While the futuristic sci-fi tropes are not uncommon in the electro genre as a whole, they are rarely so tastefully integrated into meaningful abstract sound motion without feeling forced or pasted on.
Tag: Electro
Ion Driver :: Sustain EP (Self Released)
Sustain is a baffling collection maneuvering through the vastness of glitch-space and seamless, cinematic sound design.
Lokom :: Vor Reflex EP (EC Underground)
Broken bass and electronified hip-hop sounds are in full force with Lokom’s latest for EC Underground as Vor Reflex exudes funk and glitch elements torn to shreds.
Rico Casazza :: Escandon EP (Perimeter Junk)
These five selections shake and shimmy through downtempo layers with a pseudo-lounge cadence.
LectrO cOd_E :: Savidge Machine EP (Woodwork)
Louisiana-based LectrO cOd_E, one of our favorite heavyweight electro musicians, continues to exploit raw bass, breaks, and bleeps.
WE FORFEIT :: Radio Relativa #23 — Off To Ombra special
Rejoicing in the return of Ombra, of course cancelled in 2020 with COVID, the lads from WE FORFEIT have scoured their collections to bring the festival to those who couldn’t make it there this year.
The Jaffa Kid :: The Jaffa Kid EP (Cold Blow)
Throughout, Pringle’s love of classic Rephlex electronics is plain to hear. But, this isn’t pastiche. What The Jaffa Kid does is reimagine those wonderfully rough and refined sounds and breathes new life and energy into them.
James Shinra :: Surface EP (Analogical Force)
The beauty tucked within these tracks, while seemingly upfront and in your face, still manage to dig deeper, pulling us in its alluring chasm, and ultimately provides a feel-good notion that everything’s going to be alright.