Contrasts melt, comparisons jar as a strange sense of composition is somehow maintained in this immensely absorbing album. Jeroen Lauwers is a staple of Testtoon […]
Tag: Techno
Endfest / Layup :: Double Review (Endless Illusion)
Looking over Endless Illusion’s back catalog it’s fair to say that the label took educated risks with its first vinyl outings. This latest pair, lesser […]
V/A :: Touched Bass (Touched Music / Bass Agenda)
Touched Bass brings together a vast array of artists for a great cause from techno, ambient and industrial. Given the heaviness of a lot of these tracks […]
Marshall Applewhite :: We All Die EP (Detroit Underground)
We All Die states the inevitable, but it also aims for audible perfection where slow-motion electrical sounds resonate, rattle and rummage. A bemusing yet impacting downtempo EP, this is multi-directional […]
Anopolis :: Dimokritou EP (Lower Parts)
Drum machine programming is taken to a new level for Dimokritou. Anopolis’ Akropoleos is a record that I’ve practically worn out through overplay, and it’s […]
David Morley :: The Origin of Storms (De:Tuned)
Ambient music with a rich and textured techno depth. Inspired by Conrad Schnitzler, Morley draws on a soft and serene selection of sounds, swirling them […]
**Stream exclusive—Sote :: Hyper-urban 20 30 EP (Ge-stell)
Stream exclusive! “Hyper-urban 20 30 continues Sote’s path of beatless electronic music that aims for the brain to send movement signals to the rest of the […]
Honzo :: Melancholia (Arboretum)
This is dark, lonely music; terrifying in one respect and cruelly honest. And within this rawness, this discord, there are wonderful moments. One of the […]
Boulderdash :: Pro Time Killers (DataDoor)
Progenitor’s of the early 00’s melodic ambient-electronic arena, Boulderdash hone in on their sense of rhythm and tone as Pro Time Killers provides a great snapshot of their […]
Stephen Lopkin :: The Strategic Steam Reserve (Titanic City)
The style is retrospective, but no replication. This is a just cracking 12” from a new generation of future gazers. Warm and textured throughout, heady and […]
Final Cut :: Deep Into The Cut (re-release) (We Can Elude Control)
Deep Into The Cut is an American reflection of what was happening in Europe, a mirror of the punk grime and electro terror of Europe. […]
















