EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

DJ Signify: “Fly Away” (Sleep No More, Lex 2004) Every so often I revisit this stony downtempo album from DJ Signify, which tends to alternate instrumentals with vocal tracks (usually...

Emptyset: Recur (Raster-Noton) It’s always intrigued me how “industrial” as a musical genre shifted focus from the more atonal experimentation of Throbbing Gristle and...

Leafcutter John: “Untitled #10” (Microcontact, Planet µ 2002)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Diamat: I Can Only Love You If You Don’t Love Me (n5MD) Diamat make music that seems relatively unconcerned with trends or the bite-size media nugget culture we live in. Most of this...

Crystal Castles: “Plague” (III, 2012) Fantastically dark lead clip from Crystal Castles’ third album. The video is inspired by the cult horror film The Possession (1981) which...

Bola “Magnasushi” (Fyuti, 2001) This track from Bola also appeared on the All Tomorrow’s Parties 3.0 double-disc, and it was mis-labeled in my iTunes library as Autechre’s...

Machinedrum: Vapor City (Ninja Tune) Travis Stewart’s follow-up to his stunning 2011 album Room(s) has taken some time to win me over. One reason it’s taken time to take hold...

Miles Tilmann: “Big Swim” (3D Concepts, Toytronic 2003) Gorgeous sounds from the golden age of IDM.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

South London Ordnance: He Do The Police In Different Voices (Aery Metals) The latest deluxe EP from South London Ordnance builds and expands on the dark vibes of his Witch Hunt 12"...

Orphax: De Tragedie van een Liedjesschrijver Zonder Woorden (Moving Furniture) Sietse van Erve is the man behind the bleak sounds of Orphax. This is his first official full-length for the...

Gesaffelstein: “Pursuit” (Aleph, Parlophone)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Alex Smoke: Dust (R&S) Alex Smoke has always struck me as a bit slippery when it comes to the often over-compartmentalized world of electronic music. At times his tracks plug in...

Nature and Organisation: “Wicker Man Song” (Beauty Reaps the Blood of Solitude, Durtro 1994) Seeing the director’s cut of The Wicker Man on the big screen tonight reminded me of...

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