Draped in ominous atmospheres and rumbling echoes, the work of multi-talented musician Michael Vallera is one of subtle detailing and slow-drip obsessiveness. We caught up with Mike to talk his new full-length on Denovali, living in Chicago and his approach to music and photography.
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DJ Healer: Nothing 2 Loose
Following on from our earlier review of Prime Minister Of Doom, we take a look at the lighter side of the mysterious producer from Planet Uterus as DJ Healer. Airy and childlike, ‘Nothing 2 Loose’ is easy to love.
Prime Minister Of Doom: Mudshadow Propaganda
With Prince Of Denmark, Traumprinz and DJ Metatron committed firmly to the past, we get under the skin of the darker of the elusive producer’s new alter egos – Prime Minister Of Doom. Focused, distinctly tribal, it is a heady dance floor journey.
Premiere: Isorinne – Ingen Kunde Någonsin
Hailing from the boiling Rotterdam, License To Love (could well be the title to a sentimental 007 spin-off) is a new label that we’re pretty excited to
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Peder Mannerfelt up next with LazyTapes debut 12″, ‘The Screws That Hold The World Together’
After a pair of quickly sold-out split tapes that saw the label bosslady, Cera Khin, team up with Bristol’s prominent figure Ossia and avant-garde junglist Christoph
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Jan Jelinek: Zwischen
Made by and featuring none other than strictly human sounds, warped and deconstructed until it falls in that uncanny valley of dissociative humanism. Jan Jelinek’s latest album ‘Zwischen’ can be considered an exercise in learning to find enjoyment and/or contentment in the intellectual and physical limitations of the human mind and body.
Pablo’s Eye: Spring Break
The 8 tracks here feel assembled as much as arranged, designed as much as composed. Sounds have undoubtedly been picked for their audio quality, but they’ve been layered on the canvass in the way a painter uses colours.
After The Flash Flood: Prairie talks up his latest album on Denovali
With just a few hours to go before prairie’s new album ‘After The Flash Flood’ on Denovali hits the streets, we caught up with Marc Jacobs to discuss his recording process and unique vision. Meanwhile, get a taster with ‘Elephants Will Rise Again’ down below.
SW and SVN team up on ‘AMB1805’ for Apollo
One year on since his unexpected migration from SUED to R&S sister label, Stefan Wust aka SW announced his return to Apollo with ‘AMB1805‘ – a new
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Music Video: Walrus Ghost & Max Frankl – Downing Still Life
We’re glad to premiere the music video for a beautiful cut from Walrus Ghost & Max Frankl album “Downing Still Life” – shot and directed by Brendan Gilliam all in Super 8, this one’s a BoC-reminiscent trip into memory’s deepest emotional recesses, a gently contemplative piece soaked in the warm orange glow of nostalgia.
In Perspective: Yu Su talks up her latest mini-album ‘Preparations For Departure’ on Arcane
Back this Spring with a sublime sophomore outing on New York-based label Arcane, the Chinese-born, Vancouver-based musician had a lot to talk about, so we seized the occasion and had a quick chat with the tremendously gifted lady.
Dravier: Deep Thought Glacial River
Born from a recurring dream he made before putting the first touch to the tracks – involving “an expedition that leads into a glacier where an ancient ice metropolis lies”, ‘Deep Thought Glacial River’ casts its net far and wide; meshing bleached-out exotica with subdued prog folk tropes and teeming beds of organic noises to create a riveting sound fresco.
Orbits extend festival dates, announce local acts and reveal solidarity program
Following their first and second wave of acts announcements, Orbits complete their line-up with the addition of a selection of budding local DJ’s and producers featuring
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Vision & Sound: Kenneth James Gibson talks up ‘In The Fields Of Nothing’ on Kompakt
Two years after his first incursion on Kompakt, Kenneth James Gibson returns with ‘In The Fields Of Nothing’ LP that shines a particularly bright light on the Californian musician’s arresting melange of minutely-crafted instrumentals, lucid vision and deeply immersive electronics, bearing in them both the solar radiance and crucial minerality of his Idyllwild home.
Russian imprint Private Persons announce debut album from Voin Oruwu ‘Big Space Adventure’
Kiev-based producer Dmitriy Avksentiev, also known as Koloah, has announced a new album scheduled for release in May under his new moniker Voin Oruwu. Entitled ‘Big Space
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Belong: October Language
Twelve years after its original release, Belong’s debut ‘October Language’ gets it first vinyl pressing courtesy of John Elliot’s Spectrum Spools label. The reissue launches the record into a new context, shedding new light on both its predecessors and what came after.