This LP is as good as current “greatly inspired by classics” IDM gets, because Seph rebrands the dusty futuristic aesthetics of acts like The Black Dog or B12 to turn them into incredibly polished and smooth soundscapes, creating tunes that now sound like they come from 3024 just like the classics did when they came out thirty years ago.
Tag: Best of 2024
Xylitol :: Anemones (Planet Mu)
I’m really enamored with how Xylitol always manages to merge these two completely unrelated universes, the almost new age aesthetics with the energy and franticness of the breaks, sometimes to a point where they don’t even merge, rather they seem to be playing separately and turn into a completely overwhelming experience.
Pink B :: A Close Connection With Your Soul (Wireframe Clouds)
Thanks to Pink B for this break from the action in an overstimulated world, and to bright days of true connection that await ahead. This […]
Neutrino Effect :: Vapored Angels (Labile)
Vapored Angels’ relentless assault of harsh electronics and tortured instrumentals propels itself to our list of the best releases of 2024.
b0t23 + inoperative system :: Sin Ciclo EP (Patterned Media)
Sin Ciclo skillfully combines downtempo elements with breakbeats; sprinkling nostalgic electro fragments and melodic threads with pummeling effects.
Sverre Knut Johansen :: Still Time (Spotted Peccary Music)
Still Time celebrates humans and nature, always considering that we are here on Earth together. The music reveals some new percussion sounds added to the studio at Space Center Music Productions in Sandane, Norway, and some experiments with international ethnic voices.
Ninechecker :: A Very English Wind EP (brokntoys)
A Very English Wind is a cutting-edge and magnetic EP that stays ahead of the curve by incorporating our favorite gritty electro-infusions submerged in saccharine blips’n bleeps experiments.
Özcan Saraç :: TON (Evel)
The thirteen pieces, broken, infected, and deformed from every viewpoint, exude off-center rhythms and fragmented beats in an unabridged collection that seems to have no beginning or end.