In this tribute, Robin Rimbaud (Scanner) reflects on the passing of Ken Downie—founding member of The Black Dog—whose absence leaves a rare and resonant silence in electronic music, shaped by intelligence, restraint, and a belief that machines could think, feel, and remember.
Tag: Abstract
V/A :: Audio Scape (mindwaves-music)
Audio Scape is a finely balanced, genre-fluid electronic mosaic curated by Berlin duo ChillinBerlin, where eleven deftly sequenced tracks move seamlessly from abstract hip-hop and glitch to downtempo funk and braindance, sustaining intrigue from first pulse to final fade.
Room Of Wires :: If no other means are effective (Self Released)
Room of Wires’ fourth release from a physically separated duo splinters industrial IDM into luminous, reflective fragments, pushing deeper into shadow while letting space, breath, and nostalgic lightness rise gently above the darkness.
Virgo :: Collision With Chronos (Mighty Force) — [concise]
Virgo’s Collision With Chronos is a disciplined yet emotive IDM statement, where Detroit-inflected techno weight, ambient drift, and nostalgic breakbeat energy converge into a timeless, quietly celestial electronic architecture.
Parallel Worlds :: Transformation (Neo Ouija)
Bakis Sirros channels a lineage of early sonic explorers into a finely tuned modular language where vintage echoes, emotional expanses, and forward-leaning ambient motion converge, culminating in a transformative collaboration with Neo Ouija that stands as one of 2025’s most immersive electronic statements.
Uf0 :: HYPERSCANNING (Self Released)
Unfolding like a recovered archive of forgotten futures, HYPERSCANNING channels radiant ambient shimmer and IDM introspection into fifteen seamlessly interlinked pieces where Uf0 fuses celestial atmosphere, fractured melody, and breakbeat-flecked nostalgia into a quietly potent, ever-drifting whole.
Dissolved :: Exposure Fields (Mahorka)
A sweeping double-length release, Exposure Fields pairs nine original tracks with eleven transformative reworks to extend Dissolved’s singular IDM vision—fractured rhythms, ethereal atmospheres, and luminous melodic detail—into a deeply immersive statement shaped as much by collaboration as by the artist’s own enduring voice.
V/A :: Nostalgic Bandwidth Anomalies (No Beats Aloud)
No Beats Aloud’s inaugural compilation, Nostalgic Bandwidth Anomalies, navigates eighteen ethereal transmissions where ambient dronescapes, fragile textures, and cosmic echoes converge into a meditative journey across sound, space, and suspended time.
Sinemis :: Farewell (Injazero)
Blending prog electronic tension, restrained club energy, and immersive urban atmospheres, Sinemis’s Farewell is less about moving bodies than about pulling the listener deeper into its futuristic inner world.
Roel Funcken :: Drature EP (Science Cult) — [concise]
Roel Funcken sharpens his abstract modular language on Drature, unleashing interlocked rhythmic systems and rugged electronic textures that push his forward-thinking sound even further beyond its own frontier.
















