EAR INFLUXION

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SINCE 2010

Minced Oath: Supercede (Countersunk)I’ve lamented in the past about the occasional challenge of putting into words why I find a drone-ambient album compelling; there are indeed only...

Black Lung: “Muzak from the Hive Mind Part XIII” (Music from the Hive Mind, Ant-Zen 2015)David Thrussell continues to impress with his long-running Black Lung project, including this excerpt from...

Surgeon: From Farthest Known Objects (Dynamic Tension)Anthony Child has been a justifiably renown figure in techno since his earliest records in the early to mid 90s. His biting, clinical...

Lorenzo Senni: Persona (Warp)Lorenzo Senni’s profile has been slowly but steadily rising over the past several years. His personal brand of spry, bright synthesis has gradually...

Evol: “Flapper That Pt. 1” (Flapper That, Diagonal 2015)Evol’s latest for Diagonal sounds like a computerized didgeridoo, repetitive and minimal with just a spry synth lead to lead the way for the...

Frank Bretschneider: Sinn + Form (Raster-Noton)Frank Bretschneider flexes his modular synthesis muscle with this special collection of eight tracks recorded on location at EMS in Stockholm...

Martin Gore: MG (Mute)Martin Gore is not an artist who lacks any ability or outlet to express himself. He’s been working as the primary songwriter (and, prior to 2000 or so, the sole...

Lorenzo Senni: Superimpositions (Boomkat Direct) Lorenzo Senni’s latest album of synth-based excursions starts off in style with “Happic,” a rousing, bright, galaxy of sparkling arps, an...

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Holden: The Inheritors (Border Community) James Holden’s second full-length album on his own BC imprint is likely to throw his fans for a loop. It couldn’t be more different...

Oneohtrix Point Never: R Plus Seven (Warp) Daniel Lopatin migrates his Oneohtrix Point Never alias to Warp for this ninth (!) full-length album of electronic curiosities, and it’s a...

Tod Dockstader: “Water Music Part III” (Dockstader: Quatermass, 1992)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Steve Hauschildt: S/H (Editions Mego) Fans of the drippy synth stylings of Cleveland act Emeralds will likely delight in the bounty of former Emeralds member Steve Hauschildt’s...

Greg Haines: Where We Were (Denovali) The latest offering from sound artist Greg Haines is decidedly different from his others. Haines himself describes it as “explorations into...

Bee Mask: When We Were Eating Unique Pears (Spectrum Spools) This mini-album (31 minutes) from Bee Mask is a fairly different beast from Chris Madak’s pseudo-retrospective that...

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