Garek Druss ~ Soft Fascination

Garek Druss’ latest album Soft Fascination makes for an emotionally interesting listen: Its synthesized harmonies and drones feel measured, even tentative at times, but there’s a sense across the album’s five tracks that the music would like to break out

Garek Druss ~ Soft Fascination

Garek Druss’ latest album Soft Fascination makes for an emotionally interesting listen: Its synthesized harmonies and drones feel measured, even tentative at times, but there’s a sense across the album’s five tracks that the music would like to break out

Oh No Noh ~ Kanzi

Once again, multi-instrumentalist Markus Rom (Oh No Noh) has delivered a warm, intricate album with an endearing video.  Regular readers may remember the tiny cassette tape brought to life on last year’s stop motion “Alba.”  This year Katharina Huber transforms

Oh No Noh ~ Kanzi

Once again, multi-instrumentalist Markus Rom (Oh No Noh) has delivered a warm, intricate album with an endearing video.  Regular readers may remember the tiny cassette tape brought to life on last year’s stop motion “Alba.”  This year Katharina Huber transforms

Sea Island & Ferry ~ As If

A staggered release plan has kept Hong Kong’s Sea Island & Ferry in the public eye (and ear) all year.  As If was released as a pair of EPs a few months apart, and is now packaged together as a single album. The

Sea Island & Ferry ~ As If

A staggered release plan has kept Hong Kong’s Sea Island & Ferry in the public eye (and ear) all year.  As If was released as a pair of EPs a few months apart, and is now packaged together as a single album. The

Halina Rice ~ Elision

Elision may be Halina Rice‘s second album, but she hasn’t been quiet for the last five years; during that time, she worked on the “New Worlds” project, which showcased four club-worthy tracks, “each with their own visual identity and virtual world.”  The

Halina Rice ~ Elision

Elision may be Halina Rice‘s second album, but she hasn’t been quiet for the last five years; during that time, she worked on the “New Worlds” project, which showcased four club-worthy tracks, “each with their own visual identity and virtual world.”  The

Dominic Voz ~ Right to the City

Dominic Voz loves his current city of Chicago, just as he loves his former city of Portland.  But loving one’s city sometimes means speaking the truth.  Right to the City falls into an honored tradition of musical truth-telling, exemplified by Stevie Wonder’s

Dominic Voz ~ Right to the City

Dominic Voz loves his current city of Chicago, just as he loves his former city of Portland.  But loving one’s city sometimes means speaking the truth.  Right to the City falls into an honored tradition of musical truth-telling, exemplified by Stevie Wonder’s

Ukrainian Field Notes XIII

We’ve previously covered a fair amount of electronic and techno venturing into mixmag territory, so it’s a pleasure to approach “regular disco” with Kadiristy and Katia Stieber for the current episode of Ukrainian Field Notes, while Vlad Fisun discusses the

Ukrainian Field Notes XIII

We’ve previously covered a fair amount of electronic and techno venturing into mixmag territory, so it’s a pleasure to approach “regular disco” with Kadiristy and Katia Stieber for the current episode of Ukrainian Field Notes, while Vlad Fisun discusses the

Boy Is Fiction ~ Deeper Than Static

As the seasons change, there is comfort to be found in the ritual of cycles: green to red, light to dark, warm to cool.  Boy Is Fiction slides easily into the comfort of shoegaze, breakbeat, glitch.  For many, these genres

Boy Is Fiction ~ Deeper Than Static

As the seasons change, there is comfort to be found in the ritual of cycles: green to red, light to dark, warm to cool.  Boy Is Fiction slides easily into the comfort of shoegaze, breakbeat, glitch.  For many, these genres

Innerwoud ~ Furie

Furie is as dark as its cover art, nearly black in tone, like the sudden skies of autumn when one emerges from the office.  Released on the first Friday of fall, Innerwoud ‘s album has found its proper season. if the moniker

Innerwoud ~ Furie

Furie is as dark as its cover art, nearly black in tone, like the sudden skies of autumn when one emerges from the office.  Released on the first Friday of fall, Innerwoud ‘s album has found its proper season. if the moniker