Kevin Press
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This week’s picks:
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Released: 2020 (Originally released individually in 1998, 1999, 2000) Label: Mute Genre: Minimal Techno [Stefan] Betke chose his stage name from an analogue Waldorf 4-Pole filter he was using at the time. Described by the manufacturer as a ‘cute but rare creature [that] comes from a time when software still had a hardware shell,’ the…
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Released: 2018 Label: Sofa Music Genre: Ambient Zuydervelt’s crackling vinyl samples include Soviet folk songs and fragments of the dictator’s speeches. The ironic cover portrays a whitewashed history that continues to bleed through, conjuring memories of scratched out photographs and amended truths. The music is similarly abraded, at times nearly silent, reflecting the voices of…
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Released: 2018 Label: Monika Enterprise Genre: Ambient For all its sharp edges, I Started Wearing Black is an unexpectedly soothing listen. There is a gentleness to Güttler’s compositions. She has a way of making beautiful music with sounds that – in other artists’ hands – would be overwhelming and difficult. The Moderns
The Moderns 