Son of Rose – All In (Blanket Fields)
Most piano and electronics recordings take the Alva Noto / Ryuichi Sakamoto approach, preserving the…
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Diatribes / Demierre / Bourquenez – Piano(s) (Insubordinations Netlabel)
Diatribes is a Geneva-based open-ended improv ensemble guided by a desire to explore differing musical…
Remute – Grand Glam (Remute)
Remute (Denis Karimani) has always delivered tough techno, but ‘Grand Glam’, his second LP and…
Abe Duque – Don’t Be So Mean (Process Recordings)
New York’s Abe Duque has been producing classy, distinctive techno since 1995, epitomising less the…
Celer – Breeze of Roses (Dragon’s Eye Recordings)
The blurb to Breeze of Roses by husband and wife duo Celer (Will Thomas Long…
N/A – Variance: Function, Regis and Marcel Dettmann edits (Sandwell District)
Techno with a capital ‘T’ seems to be claiming the space where the dying shell…
Symbiosis Orchestra – Live Journeys (Baskaru)
The Sprawl nights in London, run by Douglas ‘si-cut.db’ Benford and Iris ‘Bit Tonic’ Garrelfs,…
Chris Abrahams and Clare Cooper – Germ Studies for Guzheng and DX7 (Splitrec)
My strongest (not fondest) memory of the DX-7 is of a shabby cover band performing…
10-20 – Self-titled (Highpoint Lowlife)
Dubstep’s codes have had an equally significant influence upon IDM bedrooms as they have the…
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Synthi Fou (1991), Kontakte (1959-60)
SIAL Sound Studios, RMIT University Michael Fowler, Piano and Keyboard Stuart Gerber, Percussion Jeffrey Hannam,…
Pom Pom – Pom Pom 32 (Pom Pom)
Those who denigrate minimal techno as prissy and sterile are in for a surprise with…