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SINCE 2010

Hirsute Pursuit: “Daddy Bear” (Tighten That Muscle Ring, 2012)

Herva: What I Feel EP (Delsin) Hervé Corti’s four tracks on this release for Delsin walk the line between dance music and something other. The overall production sensibility is...

Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek: Do You Know Otahiti? (Faitiche) Jan Jelinek, the keen mind behind projects such as the Exposures, Farben, Gramm, and a plethora of releases under his...

Boards of Canada: “Nothing Is Real” (Tomorrow’s Harvest, Warp 2013) I never gave this album a proper write-up here because I figured every other blog and media outlet was already...

Yves de Mey: Metrics (Opal Tapes) Yves de Mey always seemed to linger on the outskirts of the sounds surveyed by the Sandwell District camp. SD generally released tried and true minimal...

Seawash: Pantomime EP (Delsin) Seawash is an oddball signing for Delsin, kicking off apparently yet another off-shoot of the label (-e on the catalog number). I don’t know much about...

Thomas Brinkmann: Guy Martin (Third Ear Recordings) Thomas Brinkmann is one of my original techno heroes. His Ester Brinkmann debut and his “women” records (each with a...

P16.D4: “Black, Black, Always Black. Black” / “Schmutz-Fugen” (Wahrnehmungen 1980/1981) Early P16.D4, released on their own Selektion label on cassette in 1981. They are an...

Steven Tang: Disconnect to Connect (Smallville) Steven Tang’s debut album for Smallville combines an obvious love of Chicago jack with Detroit techno. It has all of the smoothness...

G-Man: “Avanti” (Force Inc., 2001) When Gez Varley (ex-LFO) put out this G-Man album in ‘01, I picked it up out of Force Inc. loyalty. It didn’t really move me any which way...

Erika: Hexagon Cloud (Interdimensional Transmissions) Erika Sherman has lurked in the shadows for years as one half of Detroit electro outfit Ectomorph (having replaced Gerald Donald,...

The Legendary Pink Dots: “Voices” (The Legendary Pink Box, 1989) I’ll always have a soft spot for this ultra lo-fi track from LPD — takes me back every time.(Source:...

Diamond Version: EPs 2 – 5 (Mute) This collaborative project between Olaf Bender (Byetone) and Carsten Nicolai (Noto), two of the proprietors of the Raster-Noton label, merges their...

Blackbook DJ set, 8/21/2013

It’s been a long time since I’ve played music out at a bar or club… here’s my best approximation at what I played last night at Trim Jones’ going away party: Pan...

Stephan Mathieu: “Remain (excerpt)” (Line, 2011) Remain is among my very favorite ambient albums (read my original review here), and I rarely travel without it. Whether I’m hoping...

Ensemble Skalectrik: Trainwrekz (Editions Mego) Nick Edwards has built a substantial repertoire in the last several years, much of which has revolved around his Ekoplekz project. But...

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