EXPERIMENTAL / NOISE / POP *** Whirling Hall Of Knives – Glossolle Quarter (self-released) Keeping up a good tradition, Irish creative powerhouse Whirling Hall Of Knives aka WHOK celebrates the last day of the year with a new release. The original offers psychedelic flow of renegade strings and effects,Read More →
In a blind test, I would bet on Detroit and unreleased material by the city’s established producers, for example from “In The Dark” community. In fact, Kiji Suedo comes from Osaka, Japan, and (re)produces genuinely sounding Detroit beatdown on “Hosek EP”. The artist follows up his debut album “Riot”, whichRead More →
Recently at the formidable Crevette record store in Brussels, I asked for tips about Belgian labels and a friendly guy at the counter was glad to help. While De:Tuned and Nightflight Records were familiar to me, Basic Moves was a new acquaintance, and its first 2023 release found a placeRead More →
TECHNO/IDM/ELECTRO *** Empath / Halvtrak – Let Other Visions Exist (EABE) Two artists from Finland are in abstract mood in the first tracks that could be called the IDM part of the digital EP. Whereas Empath’s “Panpsykism” surprises with subtle trance leads over erratic beats. In “Fohat” the artist continuesRead More →
For a change, Detroit’s electro eminence Keith Tucker delves into the world of techno, applying his Optic Nerve alias for an EP of kaleidoscopic sounds. Consistently paced at 140 BPM, the four-tracker “Fragments” opens with the dynamic dash “Linear Motion”, which recalls Kraftwerk’s Tour de France themes. Darker shades appearRead More →
SYNTH POP/BIG BEAT *** Coloba – Death of Nathaniel York EP (self-released) Coloba hails from Uruguay and is a project by the rock guitarist Javi who’s fond of electronic music. A few tracks are big beat derivatives and the title cut expresses melancholic sadness with the language of electronics.Read More →
Kerrie expands the already sizable footprint of Cultivated Electronics (CE), when this summer she released practically a full length, split into two much-applauded EPs. With her tracks, the Irish-born Manchester resident adds harsher angle to the electro repertoire the label is renowned for. In the first part, increasingly obligatory acidRead More →
Here are Terminal 313’ snapshots of the previous month, expected to become a more or less regular section of the blog. Techno of the month: Air Protection Office – Untitled (SEMANTICA 128) After much-awaited reissue of Ed Chamberlain’s 2013 EP, Semantica’s consistent delivery of great sounds continued with a tapeRead More →
***** Datafreq Vs. Hozerz (Paper+Sound Paplus6 – 2020) What sounds like a mystery entry from the catalogue of Definitive, Toronto’s nineties imprint with yellow labels, is actually a collaboration of Dave Rout, Kris Helstrom and Heiki Sillaste – all seasoned artists from the Canadian metropolis. When looking at the arrayRead 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 →