Broken Thoughts ~ Realign
Once again, an album cover helps to draw us into the record. Frédéric Fontenoy’s eerily manipulated art is as alien as the industrial music it advertises. While we’ve seen the stretched image technique used in videos by Hiroshi Kondo and
Broken Thoughts ~ Realign
Once again, an album cover helps to draw us into the record. Frédéric Fontenoy’s eerily manipulated art is as alien as the industrial music it advertises. While we’ve seen the stretched image technique used in videos by Hiroshi Kondo and
Do Make Say Think ~ Stubborn Persistent Illusions
A specific passage during my first listen to the new Do Make Say Think record – the band’s first for eight years – made me realise they still have something profoundly special to offer. It arrives two minutes into “And
Do Make Say Think ~ Stubborn Persistent Illusions
A specific passage during my first listen to the new Do Make Say Think record – the band’s first for eight years – made me realise they still have something profoundly special to offer. It arrives two minutes into “And
mayforest ~ mayforest
Slow-walking drones populate the depths of a mist-soaked rainforest that hasn’t seen the rising sun for years. mayforest hangs around in the deepest part of it, skulking around in a low register. Pretty sounds may be thought of prior to listening, forming
mayforest ~ mayforest
Slow-walking drones populate the depths of a mist-soaked rainforest that hasn’t seen the rising sun for years. mayforest hangs around in the deepest part of it, skulking around in a low register. Pretty sounds may be thought of prior to listening, forming
Félicia Atkinson ~ Hand in Hand
If there is a state of sonic lucid dream, Félicia Atkinson could serve as a guide to its realms. Electronic pioneers like Delia Derbyshire might have opened that door, but Atkinson’s carefully crafted and deeply immersive minimal soundscapes, woven through ASMR
Félicia Atkinson ~ Hand in Hand
If there is a state of sonic lucid dream, Félicia Atkinson could serve as a guide to its realms. Electronic pioneers like Delia Derbyshire might have opened that door, but Atkinson’s carefully crafted and deeply immersive minimal soundscapes, woven through ASMR
Constantine ~ Hades
The modern zeitgeist is centred around people and place: who should be where and why. Politicians pontificate; columnists rave; nationalists demand walls; liberals erase borders. Across the board, spittle-soaked arguments rage. But if we are all born of stardust, doesn’t
Constantine ~ Hades
The modern zeitgeist is centred around people and place: who should be where and why. Politicians pontificate; columnists rave; nationalists demand walls; liberals erase borders. Across the board, spittle-soaked arguments rage. But if we are all born of stardust, doesn’t
Nickolas Mohanna ~ Chroma
Chroma, the latest sound art oddity from Nickolas Mohanna, dilates from the smallest pinprick: a sustained piano chord, ground into digital plaster, looms into view. The notes quiver in place, floating aloof beside a 60hz hum, chopped and looped with
Nickolas Mohanna ~ Chroma
Chroma, the latest sound art oddity from Nickolas Mohanna, dilates from the smallest pinprick: a sustained piano chord, ground into digital plaster, looms into view. The notes quiver in place, floating aloof beside a 60hz hum, chopped and looped with
Markus Mehr ~ Dyschronia
Dyschronia is an album eerily aligned with its time, as it addresses technology, surveillance, wiretapping and the disconnected plight of the modern era, while exuding an aesthetic appeal. Today’s industrial societies are approaching total technological immersion. Our words are recoverable even after they have been
Markus Mehr ~ Dyschronia
Dyschronia is an album eerily aligned with its time, as it addresses technology, surveillance, wiretapping and the disconnected plight of the modern era, while exuding an aesthetic appeal. Today’s industrial societies are approaching total technological immersion. Our words are recoverable even after they have been
Gavin Miller ~ Illuminate
“I haven’t bought a physical album in years.” This comment was made by a pair of friends over this past weekend. I removed a small plastic light bulb from the drawer of my coffee table and plugged it into my
Gavin Miller ~ Illuminate
“I haven’t bought a physical album in years.” This comment was made by a pair of friends over this past weekend. I removed a small plastic light bulb from the drawer of my coffee table and plugged it into my
a closer listen 