References, contrasts and comparisons aside, Midday Static fine tunes his sound with Ektachrome, an album that is lively and condensed in a thick kaleidoscopic downbeat […]
Tag: Ambient
Dalham :: Waves (Public House Recordings)
Via a variant of woozy tape-saturated electronica that’s at once caustic and caressing, it boldly blurs signifiers of new brutalism and beautiful places. News of a […]
Leandro Fresco & Rafael Anton Irisarri :: La Equidistancia (A Strangely Isolated Place)
La Equidistancia somehow manages to attain an ambient purity you rarely find these days, the material tuned to individual temperament regardless of what that may […]
Crisopa :: Transhumante (Self-Released)
Crisopa eschews solemn, melancholic, and instrumental streams of colorful sound. Lively and draped in emotively calm layers. In late January 2017, Crisopa (aka Madrid-based Santiago […]
Enabl.ed :: Tipsy Haux 2.0 (Clean Error)
Overflowing robust beatwork and rugged melodic strands are featured start to end. If Toytronic was the go-to imprint for brittle and punchy IDM of the past, […]
Geotic :: Abysma (Ghostly International)
There’s never a dull moment on Abysma, and casting it as “passive listening” does it a bit of a disservice, in fairness. It’s a magical […]
Esem :: Enveloped – Remaster (Digital Edition)
Enveloped was a thing of beauty back in 2002, but be under no illusions: this new remastered edition is a revelation. The deFocus imprint launched […]
Pattern Behavior :: Omens (The Crime League)
Omens immediately catches the attention. Musically it brings to the fore a series of menacing and enthralling cinematic ambiences with a clear 80s retro feel. Pattern […]
BITS & PIECES with Daigo Hanada
Last February Japanese composer and pianist Daigo Hanada released his debut solo piano album on Montreal’s boutique imprint Moderna. Ichiru is made of eleven beautiful […]
Monoform :: Mea Culpa (Touched Music)
Monoform crafts definitive basslines, mechanized beatwork, and slightly chilled-ambient noodling—consistently leaning on distant, dense and mysterious/melodic sonic sculpting. Yet another benchmark release by Touched (Music For […]
Aquarium to Warren Raww :: The many habitats of Natural Sciences (Interview & Mix)
Then you meet those who refuse to adhere (to the spiral staircase of genres), who defy the norms and set their own standards. Manchester’s Natural […]
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