Kara-Lis Coverdale: “Touch Me & Die” (Aftertouches, Sacred Phases 2015)This exuberant, bright instrumental from Kara-Lis Coverdale is a fairly sharp contrast from her more recent meditative...
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Porya Hatami & Arovane: “Unn” (Kaziwa, Time Released Sound / n5MD)German producer Uwe Zahn (Arovane) and Iranian experimental artist Porya Hatami released their collaboration album Kaziwa as a...
FaltyDL: “Open Space” (You Stand Uncertain, Hotflush Recordings 2011)Deep cut from FaltyDL’s 2011 album on Scuba’s Hotflush label, my first real exposure to how varied his talents as a producer are....
Bowery Electric: “Under the Sun” (Beat, Kranky 1996)Still an underrated classic by my own standards, Bowery Electric’s Beat is a long-time favorite. They never quite got their due, and I’ve always...
Memotone: “You Saw The Future” (Chime Hours, Black Acre 2016)Squirmy digital signal noise writhes atop this elegant arrangement for piano, strings, and electronics, found on Memotone’s 2016...
Vittoria Fleet: “Return” (Entangled EP, 2DIY4 2017)The second cut from Vittoria Fleet’s EP released last year shows them exploring a more spacious sensibility, not so packed full of sound like their...
James Blake: “If The Car Beside You Moves Ahead” (2018)James Blake’s latest is a cool hybrid of his more cut-up, weirder tunes like 2010′s CMYK and his more song-based albums that followed. His...
The Horrors: “I Can See Through You (Blanck Mass Remix)” (Higher, XL 2012)This sublime, sprawling tranced-out remix of of UK band The Horrors, as turned out by Fuck Buttons’ Benjamin John Power (aka...
Odd Nosdam: “Profane Bong Sue” (Sisters, Leaving 2016)This vid’s psychedelic trails are an appropriate accompaniment to Odd Nosdam’s signature downtempo haze.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Squarepusher: “4001″ (Ufabulum, Warp 2012)The lead track from Squarepusher’s 2012 full-length for Warp feels like a convergence of everything at which he excels: incredibly detailed syncopation,...
Vtgnike: “Zarubezh” (Dubna, 2014)Stumbled onto this one through Spotify recommendations and dig its weird mix of reverb, R&B, footwork and more fused together.(Source:...
Meat Beat Manifesto: “Re-Animator, Pt. 4″ (Storm the Studio, Wax Trax 1989)Signs of where Jack Dangers would take MBM in subsequent years in its dubby low end and delay, but not before a couple more...
Mathew Jonson: “Thieves In Digital Land” (Agents of Time, Wagon Repair 2010)This one from Mathew Jonson’s 2010 full-length is all about the fat and juicy bassline.(Source:...
BNJMN: “Herz” (Skur, Jericho One 2015)This punchy lo-fi track from BNJMN appears on the first release for Creme Organization’s sublabel Jericho One.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Erik Truffaz & Murcof: “Chaos” (Being Human Being, Mundo Recordings 2014)Truffaz’s trumpet decays and reverberates within and around Murcof’s grimy structure, a really winning combination on...
Pan•American: “Right of Return” (The River Made No Sound, Kranky 2002)Mark Nelson’s Pan American project explores everything from slowcore post-rock (not unlike his other collaborations as...
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