McKenzie Wark’s ‘Raving’ and the Need to Dissociate from the Body and Self
McKenzie Wark’s understanding of ravespace as a constructed situation in nonlinear ketamine-time comports with my experience raving on weekends as a freshman in college.
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Ground’s Rickety, Folkloric House Achieves Perfection on ‘Ozunu’
Like all the best dreams, Ground’s Ozunu stays both bizarre and entertaining the whole way through. The folkloric house achieves nothing shy of perfection.
Universal Energy: An Interview With Cabaret Voltaire’s Richard H. Kirk
Following a decade-plus break from official studio albums, Cabaret Voltaire are back with a bevy of releases that shows the electro icon empowered, recharged, and as mired in dissonance and drum beats as ever.
Chance Versus Causality: An Interview with Cabaret Voltaire
Cabaret Voltaire's Richard H. Kirk talks about two new collections of the legendary post-punk band's early music, an upcoming new album, and how he prefers to listen to music.
British DJ and Producer, Pirate Copy, Aims for the Heavens on “Touch the Sky” (premiere)
"Touch the Sky" is the sound of producer Pirate Copy distilling his sound into their essential elements and spinning them into dancefloor gold.
Strange Vistas from the Occultism of Coil and Psychic TV
Psychic TV and Coil were vanguard bands that blended ritual magick and creative method. But even their esoteric beliefs bore scant resemblance. This is a split that runs deep.
Orbital’s Cellar Monsters and Cosmic Despair
Phil and Paul Hartnoll reunite as Orbital for a second time to sculpt another career highpoint with Monsters Exist.
Rizzla’s ‘Adepta’ Is One of the Most Inventive and Original Albums of the Year
Rizzla's Adepta is nothing short of a full-on, multi-sensory assault that constantly threatens to tear itself apart.
Nightmares on Wax Has Environmental and Spiritual Concerns on ‘Shape the Future’
Nightmares on Wax perfects the blend of live instruments and digital wizardry on his strongest album in years.
NHOAH – “Abstellgleis” (808 State Remix) (premiere)
Acid house legends 808 State bring a psychedelic vibe to Berlin producer NHOAH's stunning track "Abstellgleis".
Underworld: Dubnobasswithmyheadman (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
This mammoth edition of Underworld’s classic Dubnobasswithmyheadman is worth it for the wealth of material and insight into choices involved in its creation.
Nightmares on Wax: N.O.W. Is the Time
Career-spanning retrospective from Nightmares on Wax takes in black music from jazz and blues to funk and hip-hop, and then some more.