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.
HLLW - Restitution
March 13, 2017
London-based dance music empire Lobster Theremin release what seems to be the first 7” amid their impressive back catalogue of sub-label encompassing contemporary electronics. Restitution just also happens to be not just one 7”, but a triple pack of them featuring productions from the relatively unknown HLLW. Based in Denmark, HLLW crafts ‘twisted techno, effervescent electro, speedy electronica and machine music’, a post-Warp heyday homage to the futuristic outlook of the '90s rave era. Thunderous kick drums set the scene with the A1 before the collection of tracks moves into more dubbed out, polyrhythmic atmospheres.
Heavenly Music Corporation - Lunar Phase
February 04, 2017
Nice reissue of 90s ambient electronics.
Epic ambience from Heavenly Music Corporation, originally recorded for a Japanese ambient radio station that plays music 24 hours a day and is programmed around current tidal movements. Basically it ticks all the right boxes and is a huge 'recommended' from all here.
Somewhat of a forgotten champion of the 90s ambient scene, Kim Cascone also worked as assistant music editor for the surrealist films of David Lynch. Taking his HMC moniker from the Fripp & Eno collaboration, the project began after his industrial-tinged group Poison Gas Research began to break away in the early 1990s.
Lunar Phase was conceived specifically for the Japanese satellite radio station St. Giga, a channel devoted to relaxation through sound and the furthering of mental well-being. This archival reissue comes recommended not only to fans of Astral Industries or HMC fanatics but to anybody with a taste for the extraordinary. Bird calls, rhythmic meanderings and synth programming to make you grin from ear to ear at the mere fact that you’re alive.
Ssaliva - We Never Happened
January 23, 2017
Incredible sonics from this Belgian artist on the highly-cited Ekster label. This vinyl-only release is limited to 500 copies. A showcase for beautiful sound design.