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VA – The Brain Box: Cerebral Sounds of Brain Records 1972-1979 (2017)
Founded in 1972, German label Brain now commands a status and reputation among listeners and collectors all over the world that would have been unimaginable at the time. Today, it is regarded as one of...
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VA – Visions of Darkness (In Iranian Contemporary Music) (2017)
…This unprecedented compilation finally sheds light on a scene that thrives despite its home country’s religiously driven state. The music on Visions of Darkness shows a thriving community of explorers...
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Max Cooper – World Passing By EP (2017)
Following the release of Chromos earlier this year, Max Cooper is back to delight followers with World Passing By. The EP, like much of Cooper’s discography, explores the intersection of science, music...
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Andrew Weatherall – Qualia (2017)
Andrew Weatherall is a name synonymous with electronic music. His achievements are vast, varied and unsurprising considering he’s been in the game for a few decades now. Arguably the forefather of IDM...
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Hess Is More – 80 Years (2017)
In truth, 80 Years may not be everyone’s cup of tea, at least, not all of it. However in the midst of this marriage of Kraftwerk-esque synth pop and Carl Orff-like cantata there are some moments of...
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eleh – Home Age (2017)
Eleh returns to Important Records with Home Age, the elusive drone project’s first album in five years, as well as a split release with electroacoustic composer Christina Kubisch. Home Age is Eleh’s...
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Dead Fader – Jenny153 (2017)
British-born John Cohen (aka Dead Fader) mines his country’s rich IDM tradition for Jenny 153, a mature album that displays its influences tastefully while confidently moving the style into the future....
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Bitchin Bajas – Bajas Fresh (2017)
Following collaborations with Bonnie Prince Billy, Natural Information Society, and filmmaker Olivia Wyatt, as well as a short album titled Transporteur, Bajas Fresh is the second Drag City-issued...
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Darshan Ambient – Lingering Day: Anatomy of a Daydream (2017)
Michael Allison’s tenth Darshan Ambient release on the Spotted Peccary label presents a compelling argument for the ongoing vitality of the decades-long project. Though it’s possible there’s an album...
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Yaeji – Yaeji EP (2017)
When you think of house vocalists, you might recall the larger-than-life pipes and jaunty delivery of ’90s-era singers — like Barbara Tucker, Kathy Sledge, or Meli’sa Morgan — who channel the genre’s...
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VA – American Dance Music vol. 1 (2017)
For Argot’s five-year compilation, American Dance Music Vol. 1, the label asked its artists to reflect on the scene by naming the challenges it faces. Among the answers: few clubs, no demand, high DJ...
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Brian Eno with Tom Rogerson – Finding Shore (2017)
As a member of London band Three Trapped Tigers, Tom Rogerson blends an invigorating mix of noise-rock, math rock and heady electronic music. On Finding Shore, the immortal Brian Eno helps bring out...
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Visible Cloaks – Lex EP (2017)
Visible Cloaks‘ new mini album Lex continues the work begun at the beginning of the year by Reassemblage. The 6 tracks, composed by software rooted in randomisation and MIDI-translation, provide a...
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Om Unit – Self (2017)
In 2013, in conversation with Plastician, Jim Coles discussed his interest in genre fringes and hybrid styles. “I tend to connect more with the people that surf those edges and come out with something...
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Yamaneko – Spa Commissions (2017)
Yamaneko is on something of a roll right now. 2016 brought two albums for Local Action, under his own name and via the Mr Mitch collaboration Yaroze Dream Suite. Even the producer’s mixes are something...
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Loke Rahbek & Frederik Valentin – Buy Corals Online (2017)
Posh Isolation got its start as an outlet for power electronics, industrial, and post-punk; it was born of provocation. But lately the Danish label’s output is just as likely to reflect a softer,...
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Re-TROS – Before the Applause (2017)
Beijing’s Re-TROS went through quite the evolution during the eight years between 2009’s excellently named Watch Out! Climate Has Changed, Fat Mum Rises… and its follow-up, Before the Applause. While...
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Scanner – Fibolae (2017)
Robin Rimbaud, AKA Scanner, has been releasing music for over two decades. There was a point in the mid-Nineties when he was a media “thing” due to the way he sampled sounds plucked from the airwaves....
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Burnt Friedman – Anthology 1980-2017 (2017)
This compilation spanning a period of 37 years features Burnt Friedman‘s releases and edits thereof from vinyl-only labels (Latency (FR), Marionette (CA), Dekmantel (NL) amongst others) plus 4...
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Nicolas Jaar – Sirens [Deluxe Edition] (2017)
…the expanded set comes packaged with three previously unreleased tracks: “America/I’m for the Birds”, “Wildflowers” and “Coin in Nine Hands”. They were all written and recorded during the summer of...
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