Repetition, anxiety, minimal spoken-word and what can be considered a sort of slow-motion funk are the main elements which make the new album from Berlin trio Denseland. It seems like David Moss is coming closer and whispering in your ear, using a vocal technique called ‘sprechgesang’ between speaking and singing able to merge suspense into the …
In the press we read “this album is the result of one person sitting alone in a room and creating something entirely personal, without the frustrations of organising large-scale sessions for other players or preparing scores”. Spontaneity, impulsiveness, improvised piano, vibraphone and percussion sessions, an old-fashioned approach to tell his inner feelings. We are talking …
You’re sitting on a wooden chair in a hallway outside the recording studio of one of your friends. He’s a dj. You’re reading a futile article on a mag, the article is about how much important is cleaning your wheel rims. A lot of noise’s coming out from the studio. A guy and his girlfriend …
The long-awaited fourth album from graphic designer and co-manager of Ghost Box Records Julian House under the moniker of The Focus Group is now out. Rich tapestry of electronics, fuzzed guitar and processed exotic instrumentation together with fractured skipping rhythms and submerged melodies which mirror his collaged design work. The full length work was released …
Bubbling emotions from the enigmatic electronic composer Joane Skyler for her debut tape via Reckno. The unexplored soundscape of Boards of Canada having a picnic with Demdike Stare on a glass-table in a nature where birds are replaced by nightmare echoes but today the sun will shine and Stellar Om Source will bring a cheese-cake. …
Copenhagen-based electronic producer Nick Eriksen aka Taragana Pyjarama will release the follow-up to last year’s acclaimed Tipped Bowls on June 24 via Wyrd Records. Energy vibes of synths in the teaser sound like we are facing dusk immersed in a wild landscape and something great is gonna happen. In a recent interview for 405 Nick …
After some offerings over last few months, Taiwanese-born Canadian lo-fi producer Dirty Beaches will finally release his double LP on May 21 via ZOO MUSIC. Instrumental jams, nostalgic slow-dance, darkness and melancholia are just some of the elements which craft the exquisite moody soundscape of Alex Zhang Hungtai. Stream here one great taken and listen to …
Yesterday Portland’s Kevin Palmer aka Best Available Technology made his debut on Astro:Dynamics with the extravagant first volume of Excavated Tapes 1992-1999. The album consists of a string of improvised tracks, maybe created with cheap analog equipment, recorded onto cassettes in the 90s and then left there till now. Synth lines, danceable and undanceable techno beats, …