England’s Dreaming: Craven Faults – Erratics & Uncomformities (The Leaf Label)
On Erratics & Unconformities, enigmatic British synth outfit Craven Faults departs the industrial ruins of Northern England for wilder climes. To say that Britain has been undergoing a ferocious transition … Continue reading
Unheimlich Pop: The Sone Institute – Where Moth and Rust Consume (Front & Follow)
On his first album in six years, Roman Bezdyk drags ’90s electronica into the moth-eaten world of Hauntology. Hauntology has expanded far beyond the confines of experimental electronic music from the … Continue reading
Merzbow Monday: Merzbow – Aodron review (Automation Records)
Imagine: You are watching The Wizard Of Oz synched up with the Dark Side Of The Moon alternate soundtrack. When the EMS Synthesizer’s cyclonic sequencer of “On The Run” syncs … Continue reading
Vinyl Of The Week: Occurrence – The Past Will Live Forever review
Heaven Patrick Phillips It will be the past and we’ll live there together. Not as it was to live but as it was remembered. It will be the past We’ll … Continue reading
Embodied Electronics: Body Shame – You Look So Under Fed (SdmPdx)
it’s okay to have a body. In the April 2016 edition of Nylon Magazine, in an article titled “Body Talk”, artist Molly Soda speaks of when she first became self-conscious of her … Continue reading
Post-Black Metal Techno Hip-Hop? Yes, Please!
3 exquisite pay-what-you-want EPs from shadowy producer Akrylyk may be the truest reflection of Portland’s layered, nuanced culture yet. People love to say what Portland is – “The City Of … Continue reading
Into The Anti-Matter: The Blasted Bass Music Of Roly Porter – Third Star (Tri Angle)
Electronic music has always been linked to modes of transportation. From Kraftwerk’s evocations of the futuristic Audobahn, to their just as fastidious take on the Tour De France on Tour … Continue reading
Daniel Ruane – Arrhythmia (The Silent Howl)
emerge from the dust and gloom into a landscape of scintillating, living light on Daniel Ruane‘s Arrythmia. Technology is usually perceived as cold, sterile, while its acolytes are stereotyped as … Continue reading
1700 Monkey Ninjas – You Are The Storm
Even 100 years into its existence, electronic music is usually interpreted as a commodity, judged by its ability to move dancefloors and impress tastemakers. This overlooks the fact that many … Continue reading
Virtual Forest – Unconscious Cognition Is The Processing Of Perception (Yerevan Tapes)
You step out onto the holodeck, heavy boots resonating on sheet metal, even though it looks like you’re walking through grass and weeds. There is a moment of cognitive dissonance, … Continue reading
