EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

Adult.: Detroit House Guests (Mute)Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller have been at this for about 20 years now, and it shows both in the near perfection of their productions but also in...

Monte Cazazza: “A Is For Atom” (The Worst of Monte Cazazza, Mute 1992)Monte Cazazza has always intrigued me as an enfant terrible of the experimental American industrial magazine, profiled by...

Ear Influxion’s Favorite Albums of 2015: #40-3131. Björk: Vulnicura (One Little Indian)32. Frank Bretschneider: Isolation (Line)33. Theo Burt: Gloss (Presto!?)34. Holly Herndon: Platform...

Container: Adhesive EP (Liberation Technologies)Ren Schofield’s specific blend of rhythm and noise shines brightly on this recent EP, each of its four cuts giving the others a run for...

Martin Gore: MG (Mute)Martin Gore is not an artist who lacks any ability or outlet to express himself. He’s been working as the primary songwriter (and, prior to 2000 or so, the sole...

MG: “Europa Hymn” (MG, Mute 2015)Depeche Mode’s lead songwriter Martin Gore’s first solo album of original material comes out on Mute at the end of April — looking forward to this collection of...

NON: “Man Cannot Flatter Fate” (Back to Mono, Mute 2012) Boyd Rice’s Back to Mono was a really nice return to form for his NON project, ditching his philosophizing and sloganeering...

Einstürzende Neubauten: “Für den Untergang” (Kalte Sterne – Early Recordings, Mute) Very early Neubauten, already clearly onto something special even in their nascence. 

Einstürzende Neubauten: “Für den Untergang” (Kalte Sterne – Early Recordings, Mute) Very early Neubauten, already clearly onto something special even in their nascence. 

Mika Vainio: Kilo (Blast First Petite) When I first heard Mika Vainio’s first solo album Onko in 1997, Pan Sonic was new to me (and still known as Panasonic before the company of the...

Diamanda Galás: “The Litanies Of Satan” (1982)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Diamond Version: CI (Mute) Olaf Bender (Byetone) and Carsten Nicolai (Alva Noto) have spent the last 15 years or longer along a similar trajectory, exploring digital minimalism, rhythm,...

Cabaret Voltaire: “Heaven and Hell” (Mix-Up, Mute 1979) This track from the Cabs’ first album works surprisingly well against the batshit brainwashing montage sequence from...

Depeche Mode: “Told You So” (Construction Time Again, Mute 1983) Depeche Mode’s third album is one I somehow skipped when I discovered their music. It was only much later that I...

Ben Frost: A U R O R A (Mute) Bedroom Community affiliate and collaborator Ben Frost migrates to Mute for the release of his latest opus of bleak machinery drones. His fifth album picks up...

Non: “Defenestration” (Physical Evidence, Mute 1982) Boyd Rice’s finest noise material is from right around this time, up through Blood & Flame in 1986. This track appeared on...

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