Wednesday, November 9 2011
Planetary Assault Systems: The Messenger
The Messenger's brand of minimalist, ambient techno is so minimalist that it fails to assert itself as a memorable listen.
Tuesday, November 1 2011
Tobias Lilja: Delirium Portraits
Delirium Portraits works best in its most Spartan and sparse moments.
Monday, August 22 2011
Infinitirock: Music for Primordial Recollection
Red Hook's Infinitirock makes instrumentals that would shut down a library.
Tuesday, July 12 2011
Kate Simko: Lights Out
Kate Simko's debut full-length might have you longing for the film score fanatic in her.
Monday, July 11 2011
Techno’s Labor Force, Rock’s Betrayal, and the Birth of the Fascist Groove Thing
Electronic music has always maintained an ambivalent attitude towards labor, at once rejecting the notion of wage internment and creative inhibition while embracing the beauty of the cyborgian mechanics of the factory and the allure of discipline and dominance.
Monday, May 23 2011
Arthur Oskan: A Little More Than Everything
Early-hours techno as well as set-closers: all in a day's work for Arthur Oskan.
Thursday, May 19 2011
Dominik Eulberg: Diorama
Diorama is elaborate and compelling electronic music, whether or not you're familiar with the flowery context.
Thursday, April 28 2011
Hauschka: Salon Des Amateurs
Salon Des Amateurs is great fun and probably the most floral piece of belle époque kitsch you’ll hear all year: perfect background music for your Baudelaire reading group, but it might be a bit much for less adventurous ears.
Friday, March 4 2011
Nicolas Jaar: Space Is Only Noise
Despite his frequent outings for someone who’s barely 20, nothing could have prepared Nicolas Jaar’s admirers or the general listening public for what he's done on Space Is Only Noise.
