Experimental Electronic Music
Two highly acclaimed figures of IDM, downtempo, synth, and post-techno music join forces to release a puzzling album of hyperactive grooves and hypnotic pulses seconded by soothing ambient moves. The thematic background leads the listener into the modern-era of cycling and in particular the Tour de France’s epic sport adventure.
The whole of The Phenol Tapes is a deep journey into the interior of Scanner’s creative mind as well as the lands of Captiva Island and comes highly recommended.
Globally, All of My Faults Laid Bare demonstrates a strong use of meandering synthesized textures with looped sequences, softly moving in deep space.
Mike Gale’s Hey Presto, a lightened long-player that tip-toes between lounge, downtempo, shoegaze, and laid-back soundscapes that are cool to the touch, was released in April 2024.
The high-octane drill’n bass maestro keeps pushing the envelope, incorporating sandblasted acid-electronics and off-center rhythms in this heavyweight five pack manifest.
The mighty label Errorgrid is host to an incredible stable of artists working in a wide variety of genres, modes and formats but all reminiscent of “a darker sound of a present future” as the label motto goes. Their Quantized Realities – Technology compilation is a perfect record of the label’s roster and sound.
In this captivating Vangelis-inspired extended player, shifting synths, modular panoramas, subdued vocoders, and widescreen percussive elements interact succinctly, creating a pleasantly drifting voyage.
Brutalist is an intriguing and varied collection of electronic tracks that reflect a smorgasbord of sub-genres, the most of which are readily identifiable by attentive listening.
Thanks to Pink B for this break from the action in an overstimulated world, and to bright days of true connection that await ahead. This […]
Vapored Angels’ relentless assault of harsh electronics and tortured instrumentals propels itself to our list of the best releases of 2024.
Material from the following interview with Don Slepian was used in Justin Patrick Moore’s new book The Radio Phonics Laboratory: Telecommunications, Speech Synthesis, and the Birth of Electronic Music from Velocity Press and available on Bookshop.org, Amazon, and fine bookstores everywhere.
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