L.E.V. Festival 2016 — New Forms on the North Spanish Seaside
Impressions of L.E.V.’s tenth edition in Gijón, where Biosphere, Monolake and audiovisual performances explored the connection between sound and image.
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Various — Facticity
Infrastructure’s “Facticity” sets the foundations for the promising and eclectic future of this iconic techno and beyond label.
Dalhous — The Composite Moods Collection Vol.1: House Number 44
Dalhous continues their beautiful psycho-sonic ambient explorations in the first instalment of their new trilogy released on Blackest Ever Black.
Honzo — Melancholia
Machine-like beats, eerie melodies and dirty noises - Davide Carbone elaborates his dark industrial vision with the new Honzo EP, Melancholia, on Arboretum.
Samuel Kerridge — Fatal Light Attraction
Downwards released an intense album by Samuel Kerridge based on his performance in Berlin Atonal conducted in collab with Andrej Boleslavsky and Maria Judova.
Shapednoise — Different Selves
Reinventor of Industrial-techno Shapednoise’s new mind-blowing LP “Different Selves” on Type Recordings once again proves that he knows no musical limits.
The 10th Edition of L.E.V. Festival
L.E.V. returns to Gijón for its tenth edition, announcing a programme of electronic music and audiovisual work across the Laboral complex.
Arash Moori — Heterodyne
A heavily galvanized debut album “Heterodyne” by Arash Moori on Type Recordings unlocks the gates to a personal dark world of deeply convulsing drony sounds.
Unsound 2015 — Shrouded Marvels in Krakow
A personal account of Unsound 2015 in Kraków, following the performances, encounters and unexpected turns of its “Surprise” edition.
Berlin Atonal — A Concrete Dream
Berlin’s heart beats again to the rhythm of Atonal, the festival where visuals, sound and space merge in a communion between artists and the crowd.
Unsound reveals part of its mysterious line-up
Unsound 2015 reveals a programme of one-off performances, unexpected collaborations and unusual pairings around the festival’s “Surprise” theme.
The monolithic and the pastoral — Norbergfestival 2015 reviewed
Norbergfestival 2015 brings industrial romanticism into the Swedish countryside. This report follows the music through Mimer, Kraftwerk and the surrounding festival grounds.