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Well, what a year. We started off in the depths of a lockdown, and as the year draws to a close it looks like we could be headed that way again, as the pandemic maintains its strangle-hold on day to day life. But throughout all the ups and downs of 2021, there's always been music. … Continue reading Best Albums of 2021
Over the last 25 years, the duo of Andi Toma and Jan St Werner - known together as Mouse on Mars - have carved out a niche at the cutting edge of electronic music that is completely their own. In all that time, they’ve never stood still. Instead, the pair have constantly evolved and experimented, … Continue reading Mouse on Mars – AAI (2021)
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 … Continue reading Gacha Bakradze – Obscure Languages (2021)
To Rococo Rot - The Amamtuer View (1999). I was prompted to listen to To Rococo Rot while reading Paul Morley’s book, Words and Music. It’s an intriguing, informative yet also maddeningly frustrating book, which I won’t go into detail on here. Apart from to say it seems to be part autobiography and part potted … Continue reading 11/06/20 This week I have been mostly listening to
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