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MOVEMENT 2011 :: Detroit, Michigan

Features 06/09/2011 by Robert Galbraith

Movement had a staggering lineup up of some of the biggest DJ’s and live acts spread across five different stages in Hart Plaza. Trying to […]

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Bogmon :: A Scream In The Void EP (Buried In Time)

Reviews 06/01/2011 by igloomag

Full of twisted steel and liquid oscillation, Bogmon manifests smoothed electro arrangements next to cascading instrumental moments keeping this thirty-six minute epoch perfectly paced from […]

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Ambidextrous :: Elephant Effect (s/r)

Reviews 06/01/2011 by igloomag

Focused on the classic Russian IDM template, Elephant Effect stays true to its intrinsic formation without veering too far into unknown fields. [Listen | Download] […]

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Scape One :: Potent Mutagen EP (Cultivated Electronics)

Reviews 06/01/2011 by Robbie Geoghegan

Electro is a difficult beast to master. Allow too many sounds in and everything gets tainted. But, being too rigid makes it inflexible and susceptible […]

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//TENSE// :: Escape EP (Mannequin)

Reviews 06/01/2011 by Robbie Geoghegan

The Houston duo of //TENSE// are focusing on a sound that seems to have gotten much less attention during the second coming of minimal synth; […]

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Optic Nerve :: 3 Dimensional (Diametric.)

Reviews 06/01/2011 by Robbie Geoghegan

The tracks are club friendly, but this is more a piece of machine reflection than bass and beat. Dark, broody and emotional in one stroke; […]

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ohGr :: unDeveloped (Metropolis)

Reviews 05/29/2011 by Robert Galbraith

unDeveloped sounds like a musical anachronism; an album that would have fit in perfectly in the early 1990’s. A time where you could hear Killing […]

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Näköradiomies :: Chi Trax (ProForm Series)

Reviews 05/29/2011 by Robbie Geoghegan

In many respects the tracks toe the line between techno and house, dipping back and forth between the two. What is solid throughout is the […]

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130701 :: 3View 2011.6

Reviews 05/29/2011 by James Knapman

The last thing one would expect from a label with a name like 130701 is a catalog of primarily of post-classical and orchestral works, but […]

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INFINÉ MUSIC :: Emotive structures in music

Profiles 05/29/2011 by TJ Norris

InFiné Music is a still somewhat young Berlin/Paris-based label (only five years old) dedicated to a certain wave of what some may consider rather cinematic […]

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