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Known Rebel :: Hollow (Tympanik Audio)

Reviews 02/09/2012 by igloomag

These fully formed sonic escapades tap straight into the heart—broken up by interspersed vocal samples and crumpled digital debris—that has Known Rebel scraping the finest […]

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Marco Resmann :: Watergate 10 (Watergate)

Reviews 02/09/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Watergate 10 is more reminiscent of DJ Spooky’s plundering a century’s worth of sound archives on Rhythm Science (Sub Rosa) than a conventional club mix, […]

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JEAN-CLAUDE ELOY :: 4View (Hors Territoires)

Reviews 02/09/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Jean-Claude Eloy (b. 1938) is the greatest composer of the past half-century I never heard of. A profound engagement with the Japanese Gagaku orchestra—imperial courtly […]

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Five questions for Atra Aeterna

Profiles 02/09/2012 by igloomag

Zack Mitchell (aka Atra Aeterna) replied to our Five questions and explains his musical origins, current projects and the methods he utilizes to break new […]

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Stormloop :: Snowbound* (Glacial Movements)

Reviews 02/07/2012 by Alan Lockett

There are no great shifts to the glacial isolationist ambient paradigm here, but a consummate execution of a programmatic template. A little more than this, […]

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Hanetration :: Tenth Oar EP (Self-Released)

Reviews 02/07/2012 by igloomag

Pealing away at the edges, twenty-nine minutes briskly float away as distressed electronic crackles, horns, reversed loops, fractured vocal samples and tangled strands cascade in […]

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Breathing life into minimal Europa (Anna Logue)

Reviews 02/07/2012 by Robbie Geoghegan

Anna Logue is a label with an undeniable ear for quality synth wave and minimal pop. The German imprint has illustrated this across a spread […]

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Kappah :: Tribal Dances (Bedroom Research)

Reviews 02/04/2012 by Gustave Savy

The album is a sampling wonkfest of jerky beats, odd sounds, meaty synths and solid bass. There are influences from all over the place, Indian […]

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Patscan :: Mollycoddlers EP (Acroplane)

Reviews 02/04/2012 by Robert Galbraith

Mollycoddlers is one of those releases that doesn’t attempt to be the life of the party with gimmicks and tricks. It is more interested in […]

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ASYMMETRICAL HEAD :: Digital::Nimbus #442 Mix

Features 02/04/2012 by igloomag

A virtual smorgasbord of exp-electronics, techno and ambient deformations. Take a trip through turbulent waters as beats, bass and subdued noise weaves its way into […]

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Robert Lippok :: Redsuperstructure (Raster-Noton)

Reviews 02/04/2012 by Greg Dutcher

Working more like character studies of the individual sounds therein than “songs” with structures and interrelated parts. This is a subtle distinction, much easier heard […]

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