Terminal 313 favourites of 2023, with the focus on ambient, dub, IDM and melodic electro, the tracklist included. TRACKLIST [artist – track – release (label cat. no)]  numün – Beyond – Book of Beyond LP (Shimmy Disc Shimmy-2015) Plant43 – Frost Walk – Silver Streams LP (Plant43 Recordings PLANT43008LP) PaulRead More →

On “Spektrum”, the Estonian artist Marko Sula aka Out-Or examines various sides of techno and IDM. By accommodating an array of styles into the album, he travels through different artistic identities, to bring us a diverse and well-crafted LP. At one moment, Out-Or is an eco-futurist in the Estonian homestead,Read More →

In 2023, a few successes have been recorded in the archeological search for pioneering electronic artists. One of them expands our understanding of geographical origins of the sound. Namely “The NID Tapes: Electronic Music from India 1969-1972”, a recovery by Paul Purgas (Emptyset) from the archives of the National InstituteRead More →

Plant 43 Silver Streams album art

‘Normally’ an acclaimed electro producer, Emile Facey aka Plant43 once in a while switches into beatless spheres. “Silver Streams” is the third ambient album by the Londoner and it appears on the artist’s self-titled label in three formats – double vinyl, cassette and digital. Whereas Plant43’s ambient is not solelyRead More →

With determination and courage, Maxime Denuc set up a challenge between computer and organ. More exactly, in May 2021 the musician from Belgium steered electronically the organ in the St. Antonius-Kirche in Düsseldorf. Offering various forms of modern classical with an urban twist, “Nachthorn” would not sound out of placeRead More →

“Waves Of Silent Whispers” is Lauri-Dag Tüür’s second ambient and IDM album, after “Polar Night Jet” in 2020. The new one landed in my inbox already in June 2022. Though not forgotten, it spent most of the year underneath the ever-increasing pile of unfinished business. Instead of white nights inRead More →

A diverse eight-track album by PurpleAndroid from Exeter, UK who connects many dots in the genre landscape. A urban field recording opens “The Bampfylde Headphase” that gathers speed with caustic breaks, while vehement current affairs report “Superspreader” is loaded with big beat wobbles and “Ion Curtain” is setting sail toRead More →