OKZharp & Manthe Ribane | Closer Apart | Black Major Release / Hyperdub Release date: 6 July 2018 Written by Jenna Dreisenstock In experimentation and collaboration, the ability to bring within the other – influences and experiences unknown to the outside – to combine all forms of expression from the
Closer Apart / Collaboration / Dance / Electronic / experimental / Hyperdub / Kwaito / Manthe Ribane / Okzharp / Pop / R&B / Review / South Africa
Lotic | Power | Tri Angle Records Release date: 13 June 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock With the overwhelm of delicacies and beauty and their simultaneous struggle, abject horror and oppression; the connection between all, whether it be glimmering beauty in the embrace of the self, or the seemingly captive
album review / Berlin / Electronic / experimental / glitch / IDM / LGBT / Lotic / Tri Angle
Gorillaz | The Now Now | Parlophone / Warner Bros. Records Release date: 29 June 2018 Written by Jenna Dreisenstock An introspection in hotel rooms; unmade beds and twilight moonbeam – an insomniac in reflective melancholia – presented in bold enthusiasm, a driving dance in the closet of the mind.
Alternative / Damon Albarn / Electronic / Gorillaz / Indie / Jamie Hewlett / Parlophone / Pop / Synth-Pop / The Now Now / Warner Bros. Records
SOPHIE | Oil of Every Pearls Un-Insides | Future Classic / MSMSMSM Release date: 15 June 2018 Written by Jenna Dreisenstock Drenched syrup-swirl; a hallucinatory richness screams The Birth of Venus, the reveal and a shimmering pearl curling in picturesque shine in a nude pop-layered, mermaid-sweetened melody. A dreamlike playfulness in dance
album review / Avant-Pop / Dance / Electronic / experimental / Future Classic / glitch / IDM / Industrial / Los Angeles / MSMSMSM / Pop / SOPHIE / USA
Immersion | Sleepless | Swim ~ Release date: June 15th 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock Sparkling bokeh of tranquil ambience mesmerize in introspection; up-tempo dance in glimmer – brightening, exploring and cradling the experimentation of instrumental growth. A wandering boldness in landscapes of ever expanding tone, tempo and timbre; new-worlds
ambient / Asi Weitz / Brighton / Electronic / experimental / Gil Luz / Holy Fuck / Immersion / Matt Schulz / Post-Rock / Swim~ / United Kingdom / Wire
Melody’s Echo Chamber | Bon Voyage | Domino Recording Co / Fat Possum Release date: June 15th 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock Healing within the clutches of the heart, the flourish of reflection and wilt of each nestled thorn; to drink in desperation the clarity of sparkling water – a
Johnny Jewel | Themes for Television | Italians Do It Better Release date: 21 May 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock “The project began as a sonic exploration of the sounds I was hearing in my nightmares. I wanted to find my way out of the maze by focusing on beauty over fear —
album review / ambient / Composer / David Lynch / Electronic / Italians Do It Better / Johnny Jewel / Mark Frost / Oregon / Portland / Twin Peaks
oOoOO & Islamiq Grrrls | Faminine Mystique | Nihjgt Feelings Release date: May 18th 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock A bleeding glimmer in each finger. The shining of the cut-throat glass shards as hands press for a breakthrough; the chamber of a mime. Defined in black and white, painted onto the artistic body in mute
Beach House | 7 | Bella Union / Sub Pop Release date: May 11th 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock A golden lyrical weave; sunlight winding, grasping like vines, a stunning bloom of melancholia sewing flowers in // out and around each rib, growing and wilting with the heaving of saltwater
album review / Baltimore / Beach House / Bella Union / Dream-Pop / experimental / Maryland / Pop / Psychedelic / Shoegaze
Black Moth Super Rainbow | Panic Blooms | Rad Cult Release date: May 4th 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock A honeyed simmer in the deathly wilt; bubble-pop electronic pollen, stunning on sticky fingertips and cry of razor blades in a caramel apple. A lush, flow of saccharine blood in the
