EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

Close Up Over: “Jauqq” (Bytes, 1993)Close Up Over is one of several aliases behind the tracks on Bytes, the first collection of tracks from The Black Dog, at the time a collective consisting of...

Jamie Lidell: “Said Dram Scam” (Muddlin Gear, Warp 2000)Years before Jamie Lidell fully remade himself as a soul singer, he made some pretty strange techno and then this sprawling opus of oddness,...

Forward Strategy Group: “Labour Division” (Labour Division, Perc Trax 2012)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Hidden Rivers: Where Moss Grows (Serein)Huw Roberts is the owner and founder of the Serein label, and his debut solo album under the Hidden Rivers moniker fits his label’s aesthetic...

Godspeed You Black Emperor: “Moya (Live at The Metropolis)” (2014)One of my personal favorites from the GYBE discography, performed beautifully by the band in Montreal; originally released on the...

SolPara: Swing (Other People)SolPara’s five-track EP is one that is really satisfying track to track but fairly varied in its 28-minute runtime. Some of it is quite lush while at other...

Andreas Tilliander: “Untitled (D1)” (Ljud, Mille Plateaux 2001)Andreas Tilliander has not only produced some fine music under his birth name, but also has a variety of aliases, including Komp,...

industrialbeat: 9heartofgold6: Jhonn & Sleazy xx COIL Jhonn Balance & Peter Christopherson of Coil

Controlled Bleeding: “Dry Lungs (Extended Version)” (Songs From The Vault, Dark Vinyl 1994)This noisy extended track is a repress from Controlled Bleeding’s Headcrack LP in 1986.(Source:...

CUB: CU (Downwards)Pretty aggressive stuff from Karl O’Connor (a.k.a. Regis) on his prolific Downwards imprint under this curious alias, with the first cut “CU1” thumping away while rims...

Booka Shade: “Love Inc” (Eve, Embassy One 2013)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Sylvain Chauveau: “A Cloud Of Dust” (Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated), Type 2010)Sylvain Chauveau’s music is often instrumental, but with 2010′s Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated), he returned...

Bicep: Just (Aus)“Just” has a bit of 90s nostalgia about it with its broken beat (recalling Black Dog and Plaid) and its soaring arrangement of pads and bleeping leads. To me it embodies...

Junior Boys: “When No One Cares” (So This Is Goodbye, 2006)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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