In the great abstraction of reality we’ve been living through, I always hoped that the upside would be frustrated musicians and non-musicians turning inward. While collaborative and band situations are …
SISTER ODD – Bruise/Reuse (self released 2021) Read More
For your auricular displeasure, Irish electronic entity ROGUE SPORE presents a new release celebrating 10 years of noise, esoteric and amphibious electronic experiments. A DECADE OF IRONING BOARD ELECTRONICS 2010-2020 …
ROGUE SPORE – A Decade of Ironing Board Electronics 2010-2020 (RS9-2020) Read More
In a world of independent oddities, this is exactly how the humble 7” deserves to be delivered – high-concept, low-frill, electronic punk from the wonderfully named German duo I AM …
I AM THE FLY – I AM THE FLY 7” EP (not on label 2020) Read More
Released in mid-December 2019, ORGANS is an improvisational experiment of sorts, a loose collective of musicians curated by Ian Pearce (Comply or Die, Minnows, Bad Dates etc.) to redress the …
ORGANS – ORGANS CD (2019 Marginal Records/Lugnut/Little Plastic Tapes) Read More
Although theoretically anyone with a laptop, a couple of externals, and a genuine ability to self-edit can build some worthy ambient electronic fodder, high quality seams of creativity appear to …
LIGHTS A.M. – Lightworker – digital single (self-released 2018) Read More
Until I read the announcement of this release in late March, I honestly didn’t think there would be another Klaus Schulze studio album. Official but vague statements about serious health …
KLAUS SCHULZE – Silhouettes (SPV/Oblivion 2018) Read More
This was never going to be anything but intriguing. Although Chris Carter’s legacy as a synthesist is clear to anyone with an ounce of lateral thought, the wider scourge of …
CHRIS CARTER – Chemistry Lessons Volume One (Mute Records 2018) Read More
As a long-term enthusiast of what could be loosely termed Berlin school electronics, my ears are constantly peeled for contemporary material observing the original gene pool as a reference point, …
HAWKSMOOR – HAWKSMOOR (Negative Drive Records 2018) Read More
At a young and innocent age, I owned a copy of Gary Numan’s DANCE album. This was purchased for 99p in the bargain bin of Golden Discs, North Earl Street …
GARY NUMAN – SAVAGE – Songs from a Broken World (BMG 2017) Read More
It has been 6 long years since the last studio album by Gothenburg’s Carbon Based Lifeforms. In 2011, the curious TWENTYTHREE stepped away from the beats and accessibility of their …
CARBON BASED LIFEFORMS – DERELICTS (Blood Music/Leftfield Records 2017) Read More
The Solar Fields output over 10 albums has been eclectic, amorphous and impressive, shifting vehicle every couple of albums and facilitating a pick’n’mix outflow of high grade downbeat and ambient …
SOLAR FIELDS – Until We Meet The Sky (Ultimae Records 2011) Read More
It’s been 5 years since any manner of recorded noise has seeped from the Mortal Records orifice. The interim has seen the REPLICAS anniversary tour in all its nostalgic recapitalisation …
GARY NUMAN – Dead Son Rising ( Mortal Records ) Album Review Read More
There’s an instinctive symbiosis that comes with a rare few synth-based duos… something vaguely detectable in the quality that’s difficult to put in words… like a digital genetic compatibility… whatever …
XENO AND OAKLANDER – SET AND LIGHTS ( Wierd Records ) Read More
Issued back in March of this year, the economically titled CONSTRUCTION is the debut from one of the more interesting electronic entities currently operating in Dublin. Rough mixes posted on …
CATSCARS – Construction ( White Plague Records 2011 ) Read More
A few years back, Geir Jenssen planted a diatribe on his webspace stating that Biosphere was no longer touring due to the general unhealthy lifestyle that comes with the trappings …
BIOSPHERE – N-Plants ( Touch 2011 ) Read More