Hazylujah: Knife Silhouette (Delsin)Delsin pushes further out there with this bangin’ weirdo double whammy from Italian producer Massimilliano Vianello (aka Baka, Pixel Music). The title...
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Lurka: Partials (Black Acre)This oddball two tracker is a breath of fresh air, flaunting an enthusiasm for the weirder side of electronic beatmaking that so often characterizes Black...
MKFN: This Divide (Touchin’ Bass)This latest installment from the international trio of Babar Raza (US), Ovais Hassan (UK), and Fahad Ahmad (Canada) is my first exposure to their...
John Heckle: Blues for a Red Giant (Lunar Disko)John Heckle: Wet Noises (Midnight Shift)John Heckle’s style of dance music has always seemed slightly alien to me, like it comes from an...
NHK: Program (Line)The latest from Kouhei Matsunaga and Toshio Munehiro as NHK expands and mutates the aesthetic Matsunaga explored on a series somewhat ironically named Dance Classics for...
The Exposures: “Collage of Digital Passion” (Lost Recordings 2000-2004, Eastern Developments)Jan Jelinek’s mysterious side project surfaced in 2004 or so with this collection of “lost recordings”...
Randomer: “We Laugh, We Scream” (Hemlock, 2012)Nice, nasty grinder from Randomer that mixes his signature rough and tumble clatter with interesting syncopation and distorted acid.(Source:...
Flying Lotus: “Kill Your Co-Workers” (Pattern+Grid World, Warp 2010)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Loops Haunt: Exits (Black Acre) Exits builds on the palette of his Arc and Zenith EPs with a more varied set of sounds. Over its numerous tracks, Exits finds Scott Gordon more...
IZC: Zig-Zag (disko404) “Zig-Zag” starts off straightforwardly enough, but it’s a much weirder track than one might initially give IZC credit. Its beat grows more jerky...
Nate Connelly: A Dream About Being Lost (Blind Colour) Nate Connelly’s debut is a rather smart and sophisticated collection of tracks and songs that skirt the line between leftfield...
DJ Signify: “Fly Away” (Sleep No More, Lex 2004) Every so often I revisit this stony downtempo album from DJ Signify, which tends to alternate instrumentals with vocal tracks (usually...
Herva: What I Feel EP (Delsin) Hervé Corti’s four tracks on this release for Delsin walk the line between dance music and something other. The overall production sensibility is...
Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek: Do You Know Otahiti? (Faitiche) Jan Jelinek, the keen mind behind projects such as the Exposures, Farben, Gramm, and a plethora of releases under his...
Yves de Mey: Metrics (Opal Tapes) Yves de Mey always seemed to linger on the outskirts of the sounds surveyed by the Sandwell District camp. SD generally released tried and true minimal...
Seawash: Pantomime EP (Delsin) Seawash is an oddball signing for Delsin, kicking off apparently yet another off-shoot of the label (-e on the catalog number). I don’t know much about...
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