Erratic yet unusually serene, offering a glimpse into a kaleidoscope of off-kilter synth sketches, rough IDM underpinnings, and sprinkling mellifluous tones around the margins.
Tag: Abstract
Tonik Ensemble :: Music Is Mass (Touched Music)
The atmosphere herein simply spills over non-existent—perhaps even floating—boundaries with a surplus of instrumental virtuosity, roughened textures, and vaporous brittle tones that time shift and alter before our own eyes.
V/A :: Wave Function (Ground State)
Ground State announces surprise compilation to celebrate Igloo Magazine and support the Electronic Music Community. (Press Release)
Ne Tvoy Drug :: Veter EP (Mestnost)
Veter glides by like gentle snow falling in the heart of winter, with its melodies drifting past light technoid flutter and a crisp chill in the air.
WE FORFEIT :: Radio Relativa #46
The holiday season is upon us. The cold has arrived on Madrid’s city streets and to combat it WE FORFEIT have gathered together two hours of sizzling electronics to warm the cockles.
V/A :: IDMf Retrospective Vol. 5 (Glitchpulse)
This closing retrospective explores a dozen sculpted electronic textures and tones, where rhythmic audio structures collide and collapse, crumple and fold, as the Australian label shifts into the forward-thinking Glitchpulse Records outfit.
V/A :: Sampler IV (Facade Electronics)
Northern Mexico’s Facade Electronics’ annual compilation titled Sampler IV (aka Sampler IV. Present and future. Facade Electronics 2020-2025) shifts into their fourth of the series, representing fourteen tracks that spark and shimmer at all the right angles.
Wankers United :: Zootech (Evel)
Diving head-first into Wankers United’s (also known as Thomas Lanza) most recent album, Zootech, for Evel, and we’re hypnotized by its melodic disintegration and glitch-laden groove.
Jacek Doroszenko :: Identity Values (Audiobulb)
Where atmospheric waves coalesce, drifting sonic ice-sheets scrape up against each other as Identity Values subtly gains momentum while aligning with Audiobulb’s extensive Rolodex of abstract sound sculptors.
V/A :: Errormatic Vol.4 [The Collective] (Clean Error)
This assemblage being the fourth of the series, cascades without form, veering between the boundaries of experimental sonic media and next-level hyper glitch mechanisms, and is curated within introspective, low-flying IDM/braindance morsels.
Otero Vargas :: Last Drives (Facade Electronics)
Overall, Last Drives is an intriguing, ominous voyage through sounds and moods. Each piece maintains momentum and is unquestionably worth the time to absorb, and perhaps return to time and time again.
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