There is something so charming and quirky about this album, it’s just infectious. Protest Crayon bring a playful absurdity to the sometimes twee and rather […]
Tag: Synth
Laugh Clown Laugh / Play :: Double review (Medical)
It is releases like Laugh Clown Laugh and Play which have made Troy Wadsworth’s imprint the respected global label it has become. Medical Records is […]
LPF12 :: Rising Through Barricades (The Crime League)
Rising Through Barricades is a mysteriously evanescent, naturalistic and ethereal ambient album which gives a main importance to rhythmical experimentation, incorporating endlessly moving and majestically […]
Isinglass :: One 3 Four (Anna Logue)
One 3 Four melts with an emotionless disregard married with a synthesizer absorption that captured much of the New Wave spirit. I sometimes feel that […]
Ian Boddy & Markus Reuter :: Colour Division (DiN)
A delightful album where the electric guitar is in intimate conversation with a network of textured synthesized ambiences. This Colour Division is the fifth chapter of […]
Dark Day / Nagamatzu :: Double review (Dark Entries)
Dark Entries continues its stroll down memory lane with two more veterans of the label. Dark Day (aka Robin Crutchfield) has just been crowned most […]
Body 11 / Die Gesunden :: Double review (Medical)
Medical Records need little introduction on Igloo, but their latest duo of artists might. Body 11 is Tim Stickelbrucks, a German artist who was inspired […]
Conquering Animal Sound :: On Floating Bodies (Chemikal Underground)
A seminal second record by the Scots, full of interesting detail and powerful songwriting. It’s hard not to feel that if Björk were to start again, […]
Eleven Pond :: Assemblage (Dark Entries)
Eleven Pond should need no introduction. This 80s group have reformed since being picked up by DE back in 2009. The group are gigging again, […]
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