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Julia Kent & Jean DL – The Great Lake Swallows (Gizeh, 2018)

Chris — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 16:23:40 +0000

Urbanisation, a necessary evil one could say. Cities provide convenient centres for work, industry and habitation, funneling people into a dedicated region rather than having a sprawling, decentralised population that consumes precious countryside. They come at a price however, a deep seated artificiality and unnatural environment: there are too many people; there is too much […]

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Blanck Mass – World Eater (Sacred Bones, 2017)

Chris — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 13:28:22 +0000

I have come to dread reading the news; in fact I often feel like I actively avoid it, since every day seems to present such a dim view of the state of current affairs that I cannot bear to be reminded by the incompetence of people. Fortunately, World Eater not only seems to share similar sentiments but […]

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Loess – Pocosin (n5MD, 2017)

Chris — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 15:29:22 +0000

I can just about see the dockyards from my window, overcast light touching the myriad steel structures, steam rising out of the domed incinerator and climbing lazily into the low clouds. They’re more evocative at night, transforming into shadowy behemoths that punctuate the sky with their light-topped caps, metal facets gleaming under floodlights. It sometimes […]

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Steve Hauschildt – Strands (Kranky, 2016)

Chris — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 17:09:49 +0000

Rivers carry the most precious resource on Earth: water. Without their sinuous redistribution system that carries water back to the open oceans, the continents would be barren and lifeless places. We owe them a lot, our towns and cities built atop and around them for sustenance and transport. In recent years though, the waterways that […]

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2814 – Rain Temple (Dream Catalogue, 2016)

Chris — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:05:21 +0000

Originally of Vaporwave fame, 2814 prefer to craft music reminiscent of a different time, imbibing their sound with an older, 1980’s pastiche, a retro futuristic noir vibe that gives the unknown a certain seductive mystery. Rain Temple moves somewhat away from their former style, seemingly to the disappointment of some of their fans, but into a direction […]

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Kane Ikin – Modern Pressure (Type, 2016)

Chris — Thu, 12 May 2016 16:08:33 +0000

Although we’re quickly descending into the Summer months and eschewing of dark, melancholic music listening that’s more befitting of Winter, sometimes records come along that pepper the light with a special kind of smokiness that demand attention. Long after the cool atmospheric brilliance of debut Sublunar, Ikin does exactly that, returning with a wholly more empowered and […]

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Masaya Ozaki – Fluid And Dreaming of Stripes (Eilean Records, 2015)

Chris — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 17:32:15 +0000

We’re all moving forwards through time, it’s an inevitability we must face; it drags us all inexorably along in its ever advancing current without any opportunity to stop or turn back or redo parts of its course despite our protestations. But supplemental to the natural progression of the order of things there is a human-run […]

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EUS, Postdrome & Saåad – Different Streams (Soft Records/Grains of Sand, 2015)

Chris — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 17:25:53 +0000

It’s both surprising and not to see that Eus, Postdrome and Saåad have returned for another collaborative record. Oftentimes it seems that projects involving multiple artists like this don’t pursue further attempts at creating music together, but for many I think that’s down to the fact that their matchups are nowhere near as perfect as these […]

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