EAR INFLUXION

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SINCE 2010

Bump & Grind vs. Third Eye Foundation: “Pan Odyssey (Third Eye’s Reconstruction)” (Substantia Sub Rosa, Sub Rosa 1999)Matt Elliott’s woozy take on Bump & Grind’s “Pan Odyssey” is my favorite...

Slashing Cousin: Fallen Gods (Skam)This new signing to Skam packs a lot of punch into half an hour. The scattershot tracks of Fallen Gods often are under 2 or 3 minutes, with often...

Koova: This Is Not My Future (CPU)Koova’s four-tracker for CPU tucks neatly in the ethos of the indie electro label, with a sound perhaps not quite of this time suggesting early 80s...

Rlyeh1: The Grey Lights (Mindtrick)Horror movie fans will immediately recognize the creepy grind that punctuates the opening track of The Grey Lights, “Ghost (Antinferno).” It’s a...

MNLTH: Flektro (Central Processing Unit)MNLTH (a.k.a. Monolith) recently released this five-track collection of quality braindance tracks that are some of the best to surface on the CPU...

Randomer: “We Laugh, We Scream” (Hemlock, 2012)Nice, nasty grinder from Randomer that mixes his signature rough and tumble clatter with interesting syncopation and distorted acid.(Source:...

Skeptical: Imperial EP (Exit)“Imperial” hinges around a moody flute sample, but it’s the machine gun percussion of its uptempo breaks that makes it such a cool track. It has some of the...

Missqulater: They Rave Us (Central Processing Unit)The CPU label continues along its trajectory of championing the 90s braindance sound associated with the Rephlex label. The four cuts of...

Chaos A.D.: “Psultan (Squarepusher Remix)” (The Braindance Coincidence, Rephlex 2001) Tom Jenkinson crosses the streams with this remix of his own Chaos A.D. track. He shifts the sound...

LSR: “Markus Popp Can Kiss My Redneck Ass (Live)” (Welcome to the American Experience, Vinyl Communications 1998) I was looking for old Oval videos to post and got tired of turning up...

Millie & Andrea: Drop the Vowels (Modern Love) Andy Stott and Miles Whittaker once again don their female pseudonyms for this debut full-length, coming some years after a rather...

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...

Dom + Roland: “Chained on Two Sides” (Industry, 1998) From 15 years ago, in the thick of my fixation on drum & bass… and it still sounds great to me.

Elite Gymnastics: “Here, In Heaven” (RUIN, Acéphale 2011) Everything old is new again. There’s something so classically 90s about Elite Gymnastics’ blend of breaks, pop hooks...

µ-Ziq: “Hasty Boom Alert” (Lunatic Harness, Planet µ 1997)

Squarepusher: “Iambic 9 Poetry” (Ultravisitor, Warp 2004) One of the many hidden gems in Squarepusher’s vast backcatalogue. It’s been a while since I revisited Ultravisitor,...

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