EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

Sei A: Gasp EP (Aus Music)The first noteworthy thing about Sei A’s “Gasp” is just how BIG its kick is. It’s not distorted or especially thick, but it is loud in the mix and threatens to...

Blond:ish: Endless Games (Kompakt)Essential listening from Kompakt, with this latest single from one of their more solid yet lower profile (or so it’s seemed to me) acts, Blond:ish. That’s...

Meat Beat Manifesto: Kasm02 (Kasm)Jack Dangers delivers his best MBM material in some time in the second installment of Skam’s new sublabel Kasm. I’ll admit that I haven’t heard so much of...

DJ Rashad: “Feelin (feat. Spinn & Taso)” (Double Cup, Hyperdub 2013)R.I.P. DJ Rashad(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Funkystepz: Special Delivery (Club Soda)“Special Delivery” starts off with a crisp garage rhythm track, like many other tracks by Funkystepz (though thankfully they left off their project...

Lucy & Klock: War Lullaby (Stroboscopic Artefacts)Stroboscopic boss Lucy teams up with Berlin techno fixture Ben Klock for this sterling collaborative four-track EP. The opening cut is...

Signaldrift: “Children of the 70s” (Set Design, Consumers Research & Development 2005)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Bodhi: Polysizer EP (Rinse)Bodhi turns out 4 reliable tracks that cross over effortlessly between house music and more bass music sounds in the mix, with a throbbing, thick droning bass...

Leafcutter John: Resurrection (Desire Path Recordings)I first encountered Leafcutter John (né John Burton) via his Microcontact debut on Mike Paradinas’ Planet µ label. That album came out...

Hazylujah: Knife Silhouette (Delsin)Delsin pushes further out there with this bangin’ weirdo double whammy from Italian producer Massimilliano Vianello (aka Baka, Pixel Music). The title...

earinfluxion: Now available: Microfilm’s 1,000,000 Neon HzPortland, Ore. electronic duo Microfilm present 1,000,000 Neon Hz, a collection of ten dancefloor-centric tracks. All beats, no...

Michael Mayer & Reinhard Voigt: Time Is Running (Kompakt)It’s been a while since the Kompakt bosses have teamed up for a release, and both tracks are solid. Mayer’s “The Stickler” is...

Rrose: For Aquantice (Eaux)Rrose continues exploring the outer limits of minimal techno with this latest grouping of tracks. “Levitate” focuses on busy tight snares and rigid syncopation...

Lakker: Tundra / Containing a Thousand / Mountain Divide (R&S)Tundra is a quite focused and accomplished new album from Lakker, with a concise 55 minutes of consistent and unique...

Kölsch: Speicher 84 (Kompakt Extra)Kölsch’s latest installment for Kompakt’s still-going-strong Speicher series shows off his talents for dancefloor anthems quite nicely. “DerDieDas” is a...

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