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Articles tagged "electronic" ShortTakes ReviewAGF: Words Are Missingby Mike Schiller[22.Apr.08] :. AGF's subject is the voice, as she goes ahead and puts various voices through various processors and comes up with something that veers between danceable and horrific.  ShortTakes ReviewGregor Tresher: A Thousand Nightsby Mike Schiller[20.Mar.08] :. For 80-plus minutes, you'll hear examples of just about every subgenre of electronic music that involves a constant kick-drum backbeat.  Music ReviewMiss Kittin: Batboxby Quentin B. Huff[5.Mar.08] :. This is the story of a house kitten who's just a wee bit batty.  Music ReviewCoburn: Coburnby Mike Schiller[24.Jan.08] :. Five minutes of listening makes it perfectly clear that, at least for this album, Coburn has left house behind.  Music ReviewAlireza Mashayekhi and Ata Ebtekar: Persian Electronic Musicby Mike Schiller[22.Jan.08] :. It's often the case that, given any track from the set, one would be hard-pressed to tell if it was a Mashayekhi or an Ebtekar composition.  Music ReviewKim Hiorthøy: My Last Dayby Mike Schiller[3.Jan.08] :. Interestingly, Hiorthøy saves his best moments for the tracks with Norwegian titles. Alter Ego: Why Not?!by Mike Schiller[13.Dec.07] :. Alter Ego sacrifices subtlety for silliness, sublimity for splat. Digitalism: Idealismby Mike Schiller[24.Aug.07] :. Digitalism truly clicks when its signature sound is all that is required to make a certain track function. Strategy: Future Rockby Mike Schiller[10.Aug.07] :. Strategy's vision of "future rock", it seems, derives its vocals from the vocoders of Kraftwerk, its ambience from the kraut of Can, and its groove from the spaceship Funkadelic. Svoy: Eclectricby Mike Schiller[8.Aug.07] :. Svoy has a wonderful idea of who he wants to be, but he spends so much of the album trying to live up to that standard that he seems to forget what makes his best songs so great in the first place. Apparat: Wallsby Mike Schiller[2.Aug.07] :. Apparat masters the art of balance, and does a bit too good a job of it. Guitar: Dealin with Signal and Noiseby Mike Schiller[23.Jul.07] :. The most rewarding tracks on Dealin with Signal and Noise are the noisiest ones. Thilges: La Double Absenceby Mike Schiller[17.Jul.07] :. La Double Absence is a lovely approximation of Persian and Afghan songcraft, with surprisingly subtle bits of electronics mixed in. Gudrun Gut: I Put a Record Onby Mike Schiller[29.Jun.07] :. I Put a Record On is hypnotic and fascinating in all the right ways. Fridge: The Sunby Mike Schiller[20.Jun.07] :. It's rather wonderful to see that the chemistry that they've always maintained as a collective seems all but untouched by that multitude of time away from each other. Yvat: Chromaby Mike Schiller[30.May.07] :. Yvat's new EP Chroma sounds at least as "designed" as it does composed. Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid: Tonguesby Tim O'Neil[19.Mar.07] :. A snapshot of the duo in their full flower, having mastered each others' languages and moved past any lingering reticence. Four Tet: Remixesby Nicolai Hartvig[27.Nov.06] :. Kieran Hebden is the scavenger of the corners and the cracks. He pulls rogue elements of folk from everything rather than the genre itself. And all the pieces fit, which is what makes this album truly fascinating. Steve Reid Ensemble: Spirits Walkby Tim O'Neil[13.Jul.06] :. Spirit Walk is ostensibly credited to the Steve Reid Ensemble, but the disc serves a far more important role as a companion piece to Reid and Hebden's recent collaborations. Four Tet: DJ Kicksby Tim O'Neil[27.Jun.06] :. Insomuch as Kieran Hebden's sound is unassailably unique, his DJ Kicks is also a rather indescribable experience. Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid: The Exchange Session Vol. 2by Jennifer Kelly[8.Jun.06] :. Who knew that free jazz's funkiest drumming and electronic music's warmest, most organic sounds were twins separated at birth? Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid: The Exchange Session Vol. 1by Scott Hreha[31.Mar.06] :. Electricity and drum will change your mind? You better believe it. Four Tet: Everything Ecstatic Part 2 [CD + DVD]by Dan Nishimoto[10.Mar.06] :. A literal makeover, Everything Ecstatic Part 2 offers a visual counterpart to Four Tet's latest album. PopMatters Pick Music ReviewFour Tet: Everything Ecstaticby Stefan Braidwood[20.May.05] :. Everyone's favourite purveyor of blissful beats has gone ballistic, and the smoking gun suits him -- when you're armed with as much talent as Hebden, you can make your own rules. Beth Orton: The Other Side of Daybreakby Alison Wong[15.Oct.03] :. The Other Side of Daybreak is a nearly new album. It comes as the sequel to Beth Orton‘s third studio album, Daybreaker (2002), in the form of a collection of remixes, retakes,... Four Tet: Roundsby Adrien Begrand[3.Jun.03] :. For a guy in his mid-20s, London’s Kieran Hebden has made quite the name for himself in such a short period of time. His post-rock project Fridge has released four albums and numerous EPs and... Manitoba: Up in Flamesby Adrien Begrand[27.May.03] :. Canadian laptop whiz Dan Snaith is tired of “all this lazy, complacent, shitty electronic music” that has surfaced in recent years. This, coming from a guy who specializes in the... Four Tet: Pauseby Jason ThompsonElectronic music is a funny medium. Purists balk at it, claiming there’s no talent required when composing with a bank of synths, computers, and sequencers, that it’s basically as easy... |
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