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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.
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)
Black Sea is an album of contrasts, and the possibilities that emerge with the combination of opposing elements.
Clinic are a thoroughly idiosyncratic band and while there’s always been a manic edge to their music, on Wheeltappers they’re seething as well.
With Karma and Desire, Actress has cemented his place as one of electronic music’s most beguiling and confounding artists.
Listening to Reflekzionz reminds me of flicking through a scrapbook of faded photographs of scenes from nondescript British towns. There's something soothing and nostalgic in the grainy distortion of these 12 compositions, and the simple chiming melodies that pierce through the clouds of fuzz.
After more than three decades, Kirstin Hersh's fearless creativity has not diminshed one iota; and the sound her band kick out is as powerful and uncomprimsing as ever. Continue reading
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Third World Pyramid
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
The Auteurs - Now I'm a Cowboy
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