Enveloped was a thing of beauty back in 2002, but be under no illusions: this new remastered edition is a revelation. The deFocus imprint launched […]
Tag: IDM
Monoform :: Mea Culpa (Touched Music)
Monoform crafts definitive basslines, mechanized beatwork, and slightly chilled-ambient noodling—consistently leaning on distant, dense and mysterious/melodic sonic sculpting. Yet another benchmark release by Touched (Music For […]
Aquarium to Warren Raww :: The many habitats of Natural Sciences (Interview & Mix)
Then you meet those who refuse to adhere (to the spiral staircase of genres), who defy the norms and set their own standards. Manchester’s Natural […]
Valesmere :: 2xc_Castle (Daddy Tank)
2xc_Castle is soul-driven, acid-etched, machine music, one that encapsulates layers upon layers of subdued harmonics, and leaves only dust particles in its path. Valesmere is […]
Eff Dst :: Blackout (Hymen)
Dense, fluid, and evolved, piano keys embark on soundtrack-driven environments as a propulsive bass assault shimmies its way throughout. Somewhere in the mist between foggy, […]
P è n i n ș o l a r :: Interrum (Clean Error)
A leftfield electronic pendulum that slices through the genre range including subterranean glitch-techno, and a medley of articulated sonic effects. P è n i n […]
Ariadne’s Labyrinth :: Lost And Founded EP (Detroit Underground)
Lost And Founded is a mixed assortment, one that balances rapidly rotating pulsars with classical drum’n bass techno. Somewhere in a dense field of high-grade electronics […]
Noumen :: Apeiron (Central Processing Unit)
Aperion (Greek for “boundless”) stands up to its nameplate—fine-tuned structural audio blocks filled with a plethora of blackened IDM fragments, and disjointed post-industrial layers. Following […]
Lusine :: Sensorimotor (Ghostly International)
The whimsical mix of avant-garde pop and playful electronic listening music should not be confused with it being frivolous or lightweight, however, as McIlwain’s ingenious, […]
Nuanae :: Clusters And Refractions (Kaer’Uiks)
Nuanae creates sparse dystopian worlds of dysfunctional audio beauty. A visceral post-IDM charcoal display that ravishes the ears with exquisite noise and organized chaos. Splicing […]
D’Marc Cantu :: Hypnopompic (Endless Illusion)
After ten years Cantu’s sound has barely aged a day. The sweat and grime of Jak, the gnawing frustrations of house, the warming hopes and […]
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