Subtle field recordings and granular synthesis spread across these compositions as shimmering elements take hold.
Tag: Glitch
Soul Data Transfer :: Soul Data Transfer EP (EC Underground)
The four tracks on Soul Data Transfer’s eponymous debut EP for ECU are delicately woven, abstract ambient-glitch morsels that flow and transcend space and time.
Felipe Vaz :: Architecture and Distraction (Evel)
Fast beats and non-rhythms flicker and fracture, revealing what appears to be the unpolished insides of the tools employed during the creative process.
(R)adar :: Runtime Eater EP (Xephem)
A subtle yet important addition to any experimental electronic music collection, Xephem definitely embark on earlier sonic artforms with a futuristic twist on Runtime Eater.
Pentagrams Of Discordia :: The Hippopotomons – trosesquippedaliophobia EP (Pulse State)
Slowly luring us in with warped melodies, slow motion rhythms, and unyielding atmospheric textures and tones.
VAAG :: Perfect Imperfection (Point Source Electronic Arts)
A centerpiece for the infinitely glitch-filled panoramic of 2024.
Hex Wolves :: High Order Ov Loud (Component)
A bewildering compilation of fifteen tracks, High Order Ov Load teeters on the brink of electronics and breakcore while remaining firmly on the dark side.
Exan :: Offset One EP (Errorgrid)
Offset One wraps things up in just over 30 minutes, yet it has enough energy to fuel an entire album.
Michael Valentine West :: comp/COMP (uvg212)
You might even draw parallels to the early works of Mouse On Mars, Autechre (“Gantz Graf” era), or even Richard Devine’s industrial-leaning sandblasted synthesizer techniques.
Synthetic Ecology 2 :: Finding the edge, some thoughts about ‘experimental music’
Experimental music can mean many things—often tracks are beat-less or off-beat, atonal or noisy, or in some way either more or less dense than other genres. My point is not to establish orthodox genre boundaries.
VAAG :: “Kookoe” video premiere — from the album Perfect Imperfection, Point Source Electronic Arts
Skittering, tumbling beats slip and slide past each other, narrowly avoiding collision in an erratic but choreographed dance. Strange, warbling melodies and crackling electrical discharges […]

















