The scene will never be the same with the loss of so many legends as of late, but after a brief scrape with death himself, DJ Nate goes back to the beginning and proves the saying that “constant repetition carries conviction.”
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Amon Tobin: Fear In A Handful Of Dust
After an extended break Amon Tobin returns on his newly created imprint Nomark with the less ambitious, but nonetheless compelling, ‘Fear In A Handful Of Dust’ LP.
Basil Kirchin: Worlds Within Worlds
Wanna get weird? How about a supremely immersive and psyched-out early 70s masterpiece featuring spacey concrète-esque drones, manipulated bird noises and wild, Ayler-on-a-speed-bender free jazz instrumentation? …Sure!
Alessandro Adriani: Embryo EP
To be so consistently productive in a small enclave of stylistically dark music and still return music worthwhile listening to is a mark of quality in Adriani’s work.
Trudge: 100
Packed with the assets of an instant classic for fans of these sounds, ‘100‘ portrays an artist who doesn’t just have big ideas, but clearly knows how to execute them with flawless precision.
UVB76: SĀN
Ticking all boxes and more, the debut full-length offering from Russia-via-Brittany based duo UVB76 comes as a warning to the creatively worn-out 4/4 purists and stale-minded heads: future lies in the hybrid and the unpure, the bastardized and the non-eugenic ; future is a cross-bred dog howling at the moon.
Conforce: Haedron EP
Haedron EP marks Bunnik’s twelfth release on Delsin, reflecting the consistency and ability synonymous with his output.
unDISTURBED Stillness at the Royal Albert Hall with Anthony Child, Elsa Hewitt, Ben Fehr & Liam Cutler
Nights like unDISTURBED – Stillness are a reminder of how vital and exciting innovation can be and it’s great to see an establishment as venerable as the Royal Albert Hall embracing these far-out horizons.
Liquid Soap: Naja Warfare EP
Naja Warfare captivates as much as it dazzles, innervating its tried-and-tested 4/4 dynamics with glowing elements of sci-fi heroics and forward-thinking, off-piste engineering.
Bibio: Ribbons
Bibio’s tenth album is a collection of pretty things, a box of treasures and faded photographs that softly trace the outlines of a rare and precious musical vision.
Logos: Imperial Flood
Over the course of 9 bleak tracks ‘Imperial Flood’ carves something of a tense horror mystery…each track is poised at the precipice of being club-ready, yet slyly avoiding it. One little nudge would be enough: this LP is a weapon in the hands of a shrewd DJ, but an enigma to a less-capable one.
Visible Cloaks, Yoshio Ojima & Satsuki Shibano: Serenitatem
In a genre where individualism prevails, it is restoring to hear ambient music where collaboration rewards the listener with such elegant results.
Ulla Straus: Big Room
‘Big Room’ is a small but perfectly formed moment that can’t fail to brighten your mood, a 30-minute flash of light-hearted joy to touch even the crankiest among us.
Mana: Seven Steps Behind
Seven Steps Behind has just the right level of bizarreness that infatuates rather than repulses and it’s that’s fickle balance between order and chaos, beauty and ugliness that make it so intriguing.
Khotin: Beautiful You
In a world full of divisive words, shouting, barracking, and the endless cacophony of online communication, this record valorizes the quiet gesture.
Jan Jelinek & Asuna: Signals Bulletin
Occupying the parallax between Berlin and Kanazawa, Jan Jelinek and Asuna set their sights on far-off stars, creating over the course of a three year period bright, celestial works whilst remaining thoroughly grounded in deeply human production.