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Björk – Vulnicura (2015)
“Find our mutual coordinates,” Björk coos on “Stonemilker,” the ravishing avant-classical opening salvo of her new album, Vulnicura. It’s a sentiment of direct romantic longing as translated by a...
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Bjørn Torske – Nedi Myra (1998, Remastered 2015)
The reissue of Bjørn Torske‘s 1998 release Nedi Myra is an essential listen. Each of the album’s eight tracks offers intricate arrangements that are often characterized by countless rhythmic elements...
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Beat Spacek – Modern Streets (2015)
Beat Spacek is the latest from Steve Spacek, a UK producer and vocalist who’s been on the scene for well over a decade and has the background to prove it from his work as Spacek to collaborations with...
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Man Without Country – Maximum Entropy (2015)
Since the release of their well received 2012 debut, Foe, Welsh duo Man Without Country have quickly gained a reputation as a go to act for those wanting a dash of electronic scuzz applied to their...
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Gigi Masin – Talk to the Sea (2014)
With an additional six tracks the CD release of ‘Talk to the Sea’ delves deeper into the archives of Gigi Masin; taking two tracks from the album ‘Wind’ and presenting four previously unreleased...
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Jean Michel Jarre – Chronologie (1993, Remastered 2015)
Chronologie (English: “chronology”) is eighth studio album by Jean Michel Jarre, inspired by Stephen Hawking’s book A Brief History of Time. For fans of Jarre, Chronologie contains more of Jarre’s...
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Michna – Thousand Thursday (2015)
It’s been seven years since New York producer Michna released his debut album, Magic Monday, but he’s still maintained quite the schedule. Outside of the random single or 7-inch, he’s composed music...
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Brian Eno – Nerve Net [Expanded Edition] (2014)
For the record, Nerve Net was not Brian Eno‘s first attempt at rock & roll. Not counting his time with Roxy Music, he also made several solo albums in the 1970s that were clearly intended as...
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Jean Michel Jarre – Zoolook (1984, Remastered 2015)
Zoolook is the fourth studio album by Jean Michel Jarre, originally released in 1984. On the first departure of his career since 1977’s Oxygène, Jarre combined an actual band and processed vocal...
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Matthew Herbert – Part 7 & 8 EP (2014)
Back in the mid-’90s, the conceptual glitch auteur Matthew Herbert released his house-leaning Part One through Part Six EPs. Just like Part 6, there’s an inverse relationship between the prosaic...
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Jean Michel Jarre – Revolutions (1988, Remastered 2015)
Revolutions is the sixth studio album by Jean Michel Jarre, first released in 1988. While it can be easy to dislike and dismiss some cookie-cutter electronic music, the challenge lies in finding...
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Jesse Ruins – Heartless (2014)
Looking at the track titles on Tokyo duo Jesse Ruins’ latest album, Heartless, it appears they’re devoting their second full-length to confronting the social-media-saturated world of 2014. Songs...
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Else Marie Pade – Electronic Works 1958-1995 (2014)
Else Marie Pade‘s Electronic Works 1958-1995 is a truly precious survey of a lone, pioneering voice in electronic music. Born in Aarhus, Denmark, in 1924, Else created the first piece of electronic...
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Ricardo Donoso – Saravá Exu (2015)
Boston-based and Brazilian-born experimentalist Ricardo Donoso wears many hats: drummer for Ehnahre, an exploratory death metal outfit; half of Perispirit, the output of which is aligned along...
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Jean Michel Jarre – Waiting for Cousteau (1990, Remastered 2015)
The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau has been one of television’s most celebrated programs of all time. Jean Michel Jarre, a countryman of Jacques Cousteau, composed and performed an e-music opus on...
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Jan St. Werner – Miscontinuum Album [Fiepblatter Catalogue #3] (2015)
The third volume in a series cataloging Jan St. Werner‘s more experimental output, Miscontinuum Album is a more ambitious and fleshed-out work than the other Fiepblatter releases. However, it’s just as...
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Jape – This Chemical Sea (2015)
One of the better jokes in Seth MacFarlane’s okay-wrap-it-up-now American Dad! sees intrepid buffoon Stan Smith fawn over R&B singer Patti LaBelle, condescendingly describing the genre as ‘one...
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Machinefabriek – The Measures Taken (2015)
After last year’s two releases (a compilation of rare tracks ”Dubbeltjes” and the reissue of a collaborative album with Dag Rosenqvist entitled ”Vintermusik”) a renowned sound artist Rutger Zuydervelt...
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Public Service Broadcasting – The Race for Space (2015)
Normally the words “Concept Album” are enough to make everyone at Contact Towers’ blood run cold – we’re thinking full on Jeff Wayne, chances of anything coming from Mars here – but for Public Service...
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John Carpenter – Lost Themes [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
John Carpenter has been responsible for much of the horror genre’s most striking soundtrack work in the fifteen movies he’s both directed and scored. The themes can instantly flood his fans’ musical...
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