Boulderdash manage to hone their vintage IDM skills, finding new ways to thread emotive melodies, all the while utilizing hardware to create soft sound escapes for […]
Tag: Downtempo
Scarper :: Warmer Squares (Plexus)
Warmer Squares is not, however, solely reliant on resurfacing rave tropes from a previous party generation—more so it throws a current day take around what […]
Midday Static :: Ektachrome (Self-Released)
References, contrasts and comparisons aside, Midday Static fine tunes his sound with Ektachrome, an album that is lively and condensed in a thick kaleidoscopic downbeat […]
Dalham :: Waves (Public House Recordings)
Via a variant of woozy tape-saturated electronica that’s at once caustic and caressing, it boldly blurs signifiers of new brutalism and beautiful places. News of a […]
Eff Dst :: Blackout (Hymen)
Dense, fluid, and evolved, piano keys embark on soundtrack-driven environments as a propulsive bass assault shimmies its way throughout. Somewhere in the mist between foggy, […]
Three on the Radar :: Andi Otto, Tosca, Tornado Wallace
The start of 2017 provided a hefty dose of downtempo electronica, dub and balearica. Here are three records you need to hear. Andi Otto :: […]
Nonima :: Recur (Section 27)
Recur is chock-full of mechanically-infused electronic mayhem that is ever so lightly shielded by its tranquilized downtrodden shimmer. Section 27 founder Nonima (aka Tam Ferrans) […]
Sceptre Fretpen :: PLUGH (Sparkwood)
PLUGH carefully unwraps (these) introspective, nuanced and alluring downtempo/ambient flurries. A soundtrack haven for questioning souls on this circular cosmic spot. Delve into electrical fields and […]
V/A :: Greenosophy chapter II collected by Mizoo (Ultimae)
A beautiful, topnotch output from every facet. The music, the mix, the production, the artwork, everything is constructed with love, passion and expertise. Ultimae and […]
Eusebeia :: Introversion EP (Mindtrick)
An extended player that opens a plateau of low-flying, lo-fi electronics and mysterious midnight sonic emissions. Eusebeia (aka Seb Watts) is a new alias to […]
Scarper :: Lacuna EP (Plexus)
The most enjoyable thing about this EP is not just the music but also just how fun it is. The recent Kettel album on Clone […]
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