Strip a 3-day party down to its bare essentials and what are you left with? Speakers, DJs, dancers, some snazzy lighting, access to food and water
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Pontiac Streator: Sone Glo
“Sone Glo captures that echoes-of-the-rave, drifting-home-in-the-thin-morning-light vibe perfectly” I should probably start by admitting to a slight degree of apathy in regard to the particular strain
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Inhmost: The Meaning Of.....
“While it might not reveal the truth of existence, or provide solutions to the crushing complexities of day-to-day life, it does allow you to escape into
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A Colourful Storm: I Stumble And Then I Fall
“Given A Colourful Storm’s penchant for the obscure I think it’s fair to assume that none of the acts are household names” Reputation can be a
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Still In My Arms: Compiled by Bayu and Moopie
Bayu and Moopie’s glistening new survey of early-00s electronica focuses on a more introspective and emotionally fraught side of the IDM scene.
Cosmic Roots Festival 2019
Oscar Allan recalls an idyllic three-day experience at Cosmic Roots Festival 2019, held within the bucolic scenery of East Raynham’s Walled Garden in Norfolk, East Anglia.
Mutant Joe: Home Invasion Anthems
Album’s that truly keep you guessing like this one don’t come across too often – stick it on and be glad that Joe’s chosen your home to invade.
HTRK: Venus in Leo
HTRK are here to make you weep. If you’re a walking, talking, fully functioning humanoid I defy you not to be moved by the Melbourne duo’s latest album Venus in Leo.
Dots: Dots
Dots sits firmly at the dead serious, black-turtlenecked end of this scale. It’s a shimmering exercise in restraint, poise and cognitive infiltration; never overtly loud or intense, yet incredibly effective at worming its way to the depths of your psyche.
Brunnen: The Garden Of Perpetual Dreams
Rarely does an album’s title so perfectly reflect it’s narrative and mood. To listen to The Garden of Perpetual Dreams is to experience the immaculately-tended, Freeky Deeky forest of Brunnen’s mind.
Edited Arts: Extended
“Extended offers a thought-provoking view on the absurdity of the coming omni-digital age and what it means – or what it takes – to be human
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Robert ÆOLUS Myers: Talisman
Robert ÆOLUS Myers, a resident of Hawaii since the mid-70s whose island-tinged electroacoustic meditations were the subject of a compilation from Aloha Got Soul in 2017. Now the fine folk at Origin Peoples are having a crack, and they’re bringing added firepower with them in the form of a live recording and clutch of remixes.
Basil Kirchin: Worlds Within Worlds
Wanna get weird? How about a supremely immersive and psyched-out early 70s masterpiece featuring spacey concrète-esque drones, manipulated bird noises and wild, Ayler-on-a-speed-bender free jazz instrumentation? …Sure!
unDISTURBED Stillness at the Royal Albert Hall with Anthony Child, Elsa Hewitt, Ben Fehr & Liam Cutler
Nights like unDISTURBED – Stillness are a reminder of how vital and exciting innovation can be and it’s great to see an establishment as venerable as the Royal Albert Hall embracing these far-out horizons.
Ulla Straus: Big Room
‘Big Room’ is a small but perfectly formed moment that can’t fail to brighten your mood, a 30-minute flash of light-hearted joy to touch even the crankiest among us.
Dungeon Rap: The Introduction
Ever wondered what Memphis Horrorcore might sound like if it were wrenched out of the Deep South, dragged through the gutter to a Scandinavian doom metal gig and spat out in a modern day industrial estate in Eastern Europe?