Focal Point drafts a clear-cut yet sophisticated sonic statement by combining throbbing yet subtly nuanced bass with gloomy ambient and downtempo timbres. Absolutely riveting.
Tag: Illbient
Damage Multiplier :: Damage_Multiplier (Self Released)
The few, abstract transitions are filled with tremulous frequencies that we simply can’t escape from, and in the end, it’s clearly an intoxicatingly surreal and recommended album for late-night listening.
Solypsis :: Sifting Through The Ashes (Compiled by Skymall) (Self Released)
A grueling feast of grit and glitch that celebrates 25 years of music-making—Skymall prepares an unforgiving mix consisting of blistering electro, breaks, rhythmic noise, and magnetized distortion.
Dollarstore Keyboard :: Visitation EP (Self Released)
Colin Swenson, a talented audio sculptor from Minneapolis, Minnesota, goes by the name Dollarstore Keyboard and showcases his distinctive sound design in the four-track EP Visitation.
Aelk Minsur :: A EP (Self Released)
Aelk Minsur keeps vanishing into the most remote reaches of space with a surrounding thick fog, leading us into uncharted and intriguing passageways. Incredibly bizarre and worth the trip.
Kisser :: Fields of Domodedovskaya (Mestnost)
A strong album producing brute forces with the least amount of fuel—at least to our ears. Kisser has incorporated non-linear aspects of braindance, IDM, ambient, and noise into abstract structures on Fields of Domodedovskaya.
Kitka :: Kitka EP (Welsh Modular)
The four brief audio transmissions by Kitka (real name J. Healy & H. Marshall) on this self-titled EP are shaped with a downtempo and industrial electronic balance.
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…
Aelk Minsur :: Ground Redux (Self Released)
The Arizonian continues to find buried treasures in the form of bumpy dark-beat morsels, agitating and stirring them to create surreal and dystopian landscapes.
Yin Yang Audio :: Return To Baseline EP (Onset Audio)
Massive echoes overtake Return To Baseline, Yin Yang Audio’s debut for the ever-consistent Onset Audio imprint.
rchecka & delta5ive :: Continuum Guild (Cratedigging Cooperative)
A contrasting collection of soundscapes and escapes through auditory bliss; fluid rhythms and old-school breaks, bass, and ambient segments keep the listener fully engaged.
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