Vinyl Of The Week: I Am A Vowel – IO 12″ review
Technoid trance meets dubby dread on IO from Belgium’s I AM A VOWEL Writing in 1975 on the then-contemporary resurgence of interest in traditional trance music, the New York Times … Continue reading
January 18 Recommended Albums: James Blake, Sharon Van Etten, SHXCXCHCXSH
The week of January 18 feels like the first week of 2019 that’s jam packed with new and noteworthy releases. New years always tend to start off slow, as the … Continue reading
Lifestyles For Apocalyptic Youth: Drvg Cvltvre – Nobody Cares Forever (New York Haunted) review
On his newest long-player for the dependable New York Haunted label, Vincent Koreman, the prolific madman behind Drvg Cvltvre subverts lifestyle branding with subversive snippets of soundbytes, with a battery … 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
Like A Lazy River: Mark Pritchard – Under The Sun (Warp)
On his newest LP for Warp Records, Mark Pritchard gently drifts through every electronic music genre of the last 2 decades like a lazy river. At his height, prolific Australian … 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
Brokenkites – Days Of Distant Stars
Music For Light Travelers While soundtracks for movies that have never existed is not entirely an unprecedented position in the annals of electronic music, Days Of Distant Stars, from the … Continue reading
Mark Van Hoen – The Revenant Diary (Editions Mego)
Mark Van Hoen raises the spectre with this slice of Proustian Techno; 2012’s The Revenant Diary. On this lovely slab, released in 2012 on the ever essential Editions Mego imprint, … Continue reading
Backward Listening: Ekoplekz – Unfidelity (Planet Mu)
Been meaning to post about this since it came out, back in March. Since Planet Mu has just released their second collection of Nick Edward chunes this year, Four Track … Continue reading
The Soft Pink Truth – Why Do The Heathens Rage? (Thrill Jockey)
Pink Is The New Black isis, the rainbow of sapphire mysteries you are the calling i hear from the wind in my bones. O mother of life begotten from yr … Continue reading
