Posts Tagged ‘ lo-fi ’
These Takes Take Time is a label from Philadelphia. They’re throwing an event series throughout January, taking on shows in LA, Chicago, and Philadelphia, and incorporating label artists & friends of the crew. B Hayes, the ringleader, will be joined in Chicago by Gramaphone / Queen! resident Garrett David and Hesperian Sound wizard Leja Hazer. [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Miki Miyoshi – Distant Memories 12″ – Sovereign State . . . . . . . . . Buttechno – Tepliy Stan 12″ – Public Systems . . . . . . . . . Gauss – Numerical Coefficients 12″ – Gauss LTD . . . . . . . . . Midnight Circuitry – [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Followers of the Midwich sound, and before that of Weekend Records & Soap, will be instantly familiar with the Chicago-via-Den Haag sound of distorted lo-fi drums, spooky synths, and a distinctively cheeky vision of dystopian electro. Alex Barnett’s first proper solo album delivers this aesthetic accurately, a few details notwithstanding… For one, it’s not his first album. The Champagne Mirrors’ cassette from [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Thick, defiantly overdriven drums and moody synths open this EP with a plaintive, dystopian jack. On the flip side, Suggestion takes the distortion up another notch, a grimy kick drum taking up most of the attention, with frenetic layers of higher percussion battling for attention in the background, reminiscent of some early James T Cotton [&hellip[ READ MORE ]
Chicago’s Beau Wanzer drops his first L.I.E.S. EP to good effect here. The label has been building a small empire around a certain type of lo-fi house, and Wanzer’s 3 tracks fit well within its aesthetic – the A side is big, minor-key, chattery acid house that will carve up the room alongside Vereker and [&hellip[ READ MORE ]