Crystal Castles – Amnesty (I) (2016)
Known for their chaotic sound and abrasive live shows ever since their 2004 inception, Crystal Castles took their strangely addictive brand of destruction across the world and back numerous times. But,...
View ArticleNikita Bondarev – Siberian Ruins (2016)
…While many are not familiar with the name Nikita Bondarev, the artist is better known as Speck. His ambient electronics have always been graced with a layer of modern composition, and on this release,...
View ArticleTobacco – Sweatbox Dynasty (2016)
By the time ex-Black Moth Super Rainbow leader Tobacco released his fourth album, Sweatbox Dynasty, in 2016, anyone who had heard a single song by either his former band or his solo incarnation knew...
View ArticleBADBADNOTGOOD – IV [Japan Edition] (2016)
On their fourth proper album (not counting Sour Soul, their full-length collaboration with Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah), Canadian jazz group BadBadNotGood expand their sound, welcoming several...
View ArticleJameszoo – Fool [Japan Edition] (2016)
Brainfeeder Records has always been on the cutting edge of experimental, post-modern jazz. Flying Lotus’ Cosmogramma is a modern classic, Thundercat’s The Golden Age of Apocalypse has some of the best...
View ArticleVakula – Cyclicality Between Procyon and Gomeisa (2016)
It’s an interesting coincidence that new albums from Vakula and Jeff Mills were released within weeks of each other. Both artists have interests in sci-fi that go beyond sampling their favorite flicks....
View ArticleThe Gasman – Aeriform (2016)
Former Planet Mu affiliate Christopher Reeves continues his electronic journey as The Gasman, delivering his umpteenth album in 13 years. Aeriform isn’t far removed from work by other Mu luminaries...
View ArticleThom Sonny Green – High Anxiety (2016)
Alt-J drummer Thom Sonny Green’s debut solo record is an ambitious, chaotic project that straddles the line between electronic and experimental. High Anxiety is an exceptionally fitting title, as most...
View ArticleNYVES – Anxiety (2015)
The electronic genre never really made much impact in the Christian music industry as few projects have made waves since its inception in the early ’90s. However, it might be making a slight comeback...
View ArticleHesperius Draco – Northern Sages EP (2015)
It’s a relief to learn that Italian electronic musician Alessandro Parisi himself describes his Hesperius Draco music as ‘Esoteric Disco,’ considering that my own take on his latest outing under the...
View ArticleGonzo – Dies Irae (2016)
Gonzo is musician, DJ and Discrepant head honcho, Gonçalo F Cardoso. Since starting the label back in 2010, Gonzo has released a series of limited collage tapes on the label, Dies Irae being the very...
View ArticleBen Lukas Boysen – Spells (2016)
Who could’ve predicted neo-classical’s sudden surge in popularity? Call it what you will — modern composition, ambient, sound art, or call it all three — it seems a greater portion of listeners than...
View ArticleKazuya Matsumoto – Mizu No Katachi (2015)
With Mizu no katachi (Shape of Water) sounding so convincingly like an undoctored collection of field recordings, one begins to wonder what exactly Kazuya Matsumoto did aside from gathering the sound...
View ArticleGlass Animals – How to Be a Human Being (2016)
Glass Animals’ upswing from a mysterious glitched -out bunch of slug lovers to a rabble-rousing crew of pop Pied Pipers is an astonishing sight. Those who bet on the Oxford outfit becoming The Next Big...
View ArticleContact – Zero Moment (2016)
Pittsburgh-based drummer and synthesizer player A.E. Paterra (of Zombi and Majeure) joins British film composer and new age musician Paul Lawler for the suspenseful collaboration known as Contact....
View ArticleVA – Driftless Ambient II (2015)
Driftless Ambient II, the second compilation from small New York-based label Driftless Recordings, features submissions from the label’s regulars as well as newcomers, and the collection demonstrates...
View ArticleLindstrøm – Windings EP (2016)
We chastise artists for changing, and we chastise them for staying the same. Give us more of what we like, but do it differently. Try something new, but make sure it feels familiar. Follow your muse,...
View ArticleDavid Cordero – El Rumor del Oleaje (2016)
Some derive solace from the sunlight streaking through the trees of a forest, others from the breathtaking panoramas made possible by a mountain hike. For David Cordero, the shorelines of his native...
View ArticlePeter Broderick – Partners (2016)
As a love letter to John Cage, multi-instrumentalist and composer Peter Broderick based most of his seventh solo album Partners on Cage’s concept of chance-based composition. Before writing any of the...
View ArticleVA – Gqom Oh! The Sound of Durban (2016)
The Rome-based DJ/producer Nan Kolè discovered gqom late one night last January when he saw a friend tagged in a link with the mysterious hashtag: #Gqom. Luckily he clicked on the link and committed to...
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