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Luke Eargoggle / Kan3da / Weltwirtschaft :: Karl EP (Lunatic)

Reviews 01/10/2016 by Robbie Geoghegan

The 12” is electro of the frostier faction but there are moments of warmth coming through to thaw the chill. Dark and bitter sounds from […]

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Born in a less than likely place :: Vielspaß

Profiles 12/21/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

Born out of basement space, described by Prioux as a “bargain underground club,” underneath the DMA Vielspaß has all the attributes of an arts college […]

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Der Noir :: Blue (Love Blast/Subsound)

Reviews 12/18/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

Blue depicts that line between elation and melancholy, expanding the boundary dividing these emotions to produce a superb piece of electronics. I first came across […]

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V/A :: The Underground Wave 7″s (Walhalla)

Reviews 11/25/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

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 […]

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Dream Weapons :: Reach Dystopia (MRT)

Reviews 11/15/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

Strong and strident beat patterns with subtle key changes and bold 303 strokes. Unsurprising, Lux Rec’s sub label set the bar pretty high with its […]

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Thirteen, unlucky for some; not for Kernkrach.

Reviews 11/08/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

I find it hard to come at Kernkrach from a critical angle. For thirteen years they have been pioneering synthesizer music. The German label has […]

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The Silicon Scientist :: Outside the Night (Anna Logue)

Reviews 11/07/2015 by James Knapman

Anna Logue released one of the year’s best synth-pop albums in 2014 with Twins Natalia’s spellbinding The Destiny Room and with the late 2015 release […]

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Cygnus :: Radical User Interfaces EP (Central Processing Unit)

Reviews 11/01/2015 by Chang Terhune

Cygnus explores the tropes and memes of early techno and electro: snappy snares, pulsing, wobbling bass and shimmering arpeggios weaved around a futuristic sound and […]

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exm :: llmnt (Touched Music)

Reviews 10/27/2015 by Chang Terhune

The album abounds with weird, wonderful sounds, complex rhythms, cold, haunting melodies and a whole lot of dark, dim elements that make it a great […]

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Manie Sans Délire :: Manie Sans Délire ‎(June)

Reviews 10/25/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

A record that skips across the lines of wave, house, ebm and techno. Last month I was lucky enough to hear June doing his thing […]

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Wall $treet :: Trading for Love (Mysidian)

Reviews 10/17/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

Drum programs are more intricate, melodies flutter into unexplored flights of fancy without floating off into wilderness. The music of Nico Nightingale is progressing quite […]

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