Articles by Philip James de Vries
TOKiMONSTA / Made In Heights / Borealis
Drake Hotel, Toronto ON, October 9
PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2014
"You didn't tell me there was a big band booked tonight," an older Drake Hotel employee asked another. "There isn't, it's actually DJs," th...
Daisuke Tanabe
Floating Underwater
PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2014
Japanese producer Daisuke Tanabe makes his second appearance since 2009 on Germany's Ki Records with Floating Underwater. While the album i...
Applescal
Mirage EP
PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2014
Contrary to many of his past releases, Pascal Terstappen's latest offering as Applescal blends his melodic approach to electronic music wit...
Aïsha Devi
Hakken Dub/Throat Dub
PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2014
Aïsha Devi, best known for her work as Kate Wax, shows no signs of toning down her eccentric approach to electronic music on her latest sin...
Borealis
Kallionyma
PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2014
"…beautiful music, colours, and positive, uplifting thoughts can have a beneficial effect on your state of well-being." For a music...
Application
System Fork
PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2014
The Black Dog have embarked on a new project guided by a strict sets of rules, inspired by the Japanese principles of Itamae, master chefs...
Christian Löffler
Young Alaska
PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2014
Since his wonderful 2012 album A Forest, Christian Löffler has refined his sound even further. Young Alaska is a wonderful example of an ar...
Koen Holtkamp
Motion - Connected Works
PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2014
Clocking in at over 130 minutes, Motion – Connected Works is a massive instrumental collection of arpeggiating modular synthesizers a...