Image: Kranky That ‘Loscil’, the moniker of Canadian sound artist Scott Morgan, is taken from an abbreviation for “looping oscillator” is an act of nomenclature that deftly echoes Morgan’s creative practice; deconstructing the familiar and sculpting from the pieces something completely new. This modus operandi, executed with a distinct sense
ambient / ambient wave / Atmospheric / Canada / electronica / Neo-Classical / New Album / New Music / sound design
Image: Fabric Having recently revisited 2017’s Arla II, it’s fascinating to consider how Overmono have evolved over the years. While those first three outputs felt wildly experimental and deftly idiosyncratic, their recent work has settled into a sort of accessibility that sees them crafting beats that would sit comfortably in
Drum & Bass / electronic music / Fabric / Fabric Mix / Jungle / new electronic music / New EP / new release / UK garage
Image: Glydezone Recordings Over the course of the past few years, prolific Californian producer Dâm-Funk has been preoccupied with the structural core of the sounds that inform his music. What these experiments have produced is a trilogy of EPs that see the artist unlearning, relearning and reformulating the codes of
ambient / California / electronic music / experimental electronic / funk / House / microhouse / Minimal / New EP / new release
Image credit: Camille Dampierre You may have noticed that we have a soft spot for both shimmering organic electronica and Parisian electronic artists, as the two manage to portray some of the most colourful and unique sounds. Naturally, when we discovered Jaffna, the duo creating fresh percussive rhythms with their
Image: Rush Hour Detroit is arguably one of the most significant cities in the history of electronic music. It marks the birthplace of what has become known as ‘Detroit techno,’ one of the last stylistic inventions of African-American dance music in the 1980’s and one of the most influential sounds
Image still from video by Chris Coner Few artists can lay claim to a career as iconic as that of Gary Numan’s. The synthpop icon has had the rare sort of longevity that has, albeit at times quietly, spanned decades. The early dystopian electro-pop of his 1979 debut The Pleasure
Image by Kiran Gidda From psychedelic 8-bit meditation music to improvised post-modern jazz, these are the releases that caught our attention this week. In no particular order: UNKNOWN ME, Bishintai That the debut LP from Tokyo group UNKNOWN ME opens with an automated voice instructing “this music is gentle practice
Los Angeles duo Elephants Everywhere have released another shimmering pop single, ‘Numb’ featuring the vocals of Las Vegas born singer Kaylie Foster (aka FOSTER). The single follows the release of ‘Give Me Love’, which featured the vocals of songstress ELSIE BAY and first caught our attention earlier this year. You
Image by Jelmer de Haas A live performance by American avant-garde composer Patrick Higgins in collaboration with Chilean-American producer Nicolas Jaar has premiered online. The performance was originally recorded in 2019 where the two played a set as the duo AEAEA as a part of the Le Guess Who? Festival,
Image by Anthony Devlin The UK has delayed the reopening of live music venues, nightclubs and festivals. This comes after a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases, believed to be due to the hyper infectious Delta variant. This news comes shortly after the country shared data from a series of ‘pilot’
