EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

Kid Machine: “Cold Planet” (Replicants EP, Viewlexx 2012) It’s been ages since I’ve heard new material on Viewlexx. Parallax Corporation’s Cocadisco is still a...

Rrose x Bob Ostertag: The Surgeon General (Eaux) Rrose reigns supreme again with this 12" kicking off his/her own new Eaux label. (I already reviewed the second Rrose record on the...

Moritz Von Oswald Trio: Fetch (Honest Jon’s) To label the majority of the Moritz Von Oswald Trio’s releases as “jazz” is perhaps wishful thinking… there is...

Diamond Version: EP 1 (Mute) Diamond Version is perhaps an inevitable meeting of the minds of Olaf Bender (Byetone) and Carsten Nicolai (Alva.Noto). The two have been running the...

Proxima: Lie Detection/Brainstem (Tempa) I wonder how many electronic music fans have experienced the same love affair I have had with dubstep. When I first started to hear it in 2005 or so...

Nils Frahm: Juno (Erased Tapes) This absolutely stunning 2-track EP focuses on synthesizer explorations and leaves behind the piano sensibility of Frahm’s previous full-length. Frahm...

Pet Shop Boys: “Psychological (Alter Ego Remix)” (Fundamentalism, Parlophone 2006) One of the best tracks from Pet Shop Boys’ Fundamental album, remixed by Alter Ego. I like this...

µ-Ziq: “Hasty Boom Alert” (Lunatic Harness, Planet µ 1997)

AFX: “A2” (Analogue Bubblebath 2, Rephlex 1994)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

A false sense of entitlement

Consider this scenario: you’re a potter. You make all kinds of wares and sell them in a boutique. You used to be able to pay your rent because you are good at your craft and people would pay a...

Richard Devine: “PlonkedSpectral” (RISP, Detroit Underground) A new Richard Devine album! News to me, very excited to hear more of this one.(Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

Conrad Schnitzler: Zug, Reshaped & Remodeled by Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer (m=minimal) In the wake of Cluster founder Conrad Schnitzler’s recent passing, m=minimal has...

Africa Hitech: “93 Million Miles (93 Million Miles, Warp 2011) Still hot as the sun.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Fennesz: Fa 2012 (Editions Mego) Christian Fennesz released “Fa” as part of his impressive debut Hotel Paral.lel on Mego back in 1997. Here we are 15 years later, with Fennesz...

Fizzarum: “Ursa-Majoris” (Monochrome Plural, Domino 2000) Lovely turn-of-the-century IDM that I like to come back around to every once in a while… now is such a time.

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