EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

Fuck Buttons: “Colours Move” (Street Horrrsing, 2008)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Darkstar: “Deadness” (North, Hyperdub 2010) This album never gets old to me.

Tropic of Cancer: Permissions of Love (Mannequin) Camella Lobo is the woman behind the gloomy sounds of Tropic of Cancer, no longer aided by Juan Mendez (a.k.a. Silent Servant) who left...

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...

Third Eye Foundation: “Corpses as Bedmates” (Ghost, 1997) 1997 was an unusually bold year for me musically. I finally really branched out from listening to industrial and experimental...

Royal Oaks: Hopscotch EP (Self-released) I first met Benjamin Oaks in Portland in 2009 after living here for about a year. We hit it off over cocktails and a conversation about Wolfgang...

The Legendary Pink Dots: “Rainbows Too?” (Plutonium Blonde, ROIR 2008) This is one LPD album I haven’t really heard, but stumbling onto this clip, now I know I need to. It’s...

Ryan York: If I Am This Forest (Non Projects) Ryan York’s newest EP comes off like the chiptune-tinged bastard child of Panda Bear and Zomby (who coincidentally did their own...

What a great year for music it’s been. I’m sure there are glaring omissions even by my own finnicky standards. Some releases earned a slot toward the top right away (Deaf...

The Slingshot Orchestra by Microfilm Microfilm backcatalogue sale! Microfilm’s The Slingshot Orchestra album (2008) is now on sale for just $1 at Bandcamp for a limited time! It’s part...

Julia Holter: Tragedy (Leaving Records) Stunning leftfield art-pop on this fifth album from artist Julia Holter, my first exposure to her wonderful world. From the opening field recordings...

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