A surreal visual and aural impression is elevated by the clinical accuracy of each composition, its punctuated rhythms, and its blend of dub techno strands cut with skeletal electronics and tangled synth peripherals.
Tag: Abstract
Menou & Paolo Calabrese :: st2m EP (A Silent Place)
Before the halfway mark, you get some noise that sounds like it’s derived from scraping a metal sheet on the floor, which may sound astoundingly unpleasant when I frame it that way, but becomes much more fitting and digestible when it is so quiet in this piece.
V/A :: Future Transmissions: Meat Beat Manifesto — Remix Series (eMERGENCY heARTS)
More than just a stopgap to chew on while awaiting a new studio album, Future Transmissions stands as an absorbing compilation that perfectly showcases how the band sounds today, proving beyond doubt that it has definitely not lost its special touch.
Thurston Moore :: Flow Critical Lucidity (Daydream Library Series / Radieux Radio)
And like a dream, or the waking dream of creative action and inspiration, the flow state of this album passes by with temporal swiftness. Caught up in the eddies and swirls we are soon down the stream of consciousness and into a calm clear pool.
Softlock :: Second Wind EP (Perimeter Junk)
The duo seamlessly navigate complex coordinates of technique and technology, art and skill—weaving them into their own distinctive aural fabric.
Greystar :: Playgrounds: Recess (Self Released)
playgrounds: recess by Greystar features a variety of braindance, bass, shattered percussion, and punctuated breaks and is a massive 17-track collection that stretches into numerous sonic trajectories.
Negativland :: Speech Free (Seeland)
Multitasking has ruined listening to albums at home in the woods. But this album can restore that experience. It is just as good to listen to in complete darkness, late at night, as an episode of Over the Edge. I hope to experience further instrumental excursions from the band, now that they have decided to shut up and play their instruments.
V/A :: Imaginary North Transmission 009 (Imaginary North)
Transmission 009 achieves a striking unity of sound across all of its thirteen tracks. This could even all be the work of one artist, but it’s not. While there are differences, the commonalities between these musicians flow together in sequence to create a lush tapestry.
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