A percussive darker energy unfolds in the opening nucleic chapters as a mechanical tone sets the pace. In the closing chapters, miniature stretched symphonies shimmy […]
Tag: Experimental
Double Review :: The Sand Rays / Ray Sands (CEIL)
Both are mysterious discs—looped, concrète, ambivalent, ambient and transportive. No trainspotter I, but old steam engines still conjure romance for me, especially caked matt black with the grease […]
V/A :: Compilation One (Unit Shifter)
Compilation One is a welcomed entrance back into the deep recesses of electronic musics past and finds a comfortable home by displaying a varied group […]
Tarotplane :: First (Aguirre)
This debut Tarotplane release is absolutely recommended for fans of classic Kosmische music, proto-ambient works as well as challenging post-rockin’ adventures. PJ Dorsey is a […]
Sova Stroj :: Silent Earth (Testtoon)
There is a sadness, a loneliness, to Stroj’s sound. Bleak drone ebbing and flowing. Liquid is as important throughout. Constant currents, streams swirl and emotional […]
Plaster :: Mainframe (Kvitnu)
The order of the day is precise technical audio, vast depth of field, futuristic dystopias and a fair degree of psychotropic sound design. Italy and […]
SONIC EXPOSURE :: Saroos (interview + video premiere)
“We do instrumental music that is too melodic and dreamy to be experimental, yet maybe too strange and, well, instrumental, to be pop.” Transmissions from […]
Rafael Anton Irisarri :: A Fragile Geography (Room40)
This release splits the difference between these two paths; dark and unsettled embers that only very rarely grow into larger flames, savoring a more focused, […]