“The IDM-esque production is cool-temperature, almost antiseptic, and the execution follows a spatial discipline that is leaner and more assured.” With his second Paperclip Minimiser transmission,
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markmechanik: Invest in Rest
“Invest in Rest is an especially vinyl-appropriate record, perhaps in part due to markmechanik’s plunderphonic style, or maybe it’s an artefact of him being a vinyl
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Davorama: Low Enforcement
“What makes Low Enforcement a special record is that it creates a compelling, unified story with very little.” Davorama’s Low Enforcement immediately feels at home on
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Quelza: Above The Clouds I Finally Found Peace
“Above The Clouds I Finally Found Peace carries a spiritual dimension, drawing from genres such as IDM and breaks to craft an intricate, experimental soundscapes.” Léo
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Giegling: Ende Gut Alles Gut
“Ende Gut Alles Gut is a heady, introspective and self-indulgent meander through a gallery of impeccably produced minimal and ambient leaning artworks, thoughtfully curated and assembled
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8004: 8004
“8004’s work is a reminder that dub techno is a weather condition. The six tracks need to be turned up to a volume where the kick
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Andre Zimmer: Swamp Circuit
“With tastes of UK breaks, electro, bassline and 90s happy hardcore, ‘Swamp Circuit’ remains headstrong in its focus throughout – with no punch withheld, nor emotion
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Hame: Élan
“Hame releases his debut LP, Élan, on Yoyaku, a cohesive and endlessly listenable project that encompasses the subtlety and warmth of his and Pintai’s approach.” Fresh
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Picture: Eeeeeee
“The album’s keys and beats stab the air like a strobe light, melding each track into a focused, engrossing concoction of piercing minimal techno and blown
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Various Artists: Mastery Quantum Sound
“Mastery Quantum Sound deftly treads that middle ground between immersive soundscapes and forward thinking electronic experimentation, for a truly immersive and absorbing listen.” A strangely quiet
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Atàvic: Creatividad Artificial EP
“Creatividad Artificial is a slab of ice-cold, dub-inflected steeze, which borrows from elements of techno, electro and halftime, without ever surrendering to something as pastiche as
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David Moore: Graze the Bell
“From first note to last, Graze the Bell showcases the meltingly-lush tone of a “beastly” 1987 Hamburg Steinway Model D, as he winds his way through
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Markus Guentner: On Brutal Soil, We Grow
“There is a narrative to follow on this album, one that evokes the exploration of human grief and hope, but as it exists across our species
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Surface Access: Transfer
“The appeal of Surface Access is the way they embrace dub techno aesthetics while steering their results towards communal spaces and experiences.” Nicolas Jaar’s imprint Other
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A Taut Line: Self-Surveillance
“You have to be thankful for work like Self-Surveillance. Despite the mountains of garbage that are heaped onto us every day, there is still real art.”
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Musicentrydelete: Selfless
“Hashman Deejay’s debut full-length on Mood Hut as Musicentrydelete reminds me of this cocktail of magic and technology, of atmosphere, of chance, of luck and unluck.
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