I guess this album by The Kirby is best described as melodic, emotional electronica pop. Accessible, with a lot of variation in sound, ranging from beautiful ambientesque sounds to a bit more uptempo melodic electronica, this release will appeal to lovers of (melodic) IDM, electronica, downtempo and ambient.
(”the kirby - the island of the unrealized […]
Orange crush comes in somewhere between Phasic and Boards of Canada. Very nice emotional electronica. I miss a distinct own sound though, let’s just say this music is very inspired by music already outthere. A good goal for the future then, and even with the lack of a distinct sound, it’s still very nice and […]
Another failed attempt by Sascha Müller at widening his style from that which he is good at: banging techno. This attempt brings us three quite boring ambient tracks in which we just get some strings. I think Sascha should just stick with his techno.
(”sascha müller - untitled”)
After having heard Tales of Mystery and Schlachtfest, this one takes you by surprise. Don’t expect any of the regular Sascha Müller-material on this release. Instead, it’s very experimental, very ambient. Even though it has it’s moment, I feel Sascha should stick to what he does best: Hard banging tracks.
(”sascha müller - last train to […]
Well…..if the first track on this banging EP doesn’t make you want to move those feet there must be something fundamentally wrong with your ears! Or your feet! “The bird which became a fish” is an outstanding piece of house music, with archetypal electro bassline. Followed by “Insects”, a dark breakbeat affair with enough […]
A more than half decent minimalist creation at the hands of Droog, which has its bar metaphorically raised by the brilliantly dark, moody and subtley ill-at ease nature of “Drencom”. Full of dicsordant beats, dark atmospherics and haunting effects, this is definitely worth a listen.
(”Droog - “Name your poison” (Norbu Netlabel)”)
Nice experimental electronica, ranging from quite ambient to really IDM-ish. Lots of blips and bleeps, so lovers of those will be happy. Enough atmosphere to capture you into the music. Reflections sounds very Orb-ish, to give a comparison. But that’s only a single comparison, the range of styles is too big to just go with […]
A pretty OK compilation of ambient of the more experimental kind. Enough variation to be interesting, but consistent enough to offer a solid feeling of a good compilation. Interests me enough to download some of the individual artist’s albums.
(”various artists - ice mustard (Musictrade)”)
Ambient soundscapes can be very boring when done wrong, especially because they drone on and on. Ocp knows this, realizes this, and so releases this album full of beautiful, accessible and not-too-long soundscapes. This is how it should be done. Ocp is also not too shy to use rhythmic elements (atmos two!) which enrich the […]
Probably one of the most accessible releases I’ve heard so far from the Autoplate label, and one of the most amazing as well! Beautiful laidback music, melodic, great usage of vocals. Put this on and you’ll immediately loose all the stress you have. Stunningly beautiful.
(”fernando lagreca - colpi di sole (Autoplate)”)