EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

Microfilm: Houndstooth Harmonics, 2nd album teaserHere’s a new teaser for the upcoming @microfilm album, Houndstooth Harmonics, available 5 August 2016 on Bandcamp and iTunes, as well as other...

Bjarki: Б (TRIP)While I don’t generally focus on the opinions of others here, I read a review of Bjarki’s recent collection of tracks on Pitchfork that essentially panned it as...

Autechre: “SURRIPERE” (Draft 7.30, Warp 2003)While their preceding Confield album changed the conversation about the music Autechre was making at the time, veering more headlong into less...

Murcof: “Cosmos II” (Cosmos, Leaf 2007)The heart of Murcof’s Cosmos album is in the two parts sharing its name. Eschewing the beats and sampling that had established his signature sound by this...

New Order: “Elegia” (1985)The full, 17+ minute version of “Elegia,” which appeared on New Order’s 1985 Low-Life album in a much edited form, is New Order’s instrumental tribute to their belated...

Biosphere: “Novelty Waves” (Patashnik, Origo/Apollo 1994)Biosphere’s 2nd album Patashnik just got a reissue, and this cut is as unlikely one as ever. I’ve never heard him sound so straightforward,...

Shlohmo: “Buried” (Dark Red, True Panther 2015)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Bisk: “Convergence” (Strange or Funny Ha-ha?, Sub Rosa 1997)Bisk’s 1997 album on Sub Rosa was a real eye and ear-opener for me at the time. I had just started to venture further away from industrial...

Margaret Dygas: “Quintet” (Fünf, Ostgut-Ton)The first of Margaret Dygas’s two contributions to the 5th anniversary celebratory compilation on Berlin’s Ostgut-Ton label feels like musique concrete...

Microfilm: Houndstooth Harmonics to be released 5 August 2016The latest @microfilm album, Houndstooth Harmonics, is now available for pre-order on Bandcamp! Everyone who pre-orders will...

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