Reviews
Raison D’être, “Mise En Abyme”
The first album of new studio material from Raison D’être in five years consolidates Peter Andersson’s legacy, and offers some intriguing hints at the future of the dark ambient project.
Blush Response, “Desire Machines”
New York’s Blush Response show intense focus and an emphasis on sound design on their latest LP.
Sebastian Komor, “Vikings, Thrones & Dragonbones”
The prolific producer indulges his orchestral jones on this new suite that finds a balance between composition and full on club stompers.
Weep, self-titled
Doc Hammer’s Weep re-release an album of laid back melodic post-punk…or do they?
Idlefon, “Intensive Collectivity Known As City”
Tense and claustrophobic, Idlefon’s debut flips the IDM script while holding on to its core elements.
Steril, “Misanthrop”
The new album from fan-favourite German industrial group Steril succeeds by sounding pretty much how anyone who likes Steril would want it to sound.
Replicas: Executive Slacks, self-titled EP
The reissue of the debut by the Philly art-punks is some very strange, very tense and oddly funky stuff.
Koban, “VIDE”
The Vancouver post-punk duo ratchet up the tension and go for dark grandeur on their latest EP.
Observer: August 27th, 2014
We take a listen to three new releases from Randolph & Mortimer, Hätz and VHS Glitch.
Integral, “Sercosa”
German duo Integral pull off some impressive sleight of hand on an album that hovers somewhere between technoid and ambient, and between solid and incorporeal.
The Klinik, “The Klinik 84 91”
The 8 CD copilation of the seminal EBM project collects most of their material from the 80s, and reminds us of exactly why they’ve stayed so difficult to quantify.
Cute Heels, “Spiritual”
Dark Entries issues an LP from the Belgian techno and body music project that has a distinctly different take on older genre sounds.
