Somnambulant yet refined, gorgeously textured and mastered with a hefty sonic depth by Taylor Dupree, ‘Beautyfear’ is an album for late nights and quiet remote places.
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Francis Harris: Minutes of Sleep
Through an innovative approach to recording and production, Francis Harris has demonstrated versatility within the frameworks of house and ambient music that is seldom executed with such finesse.
Terrence Dixon: Badge Of Honor
Hot on the heels of ‘From The Far Future Pt. 2’s’ critical success, Terrence Dixon quickly accomplishes another great concept. Badge Of Honor may not be for a wide audience, but still, it portrays the Detroitian artist in his best form. Deserves careful studying.
Truncate: Pressurize EP
Truncate’s ‘Pressurize EP’ on 50 Weapons not only reveals great design and execution, but indicates that Truncate’s artistic barriers are yet to be reached.
General Ludd: The Fit of Passion EP
The Fit of Passion EP is at once an exercise in indulgent rhythmic experimentalism for the heads, and a pair of versatile floor-fillers for the punters. Highly recommended.
Archie Pelago: Lakeside Obelisk
This EP does what Archie Pelago have always done so well: by juxtaposing and collaging such disparate musical tropes, it creates something much more than a mere portmanteau of genera for fickle novelty, but an entirely new mode of approaching the boundaries we impose on music.
Thug Entrancer: Death After Life
Thug Entrancer’s “Death After Life” fits comfortably alongside Daniel Lopatin’s Software Recording Co. catalogue, a twitching, wonky version of electronic music that flitters between chaos and order.
Elgato: Links / Sun
Like many artists from the inimitable Hessle Audio camp, Elgato is not a man who favours quantity over quality. Turning in a grand total of four
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Octavcat: In Memory of Old Gear
Whilst wandering around Rough Trade East last summer, I stumbled upon a room near the back of the store housing what appeared to be a monumental
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Bibio: The Green EP
Compiled as an addendum of sorts to his May 2013 album Silver Wilkinson, The Green EP sees Stephen Wilkinson AKA Bibio construct a wider context for the album’s second
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Shackleton: Freezing Opening Thawing
Media coverage of Sam Shackleton takes constant pains to establish the singularity of his sound: Shackleton’s sound is without parallel… Shackleton still treads no path but his own. The constant
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STL: At Disconnected Moments
Like many highly regarded producers, Stephan Laubner, aka STL, has no interest in fame. While he is revered by the underground world as one of the heroes of
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Magic Mountain High: Tiny Breadcrumbs
Any act comprising of Move D and Juju & Jordash is going to score highly on the eccentric scale. The Magic Mountain High experience is one to behold, improvised live jams that
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Actress: Ghettoville
As a reviewer tasked with picking apart the numerous enigmatic strands of Actress’ fourth and potentially final record, it’s tempting to cross-examine it with that infuriatingly cryptic
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Mark du Mosch: Bay 25 / Living Up
Dekmantel start off 2014 in gratifying style with a trio of excellent tracks. Countryman Mark du Mosch makes his first appearance on the Dutch label Dekmantel alongside a remix
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Pop Ambient 2014
Let’s be honest: 2013 was peppered with grotesque cover art. One might hope, therefore, that this year’s music would be served in more forgiving sleeves. Alas.
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