EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

Application: “Steve Reich’s Ice Cream Van (Mark Fell Remix)” (Applied Remixes, Dust Science 2014)Application is the duo of Martin and Richard Dust, perhaps best known for being two-thirds of The...

AFX: orphaned deejay selek 2006-08 (Warp)Richard D. James dons his lesser-used AFX alias for this short collection of alleged cast-offs and outtakes from around the same time as some of...

Umchunga: Should Have Been Done By Now (Hibernate)Nima Pourkarimi unveils his first ambient album as Umchunga, a name he picked up from Mira Calix’s “Umchunga Locks.” The...

Mark Van Hoen: “She’s Selda” (Where Is the Truth, City Centre Offices 2010)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Thurston Moore + Add (N) to X: “010″ (Root, Lo Recordings 1998)This sort of mixed bag of interpretations of source material feels distinctly late 90s in sensibility, but it holds up over time....

Katy B: “Easy Please Me” (On A Mission, Rinse 2011)Katy B’s first full-length album didn’t register as more than a blip in America, but her knack for slick production and infectious hooks completely...

Lakker: “Harbour” (Untitled, Stroboscopic Artefacts 2013)Awesomely ominous drones and beats from Lakker. It was this release that really got my attention from them, and it still sounds just as...

Lopazz: “Migracion (Ricardo Villalobos Remix)” (Lopazz Rmx, Get Physical 2004)Essential minimal techno strangeness courtesy of Sr. Villalobos. True to form, he abstracted Lopazz’s original into...

IMPS: “Unkle Limps (Isolée Remix)” (Remixed, Mule Electronic 2008)IMPS is a collaboration between the duos of Minilogue and Decoy, with each letter of the acronym representing its personnel: I: Ian...

Battles: “Inchworm (Silent Servant Remix - Edit)” (Dross Glop, 2012 Warp)Juan Mendez’s reworking of Battles’ “Inchworm” from their 2011 album Gloss Drop only skims the original for inspiration....

Bibio: “Artists’ Valley” (Mind Bokeh, Warp 2011)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Noise Unit: “Seclusion” (Voyeur, Metropolis 2005)Noise Unit is one of the dozen or so projects of Bill Leeb of Front Line Assembly. Just as FLA’s lineup has shifted over the years, Noise Unit’s...

Actress: “Birdcage” (Ghettoville, 2014)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

New original music in the worksWhile my posts have slowed over the last week or two, I’ve been on a tear making new original music. I’ve got nearly a dozen solid tracks done, all of them...

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