Posts Tagged: n5md

Electronic Observations 2014 #1

After a slightly longer than anticipated break, Electronic Observations returns, having battled various technological setbacks to get here, a bit later than predicted. Fortunately, it’s not everyday that my hard drive breaks, although it was something of a surprise to

Electronic Observations 2014 #1

After a slightly longer than anticipated break, Electronic Observations returns, having battled various technological setbacks to get here, a bit later than predicted. Fortunately, it’s not everyday that my hard drive breaks, although it was something of a surprise to

Mark Harris ~ The Angry Child

There are many artists in the glacial ambient field, but few have succeeded in capturing the sound as well as Mark Harris does here.  Comparable albums include Spheruleus’ The Disguised Familiar Altus’ Black Trees Among Amber Skies and Steve Roach’s Quiet Music.

Mark Harris ~ The Angry Child

There are many artists in the glacial ambient field, but few have succeeded in capturing the sound as well as Mark Harris does here.  Comparable albums include Spheruleus’ The Disguised Familiar Altus’ Black Trees Among Amber Skies and Steve Roach’s Quiet Music.

ACL 2013: Top Ten Electronic

A quick glance around the few remaining outposts of the printed UK music press suggests that guitar bands are still very much ruling the roost, although it’s pretty obvious to anyone outside of a small coterie of indie-obsessed music hacks

ACL 2013: Top Ten Electronic

A quick glance around the few remaining outposts of the printed UK music press suggests that guitar bands are still very much ruling the roost, although it’s pretty obvious to anyone outside of a small coterie of indie-obsessed music hacks

Arovane ~ Ve Palor

What were you doing ten years ago?  Berlin’s Uwe Zahn (Arovane) was thinking about his new album, Ve Palor, laying down preliminary tracks, and watching as the music industry changed.  One of his labels shut its doors, and after releasing Lilies in 2004, Zahn

Arovane ~ Ve Palor

What were you doing ten years ago?  Berlin’s Uwe Zahn (Arovane) was thinking about his new album, Ve Palor, laying down preliminary tracks, and watching as the music industry changed.  One of his labels shut its doors, and after releasing Lilies in 2004, Zahn

Dalot ~ Ancestors / Dalot & Gavin Miller ~ Wards

What does one see when one looks at an old family photograph?  Does one see what is pictured, what one remembers, or what one imagines?  The truth is likely a blend of all three.  When Maria Papadomanolaki found a collection of

Dalot ~ Ancestors / Dalot & Gavin Miller ~ Wards

What does one see when one looks at an old family photograph?  Does one see what is pictured, what one remembers, or what one imagines?  The truth is likely a blend of all three.  When Maria Papadomanolaki found a collection of

Last Days ~ Satellite

Graham Richardson’s last album, The Safety of the North, was about a family tragedy and a move to colder climes.  The theme of his latest work is open to a wider interpretation.  Expressing “an affinity for satellites and stars”, the work

Last Days ~ Satellite

Graham Richardson’s last album, The Safety of the North, was about a family tragedy and a move to colder climes.  The theme of his latest work is open to a wider interpretation.  Expressing “an affinity for satellites and stars”, the work

Electronic Observations #6

After a brief summer hiatus, we’re back with a suitably bumper-sized edition, much in the same way the comics of my youth used to produce a Summer Special, which in theory were designed to keep the children quiet for a

Electronic Observations #6

After a brief summer hiatus, we’re back with a suitably bumper-sized edition, much in the same way the comics of my youth used to produce a Summer Special, which in theory were designed to keep the children quiet for a

Electronic Observations 2013 #5

Given that this article is published at some point between the release of albums by Daft Punk and Boards of Canada, acts who have been making electronic music for a number of years – and share a similar slow-but-steady approach

Electronic Observations 2013 #5

Given that this article is published at some point between the release of albums by Daft Punk and Boards of Canada, acts who have been making electronic music for a number of years – and share a similar slow-but-steady approach