Album Review: Tomorrow comes the harvest – Evolution
Tomorrow Comes The Harvest project started with late Tony Allen, one of the originators of AfroBeat and Jeff Mills to get together to create an improvisational type of performance. The idea was to not pre-prepare or to preplan anything, but just to play in the moment spontaneously and to reach for the same understanding musically. Jean-Phi …
Album Review: Thomas Fehlmann – Umdrehen (Edition DUR)
“Turning around” is Thomas Fehlmann’s new magic word. It allows him to approach constraints and difficult topics from a new perspective, turning them into something positive. “Umdrehen” is an exploration of sound, combining linguistic and artistic work practices. The album starts with “Bundy/Blessing,” disrupting Fehlmann’s ambient surface and introducing spatial music that leaves gaps for …
EP Review: Peix – Z.U.K.A.
With the following release ANTIMODUS presents the artist PEIX. With his dark sounds and striking appearance, he fits into the garb of the label. The beginning of the record presents Fobia, a truly driving techno track. PEIX referred to the theme of Somniphobia with this track. Fobia or Somniphobia is the intense fear of sleep. …
Album Review: Angel Attack – Divine Practicalities
Angel Attack delivers his debut album Divine Practicalities on his label, House of Reptile. The Boston and London-based artist blends several sound palettes, sharing his most poignant body of work to date. The album includes two remixes by Univac and Blind Delon, respectively. The title track acts as a prelude to the album. A broken-beat, …
Album Review: MAREENA & JAKOJAKO – ATLAS DER GEDANKEN (Edition DUR 13)
Mareena is a DJ and runs her own ambient label Unrush, and JakoJako, also a DJ, recently released an EP on Mute. Two years ago, they made a joint album “Atlas of Thoughts” digitally available, on which the two artists dedicate themselves to their interpretation of ambient. For the “Atlas of Thoughts”, JakoJako worked exclusively with …
Album Review: Berlin Strings – On a dark night (Edition DUR 12)
Edwards Berlin Strings is a classically trained chamber ensemble specializing in collaborations with pop and indie musicians, as well as cinematic compositions. The quartet consists of Lisa Marie Vogel (violin), Johanna Wundling (violin), Tabea Haarmann-Thiemann (viola) and Luisa Babarro Fernández (cello); the inspiraton is to make classical music more tangible for the modern listener. With dissonances …
Album Review: Yelka – 1976
Berlin’s most productive band – no less than 10 albums in three years is their mission – Yelka announces its second album release in the current season. We are talking about Berlin’s finest trio in terms of Postkraut, with drummer Christian Obermaier, guitarist Daniel Meteo and bassist/singer Yelka Wehmeier. After their timeless debut album “Nowhere Jive” we now travel …
Album Review: Goldie – Timeless (The Remixes) LP
‘Timeless’ is one of electronic music’s most critically acclaimed and influential albums. Written over a quarter of a century ago, it remains as relevant and influential as ever for new generations: a breathtaking and space-age symphony of meticulous synth craft, cinematic sound design and atmospheric breakbeats. The album set a new standard, reached new highs …
EP Review: Jeff Mills – The Other Maria
The Other Maria represents the character trait each of us has inside within ourselves. The silent part of us that we try to regulate, keep restrained from others and managed just beyond reach from the rest of the World. It represents the compartmentalized potential to do, say and respond with great chaotic harm, despite all unfortunate …
EP Review: Millsart (AKA Jeff Mills) – Inner Eye
Axis Expressionist Series A collection of vinyl and limited digital releases, curated by Millsart, an alias of Jeff Mills, of his most eclectic and transcendent compositions that derive from his Every Dog Has Its Day project as well as new unreleased works. Vernacular creations that fall off from the “other side” of the Electronic Music …