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Bitwise :: Better Luck Next Time (System)
Elements of clean-cut techno, downtempo and ambient are smothered with a layer of instrumental pop, loosened synths, emotive strings and lyrical lava-flows that form wide […]
Noiko :: Honey (Etalabel)
Small specialist Polish imprint Etalabel is dedicated to debuting young, domestic electronic artists and packaging them with an eye on quality. Refreshigly, its owner’s philosophy is that […]
Rudawoda feat. O. Lubencov :: Wiatr (Turbinicarpus)
This mutely eloquent soundtrack to perniciousness, improvised live on analogue synthesizer and bass guitar, conveys a scene of post-Soviet dilapidation and exudes bitter abjection. [Release […]
Subject / Human Dance :: The (Almost) Insanely Happy EP (EE Tapes)
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Lubomyr Melnyk :: The Voice of Trees (Hinterzimmer)
The sheer physical performance of the pianist is awesome, but would not be more than a footnote if it weren’t such a triumph. Its flight […]
Perispirit :: Spiritual Church Movement (Digitalis)
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Sean Byrd :: Always Was (Plastic Sound Supply)
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IG88 :: A Loom & Not Me (Nueva Forma)
Fans of early-era Merck and the current chills of Aleph Zero will take solace in these relaxed audio movements. It seems like just the other […]
Shemale :: Hell Transformation Screens (Last Known Trajectory)
Shemale explores the margins of electro, probing the floor and the backroom of the analogue world. Over seven tracks the Northerner paints in shades of […]















