Pyat’shest’tri, Tretiy Album, Germany, Detriti Records, cassette DR-034 / Squall Recordings, cassette (2018) Pyat’shest’tri (the name means “five-six-three” in Russian)
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Tag: ambient
Karl Marx’s 200th: a compilation of busy and fiddly electronic music for a noble cause
Various Artists, Karl Marx’s 200th, Germany, Karlrecords, KR-058 2 x CD (2018) Last year (2018) was the 200th anniversary of
Continue readingScattered Memories: a meditation on modern Iran combining traditional and modern musics
Saba Alizadeh, Scattered Memories, Germany, Karlrecords, LP / digital album KR060 (2019) A current musical trend across the globe is
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The Penitent Woman
Chilling industrial-tinged electronic and voice work by She Spread Sorrow on her album Mine (COLD SPRING RECORDS CSR231CD), only her
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When Glory Shone Around
PLYXY’s Gloryland EP (HALLOWGROUND HG1806) seemed at first spin like just another ambient set, but creator Ros Knopov has invested
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Mass Observation (Expanded): study in invasive digital surveillance as relevant and shocking now as it was in 1994
Scanner, Mass Observation (Expanded), Australia, Room40, CD limited edition / digital (2018) Originally recorded with Jim O’Rourke and Robert Hampson
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Fluctuating Change
Here we have Se (IN) De Bos (SUB ROSA SR444), the new album by Stijn Cools and his Book Of
Continue readingThe Cusp of Disruption
Quite nice short electronica-dub thing from INRA, the duo of Adam Ben-Nun and Philipp Rhensius. The Content Consuming Its Form
Continue readingWeta and Weta: combining melancholy and nostalgia in worlds of electronic insect chatter
Net, Weta & Weta, United Kingdom, Rusted Tone Recordings, cassette / digital album RTR011 (2018) Although Net, the ambient electronic
Continue readingHow The Brain Moves
Biblioteq Mdulair created an LP called Primitive Electronics Brain Dance (AUSSENRAUM AR-LP-010) – a superb title right from the start
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