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Mark Forshaw / John Heckle :: Double review (Tabernacle)

Reviews 12/03/2012 by Robbie Geoghegan

Tabernacle Records has, since opening its doors, focused on the three pillars of machine music: Techno, House and Electro. Where many labels have surrendered to fad; […]

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Talvihorros/Damian Valles :: Monuments and Ruins (Textura)

Reviews 12/02/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Talvihorros fills his hollow body with tugged heart strings, acutely firing synapses and hot breath, while Valles is more abstruse and belaboured, as we “hear” […]

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Brambles :: Charcoal (Serein)

Reviews 12/02/2012 by James Knapman

Thanks to Brambles’ sensitive ear for melody, Charcoal elicits far deeper, more emotionally complex responses than many analogous modern classical works: memorable but never manipulative, […]

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Bionulor :: Erik (Requiem)

Reviews 12/02/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

The combination of Satie’s genteel simplicity and Bionulor’s gentle surrealism, complemented by Kowalczyk’s illustrations, transports me to a midway point in time, where Bruno Schulz wanders […]

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Bitcrush :: Collapse (n5MD)

Reviews 11/29/2012 by igloomag

The emotive push-pull effect of Collapse is very much intact from start to end as strings and drums are effortlessly pushed to extreme levels—a milestone […]

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Steve Moore :: Light Echoes (Cuneiform)

Reviews 11/29/2012 by Nocturnal Ghost

Light Echoes has no beats, but certainly has a mesmeric, trance-like rhythmic nature that constantly pushes forward and at times becomes tumultuous, but most of […]

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V/A :: Sequence5 (Futuresequence)

Reviews 11/27/2012 by Andy Gillham

For fans of all things experimental, ambient and neo-classical you can do no wrong with Sequence5—and if that’s not enough for your ears then head […]

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Altered:Carbon :: Questasian (Mitoma Industries)

Reviews 11/27/2012 by igloomag

Re-mastered with additional remixes, both Andy Paterson and Tam Ferrans collectively create an ambiguous flow of de-constructed electronic hip-hop that permeates within early-era Merck, Chocolate […]

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Kreng :: Works For Abattoir Fermé 2007 – 2011 (Miasmah)

Reviews 11/25/2012 by James Knapman

As we approach the end of 2012 it’s time for all those lovely independent record labels to indulge in fierce session of one-upmanship, pulling out […]

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Noisyfilter :: Radiance (Lagunamuch)

Reviews 11/24/2012 by Philippe Blache

The soundscaping ambiences are simultaneously luminous, static and magnetic, substantially developed as fluxuous waves, meditatively cyclical and admitting micro variations as well as processed electronic […]

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