Dead Fader: Blood Forest (Robot Elephant Records) Dead Fader’s aesthetic combines some of the rougher edges of the Brainfeeder camp (Matthewdavid, Flying Lotus) with unusual alien...
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Various Replicas: VA7 (Various)Various Production: Shed / Opus / Worse / Rush (Various) Just as they originally surfaced several years ago, Various Production continue to quietly release...
Nate Connelly: A Dream About Being Lost (Blind Colour) Nate Connelly’s debut is a rather smart and sophisticated collection of tracks and songs that skirt the line between leftfield...
Peace Orchestra: “The Man Part One” (Peace Orchestra, 1999) Peter Kruder’s solo project still sounds great to my ears so many years after its heyday.(Source:...
Peace Orchestra: “The Man Part One” (Peace Orchestra, 1999) Peter Kruder’s solo project still sounds great to my ears so many years after its heyday.(Source:...
DJ Krush & Toshinori Kondo: “Mu-Getsu” (Ki-Ori, 1998) My favorite of Krush’s downtempo collaborations includes trumpeter Toshinori Kondo, often stealing the show. This is my...
DJ Krush & Toshinori Kondo: “Mu-Getsu” (Ki-Ori, 1998) My favorite of Krush’s downtempo collaborations includes trumpeter Toshinori Kondo, often stealing the show. This is my...
NHK'Koyxeи: “587” (Dance Classics Vol. I, PAN 2012) I’m late to the game with the Dance Classics series (which recently released a third installment on the esteemed PAN label), but...
NHK'Koyxeи: “587” (Dance Classics Vol. I, PAN 2012) I’m late to the game with the Dance Classics series (which recently released a third installment on the esteemed PAN label), but...
FIS: Preparations (Tri Angle) I recently reviewed FIS’s Humologous EP, and this newer one on Tri Angle had already come out. These tracks push further into the fringes of downtempo...
Forest Swords: Engravings (Tri Angle) The proper debut full-length from Matthew Barnes incrementally expands on the palette of sounds he’d laid out on his first couple of EPs. Where...
Speedy J: “Drill” (A Shocking Hobby, 2000) Turn of the century Speedy J, with one of his crunchiest and darkest grooves.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
DJ Signify: “Fly Away” (Sleep No More, Lex 2004) Every so often I revisit this stony downtempo album from DJ Signify, which tends to alternate instrumentals with vocal tracks (usually...
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...
Single Cell Orchestra: “Unleashing the Horrors of Some of Our Great Power” (From Here to Tranquility 2, Silent 1993) I never was especially familiar with SIngle Cell Orchestra, but this...
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