Posts Tagged ‘ ambient ’

Dauwd – Theory Of Colours lp – Technicolour

Kompakt recording artist Dauwd appears on Ninja Tune’s Technicolour sub-label for the first time here, on the occasion of his first full-length album. It’s an opulent take on deep house, one that hearkens back to Truby Trio with its slowly developing composition and elaborately layered instrumentation. There’s some variety of moods and tempos, but no rough [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

In Rotation: Adam Rowe Summer 2017

Key Tronics Ensemble – House Of Calypso II Remix 12″ – Flash Forward . . . . . . . . John Heckle – Tone To Voice 2xLP – Tabernacle . . . . . . . . . Becker / Stegmann / Zeumer – Ich Traume So Leise Von Dir 12″ – Music From [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Magas ‎– Explanatory Denial 12″ – Midwich Productions

Jim Magas is the boss at Midwich Productions and is a legitimate underground legend in Chicago & Detroit circles. See: Ersatz Audio, Bulb Records, Weekend Records & Soap, Lake Of Dracula… The last few years seem to have been a fruitful period for his productions, as well as for his well-received imprint. Following up on [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

In Rotation: Jacob Hopes Summer 2017

Mr. YT – Brand New Day 2xLP – Apollo . . . . . . . . . . Ron Trent – Prescription: Word, Sound, & Power compilation 6xLP – Rush Hour . . . . . . . . Kaidi Tatham – Changing Times 12″ – First Word . . . . . . . [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Pure Moods Meets Clark Street Jams @ aliveOne, Wednesday June 28th, 2017

Clark Street Jams is the monthly Gramaphone residency at aliveOne. Pure Moods was a series of shows hosted at Wang’s in 2013 & 2014, themed around an atmospheric approach to dance music, variously featuring Garrett David, Adam Rowe, Garrett & Adam together as Bell Boys, m50, Jay Caston, Taelue (of Perpetual Rhythms), and Zach Lubin [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

In Rotation: Leja Hazer Summer 2017

Glenn Underground – Moog Vibrations 12″ – Groovin . . . . . . . . . Mr. YT – Brand New Day 2xLP – Apollo . . . . . . . . . Riccardo Schiro – Mediterranea 12″ – Gravity Graffiti . . . . . . . . . Theo Parrish – [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Mukqs – 11 666 666 666 666 666 666 12″ – Midwich Productions

Maybe it would be tough for Midwich to take a left-turn at this point, so steeped in rawness and experimentalism as they already are. Still, 11 666 666 666 666 666 666 is a bit of a departure from the raucous records that preceded it (Viki’s New Victorian and Magas’ Explanatory Denial). This time out, [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Caveman LSD – untitled 12″ – City-2 St Giga

Caveman LSD’s untitled EP bursts open with a super-compressed take on the microhouse aesthetic, bubbling over with ramshackle percussion flowing atop a dubby bass groove. Second up is a ~75 bpm muffled techno song (think mid-era Andy Stott). On the other side there’s a grinding electro-noise track and a song that could be a strange [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Second Woman – S/W LP – Spectrum Spools

I think heard Second Woman described as something like Mark Fell meets dub techno. (Maybe it was Multipara?) This sounds about right, though – Telefon Tel Aviv’s Joshua Eustis and serial collaborator Turk Dietrich combine forces for their second full-length album of hyperreal sound design and intensely mathy programming. The “dub techno” side of the characterization [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

A5 – 001 12″ – Udacha

One of those weirdo leftfield detail-oriented 12″ imprints, Udacha is consistently surprising and adventurous. On their first release, available again for some reason (repressed maybe?), the shadowy A5 doesn’t give us much to go on – hazily painted label art, four untitled tracks on an untitled record. The swirly chords on the opening deep house [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Greg Gow – Lost Days 2xLP – Social Experiment

Maybe everyone else already knew this, but I didn’t. Apparently, Social Experiment is a project from Jonny White, formerly of No. 19 Music, the lone remaining member of Art Department. I guess everyone probably already knew that. The association seems kind of surprising to me, given Social Experiment’s consistently grittier, loopier approach. Anyway, Social Experiment’s [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Interval compilation 12″ – Fifth Interval

Federsen’s Fifth Interval label marks its fifth year with a compilation. Where the first three releases have been his solo recordings, here he seems to be branching out, at least geographically. The San Francisco-based label has enlisted stylistically similar artists from around the world: New York’s Brendon Moeller, recording here as Beat Pharmacy, Alessandro Crimi [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Natan H – Atmosphere 12” – Acid Camp

The newly founded Acid Camp Records employs Natan H for their second release. Long cloudy chords can be found in the deep, slightly dubby title track. Conforce hands in a bleepy and seemingly Mills-y take on the aforementioned. Flipping the record reveals the calming, vast ambiance of Remote View Pt. 1. Meanwhile Pt. 2 sounds [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Garrett David & Colin Johnson – Fern Grotto 12″ – Night Sea Journey

Garrett David’s latest outlet, Night Sea Journey, starts off with a collaborative 12″ with Colin Johnson. Here they explore a deep jazzy house sound, an aesthetic Garrett David has well established himself within, via his work at Gramaphone records, his residency at Smartbar, his solo recordings for Stripped & Chewed, Distant Hawaii, Balance, and his [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Karya – Asclepias LP – Animal Rights Records

Karya is a collaboration between Lailah Reich and DJ Moppy. The two have worked together in the past on projects like Beyond Luck. This joint effort yields 7 atmospheric songs that seem to fold into one another. The pair also look to a few instrumentalists to add various touches on the album. The chords and [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

NSJ1 release party in-store Saturday, April 22nd 2017

Garrett David & Colin Johnson celebrate the launch of their new label series, Night Sea Journey. They’re marking the occasion with a release party and early copies of the new record, made available two weeks early, exclusively for Record Store Day. The party will include sets by Adam Rowe and Mike Uhlarik in addition to [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Roger 23 – Automotivation 12″ – No Suit

There’s a certain drifting quality to the textural explorations on Roger 23’s latest, appearing on the four year old No Suit imprint. Output has a similar approach to that of René Löwe’s more ambient output, whereas Step Mix Dub X has a riddim more along the lines of Ulrich Troyer or Daniel Meteo, a sparing skank, [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

In Rotation: Leja Hazer Spring 2017

Anthony Nicholson – Gravity 2xLP – deepArtSounds . . . . . . . . . Skymark – Resistance Sonore LP – Modern Sun . . . . . . . . . Chaos In The CBD – Accidental Meetings 12″ – In Dust We Trust . . . . . . . . Cuisine [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

In Rotation: m50 Spring 2017

Miltiades – Outermost Sensitive Paranoia 12″ – Synapsis . . . . . . . . . Kenny Larkin presents Dark Comedy Pt 1 12″ – Rush Hour . . . . . . . . . Jaydee – Plastic Dreams 12″ – R&S . . . . . . . . Myown – Bubble [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

In Rotation: Jacob Hopes Spring 2017

Area – Enough With 12″ – Sequencias . . . . . . . . . Thoughts From Chicago Volume 4 compilation 2xLP – Eargasmic . . . . . . . . . Shafty – Deep Inside (Of You) 12″ – Groovin . . . . . . . . . Robert Armani – [&hellip[ READ MORE ]