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As it traverses that blurred spectrum from house to techno, Fresia Magdalena remains an invitingly warm record, with its vintage crackles and hiss of analogue. But Kourtesis is careful to include just the right amount of crunch and poke to prevent things getting too soft around the edges.
Having recently noticed the 25-year anniversaries of some classic albums, I realised just how many of my favourites were released in 1996. So here's ten of them. Far from being a definitive list, these are just ten albums I'm particularly fond of. They're not presented in any sort of rank order, and comparin say Eels, … Continue reading Ten of the best – 1996
Leon Vynehall is not afraid of exploring weighty topics with his music and in contrast to many electronic artists, revealing much about his own identity in the process. On his latest album ‘Rare, Forever, this includes his own doubts, anxieties and fears, both as an artist and a human being.
Spirit of the Beehive’s ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH is not psychedelic music in the normal sense of the term, although like most psychedelic music it does make for a disorientating listening experience.
Andy Stott's music is defined by the ever-present feeling of friction, the rub of needles bouncing into the red zone on a bank of dials. But this is tempered by a languid sensuality.
At times shocking and at others darkly comic, Deep England is a complex and gripping album.
There are moments of the kind of sparse and sombre beauty that Godspeed You Black Emperor do so well, balanced by some of the most joyfully rousing music the band have ever released.
There are certain circles of alternative music in which vintage analogue synths will forever be cool, and where a certain shiny sound that briefly pervaded pop music is perpetually recreated, celebrated and fetishised.
Despite its patchy nature, AAI is worth listening to, and the questions it poses will need answering sooner rather than later, or the machines will answer them for us.
The myriad genres and subgenres of electronic music can often seem like indecipherable languages to those not familiar with the various intricacies and subtle signifiers that differentiate them. This being the case, an album like Obscure Languages by Gacha Bakradze acts as something of a Rosetta Stone, connecting disparate styles and suggesting new ways they might relate to one another.
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