Category Archives: Electronic

Potras23 ~ PTRS

One of the most fascinating artists interviewed in Ukrainian Field Notes XXXVI is Kyrylo Potras (Potras23).  Potras lost a leg in a landmine explosion, but continues to serve as a Marine in Ukraine.  He’s also a devoted father and an electronic

Potras23 ~ PTRS

One of the most fascinating artists interviewed in Ukrainian Field Notes XXXVI is Kyrylo Potras (Potras23).  Potras lost a leg in a landmine explosion, but continues to serve as a Marine in Ukraine.  He’s also a devoted father and an electronic

Farewell Phoenix ~ The Angels In These Fields

Imagine receiving a wooden box in the mail, stamped with a branding iron, with letters stained in wine.  Inside the box, a bottle and a tape, nestled in soft sponges that look like burnt orange coral.  The contents build a

Farewell Phoenix ~ The Angels In These Fields

Imagine receiving a wooden box in the mail, stamped with a branding iron, with letters stained in wine.  Inside the box, a bottle and a tape, nestled in soft sponges that look like burnt orange coral.  The contents build a

Dame Area ~ Toda la verdad sobre Dame Area

Toda la verdad sobre Dame Area (The whole truth about Dame Area) is an atypical choice for A Closer Listen, but its power is irresistible.  On their fourth album, Dame Area (the Italian-Catalan duo of Silvia Konstance and Viktor Lux Crux) has made

Dame Area ~ Toda la verdad sobre Dame Area

Toda la verdad sobre Dame Area (The whole truth about Dame Area) is an atypical choice for A Closer Listen, but its power is irresistible.  On their fourth album, Dame Area (the Italian-Catalan duo of Silvia Konstance and Viktor Lux Crux) has made

Various Artists ~ Dekmantel Ten: A Decade of Dekmantel Music

Dekmantel Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary with a massive box set: seven albums, each loosely representing one of the festival stages, containing 44 exclusive tracks from Dekmantel artists old and new.  The genres are generous, including techno, house, breakbeat and jungle;

Various Artists ~ Dekmantel Ten: A Decade of Dekmantel Music

Dekmantel Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary with a massive box set: seven albums, each loosely representing one of the festival stages, containing 44 exclusive tracks from Dekmantel artists old and new.  The genres are generous, including techno, house, breakbeat and jungle;

Styrofoam ~ the lost album

One of fall’s most enjoyable electronic albums is a time traveler, beamed to us from 2000-2001.  While listening, fans of a certain age are thrown back to the halcyon days at the turn of the century, before 9-11, before Brexit,

Styrofoam ~ the lost album

One of fall’s most enjoyable electronic albums is a time traveler, beamed to us from 2000-2001.  While listening, fans of a certain age are thrown back to the halcyon days at the turn of the century, before 9-11, before Brexit,

Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Electronic

The beats are back!  It’s time to move and groove with a full slate of electronic releases, designed to motivate and energize.  This tempo-based genre ranges from the languid to the extreme, with everything between. This season we see further

Fall Music Preview 2024 ~ Electronic

The beats are back!  It’s time to move and groove with a full slate of electronic releases, designed to motivate and energize.  This tempo-based genre ranges from the languid to the extreme, with everything between. This season we see further

Francesco Leali ~ Let Us Descend

Halloween is still more than two months away, but it arrives early on this release.  Considering the fact that Christmas flyers are already landing in our mailboxes, it seems fair game.  Not everyone is a child of summer, and this

Francesco Leali ~ Let Us Descend

Halloween is still more than two months away, but it arrives early on this release.  Considering the fact that Christmas flyers are already landing in our mailboxes, it seems fair game.  Not everyone is a child of summer, and this

ummsbiaus ~ Metro Suite No. 3, Op. 7

ummsibiaus‘ career continues to develop at an astonishing rate.  Metro Suite No. 3, Op. 7 is the Kyiv composer’s third suite in a year, each one sonically distinct.  In the interim, she also published Divonia, the first single from the upcoming

ummsbiaus ~ Metro Suite No. 3, Op. 7

ummsibiaus‘ career continues to develop at an astonishing rate.  Metro Suite No. 3, Op. 7 is the Kyiv composer’s third suite in a year, each one sonically distinct.  In the interim, she also published Divonia, the first single from the upcoming