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Crump :: Chiaroscuro EP (Slime)

Reviews 04/21/2012 by Gustave Savy

A bouncy, rolling batch of minimal house tracks with a somewhat understated feel. It’s solid though, infectious and persistent, like a puppy needing a walk. […]

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Zoon van Snook :: (Falling from) The Nutty Tree (Mush)

Reviews 04/21/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Snook has a bottomless treasure chest of beats, samples and melodies, but rather than just throw them all up in the air and see where […]

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V/A :: Frogmania (Plastic Frog)

Reviews 04/21/2012 by Robbie Geoghegan

Frogmania sees heavy hitters of the minimal scene sit side by side with newcomers. Downtrodden wave pulls up a seat next to Amiga inspired electronics—a […]

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Reef Project :: Aquaculture (System)

Reviews 04/18/2012 by igloomag

As synths melt on a seabed of highs and lows, Reef Project reveals a wide stereo-field lending itself to either headphone consumption or home audio […]

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Five questions for Lagunamuch

Profiles 04/17/2012 by igloomag

Described as “…an experimental music label, based in Moscow, Russia and was formed in 2004. We are not interested in boxed music made to fit […]

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Ian Boddy and Erik Wøllo :: Frontiers (DiN)

Reviews 04/16/2012 by Philippe Blache

Frontiers is a deeply moving , cerebral and constantly charming spacey musical adventure largely made of majestic floating synthesized waves, sinuous drone textures, hypno-ish rhythmical […]

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Fabrics :: Refabricated (From A Tree)

Reviews 04/16/2012 by igloomag

Shards of twisted bass, left field tape recordings, broken synthesizers, blistered techno wrangling and an affinity for surreal auditory manipulation keeps Refabricated on its edge […]

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Simoncino :: Werehouse EP (Echovolt)

Reviews 04/16/2012 by Robbie Geoghegan

There are some gentle techno thoughts coming through, but it is warm and layered house that is at the heart of the Italian’s sound. Simoncino […]

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O’Leary – Louhivuori – Hauta-aho :: Astral Fishing (TIBProd. Italy )

Reviews 04/16/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

In its unassuming way, however, this ambient darkhorse recorded with relative unknowns stands out due to its majestic demeanor and excellence of execution. Outwardly the […]

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Tomoroh Hidari :: Some Stars Not Yet Black Holes (Record Label Records)

Reviews 04/14/2012 by Philippe Blache

Some Stars Not Yet Black Holes is an absolutely brilliant, deeply cerebral and moving effort that will ravish fans of electro-acoustic researches, kosmische synthesized minimalism […]

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