FaltyDL: “Open Space” (You Stand Uncertain, Hotflush Recordings 2011)Deep cut from FaltyDL’s 2011 album on Scuba’s Hotflush label, my first real exposure to how varied his talents as a producer are....
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Memotone: “You Saw The Future” (Chime Hours, Black Acre 2016)Squirmy digital signal noise writhes atop this elegant arrangement for piano, strings, and electronics, found on Memotone’s 2016...
The Horrors: “I Can See Through You (Blanck Mass Remix)” (Higher, XL 2012)This sublime, sprawling tranced-out remix of of UK band The Horrors, as turned out by Fuck Buttons’ Benjamin John Power (aka...
Vtgnike: “Zarubezh” (Dubna, 2014)Stumbled onto this one through Spotify recommendations and dig its weird mix of reverb, R&B, footwork and more fused together.(Source:...
Ear Influxion’s Best Music of 2017
The end of the year is always a daunting time for me as a writer and music aficianado. Having released not one but three solo projects this year, I spent a lot of the front half of the year mired in...
Gregg Kowalsky: L'Orange, L'Orange (Mexican Summer)The artwork for Gregg Kowaksy’s first solo album in several years is a good tone setter for the sounds within. He both designed the...
Mathew Jonson: “Thieves In Digital Land” (Agents of Time, Wagon Repair 2010)This one from Mathew Jonson’s 2010 full-length is all about the fat and juicy bassline.(Source:...
BNJMN: “Herz” (Skur, Jericho One 2015)This punchy lo-fi track from BNJMN appears on the first release for Creme Organization’s sublabel Jericho One.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Pan•American: “Right of Return” (The River Made No Sound, Kranky 2002)Mark Nelson’s Pan American project explores everything from slowcore post-rock (not unlike his other collaborations as...
Ryoji Ikeda: “Supercodex 10″ (Supercodex, Raster-Noton 2013)Ryoji Ikeda’s last proper full-length for Raster-Noton showcases most of his tricks and techniques in the best ways. This centerpiece...
KMFDM: “Nihil” (Nihil, Wax Trax! 1994)KMFDM’s Nihil was sort of the album where they lost me, even with the return of Raymond Watts (Pig) to the lineup. Their newfound emphasis on thrash guitar...
Lee Gamble: Mnestic Pressure (Hyperdub)I’ve always considered the nebulous world of contemporary IDM and electronic listening music as having two discrete phases in the 90s: before...
Visible Cloaks: Reassemblage (Rvng Intl.)Fellow Portlanders Spencer Doran and Matt Carlson’s Reassemblage surfaced early in 2017, but I didn’t hear it until recently....
Porya Hatami: Monads (Line)Iranian composer Porya Hatami joins the ranks of the Line roster for Monads. The album collects a variety of sound experiments and excursions that are largely...
Edward Ka-Spel: “Happy New Year” (Happy New Year, Beta-Lactum Ring 2005)Though best known as the vocalist and co-founder of psychedelic weirdos The Legendary Pink Dots, Edward Ka-Spel has just as...
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: “First Flight” (EARS, Western Vinyl 2016)The opening track from Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s album from 2016 starts off unassumingly but unfolds into a majestic full bloom by its...
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