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Answer Code Request: Gens (Ostgut Ton)

Answer Code Request: Gens (Ostgut Ton)

Patrick Gräser has released a new album as Answer Code Request on esteemed Berlin label Ostgut Ton, arriving four years after his full-length debut for the imprint, Code. It’s been in heavy rotation...

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:...

Laurel Halo: Dust (Hyperdub)Laurel Halo continues to forge her own unique path, striking further out from center with her third full-length for Hyperdub (her fourth if you count her In...

Actress: “X22RME” (AZD, Ninja Tune 2017)I’ve always felt conflicted about Actress’s music, simultaneously fascinated by his willingness to chase whatever tangent strikes him in a way that feels...

Coldcut: Only Heaven (Ninja Tune)I was genuinely surprised to hear this new one from Ninja Tune founders Coldcut. They were my introduction to the label in the 90s, and their Let Us Play...

SØS Gunver Ryberg / Aïsha Devi / Rrose / Paula Temple: Decon/Recon #2 (Noise Manifesto) “Every artist in this release approaches their creative energy particularly connected towards...

Microfilm’s Houndstooth Harmonics now available@microfilm​‘s fifth full-length studio album, Houndstooth Harmonics, is now available! We are very proud of this one, stretching outside of...

Nine Inch Nails: “Find My Way (Oneohtrix Point Never Remix)” (Hesitation Marks Deluxe Version, 2013)I almost missed this really cool retooling of NIN’s “Find My Way” — one of the more traditional...

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...

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...

Laub: “Neulich” (Filesharing, Kitty-Yo 2002)Before Antye Greie-Fuchs broke out with a bold and strong body of solo work as AGF, she was one half of German leftfield duo Laub. Filesharing and its...

Powell: “Sylvester Stallone” (XL 2015)Powell’s sound is almost immediately recognizable to my ears by now, but I’m down for it every time. It’s nice to hear something this leftfield on XL.(Source:...

Jire: Zang (No Pain in Pop)Fans of electronic music that pushes to the furthest outskirts of the dancefloor ought to invest some time in Zang. The title cut begins with a chorus of...

The Herbaliser: “The Sensual Woman” (Very Mercenary, Ninja Tune 1999)Dusty classic from Ninja Tune’s 90s downtempo stride, featured a few years later in the soundtrack to Guy Ritchie’s Snatch; that...

Beneath: Shlocky (Berceuse Heroique)Beneath’s latest 12” comes courtesy of the French imprint Berceuse Heroique, and it carries the torch of his past path of acid-tinged beatmaking...

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