Milton Hall is described on the Barbican’s website as a perfect setting for choral and chamber music. Dasha Rush and Stanislav Glazov, and LCC and Pedro Maia, used this setting to point towards the huge possibilities of fully integrating electronic music with images.
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STL: Nonzero Sonics
Following on from our exclusive track premiere, check our deeper dive through Stephan Laubner’s excellent outing on French imprint Dark Matters.
Bibio: Phantom Brickworks
Recently prone to immaculately produced ’80s smooth jams (The Serious EP) we must admit that it’s with a touch of trepidation that we fire up “Phantom Brickworks”, Bibio’s latest long player on Warp Records. However, true to form, Wilkinson surprises with an about turn focus on deeply pensive and emotive ambience.
Errorsmith: Superlative Fatigue
Electronic pioneers Kraftwerk and Jeff Mills both made electronic music which was completely detached from the scenes around them. Their sounds strove towards the future, but were also firmly connected to ideals of popular music – of melody and dancing. With Superlative Fatigue, Errorsmith has joined this tradition, producing a record of hi-tech ravers which transcends its surroundings.
J.C. & Kastil: No Spiritual Surrender
One thing’s sure, these two experienced individuals understand both the business and production facets of underground music and it clearly shows in all aspects of this new LP: the tracks span a multitude of genres, each of them made with a specific purpose in mind. A work of true professionals one would say.
Emra Grid: Shay’s Vacation House
Shay’s Vacation House isn’t always a pleasant stay, yet there is something compelling about it, like tonguing an ulcer to feel the rush of pain and withdrawing only to feel the throb beckoning you back for another prod.
1800HaightStreet: Endless
Hype itself is a devious beast, which can toy with perception, especially with regards to helping you internally over-selling, say, a sprawling eight vinyl monster as a landmark as you succumb to its fever. With that in mind, coming into ‘Endless’ blind was a delightful experience, both through an unexpected surprise and also knowing that all appreciation was untainted.
DJJ: Yn Y Ty
Fusing strains of batucada and African polyrhythms with tape-saturated Chi-town grooves and deep smokey ambiences, DJJ offers up an all-embracing audio cocktail that doesn’t quite choose between muscular swing and laid-back lounging, intensity and magnitude; feeding the furnace with an equitably balanced mix of pace and focus to ravish all on the dancefloor.
Lee Gamble: Mnestic Pressure
Mnestic Pressure is a term relating to the impact of collective and individual pressures on short term memory. It is no surprise that it also represents some of Gamble’s most abstract yet vivid work to date.
Dan Shake: Shake’s On A Plane
From the deep to the acid to the disco Shake is slowly securing his name amongst the most respected players in the game. This E.P. demonstrates what sort of artist Shake is and potentially why he stood out to Moodymann like he stands out to his listeners.
GAS & Huerco S. live at the Barbican
Huerco S. and GAS are both expert purveyors of seriously deep electronic music, of excavating sounds that envelope and surround the listener…Armed with the power of the Barbican’s soundsystem, both were given the freedom to build their own vivid universes, ones totally removed from the dark city that surrounds.
Joe: Tail Lift / MPH
Whether he’s serious or cynical, it seems as if Joe simply keeps doing his own unique thing, staying in anonymity while dropping some of the most interesting cuts to come out of the Hessle camp. We can only hope there’s more to come in the pipeline.
Inland: Metatlantic
Inlands ’Metatlantic’ is every stage of the dancefloor packed into one record…It doesn’t try to be more than it is – i.e. a solid, quality selection of techno made by someone who knows exactly what he’s doing. A proud entry for Black Crows’ 10th release.
Aleksi Perälä: Simulation
Both disturbing and beautiful Aleksi Perälä once again demonstrates his expertise at creating a well rounded album; for meditation as well as for the basement.
J.F. Burma: Nomadic EP
These three tunes uniformly present a preview of someone we’ll be hearing a lot more of in the coming months. J.F. Burma is here to stay; presumably somewhere in your subconscious with all that synth wizardry.
Minor Science: Whities 012
It’s becoming quite impossible to pin down Finlayson in terms of sonic palate. You can trace back to the roots – through dubstep, electro, jungle and techno – yet he has quickly established himself as one of those rare breed of artists – such as Call Super and Objekt – whose sound is simply Minor Science.