Reza Athar serves up a polyamorous blender of styles and tempo, steering far, far away from the no-nonsense 4/4 galaxy to settle halfway guitar-strewn psychedelia, kosmische-informed keyboard motifs, tribal jams and cross-pollinated ’80s synth-pop and exotica hybrids.
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Premiere: Univers – L’Home I L’Espasa (Lake Haze ‘Club’ Edit)
First non-electronic release to land on Modern Obscure Music since the label’s debut five years ago, ‘Matèria Corrupta‘ is the work of Catalan pop-rock outfit Univers.
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Premiere: Victor de Roo – Gewoon
Half of the Vanderschrick duo, recently responsible for an inaugural 12″ on Ziggy Devriendt’s imprint, STROOM, Victor de Roo steps up on Amsterdam’s ever polymorphic Knekelhuis with his
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Premiere: MB Jones – Hearts For Eyes
When buying a record, the fact that it comes accompanied by an intriguing background story usually adds an impalpable pleasure to the aura of the music
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Premiere: Violent Quand On Aime – Of Course I’m A Liar
When one of today’s most intriguing and consistent labels meets one of the most promising artistic crews out there, it gives something like Violent Quand On
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Music Video: Weird Weather – Bamboo Room
With the release’o’meter stuck to one in 2017, Chuggy Leath’s [Emotional] Especial imprint finally reemerges to our greatest delight this year with the debut outing of emerging London-based duo Weird Weather. Watch the video for ‘Bamboo Room’ directed by Letty Fox, exclusively on IA.
Premiere: Isorinne – Wave 5
Barely two years have gone by since Origin Peoples‘ inception, yet the LA-based imprint’s made the most out of their first two seasons in the game like
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The Beat Escape
Ahead of the release of The Beat Escape album on Bella Union, the Montreal-based duo serve up a mix stamped with their usual seal of elegance. From Bill Nelson to Pink Industry, via Raze De Soare and Degrees of Freedom; this mix is for sunny days and aimless wanderings in the park.
In Perspective: Latvian producer Sign Libra talks up her ‘Closer To The Equator’ EP on Antinote
Interested to learn more about Riga’s local electronic music scene and Antinote’s recent repress of Sign Libra’s debut ‘Closer To The Equator’ EP, we sat down with the Latvian producer to discuss her musical background, artistic aims, as well as her infinite love for BBC nature documentaries and Prokofiev.
Premiere: Siegmar Fricke – Aero
Since its inception three years ago, spAceLex’s Mond Musik has been doing a wonderful job of issuing and re-issuing long lost gems from unfairly forgotten or
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NSRD: Workshop For The Restoration Of Unfelt Feelings
Although not explicitly protest music, the very existence of NSRD was an act of defiance, their bold experimentation a franticly impassioned attempt to assert identity. Listening now, the 1980s context is not obviously apparent, but the strive for individuality comes through in amazing clarity.
Premiere: 19 Gadi Pirms Sakuma – Singapuras Vejs
Incepted last year with a pair of VA comps featuring artists such as Drvg Cvltvre, Bergsonist and BPMF, Mélodies Souterraines is a label that impresses by
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Premiere: Menko – The First Kiss
Dedicated to “combining raw contemporary techno with original 80s/90s industrial, electronic, experimental and EBM music“, Murray CY’s imprint Contort Yourself has been putting together some of
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Nosedrip
We caught up for a quick-fire chat with Belgium based artist Nosedrip as he opens up on the width of the Belgium scene and gets us to discover the story behind his unique approach to music.
In Perspective: Andrei Orlov
We caught up with an unsung herald of the contemporary kosmische and synth pop scene in the person of Moscow-based producer Andrei Orlov to lift a corner of the veil on his craft, away from current trends but close to the core of a timeless genre of electronic music that continues to be a source of fascination.
Mind Records reissue Femminielli’s O’Sodoma
After reissuing Bataille Solaire ‘Jap‘ and Umberto ‘La Llorona‘ – two of the most sought-after releases of their back catalogue, Paris via Osaka-based label Mind Records are
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