Years on from his tape-wrangling beginnings, with two Japan tours and a cult following behind him, Joseph Bastardo’s mid-2025 release Polyshades should have marked a defining moment for both the artist and the outer edges of electronic music—even if its quiet arrival now makes this praise overdue.
Tag: Analog
Data Out :: Cloud Window (Ping-discs)
Data Out delivers a tightly sequenced blast of high-impact machine-funk, engineered for immersive, full-throttle dancefloor momentum from start to finish.
Craven Faults :: Sidings (The Leaf Label)
Northern mysterion Craven Faults maps post-industrial Yorkshire through shadowy analog synths and hypnotic rhythms, with Sidings turning regional history, industrial decay, and seminal music influences into a mesmeric, hour-long sonic archaeology.
Man As Island :: AN (Local Gods)
AN is a prefigurative IDM suite where vulnerable imperfection and analog experimentation converge into a quietly authoritative, future-facing work that feels less like homage and more like the next chapter of electronic music unfolding in real time.
V/A :: Analog 2025 (Remastered) (Unexplained Sounds Group)
Analog 2025 is a thunderous, all-consuming surge of analog fury—an album that squashes, foams, and swirls with such raw sonic force it stops you dead in your tracks.
Russian Corvette :: VHS Days Vol. 1 (Unit Shifter)
VHS Days Vol. 1 captures Russian Corvette’s half-decade of analog devotion, where circuitry hums and memories blur into motion. Drawn from sessions across Copenhagen and beyond, it’s a chronicle of machines made human—grainy, kinetic, and timelessly alive.
Featherstone :: Shapeshifter EP (Who Is Paula)
Who is Paula is an enigmatic electronic label dedicated to uncovering the mysterious figure of Paula through acid, braindance, and electro experiments. Its latest release, Shapeshifted by Australian producer Featherstone, continues the label’s exploration of genre fluidity with five tracks that blend precision, emotion, and forward-thinking sound design.
aenemonae :: both of us alone EP (Black Magic) — [concise]
Black Magic Recordings bursts onto the scene with aenemonae’s dazzling debut—a tight, three-track suite where retro soul collides with future-facing sonics. In just 15 minutes, electro, breakbeat, and braindance melt into a seamless, electrified voyage.
Solar X :: Divergent Sequences (Art-Tek) — full album exclusive!
Divergent Sequences is a textured journey through analog synths and abstract rhythms by IDM pioneer Solar X (Roman Belavkin). Blending vintage warmth with modern precision, the album moves from breakbeat energy to ambient introspection, showcasing Belavkin’s deep craft and emotional range. A rich homage to electronic music’s past, reimagined for now.
Everyday Dust :: Resurrection Of The Foghorns (Dustopian Frequencies)
Through white noise, thorough in its separation and diffraction of constituent tones, before reprocessing them and sending them back out into an abyss of stars as if these horns are calling to some alien entity or god far beyond the reaches of our usual means of communication.
Field Lines Cartographer :: Resplendent In The Light Of The Universe (DiN)
Across these eight sonic vignettes, time seems suspended. Sounds drift and sway with gentle persistence, built around nuanced timbres and understated layers. Flecks of modular signal—sporadic blips and radiant pulses—bring flickers of color to an already tranquil soundscape.










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