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Sindre Bjerga & Micromelancolié :: Momentum (Twice Removed)

Reviews 10/23/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Momentum is gorgeously desolate. One must admire the restraint the duo commands, elegantly and perversely amplifying its ghastliness. Twin, extended drones, smooth, minimal but bumpy […]

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Blamstrain :: Sunday Dub (Erotus)

Reviews 10/23/2013 by Andy Gillham

Guiding us through the wee hours, the four tracks all sit firmly within the dub techno fields of introspective muted kicks alongside reverb and delay […]

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The Transhumans :: Double review (Transhuman)

Reviews 10/19/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

With the Summer sun fading, the mysterious electronic collective return with two 12”s. I remember a few years back, when I lived in Scotland, a […]

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Dao De Noize & Naoki Ishida :: Split Series #1 (Zero Kei)

Reviews 10/16/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Like Indian ragas, the pieces seem composed and arranged to be played at specific times of day, following the sun across the sky. A new […]

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Valanx :: Ejecta (diametric.)

Reviews 10/16/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

This is cerebral, cinematic and, at points, outright scary music. Disturbing and unsettling soundscapes from the catacombs of Valanx. Arne Weinberg’s Valanx is an insular […]

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Wall to Wall Carpeting :: Pilliad Echons (Orila)

Reviews 10/12/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

This is the persona of Pilliad Echons, juxtaposing the rough and the smooth in drawn-out sequences like night overlapping into day. Opening far away on […]

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Sense :: The Dream (Psychonavigation)

Reviews 10/12/2013 by James Knapman

If the central idea behind The Dream is to reflect the bizarre, the shifting tone, setting and content of the most fevered of actual dreams, […]

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Paul Mitchell :: Dichotomy Pt.1 (Tabernacle)

Reviews 10/11/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

Mitchell bucks the trend, concentrating on the music he wants to create without pandering to the constraints of the floor and record store shelf. Glasgow’s […]

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Emerge :: Double review (Attenuation Circuit)

Reviews 10/03/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Deep, dark ambient on black. Oneirism consists of two, twelve-minute nightmares of deep, dark ambient on black, ten-inch vinyl, signed by Emerge (aka German soundscaper […]

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Dr. Guilty / Paul Mitchell :: Double review (Elephant)

Reviews 10/03/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

Both tapes explore melody extension, sometimes overly stretching it into outright repetition. Evenings are getting shorter. Jumpers are returning. The kids are back in school. […]

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