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DJ Koze – knock knock (2018)
It’s been five years since expert turntablist and genre-blending beat-maker Stefan Kozalla released a DJ Koze album, but his long-players are generally worth the wait, and knock knock is no exception....
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Zinovia Arvanitidi – Ivory (2018)
There’s conceivably no better fit for Zinovia Arvanitidi‘s music than the Japan-based Kitchen. Label, with the imprint’s packaging of her latest release as exquisite as the ten impressionistic piano...
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Black Moth Super Rainbow – Panic Blooms (2018)
The opening warbles of Panic Blooms tease out Black Moth Super Rainbow‘s now-customary contradictions: acceptance and unease, disintegrating textures and clear melody and vocoder lyrics both precise...
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Venetian Snares & Daniel Lanois – Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois (2018)
What began as a phone call from Daniel Lanois to Venetian Snares (aka Aaron Funk) in 2014, simply to say that he was a fan, ended up in three jam sessions at Lanois’s Toronto studio, more than an...
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Fluxion – Ripple Effect (2018)
This seventh album from Konstantinos Soublis will strike some as a bit minimalist. That’s not entirely true. But if your taste leans toward adrenaline-junky electronic music, look elsewhere. Instead,...
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Elysia Crampton – Elysia Crampton EP (2018)
In a 2016 essay about current design trends, the art critic Kyle Chayka refers to the reigning minimalism fetish as “visually oppressive.” It encourages conformism to a kind of risk-free cleanliness,...
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Brian Eno – Music for Installations (2018)
Since the 1970s, Brian Eno has composed music for numerous art installations, combining video, lighting, and sculpture with music that is often generative. He initially experimented with tape...
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Matt Karmil – Will (2018)
Matt Karmil‘s output is varied — almost to a fault, he says. You only need to give 2016’s patchwork IDLE033 LP a spin to see the diverse places his sample-led style can take him. But there are strong...
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The Beat Escape – Life Is Short the Answer’s Long (2018)
Addy Weitzman and Patrick A. Boivin are masters of elegant minimalist electronic pop, layering lush synth pads and tasteful dark-toned guitar parts over spare pulsing beats. The two Montreal-based...
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Vive la Void – Vive la Void (2018)
As one half of Moon Duo, Sanae Yamada fuses chugging psychedelic grooves with a classic synthesizer grain and airy vocal harmonies. Her electronics give Moon Duo’s songs an otherworldly sheen, making...
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Ben LaMar Gay – Downtown Castles Can Never Block the Sun (2018)
There is no one universe for Ben LaMar Gay, he just sonic booms from one sound to another. His solo debut, Downtown Castles Can Never Block the Sun, is really a patch-work of seven albums, recorded...
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Curve – Cuckoo [Expanded Edition] (2017)
Compiled by Dean Garcia and Toni Halliday, expanded two-CD set includes all the remixes from the “Blackerthreetrackertwo” CD single, various B-sides and the original versions of “Rising” and “Half the...
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Scott Tuma – No Greener Grass (2017)
At twenty-five songs, No Greener Grass is about as comprehensive a portrait of Scott Tuma‘s artistry as one might hope to find. Pitched by the label as “a deep-rooted and photographic song cycle...
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Ceephax – Camelot Arcade (2018)
When a longhaired Andy Jenkinson performed his first ever Ceephax Acid Crew gig at the 333 club in London, aged 18, he never intended to make a career out of it. “It wasn’t even my aim to be a...
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Chris Reimer – Hello People (2018)
It’s been a busy season for the former members of the much-loved but short-lived Calgary indie-rock act Women. The band’s singer, Patrick Flegel, recently stepped out with their avant-pop drag queen...
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Simian Mobile Disco – Murmurations (2018)
When a flock of birds forms a murmuration, they create a shape-shifting mass that swoops and twists at will. As the Deep Throat Choir wrap their vocals around each other and Simian Mobile Disco further...
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Jean-Michel Blais – Dans ma main (2018)
It’s clear from the cover art that the second release from Jean-Michel Blais is going to be different. While 2016’s Il (and its own cover art) offered a snapshot of the pianist composing at home in his...
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Will DiMaggio – At Ease (2018)
Those tuned in enough to the dance scene will perhaps remember Will DiMaggio as the man behind Jaw Jam, with releases dating back to 2012. Most however, will know him from his recent “Fusion (Broadcast...
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Aïsha Devi – DNA Feelings (2018)
Electronic music aimed at mainstream club culture is just as bad as any other kind of mass-appeal pop music. Its rules are every bit as restrictive and creatively stifling. Artists like Aïsha Devi —...
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Max Richter – The Blue Notebooks: 15 Years Edition (2018)
The 15th anniversary reissue of Max Richter’s sophomore album expanded with a bonus disc including an orchestral version of ‘On the Nature of Daylight’ and a previously unreleased 2018 take on...
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