Category: Electronica

Ambient, Electronica, Experimental, New Music, Video

NEW MUSIC: Forest Management – Blue Leaves

Forest Management is the work of Chicago, IL experimental artist John Daniel, a producer who knows how to expertly blend dissonance and ambience, finding that middle ground between harmonious hypnotic drones and something more unsettling and foreboding. ‘Blue Leaves’ is comprised of pulsing waves of warm distortion that push and pull at the surface of the track, eventually dissipating into the sonic ether. ‘Blue Leaves’ … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Forest Management – Blue Leaves

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Album Covers, Electronica, Experimental, New Music, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Video

NEW MUSIC: Josephine Wiggs – Time Does Not Bring Relief

Best known for her role as bassist for The Breeders, Josephine Wiggs is also a fine composer of atmospheric ambient music. ‘Time Does Not Bring Relief’ is the first taste of her new solo album We Fall. It’s a haunting piano-based, instrumental composition that gently pushes and pulls rhythmically across nearly five minutes, evoking the work of Harold Budd and Nils Frahm. Evocative, textural soundscape … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Josephine Wiggs – Time Does Not Bring Relief

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Album Covers, Audio Stream, Electronica, Experimental, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Stream

NEW MUSIC: Henrik Von Euler – F-dur

As much as we love manic post-punk, sweet alt-country tunes and arch indie-rock, we also love to bliss out to relaxing ambient sounds. Not the cheesy lift music or Muzak or hippie-lite new age bullshit. We’re talking experimental, avant garde composition, whether it be electronic, acoustic or a combination of the two. Think Eno, Harold Budd, Fenenesz, Caretaker or Hiroshi Yoshimura. This elegant track from … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Henrik Von Euler – F-dur

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Audio Stream, Electronica, New Music, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Stream

NEW MUSIC: Karyme – خونمون

This pulsing, kinetic instrumental track from Australian producer Karyme caught our ear this week. Elements of jazz, trip hop and downbeat electronica combine on a track that sounds like it’s in constant motion. A playful bass-line keeps things anchored as drums push and pull and synth pads provide melodic beds of texture and sonic bliss. خونمون [kho͞onamo͞on] the first single from Karyme’s full length release, Full … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Karyme – خونمون

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Audio Stream, Electronica, Experimental, New Music, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Psych, shoegaze, Stream

NEW MUSIC: OVER – Mostly Plants

OVER are two guys (Brett Paulin, Dan Workman) from Toronto, Canada who peg their sound as psychedelic digital shoegaze and it’s a pretty spot on description when you listen to this track ‘Mostly Plants’. It swirls, billows and decays across the sonic spectrum. There are vocals but they’re nestled just below the surface, partially submerged and it’s often hard to make out the lyrics. It matters … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: OVER – Mostly Plants

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Album Covers, Audio Stream, Electronica, Guitar Rock, Indie Rock, New Music, Post-Punk, Psych, shoegaze, Stream, Video

NEW MUSIC: Black Camaro – Out In The Rain

This track from Las Vegas quintet Black Camaro kicks off with a mean streak of post-punk, tumbling and angular rhythms courtesy of a great bass-line. Things straighten up after that – more melodies, ringing guitars and atmosphere enters the fray. It’s knotty, dynamic and burns a hole in your synapses with its blend of dark vibes and the lighter elements courtesy of the guitar and … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Black Camaro – Out In The Rain

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Audio Stream, Electronica, Experimental, Jazz, New Music, Post-Rock / Instrumental, Stream

NEW MUSIC: Kip LaVie – Function Is Form

Taken from the brand new album This Creator, here’s a really nice track from Kip LaVie, a Portland-based producer. ‘Function Is Form’ has an aqueous feel, burbling and constantly in motion as organic and synthetic sounds intertwine and rise and fall in the mix. The arrangement and production is a standout on this track and stylistically he clearly draws on jazz, avant garde electronic composition … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Kip LaVie – Function Is Form

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Electronica, Experimental, Indie Pop, New Music, Post-Punk, Video

NEW MUSIC: These New Puritans – Inside The Rose

UK group These New Puritans return with ‘Inside The Rose’, the second single (and NSFW video) from their forthcoming new LP of the same name, due out March 22nd. It’s their first album in six years and saw the band record in Berlin, London and Southend-on-Sea, before mixing it in Los Angeles. The group have reverted to the original duo of brothers Jack and George … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: These New Puritans – Inside The Rose

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Audio Stream, Electronica, Experimental, New Music, Stream

NEW MUSIC: Almanacs – Love Peak

Almanacs is the work of Honduran sound artist Wilmer Murillo. ‘Love Peak’ is the title track from his album that came out a few weeks ago and its a beautifully aqueous piece of music that drifts on a warm sonic current of synths, conjuring up all kinds of constantly morphing images that form and dissipate into the aether. Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Almanacs – Love Peak

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Audio Stream, Electronica, New Music, shoegaze, Stream

NEW MUSIC: Primer – TVI

Primer is the work of Michigan vocalist/producer Alyssa Midcalf who is also one half of Parts. The melancholic yet uplifting synth sound of TVI comes from her debut solo album Novelty, out March 1st on the Detroit label Young Heavy Souls. The song works so well in the way that it doesn’t rely on the synths as a retro/nostalgic tool, they’re emotive and essential to the tone and … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Primer – TVI

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