ACL 2023 ~ Top Ten Electronic

This year’s top ten electronic albums run the gamut from quirky and fun to industrial and dark.  These albums cross boundaries, incorporating drone, pop, hip-hop, and modern composition, while the themes include death and vulnerability, gender roles and climate change.

CORIN ~ Lux Aeterna

Lux Aeterna is an audio-visual sci-fi excursion.  We’ve only seen a taste of Tristan Jalleh’s visuals, but the teaser helps us to imagine an immersive, in-person experience.  We do, however, have access to the audio, which honors both the gradual awakening

CORIN ~ Enantiodromia

And now, today’s vocabulary word.  Enantiodromia is “the tendency for things to turn into their opposites,” especially when it comes to the mind: despair to hope, sorrow to joy, confusion to resolve.  According to Carl Jung, the mind seeks equilibrium after

CORIN ~ Manifest

The Melbourne producer CORIN calls Manifest her “cyberpunk tribute,” and the tag is apt; this is some powerful electronic body music.  The artist has been honing her craft over the past few years with a series of EPs and performances.  Her debut album is