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 […]
Tag: Synth
exm :: llmnt (Touched Music)
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 […]
Manie Sans Délire :: Manie Sans Délire (June)
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 […]
Wall $treet :: Trading for Love (Mysidian)
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 […]
Frak :: Primitive Drums (Lux Rec)
“Frak is someone who never disappoints. It is not just one record, or their music, but the attitude of the group and the label, Borft, […]
Dead Fader :: Dosage EP (Touchin’ Bass)
Dead Fader (aka John Cohen) is most known for his work on Robot Elephant and the brilliant collaboration with Sensational on the Work It, No […]
Berlin. Detroit. Sheffield. Tallinn? :: Estonian Electronics from Porridge Bullet
Eastern Europe has been somewhat forgotten, even ignored, by electronic enthusiasts. Britain, Germany and the US are the historic epicenters with the likes of Scandinavia […]
Alex Menzies :: Order & Disorder (Kathexis)
Order & Disorder brings together twenty pieces of contemporary classical music. Flickering machine sounds sit between rich and textured piano sounds. But that would be […]
Enmetertre :: Herman The Dog EP (Jens)
So this may be a 12” dedicated to a canine companion, but as silly as that sounds the EP doesn’t lapse into the stereotype. Instead […]
“Something wicked this way comes…” :: Occult Research
More and more labels are turning to tapes. I remember my initial reaction: “Why?” Price being the obvious reason. But, the return to cassettes has […]















