Electronic Observations 2013 #3

It’s been a bumper crop of electronic music in the past month, of all shapes and sizes, so thanks to all the artists who submit.  In fact, there’s been so much, I’ve had to bump some to either next month

Laurel Halo ~ Quarantine

‘Words are just words that you soon forget,’ sings Laurel Halo on the closing track of her debut full-length, which seems to undermine all that has gone before. For there are quite a lot of words on this record –

King Britt Presents Fhloston Paradigm ~ Fhloston Paradigm EP

The connection between electronic music and science fiction movies is so established that it doesn’t really need dwelling on here. Nevertheless, there are a few clues here that King Britt is influenced by a certain film that stars Bruce Willis

Walton ~ All Night EP

A sparse dubstep take on R&B – or maybe an R&B-inflected take on dubstep – characterises the lead track on Walton’s second EP for the ever impressive Hyperdub label. Like a less manic Rustie, Walton uses a wispy female vocal