SHXCXCHCXSH | SHULULULU | Avian Release Date: 20 August 2018 Written by Jenna Dreisenstock Industrial drone in electronic timbre swims in distorted fuzz; a jarring dynamic minimalism in intriguing, atmospheric shrill; textural exploration in breaking the boundaries with the eclectic willingness to experiment in tone, SHXCXCHCXSH return with SHULULULU –
album review / Electronic / experimental / Review / SHULULULU / SHXCXCHCXSH / Techno
Tirzah | Devotion | Domino Recording Co. Release Date: 10 August 2018 Image Credit: Clare Shilland Written by Jenna Dreisenstock The gossamer dust mote of summer shining white curtains; lovingly stitched dresses, nostalgia in reflection and tender melancholia. Dynamic in nature and flowing as a lucid dream, introspective tenderness in
Devotion / Domino Recording Co. / Dream-Pop / Electronic / experimental / Pop / R&B / Songwriter / Tirzah / trip-hop
IGLOOGHOST | Steel Mogu / Clear Tamei | Self Release Release Date: 8th August 2018 Image Credit: Tim Twiss Review by Jenna Dreisenstock In sculpting a brand new world out of the vivid, glitter and melancholia; a conceptual visual experience that comes with the stunning art of the imaginative narrative
album review / art / August / Brainfeeder / Clear Tamei / Conceptual / Electronic / England / ep / experimental / glitch / IDM / IGLOOGHOST / New Releases / Review / Steel Mogu
Helena Hauff | Qualm | Ninja Tune Release Date: 3 August 2018 Written by Jenna Dreisenstock The swirl of sound the textural electronic sphere; the ability to play with timbre and tone in a dark willingness to explore and create in nostalgia and modernity. With many influences in her unique
album review / Alternative / DJ / Electronic / experimental / Germany / Helena Hauff / Ninja Tune / Producer / Qualm / Review / Techno
Oneohtrix Point Never | The Station | Warp Records Release date: 27 July 2018 Written by Jenna Dreisenstock A companionship in the traverse of juxtaposing sound, the willingness to explore new territory in personality and inspiration sings collective and individual – to create without suspension and allow timbres to slow
Composer / Daniel Lopatin / Electronic / ep / experimental / Oneohtrix Point Never / Producer / The Station / USA / Warp Records
Donato Dozzy | Filo Loves The Acid | Tresor Records Release Date: 13th July 2018 Written by Jenna Dreisenstock A structural sound focused on attentive movement, the repetitive propulsion in textural understanding of timbre and submergence: in a visceral techno experience, compelling experimentation stands bold in it’s animation. For Tresor
album review / Dance / DJ / Donato Dozzy / Electronic / experimental / Filo Loves The Acid / Italy / Producer / Review / Rome / Techno / Tresor Records
OKZharp & Manthe Ribane | Closer Apart | Black Major Release / Hyperdub Release date: 6 July 2018 Written by Jenna Dreisenstock In experimentation and collaboration, the ability to bring within the other – influences and experiences unknown to the outside – to combine all forms of expression from the
Closer Apart / Collaboration / Dance / Electronic / experimental / Hyperdub / Kwaito / Manthe Ribane / Okzharp / Pop / R&B / Review / South Africa
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
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.
Alternative / Damon Albarn / Electronic / Gorillaz / Indie / Jamie Hewlett / Parlophone / Pop / Synth-Pop / The Now Now / Warner Bros. Records
SOPHIE | Oil of Every Pearls Un-Insides | Future Classic / MSMSMSM Release date: 15 June 2018 Written by Jenna Dreisenstock Drenched syrup-swirl; a hallucinatory richness screams The Birth of Venus, the reveal and a shimmering pearl curling in picturesque shine in a nude pop-layered, mermaid-sweetened melody. A dreamlike playfulness
