James Long’s flexible and creative sound-scrapes have become a benchmark within IDM’s expansive realm of abstract musical—and non-musical—explorations.
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Simon Littauer :: Modular (Katharsis)
Drawing from his over nine years of experience with Eurorack modular synthesizers, Littauer’s creations offer a vivid and immersive experience, where each track feels like a universe of its own, filled with rich, saturated clusters of sound.
Dessin Bizarre, Anderdog :: Imagine (Mestnost)
Imagine doesn’t merely present a collection of tracks—it offers a holistic experience. The sequencing is deliberate, guiding the listener through peaks and valleys, tension and release. Every sound is sculpted with care, every transition a gentle shift in the album’s dreamlike terrain.
apaull :: Homogeny (Furnace Room)
Set for release in late February 2025, Furnace Room Records will also be dropping a series of remixes throughout the year. Featuring contributions from Christian Smith, Neil Landstrumm, Rhys Fulber, John Selway, Mike Opani, Signal Deluxe, and Andrey Sirotkin, these remixes take apaull’s visionary sound in fresh, club-ready trajectory.
Astrobal :: L’uomo e la natura (Karaoke Kalk)
This suite equally transports me into the gravity fields of swiftly tilting orbits, recalling the fun and excitement of the new worlds our old futures were supposed to have delivered us to by now.
Markus Guentner :: Black Dahlia (Affin)
Black Dahlia is a relentless sonic departure and nuanced droning record of ominous, ecstatic and sublime fractures that will certainly appear among best albums of the year for lovers of adventurous music with ascending spiritual motifs.
Sea of Suns :: Come Out To Play EP (Self Released)
Drawing comparisons to brothers Sandison and Eoin and a handful of like-minded artists such as Faex Optim, Skytree, Zachary Gray, Pentagrams Of Discordia, clocolan, Hanut Munson, The OST, Christ., and Sinerider, Sea of Suns maintains a grounded, elemental essence.
Kroppskännedom :: Body Awareness
Andreas Malm describes what he does with Kroppskännedom as an amateur rock-oriented continuation of the more abstract and tape loop-based work he did before, or as an attempt to make song-based music that somewhat got lost along the way.
Single Cell Orchestra :: A.M. (Self Released)
An immersive ambient electronic album that captures emotional complexity with unflinching honesty, and comes highly recommended.
Myoptik :: Depth Of The Ventricoule (Móatún 7)
Flickering beats cascade as stretched drone textures unfold and fade, while Myoptik constructs a colossal, abstract sonic avalanche—complex yet as smooth as silk.
Roel Funcken :: Data Curation 2 (EC Underground)
Whatever I may have thought about the interesting structures of the start of this release, I can’t deny there’s a special place in my heart for taking it up a notch and I bet there’s one in yours too.
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David A. Jaycock :: Children of the Cold War [Phase 7] (Subexotic)
Empusae & Maris Anguis :: Onryōtan (Cryo Chamber)
Meat Beat Manifesto :: Subliminal Sandwich — The original 1996 Melody Maker review, revisited 30 years later
anthéne :: Air Signs (Dronarivm)
whø? :: Riding The Bassline EP (Who Is Paula)
Kotra :: Dim Ren EP (Prostir)
Sound Synthesis :: Radical Meditation EP (Analogical Force)
Boards of Canada :: Inferno (Warp)
