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Laurel Halo – Hour Logic
This is a well-crafted love letter of sorts to the mid-90s. A little Basic Channel, a dash of Global Communications, and a hell of a lot of Higher Intelligence Agency. As such, it carries both the strengths (experiments with sounds … Continue reading
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Live Set @ Silent Barn, July 27th (Brooklyn)
Hey y’all, I’ll be playing with Joe Salina (Isfet) on the 27th at Silent Barn in Ridgewood (off of the Halsey St. L train) next Tuesday night. We’re the opening act so we’ll be on around 9-ish, most likely. Nice … Continue reading
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Caveat: I Haven’t Finished Reading This [UPDATE: Done Reading This]
So I can’t honestly say if it’s good or bad yet. http://dj.dancecult.net/index.php/journal/article/view/15/19 It’s worth noting that the author was about four years old when the records he’s discussing started coming out. Overall, I thought it was interesting. I think the … Continue reading
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Autechre – Oversteps
Both Autechre and Warp Records are to be commended for offering an absurd variety of ways to listen to Oversteps. Vinyl, .mp3, 16-bit .wav, 24-bit .wav and CD. Since 320kbs is how most of my music ends up, I only … Continue reading
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Squarepusher – Numbers Lucent
Whether intended to be a cute reimagining of the mid-90s intersection of acid and jungle or merely a nostalgia trip, Numbers Lucent is unfortunately another documentation of how the mighty have fallen into less-mighty ways. For all of the bright … Continue reading
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The Black Dog – Radio Scarecrow
There’s retro and then there’s frozen in time. There’s a revivalist techno thing going on with labels like Dust Science and Soma, and specifically the resurgence of B12 and these guys. A bit of history – back in the day, … Continue reading
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Genghis Tron – Board Up The House
This was another memorable record of 2008. Great big ole spasms right at the intersection of late 90s IDM and grindcore, with a taste for epic flourishes. It’s a bit more “mature” than Dead Mountain Mouth, in that there’s a … Continue reading
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Arovane – Lillies
Back in the day Autechre clones* were commonplace, like dandruff or dour men in turtleneck sweaters. Like those things, they were just part of being interested in a “thing” or a “scene”; some went off into hip-hoppy directions like Push … Continue reading
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Box Your Ears #2 – The Eyes of Stanley Pain vs. III
Continuing our theme of the Heroin Olympics, we examine two essential Download releases. The Eyes of Stanley Pain – along with The Process – is the last real taste of Dwayne Goettel‘s work before he died of an overdose in … Continue reading
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