Okzharp’s Minimalism Creates a Dark World on ‘Outside the Ride’
Okzharp’s Outside the Ride is a mesmerizing collection of songs, electronic music with dense layers and complex rhythms that evoke a moody, futuristic world.
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Burial Has Carved Out an Inimitable New Space with ‘Antidawn’
Burial continues an almost unfeasibly long hot streak of evocative and compelling sonic visions with Antidawn. It feels like an entirely new genre of field recording and is his most abstract electronica to date.
Lee Gamble Documents Sonic Overstimulation on ‘Flush Real Pharynx’
Lee Gamble’s music asks: how far you go before that human core is lost? How futuristic can techno become without losing its playfulness and elasticity?
Fatima Al Qadiri’s ‘Medieval Femme’ Finds Strength in Dreamy Electronic Subtlety
Fatima Al Qadiri’s Medieval Femme possesses loping curves and jagged edges, luscious melodrama balancing ultra-cool and contemporary beats.
Loraine James’ ‘Reflection’ Is a Masterful Work of Heartfelt Electronica
North London producer Loraine James finds romance and hope on her extraordinary album, Reflection. It’s a work of seductive, heartfelt brilliance by an artist at the peak of her powers.
The Bug and Dis Fig Soundtrack Lockdown with ‘In Blue’
On In Blue, the Bug and Dis Fig have created music to dance to while being sucked into a black hole. It only seems fitting that LP cover shoes a grainy, black and white photo of a tunnel.
Jessy Lanza Relinquishes Control on ‘All the Time’
Jessy Lanza's All the Time is a lush and spacious collection that shows a hard-fought mental clarity, a deliberate effort to resist the instincts on display on "VV Violence" in pursuit of digging deeper into oneself.
Electronic Artist Burial Creates Flawless Music of Bewilderment and Compassion
Burial's Tunes 2011-2019 is music that describes our alienation while it also provides us no little comfort in the face of that gloomy reality. This is flawless music of bewilderment and compassion in equal measure.
Loraine James’ ‘For You and I’ Glitches and Queers the Spaces of IDM and London
On For You and I, Loraine James rightfully claims the title "Glitch Bitch" to explore what it means to be queer in the spaces of IDM and one of its places of origin, London.
Angel-Ho’s ‘Death Becomes Her’ Introduces Her Voice and Amorphous Trans Identity
On her debut full-length Death Becomes Her, Cape Town artist Angel-Ho introduces her voice and amorphous trans identity, dismantling the colonial imaginary and its supposed binaries.
Lee Gamble’s ‘In a Paraventral Scale’ Explores the Sensory Overload of Urban and Virtual Spaces
On In a Paraventral Scale, the first chapter of the "triptych sonic documentary" Flush Real Pharynx, experimental electronic composter Lee Gamble explores the semioblitz of urban and virtual spaces.
Okzharp and Manthe Ribane Promise a Sonically-jeweled Future on the Masterpiece ‘Closer Apart’
Producer Okzharp and performance artist Manthe Ribane have produced one of the best electronic albums of the year with Closer Apart.
