EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

Biosphere: “Novelty Waves” (Patashnik, Origo/Apollo 1994)Biosphere’s 2nd album Patashnik just got a reissue, and this cut is as unlikely one as ever. I’ve never heard him sound so straightforward,...

Surgeon: “Remnants of What Once Was” (Force+Form, Tresor 1999)Surgeon’s last album of the 90s only has four tracks, but each one approaches or exceeds ten minutes, giving his minimal but forceful...

Dom: “Fackeln Im Sturm (Original Grungerman Mix)” (Harvest 1998)Rediscovered this one-off Wolfgang Voigt single listening to Michael Mayer’s old Neuhouse mix again from the late 90s (one of my...

Move D: “HD800″ (Cymbelin, Warp 1996)Special thanks to my 800 followers for joining me on the ongoing road to discovering vibrant and cool new sounds and music. In theme with the number, here’s a...

Digital Primate: “Take Off and Landing” (The Pro-Jex Trax! Vol. 1, Pro-Jex 2006)I first heard this track many years ago in a DJ set (which I’d recorded to a cassette!) and it took me this long to...

The Herbaliser: “The Sensual Woman” (Very Mercenary, Ninja Tune 1999)Dusty classic from Ninja Tune’s 90s downtempo stride, featured a few years later in the soundtrack to Guy Ritchie’s Snatch; that...

Cause & Affect: Mistakes (Rinse) Cause & Affect (not to be confused with the early 90s synth-pop project Cause & Effect) is the project of Birmingham duo Chris Lorenzo and...

Armand Van Helden: “Work Me Gaddamit (Remix 1)”(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Psychick Warriors ov Gaia: “Out Now!” (1994) When I first heard PWOG in the early to mid-90’s, I didn’t know quite what to make of them. The first track I ever heard was on...

Psychick Warriors ov Gaia: “Out Now!” (1994) When I first heard PWOG in the early to mid-90’s, I didn’t know quite what to make of them. The first track I ever heard was on...

Max D: High Life (Hot Haus Recs) Max D is the shorthand for Maxmillion Dunbar, a.k.a. Andrew Field-Pickering, also known for Beautiful Swimmers and Future Times. “High Life” is...

Leon Vynehall: Music for the Uninvited (3024) Leon Vynehall’s mini-album for Martyn’s 3024 is a really fantastic foray into deep house tunes that look to the past for...

Nine Inch Nails: “Closer (Further Away)” (Closer to God, Nothing 1994) I’ve always thought the remixes of Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer” were by and large far more...

Nine Inch Nails: “Closer (Further Away)” (Closer to God, Nothing 1994) I’ve always thought the remixes of Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer” were by and large far more...

Squarepusher: “Circular Flexing” (Music Is Rotted One Note, Warp 1998) After hearing Tom Jenkinsons’s new robot-played proggy material, it made me want to go back and unearth this...

Squarepusher: “Circular Flexing” (Music Is Rotted One Note, Warp 1998) After hearing Tom Jenkinsons’s new robot-played proggy material, it made me want to go back and unearth this...

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