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Terence Fixmer :: Bells EP (Electric Deluxe)

Reviews 09/15/2013 by Andy Gillham

Billed as a ‘homage to the pitch black dance floors of the night,’ Fixmer serves up exactly that with an absolute belter of classic rolling […]

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John Cohen :: Deaf Arena (Exotic Pylon)

Reviews 09/15/2013 by Gustave Savy

As an album in its own right Deaf Arena is a towering monument of distorted terror—brooding and heavy with some beautifully intricate atmospheric meanderings. An […]

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Kreng :: …And then in the morning (Sonic Pieces)

Reviews 09/15/2013 by James Knapman

Easily the finest and most complete experience in the Seven Pieces series to date. In 2012, Pepijn Caudron openly solicited submissions from friends and Facebook […]

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Legowelt / Willie Burns :: Angels Against Dust (Beyond The Speakers)

Reviews 09/13/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

A firm setting of the bar from Beyond the Speaker. Legowelt. Willie Burns. Not a bad set of names to attach to your first release. […]

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Sebastian Plano :: Impetus (Denovali)

Reviews 09/13/2013 by Nocturnal Ghost

Constantly ebbing and flowing and intermixing all sorts of moods and styles, the eight compositions on Impetus evolve smoothly and move forward gracefully, like seamless […]

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Bvdub :: Born In Tokyo (n5MD)

Reviews 09/13/2013 by Andy Gillham

Epic peals of piano, vast orchestral strings and ethereal female vocals intertwine with techno, house and IDM inflected percussion across each track. There are periods […]

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Jerusalem in My Heart :: Mo7it al-Mo7it (Constellation)

Reviews 09/13/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

A heartfelt lament for a sick goat is performed, with Moumneh’s voice fraying at the edges before being carpeted with frazzled synths. Founded by Radwan […]

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AFTR :: Exothing EP (Cunei Media)

Reviews 09/10/2013 by Pietro Da Sacco

Exothing is a welcomed introduction to decayed electrical detail emitting a fuzzy, noisy and percussive dub pulse that simply pulls you into its luminous gravity. […]

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V/A :: Ultrasoft! Anthems 33 (Plastic Sound Supply)

Newswires 09/09/2013 by igloomag

Building on a tradition of genre-defying output and continual reinvention, the collective rests gently underneath the umbrella of ambient music at this moment in time. […]

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7UNVEILED :: Time Released Sound revisited

Reviews 09/08/2013 by Alan Lockett

A trip back in Time Released Sound finds Colin Herrick‘s enterprise, previously igloo-viewed as ‘nothing so humdrum as a label, more of an artisan’s workshop, […]

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QBLA :: Where The Girls Are Green and the Grass Is Pretty (Architects + Heroes)

Reviews 09/08/2013 by Pietro Da Sacco

QBLA is on a powerful mission to invade hip hop and transform its underground trajectory. Southern California’s William Rosario has quite a few tricks in […]

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