A resplendent summer retreat of impacting low-end crunch, dub, industrial, bass and electronics smashed into a brief sojourn for brain and body. Ron Croudy and […]
Tag: IDM
Alley Catss :: (II) (AVNL Records / Sewage Tapes)
Pop electronica in a rickety box held together with baling wire and duct tape, with a glossy cache of inspired melody inside. The meaninglessness of […]
Ideograma :: Geographic Ascending (Frigio)
Geographic Ascending is an outing in spirit lifting music, layered complexity with a sound that re-affirms the warmth that can be formed with real synthesizers […]
µ-Ziq :: Chewed Corners (Planet Mu)
Chewed Corners is easily the most surprising comeback album of the big names we’ve seen in the last couple of years, and certainly one of […]
Ambot :: A (Etalabel)
Intelligently broken electronics for both machine and human. Recorded somewhere between 2007—2009, Paul Ryttel (aka Xlorite) and Piotr Michalowski (aka Nmis) joined forces to create A—released […]
Valance Drakes / Cyuild Apo :: Double review (Luana / Clean Error)
Yielding various connotations based on who might be delve into these disjointed electrical tones, a data splurge unfolds from each audio architect and is accurately […]
Syndrôm :: Earthbound EP (Errance)
Flickering back and forth between fragmented funk’n bass to more stripped-down(tempo) dubstep spheres, Earthbound elicits a high-energy stream suited for dance floors where semi-chaotic rhythms and […]
DJ FOOD :: O is for Orange
DJ Food, the funky Flexistentialist known to his mates as Kev (Strictly), has just dropped O is for Orange, an engaging AV mix of the […]
Faint Object :: EP (Lower Parts)
The rather obscure artist evacuates preconceived exp-downtempo notions and inserts a screeching cacophony composed of clicks, clunks and deformed melodious layers for perfected audio engagement. Three […]
Defunkt Dialekt :: Clockworks EP (The Irrational Media Society)
Ultimately, Clockworks is a definitive exp-electronic space lost in a void of crimped extrasensory chaos. Early-era Skam—including Gescom, Jega, Funkstörung et al—comes to mind while absorbing […]
Uexkull :: Hormad (Brutalist Sunset)
Some of Conner’s movements are steeped in the rich history of Autechre and Funkstörung, others adopt some more modern moments of the floor. Bitstream were […]

















