Articles by I. Khider

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  Necks

  Aether

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  An uncommon approach to music from a traditional band set-up of upright bass, drums and keyboards, the Necks form patterns in their music,...

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  Various

  The Freest of Radicals

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  A double CD release of avant sounds from avant Montreal label No Type, featuring an overwhelming 36 tracks in total. A buffet of styles is...

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  Aloha

  Sugar

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  The intro track, "Fractures," opens up with a clamour of percussive instruments before Aloha kicks in with "They See Rocks" and takes off w...

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  Galerie Stratique

  Nothing Down-To-Earth

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Nothing Down-To-Earth sounds like eerie and darkly hip science documentary music. Galerie Stratique likes to work with abstract beats and e...

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  O. Lamm

  Snow Party

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Snow Party is a release from Active Suspension, a new label that's based in France, a country not too well known for electronic music but o...

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  Naw

  The Resound of a Foggy Autumn Dawn

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  The long awaited debut full-length by Naw, aka Neil Wiernik, offers dark and murky techno saturated in shadowy sounds yet dominated by powe...

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  Steve Roach/Vidna Obmana

  Inner Zone

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Steve Roach's latest foray into ambient space music sees him this time teaming up with Vidna Obmana, who here plays a Hungarian overtone wi...

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  Sink

  Usual Cerex

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Usual Cerex is yet another fine example of the burgeoning electronic scene in France, specifically in Le Bourg, where some high-quality wor...