EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

Bowery Electric: “Under the Sun” (Beat, Kranky 1996)Still an underrated classic by my own standards, Bowery Electric’s Beat is a long-time favorite. They never quite got their due, and I’ve always...

Meat Beat Manifesto: “Re-Animator, Pt. 4″ (Storm the Studio, Wax Trax 1989)Signs of where Jack Dangers would take MBM in subsequent years in its dubby low end and delay, but not before a couple more...

Crash Course In Science: “Flying Turns” (Signals From Pier Thirteen, Press Records 1981)This Philly trio faded into obscurity for quite a while, but they’ve undergone a renaissance in the digital...

cv313: “Dimensional (Live in Japan)” (Live Extracts, Echospace 2015)Killer dub techno transmission from Steve Hitchell (Soultek) and Rod Modell (Deepchord). The two have great chemistry that shines...

cv313: “Dimensional (Live in Japan)” (Live Extracts, Echospace 2015)Killer dub techno transmission from Steve Hitchell (Soultek) and Rod Modell (Deepchord). The two have great chemistry that shines...

Patrick Cowley: “Tides of Man” (School Daze, Dark Entries 2013)The closing cut from Dark Entries’ compilation of material made for underground films showcases Cowley’s talents as an unsung hero in...

Patrick Cowley: “Tides of Man” (School Daze, Dark Entries 2013)The closing cut from Dark Entries’ compilation of material made for underground films showcases Cowley’s talents as an unsung hero in...

Thomas Köner: “Unerforschtes Gebiet B” (Unerforschtes Gebiet, Die Stadt 2002)Awesome drones from one of the all-time masters. This is the full second side of the LP; the CD has an extra bonus track...

Thomas Köner: “Unerforschtes Gebiet B” (Unerforschtes Gebiet, Die Stadt 2002)Awesome drones from one of the all-time masters. This is the full second side of the LP; the CD has an extra bonus track...

Pet Shop Boys: “Pet Shop Boys” (West End Girls, Epic 1984)The original B-side to Pet Shop Boys’ first hit checks their name and is a straight-up early 80′s b-boy electro track. At this early stage...

Bump & Grind vs. Third Eye Foundation: “Pan Odyssey (Third Eye’s Reconstruction)” (Substantia Sub Rosa, Sub Rosa 1999)Matt Elliott’s woozy take on Bump & Grind’s “Pan Odyssey” is my favorite...

Code 61: “Drop the Deal” (Limited Club Edition 1987)Happy 60th birthday to Renaat Vandepapliere, the R in R&S Records! This track from 30 years ago is from Code 61, one of several early projects...

Coldcut & Hexstatic: “Timber” (Let Us Play!, Ninja Tune 1997)20 years ago, Coldcut collaborated with Hexstatic to create this A/V masterpiece.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Giorgio Moroder: “Faster Than the Speed of Love” (From Here to Eternity, Island 1977)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Lassigue Bendthaus: “Molecular Modeling” (Render, 1994 KK Records)Uwe Schmidt’s electro-industrial project Lassigue Bendthaus had a good run of albums in the early 90s, and like most of his releases...

Triola: “Ral 7035″ (Triola Im Fünftonraum, Kompakt 2004)Just one of the many solid languid grooves from Jörg Burger’s only album as Triola, a.k.a. the Modernist (as well as many other aliases). It’s...

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