As The Cosmological Constant opens up slow in its intended listening session, Bitbasic’s approach becomes clear, he plays games with the listener, toying with genre, pulling from IDM, glitch, trip-hop, and jazz without settling into any one space.
Tag: Trip Hop
Meat Beat Manifesto :: Subliminal Sandwich — The original 1996 Melody Maker review, revisited 30 years later
Originally published in Melody Maker on May 11, 1996, Mark Roland’s review of Meat Beat Manifesto’s Subliminal Sandwich captured the arrival of a record that would go on to become one of electronic music’s most influential and genre-defining releases; republished here with permission, 30 years on.
Parallel Action :: Parallel Action In Dub – The Energy Center (World Wide Web)
Rooted in a lifetime of dub devotion sparked by childhood sessions of LKJ in Dub, Jude Greenaway’s Parallel Action project channels deep bass pressure and meditative space into Parallel Action In Dub – The Energy Center, a cinematic, system-ready album that reframes dub as modern sonic restoration.
KIKOK :: Slow Crunch (Mestnost)
Across five original tracks and six transformative remixes, Fedoseev’s deep-rooted love for live performance radiates. Here, performance becomes communion—an unspoken language etched in shimmering soundscapes.
Red Snapper :: Barb and Feather (Lo Recordings)
An original, multi-textured, and richly layered electronic album that deserves far wider recognition. Showcasing top-tier electronic craftsmanship, it’s intensely stylish, vividly imaginative, and brilliantly creative—true to the fertile and uncompromising spirit of Lo Recordings.
Aroma Nice :: Old Haunts (YUKU)
This is an overall consistent and fun LP, one that does not rely on any quirks to be appealing; what Old Haunts can really rely on are its intense grooves, so much so that they’re both the backbone and in the forefront of these tracks.
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