Joe Collier, Author at INVERTED AUDIO

Joining Inverted Audio in late 2013, Joe went on to become deputy editor in April 2014 thanks to his fastidious (read: pedantic) attention to detail. Always drawn to the avant-garde in music, these days he finds it in rhythmically adventurous bass music, spacious deep house, and emotionally nuanced ambience. Not one to discriminate based on genre, Joe turns his nose up only at music lacking in character, innovation, or patience. Occasionally found guilty of unnecessarily verbose pontification. Overly fond of kebabs.

Ninos Du Brasil: Vida Eterna

Ninos Du Brasil show us another side to the tropics, a darker, more claustrophobic and chaotic landscape where the visceral fight for survival is a daily reality. Vida Eterna feels as though it takes place on the rainforest floor, in a dark and dank place full of the menace of the wild.

Nackt: Virex

True to 100% Silk style, Virex reconciles the gritty with the polished, modernises the classic without disrespecting it and harnesses the beast within the machine without taming it.

Objekt: Flatland

It is challenging, it is experimental, it is fractured and skittish. It is brazen in some places, and indirect in others…However the album triumphs primarily in its achievement of every great LP’s lofty ambition: to walk a tightrope between diversity and cogency.

New MusicJune 17, 2014June 20, 2014

Herbert returns after 8 years with new ‘Parts’ EP

Having not heard from Matthew Herbert’s house-orientated Herbert alias for several years he returns after 8 years with a new ‘Parts’ EP.

Moon Zero Premieres ‘Lara Witchcraft’ – Directed by Ben Moon

Moon Zero talks about sonic experimentation, the significance of acoustics and the trade-off between the conceptual and the pragmatic in his creative process.

Mix Tape: Habits of Hate

In their first interview feature together, Inverted Audio speaks to Habits of Hate, Happa and Manni Dee, about their upcoming debut release on Electronic Explorations, their production process and the effect of geography on music. They’ve also compiled a 15 track Mix Tape featuring William Basinski, Blur, Skirt, Regis and more.

DownloadApril 3, 2014April 3, 2014

Denovali Swingfest Releases Free Complilation

In anticipation of their two-day event later this month, Denovali Records have released a free-to-download compilation of 15 tracks from 11 of the performing artists in
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Takuya Matsumoto: Ram EP

Taking inspiration from almost every flavour of house and techno going, the Ram EP often invites external comparisons, yet still defies hard-and-fast classification – a testament to Matsumoto’s singular sound.

New MusicMarch 12, 2014March 18, 2014

Raster-Noton To Release Kyoka’s New Album ‘is (Is Superpowered)’ In May

From Tokyo to Berlin via L.A., Kyoka‘s glitch and techno indebted experimentation finds its spiritual home on Raster-Noton. Following up on 2012’s ‘iSH’, also on r-n,
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Francis Harris: Minutes of Sleep

Through an innovative approach to recording and production, Francis Harris has demonstrated versatility within the frameworks of house and ambient music that is seldom executed with such finesse.

General Ludd: The Fit of Passion EP

The Fit of Passion EP is at once an exercise in indulgent rhythmic experimentalism for the heads, and a pair of versatile floor-fillers for the punters. Highly recommended.

Archie Pelago: Lakeside Obelisk

This EP does what Archie Pelago have always done so well: by juxtaposing and collaging such disparate musical tropes, it creates something much more than a mere portmanteau of genera for fickle novelty, but an entirely new mode of approaching the boundaries we impose on music.

AuthorJoe Collier