Reviews
Download, “Unknown Room”
Potentially Download’s final LP, “Unknown Room” carries on the bubbling IDM experimentation which came to define the Key/Western era of the project.
Test Dept, “Disturbance”
The first new Test Dept recordings in 20 years speaks to their history while tackling the politics of today.
Observer: QUAL & IV Horsemen
Capsule reviews of new EPs by Qual and IV Horsemen.
Replicas: Grendel, “Inhumane Amusement At The End Of Ages : Redux”
The new reissues of Grendel’s earliest material benefits hugely from a remaster that brings it’s finer details into the light.
Run Level Zero, “Swaerm”
Sweden’s Run Level Zero make their long-awaited return with somber, shimmering electro-industrial experimentation.
Observer: Chrome Corpse & Batch ID
Capsule reviews of short new releases by Chrome Corpse and Batch ID.
OHMelectronic, self-titled
The sophomore effort from Vancouver industrialists Chris Peterson and Craig Huxtable is both lean and ferocious.
Replicas: Lassigue Bendthaus, “Cloned (+Singles)” & “Render”
Two LPs from Uwe Schmidt’s influential but oft-overlooked Lassigue Bendthaus project are reissued in all their genre-bending glory.
Mz.412, “Svartmyrkr”
Swedish black industrialists MZ.412 return after more than a decade with a bombastic and ambitious LP.
Blutengel, “Un:Gott”
The latest from the German vampire pop act accentuates some of their hidden appeal.
In Conversation: Rome, “Le Ceneri Di Heliodoro”
The Senior Staff considers the politically fraught new album from Jerome Reuter.
Observer: Unconscious & V▲LH▲LL
Capsule takes on new releases from Unconscious and V▲LH▲LL.
