EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

Late: Phantom Papers EP (Immerse) This four-tracker digital release from one-man act Late exists in a strange outer-limits area of dance music, equidistant between the more accessible side...

Arctic Hospital: In Chaos (Lantern) Arctic Hospital is the project of Wisconsin resident Eric Brays. It showcases his talents as a producer working within the techno paradigm, crafting...

On: Something That Has Form And Something That Does Not (Type) On is the collaboration between composer Sylvain Chauveau and percussionist Steven Hess along with guitar and ambient...

Demdike Stare: Liberation Through Hearing (Modern Love) Demdike Stare, the duo of Miles Whittaker & Sean Canty, is an odd project that comfortably resides in the grey area between...

Lali Puna: Our Inventions (Morr) Lali Puna started off as a strange little bedroom-sounding project in the late 90s, quietly surfacing with the short but sweet Tridecoder album on the...

Oval: Ringtones (Thrill Jockey) Oval has been suddenly busy after nearly a decade of silence. This EP surfaced as a free download from Thrill Jockey in between the stunning Oh release a...

Mount Kimbie: Crooks & Lovers (Hotflush Recordings) Mount Kimbie is a duo that has always existed in the outskirts of that bloated beast known as dubstep. It has some things in common...

Ark: Arkpocalypse (Perlon) About 10 years ago, Ark was at the forefront of a new wave of ultra-minimal, strangely angular glitchy techno. His records trickled out on tiny French label Brif...

LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening (DFA) I’ve always resisted the urge to get behind James Murphy. I hated the early DFA 12" art direction and so I avoided them (they were...

The Books: The Way Out (Temporary Residence) The Way Out continues the Books duo’s signature combination of goofy found recordings, folk guitar riffs, odd plucked percussive sounds...

Scissor Sisters: Night Work (Polydor) Stuart Price is the go-to guy for dance music gold. His solo work under Les Rythmes Digitales was ahead of the curve at the time (although the lack of...

Caribou: Swim (Domino) This album sort of startled me when I put it on. Had Dan Snaith finally succumbed to trends and created a mediocre dance album? At a glance that was how it struck...

Four Tet: There Is Love in You (Domino) Kieran Hebdan’s Four Tet project continues to evolve with this latest album, which seems heavily influenced by his collaboration with Burial....

Frank Bretschneider “EXP” (Raster-Noton) Frank Bretschneider has always fit neatly into the borderline non-musical, rhythmic pulse of Raster-Noton and its ilk. The first time I...

Ceephax Acid Crew: United Acid Emirates (Planet µ) Squarepusher’s younger brother Andy Jenkinson has been making playful, skittery melodic music as Ceephax for some time, but this...

Jonas Reinhardt: Powers of Audition (Kranky) Kranky is a label that just gets stranger with time. I give them credit for broadening their horizons; I would imagine this was just as much...

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