Synkretic unleashes a microcosm of IDM bubbles harking back to that shiny period when artists like Quinoline Yellow, Solvent, Brothomstates, Kiyo (et al) gravitated towards […]
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Mause / DJ DESOBEDIENTE :: Double review (Massage Brain Cult)
Quickly making a name for themselves in just three relatively closely spaced releases, Massage Brain Cult has certainly become one of my favorite record labels […]
Proswell :: People Are Giving And Receiving Thanks At Incredible Speeds EP (Central Processing Unit)
A supremely enjoyable trip that keeps things interesting with unexpected sonic detours. It’s like going on a rapid-fire excursion through a crowded market, led by […]
Cult 48 :: Catalog 1 (Self Released)
If you want rich soundscapes and something to help you drift away then you’d be hard-pressed to find a better candidate this year and even […]
Mantle of Gets :: Caveat Emptor EP (Schematic Music Co.)
Some may recognize Luke Williams’ contributions as Quinoline Yellow with Skam and Touchin’ Bass, and now his Mantle of Gets moniker continues to rummage through […]
Dfaniks :: Save The Robots (Errorgrid)
Save The Robots delivers a highly infectious dosage of sliced and diced electronic mayhem merging leftfield rhythmic acrobatics that fans of mid-era Autechre, Richard Devine […]
V/A :: 10 Years 2010—2020 (Abstrakt Reflections)
From broken ambient segues to articulated glitch manifests and sound design extrusions that chip away at its blips’n bleeps core, 10 Years is a far-reaching […]
**Stream exclusive — Horla :: Quān EP (Kaer’Uiks)
Quān (Chinese for “circle”): Evokes the cycle of a day, of the peaceful and comforting feeling of the round shape, of repetition, and the multiplicity […]
Esem :: Chaos Crop EP (Self Released)
Another well rounded extended player from one of the early IDM progenitors—managing to expand his musical scope just a little further, and a release that […]
Rontronik :: Zero Six EP (Self Released)
Zero Six maneuvers through dilapidated ambient-electronics that stands the test of time—its otherworldly echoes and clicks’n cuts aesthetic is on point start to end. Otherworldly […]
Autechre :: PLUS (Warp)
PLUS reads like a counterpoint to the prior album’s emotive, warm and introspective narrative with its abstraction, playfulness and generative bounce. A deeper window into […]
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