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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.
Although not all his experiments come off, in Cocoon Crush Objekt has created something distinctly unusual, that defies easy categorisation
If you want something that sounds superb, hits in all the right places and will get you looking to the future with optimism then Isles is just the ticket.
Like the live scene which birthed the band, Toner is a messy tangle of diverse influences ranging from disco, new wave and punk to electro-house.
The latest album from British folk collective, Tunng, is part of a much wider project exploring our uncomfortable relationship with death, dying and grief. As one of the band’s lead songwriters, Mike Lindsay says, ‘It’s not even just a record, it’s a discussion, it’s a podcast series, it’s poetry, it’s short stories, it’s an examination.’ … Continue reading Tunng – Tunng Presents…Dead Club (2020)
Panic Blooms finds all of Black Moth Super Rainbow's most distinctive qualities maximised to deliver something that, as well being both seductive and addictive, is deeply unsettling.
At no point in a career spanning more than three decades, have Autechre wavered from their singular and uncompromising musical vision. Like an army of AI, the sound of which their music so often seems to emulate, they've marched on relentlessly, continuously pushing forward, constantly evolving and developing, always striving to change yet always sounding … Continue reading Autechre – Amber (1994)
Black Sea is an album of contrasts, and the possibilities that emerge with the combination of opposing elements.
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