaar (nonine)

Reviews 09/29/2013 by Philippe Blache

This digital EP offers an imaginative soulful electronic jazzy-esque excursion through micro-tonal pulsating vibes and fluxuous waving tones. Lagerfeltz is a side-project lead by founder […]

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Zinovia :: The Gift Of Affliction (Tympanik Audio)

Reviews 09/29/2013 by James Knapman

The Gift Of Affliction exudes a kind of noirish, Mediterranean cool, Zinovia’s love of the piano working in perfect harmony with rich synth strings, smoky […]

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Rory St John :: Astroakoustic EP (Acroplane)

Reviews 09/28/2013 by Pietro Da Sacco

Erratic low-end, smoldering rhythms, industrial-electro, noisy synths and an extended surplus of sonic blasts form the basis for Astroakoustic. Rory St John opens his account […]

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3View :: Intangible Cat

Reviews 09/28/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

A small “scene”—or simply a bunch of friends with benefits like talent, good ideas and a shared sense of whimsy, as heard on ensemble efforts […]

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Isinglass :: One 3 Four (Anna Logue)

Reviews 09/27/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

One 3 Four melts with an emotionless disregard married with a synthesizer absorption that captured much of the New Wave spirit. I sometimes feel that […]

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Arovane :: Ve Palor (n5MD)

Reviews 09/26/2013 by Andy Gillham

There’s no straying into strange new territories—what we have here is simply classic Arovane. n5MD is really flying the flag for all things electronica and […]

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Ian Boddy & Markus Reuter :: Colour Division (DiN)

Reviews 09/26/2013 by Philippe Blache

A delightful album where the electric guitar is in intimate conversation with a network of textured synthesized ambiences. This Colour Division is the fifth chapter of […]

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The Oceanographer :: D Minor EP (Detroit Underground)

Reviews 09/26/2013 by Wes Roberts

The vibe of D Minor is laid back and relatively chilled with quite a clinical electronic sheen—harking back a touch to 90’s Artificial Intelligence-era IDM. The […]

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Forrest Fang :: Animism (Projekt)

Reviews 09/23/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

In his seamless marriage of acoustic and electronic, Fang speaks a whole other language of ambient, fluently through golden syrup. Forrest Fang returns to the […]

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Dcantu & JM De Frias :: I Have No Eyes, And I Must See (Sequencias)

Reviews 09/23/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

Outright fluidity is not the product, rather a robust and wavering work of pierced percussion and murky melody. Sequencias has really come into its stride […]

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