The style of techno that Savage Grounds are exploring isn’t the conventional type. Their form adopts the underproduction of Chicago house, the bursting rage of […]
Tag: Industrial
Drvg Cvltvre :: The Right Knife In The Right Back (Poverty Is Violence)
The EP is very drum focused and other sounds are reined in by either percussion or static. But on several listens the subtlety is laid […]
Modus :: Quattro & Piano Chain / The Garden Of Sinus (Wo-Land/Marmo)
In parts its bumpy, even jarring, at other moments it’s as smooth as silk. One thing you can be sure of, it’s always different and […]
Lunar Lodge :: Panacea (Concrete)
These tracks burn slowly, guttering to points of blackened breaks and bleak acid washes. All the traditional markers of techno are present, but on this […]
TH ± Tar Hallow :: From the blackened pits
The Netherlands does electronics well. In spite of its size Holland is a heartland of machine music. Clone. Bunker. Crème Organization. Viewlexx. Bordello A Parigi. […]
Mike Allen :: Juxt (Sun Sea Sky)
A lot of what’s heard in Juxt is the pulsing thump of a kick drum, atmospheric synths and that sequenced ‘clickty-clickty-clickty’ percussive noise, which clicks […]
Celer & Machinefabriek :: Compendium (Irrational Arts)
Full of light and space with a few dark corners, Compendium is a perfectly curated collection, packaged in charming, wish-you-were-here collaged cover art. Will Long plays well with […]
V/A :: The Underground Wave 7″s (Walhalla)
A varied beast. Tracks slide from style to style with little fixity of genre, but that’s what those early innovators were all about. There was […]