KMRU & Aho Ssan ~ Limen

We haven’t reviewed a lot of drone over the past two years, and were wondering if the genre was dying down.  Limen restores our hope, and serves as a reminder of what great drone music sounds like.  Of course, it’s not entirely drone,

ACL 2020 ~ Top Ten Electronic

One of 2020’s greatest ironies was a surge in dance music ~ while clubs were being shuttered across the globe.  The surge reflected the desire to dance, and people didn’t stop dancing, happily demonstrated by Berlin’s drive-in raves.  Others danced

Aho Ssan ~ Simulacrum

As one might guess from the artist’s untranslatable moniker, Simulacrum is a highly unusual album.  Aho Ssan (Désiré Niamké) grew up black in a French suburb, and his music is a commentary on discrimination and displacement.  It’s not a friendly set; the textures