Slowly luring us in with warped melodies, slow motion rhythms, and unyielding atmospheric textures and tones.
Tag: IDM
VAAG :: Perfect Imperfection (Point Source Electronic Arts)
A centerpiece for the infinitely glitch-filled panoramic of 2024.
Ton Mise :: Moon Behind The Eyelids EP (Satellite Era)
An incredibly captivating extended player that reimagines electronica from a few decades ago and revitalizes it in the Roaring Twenties.
Hex Wolves :: High Order Ov Loud (Component)
A bewildering compilation of fifteen tracks, High Order Ov Load teeters on the brink of electronics and breakcore while remaining firmly on the dark side.
Frank Riggio :: Dri (Hymen)
Developing a completely original style, the album feels cinematic and overflowing with a variety of intense field recordings and transformed found sounds.
Michael Valentine West :: comp/COMP (uvg212)
You might even draw parallels to the early works of Mouse On Mars, Autechre (“Gantz Graf” era), or even Richard Devine’s industrial-leaning sandblasted synthesizer techniques.
VAAG :: “Kookoe” video premiere — from the album Perfect Imperfection, Point Source Electronic Arts
Skittering, tumbling beats slip and slide past each other, narrowly avoiding collision in an erratic but choreographed dance. Strange, warbling melodies and crackling electrical discharges […]
V/A :: Into The Luminous Future: Cottage Industries 12 (Neo Ouija)
The nostalgia is palpable. Braindance, glitch, electro, acid, funk, electronica, and vintage soundscapes reach into the luminous future.