Cute Heels is, in part, continuing the Industrial project which was started in the late 70s. That coarse and primitive pulse of the past is […]
Tag: Synth
Cold Colors :: Dans Le Vide (Lux Rec)
The Bordeaux man has adapted the synth styles of the 80s, rinsing them with contemporary machines and modern day insecurities. I’ve never been great at […]
Colo :: “Aubade” (Ki)
A really beautiful piece of music using minimalist ideas of repetition and simplicity. “Aubade,” taken from London duo Colo’s debut album UR is a stripped […]
Dead Fader :: Blood Forest / Scorched (Robot Elephant / Small But Hard)
Since that exhilarating 4-track release the producer behind the moniker (John Cohen) has been a bit busy. Two full length albums released simultaneously across two […]
V/A :: Underground Wave Vol 4 (Walhalla)
Certain old friends have been revisited with unheard offerings of angst and synth. Alongside these past artists come new names, forgotten and unknown artists and […]
Anklebiter :: Weight of a Pronoun (The Crime League)
Portland, Oregon based Tanner Volz, aka Anklebiter, wants you to know that without his collaborators, Weight of a Pronoun wouldn’t have happened. “I doubt I […]
Crash Course in Science & Psyche :: Double review (Dark Entries)
I sadly missed Dark Entries label boss Josh Cheon on his recent visit to Madrid. We made the plans, but they fell through; the best […]
Huerco S. :: Colonial Patterns (Software)
That rare combination of intellectual stimulus and visceral irresistability. A colonial pattern is the cooperative formation of complex patterns, like the snowflakes drifting earthwards to […]
SXSW 2014 Moog / Switched On showcase :: Visual archive
Austin’s SXSW is the world’s largest and most diverse music festival, where over 2,200 bands performed this year. One of the highlights for electronic music […]