Experimental Electronic Music
Touched Music has been doing this for over a decade now, and they’ve built a reputation for curating compilations and releases that sit at the top tier of contemporary IDM. Cilcit is no exception. This is easily one of the most exciting and great releases of 2026 and an enjoyable listen for a lot of IDM fans.
Roel Funcken sharpens his abstract modular language on Drature, unleashing interlocked rhythmic systems and rugged electronic textures that push his forward-thinking sound even further beyond its own frontier.
There’s something sleek, fluid, and neuro-electronic unfolding within Roel Funcken’s sonic realms. A master of abstract rhythmic manipulation, the Amsterdam-based audio architect continues to shape complex, captivating compositions with seemingly effortless precision.
Flyphel emerges as a visionary construct—where Roel Funcken and EXM (Jeroen Bax), both seasoned sculptors of audio intricacy, converge to propel alien percussion into elevated dimensions.
Whatever I may have thought about the interesting structures of the start of this release, I can’t deny there’s a special place in my heart for taking it up a notch and I bet there’s one in yours too.
The sounds of the cosmos describing itself. Six magnetized electronic components come together in the Stark EP—all in sequential order from 1 through 6.
It’s not that nothing stands out—it’s that everything stands out. If this was an exam I’d have the hardest time revising and retaining all the details. Challenging […]
Rarely adhering to one rhythmic construct within the confines of a song, individual phrases are crafted to their logical conclusion with real thought as to what should come next.
Each track dabbles in familiar territories such as electro, braindance and IDM and even some breaks and bass treatment—although each carry traits of each other instinctively through decades of amalgamation.
Listen to Ochre, but take heed, traveler—this soundtrack to your ambient journey demands vigilance, lest you fall victim to its charms. Keep a steady Eye to Windward and be wary of its siren song.
Roel Funcken releases The Candarian Ruins EP in May 2021—a collection of seven tracks produced in the last couple of months.
