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BITS & PIECES with Robert Rich

Profiles 01/11/2016 by Nocturnal Ghost

The first album you bought? I think it was “Chicago Transit Authority” around 1971 or so. I was about 8 years old and I liked […]

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Christopher Bissonnette :: Pitch, Paper & Foil (Kranky)

Reviews 01/09/2016 by Alan Lockett

Modular synthesis is more liable to unruly and unkempt behavior than delicate or subtle gesture, but here Bissonnette’s economy and deftness of touch make for […]

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Luxus Varta :: Everything is Nothing (Hubble Telescope Series 1) (Solar One Music)

Reviews 01/09/2016 by Robbie Geoghegan

Following Elektronische Werke and The Crystal Issue Cycle comes The Hubble Telescope Series. This latest set of releases are an homage to the eponymous instrument […]

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3View :: Hakobune & Dirk Serries, Chihei Hatakeyama and Chihei Hatakeyama & Dirk Serries

Reviews 01/09/2016 by Stephen Fruitman

Creeping up from noisy roots to a remarkable, idiosyncratic and gentle, clinging ambient ivy. As Vidna Obmana (“optical illusion” in Serbo-Croatian), Belgian mega-artist Dirk Serries […]

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BITS & PIECES with Madeleine Cocolas

Profiles 01/08/2016 by Nocturnal Ghost

The first album you bought? The first album I recall buying was the Star Wars soundtrack. I can’t remember exactly how old I was when […]

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God Body Disconnect :: Dredge Portals (Cryo Chamber)

Reviews 01/08/2016 by Philippe Blache

Continuously absorbing and cinematic. Influential and highly productive dark ambient label Cryo Chamber starts off 2016 with the debut album of New Jersey-based God Body […]

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Year’s End Mood Shimmers

Newswires 01/06/2016 by Alan Lockett

Ultra-prolific Shimmering Moods present their final releases for 2015, so quick heads up before we get too far into 2016, in the spirit of news rather than […]

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Kazuya Matsumoto :: Mizu no Katachi (Spekk)

Reviews 01/04/2016 by Stephen Fruitman

Like nature herself, Mizu no Katachi is neither minimalist nor maximalist, but equal-tempered, the earthbound reality of Pythagoras’ postulated “music of the spheres.” Coming from […]

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George Cloke :: Hrísey (Self-Released)

Reviews 01/02/2016 by Philippe Blache

Hrísey appears to be a collection of processed micro-noises and sounds collected empirically in Northern Iceland. George Cloke is a young sound artist coming from […]

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ALAN LOCKETT :: Slings the Wooze Renewed mix

Features 01/02/2016 by Alan Lockett

2016! Reeling from The Shock of the New, Igloo’s Wooze-slinger Alan Lockett (aka Mist-maxer albient) is moved to review and renew (or take refuge, depending […]

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x.y.r. :: Mental Journey To B.C. (Not Not Fun)

Reviews 01/01/2016 by Alan Lockett

Vladimir Karpov floats fetid Formanta-mini (‘vintage Soviet keytar‘) loops and neo-vaporwave wibble over soft primitivist machine rhythms backlit with a mezzotint of remote insect drone […]

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