Articles by Daniel Sylvester

Minimal Violence

InDreams

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2019

Over nine tracks and 40 minutes, Minimal Violence figured out how to make extroverted techno sound downright brainy. Although the duo of As...

Aidan Baker / Faith Coloccia / Jon Mueller

See Through

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2019

In addition to the 100 or so releases he's put out under his own name or as Nadja, ARC or Mnemosyne, Aidan Baker is also a serial collabora...

The Budos Band

V

PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2019

On "Old Engine Oil," the leadoff track from the Budos Band's fifth LP, V, the Afrobeat band kicks out a gritty, fuzzed-out riff that wouldn...

Floating Points / Various

Late Night Tales

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2019

Once a staple of any electronic music fan's collection, the DJ mix has become a rare bird over the past decade. But UK label Late Night Tal...

Apparat

LP5

PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2019

Since his early work with Ellen Allien in 2006, it seems that Apparat has defined his craft through collaboration. After releasing three al...

Matmos

Plastic Anniversary

PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2019

Sometimes it's the pure novelty of a Matmos album that makes it so enjoyable. Sometimes it's that same novelty that makes it hard to separa...

Stephen Malkmus

Groove Denied

PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2019

When the rumours that Stephen Malkmus recorded an electronic album began to surface, longtime fans weren't just curious about how it would...

​Matmos's 'Plastic Anniversary' Started With a Plastic Fish-Shaped Jock Strap

PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2019

Drew Daniel, one half of experimental electronic duo Matmos, is alone in an interview with Exclaim!, preparing to tell the story of his ban...