The start of 2017 provided a hefty dose of downtempo electronica, dub and balearica. Here are three records you need to hear. Andi Otto :: […]
Tag: Dub
Qebo :: The Former Generations of Structure (Detroit Underground)
The Former Generations of Structure delivers a fluid understanding of restrained electronics tethered to skeletal melodic tendencies. By way of Athens through Detroit, Qebo’s impacting […]
Onsy :: Freq 255 (Schematic Music Co.)
Early works from artists such as André Estermann, Arovane, Deru, Einóma, and Phonem come to mind when listening to Freq 255, Onsy’s debut for Schematic. […]
Chris Randall :: Oscillator Breach (Detroit Underground)
What should we expect from this stylistic chameleon? Heavy bass, for starters. More of those delicious dub/dub-techno chord changes and beats. Six original tacks, then […]
Yagya :: Stars and Dust (Delsin)
I don’t know what’s happened to Guðmundsson in the last few years, but Stars and Dust is shot through with the heady euphoria that only […]
Elsewhereness revisited #3 :: Party Like It’s 1991
Elsewhereness revisited is an occasional feature documenting the drift at the margins: ambient gasbagging, ’tube-d, ’cloud-ed, and ’camped-up, complete with companion mix, Elsewhereness revisited #3 1991 made waves in 2012 with […]
Not just jazz :: Soulful rejuvenations
Azymuth and Yussef Kamaal bring jazz-funk back to the forefront, and The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble and Papa Chango summon the old spirits of afrobeat, […]
TAPE :: Transmissions 9
We must admit we’ve taken our time since the last update on all things tape. We even missed Cassette Store Day—but every day is Cassette […]
Eraldo Bernocchi & Prakash Sontakke :: Invisible Strings (RareNoise)
An irresistible east meets west affair. Immaculately produced and expertly executed with the natural expressivity and confidence you would expect to feel from such experienced […]
Meat Beat Manifesto :: Visual Archive & Tour EP review (Numbers, Houston 10/1/2016)
Meat Beat Manifesto visual archive of photo and video footage from their live show at Numbers Houston October 1st, 2016, a brief recap of the tour […]















