Electronica
Album Review: Nohno – Longitude and Latitude
As a member of revered Sheffield experimentalists Clock DVA, Dean Dennis cut his electronic chops a long time ago. Seems that yearning to create hasn’t left him, and judging by his new, double album ‘Longitude and Latitude’ under his Nohno moniker, neither should he. Teaming up with his partner Jose Snook, who also acts as …
See: Prefuse 73 reveals Lilfuchs animated video for ‘Still Pretending’
Animator Adam Fuchs, aka Lilfuchs has got his imagination around some visuals for Prefuse 73’s track, Still Pretending. Taken From his recent Forsyth Gardens album, the Miami born beat maker, also known as Scott Herren, lays down these chattering percussion and lightly psychedelic electronic backing, while over the top he cuts up these sweet and …
Track: Mount Kimbie – Bell_5
Mount Kimbie, aka London producers Dominic Maker and Kai Campos, have reached week three in their month-long residency at NTS Radio with their show, broadcast Monday (21st Sept). They were joined by King Krule during the episode, with Archy Marshall popping in to take the reigns and be the subject of an interview, alongside Alex …
Album Review: Battles – La Di Da Di
Listening to Battles is like plugging into the mainframe of some futuristic generator. You are instantly pulled into this stream-of-consciousness robot groove that acts as some sort of virtual yellow brick road to meet the fantastical Oz. But Oz isn’t some little man that flew in on a hot air balloon. No, Oz is this …
Track: Benjamin Verdoes – Night Walker
You might have come across Seattle beatmaker Benjamin Verdoes through his eccentric and unpredictable songwriting in Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band. Since those days, he’s honed his skills as a producer and beatmaker, as witnessed by his previous solo effort, The Evil Eye. Out today via Brick Lane Records is a new EP, The One …
Album Review: Lloyd Cole – 1D electronics 2012-2014
The opportunity was there, no doubt, for Lloyd Cole to jump on the revival bandwagon. After all, the way he dropped literary references into his keenly observed tales of life and love were second only to a certain Stephen Morrissey at his height. However, his new record, 1D Electronics is, as the title suggests, a …
EP: Christa Vi – Makeshift Happiness
Dropping some Indie/Electronica this September is Christa Vi, a Australian/German singer and songwriter. With previous collaborations with artists such as Box of Wolves from Canada (Electronic Rumors) and Australian songwriter Ben Salter (ABC Music) we can expect a well crafted release with added twists on the remixes. The title track is co-produced by Andrew McDonnell who has worked …
Album Review: Kelpe – The Curved Line
On his fifth album, The Curved line – Kelp, aka London producer Kel McKeown, doesn’t reinvent the electronic wheel, rather just polishes his own version of it a little bit. He’s long been able, as seen through his various releases on labels such as DC Recordings, Black Acre, Fremdtunes, Svetlana and Myor, to produce these …
Track: Evvol – Eternalism
Producing what has been described as noir-moodscapes the Berlin based duo ‘Evvol’ release ‘Eternalism’ an emotive journey through cool layered vocals that glide over electronic and live band arrangements. Eternalism is the first album for the duo under the new moniker Evvol, Julie Chance & Jon Dark previously known as Kool have already well crafted their sound …
Meet: The Soft Moon interview, plus UK tour dates
On the back of the release of his third studio album ‘Deeper’, The Soft Moon aka Luis Vasquez has released details of a huge tour spanning both sides of the Atlantic, as well as a new video for one of the albums stand-out tracks, ‘Wrong’. The album itself alternates between dark and eerie electronica, and …