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- 09.10 New release Grischa Lichtenberger — Wavepropagation One wave, countless events: Grischa Lichtenberger’s Wavepropagation builds entire pieces from a single oscillator, drawing melody, bass and percussion from one continuous signal. Inspired in part by the overlapping traces of life on Kyiv’s Dnipro river, the record explores how complexity emerges from a single moving form, even when waves appear to cancel each other out.Play via Bandcamp: Grischa Lichtenberger — Wavepropagation Details: Grischa Lichtenberger — Wavepropagation
- 09.10 New release Luca Maniaci — Ad Aeternum A return to darker territory: Luca Maniaci reappears on Edit Select with Ad Aeternum, tracing a path through sci-fi atmospheres and restrained tension. Shifting rhythms keep the journey in motion, drawing subtle patterns out of the shadows.Play via Bandcamp: Luca Maniaci — Ad Aeternum Details: Luca Maniaci — Ad Aeternum
- 09.10 New release Speedy J & Rødhåd — The Department Of Almost - Second Office Cold starts, borrowed lime and glacial skies: Speedy J and Rødhåd introduce The Department Of Almost with Second Office. Born from ten concentrated days in their Berlin studio, eleven compositions move between crafted dancefloor material and spacious, introspective soundscapes, as rhythm and atmosphere gradually fold into one another.Play via Bandcamp: Speedy J & Rødhåd — The Department Of Almost - Second Office Details: Speedy J & Rødhåd — The Department Of Almost - Second Office
- 08.10 Pick Kali Malone — Burning Song Play via Bandcamp: Kali Malone — Burning Song Read: Kali Malone — Burning Song
- 08.10 Pick Maria W Horn — Melting Pillars of Snow Play via Bandcamp: Maria W Horn — Melting Pillars of Snow Read: Maria W Horn — Melting Pillars of Snow
- 08.10 Pick Saint Abdullah & Eomac — When The Sandbox Has No Edge Play via Bandcamp: Saint Abdullah & Eomac — When The Sandbox Has No Edge Read: Saint Abdullah & Eomac — When The Sandbox Has No Edge
- 08.10 Pick THISISTHX — Ghost EP Play via Bandcamp: THISISTHX — Ghost EP Read: THISISTHX — Ghost EP
- 08.10 Deep cut SHXCXCHCXSH — ......t Play via Bandcamp: SHXCXCHCXSH — ......t Read: SHXCXCHCXSH — ......t
- 08.10 New release Richard Skelton & Lawrence English — NOON Noon on one side of the planet, night on the other: Richard Skelton and Lawrence English meet across hemispheres for the first time on NOON, for Phantom Limb.Play via Bandcamp: Richard Skelton & Lawrence English — NOON Details: Richard Skelton & Lawrence English — NOON
- 07.10 New release Hodge — Magenta Glow EP Bristol meets Detroit and the room turns magenta: Hodge’s Magenta Glow EP, on Interdimensional Transmissions. Details: Hodge — Magenta Glow EP
- 07.10 New release Maria W Horn — All Solids Melt Into Aether All that is solid melts into air, Marx wrote; for INA grm, Maria W Horn melts a Swiss choir organ into electronics, on Portraits GRM.Play via Bandcamp: Maria W Horn — All Solids Melt Into Aether Details: Maria W Horn — All Solids Melt Into Aether
- 07.10 Pick Tensal — The Bearers of the Banner EP Play via Bandcamp: Tensal — The Bearers of the Banner EP Read: Tensal — The Bearers of the Banner EP
- 07.10 New release Jiho — KR081 Tokyo’s Jiho makes techno you could almost touch, four analog tracks filed simply as KR081.Play via Bandcamp: Jiho — KR081 Details: Jiho — KR081
- 07.10 New release Lorenzo Senni — All Ages No age limit at the door: Lorenzo Senni’s All Ages, eleven tracks on Warp Records.Play via Bandcamp: Lorenzo Senni — All Ages Details: Lorenzo Senni — All Ages
- 07.10 New release THISISTHX — Ghost EP Lisbon is haunted on THISISTHX’s Ghost EP, four tracks of raw textures and metallic synths for Planet Rhythm.Play via Bandcamp: THISISTHX — Ghost EP Details: THISISTHX — Ghost EP
- 04.10 New release S. English — Intrusive Food For Thought S. English serves six years of intrusive thoughts, 2014 to 2020, in eleven courses: Intrusive Food For Thought.Play via Bandcamp: S. English — Intrusive Food For Thought Details: S. English — Intrusive Food For Thought
- 03.10 New release Circular Limited — Rising Sun Spring reverb, deep sub-bass and eerie drones: Brendon Moeller, as Circular Limited, plants the sixth seed of Saibai, the Samurai Music sub-label.Play via Bandcamp: Circular Limited — Rising Sun Details: Circular Limited — Rising Sun
- 03.10 New release Inigo Kennedy — Lingering Thoughts Some thoughts never leave: dystopian electro, acid blips and melancholic pads from Inigo Kennedy, with a title track that circles back to the earlier Plaintive, on Asymmetric.Play via Bandcamp: Inigo Kennedy — Lingering Thoughts Details: Inigo Kennedy — Lingering Thoughts
- 03.10 New release Internazionale — The Capricorn Collection Under the sign of Capricorn, a long look back: Internazionale gathers two collections and brings 2016’s Wreaths Of Life back to light, on Janushoved.Play via Bandcamp: Internazionale — The Capricorn Collection Details: Internazionale — The Capricorn Collection
- 02.10 New release Geography Of Hell — Baghdad 1991 / Baghdad 2003 Gulf War broadcasts, televangelist sermons, US troopers and Verdi’s Aïda, ground into one machine: Geography Of Hell’s Baghdad 1991 / Baghdad 2003.Play via Bandcamp: Geography Of Hell — Baghdad 1991 / Baghdad 2003 Details: Geography Of Hell — Baghdad 1991 / Baghdad 2003
- 02.10 New release Maria W Horn — Melting Pillars of Snow Saturn’s scythe, a handful of dust, the voice of Michael Gira: Maria W Horn sets a chamber ensemble against algorithms on Melting Pillars of Snow, for XKatedral.Play via Bandcamp: Maria W Horn — Melting Pillars of Snow Details: Maria W Horn — Melting Pillars of Snow
- 02.10 New release Marina Herlop — Dja Dja Fifteen tracks, one body, titles in half a dozen languages: Marina Herlop’s Dja Dja, on Barcelona’s Lapsus Records.Play via Bandcamp: Marina Herlop — Dja Dja Details: Marina Herlop — Dja Dja
- 01.10 New release Fatima Al Qadiri — 3TWI One EP, three guests, a whole region on the floor: Fatima Al Qadiri’s 3TWI, with Bobo Secret, Lama3an and Gumar, on Hyperdub.Play via Bandcamp: Fatima Al Qadiri — 3TWI Details: Fatima Al Qadiri — 3TWI
- 01.10 New release Saint Abdullah & Eomac — When The Sandbox Has No Edge A sandbox with no edge, and plenty of company: Armand Hammer, Richie Culver and Che Chen join Saint Abdullah & Eomac for a fifth album together, on Planet Mu.Play via Bandcamp: Saint Abdullah & Eomac — When The Sandbox Has No Edge Details: Saint Abdullah & Eomac — When The Sandbox Has No Edge
- 01.10 Pick Miles — Vault Play via Bandcamp: Miles — Vault Read: Miles — Vault
- 01.10 Deep cut Acronym — Malm Play via Bandcamp: Acronym — Malm Read: Acronym — Malm
- 01.10 New release Kali Malone — Burning Song Seven pieces burned into the air of Bach’s church: Kali Malone recorded Burning Song inside Leipzig’s Thomaskirche, for Ideologic Organ.Play via Bandcamp: Kali Malone — Burning Song Details: Kali Malone — Burning Song
- 30.09 New release Ke/Hil / Prurient — Long Live Alcatraz No way out: KE/HIL and Prurient lock themselves into Long Live Alcatraz, on Hospital Productions. Details: Ke/Hil / Prurient — Long Live Alcatraz
- 30.09 New release Miles — Vault Miles finally opens the Vault: thirty years of dub techno warm-ups, on Short Span.Play via Bandcamp: Miles — Vault Details: Miles — Vault
- 29.09 New release Prurient — Death Ace Objectification Prurient cuts it short and heavy: minimalist doom electronics on Death Ace Objectification, via Total Black and Hospital Productions. Details: Prurient — Death Ace Objectification
- 29.09 New release John Beltran — Sunrise And The Life We Live Ten postcards, from Austin to Éire by way of an echo bridge: John Beltran’s Sunrise And The Life We Live, on Music for Dreams.Play via Bandcamp: John Beltran — Sunrise And The Life We Live Details: John Beltran — Sunrise And The Life We Live
- 29.09 New release BLNDR — Mangrove Roots in salt water and a Tidal Veil on top: BLNDR’s Mangrove, with a remix by Alderaan, on Buenos Aires’ Danza Nativa.Play via Bandcamp: BLNDR — Mangrove Details: BLNDR — Mangrove
- 29.09 New release Hieroglyphic Being — Battlefield Of The Mind vol 1 Ten sketches from the Chicago archive of Jamal Moss: Hieroglyphic Being opens Battlefield Of The Mind with vol 1, on Mathematics.Play via Bandcamp: Hieroglyphic Being — Battlefield Of The Mind vol 1 Details: Hieroglyphic Being — Battlefield Of The Mind vol 1
- 28.09 New release Electric Rescue — Futuro Perduto EP Four cuts for a future that never arrived: Electric Rescue’s Futuro Perduto EP, raw textures and driving rhythms on MATERIA.Play via Bandcamp: Electric Rescue — Futuro Perduto EP Details: Electric Rescue — Futuro Perduto EP
- 28.09 New release REALMZ — Tangible Mental Architecture Back on Sonic Groove after eight years, REALMZ builds something solid out of thought: Tangible Mental Architecture.Play via Bandcamp: REALMZ — Tangible Mental Architecture Details: REALMZ — Tangible Mental Architecture
- 28.09 New release Bichord — Gravitational Fields First pull from a new orbit: Gravitational Fields opens Bichord’s own label, somewhere between the club and experimental ambient. Details: Bichord — Gravitational Fields
- 27.09 New release Donato Dozzy — Astro Donato Dozzy takes the long way from Rome to Berlin’s Tresor, and calls it Astro.Play via Bandcamp: Donato Dozzy — Astro Details: Donato Dozzy — Astro
- 27.09 New release Lakker — Cuisle Cuisle is Irish for pulse, and Lakker hold to just one: a single shared BPM, fast and sparse, self-released.Play via Bandcamp: Lakker — Cuisle Details: Lakker — Cuisle
- 27.09 New release Marcel Dettmann — My Own Shadow After years of nights at Berghain, Marcel Dettmann turns to face My Own Shadow, a new album on !K7.Play via Bandcamp: Marcel Dettmann — My Own Shadow Details: Marcel Dettmann — My Own Shadow
- 27.09 New release Alessandro Cortini — Memorie Eight memories with Italian names and one machine, the EMS Synthi AKS: Alessandro Cortini’s Memorie 1 and 2, finally side by side on Katalog.Play via Bandcamp: Alessandro Cortini — Memorie Details: Alessandro Cortini — Memorie
- 27.09 New release Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto — 12 Conversations Twelve conversations, and the ninth needed five parts: Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s 12 Conversations, on NOTON. Details: Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto — 12 Conversations
- 27.09 New release Claudio PRC — Self Surrender Deconstructed Self Surrender, taken apart and left in pieces on purpose: Claudio PRC’s Self Surrender Deconstructed, on Delsin.Play via Bandcamp: Claudio PRC — Self Surrender Deconstructed Details: Claudio PRC — Self Surrender Deconstructed
- 27.09 New release Tensal — The Bearers of the Banner EP Tensal raises the flag over eight tracks on The Bearers Of The Banner EP, for Planet Rhythm and Derailed.Play via Bandcamp: Tensal — The Bearers of the Banner EP Details: Tensal — The Bearers of the Banner EP
- 26.09 New release Andy Stott — Late Loop A cold welcome, a songbird, a mirror signal: Andy Stott’s Late Loop, back home on Modern Love. Details: Andy Stott — Late Loop
- 26.09 New release nthng — Last Light of the Sun Ten tracks and an hour of daylight left, from “I Hear You” to “Flutter”: nthng’s Last Light of the Sun, on topo2.Play via Bandcamp: nthng — Last Light of the Sun Details: nthng — Last Light of the Sun