Category Archives: Electronic

Danny Spiteri ~ Crea Island

California’s Danny Spiteri has never worked on an oil rig, but he uses one as a metaphor on Crea Island.  According to Spiteri, the cover image was chosen to highlight the clash between nature and technology; the blend of field recordings and electronics

Danny Spiteri ~ Crea Island

California’s Danny Spiteri has never worked on an oil rig, but he uses one as a metaphor on Crea Island.  According to Spiteri, the cover image was chosen to highlight the clash between nature and technology; the blend of field recordings and electronics

connect_icut ~ Small Town by the Sea

Having grown up in Connecticut in a small town by the sea, I was intrigued by connect_icut‘s new album title.  After learning that the artist is from Vancouver, I was slightly disappointed, but the music won me over. This is connect_icut’s

connect_icut ~ Small Town by the Sea

Having grown up in Connecticut in a small town by the sea, I was intrigued by connect_icut‘s new album title.  After learning that the artist is from Vancouver, I was slightly disappointed, but the music won me over. This is connect_icut’s

Track Premiere ~ 0point1’s “Cartoon River”

A Closer Listen is proud to premiere “Cartoon River,” the preview track from Melbourne electronic artist 0point1‘s upcoming album, Clean dirt.  The artist, also known as Bob Streckfuss and formerly known as 0.1, was gracious enough to answer a few short

Track Premiere ~ 0point1’s “Cartoon River”

A Closer Listen is proud to premiere “Cartoon River,” the preview track from Melbourne electronic artist 0point1‘s upcoming album, Clean dirt.  The artist, also known as Bob Streckfuss and formerly known as 0.1, was gracious enough to answer a few short

Fennesz ~ Bécs

In 2001 Mego released Endless Summer, a shimmering wave of digital guitar manipulations that ranks among the best – and “poppiest”- of Fennesz’s now extensive catalog. It wasn’t just the album that solidified Fennesz among the upper echelon of electronic

Fennesz ~ Bécs

In 2001 Mego released Endless Summer, a shimmering wave of digital guitar manipulations that ranks among the best – and “poppiest”- of Fennesz’s now extensive catalog. It wasn’t just the album that solidified Fennesz among the upper echelon of electronic

Roll the Dice ~ Until Silence

There’s nothing that can’t be improved by adding an orchestra.  Stockholm duo Roll the Dice was already an industry favorite, thanks in great part to their 2011 breakthrough album, In Dust.  Until Silence puts them over the top.  This is sonic experimentation at

Roll the Dice ~ Until Silence

There’s nothing that can’t be improved by adding an orchestra.  Stockholm duo Roll the Dice was already an industry favorite, thanks in great part to their 2011 breakthrough album, In Dust.  Until Silence puts them over the top.  This is sonic experimentation at

Kyoka ~ Is (Is Superpowered)

German label raster-noton has been quietly building an empire of astute dance floor and headphone wizards; amassing producers with a progressive bent to their love of heavy techno music. Producers who are not content to hit for par or sail

Kyoka ~ Is (Is Superpowered)

German label raster-noton has been quietly building an empire of astute dance floor and headphone wizards; amassing producers with a progressive bent to their love of heavy techno music. Producers who are not content to hit for par or sail

Apta ~ Sparks and Sines

After numerous singles and EPs over the past few years, the new album from Apta has finally arrived.  This is a good time for the release, as Barry Smethurst has been moving in a more electronic direction of late; only one of

Apta ~ Sparks and Sines

After numerous singles and EPs over the past few years, the new album from Apta has finally arrived.  This is a good time for the release, as Barry Smethurst has been moving in a more electronic direction of late; only one of

Dor ~ grey, north carolina

This is the textile belt of North Carolina. Towns of boarded-up, ivy-swarmed mills spilling their bricks and shattered glass into overgrown lots, heat baking against rusted cyclone fencing around junkyards and shotgun houses of peeling white paint. Downtown there’s a

Dor ~ grey, north carolina

This is the textile belt of North Carolina. Towns of boarded-up, ivy-swarmed mills spilling their bricks and shattered glass into overgrown lots, heat baking against rusted cyclone fencing around junkyards and shotgun houses of peeling white paint. Downtown there’s a