Electronic
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Roam is a Toronto-based future garage artist, out with a brilliant mini-LP called Revenge. I’ve been a fan since being invited to write about his work for Exclaim Magazine a few years back. He and I talked about the new material, and about who he makes music for.
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Peter Andersson is both a pioneer of the dark ambient scene and – it has to be said – a bit of a perfectionist. In 1993, he released what’s been described as a benchmark in the sub-genre entitled Prospectus 1. As well received as it was, he never really stopped working on it. The Cyclic…
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Genre: Electronic Label: Oscillations Nicholas Thayer says his new series of three EPs offer his vision of “a world in a grain of sand, as William Blake put it.” Originally produced for a dance piece, commissioned by Skånes Dansteater, the first of the three releases dropped Friday. in:finite is a colour-soaked pleasure, combining sweeping electronics,…
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Dutch artist Rutger Zuydervelt makes wonderful music under his own name, and under the name Machinefabriek. With more than 160 recordings on his Bandcamp page, he is among the world’s great producers of electronic contemporary musicians. His latest is a collaboration with Monika Bugajny, entitled Recytle.
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Genre: Experimental Ambient Label: Abstand Moscow-born Andrey Guryanov has produced an album for the ages. He has taken recorded performances of the Soviet Union’s anthem, which changed multiple times over the course of that country’s existence, produced a collection of pieces from the pause between the tuning chord at the start of each piece and…
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Sophia Oscillations is the second LP from Detroit duo Mission to the Sun. Christopher Samuels performs synthesizers, samples and rhythmic programming. He’s joined by vocalist Kirill Slavin. The work combines a late 1980s industrial aesthetic with a contemporary sensibility. And yes, the kitchen sink is included. The full LP drops July 14 on Felte Records.
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