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Marjen :: When a skin is dead, it must be shed (Self-Released)

Reviews 03/03/2013 by igloomag

Lightly doused in discrete downtempo, Marjen takes elements from hip-hop and decomposes them into quaint, minimized textures. [Release page] Lightly doused in discrete downtempo, Marjen […]

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Swarm Intelligence :: Surveillance EP (Acroplane)

Reviews 12/22/2012 by Andy Gillham

Get ready for some more blistering heavy duty electro/techno/bass bangers from Ireland’s Acroplane label. [Release page] Swarm Intelligence’s Surveillance EP opens with “Execute”—a brutalist work-out hammering neck […]

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Cain :: Gathering EP (Crackling Claps)

Reviews 12/14/2012 by igloomag

There is a sense of balance on Gathering, a literal gathering of ideas presented in a flash which is focused on chiseled tribal-electronic hip-hop and […]

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Altered:Carbon :: Questasian (Mitoma Industries)

Reviews 11/27/2012 by igloomag

Re-mastered with additional remixes, both Andy Paterson and Tam Ferrans collectively create an ambiguous flow of de-constructed electronic hip-hop that permeates within early-era Merck, Chocolate […]

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Photek :: KU:PALM (Photek Productions)

Reviews 11/15/2012 by Wes Roberts

Photek is in a tricky position of managing mainstream appeal whilst still clinging on to the underground he flourished so successfully within. Consciousness of this […]

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Skytree :: Sacred Singularity EP (Fractal Branch)

Reviews 11/02/2012 by igloomag

As descriptions of Sacred Singularity may include references to spheres of light, positive energy, upper level consciousness, radiant rhythmic loops and an amalgamation of clip-hop-ambience, […]

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Blakbody vs C. Mantle :: In The Mouth Of The Syndrome (Acre)

Reviews 11/02/2012 by igloomag

Taken as a whole, it’ll take a few listens to extrapolate the layers of debris on this extended player as both artists blur the edges […]

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V/A :: Frag’mnts (Enig’matik)

Reviews 11/01/2012 by igloomag

Taking yet another step forward into a dense patchwork of polished electronics and visual stimuli, Frag’mnts captures the essence of the imprint as it slices […]

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Shlohmo :: Bad Vibes (Friends Of Friends)

Reviews 09/24/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Bad Vibes is a collection of colourful, tinplate toy butterflies, whose hinges creak and fly wheels wind down erratically. [Release page] A member of the genial-sounding […]

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