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Tag: Electronics
Testube :: self-sabotage (Point Source Electronic Arts)
The Testube project by Jeff Danos combines noise, techno, industrial, and glitch electronic genres into a metaphorical molten soup.
Cyberaktif:: eNdgame (Artoffact)
This is a psychedelic industrial trip—very diverse, organic and holistic, showing us the perfect combination of Key’s sound sculptures, Fulber’s arrangements and Leeb’s melodies and vocals.
Music Mondays 009 :: Sounds can be shapes
With a brief look at some notables along the road, Chang Terhune’s Music Mondays aims to shed light on both new and old(er) music over a wide spectrum of sound (and vision). This week, the mesmerizing compositions of Vladislav Delay, Oval, and Autechre.
Cathode Ray Tube :: Parity Town EP (Condition Human)
Industrial and synthetic terrain nevertheless harbors a wide variety of severely saturated beats, noise, and bizarre soundscapes.
Meat Beat Manifesto & Merzbow :: Extinct (Cold Spring)
Extinct sees the duo take listeners on a transcendental journey, focusing on the dismantling of beat and structure and recycling the result through layers of beautifully crafted noise and feedback loops, giving birth to new rhythms buried deep in the dirt.
Parallel Worlds :: Fragmented (DiN)
Listening further and more closely, I perceived that Fragmented sounds more contemporary—the music has an industrial edge. The album has a tasteful minimalist quality as does much of Cluster, but it sounds more relentless and more driven in pace.
Maps & Diagrams :: Obscura (Handstitched*)
Acrylic paints and paper art loaded with intrigue, ambient noise and introspection, lo-fi, tape-based pieces in short-form compositions.