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Poppy Ackroyd – Sketches (2017)
Following two albums of inventive compositions for piano and violin released by Denovali Records, Poppy Ackroyd moved to One Little Indian in 2017. Her first recording for the label is Sketches, which...
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Micronism – Inside a Quiet Mind (1998, Remastered 2017)
Trying to find out much about Micronism, aka Denver McCarthy, isn’t easy. The mysterious New Zealand electronic music act was part of a burgeoning ‘90s electronic scene in New Zealand after which he...
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Byron Westbrook – Body Consonance (2017)
Byron Westbrook’s music has always been physical. But over a near-decade of his work as a sound artist and composer, “physical” has mostly meant “spatial.” He’s devoted much of his time to...
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Kllo – Backwater (2017)
In the two years since their Well Worn EP, Kllo embarked on an extensive world tour and began writing on the road for what would become their first full-length. The Melbourne electro-pop duo (cousins...
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John Carpenter – Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998 (2017)
As the director and composer behind dozens of classic movies, John Carpenter has established a reputation as one of the greatest filmmakers in the history of modern cinema, as well as one of its most...
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Professor Rhythm – Bafana Bafana (1995, Reissue 2017)
Professor Rhythm is the production moniker of South African music man Thami Mdluli. Throughout the 1980’s, Mdluli was member of chart-topping groups Taboo and CJB, playing bubblegum pop to stadiums....
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Errorsmith – Superlative Fatigue (2017)
A robot stutters rhythmically amidst a flurry of synthetic drums as “Lightspeed” brings Superlative Fatigue, Erik Wiegand’s first full-length in 13 years, blazingly into focus. The cheerful staccato...
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Högni – Two Trains (2017)
Icelandic composer and singer Högni, better known as the front man of indie rock band Hjaltalín and previous member of electronic group GusGus, introducing as the newest addition to Erased Tapes with...
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Lindstrøm – It’s Alright Between Us as It Is (2017)
Hans-Peter Lindstrøm tends to switch between a few different modes for his full-length and EP releases. While he’s best known for his gliding, shimmering space disco tracks, he’s also explored glittery...
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Carla dal Forno – The Garden EP (2017)
On Carla dal Forno‘s debut album, You Know What It’s Like, the Berlin-based artist mixed atmospheric production and gothic sensibilities for a result that was disarmingly intimate and, often,...
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Odonis Odonis – No Pop (2017)
Since their blown-out 2011 debut, Toronto trio Odonis Odonis has continued to push their sound further into the depths of post-apocalyptic experimentation. Following 2016’s foreboding Post Plague, No...
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Mariam The Believer – Love Everything (2017)
In addition to her solo work as Mariam The Believer, Mariam Wallentin is one half of vocal-and-drum-duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums with husband Andreas Werliin. She is also a founding member and...
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Lee Gamble – Mnestic Pressure (2017)
Mnestic Pressure, Lee Gamble’s first album for Hyperdub, finds him at a point in his career where he seems to be looking to systematically dismember his sound and refashion it into something faster and...
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Giraffage – Too Real (2017)
Vaporwave and its related offshoot, future funk, are geared toward making modern art from the digital detritus of ’80s and ’90s pop culture. At worst, it might come across as too-ironic memes, but at...
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Grandbrothers – Open (2017)
Grandbrothers are a musical duo that create music from one instrument – the piano. They’re not both pianists however and that provides a helpful opening context to understanding their sound. Erol Sarp...
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Ecca Vandal – Ecca Vandal (2017)
When Ecca Vandal emerged in 2014 with “White Flag”, she appeared to be an artist fully formed. A brash electro-punk anthem complete with striking DIY film clip, it wasn’t a question of how good it was,...
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Cologne Tape – Welt (2017)
Cologne Tape is an on-and-off gathering of musicians from all over the world, incorporating the nucleus of the label Magazine and consisting of Michael Dippel (aka Ada), Barnt, Jens-Uwe Beyer, Jörg...
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Heinali & Matt Finney – How We Lived (2017)
Matt Finney and Heinali don’t so much mix genres as they flatten them into a single drone. Finney, a spoken word poet from the U.S., and Heinali, a self-taught composer from Ukraine, have been working...
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VA – Marathon, Not a Sprint! 10 Years of Greco-Roman (2017)
Since Greco-Roman arrived into our lives a decade ago, they’ve never failed to deliver on their motto: “We make colourful music because we dance in the dark.” Throughout the years the independent has...
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Scanner – The Great Crater (2017)
Robin Rimbaud, aka Scanner — sometimes he is William Orbit, and sometimes he is Brian Eno. Other times still, he can be Bruce Gilbert, making mysterious noises that occasionally take on musical...
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