A meticulously crafted album of definitive range, scope, and color, these dozen interconnected audio impressions grab the attention of time and space, shifting and skittering about.
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K-Chaos :: Traces EP (Onset Audio)
All manner of scorched dark beats and bass are ravaged on Traces and what lies just beneath the drum onslaught is a thin droning soundscape that is both eerie and brooding.
Paratoma :: One x 3 EP (Self Released)
As the artist accurately describes, these are analog accidents that rinse, repeat, and reflect—stitched together like an aural set of strands. Both organic and orchestrated with a lively feel, One x 3 is a welcomed if not ghostly three-piece suite with nuanced exploratory sounds.
Derek Piotr :: Making and Then Unmaking (Bit-Phalanx / DPSR)
Making and Then Unmaking concerns itself with these rough edges by understanding the confessional quality of folk, whose confessions need not be aesthetically fitting to […]
Michael Valentine West :: p23-6 (Kaer’Uiks)
With Michael Valentine West as our trail leader, these fragmented and fragile ambient/dreamlike sounds offer us the clarity and focus needed to energize and push us forward.
C Mantle :: The Trials of Herta Kosinsky EP (Gabber Noir)
A blisteringly wild ride through turbulent electronic mayhem that is saturated with deformed electro strands.
Sunnk :: Nothing Is Ever EP (Concrete Collage)
An area where fractured soundscapes are shadowed by sizzling beats, shuffled melodies, and a form of extraterrestrial sound design—these tracks unfold braindance and tranquilized glitch.
Steven Rutter :: Close Your Eyes And Breathe (De:tuned)
Succinct detail is at the heart of this three-tracker. Wide sonic expanses are the workshop where sounds are painstakingly selected before being moulded and shaped, each being transformed with a musical craftsman’s attention and care.