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Jule Grasz :: Earth Feelings (Beats & Pieces)

Reviews 06/10/2012 by igloomag

At times landing upon drone-escapes, percussive taps slowly churn alongside tribal spheres as each piece—all over the 10-minute mark—transmit radiant swells of fuzzy beatwork, rolling […]

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Pinkcourtesyphone :: Foley Folly Folio (Line Segments)

Reviews 06/10/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

This is a plush, original ambient album. Richard Chartier develops his themes luxuriously and unsettlingly. A Barbie doll whose eyes follow you around the room […]

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HURON :: igloomag mix

Features 06/09/2012 by igloomag

Take a step into the abyss as Huron directs light and dark through corridors of tangled beats, sliced rhythms and skewed melodies. Steffen Schröder (aka […]

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Hervé Moire :: Mirage de Loire (Aposiopèse)

Reviews 06/07/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Hervé Moire recorded a pastoral stretch of the longest river in France and fed it into his computer, the digital equivalent of a hydroelectric dam, […]

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DeWalta :: Wander (Haunt Music)

Reviews 06/05/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Catchy, accessible yet with a tartness to tantalize the most sophisticated palate, Wander pays out escalating returns with each new listen. [Release page] This masterful debut long-player […]

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Illl vs. Irma :: 10-15 mA (Soun)

Reviews 06/05/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Dream pop and nightmare scenarios seep into each other to their mutual benefit resulting in an hour-long tone poem in a hundred monochrome shades. The […]

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Jeff & Jane Hudson :: In My Car (Electric Voice)

Reviews 06/05/2012 by Robbie Geoghegan

A worthy return from two minimal synth pioneers. 2011 saw the return of Jeff and Jane Hudson to the vinyl world. San Francisco’s Dark Entries, […]

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Maps and Diagrams :: Lights Will Call On You / The Town Beneath The Sea (Nomadic Kids Republic)

Reviews 06/02/2012 by Alan Lockett

‘My personal journey through music started over 12 years ago, I have travelled a lot musically myself over that time in my own work and […]

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Squarepusher :: Ufabulum (Warp)

Reviews 06/02/2012 by Craig Hitchings

Squarepusher has long been a favorite of mine. Ever since I first heard the line, “Let the bass kick,” I was hooked. And even though […]

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Dictaphone :: Poems From A Rooftop (Sonic Pieces)

Reviews 06/02/2012 by James Knapman

Underground jazz flecks, piano, field recordings, fuzzy radio signals, glowing guitars and Stolze’s lyrical violin create a fresh but oddly uneasy atmosphere and a palpably […]

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ESA :: Themes Of Carnal Empowerment Pt. 1: Lust (Tympanik Audio)

Reviews 06/02/2012 by Jus Forrest

It doesn’t disappoint either, and as you may come to expect, it’s immensely energetic, awash with static rough-edged stabs of soundtrack—a laser gun surely capable […]

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