Category Archives: Electronic

Sheeba exp. ~ Soliloquy // A Body Knows

Quality instrumental-based industrial music is in short supply these days, which makes Soliloquy // A Body Knows a modern gem.  As one can glean from the sublime artwork of Fabrizio Nisi, the music is suffused with an aura of darkness

Sheeba exp. ~ Soliloquy // A Body Knows

Quality instrumental-based industrial music is in short supply these days, which makes Soliloquy // A Body Knows a modern gem.  As one can glean from the sublime artwork of Fabrizio Nisi, the music is suffused with an aura of darkness

AUDUS ~ RESET

Once in a while it’s great to hear that the old ways are being honored, cherished and kept alive.  On RESET, ALDUS enlists the aid of a turntablist and delves into trip-hop timbres, referencing the musical heritage of Sheffield.  The

AUDUS ~ RESET

Once in a while it’s great to hear that the old ways are being honored, cherished and kept alive.  On RESET, ALDUS enlists the aid of a turntablist and delves into trip-hop timbres, referencing the musical heritage of Sheffield.  The

Bibio & Dorian Concept ~ Answers

Bibio has the distinction of having appeared on our lists of Best Spring Albums and Favorite Fall Albums while also popping up in a Lost Children summer mix. Now teaming up with the pastoral synthesist Dorian Concept, the artist has produced

Bibio & Dorian Concept ~ Answers

Bibio has the distinction of having appeared on our lists of Best Spring Albums and Favorite Fall Albums while also popping up in a Lost Children summer mix. Now teaming up with the pastoral synthesist Dorian Concept, the artist has produced

Nero’s Day at Disneyland ~ Grand Reopening

How long has hyperpop been around?  A lot longer than one might suspect.  Nero’s Day at Disneyland has been active for over two decades, while the last album proper from Lauren Bousfield’s project even predates our site.  Listening to 2005’s

Nero’s Day at Disneyland ~ Grand Reopening

How long has hyperpop been around?  A lot longer than one might suspect.  Nero’s Day at Disneyland has been active for over two decades, while the last album proper from Lauren Bousfield’s project even predates our site.  Listening to 2005’s

Sunken Cages ~ Neram Pularumbol

Neram Pularumbol (“As The Dawn Breaks”) finds Sunken Cages pulling the rhythmic traditions of South India into an electronic vocabulary of bass, drones, and fractured club music. The album opens in celebratory, ebullient mode with “Kerala”, before “Elephant Dance” raises

Sunken Cages ~ Neram Pularumbol

Neram Pularumbol (“As The Dawn Breaks”) finds Sunken Cages pulling the rhythmic traditions of South India into an electronic vocabulary of bass, drones, and fractured club music. The album opens in celebratory, ebullient mode with “Kerala”, before “Elephant Dance” raises

Adriano Zanni ~ Post Dub Cities

Thematically, Post Dub Cities hearkens back to Future Sound of London’s Dead Cities, while tonally it recalls Murcof’s Rememberanza.  Adriano Zanni‘s vision of a future world is the cold reflection of a present reality in which many places are already deserted: peeling houses,

Adriano Zanni ~ Post Dub Cities

Thematically, Post Dub Cities hearkens back to Future Sound of London’s Dead Cities, while tonally it recalls Murcof’s Rememberanza.  Adriano Zanni‘s vision of a future world is the cold reflection of a present reality in which many places are already deserted: peeling houses,

Toni Geitani ~ Wahj

Across its seventeen tracks, Wahj brings together electronics, industrial textures, processed strings, Arabic vocal traditions and fractured rhythms in combinations that keep changing shape. Individual elements remain recognisable without settling into familiar forms, while images of voice, disappearance, radiance and

Toni Geitani ~ Wahj

Across its seventeen tracks, Wahj brings together electronics, industrial textures, processed strings, Arabic vocal traditions and fractured rhythms in combinations that keep changing shape. Individual elements remain recognisable without settling into familiar forms, while images of voice, disappearance, radiance and

Abadir ~ The Primitivist

After several records examining language (Pause/Stutter/Uh/Repeat), mutation (Mutate), liturgical memory (Ison), and the algorithmic logic of social media (Kitbashing), Abadir arrives at what feels like the conceptual centre of his work. The Primitivist is not simply a new collection of

Abadir ~ The Primitivist

After several records examining language (Pause/Stutter/Uh/Repeat), mutation (Mutate), liturgical memory (Ison), and the algorithmic logic of social media (Kitbashing), Abadir arrives at what feels like the conceptual centre of his work. The Primitivist is not simply a new collection of