Electronic
Album Review: Steve Bates – All The Things That Happen: Elemental sounds for a wild world.
Some ‘ambient music’ can often come across as ambivalent, leaving the listener floating but uncommitted, relaxed but possibly underwhelmed. ‘All The Things That Happen’, the debut solo album from Canadian musician and sound artist Steve Bates (available from Constellation 23rd September), could superficially pick up the broad ambient tag except this fine record gouges out …
PREMIERE: New Originals are in their feelings on emotive new single ‘So Sad’
They announced themselves last month with ‘Wasteland’ and a stellar supporting cast, but New Originals are hitting the ground running. The project of Dave Brandwein and Rob O’Block, the pair are joined here by Daru Jones and Danke on what serves as the second single from their forthcoming debut album. As the title implies, it’s …
Album Review: Nyati Mayi & The Astral Synth Transmitters -‘Lulanga Tales’: electro- African fusion that reaches higher.
Some people are extraordinary singers and some people have extraordinary voices. As a vocalist Nyati Mayi probably falls into the latter bag, able to project a stunning range of notes, tones, textures and feelings often within the same song. The thing with an extraordinary voice is that sometimes it needs grounding, a foundation that prevents …
New Track/Video: Dutch space-funksters Mauskovic Dance Band preview new album ‘Bukaroo Bank’ with its spikey title track.
It’s hard to pin down Mauskovic Dance Band. The mischievous Amsterdam four piece, Nicola, Donnie, Marnix and Mano Mauskovic, may playfully take the same surname to preserve some mystique but their collective purpose is deadly serious. For several years now they’ve been honing a very individual, skeletal electro- funk soundtrack from their Garage Noord workspace, …
News: Sam Gellaitry releases new single ‘Serotonin’
Quickly establishing himself as one of the UK’s most in demand producers, and fresh from the release of his critically acclaimed single ‘Picture in my mind’ with PinkPantheress, Sam Gellaitry today releases his new single ‘SEROTONIN’ via FFRR/Parlophone Records. The single is taken from his upcoming ‘VF Vol II’ mixtape. LISTEN TO HIS NEW SINGLE HERE With hazy guitar riffs …
New Track/Video: Maral announces new album ‘Ground Groove’ with ‘Feedback Jam’ – dark wave dub with a punch.
LA based producer/DJ Maral is a sound collaborator, collector and connector. From her ‘Mahur Club’ album in 2019 through to 2020’s ‘Push’ she has continued to rove the global beat-making terrain and discover her own dance-floor destinations. On the way she’s pulled strands from her Iranian heritage, whether classical, folk or pop, from her dub …
Premiere: Meditations On Crime Share Video For Track ‘Nagual’ (Feat Geneva Jacuzzi)
We are very pleased to be premiering Harper Simon’s art collective ‘Meditations On Crime’ new release ‘Nagual’ featuring Geneva Jacuzzi. The track is taken from the full length album set for release on the 23rd of September 2022 via AntiFragile Music. Artwork for the single comes from celebrated ‘pop’ artist, Nate Lowman. Rising out of …
Track: Psyclon Nine Release Video For Track ‘See You All In Hell’; New Album ‘Less Than Heaven’ Out Now
The brand new Psyclon Nine album, ‘Less To Heaven’, is out now via Metropolis Records. From the creative brain of Nero Bellum, the album is a complex and immersive work that sees Nero Bellum at a creative peak, with concussive, machine-precise drums, hammering guitars, scathing vocals and evil electronics. The album also sees Bellum branch …
Album Review : Elaine Howley – The Distance Between Heart And Mouth : experimental, electronic dream pop that twists deeper.
Conceived before, within and beyond pandemic times, Cork based musician and underground shaper Elaine Howley has emerged with a bold personal record ‘The Distance Between Heart And Mouth’ on Belfast’s Touch Sensitive label (available from 12th August). Best known for bringing her distinct experimental sensibilities to The Altered Hours’ psych-rock as well as the song …
Premiere: Night Movies – Unboxing Video
Night Movies is the project of London artist and musician Frederick Fuller, that he describes as, “Kind of as a bedroom project, something to do with my mate Pete, a place for my loop pedal experiments and weird Brian Eno style short songs separate to my other bands”. With the release of the album Dreamish last …