Northern Ireland breaks out the electronic stream. I’ve never written so much about Northern Ireland as I have in recent months. Well, when I was […]
Tag: Abstract
Oubys :: SQM Part II (Testtoon)
This second installment sees Kolf balancing sound and silence, the perceived with that which cannot be. Threats are created, palpable almost tactile ones, but then […]
Erik Truffaz & Murcof :: Being Human Being (Mundo)
Exotic, incendiary, outrageous. Truffaz’s intoxicating brass sorcery looms above and flows through Murcof’s surging, spiraling and throbbing ocean of electronic abstraction. The sonic love affair […]
Diffuse Arc :: Messiah EP (Caustica Waveform)
Brittle melodies, fragile and ephemeral sounds bolstered by an aural richness. Work routine is a great leveler, well unless your unemployed but ya get my […]
Keeping time with Börft Records
Börft is one of the premiere platforms for out-there and interesting electronics. Some twenty five years since its first release and still singing to its […]
Production Unit Xero :: Neon (Component)
Maneuvering glitchy slabs and ambient tentacles through an electrical firestorm, Neon bridges the void between mechanical and organic shape shifting. Production Unit Xero-Neon by Production […]
Plant43 :: Scars of Intransigence (Shipwrec)
Measured electronics, Electro structures with a respectful nod to IDM, Scars of Intransigence sees Autumn warmth slide into Winter cooling. A hot Friday night in […]
Val_Ex :: Riot (Solar One)
This new outfit sees Arne Weinberg, with his penchant for modular music, team up with The Exaltics for a very special album. Beats help to […]
Annanan :: Lyser (Forbidden Planet)
The beats are robust but there is a vulnerability lying beneath the central structure. To date, Montreal’s Forbidden Planet has played a balancing act with […]
Rolando Simmons :: Rolando Simmons EP (030303)
Looseness reigns, melody flows, cascading with abject freedom. Tangents form, and reform, but without breaking down into outright lunacy. In my younger years I was […]
Multiview :: Daniel Thomas and Friends
Curator of two small, exciting imprints, Sheepscar Light Industrial and Cherry Row Recordings, Daniel Thomas‘ discography throbs with almost exponential growth. Here are a few […]

















