Oneohtrix Point Never: Returnal LP / Returnal 7" (Editions Mego) 2010 was a bit of a renaissance for Mego, who seemed to have receded from view a bit after the semi-commercial splash...
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Chris Abrahams: Play Scar (Room40) Multi-instrumentalist and tinkerer extraordinaire Chris Abrahams unveils another batch of supremely weird instrumental music on this outing on Australian...
Benoît Pioulard: Lasted (Kranky) Portland musician Thomas Meluch reclaims his identity as free-folk pioneer Benoît Pioulard with yet another album that splits the difference between...
Brian Eno: Small Craft On a Milk Sea (Warp) When music legend Brian Eno announced a new album on Warp, fans and geeks worldwide took notice. My curiosity was certainly piqued…...
DeepChord presents Echospace: Liumin / Liumin Reduced (Modern Love) Echospace is the collaborative effort of dub techno producers Stephen Hitchell (aka Soultek, from Chicago) and Rod...
Taishi Kamiya: Spectra Of Air (Home Normal) Abstraction of acoustic instrument recordings is not new… it’s been around for the last half-century plus, and even the newer...
Fax: Zig Zag (Static Discos) Really joyous and gorgeous collection of upbeat techno-pop crossover tracks from Mexican producer Ruben Alonso Tamayo. He’s been pumping out quality...
Steinbrüchel: ABCD (Bine) German musician and designer Ralph Steinbrüchel currently resides in Zurich, Switzerland. He’s been releasing music under his surname for years now,...
Jumberlack & The Cobra: People Are Still Having Sex This EP is a collaboration between me and Charles Fenech (AngelTheory). We wanted to pay tribute to this old stand-by with an...
Nabo: Rock Solid Goldmine (Hobby Industries) Flying Lotus is the LA-based act that’s nabbed most of the attention for severely leftfield hip-hop/electronic crossover releases, and I...
Hizatron: HZA EP (Wigflex) This 3-tracker from Nottingham-based Hizatron is pretty hard to beat. Ostensibly it lives in the world of tech house, but there’s something about the...
John Roberts: Glass Eights (Dial) John Roberts brings a certain something extra to the Dial roster, all the while tucking neatly within the sound the label’s been exploring for the...
Lukid: Boxing Club/Blind Spot This 12" sports 2 new cuts from leftfield producer Lukid. Unlike the drowsy hip-hop downtempo of his full-lengths, this is more upbeat and would nicely...
Gold Panda: Lucky Shiner (Notown/Ghostly) British producer Gold Panda released this diverse album of electronic instrumental tracks on Notown in the UK before being courted for a broader...
Lone: Emerald Fantasy Tracks (Magic Wire) / Once in a While (Werk) Everything old is new again: it’s official. In the past several months Matt Cutler has dropped both an EP and an LP...
Brian McBride: The Effective Disconnect (Kranky) Putting into words my feelings about Brian McBride’s music is a difficult thing to do, much more difficult than I would have...
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