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R_Garcia :: Resurgens (Nophi)

Reviews 02/10/2012 by Greg Dutcher

Influences from netlabels and the IDM Nophi releases are everywhere on Resurgens—from the Amen breaks to the intricate synthesizer detail, but nearly every song is […]

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Himuro Yoshiteru :: Jyuryoku EP (Concrete Plastic)

Reviews 02/10/2012 by Chris Bolszo

A four track heavy beat banger infused with expressive melodies and moving, yet playful rhythms in Himuro’s signature style. For fan’s of his resent LP, […]

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Tropa :: Weight Of The World EP (Self-Released)

Reviews 02/10/2012 by igloomag

As Tropa reconfigures his audio machines and software, it’s becoming more apparent that he’s capable of propelling himself further into the past in order to […]

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Steve Roach :: Quiet Music: The Original 3-Hour Collection (Projekt)

Reviews 02/10/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

If you gaze deeply into this music, you really won’t find much to do that. Despite the earnest effort, and although pretty, it is hardly […]

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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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