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Brett Naucke :: Seed (Spectrum Spools)

Reviews 04/09/2014 by Andy Gillham

Naucke is an expert at corralling the organic tumbling output of his modular experiments into a cohesive whole. Modular synths are unwieldy beasts to control. The […]

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Tlön :: Truth In The 13th (Birkhouse)

Reviews 04/06/2014 by Alan Lockett

A whirred world of kinetic scree slopes with synthetic colourings. ‘Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius’ (1962) is a Jorge Luis Borges parable, in which an article about […]

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Teppana :: Hento (Somehow)

Reviews 04/05/2014 by Stephen Fruitman

For their debut EP, Finland’s Teppana opens small and politely, a Baroque music box nestled among curly fallen leaves playing for an audience perched on […]

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Anklebiter :: Weight of a Pronoun (The Crime League)

Reviews 04/04/2014 by Eric Sorenson

Portland, Oregon based Tanner Volz, aka Anklebiter, wants you to know that without his collaborators, Weight of a Pronoun wouldn’t have happened. “I doubt I […]

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Francesco Giannico & Theo Allegretti :: Flow Signs (Oak Editions/Monkey)

Reviews 04/02/2014 by Stephen Fruitman

Allegretti improvises a soothing melody up against Giannico’s quietly soaring guitar. Francesco Giannico and Theo Allegretti pose the “riddle of the mood” (as their final […]

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KiloWatts :: Seven Succulents (KiloWatts Music)

Reviews 04/02/2014 by James Knapman

Seven Succulents is probably KiloWatts’ most accomplished work to date, an impressive achievement given his uniformly excellent back catalog. Imagine, if you will, that you’re […]

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Yann Novak & Pinkcourtesyphone :: Double review (Dragon’s Eye)

Reviews 03/30/2014 by Alan Lockett

Not long back we trailed the return, after a self-imposed hiatus, of Dragon’s Eye, an imprint very much in the catchment area of this organ’s more […]

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Wegrzyn :: Volksmusik (Etalabel)

Reviews 03/30/2014 by Stephen Fruitman

Three brief piano loops, nothing more, heavily processed. Volksmusik is said to have had its genesis in tragic personal events that befell debutant Lukasz Wegrzyn, […]

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Rainer Veil :: New Brutalism (Modern Love)

Reviews 03/30/2014 by Alan Lockett

A brooding bricolage of jungle and rave dérive pressed into a prickly post-paradigm. Industrial plumes continue to cloud current techno and related—labels like Blackest Ever […]

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Closer :: In Search of Life (Self-Released)

Reviews 03/30/2014 by Philippe Blache

A beautifully sonic, softly shifting and emotional instrumental pop ambient album that will ravish fans of the genre. Closer is a young multifaceted ambient / […]

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Established in Iberia, Grounded in Humanity

Profiles 03/30/2014 by Robbie Geoghegan

Grounded In Humanity finds itself in an enviable position both geographically and musically. There’s no better way to get to know a label than over a […]

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