Solar One is consistently testing and retesting the definitions of electro whilst creating coarse and soulful machine music. This latest move into acid sounds isn’t […]
Tag: IDM
V/A :: Third Envizion (Envizigae)
Best identified as a go-to compilation, Third Envizion displays a succinct vision of experimental treasures that pluck the heartstrings and rattles the earth. [Release page] Thirty tracks spread across […]
Terminal 11 :: Double review (Hymen / Phthalo)
Michael Castaneda, late of Tempe, Arizona, drops a frenetic yet disciplined album entitled Self Exorcism on Hymen Records. Shortly after its release, an EP on Phthalo […]
Weave :: A Part Not Apart (Self-Released)
Taking low-end and twisting it around loops of clicks, clangs and tribal spheres, there are chilled escapes of fluid that percolate around downtempo rhythms. [Release […]
Ochre :: National Ignition (Self-Released)
National Ignition hits all the right spots and feels like his best work yet—taking classical sensibility and striking a happy balance with beat laden electronics […]
BistroBoy :: Sólheimar (Möller)
BistroBoy displays a balance between delicate electronic pop music, fluid Detroit-inspired techno and strands of downtempo grooves for Sólheimar. [Release page] Relative newcomer to Iceland’s Möller Records, BistroBoy displays […]
Mnemonic :: The Air I Breathe (Halbsicht)
Treading through layers of delicate electronics from the past decade, The Air I Breathe is a brittle release filled with gentle melodies that attract faint harmonic rhythms […]
The Mollusk :: DUSK (Enig’matik)
The Mollusk carefully peels layer upon layer of sonic detail to craft a pleasant trip through electronic tranquility. [Release page] The Mollusk (aka Melbourne-based Shane […]
citizenGreen :: citizenGreen (High Grade Media)
Though highly melodic and rhythmically coherent, citizenGreen produces an energy-filled electronic album of consistently sublime textures. [Release page] citizenGreen (aka Chris Amell, High Grade Media owner/operator) […]
SCANONE :: Digital::Nimbus mix
Scanone: “I wanted to do something a bit different for this mix as I knew it was a radio set (Digital::Nimbus)—more of an audio journey, […]
Atra Aeterna :: Standalone Complex EP (Self-Released)
As Standalone Complex unveils relatively condensed track lengths, they somehow converge into dreamlike sound-escapes of emotive clarity, mechanized beauty and organized ambient-industrial bliss. [Release page] Atra Aeterna (aka Zack Mitchell) […]

















