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Jean Piché :: Heliograms (Digitalis)

Reviews 09/23/2012 by James Knapman

At first glance you might be expecting another analogue synth-fest, well, nothing could be further from the truth as Heliograms was apparently one of the […]

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Xambuca :: Joulupukki (Erototox Decodings)

Reviews 09/16/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Each track is a vigorously constructed matrix of beats, flexible but muscled and oiled up, arranged in a lattice of suggestion and ideas. [Release page] […]

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Err0r_500 :: Paths that lead to nowhere (Self-Released)

Reviews 09/14/2012 by Philippe Blache

Contemporary-delicate neoclassical sequences blissfully punctuated by thundering-fractal electronic noises. [Release page] Err0r_500 is a French multi-directional ambient post-rockin’ electronic project formed by the sound designer […]

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Takaaaki :: Netsu (Rotoreleif)

Reviews 09/14/2012 by igloomag

Focusing more on the voids buried between beat and bass, Takaaaki finds dark crevasses and pulls them up to the surface with a lively, almost […]

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Laurel Halo :: Quarantine (Hyperdub)

Reviews 09/12/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Halo trowels through a soft soil of idea-rich, melodic self-accompaniment, an impressive display of compositional dexterity, complementing bass and electric piano with a hefty role […]

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Qebrµs :: ⊶⊑∷⌊∴⊹∵⌉∷⊒⊷ E_P (Self-Released)

Reviews 09/06/2012 by Pietro Da Sacco

Bending and altering similar tones throughout, time shifts in atonal algorithms, almost intentionally set as a series of experiments that feed off each other. [Release […]

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Oorutaichi :: Cosmic Coco, Singing for a Billion Imu’s Hearty Pi (Out One Disc)

Reviews 09/01/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Oorutaichi has created his own personal creole (named after himself) in which he sings his songs, and he has poured a can of 7-Up onto […]

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Geskia! :: Muon (Dynamophone)

Reviews 08/31/2012 by igloomag

Geskia! not only create vast expanses of sound buried in textured atmospheric bubbles, but they carry a positive sense of overall well-being in their delicate […]

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Suck Susan :: No Head In The Helmet (UVG212 / Daddy Tank)

Reviews 08/27/2012 by igloomag

Sliced into fragments of minutes, Suck Susan manages to somehow elaborate on form and function, offering a maze of definitive, decomposed fractures that yield a […]

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Willits + Sakamoto :: Ancient Future (Ghostly International)

Reviews 08/25/2012 by James Knapman

Ancient Future might lack a little subtlety as an umbrella title for this collection, but it perfectly describes the interplay of opposites that permeate every […]

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