MACE. — Life, Intelligence, Joy, Breathing
Mace. takes us on a fascinating and striking sonic journey into the bowels of our unknowable global economy.
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Records and live performances considered through close listening and independent criticism.
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XKatedral — Four new tapes
The powerful ambience of XKatedral label shines through again on this new string of releases by Kali Malone, Dufwa, Golden Offence Orchestra and Isak Edberg.
Gravetemple — Impassable Fears
Stephen O'Malley, Oren Ambarchi & Attila Csihar return to the bloody shore of doom metal with a crushing new Gravetemple LP “Impassable Fears” on Svart.
Veil of Light — Front Teeth
The forthcoming Front Teeth 12” LP by Veil Of Light is a significant shift to the dancefloor for the Avant! artist, but his vision is as bleak as ever.
Geistform — Transmitter
Industrial techno achieves new heights with Transmitter, a full communion between heavy beats and raw distortion, which will set any dancefloor on fire.
Janushoved — New Nordic Romances
Recent Janushoved releases by Tevere, Mercury Ribbon and Internazionale & Angeles continue channeling the label’s sublime and surreal narratives.
Various Artists — Dys Functional Electronic Music
This Repitch compilation, including many essential artists of the genre, is an important milestone for techno music, setting the stage for future explorations.
Patricia Kokett — Artefakt
Techno and minimalist percussions animate an imaginable alien tribal world on this odd recording from the Lithuanian artist Patricia Kokett.
Oto Hiax — Oto Hiax
Mark Clifford of Seefeel and Scott Douglas Gordon of Loops Haunt mesmerize with 12 otherworldly artefacts on their new Editions Mego release as Oto Hiax.
Uniform — Wake in Fright
A vibrant and seditious album on Sacred Bones Records by the American industrial/noise duo Uniform, coming straight from the vaults of the mother*uckin’ NYC.
Qual — Cupio Dissolvi
Qual marks a return to the forefront of the esoteric minimal synth underground with the teeth clenching EBM grind of Cupio Dissolvi 12" EP.
Paper Dollhouse — MoonDome tapes
Paper Dollhouse bridges living room melancholy and nighttime euphoria in her 2016 stream of excellent tape releases inspiring our nocturnal geographies.