Monday, October 10 2011
The Survival of the Industrial Sonic in a Deindustrialized West
In the '90s, industrial music crossed over into the mainstream with heavy guitar and massive personalities, but blue collar labor itself was disappearing...
Wednesday, February 9 2011
Com Truise: Cyanide Sisters
Com Truise is never far from a long-discontinued synthesizer or a 1980s VHS tape.
Thursday, January 13 2011
Loden: Buggy
Built of of the same hip-hop-governed IDM that’s become all the rage in the past few years, since Prefuse 73, DJ /rupture, and others became afflicted with the aural leanings of early 2000s Warp and Tigerbeat6, Loden’s smashing Buggy is a fair contender in the same arena.
Thursday, December 2 2010
My Life With the Tape Hiss Cult
When we think of our experiences with electronic music, we can follow a thought trail that leads like a Wikipedia article from one incendiary album to many others. Their qualities are not always alike but for one: the nostalgic thread that runs through them.
Tuesday, November 2 2010
Squarepusher: Shobaleader One - d’Demonstrator
Squarepusher's not pop. He's not R&B or French house. I’m not sure I can dance to his music.
Tuesday, October 27 2009
Rival Consoles: IO
In the foreground, it's a solid slab of dance beats and sequencers; in the background, it's something more.
Wednesday, June 3 2009
Boxcutter: Arecibo Message
Barry Lynn's 2006 debut Oneiric stuck to the dubstep formula, but he opened up his palette for Glyphic the next year. That IDM progression is fully embraced and articulated on his latest and greatest.
Wednesday, May 7 2008
Chevron: Tuff Shite EP
Jonathan Valentine finally follows up his classic 2005 debut with a myriad of IDM rockers compressed into EP form. Ding ding!
Thursday, January 3 2008
Kim Hiorthøy: My Last Day
Interestingly, Hiorthøy saves his best moments for the tracks with Norwegian titles.
