Experimental Electronic Music
Onas Ueno’s Umwelt EP is a haunting, immersive journey through ambient and experimental soundscapes. Blending glitch, spectral melodies, and neoclassical tones, each track unfolds with emotional depth and textural richness. From the hazy pulse of “Lo” to the ethereal drift of “What Angels,” the EP moves fluidly between abrasion and serenity, leaving a lasting, otherworldly impression.
These two works showcase the range and ambition of Perceptual Tapes. Hyperliquid journeys inward, guided by memory, solitude, and stillness; Among Lunar Glaciers voyages outward, imagining alien topographies in shimmering, distorted detail.
James Krivchenia fuses acoustic drums and a rich array of percussion with electronic textures, all anchored by deep basslines courtesy of Sam Wilkes and Joshua Abrams—each track features at least one of them, except for the opener.
Known for his prolific output and textural sensitivity, Baker delivers one of his most resonant and affecting works to date—a slow-burning, immersive experience that quietly commands attention.
In a world where music often trends toward the loud and assertive, Les Toiles De Nuits is a breath of fresh air. It celebrates the art of subtlety and the beauty of sparseness, inviting us to find solace in the spaces between sounds.
Overall, musically, Vikande blå / Nuages occupies a span of the ambient-drone spectrum that should lure in fans from, say, PITP to 12k, with Aiko T’s more minimal experimental sensibility nearer the latter, and Old Amica’s more fulsome space/post-rock leanings the former. A quality package, as you’ll have come to expect from Handstitched*.
Some Other Morning presents a collection of non-linear, inventive instrumental bursts, blending creativity and groove into one cohesive experience.
As you listen, following the slowly emerging sustained long tones, the suggestion of rattling bones, sunshine, lavender and beautiful clean beaches come to mind.
Armagideon Machines is a robust EP pushing forward with sandblasted rhythmic dark-ambient dub strands from the farthest reaches of our universe, and is a treat to consume in one take.
Fragments is a very nice loop-based, drifty ambient album. Some classical sounds appear, such as guitar and piano, and they often evoke very traditionally human themes. The release is well mixed and mastered, and concern was clearly given to each composition.
Caesura is a very listenable production, with consistent compositions and solid mastering; several familiar classical and acoustic sounds are infused all around.
