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Amorphous Androgynous - Tales of Ephidrina and The Isness. It came to my attention that I might be missing a classic from my ever growing collection of early 90s ambient-techno/post-rave/electronic listening music - whatever you want to call it. Future Sound of London (of which Amorphous Androgynous is an alias) are one of my all … Continue reading 21/02/20 This week I have been mostly listening to
...And you will know us the trail of dead - X: The Godless Void and Other Stories (2020). After repeated listens, this is really starting to click with me now. Although this is a heavy album, Trail of Dead have no doubt mellowed, and matured, and their tenth album finds them in a world weary … Continue reading 16/02/20 This week I have been mostly listening to
Sparklehorse - It’s a Wonderful Life (2001). Sparklehorse have been on my radar of artists I’m vaguely aware of...probably since he collaborated with Nina Persson on her A Camp album in 2001. I haven’t actually heard that album, although it’s supposed to be good. Anyway for some reason I recently decided to give old Sparklehorse … Continue reading 31/01/20 This week I have been mostly listening to
...And you will know us by the trail of dead - X: The Godless Void and Other Stories (2020). Trail of Dead’s breakthrough album, Madonna, was a favourite of mine back shortly after it came out 20 years ago (gulp). The widely acclaimed follow-up, Source Tags and Codes, for my money contains some of their … Continue reading 24/01/2020 This week I have been mostly listening to
Venetian Snares - Greg Hates Car Culture (1999 - reissued 2019). I happened across an interview with Aaron Funk mentioning the fact that his debut EP was being reissued in honour of its 20th anniversary. I’m a big fan of Snares but never went quite this far back in his discography, but on setting out … Continue reading 08/01/2020 This week I have been mostly listening to
Camera Obscura - Let’s get out of this country (2006). This album is the archetypal example of a slow-burner, as far as it’s place in my collection goes. I first gave it a listen based on the recommendation of someone I went on a date with (which never came to anything) some ten years ago, … Continue reading 24/12/2019 This week I have been mostly listening to
Global Goon - Cradle of History (1998 - Rephlex) Like many people (I imagine), I first encountered Global Goon on the excellent, Braindance Coincidence. A compilation celebrating 10 years of Rephlex Records and their boundless, eclectic, debonair genre: braindance. For someone looking for an introduction to the aesthetic, the Goon track on that CD, Long … Continue reading Global Goon – Cradle of History
Venetian Snares - Traditional Synthesizer Music (2016). I think this might be Venetian Snares’ best album in a while. Actually, I liked My Love is a Bulldozer, but apart from that, I think this is his strongest album since Rossz... back in 2005. I won’t dwell too much on the concept/background; I think I read … Continue reading 09/12/19 This week I have been mostly listening to
Johannes Heil - 20,000 Leagues under the skin (2003). This is simply, really really solid techno. The production is pretty much flawless across the whole record, and everything is perfectly balanced - nothing too banging, nothing that drags, all the elements are working seamlessly in their place. Even though all the tracks are purely ‘instrumental’ … Continue reading 02/12/2019 This week I have been mostly listening to
Reload - A Collection of Short Stories (1993). This keeps cropping up on my internet travels as a classic of the early 90s ‘electronic listening music’ genre, as I’m styling it (ambient techno, post-rave, ‘intelligent dance music’ as suggested by the Warp Records Artificial Intelligence compilations, rather than IDM, which I associate with more late … Continue reading 25/11/19 This week I have been mostly listening to
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