Glad to see Dez Williams back on Mechatronica with the second solo EP for the label and it’s another standout work of knotty breaks and bouncy thuds. Williams, a remarkable producer from a small Welsh island, has been turning heads in neighbouring genres, such as acid techno or IDM, butRead More →
The city of Jena can be proud of Carl Zeiss, a 19th century optician and entrepreneur who was connected to the place for most of his life. Connected to Jena are also the artist Eoism and Pulse Drift Recordings in their pursuit of precision in a different way than Zeiss,Read More →
For Jeff Mills, 2020 is a theme year of “Every Dog Has Its Day”, which is turning into a spectacular series on his own Axis Records. Even when I think having heard anything from the purpose maker, the excitement can be compared to the very moment about 25 years agoRead More →
Billy Ray de la Haye, a studio artist with sketchy public CV, comes allegedly from Rotterdam and not from The Hague that was my initial guess, because of ‘la Haye’ of course. By sound, he could be unmistakingly located in the Dutch west coast, when disco riffs and vocoded lyricsRead More →
In the early 90’s, Electric Indigo was as a vital player in the techno scene between Vienna and Munich and her acid and techno sets were integral part of the legendary Ultraschall club. Now in 2020, the sound of the Austrian-born musician travels in comparatively different paths, which actually isRead More →
Vladimer from Tbilisi’s thriving Mutant Radio invited me to a mix session. It was a great honour to me, as they run a great program across many styles. Mutant Radio · Terminal 313 [19.05.2020] Tracklist Osborne – Bout Ready To Jak (Spectral Sound) Daniel Bell – Beyond + Back (7thRead More →
Italian label Avant! runs an exciting catalogue of synth and wave artists, and SDH – with the full name Semiotics Department of Heteronyms – is one of them. SDH are Andrea Pérez Latorre and Sergi Algiz from Barcelona and they convinced already with the self-titled debut album in 2018. TheirRead More →
For The Advent, electro is not a virgin territory although the act now solely run by Cisco Ferreira has been always regarded as a major player of the techno league. Having recently listened to the 1997 album “New Beginnings”, I found “Funkage” and a few more electro tracks there andRead More →
Not sure if there’s any empirical evidence that during the pandemic people’s preferences turned to ambient music. Might be, because of its mostly relaxing nature and I have to admit that a number of the genre’s new releases have sparked my interest, either as arrivals in my collection or findsRead More →
Appearances could be deceptive. A Bandcamp release with three long tracks of about 45 minutes in total and abstract photo artwork by Hannes Unt, “Polar Night Jet” looks like another journey in the fields of ambient. It’s confirmed by the first tones of the opener “Arcus Cloud”, when gleaming soundRead More →