Meet Mike Griffin, the sonic wizard behind Energy No. 13, hailing from the dynamic music scene of South Florida. With roots deeply entrenched in the world of rock and metal, he made a thrilling transition into the electronic music realm during the mid-1990s…
Tag: Ambient
Stasis :: Quondam Sequences (De:tuned)
Listening to Stasis’ output from the 1990s, Quondam Sequences inhabits a different space. The earthy tones that characterize Pickton’s sound are present, but they are not central. Instead, this three tracker explores a shifting focus where new ideas and instruments begin to merge.
Huxion :: Huxion (ata:empire)
The subdued ambient techno strands and melodic rhythms oscillate back and forth with thoughtfully placed atmospheric pulses, creating a sound as hazy as time itself.
D-Fried :: The Spirit of the Young Poets (See Blue Audio)
The scene is full of muted blips and bleeps hidden beneath a multitude of waves that gently rise and fall, occasionally dipping into distant echoes of light and evolving drone tones.
Deepriver :: Volume One (n5MD)
There is no drippy bubbly burbling river sound, this is all synthesizer and guitar instrumentals, taking the listener to a place as large as the ocean might be…
WE FORFEIT :: Radio Relativa #32 — 30 Years of Warp Records’ Artificial Intelligence
This latest edition celebrates this seminal AI series that marked a change in direction. With a litany of artists who pioneered modern electronic music, the album has become a holy grail amongst the faithful.
Valance Drakes :: Hate Devours Its Host (Amek Collective)
Definitely a planned voyage submerged in hundreds of warped electrical sound fields and swirling auditory debris, this is a mechanical and alien bombardment of the senses.
Pentagrams Of Discordia :: Deprogrammed (Pulse State)
Speaking of cults, it’s not wrong to say there’s always been one around a certain Scottish duo, and if you’ve been missing them then I’m pretty sure this lot may have done away with them, drunk their blood and benefitted from the proceedings.
The World of Futuregrapher of Móatún 7 :: Árni Grétar
Móatún 7 — connecting the links between the music and the label that has embraced artists who have brought us sublime listening experiences in electronic music.
Christophe Bailleau :: Vertical Moon Phase Charm (Mahorka)
All in all a composite, convoluted and plural electronic album dedicated to mysterious, suspenseful and uncanny textures.
Massimo Pupillo :: Our Forgotten Ancestors (Glacial Movements)
This new offering reveals a collection of deeply soothing soundscapes and slippery textures based on sustained and dynamic drones and chords—a thrilling and minimal ambient release of sorrowing introspective solemnity.

















