Preparing to set sail once more for the most distant and strange sonic shores, the first number in FATi Records new Multiquest series, ‘Camouflé’, pushes forth RAMZi’s adept skills in composing hardly fathomable harmonious worlds. A piece that most definitely lives up to her uniquely lavish universe’s ideals.
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Results1346Andy Stott: It Should Be Us
What Andy Stott delivers with ‘It Should Be Us’, is a portrait of us…a masterful congealing of dance music history, heard through the reverberant spaces collapsing ballrooms and the tension of dismantled promises.
Shed: Oderbruch
Whilst the atypical sonics of Shed and related pseudonyms can be easily identified, his new album ‘Oderbruch’ on Ostgut Ton makes for a paradox.
Stenny: Upsurge
Stenny’s debut full-length ‘Upsurge’ has the pedigree to stand proudly amongst the past years’ most accomplished long-players.
Cosmic Roots Festival 2019
Oscar Allan recalls an idyllic three-day experience at Cosmic Roots Festival 2019, held within the bucolic scenery of East Raynham’s Walled Garden in Norfolk, East Anglia.
Georgia: One Mind
YOUTH welcome obscure NY-based duo Georgia to the label, reinforcing the unconventional inclination of electronic music production that Andrew Lyster has set out to uncover.
Mutant Joe: Home Invasion Anthems
Album’s that truly keep you guessing like this one don’t come across too often – stick it on and be glad that Joe’s chosen your home to invade.
Ziúr: ATØ
Berlin-based experimentalist, futurist and producer Ziúr returns to Planet Mu with her second album ‘ATØ’ – a portal to worldwide change, it is as vibrant as the unapologetic and unwavering musical landscape of Berlin.
A.dixen: Death Tapes Vol.2
Made to be experienced as a whole rather than broken down for its stand-out parts, Death Tapes Vol.2 creates an enveloping feeling of airiness and soothing serenity over the course of its twelve finely woven units, balancing the scopic width of its sound design with sharp junglistic onslaughts and full-out breaksy moves bound to make a lasting impact both on and off the dance floor.
Karenn: Grapefruit Regret
Grapefruit Regret is the best reciprocation of why Karenn dominate dancefloors, pounding techno from a complex arrangement of synths that thumps through speakers.
Meemo Comma: Sleepmoss
Lara Rix-Martin marks her first album release on Planet Mu with an eerie ode to the changing seasons on ‘Sleepmoss’. Awash with field recordings and natural ambient tones, Sleepmoss sets a new precedence for Rix-Martin’s work as an artist and her role as commentator to the winds and rain.
Space Dimension Controller: Love Beyond The Intersect
Mr 8040 returns once again as the protagonist in Space Dimension Controller’s follow-up album, ‘Love Beyond The Intersect’. This time, he journeys to escape a planet he crash-landed on following a ‘space dust and vecta grog fuelled burnout.’
Ripperton presents Zendama
Compilations are often a funny beast, often lacking in context or consistency. No such accusation can be levelled at ‘Zendama’, with no weak links on show.
Peak & Swift: Floppy EP
Peak & Swift’s debut extended player is excitingly brave in contrast with Berlin’s sometimes straightforward sonic paradigm.
Wanderwelle & Bandhagens Musikförening: Victory Over The Sun
Moments like ‘Victory Over The Sun’ and ‘Red Skies’ share a thread with techno, however it is being performed high in the stratosphere as you remain rooted, with kick drums and melodies hidden behind a thick blanket of imposing grey cloud.
Teebs: Anicca
Anicca is undoubtedly Teebs’ boldest and most beautiful statement to date, an expansion of his vision and an elevation of his craft.