It’s been a solid eight years since Australian label Altered States Tapes began “documenting the marginalised fringes of electronic experimentation” as they accurately sum up their
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Results291Rafael Anton Irisarri: Sirimiri
Shrouded in melancholic vapours and forlorn harmonics, Irisarri’s new album for Umor Rex presents four majestic extended cuts as so many viewpoints on an untouched phantasmal valley. Drawing its name from the Basque word for ‘drizzle’ – which makes absolute sense given the fine-grained, caressingly fresh nature of its sound design, ‘Sirimiri’ offers sensations in their purest essence, primitively symbolic yet actively contemplative.
Premiere: Phil Struck – Balanc
One of the brightest revelations of the year 2017, ambient music newcomer Phil Struck returns with his third album after a pair of arresting releases on LL.M. and
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Premiere: Solune – Vibrant Structure
Etienne Dauta’s work as Solune weaves a tapestry of diverse influences around the loose framework of house music. Drawing from jazz, ambient, and exotica, Dauta creates
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Premiere: Akasha System – Bloom
No one in the community will ever forget the shocking events that unfolded that cold night of December 2, 2016, in Oakland, USA. That night 36
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Premiere: Bernard Baum – Atoll (Beatless Mix)
Following on from their debut outing, Schuttle’s ‘Home‘, released earlier this year, Paris-via-Peckham based record label Panatype return to round off their first year in the game
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Premiere: Razgraad – HoarWoodsDivine
From his debut instalment, ‘The Water Towers‘, released last year, to his sophomore offering ‘The Ideology Of Pessimism‘, due out in a week on Yerevan Tapes, the extended sonic
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Premiere: E Davd – Habitable Zone
The first and last time we featured E Davd was on the occasion of his arresting debut EP ‘Star Sign‘ on Manchester’s Natural Sciences a few months ago,
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Music Video: Babylon Crooks – Vapors
Today we’re glad to share the exclusive video for Babylon Crooks cosmo-telluric cut ‘Vapors’. Lumped together with a collage of motley archive footage and space-related imagery – the soft acidic throb and elegiac charm of the track allows your mind to wander freely until you zone out for good.
Premiere: Chafik Chennouf – Ferroequinologie (Mondkopf Remix)
It didn’t take Amsterdam-based label Leyla Records much longer than a couple years to find its cruising speed. Having quickly established as one of the most
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Premiere: John Wright – Partial Object
Just like its envelope suggests, the music contained within John Wright‘s ‘Partial Object‘ presents a dynamic and kaleidoscopic picture of a range of genres and aesthetics:
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Cera Khin & Ossia inaugurate LazyTapes with ‘Guided Meditation’ cassette
‘Guided Meditation’ is a 25 minute cassette composed of three tracks that take the listener on a lysergic journey in and out of consciousness.
Premiere: The Mole – He Frank
It’s been four years since we reviewed The Mole’s ‘History Of Dates‘ EP on Perlon, perhaps one of the imprints finest releases considering it presented a
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Premiere: Wnimanie – Locura Harmonica
“Born in Russia and techno-schooled in Germany” as he likes to describe himself, Wnimanie (a transliteration of the Russian word for ‘attention’) makes music that spurns
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DFA Records & Bokeh Versions team up for Jay Glass Dubs vs Guerilla Toss EP
Brooklyn’s DFA Records team up with Bristol’s Bokeh Versions for a special joint release between Boston via NYC experimental rock band Guerilla Toss and Greece’s very
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Achim Maerz releases his captivating ‘Experiments’ hardware sessions from 2015 on Don’t Be Afraid
Out today on Don’t Be Afraid is an excellent set of cuts from Hamburg based artist Achim Maerz. Culled from a stack of improvised hardware jams
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