The Magic Carpathians Project have released a number of enchanting albums and recordings since 1998, but Khemia, from 2019, is perhaps their most transformative. It pairs well when listened to back-to-back with the new 2024 release Alchemeia from the ever prolific Scanner.
Tag: Modular
Myoptik :: Gofunga! (Mighty Force)
With a plethora of electronic distortion and semi-coherent sound structures carefully collapsing, Myoptik doesn’t hold back on Gofunga!
scav :: The Second (Mahorka)
scav finds solace in peculiarly compelling minimized clicks and cuts where skillfully weaved ambient noises mingle with darker soundtrack elements producing pleasant tones to the core.
Keith Fullerton Whitman :: Presque Là (Self Released)
The use of the standard music trifecta of bass, drums, and melody does ground these pieces in the familiar, yet the way Keith Fullerton Whitman has broken these out of their mold means what he is doing is still risky and groundbreaking research.
Ignatius :: Weekend Bugs Neutral Drop (Buried In Time)
After nine and a half minutes, Ignatius (also known as Steve Westbrook from Buried In Time) crafts a blistering modular couplet return with plenty of freedom to unfold as we dive in.
Cathode Ray Tube :: Parity Town EP (Condition Human)
Industrial and synthetic terrain nevertheless harbors a wide variety of severely saturated beats, noise, and bizarre soundscapes.
Gimmik :: Analog Dream Plants (Wave Function)
Gimmik (Martin Haidinger) has released a new EP containing remixes by Gimmik, Naqara, Moy, and Sound Synthesis, the operator of the Wave Function label. Analog […]
The Snodgrass :: Music for 1 Musician EP (imputor?)
A potent mix of muffled analog acid and ambient accents that flies low to push us through the new year.
Oberman Knocks :: Rhemunvhurse Optikonn EP (Detroit Underground)
With Rhemunvhurse Optikonn, a half-dozen tracks chopped and diced with enough blips and bleeps beauty to last us to the end of the decade, Truswell dives even further into the abyss for Detroit Underground.
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.
















