EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

Ryuichi Sakamoto: “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence” (Playing the Piano, 2010) I love this absolutely beautiful solo piano interpretation of Sakamoto’s own original.(Source:...

Stefan Goldmann: “Métallique Resonator” Originally developed for the Ondes Martenot electronic instrument in 1928, the “Métallique” is a musical loudspeaker construction with...

Christian Löffler: Young Alaska (Ki Records) Christian Löffler follows up his superb A Forest album on his own Ki Records with this equally lush sophomore effort. Young Alaska reprises...

Marcel Dettmann: “Kernel” (MDR 06, 2009) One of the contemporary masters of minimal techno delivers yet again.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Actress: “Rule” (Ghettoville, Ninja Tune/Werk 2014) I’ve admittedly never been much of a true believer in Darren Cunningham’s music as Actress, often finding the hype...

Paperclip People: “The Climax (PCP Version)” (The Secret Tapes of Dr. Eich, Planet E 1996) Carl Craig’s project as Paperclip People is something I nearly completely missed, having...

Autechre: “SYptixed” (Bleep:10, Warp 2014) This new track from Autechre is one of the weirder and cooler things I’ve heard from the duo in a while. I tend to prefer Ae when they...

Colin Vallon Trio: Le Vent (ECM) Swiss pianist Colin Vallon is new to me, but his collaborations with Patrice Moret (double-bass) and Julian Sartorius (drums) are stunning. Le Vent is...

Collabs (Speedy J & Chris Liebing): “Maggie” (Magnit EP 2, Electric Deluxe 2008) Some squelchy techno courtesy of two esteemed ‘heads of the genre as part of their Collabs...

Holly Herndon: “Movement” (Movement, RVNG Intl 2012) Pei Ling Kao and Nathan Ng bring the heaving title track from Holly Herndon's 2012 album to life in this minimal but strangely moving...

Asonat: Rather Interesting (n5MD) Fannar Ásgrímsson (Plastik Joy) and Jónas Thór Guðmundsson (Ruxpin) comprise the Icelandic duo of Asonat, and Rather Interesting is their latest...

Jürgen Paape: “Triumph” (Kompakt, 1998) This was one of the first tracks I ever heard on Kompakt. Those early minimal tracks really changed my perception of techno and dance music;...

Fennesz: Bécs (Editions Mego) Christian Fennesz’s first new material in some years is a welcome return. I’ve been a fan of most of his music I’ve heard, whether it was the sublime...

Fenn O'Berg: “Vampires of Hondori” (In Hell, 2012 Editions Mego) Recorded live at Club Quatro in Hiroshima, Japan, 19 November 2010. The improvised live performances of Peter Rehberg,...

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