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.
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Results3475Thug Entrancer: Death After Life
Thug Entrancer’s “Death After Life” fits comfortably alongside Daniel Lopatin’s Software Recording Co. catalogue, a twitching, wonky version of electronic music that flitters between chaos and order.
Bibio: The Green EP
Compiled as an addendum of sorts to his May 2013 album Silver Wilkinson, The Green EP sees Stephen Wilkinson AKA Bibio construct a wider context for the album’s second
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STL: At Disconnected Moments
Like many highly regarded producers, Stephan Laubner, aka STL, has no interest in fame. While he is revered by the underground world as one of the heroes of
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New music video by Bibio & Michael Robinson
New music video, directed, filmed and edited by Stephen Wilkinson and Michael Robinson. Additional footage by Jared Pike and David Mowad. Read more from Bibio and Michael
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Actress: Ghettoville
As a reviewer tasked with picking apart the numerous enigmatic strands of Actress’ fourth and potentially final record, it’s tempting to cross-examine it with that infuriatingly cryptic
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Pop Ambient 2014
Let’s be honest: 2013 was peppered with grotesque cover art. One might hope, therefore, that this year’s music would be served in more forgiving sleeves. Alas.
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Axel Boman: Family Vacation
Axel Boman isn’t a fan of the standard house kick. If it wasn’t obvious from listening to his past material – the flare to the masses
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Joe: Punters Step Out / Club Scared
He may not be the most prolific producer, but few survivors of the UK’s dubstep scene can rival the unerring hit-rate of Joe. Inventive and perplexing,
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Nina Kraviz: Mr Jones
Nina Kraviz was always destined for the spotlight. From the moment Radio Slave used his Fabric #48 mix to unveil her pulsating track ‘Pain In the
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Conforce: Kinetic Image
1. Excess Mortality
2. Spatiotemporal
3. Temporary Reversals
4. Semantic Field
5. Scientific Trajectory
6. Underwater Settlers
7. Formerly Programmed Decisions
8. Abundance Of Selves
9. Optimum Pace
10. Anti-adaptive State
DJ Koze: Amygdala Remixes #1
1. Magical Boy (Matthew Herbert Remix)
2. La Duquesa (Efdemin Remix)
Nils Frahm: Spaces
1. An Aborted Beginning
2. Says
3. Said And Done
4. Went Missing
5. Familiar
6. Improvisation For Coughs And A Cell Phone
7. Hammers
8. For – Peter – Toilet Brushes – More
9. Over There, It’s Raining
10. Unter – Tristana – Ambre
11. Ross’s Harmonium
12. Me (Bonus Track)
Connan Mockasin: Caramel
1. Nothing Lasts Forever
2. Caramel
3. I’m The Man, That Will Find You
4. Do I Make You Feel Shy?
5. Why Are You Crying?
6. It’s Your Body 1
7. It’s Your Body 2
8. It’s Your Body 3
9. It’s Your Body 4
10. It’s Your Body 5
11. I Wanna Roll With You
Various Artists: SMM: Opiate
“Sadly, The Future Is No Longer What It Once Was would be an extremely appropriate title for an album of wandering classical-ambient hybrids” thought James Leyland
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Akkord: Akkord
If Paul Woolford’s Special Request project was a red carpet event, flanked by flashing bulbs and screaming public, then Akkord’s debut long player is the stealthy
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