EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

Christina Vantzou: No. 1 (Kranky) The other half of The Dead Texan, an ambient duo that also included Adam Wiltzie of Stars of the Lid, presents her first full-length of solo compositions....

Terrors: Lagan Qord (Weird Forest) Terrors a.k.a. Elijah Forrest espouses an odd combo of doom drone and free folk on this collection of pieces from his repertoire. Apparently he has a...

Front 242: “GVDT” (Geography, 1982) (video is actually from the other Geography track “Operating Tracks” but revisiting this album and loving “GVDT”)(Source:...

John Tejada & Justin Maxwell: Not That, But This (Trapez) Really slick and understated minimal tech house glitcher from Tejada & Maxwell here. Despite being highly tweaked and...

Rustie: Glass Swords (Warp) Russell Whyte’s first full-length as Rustie, I imagine, was a bit of a cross to bear after the hype that’s accrued from his several EPs and split...

Gonno: Acdse #2 (International Feel) Gonno is surname of Japanese producer Sunao Gonno, and I mostly picked up this EP for the deep, techy remix by Skudge. But what a pleasant surprise...

Sven Schienhammer: Altostratus Translucidus (BineMusic) Sven Schienhammer is also known as Quantec, having released music on labels such as Echocord and Meanwhile. With this release under...

Cupp Cave: Dice Pool (Vlek) I love the first track on this EP. “Thoughtograph” is a great name and its dorky stuttered percussion-fest is impossibly charming, tying old gear...

Boards of Canada: “Hi Scores” (Hi Scores, Skam 1996) A true classic — Boards of Canada have been (and still are) in consistent rotation for me since the late 90s. (Video begins with...

Chihei Hatekeyama: Mirror (Room40) Chihei Hatakeyama’s latest entry for ambient/experimental label Room40 is another gorgeous foray into sleepy ambience. Its title implies looking...

Blawan: Bohla (R&S) Blawan: What You Do With What You Have (R&S) Blawan’s made a splash on R&S this year with not one but two really great 12" releases. The first,...

Introducing the RS4000 Polyphonic Synthesizer in Tabletop 1.2 RS4000 is a completely customizable subtractive synthesizer. Its combination of a six-octave keyboard with versatile, automatable...

Angel: 26000 (Editions Mego) This unlikely collaboration between Pan Sonic member Ilpo Väisänen and Dirk Dresselhaus (a.k.a. SchneiderTM) bucks expectations based on either artist’s...

Portland queer performance artist Kaj-anne Pepper is producing a new dance performance called Genderfantasy. He’s started a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to go toward production costs,...

Robag Wruhme: Thora Vukk (Pampa) Gabor Schablitzki’s nom de techno Robag Wruhme returns with a new full-length of meticulous leftfield techno. It’s his first full-length since...

Séptimo Sello: “Helena” (Vuela 747, Atemporal 1984/2011)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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