EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

AFX: orphaned deejay selek 2006-08 (Warp)Richard D. James dons his lesser-used AFX alias for this short collection of alleged cast-offs and outtakes from around the same time as some of...

Battles: “Inchworm (Silent Servant Remix - Edit)” (Dross Glop, 2012 Warp)Juan Mendez’s reworking of Battles’ “Inchworm” from their 2011 album Gloss Drop only skims the original for inspiration....

Bibio: “Artists’ Valley” (Mind Bokeh, Warp 2011)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Squarepusher: “The Exploding Psychology” (Go Plastic, Warp 2001)I’ve been experiencing a bit of a renewed interest in the hyperkinetic programming of Tom Jenkinson, especially his albums that cross...

Boards of Canada: “An Eagle In Your Mind” (Music Has the Right to Children, Warp 1998)Boards of Canada’s first album still puts a spell on me, nearly 20 (!) years later. Their sound is so distinct...

Close Up Over: “Jauqq” (Bytes, 1993)Close Up Over is one of several aliases behind the tracks on Bytes, the first collection of tracks from The Black Dog, at the time a collective consisting of...

Jamie Lidell: “Said Dram Scam” (Muddlin Gear, Warp 2000)Years before Jamie Lidell fully remade himself as a soul singer, he made some pretty strange techno and then this sprawling opus of oddness,...

Plaid: “Quick Emix” (Spokes, Warp 2003)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Autechre: “known(1)” (Oversteps, Warp 2010)Autechre’s Oversteps remains one of my favorites of theirs, fusing some of their oddly melodic sensibility with their usual hyper tweaked...

Autechre: LP5 (1998, Warp) At a time when I’ve been scrambling to get as much quality 2014 release listening in as possible lately (working on my year-end round-up, due to run here soon!),...

Clark: Clark (Warp) I’ve written before about Chris Clark as someone I consider to be somewhat of an unsung hero in current electronic music. He often discovers and explores sounds well...

Flying Lotus: “Kill Your Co-Workers” (Pattern+Grid World, Warp 2010)(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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...

Clark: “Open” (Iradelphic, Warp 2012) I’ve really been enjoying going back and listening to Chris Clark’s excellent 2012 album Iradelphic, especially his collaborations with...

Aphex Twin: Syro (Warp) Much press has been made of how long it’s been since Richard D. James released music as Aphex Twin, as if we’ve been clamoring in a drought of new music from him,...

Aphex Twin: “minipops 67 [source field mix]” (Syro, Warp 2014) New Aphex Twin! The album is due out 19 September, his first for the project in 13 years. I am getting excited!(Source:...

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