Tuesday, October 18 2011
Apparat: The Devil’s Walk
The German electronic musician and erstwhile member of Moderat returns with a warmer, softer edge than contemporaries like James Blake.
Friday, April 15 2011
Burial: Street Halo EP
Street Halo presents an even more compromised, even more ambiguous, Burial than before. Existing outside of hi-fi, lo-fi, and ghettoising genre divides, his is a shattered appeal and it's difficult not to get sucked in.
Tuesday, March 8 2011
Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx: We’re New Here
The sly luxury of the xx's debut is present here, but it’s fortified by a full-bodied, slo-mo, nigh-on-backwards, skank.
Wednesday, February 23 2011
2562 - “Aquatic Family Affair” / Fever (new album / stream)
On this inaugural release for his When In Doubt imprint, Holland's Dave "2562" Huismans allows for a peek at the third LP on the way from him in April 2011.
Waveform: New Highlights in the Electronic Underground
To pair Jamie XX’s interest in this territory with a musical figure like Gil Scott-Heron makes even more sense than perhaps the original conceit of I’m New Here.
Wednesday, February 16 2011
Waveform: New Highlights in the Electronic Underground - 2/16/11
Despite frequent outings for someone who’s barely 20, nothing could prepare Nicolas Jaar’s admirers or the general listening public for what he's done on Space Is Only Noise.
Tuesday, February 8 2011
Waveform: New Highlights from the Electronic Underground
Electronic music is atomizing and reinventing itself like few other musical sounds, partly because these avenues of distribution are so widely embraced and promoted by the electronic music community.
Friday, February 4 2011
Sepalcure: Fleur
In their lush and widescreen bass music, Sepalcure show a little love.
Wednesday, November 3 2010
SBTRKT: Step In Shadows
Masked producer SBTRKT establishes lasting moods with dense builds and ambitious arrangements.
Thursday, October 28 2010
Exile: AM / FM
AM/FMis the perfect soundtrack for driving on a city’s freeways late at night and getting lost in the ambience of the sounds.
