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Hyperion V :: Accretion Disc (Spotted Peccary)
This is not made for rest and possible sleep, the engagingly simple sound has an illusion of complexity and is interesting to take in because the territory is completely alien even to most of the other popular space music and mechanically synthesized soundscapes.
Legiac :: Banisteriopsis Caapi (Touched Music / Phainomena)
I half knew what to expect, but was also pleasantly surprised as some of the most unsettling aspects of their work are placed right in your field of view; challenging sounds and structures…
WE FORFEIT :: Radio Relativa #31
Robbie and Chris of WE FORFEIT present their latest mix for Radio Relativa #31 and the struggles with Spain’s postal service.
Dorosoto & Hanut Munson :: Distant Parallels (Evel)
The results are captivating as Dorosoto and Hanut Munson both display downtempo, emotive, and saccharine rhythms playing off each other.
Zajwert :: Golem (Point Source Electronic Arts / ZOJ)
Nine tracks span around 40-minutes and the thorough sound vistas offer delicately shifting ambient-techno realms blending with pitter-patter glitch’n bleeps debris and braindance shards.
Dissolved & Nonima :: Teichopsia EP (Section 27)
Two artists treading the lines between darker industrial tropes and emotive electronic passages.
Out of the Blue :: Early Hours (Nottetempo)
No-one liked the term “intelligent” when it first applied to dance music. Early Hours is clever, considered and chartering new grounds, where the “intelligent” ones left off.
Infinite Scale :: Solo Flight (Self Released)
A serene collection of loosely layered electronica and exquisitely choreographed instrumentals with a few interwoven vocals to balance everything out.
dämtone :: Whale Chantry EP (Clean Error)
Skittering braindance and drill’n bass acrobatics span these four brisk and bumpy tracks on this debut EP by dämtone.
Qebo :: Cellular Spaces (Polyend)
That Qebo able to crunch and deform electrical mayhem into digestible and flowing chunks is baffling, and how he’s able to make it sound absolutely beautiful, is a testament to his tried and true sonic methods and commitment.
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