As the middle of the year draws to a close and we are beginning to embrace the second half of 2018 (Yeah, we’re almost at the end of 2018. Pretty crazy.) It’s a good time to reflect on the great releases that have graced our auditory sphere within the last
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Lotic | Power | Tri Angle Records Release date: 13 June 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock With the overwhelm of delicacies and beauty and their simultaneous struggle, abject horror and oppression; the connection between all, whether it be glimmering beauty in the embrace of the self, or the seemingly captive
album review / Berlin / Electronic / experimental / glitch / IDM / LGBT / Lotic / Tri Angle
HTRK’s latest EP Drama will be released on July 6th via Ghostly International Australian experimental electronic band HTRK’s upcoming two-track single was recorded by band members Jonnine Standish and Nigel Yang at Standish’s home in the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne. It sees the duo reflecting on a period of instability;
Alternative / Australia / Electronic / experimental / Ghostly International / HTRK / Indie / Melbourne
Icelandic producer Bjarki Runar Sigurdarson AKA Bjarki returns to Nina Kraviz’ трип imprint with another EP titled oli gumm on July 27, brandishing five restructured doses of IDM from another galaxy. Using marching kick drums as a basis, oli gumm EP takes references from techno, gabber and trance and morphs
Bjarki / Electronic / experimental / Iceland / IDM / Nina Kravis / Trip / Трип
Oxford-based ambient-electronic producer Jarvus has just released his debut EP titled The Lake on July 13th via Non State. The Lake EP by Jarvus is a textural exploration into unknown realms, with each passing movement painting imagery never gazed upon by human eyes; from the rolling, insomniac daze of “Rock
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Gorillaz | The Now Now | Parlophone / Warner Bros. Records Release date: 29 June 2018 Written by Jenna Dreisenstock An introspection in hotel rooms; unmade beds and twilight moonbeam – an insomniac in reflective melancholia – presented in bold enthusiasm, a driving dance in the closet of the mind.
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Written by Jenna Dreisenstock The perception of video games is skewered in the eyes of many; a vast majority of those uninvolved in the gaming world may perceive video games solely as mindless, violent games in which the main objective is to destroy everything. However, this misconception is based on
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American composer Moses Sumney has cancelled the set he was due to perform at the Montreal Jazz Festival. With the festival’s continued support of the highly controversial theatre production SLĀV. The musical production is said to be a traverse and tribute to the searingly painful, yet incredibly powerful slave songs
California / Canada / Montreal Jazz Festival / Moses Sumney / Racism / SLĀV / USA
Airing on BBC Radio 4 this morning, electronic music enthusiasts were treated to a new 30-minute documentary titled The Cult of Aphex Twin, showcasing the weird and wonderful world of Richard D James, the mastermind behind the highly influential electronic producer moniker of Aphex Twin. Hosted by John Doran (editor
Interview by Shannon Lawlor Icelandic experimental, electronic and bordering on avant-garde artist Högni (also member of indie band Hjaltalin and former member of ambient-techno group GusGus) takes us through his own auditory journey of what it means to be human through his debut solo album Two Trains, released via Erased
