New York/Berlin group Notic Nastic (known for their stage shows, where the duo sport neon masks and accompany their twisted breaks and vocal...
Articles By Romina Wendell
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Notic Nastic It's Dark But It's OK Published May 18, 2010 -
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Near the Parenthesis Music For The Forest Concourse Published May 18, 2010Music For The Forest Concourse is a cushy, warm collection of subtly glitchy, expansive ambient. In his fourth release, Near Parenthesis (ak...
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Bluetech Love Songs To The Source Published May 18, 2010Moving from laptop to live band, Bluetech's Love Songs To The Source expands the maestro of digital downtempo's sound into more organic and...
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Kaya Project Desert Phase Published May 17, 2010Capturing the desert air between guitar strings and drum skins, Kaya Project once again ride the ethno-electronica frontier. This time inspi...
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Clara Moto Polyamour Published May 04, 2010Finding its groove in a bright and snap-happy minimalism, Polyamour is a crisp, clean collection of IDM-flavoured microhouse from Austrian p...
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Rodux Iron Fan Published Mar 19, 2010Sounding like Christmas on the club floor, the expansive and ultra-energetic quality of Rodux's " Iron Fan" exudes a thickly layered tech ho...
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Liquid Stranger Steel Trap Published Feb 08, 2010A follow-up to his The Intergalactic Slapstick full-length, the Steel Trap EP has Liquid Stranger (aka Martin Stääf) putting the e...
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Emancipator Safe In The Steep Cliffs Published Feb 08, 2010Northwest ambient fans can now find refuge between Telefuzz and Don Verbrilli releases in the smooth campfire electronica of Emancipator. Th...
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Limaçon Tarry Not Published Jan 18, 2010The bubbly funk riding tech house from Limaçon's (aka San Francisco producer Christopher Lee) first feature full-length, Tarry Not, i...
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Christen Lien Vol 1: Battle Cry Published Jan 18, 2010The cello's slightly cheerier cousin ― the viola ― steps to the forefront in the arms of classically trained violist Christen Li...
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StrayOtic StrayOtic Published Dec 08, 2009StayOtic's electro-funk and talk box "Intro" spark immediate Daft Punk comparisons, but the programmed hand claps and kick drum quickly meet...
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Hudson Mohawke Butter Published Dec 08, 2009Butter's bombastic beat barrage makes for a pop-edged, daring calling card from Glaswegian producer Hudson Mohawke. The stuttered drums and...
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Aerosol Airborne Published Dec 08, 2009With a title like Airborne, Rasmus Rasmussen's (aka Aerosol) second project album delivers the ambient shoegazing one would expect. Gentle k...
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Caroline Murmurs Mixes Published Oct 19, 2009Murmurs Mixes is an iTunes exclusive remix album and companion piece to Caroline's 2006 release, Murmurs. Producers such as Lullatone, Brigh...
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DJ Foundation Paradise Published Oct 19, 2009DJ Foundation's Paradise sets sound bytes to bass lines against the backdrop of Iraq in what he calls "a mix from Mosul." Targeting war on t...
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Various Manoeuvres 3 Published Oct 19, 2009So Called Recording's third West coast showcase, Manoeuvres 3, delivers more bass-laden, slightly heady downtempo from the Van City scene. S...
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Numéro# Sport De Combat Published Sep 04, 2009Reuniting Jerome Rocipon's sing-speak vocals with Pierre Crube's rough and ready synth pop, Sport De Combat follows Numéro#'s 2007 L'...
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Noise Level This Liquid Sky Published Sep 04, 2009Liquid Sky's promo material asks, "what is music but organized noise?," and it is the thin divide between the two that sampler/keyboardist E...
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Jazzanova / Various Secret Love 5 Published Jul 21, 2009Showcasing the Sonar Kollektiv artist roster, and complied by Jazzanova, Secret Love 5 coasts between nu-soul folk and electro/acoustic indi...
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Iuengliss Motion In Mind Published Jul 21, 2009In a follow-up to the glistening IDM breaks of his debut, Wake-Up Time, Iuengliss (aka Denver-based musician Tom Metz) reaches past merely a...