We sat back with Norwegian producer Telephones to discuss his new album ‘Vibe Telemetry’ on Gerd Janson’s record label Running Back, plus the influence of memories on his work, full-length format shift and overall sound aesthetics.
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With a brave title like ‘All The Right Noises’, Roman Flügel’s third album for Dial should be hitting All The Right Buttons. The good news is that after, at least, twenty listens we’ve struggled to detect a wrong noise. All of it seems very right indeed. It’s so right that we think this is likely Flügel’s best work yet.
Pangaea talks up ‘In Drum Play’
Marking his return to Hessle Audio with the release of his first awaited long-player, we caught up with UK-based producer Pangaea to discuss his album writing process and his relationship with Hessle Audio.
Premiere: Illum Sphere – Red Glass
Since his debuts on Fat City in 2009, Manchester-based producer Illum Sphere became a regular on a variety of top-class labels out there, contributing choice releases to Martyn’s 3024, Tectonic,
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Shifted: Appropriation Stories
Appropriation Stories is one of the top Shifted works to date – providing everything fans and new listeners could want out of a techno album, while not trying to vacillate between the dancefloor and a headphone listen. It has terrific balance, exudes confidence and packs a mean punch with silk sheets surrounding it.
Suzanne Kraft lines up ‘What You Get For Being Young’ LP for Melody As Truth
Following up to ‘Talk From Home‘, his excellent ambient LP for Melody As Truth released last year, Suzanne Kraft returns on Jonny Nash’s imprint with ‘What You Get
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First Listen: Carsten Jost unveils second album ‘Perishable Tactics’ on Dial
Best known under his production alias of Carsten Jost, Dial co-founder David Lieske is set to release his second album ‘Perishable Tactics’ in January 2017. Our pick ‘Army Green’ offers a spooky STL-tinged melody lacing up a deeper than deep bass drum, dusty claps and delayed piano keys drowned in reverb with a hip-swaying groove.
Sky Walking announce debut label compilation 41’36”
Following the release of Sky Walking’s debut self-titled album in 2014, the trio composed of Christian Naujoks, Peter M. Kersten and Richard von der Schulenburg have since been priming the launch of their record label with the announcement of a 10-track label compilation entitled 41’36” – Stream Nowerk’s (Christian Naujoks and F#X) track from the compilation ‘Clarion’ within.
Yves Tumor: Serpent Music
Serpent Music, the new album by Mykki Banco associate Yves Tumor, may only feature lyrics on a few of its tracks, but it somehow manages to convey a painfully vivid narrative. A diverse collage of sound that lurches from meditative to viscerally evocative.
Kompakt ready Pop Ambient 2017
Kompakt co-founder Wolfgang Voigt has announced the release of the seventeenth edition of his labels annual ‘Pop Ambient’ compilation, scheduled for release 25th November 2016.
Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek release collaborative album ‘Schaum’
It has been six years since the release of the duo’s first collaborative album “Bird, Lake, Objects”. Their new album presents 8 meditative and ambient tracks, composed of instrumentation and percussion from Masayoshi Fujita with subtle electronic loops and layers from Jan Jelinek.
Giegling line up ‘Mind Over Matter’ compilation and two remix EPs
A veil of secrecy and die-hard fandom surrounds Giegling. In a world of non-stop communication and ultra-fast service, Weimar-based imprint has made a name for itself as
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Out of the mist: John Daly talks up his new album as The Smoke Clears
John Daly returns as The Smoke Clears with an eponymous second album of spacious electronica and cosmic ambient – due out 12th September on Dublin’s All City Records. We caught up with John to find out more about his creative process, analogue dependence and asked him to collate some of his all-time favourites through a ten-track playlist.
Motion Graphics: Avoiding Sentimentality and Nostalgia
Following the release of Motion Graphics debut self-titled album via Domino Records we caught up with the NYC based producer over Skype to discover more about his album writing process and how day-to-day technology interface sounds, device notifications and even the sound of household appliances have helped shape his album.
Dan Hayhurst: Critter Party
Where Sculpture come across as a kaleidoscopic exaggeration of our media saturated milieu: audio collage, noise and sleek techno built into a strange overdriven universe, Critter Party latches onto the human at the centre of it.
Roman Flügel announces “All The Right Noises” album for Dial
“All The Right Noises” is Roman Flügel‘s third album for Dial and this time around the Frankfurt based producer presents ten tracks made up of ambient soundscapes, downtempo breakbeat and psychedelic experimentalism. Since
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