Go-Qualia – Puella Magi
Label: Virgin Babylon Records Purchase: CD from Virgin Babylon (2000Yen) For a while now I have noticed a lot of interaction between the netlabel Bunkai-Kei (run by Go-qualia) and Virgin Babylon Records run by World’s End Girlfriend. This is pretty much destined to happen, with the brilliant japanese electronica of Go-qualia and the frenetic and … Read more
Shigeto – New Light
Label: Ghostly International Purchase: Via Ghostly Drip.fm Service A wonderful new detour by percussionist/instrumental hip hop artist Shigeto – New Light is a collection of b-sides taken from the [ast three years. The short EP is full of minimal ambient and abstract sounds with the occasional deep bass rumble. A lovely release all round, including … Read more
Leonardo Rosado – Mute Words
Label: Heart and Soul Purchase: Limited to 50 cd-r copies accompanied by a hand made poetry book (with subsequent editions when sold out) I am striving to become anti-matter Leonardo Rosado has taken the brave leap into a world of experimentation for many years now, successfully moulding the real world around him with his musical world … Read more
Jacaszek – Glimmer
Artist: Jacaszek Album: Glimmer Label: Ghostly Records International Buy: Pre-order the album on CD / Vinyl / Digital on November the 8th Striking cover art for Polish artist Michal Jacaszek’s forthcoming release ‘Glimmer’ on the Ghostly imprint. I am really looking forward to this release (especially for a copy on vinyl). I know Ghostly will … Read more
Neil Wiernik – Broken Strings, Plastic Tubes and Bedside Serenades
Label: Feedback Loop Label Free Download I’ve had this unending fascination with power lines for a while now. I have taken a number of photographs that depict the desolate, lifeless nature that they impress upon me. Of all the photos I have taken, none come close to the astounding photograph that adorns the cover of … Read more
Pixelord – Iron and Cream
Label: Leisure System Buy Physical / Digital: Boomkat So I’ve been on a massive kick for a whole lot of Russian beat makers recently. A.B.S.T.R.A.C.T, DZA, Oh! Dee and right now a young producer going by the name of Pixelord. I first started listening to them from the wonderful Far From Moscow free release compilations … Read more
KRTS – Hold On
Label: Project Mooncircle Digital / Physical: Bandcamp / HHV On the artwork of KRTS first official release are a number of hands picking at his hair, I personally would like to go a little further and pick this guys brain for his tunes are deliciously constructed and executed in this fine EP released on Project Mooncircle. … Read more
V/A – Sequence1
Who: Various Artists Where: Future Sequence website Free Download There are some brilliant artists on this compilation and many that I have not heard of as well. Sequence1 is a compilation released by the Future Sequence webzine, a webzine dedicated to left field experimental music of the ambient, electronic and beat kind. There are a … Read more
Leonardo Rosado – Studies in Solitude
Label: Twisted Tree Line Buy Digital: Bandcamp Buy Physical: 3″ CDr Postcard Edition Rosado’s first release on Twisted Tree Line, for me, is one of his best works to date. Rosado continues his exploration into detailed sound design and ambience over the course of these five tracks that fit snuggly onto one 3″ CDr. There … Read more
Jacob Montague – Fly On
For the last few hours I have been typing random genres “bandcamp” into a google search, following trails down through other releases and just exploring. It is exciting, because for every twenty or so mediocre albums I find I get one that will stop me in my tracks. Fly On by Jacob Montague is that … Read more
