“Hide” is taken from the album from the Buenos Aires / Hudson, NY artist OdNu. The album, “plays with the abuse and destruction of classical acoustic instrument recordings and blurred electronics rendering the leftover debris into a soundtrack for sleepless nights.” In “Hide” we hear this soft abuse of acoustic instrumentation in the form of …
When the world is on fire, we can miss the riots happening outside our door. With so much exposure to omnipresent terror and turmoil and never-ending sea of distractions at our fingertips – can we be forgiven for missing the big stuff happening beneath our noses? The Dublin-based Silverbacks take this to task through their …
“Forest” is a deep sound exploration of percussive melodies and gentle washes of ambient tonal sculpting created entirely on modular synthesizer and trumpet. The Italian artist completely camouflages his trumpet in layers of processing until it sounds more like wordless vocals sounding from deep beneath a heavy canopy of trees. Beautiful, constantly shifting work that …
The Bucharest-born artist Electrons in Slow Motion provides a meditation on the 30 year anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down. Somewhere in this production which features strong synthesizer melodies, washes of ambient drone, echoing percussion we confront the broad existential chasm of two visions of the future staring at each other from either side. …
Writing as a process to acknowledge and explore the shortcomings of one’s character – instead of glorifying or flimsily defending the darker parts of ourselves – is a tricky balancing act. The solo dream pop of Jeremy Rogers approximates that lack of depth in “A Tide Apart”, channeling artists like Keith Canisuis, Atlas Sound and …
This UK bassist turned hard techno purveyor has unleashed some hot fury on “A Good Human Animal”. Featuring Distorted Synth, Clanging metal, Knocking Kick Drums, Modular aggression and twisted percussion, Distorted Synth, Clanging metal, Knocking Kick Drums, Modular aggression and twisted percussion Dreckig is the perpetual soundtrack to every dystopian BDSM nightclub in our early …
Composed completely on a drum kit using drums, laptop and triggers, Adam Betts’ Colossal Squid project roars out of the gates with “iFuck Francisco”. Featuring the bombastic energy of Lightning Bolt, THEUSAISAMONSTER, Hella and Fuck Buttons, Colossal Squid is pure upward linear transcendence. A full throated roar behind a drum kit straining to Betts’ brutality. …
Moving through vintage Detroit Techno, dusty house grooves, in your face breakbeat and classic UK Rave – “Dance Elevator” from the German producer Shegg is a wonderfully human reaction to throwing all your favorite influences into the pot and seeing what comes up to the surface. A beautifully engaging dance track, ‘Dance Elevator” also contains …
“VS” by the ambient / drone project CASSEL starts with a time-stretched drone that sounds completely saturated by a codeine IV drip. A bass line moving like the expansion of the Mariana Trench. As percussion is added in,”VS” takes the shape of a post-punk track slowed down to the atomic level. This effect is amplified …
Andrew Larson’s spectral rock project magnetic ghost reaches into the ethereal pre-dusk light to conjure this golden and warming slice of shoegazey slowcore. Arcing over the buzz of a hazey drone, bright guitar lines and Larson’s voice hit upon themes of comfort in cosmic insignificance under a desert expanse. Recalling bands like Codeine, Idaho and …