EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

Mohammad: Som Sakrifis (Pan) Mohammad is a trio that seems to truly triangulate between its members’ strengths. Coti K plays contra-bassoon, Ilios (owner of the Antifrost label)...

Lee Gamble: Diversions 1994-1996 (PAN)Lee Gamble: Dutch Tvashar Plumes (PAN) Lee Gamble was new to me when he released these two albums on the esteemed PAN label. Each release is unique...

Ital Tek: Nebula Dance (Planet µ) Ital Tek’s 2012 full-length moves away from the darker dubstep sounds he explored a few years ago and instead brims with a vibrant energy. This...

Tilda Swinton How could we not write a tribute to her? Microfilm’s “Tilda Swinton” track is a free download now on SoundCloud. It’s a preview to our forthcoming...

Microfilm: “Taxi Zum Klo” (FREE download!) In celebration of Record Store Day, we’re releasing another new track as a free download! “Taxi Zum Klo” is a...

Main: Ablation (Editions Mego) Mego continues its winning streak releasing quality new music. They’ve managed to resurrect Robert Hampson’s Main project for this new album, his...

Valance Drakes: A Fatherless Child (Detroit Underground) Valance Drakes (aka MusSck) created this collection of tracks as a farewell to his deceased stepfather. He posted his own artist...

Barry Adamson: “On the Wrong Side of Relaxation” (Moss Side Story, Mute 1988) Barry Adamson’s Mute debut in the late 80s remains odd and interesting 25 years later. It’s by...

Christian Löffler: A Forest (Ki Records) The pastoral combination of delicate IDM, dancefloor motifs, and songs that comprise A Forest make it an overlooked gem of 2012 for me. I stumbled...

Rosy Parlane: Willow (Touch) New Zealand ambient veteran Rosy Parlane makes a welcome appearance on Touch with these two concise cuts recorded in Auckland in 2008-09. It’s been some...

Michelle Owen: “What Say You?” (Shir Khan Presents Secret Gold #3, Exploited) Sweaty deep house with a healthy dose of 90s.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

XXXY: Got Me So (Rinse) The latest EP from Rupert Taylor features three excellent 90s-tinged house jams. None is stronger or weaker than the others, but each is undeniably infectious. The title cut...

Skinny Puppy: “Ovirt” (HanDover, Metropolis 2011) I was a die-hard Skinny Puppy fan in my teens and 20s. They lost me a bit with The Process, and I couldn’t much get into the later...

Lapalux: Nostalchic (Brainfeeder) Lapalux appears to be one of the more recent additions to the LA beat scene, and this full-length debut is a solid first showing. Being signed to...

Halls: “Roses For The Dead (Max Cooper Remix)” (Ark, 2013) Halls’ glitchy melancholic ballad seems especially ripe for remixing, and Max Cooper turns it out with his usual level of...

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