La Forme Lente, and their Circuit D’Actes compilations, help to navigate the listener towards gleaming aural islands and analogue ambrosia. La Forme Lente are stalwarts of contemporary Synth Wave. […]
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Defunkt Dialekt :: Clockworks EP (The Irrational Media Society)
Ultimately, Clockworks is a definitive exp-electronic space lost in a void of crimped extrasensory chaos. Early-era Skam—including Gescom, Jega, Funkstörung et al—comes to mind while absorbing […]
Uexkull :: Hormad (Brutalist Sunset)
Some of Conner’s movements are steeped in the rich history of Autechre and Funkstörung, others adopt some more modern moments of the floor. Bitstream were […]
Left Hand Cuts Off the Right :: Goma (Must Die)
Although recorded in London and Poland, his mind seems to be somewhere in Nirvana with visions of gamelan bells dancing in his head. A gruesome […]
MYCELIUM MUSIC :: Fungus breeds positive frequencies
Mycelium Music is a collective of producers from around the world that have been inspired by the mycelial networks of the Pacific Northwest. Mycelium Music‘s […]
Music AutOmatiK :: Untouchable Things (Ominim)
Imagined on late night walks where the cosmos poured into the subconscious via sonic waveforms, musical elements fade into and out of focus, electrical devices bend […]
Ürlich Uhrlich :: Kosmotron II (Striate Cortex)
A double diamond of sonic spelunking. Ürlich Uhrlich is the krautastic alias (could be interpreted as “primordial watch-light”) under which English underground rhythmist Michael Clough […]
Red Fetish :: Cardinal Synth (TViD)
Corruption, exploitation, technology and social strife all to a Synth Wave beat. A punchy return from these trailblazers. A couple of years back I had […]
Jah Wobble & Marconi Union :: Anomic (30 Hertz)
Completely isolated from anything mainstream and free of periodic characteristics, Anomic is another spectacular, timeless work by Marconi Union and definitely a highlight point in […]
V/A :: World Electronix 3 (Cultivated Electronics)
The World Electronix series has revived the original Cultivated Electronics EPs. The Electro sounds pioneered on those early outings are alive and well, muted notes […]
Untide :: Untide (Somehow)
Untide unfolds with an air of ambivalent exotica, conjuring a carefree Shangri-La where shady figures lurk in some of its downtown backstreets. Billowing into view, […]

















