Clark's new album, Death Peak for Warp Records is a thunderous progression of drums and keyboards, with sweeping grandeur and oddly uplifting melodies. It's one of his best in some time and a stark contrast to his 2013 album, Iradelphic. It feels like a work of clever programming and yet it never feels like the work of machines. For Clark fans, this will be an instant buy. For everyone else, it's a good place to start.
Dopplereffekt - Cellular Automata
April 07, 2017
Their first new album in ten years, released on the Berlin-based System Leisure label. The style harkens back a little to the 1980s output from Peter Mergener and Michael Weisser and their band, Software. Some tracks heavily remind me of Software Visions from 1988. Dopplereffekt have created an intriguing blend of sounds that you will want to return to again and again.
Depeche Mode - Spirit
April 06, 2017
Released a few weeks ago, I purposely held off mentioning it here until I had time to listen to it properly. This is dark, brooding electro-pop which won't suit all tastes. I can't say I enjoyed it much to begin with but it's got better over time. Sprit is available in many formats including 24Bit editions. The standard, deluxe CD versions and vinyl are available here.
There is also an expensive Blu-spec CD2 Japanese import here. However, the track listing is identical to the European and U.S deluxe edition.
Broken Lift - Maximum Comfort
April 05, 2017
An absolutely beautiful three track EP I discovered last summer - even though I've only just got around to posting it on here. This recording takes all the haunting melancholia found in the vaporwave genre - conjuring memories of long-forgotten shopping malls from the 1980s.
Klaus Schulze - Androgyn
April 04, 2017
Beautiful new work from this famed German composer. His signature sequencer patterns are very much in evidence but he also adds some haunting vocal samples and soaring keyboards to tracks such as 'Back To The Future'. This is an excellent album for those who are looking for a good introduction to an artist whose work spans four decades.