The Lost Trail Orchestra gives a large space to warm layers of fuzzed-out guitar drones seconded by dream-pop melodies, concrete noises and minimal patterns. Shimmering […]
Tag: Shoegaze
Enzo Kreft :: Dark Matter (Walhalla)
There’s a weird and wonderful quality to Dark Matter. It follows no line, in many respects Kreft was one of the progenitors of synth wave […]
Eraldo Bernocchi & Prakash Sontakke :: Invisible Strings (RareNoise)
An irresistible east meets west affair. Immaculately produced and expertly executed with the natural expressivity and confidence you would expect to feel from such experienced […]
Nacho Patrol :: Panter 777 (Minimal Rome)
Panter 777 sees the synth junkie return to one of his lesser employed pseudonyms on the label which first debuted it. As a youngster I […]
Neud Photo :: Dystopix (Mysidian)
Darker than his last partnership, Dystopix shows the influences of Belgium and greater Europe with its serrated synth stabs and glassy beats. Mysidian is a […]
nil.co :: Slowly Comes the Morning (Sparkwood)
Seasoned in wildwood, an intimate mingling of cozy indoors and stirring outdoors. Right off the top, a soft, downward swoop that could be the air beneath […]
V/A :: Underground Wave Volume 5 (Walhalla)
Packed with variety, as was the Belgian scene of the 1980s. A spread of weird and wonderful styles are explored. Dense dark bitterness, minimal malaise […]
Solar Bears :: Advancement (Sunday Best)
Reversed playback, ambiguous ambience and an emotive shoegaze kaleidoscope are spread about as orchestral arrangements are smoothed into decayed soundscapes of dust and debris. Time-lapsed […]
Jeffrey Wentworth Stevens :: The [Gold Mixtape] (Self-Released)
The [Gold Mixtape] breezes by with its punchy exp-electronic reflections and genre-crossing that somehow just works. A focused collaborative vocal effort coming from multi-talented, Denver-based Jeffrey […]
R.R. Hearse :: Call Of Oedipus (1981 – 2013) (June)
R.R. Hearse fits into no category previously explored. Grainy, it’s a record that some will find difficult to grapple with. Nevertheless it’s a bold move […]
Synth Wave Revival? “Didn’t know there was one”—A tale of four lads and three decades
Brendan Coyle. Mike Richardson. Neale Potts. Steven Lippert. A music revolution unfolding in their midst. “Being part of the electronic music scene in the UK […]
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