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V/A :: Europe (A Strangely Isolated Place)

Reviews 01/11/2015 by Elan Samuel

Europe features 10 absolutely incredible works of ambient exploration. These pieces of music are very different from one another, though they all occupy the same […]

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The Isolator :: Distance EP (Lockertmatik)

Reviews 01/10/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

The Isolator weaves rich harmonies, diverting melodies and developing complex soundscapes. It’s always satisfying to return to a label. I covered Lockertmatik a couple of […]

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D’Marc Cantu :: Zone 4 (Shaddock)

Reviews 01/02/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

A 12″ which builds on past successes and opens new avenues. Nation founded Jakbeat. Well, its foundations were laid down by the godfathers of Chicago […]

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SHXCXCHCXSH :: Linear S Decoded (Avian)

Reviews 01/01/2015 by Alan Lockett

Linear S Decoded adds more melodic and narrative cues, favoring bruitism over brutalism, while still being one of the more uncompromising Techno works 2014 has […]

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Taavi Tulev :: Kuku! (Self-Released)

Reviews 01/01/2015 by Andrew Danso

The environment teems naturally, birds chirp, a breeze gently fleets, the lake splashes and bees pan across the stereo field, humming in and out. It’s […]

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Divine Profanity :: In Paradisum Interview and Mix

Profiles 12/22/2014 by Robbie Geoghegan

An unstable middle ground has been carved out by these Frenchmen. 4/4 patterns exist, but these can easily dissolve into broken or eradicated beat. Melodies […]

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V/A :: 5 Years of De:Tuned (De:Tuned)

Reviews 12/14/2014 by Robbie Geoghegan

Across this five disc archive are some of the men who founded electronic music, names that breathed life into the genre and inspired a generation. […]

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Son Kite :: Prisma (Iboga)

Reviews 12/14/2014 by Nocturnal Ghost

Instead of trying to reinvent the genre, Mullaert and Henriksson disconnect themselves from the shadows of the past, and focus on the present. Whether it’s […]

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Assalti Industriali :: Assalto Primero (Instruments of Discipline)

Reviews 12/13/2014 by Robbie Geoghegan

This is hammer and horror material, tracks that have grown out of the industrial traditions without becoming subsumed into the duller side of modern Techno. […]

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