Exploraciones Al Vacio works because it refuses to play nice. The field recordings, the layered textures, the deliberate pacing, it all adds up to something that feels purposeful rather than indulgent.
Tag: Abstract
WONKS :: Shadow Tactics EP (Zoitrax)
Shadow Tactics maintains a focus on structure and texture—beats splinter, surfaces scrape, and each element is placed with intent. It’s a concise study in mechanical detail and broken rhythm, placing WONKS in conversation with artists like Richard Devine, Funckarma, Hecq, and Funkstörung.
Octavcat :: Ailurophobia (VLSI)
Octavat balances playful experimentation with precise execution, offering moments of introspection, energy, and pure groove. Ailurophobia is a fecund, joyous exploration of rhythm, texture, and mood—an electronic album that delights in detail, danceability, and inventive sound design.
V/A :: Unit Shifter Compilation 2 (Unit Shifter)
Unit Shifter has been quietly building a catalog that spans the breadth of contemporary electronic music, and Compilation 2 is a strong showcase of that vision. For a label ten years in, this is exactly the kind of release that reinforces their place in the scene, varied, charitable, and committed to curating music that actually takes you somewhere.
7053M4R14 :: SUN SERIES | AE\SS_02 EP (Adepta Editions) — [concise]
Together, these tracks form a succinct pairing, orbiting just beyond cerebral breakbeat fragments and electronic flickers—an intense sonic link that stretches rhythm toward its outer limits.
Icky Reels :: DL Poisons (Self Released)
The downtempo chug is still there, but it’s been processed through decades of IDM evolution, filtered through the same sensibility that informed Beans’ abstract hip-hop work and Schematic’s experimental roster. DL Poisons’ unsettling in the way that the best experimental electronic music should be, familiar enough to feel grounded, strange enough to keep you off balance.
Moonphase :: Dark Assembly (Petroglyph)
Dark Assembly is at once cold, organic, desolate, and turbulent. The album unfolds like a powerful ascending electronic ritual, shrouded in a vertiginous blackened aura where cinematic tension and spiritual desolation coexist in fascinating balance.
Boards of Canada unveil video for “Introit / Prophecy At 1420 MHz” from the forthcoming album Inferno (Warp)
Boards of Canada return in unmistakable form, diving deep into the shadowy downtempo atmosphere that made them legendary — a hypnotic state of consciousness suspended between nostalgia, decay, and dreamlike transmission. “Introit” and “Prophecy At 1420 MHz” are the first two tracks unveiled from the forthcoming album Inferno, arriving May 29, 2026 on Warp Records.
Nora & Tess :: Mira’s Loop EP (Clean Error)
Mira’s Loop is a dazzling, forward-thinking electronic release full of melodic warmth, fractured rhythms, and inventive sound design, showcasing Nora & Tess at their most playful, abstract, and emotionally resonant across five brilliantly futuristic and imaginative compositions, each track sparking a quiet exhilaration that is so resonant for the times.
Rob Clouth :: Cicada EP (Mesh)
Clouth threads precision engineering through moments of volatility, never allowing complexity to collapse into clutter. Each track on Cicada feels both autonomous and interlocked, contributing to a broader arc that moves from propulsion to release.
Yu Su :: Foundry (Short Span)
Overall, Foundry has a lot of diversity in it. It leans toward ambient, but given Yu Su’s background as a DJ and her ability to move fluidly between genres, it makes sense. This is an interesting listen. It’s not as immediately accessible as Yellow River Blue, but it’s more cohesive in its vision. The collaborations add depth without overshadowing her voice, and the album feels like a natural progression rather than a lateral move. For a label like Short Span, which has been championing forward-thinking electronic music, this is a fitting release.
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