Samurai, the new release from Parisian DJ and producer Joakim Bouaziz (out via Tigersushi), is a free-spirited, deeply satisfying trip through an assortment of musical styles, from funk to krautrock, traditional folk sounds and cool, acid ambience. It is a bold, original and consistently surprising album, shifting in tone and
Rone | Mirapolis | InFiné Music Release date: 03 November 2017 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock “All that survives of the original Metropolis are incomplete original negatives and copies of shortened and re-edited release prints. Over a quarter of the film has to be considered lost. The present version, which combines all
Battles / Baxter Dury / Berlin / Blonde Redhead / Bryce Dessner / Electronic / Erwan Castex / experimental / IDM / InFiné Music / John Stanier / Kazu Makino / Noga Erez / Post-Rock / Rone / Saul Williams / The National
Much has been made of the lengthy wait between Nathan Fake’s previous album, 2012’s Hard Islands, and this latest effort, Providence, released on March 10th through Ninja Tune. Burnt out from a heavy touring schedule and struggling to come up with new musical ideas, Fake experienced a serious case of
Högni | Two Trains | Erased Tapes Records Release date: 20 October 2017 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock You are but a shadow locomotive of yourself; the crisp burn of cold has numbed your feet, your legs. Wheels that have been frozen solid, and left you stranded as the cargo you’ve
Frank Wiedemann, co-founder of Innervisions and the visionary producer involved with leading electronic acts Âme, Howling and Schwarzmann, has started a new record label, Bigamo, to release quality undiscovered music that “wouldn’t fit on the Innervisions label”. The label’s debut offering is Im Klanggarten by Fred und Luna, the moniker
Review by Shannon Lawlor Claude Debussy – arguably one of the most influential impressionist composers of the late 19th century. Best known for his extensive use of experimentation, non-traditional scales and chromaticism, Debussy has undoubtedly influenced many composers in the past and present, including Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky, George Gershwin
By Mo Hafeez Portico Quartet, even for those with their ears to the ground of the jazz scene, will not be a familiar household name to most – this is despite them holding a Mercury Prize nomination for their debut effort Knee-Deep in the North Sea. Jazz, electronica and ambient
Rap is, by its nature, ever changing and fluid. Since the early days of The Sugarhill Gang’s equally sugary beats, all the way up to Desiigner’s cool yet silly ‘Panda’, the genre has always had a way of puffing its chest up and declaring its unwavering ‘coolness’. It is undeniably
2017 has been a stellar year for ambient and experimental music in general, with excellent projects emerging across the spectrum: be it via the compilations of PAN (Mono No Aware) and Optimo Music (Miracle Steps), or the atmospheric albums of Bing & Ruth and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe. Here to
By Mo Hafeez When presented with the tracklist for Mura Masa’s full length debut, it’s easy to be confused – there’s a veritable sea of features to be spied, from heavyweight names such A$AP Rocky, Damon Albarn, and Desiigner, to other non-household names including Jamie Lidell, Tom Tripp, and A.K. Paul
