Category Archives: Electronic

Toaster ~ Buy Both and Feel Deceived

Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package! Re-evaluate the songs… Slip them into different sleeves, buy both and feel deceived? It’s not everyday an electronic artist names a record after a quote from a Smiths song, but it’s a pretty good way to put

Toaster ~ Buy Both and Feel Deceived

Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package! Re-evaluate the songs… Slip them into different sleeves, buy both and feel deceived? It’s not everyday an electronic artist names a record after a quote from a Smiths song, but it’s a pretty good way to put

Laurel Halo ~ Quarantine

‘Words are just words that you soon forget,’ sings Laurel Halo on the closing track of her debut full-length, which seems to undermine all that has gone before. For there are quite a lot of words on this record –

Laurel Halo ~ Quarantine

‘Words are just words that you soon forget,’ sings Laurel Halo on the closing track of her debut full-length, which seems to undermine all that has gone before. For there are quite a lot of words on this record –

Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland ~ Black Is Beautiful

The duo previously known as Hype Williams are now using their ‘real’ names (it’s highly likely these too are pseudonyms, mind), presumably after a polite note from a lawyer representing the video director. But that’s the only thing that has

Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland ~ Black Is Beautiful

The duo previously known as Hype Williams are now using their ‘real’ names (it’s highly likely these too are pseudonyms, mind), presumably after a polite note from a lawyer representing the video director. But that’s the only thing that has

Simon Haiduk ~ Pulse

Pulse is intended to look like it sounds and sound like it looks.  The album cover features soft lines at the bottom, clear lines at the top, off-center curves, a logo like a rising sun and a series of shadowed trees.

Simon Haiduk ~ Pulse

Pulse is intended to look like it sounds and sound like it looks.  The album cover features soft lines at the bottom, clear lines at the top, off-center curves, a logo like a rising sun and a series of shadowed trees.

Porya Hatami ~ Unstable

An underground scene seems to be thriving in Iran, despite the lack of international coverage.  Porya Hatami‘s latest effort is an electronic beauty that sounds quiet and comforting when one is tired and active and energizing when one is awake.

Porya Hatami ~ Unstable

An underground scene seems to be thriving in Iran, despite the lack of international coverage.  Porya Hatami‘s latest effort is an electronic beauty that sounds quiet and comforting when one is tired and active and energizing when one is awake.

Krzysztof Orluk & Bai Tian ~ Structure Of

Structure Of, also known as ChoP 5, is the latest in a series of international ventures between China and Poland.  Curators and artists Grzegorz Bojanek and Zen Lu created the first collaboration in 2006.  Since then the project has grown to

Krzysztof Orluk & Bai Tian ~ Structure Of

Structure Of, also known as ChoP 5, is the latest in a series of international ventures between China and Poland.  Curators and artists Grzegorz Bojanek and Zen Lu created the first collaboration in 2006.  Since then the project has grown to

drill + mallo ~ simple turns EP

“drill eats nails and batteries.  mallo, strings.”  This is a fine introduction to an India-based duo whose simple turns EP simmers and smokes like an overheating machine.  While it never quite erupts into whining gears and flying shards, the EP offers restrained

drill + mallo ~ simple turns EP

“drill eats nails and batteries.  mallo, strings.”  This is a fine introduction to an India-based duo whose simple turns EP simmers and smokes like an overheating machine.  While it never quite erupts into whining gears and flying shards, the EP offers restrained

Julia Holter ~ Ekstasis

In my review of Julianna Barwick’s A Magic Place  for the now sadly gone The Silent Ballet (a moment of silence, please), I concluded with a rather misinformed opinion on female vocalists and how there are very few of them

Julia Holter ~ Ekstasis

In my review of Julianna Barwick’s A Magic Place  for the now sadly gone The Silent Ballet (a moment of silence, please), I concluded with a rather misinformed opinion on female vocalists and how there are very few of them