Electronica - CD Reviews (44)
Psychedelic pranksters M'lumbo return with the amusingly titled Celestial Ghetto. The title of the album is quite fitting as M'lumbo draw from many sources, and can alternate seamlessly between the gritty and the ethereal. With M'lumbo, there is no distinction between high and low art where refined soloing is…
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Peace Junkee is the brain child of Neil Robinson. Born in Liverpool, England, Robinson has self-released and produced this collection of atmospheric music closely akin t…
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As the press release infers, this is Japanese artist Yximalloo’s first commercially released recording in thirteen years. Armed with a Dell laptop and the appropriate so…
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Per the album marketing notes, the production team Nuspirit Helsinki compiled their Favorite Things, featuring Scandinavian artists and remixers who generate a ge…
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15 Feb
Elaste - Vol. 2: Space Disco - Compiled & Mixed by Tom Wieland (7 Samurai, Panoptikum) by Various
Tom Wieland (7 Samurai, Panoptikum) compiled and remixed these old and recent disco tunes while tracing the genre’s inauguration back to Donna Summer’s 1977 hit "I Feel …
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This West Coast-located trio pursues the art of multitasking while owing up to the press notes regarding its cinematic propensities, all iterated thru a gamut of styliza…
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Kobol’s 2005 debut drew comparisons with the likes of Skalpel and Jaga Jazzist thanks to its fusion of jazz and electronica music. This Mexican-born but LA-based duo now re…
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One-man-show (writer-producer-performer of all songs and instruments) Jesse J. Smith puts forth his debut album here, entitled Royal Nights, a very heavy synth/or…
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These two music icons have enjoyed a fruitful relationship spanning back to their 1973 collaboration No Pussyfooting and onward. Here, guitarist Robert Fripp and …
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It’s not about jazz in the literal sense, other than perhaps a few passages dappled throughout these 12 works by various groups and musicians. However, the artists prese…
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This is one of the more beguiling electronics-based projects I’ve heard in years. Here, Gordon Monahan uses a theremin to control a MIDI interface amid strategic placeme…
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Concept albums are two-sided undertakings. The artist must create a satisfying musical experience and, at the same time, convey the story in his or her head to the liste…
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West Coast American musician Brian Ellis lists the instruments he plays as guitar, bass, keys, saxophone, trumpet, xylophone, theremin, kalimba, Bolivian 12-string mando…
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For those of you who may need an introduction, Eric Terdjman is a French guitarist and composer who first happened on the music scene with an acid jazz band known as Ecl…
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Revolutionary Revolution pretty easily describes the demonstration put on here. Still, while in some ways unique, this is a definite electronica undertaking. Ther…
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E-volve is the brainchild of one Red Broad (no, that’s his name, not a crass description of a person!). He is a seemingly creative producer and songwriter who’s pulled t…
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Let’s start with a short quiz. Megetmeget is:a. The sound a Scandinavian Frog makesb. A Techno-Jazz duo from Norway and Denmarkc. All of the above
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How’s That? is a hard-driving, rather funky dance/electronica 4-song sampler from a sax player who, unbeknownst to me until now, has been producing, writing, an…
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New York City native Andrei "Lanes" Terskikh has a gift for techno-pop compositions using shades of trance, ambient and electronica. His soundscapes tap into the human p…
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Acoustic guitar, saxophone and electronic media and effects go into the production of The Door by Brian Citro and Charles Gorczynski. The CD is a soundtrack to …
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