EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

Plaid & Bob Jaroc: “The Launching of Big Face” (Greedy Baby, Warp 2006)Somehow I missed Plaid’s 2006 album virtually altogether, perhaps mistaking it for a score rather than an album of music...

Aphex Twin: “Next Heap With” (…I Care Because You Do, Warp 1995)The closing cut on Aphex Twin’s 1995 album has the same leftfield wooziness of a few other cuts on the album, but it has a stateliness...

Microfilm’s Houndstooth Harmonics out 5 August 2016Proud to present a teaser clip for the forthcoming 5th @microfilm album, Houndstooth Harmonics. It’s a different direction compared to our previous...

Current Control: Of Oblivion Bubbles (Teknofonic)With Of Oblivion Bubbles, David Ross Benson encourages listeners to tune out reality and explore the varied and expansive terrain of his...

Interactive: “Elevator Up and Down” (Flying International 1992)I remember hearing this one a bunch around the time it came out but never actually knew the artist name til recently. Right in the...

Boys Noize: Mayday (Boysnoize Records)Alexander Ridha has been in the game a long, long time now, and as one of the contemporary driving forces of more caustic electro-house dance music in...

AFX: “.00890569″ (Analogue Bubblebath 3, Rephlex 1993)Richard D. James’ AFX moniker in the 90s definitely had a fairly consistent sound, oscillating between abrasive plonky jams and jauntier tunes...

CoH: “Terra Beyond (Terra)” (Mask Of Birth, Mego 2002)Ivan Pavlov’s first full-length as COH still sounds fresh. I’ve been meaning to write some words about his latest, MUSIC VOL, which is quite...

Underworld: Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future (Astralwerks)In the mid 90s, Underworld to me represented everything exciting about the convergence of underground dance music, pop,...

Surgeon: “Remnants of What Once Was” (Force+Form, Tresor 1999)Surgeon’s last album of the 90s only has four tracks, but each one approaches or exceeds ten minutes, giving his minimal but forceful...

Qluster: Echtzeit (Bureau B)Hans-Joachim Roedelius continues carrying the Kluster torch, again with another album as the latest incarnation as a trio, Qluster. Roedelius changed the name...

Various: When I Was 14 (TRIP Records)Nina Kraviz’s curated EP of tracks dips into the sounds that inspired her as a teenager. It’s a really successful lot, boasting solid...

Steve Reich: “Drumming” (performed by the Portland Percussion Group)The Portland Percussion Group recorded this great performance of Steve Reich, and the visuals add a whole layer to the experience....

Aphex Twin: “MARCHROMT30a Edit 2b 96″ (Warp 2015)Aphex Twin just announced the release date of an upcoming EP (Cheetah, due out July 8), but I never posted anything about this EP he dropped toward...

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