Posts Tagged ‘ experimental ’
While admittedly a pricey collection, this is a real gem of a package. It was originally put out as a free / donation-based digital only album, but happily (perhaps due to strong listener response) Legowelt has self-released the beautiful, rough, personal recordings in vinyl package. Danny Wolfers describes the original project thusly: “Ok people here [ READ MORE ]
Robert Henke’s Monolake project continues to expand, develop, and explore the dark, clinically precise sounds and structures that he has been known for throughout his long career as musician. While he’s been highly regarded for his work outside of the realm of a studio artist, notably for his roles as an educator and his impressive [ READ MORE ]
For a genre steeped in masks, aliases and anonymity from its onset, it’s impressive just how exceptionally enigmatic the duo behind Drexciya were among their Detroit techno contemporaries. Blending science fiction, mythology and, um, marine physics and biology, the pair crafted vivid portraits of a universe deep within the sea that came across like Bladerunner [ READ MORE ]
Hazy, worn, barren elements of techno are put together here on Rrose’s 4th release for Sandwell District. Monochromatic, polyrhythmic, obscured and heavily delay-laden techno that will appeal to fans of Sandwell’s minimalist aesthetic, drawing faint lines to Raster-Noton’s broken beat aesthetic and Sahko or Sleeparchive’s sonar sine-tone textures. And as with the aforementioned points of [ READ MORE ]
While completely mysterious in its presentation, Axis attributes this new release to The Wizard, placing it either as the latest in his Something In The Sky series, or as the continuation beyond that project. The work here is unmistakably in the minimal, psychadelic, alien form of techno pioneered by Mills. The tracks are heady and dense [ READ MORE ]
More music here courtesy of Rush Hour’s “Resurrection” of Ace and The Sandman aka Eric Lewis and Merwyn Sanders aka Virgo Four. Pressed on glass-clear vinyl, both tracks here seem to be total re-imaginings of the Virgo Four originals. Capracara & Scott Fraser take on Lites Go Out, according to Rush Hour’s website the cover was recorded in [ READ MORE ]
Jan Jelinek has finally re-emerged after a half-decade hiatus from his Farben project. His new releases on the Faitiche imprint stick to his ethos of rigorous sample mining and re-contextualization, but update his previously microhouse sound to the increasingly weird, slow-motion, and bass-oriented palette of recent years. This latest 12″, his second on the imprint, [ READ MORE ]
New releases from Chicago based label The Secret Life of Sound (TSLOS) including new 7 inch from heralded beatsmith Radius, featuring Tomorrow Kings members IB Fokuz & Gilead 7; a 7 inch, Tenshun vs. Youthkill (Walter Gross & K-the-I???), some straight grimy, nasty, gutter basement music with distorted drums in true DIY fashion with xeroxed [ READ MORE ]