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Under Tangled Silence is an intentional and self-aware record, almost wilfully slipping between categories and resisting definition. But for all that artful poise, it’s also a record with a soul, and particularly in the unadorned piano, the sound of an artist daring to show something of themselves in their music
SickElixir is a dank, dark, claustrophobic and at times downright unsettling listening experience. But for all that, it’s also a startling bold and original piece of work. One that sees Blawan evolve and elevate his sound to a place where he’s pretty much alone, influence-wise.
20 years after he was first labelled as folktronica, Four Tet's collaboration with folk guitarist, William Tyler, could ironically match that description. With expansive and gentle soundscapes populated by acoustic guitar and Kieran Hebden's electronic sculptures.
On Tall Tales, Thom Yorke and Mark Pritchard paint nightmarish and hallucinatory landscapes populated by monstrous entities, which are brought to eye-popping life by visual artist Jonathan Zawada.
Hard Normal Daddy was Squarepusher's first album to come out on Warp Records, the label that would remain his home until the present day. Released in 1997, it’s a far more consistent and comprehensive artistic statement than his debut. Check out my video review
Unusually for Aphex Twin remixes, these bear some resemblance to the originals, albeit taking them in unexpected directions. Both cuts are peak Aphex for me, demanding your full attention with their insatiable energy as soon as they come on.
The Windowlicker track and video are so entwined it's difficult to separate the two. Landing in that confluence between analogue warmth and rubberised digital weirdness; the r'n'b cadences and human moans and groans always at the mercy of being overpowered by atonal walls of static and undanceable programmed rhythms.
The Come to Daddy mini album unites the disparate strands running through James' music as the time, with a deeply odd sense of urban decay.
The Richard D James Album is all the more impressive for its short duration, given the sheer breadth of creativity on display and how comprehensively James builds a self-contained sound-world that fizzes with contemporary influences yet exists purely on its own terms.
The four tracks on the GAK EP are reportedly demos that Richard D James had sent to Warp Records before he was signed; which were then put out as an EP following the release of his second album on the label. Listening to these tracks, which I may have heard only once before, I can … Continue reading GAK – GAK EP
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