Articles by Vincent Pollard

The Battles Variable

PUBLISHED May 29, 2011

What do you do when the vocalist, a key member of your band, quits halfway through recording your second album? Scrap the record, find a ne...

Mark Fell

Manitutshu

PUBLISHED May 27, 2011

In January 2011, Mark Fell was invited to make some presets for Razor, a software being developed by Errorsmith for Native Instruments. The...

Battles Explain Their Continued Evolution with 'Gloss Drop'

PUBLISHED May 25, 2011

Towards the end of last year, unable to yet again face a gruelling touring schedule, Battles' vocalist Tyondai Braxton quit the band halfwa...

Amon Tobin

Isam

PUBLISHED May 24, 2011

Isam marks Brazilian-born Amon Tobin's seventh album proper for Ninja Tune. Famous for his jazz-sampling downtempo work for the label at th...

Ezekiel Honig

Folding In On Itself

PUBLISHED May 24, 2011

Folding In On Itself is Ezekiel Honig's sixth album, but marks his debut release for experimental label Type. Moody ambient interlaced with...

Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto

Summvs

PUBLISHED May 24, 2011

Summvs is the fifth, and purportedly final, album of collaboration between minimal glitch artist Alva Noto (aka Carsten Nicolai) and world-...

Murcof

La Sangre Illuminada

PUBLISHED May 10, 2011

Mexican-born Murcof (aka Fernando Corona) burst onto the electronica scene almost a decade ago with his modern classical-meets-IDM masterpi...

Ukkonen

Erriapo

PUBLISHED May 5, 2011

Erriapo is the latest release from Uncharted Audio, a small London, UK-based label that has been behind a plethora of high quality releases...