Articles by Alan Ranta

Saroos Prep 'Return' LP, Premiere New Video

PUBLISHED Aug 29, 2013

German post-exotica trio Saroos are set to return with, well, Return. This — the third collaborative album of Iso68's Florian Zimmer,...

Scout Niblett

The Cobalt, Vancouver BC, August 23

PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2013

Scout Niblett is a force to be reckoned with. There was such palpable tension simmering from the moment she hit the stage. She wasn't going...

Moebius

The Cobalt, Vancouver BC, August 22

PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2013

The legend of Dieter Moebius precedes him. A member of such groundbreaking and influential Krautrock and kosmische musik projects as Cluste...

The New Lines

Fall In Line

PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2013

Upon first listen, Fall In Line lives up to its title a little too uniformly: the sonic palette of the sophomore album from the New Lines d...

Blondes

on Blondes

PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2013

It's been quite a rise for the Sam Haar and Zach Steinman project known as Blondes over the past couple years. Their visibility has explode...

Slum Village

Fortune Sound, Vancouver BC, August 13

PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2013

Exclaim!'s coverage of a Slum Village show in 2003 began with the line, "They're nothing without Jay Dee." Since then, things have only got...

Chop

Illuminate

PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2013

As the head of Ape Studios (a noted wellspring of vintage synths, guitars and assorted gear), Coz Littler has at his disposal the funkiest...

Computer Jay

Savage Planet Discotheque Vol. 2

PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2013

The second installation in a four-part series, Savage Planet Discotheque Vol. 2 sees enigmatic former Pharcyde DJ Computer Jay and his rapp...