EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

Almeeva: Unset (InFiné)Almeeva is the musical nom de plume of multi-instrumentalist Gregory Hoeppfner, and Unset is his fifth EP as Almeeva, third for French label InFiné. Like the...

Nadia Struiwigh: Lenticular (Central Processing Unit)Two tracks of seductive, sleeker electro fare than I generally associate with CPU, a label whose support and enthusiasm for braindance...

Raiders of the Lost Arp: “On And On” (4, Nature 2004)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Dave DK: “We Mix At Six (Isolée Mix)” (Val Maira Remixe, Kompakt 2016)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

T.Raumschmiere: Heimat (Kompakt)After many years’ hiatus and working with different labels, Marco Haas has returned to Kompakt. This excited me for many reasons, mainly because his...

Clark: Death Peak (Warp)Chris Clark to me by now surely feels like the embodiment of Warp Records’ legacy all wrapped up in one creative mind. His debut, Clarence Park, surfaced in...

Giorgio Moroder: “Faster Than the Speed of Love” (From Here to Eternity, Island 1977)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Walls: “Ecstatic Truth” (Coracle, Kompakt 2011)Right now, in the throes of one of the rainiest seasons in Portland in some time, Walls’ 2011 album Coracle is shining down some much needed...

Marcel Dettmann: “Radio” (MDR 01, MDR)Marcel Dettmann reserves some of his rawest and most banging material for his own MDR imprint, such as this cut from the label’s premiere release.(Source:...

X-Marks the Pedwalk: “Meshwork M.1″ (Meshwork, Zoth Ommog 1995)X Marks the Pedwalk’s Meshwork is an album I curiously find myself returning to fairly often. Their earliest stuff was very much in the...

Joe: “Punters Step Out” (Punters Step Out, Hemlock 2013)I’ve always loved this weird, woozy cut from Hemlock artist Joe, with its detuned organ stabs and characteristically sharp, syncopated drum...

Charlotte Isabelle: Monad XXIII (Stroboscopic Artefacts)Stroboscopic Artefacts is one of the more consistent electronic labels of now, with a keen focus on minimal and dark techno that...

Jessy Lanza: Oh No (Hyperdub)Jessy Lanza’s second full-length album delivers on the promise of her debut and also incorporates contemporary flirtations with footwork, electro, and...

Barker & Baumecker: Turns (Ostgut-Ton)Barker & Baumecker have consistently produced reliably good techno, and Turns marks an expansion on their style. Fans may be thrown by the...

Delta Funktionen: Wasteland (Radio Matrix)Niels Luinenburg released four 12" vinyl EPs last year, each numbered off as a unique chapter of Wasteland. Fast forward to a full year after...

Cassy: Donna (Aus)Cassy Britton finally has released a proper full-length of new music of her own after earning her techno and house stripes through years of DJing. For these sessions,...

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