Archive for July, 2008
Ital Tek – Cyclical (Planet Mu)
OK, I was going to de-capitalize the artist and album name appropriately, but it screws up my nice formatting. I’m sure that Alan Myson won’t mind. Hailing out of Brighton (UK), this is Myson’s first full length release. There were a couple of 12″ back in 2007 various labels, plus a few file releases here [...]
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Tags: dubstep, idm
Reimer Eising, producing under the name of Kettel, is no stranger to the IDM scene. Since 2001, Eising has vigorously released a dozen EPs and nine full length albums on a handful of respectable labels, such as Planet Mu, Neo Ouija, DUB, Merck, Kracfive, and his home label (which he co-runs with his brother, Wouter [...]
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Tags: acid, idm
As Eve Basilides opens up with strumming of the harp, a distant lo-fi hiss transposes you into a surreal world of shadows and broken dreams. By the time Kaithlin Howard’s voice breaks through the reverb and lightly touched piano chords I begin to wonder if the imagery is indeed from my long lost memory. Rudi [...]
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Tags: ambient, modern classical
I placed you somewhere between dubstep and IDM – how would you describe your music? I’m really bad at this question usually! I think that’s a fair description though. I’ve tried to create a middle ground in my records between bass heavy music that works really loud in a club but also so you can [...]
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We can always count on Aaron Funk to punish us at least once a year. If you’re not familiar with Venetian Snares, it’s time for you to open up that hole and crawl out. Seriously. Winnipeg (Canada) based Funk is a prolific champion of the edgiest of genres – from modern-classical orchestral arrangements violated with [...]
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Tags: breakcore, drill'n'bass
Gusstaff is a small independent label based in Poland, which has already released two previous albums by Michal Jacaszek. Jacaszek’s third full length album, Treny, is also picked up by Erik Skodvin’s Miasmah. The latter mentioned label is quickly gaining recognition among the ambient and modern classical connoisseurs with CD releases (Miasmah started out as [...]
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Tags: ambient, cinematic, modern classical
It’s been almost 11 years since Portishead released their last self-titled album (I’m not counting Roseland NYC Live). The three member group of Adrian Utley, Geoff Barrow and more prominent Beth Gibbons have been often credited with making the trip hop genre more mainstream. Originating out of Bristol, UK, Portishead introduced their hometown sound to [...]
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Tags: downtempo, trip-hop
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