Presence operates in the inbetween between unresolved and resolution, flirting with the chill charms of the unpitched then back, finding refuge in more comfily pitched […]
Tag: Experimental
Pete Swanson :: Man With Potential (Type)
It’s not often one can legitimately use the word “unique” to describe a new album these days, but in the case of the mind-bending Man […]
Perispirit :: Spiritual Church Movement (Digitalis)
For a record as borderline obliterated as this there’s a strange warmth that envelops Spiritual Church Movement, much like the sable trimming surrounding the oddly […]
Sean Byrd :: Always Was (Plastic Sound Supply)
The emotional swells and transitions Byrd builds into his tracks sometimes lead to moments of pure transcendence, too, as on the album’s aptly-titled closer “Something […]
Five questions for Time Released Sound
As Colin Herick states, Time Released Sound is “basically a beatless label focusing on ambient, drone, neo-classical IDM and pseudo-eccentric foltronica.” Find out more about […]
Machine Gun Militia :: Open Fire EP (Oeuvre)
An atmospheric blend of introspective moodiness, ominous and magnificent soundscapes, and most of all, heavy growling bass. The more I listen to this EP the […]
V/A :: Kollektiv Artists Volume Six (Music Kollektiv)
Making Russia safe for underground electronica, Music Kollektiv is a burgeoning Moscow – and web-based powerhouse dedicated to “finding unconventional rhythms and telling their stories.” […]
Kingbastard :: Lost Property (Herb)
Crackling static, digitally manipulated field recordings of birds, lovely chord progressions played on guitar and piano, and pastoral atmospheres await the Lost Property listener. I […]
LoFeye :: The Road Is A River (Twocircles)
The combination of field recordings, Latin folk, eerie melodic motifs and gloriously melancholy and slightly sinister atmospheres makes this one of the most interesting and […]