Mapstation – Distance Told Me Things To Be Said (~scape/Inertia)
Low-key and bereft of virtuoso displays (not that there couldn’t be so, given the presence…
Author Ron Schepper
Machine Drum – Mergerz & Acquisitionz (Merck)
Miami-based Merck intends to cease releasing new material once it reaches the 100 release mark…
Zelienople – Ink (Loose Thread/Lattajjaa)
Recorded live during two days in 2005 and originally issued on Finland’ 267 Lattajjaa imprint…
Mike Shannon – Possible Conclusions To Stories That Never End (~scape/Inertia)
Given the obvious similarities, it’s tempting to draw parallels between Deadbeat (Scott Monteith) and Mike…
Zucchini Drive – Being Kurtwood (2nd Rec)
Though Zucchini Drive partners Tom de Geeter (Cavemen Speak) and Marcus Graap (Stacs of Stamina)…
Ms. John Soda – Notes & The Like (Morr Music/Inertia)
If nothing on Notes and The Like rocks quite as hard as No P. or…
Porn Sword Tobacco – Explains Freedom (City Centre Offices)
I can’t imagine Henrik Jonsson would be overly offended if his Porn Sword Tobacco full-length…
Avia Gardner РMore Than Tongue Can Tell & D̩sormais РDead Letters To Lost Friends (Intr_version)
Mitchell Akiyama weighs in with two radically different but equally accomplished releases on his intr_version…
Sutekh – Born Again (Leaf)
Could there possibly be a better remixer than reigning glitch-funk meister Sutekh? Probably not, based…
Nine Horses – Snow Borne Sorrow (Samadhi Sound)
Honestly now, of those whose 1981 listening regimen included Japan’s Tin Drum, how many would…
Flanger – Spirituals (Nonplace)
The production methodology for their latest project differs little from before Uwe Schmidt (aka Atom…
DJ Koze – Kosi Comes Around (Kompakt)
Judging by his ubiquitous presence on any number of Kompakt compilations, mixes, and EPs, the…
Run Return – Metro North (n5md)
A remarkable “instrumental rock’ release that more than delivers on the promise of Run Return’…
Deaf Center – Pale Ravine (Type)
Norwegians Erik Skodvin and Otto Totland (aka Deaf Center) take a huge step beyond their…