Downtempo

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Chad Mossholder :: Non-Site Specific (Artificial Music Machine)

Reviews 01/14/2015 by Giancarlo Sandoval

The minimalistic take on IDM here is, if anything, a frank reminder of the power of subtlety and a delight to the ears at the […]

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Kaneel :: What you hear is what you deserve (INPUJ)

Reviews 01/07/2015 by Pietro Da Sacco

Kaneel returns after a slight hiatus to unsurprisingly offer scrumptious, upbeat electrical fragments and skewed hip-hop moments with a soft magnetic glow. Videogame and sci-fi ingredients […]

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Stereo Hypnosis :: Morphic Ritual (Extreme Chill)

Reviews 01/03/2015 by Elan Samuel

A three-man team that generates a wondrous sound that combines field recordings seamlessly with synths and live instrumentation, which together forms a spectacular, organic sound that […]

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Randomform :: Refolded Fragments Vol. 1 Remixes (2010-2014) (Self-Released)

Reviews 12/27/2014 by Pietro Da Sacco

A maze of Sci-Fi mayhem and organized noise for any electronic music enthusiast. Applying random manipulated forms to notable exp-electronic musicians over the years, this […]

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Dirk Geiger :: Connected Worlds (Tympanik Audio)

Reviews 12/17/2014 by Pietro Da Sacco

Meticulous ambient decay and refined audio sculptures for the midnight hour. Defying space and time, a surreal blur of sound and vision wisps by like […]

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Jeffrey Wentworth Stevens :: JWS (Self-Released)

Reviews 12/11/2014 by Pietro Da Sacco

Disjointed data slivers, fractured melodic breezes, microscopic chants, rhythmic mechanics, weaving low-end glitch, modular buzzing, broken beats and crumpled downtempo all seem to converge on […]

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Displacer :: Electric Dreams (The Crime League)

Reviews 12/11/2014 by Giancarlo Sandoval

An assured and mature sound that manages to rescue IDM from its solipsistic focus on conceptual electronica. Displacer’s Electric Dreams is an often dark, moody […]

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