EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

Kölsch: 1977 (Kompakt) For years, Kompakt was a sure thing to me for great dance music. It didn’t matter if it was a club thumper like Michael Mayer’s “Speaker” or...

Pendle Coven: “Iamnoman” (Self Assessment, Modern Love 2009) Excellent minimal techno crossover material from Pendle Coven (aka Miles Whittaker of Demdike Stare with Gary Howell). A...

Miles: Faint Hearted (Modern Love) Miles Whittaker may be better known as one half of the fringe electronic duo Demdike Stare, but his solo music is every bit as engaging and unique. In...

Rex the Dog: “Bonn” (Do You Feel What I Feel, Southern Fried 2013) The B-side to Rex’s “Do You Feel What I Feel” is really fantastic. It shows off his signature knack...

Ricardo Villalobos: “Sieso” (Achso, Cadenza 2005) Hard to believe time is flying by so fast that Achso is nearly 10 years old already! And yet Villalobos sounds at the very top of his...

Microfilm: AggroPastels: An Introduction This short promo video is the first real preview of our upcoming Microfilm album, AggroPastels. The clip was directed by award-winning director Byrd McDonald...

Holly Herndon: Movement (RVNG Intl.) Movement is an intriguing short album. Holly Herndon deftly straddles worlds here, ranging from DSP experiments that would be at home on Raster-Noton...

Fairmont: “Old Ways” (Automaton, 2012) Jake Fairley’s project as Fairmont released a pretty nice album last year, totally under the radar for me. I stumbled onto it a few weeks ago...

John Roberts: Fences (Dial) John Roberts’ second album on Dial veers rather clearly away from the 4-to-the-floor house motifs of his debut. Glass Eights suggested an organic palette...

Portrait by Jason Kinney, May 2013 Taken during a photo shoot for publicity around the upcoming Microfilm album.

Photek: “Pyramid” (KU:PALM, 2012) He may have moved on largely from the scientific drum & bass that put him on the map, but Photek is more masterful than ever when it comes to...

Mount Kimbie: Cold Spring Fault Less Youth (Warp) The second album from Mount Kimbie coincides with a lateral move from Hyperdub to Warp Records. Upon first blush, that change makes...

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