All in all, this personal take on the quiet details concept exhibits a deftly turned lower-case sound design prowess that bespeaks years of audio craftsmanship, constituting a compelling entry to a growing catalog.
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Elsewhereness revisited #7 stuff made of dreams which are
Elsewhereness revisited is an occasional feature documenting the drift at the margins: ambient gasbagging, tube-d, cloud-ed, and camp-ed up, complete with companion mix, Elsewhereness revisited #7. Ambient/folk-gaze maven, […]
Igloo Magazine :: Best of 2015
So here it is—from ambient drone to post-rock, jazz and modern classical, from IDM to experimental to post-digital microsound; hallucinatory electronics to experimental soundscapery, candy-color […]
TAPE :: Transmissions 3
It’s been far too long since the last Tape Transmission but this means there are heaps of excellent releases to catch up on. Boliden :: […]
Marconi Union :: Departures EP (Chemical Tapes)
Cunningly camouflaged by new luminous skin and armed with a different approach, MU manages to effortlessly generate its addictive idiosyncratic spell once again. Richard Talbot, […]
Bastian Void and Sima Kim :: Double review (Chemical Tapes)
The two twirled here are one of retro-futurist synth purism from Bastian Void, the other of postclassical-ambient texturalism from Sima Kim. Two new doses of […]
Rainbow Valley/Wind In Willows & Celer/Hakobune :: Double Review (Chemical Tapes)
UK-Spain tape traffickers Chemical Tapes specialize in matters pertaining to psycho-active phenethylamine chemical derivatives, notably psychedelics and/or empathogen-entactogens, audio-mediated via limited edition ambient / drone […]
Tidal & Atlantis :: Double review (Chemical Tapes)
The new wave of cassette underground, for all its freeform and fertile energy, sometimes seems to have spawned a twilight world crawling with a mass […]
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