MagazineReviews(Page 81)

Review: Mint Field illuminate the path in ‘Pasar de las Luces’

Mint Field | Pasar de las Luces | Innovative Leisure Release date: February 23rd 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock Otherworldly immersion; a caress, the reflection of oneself a ghost in fading. To reach out a hand, glass cold to touch, a projection of the world living within; otherworldly being, shadow

Review: GusGus twist the truth on ‘Lies Are More Flexible’

GusGus | Lies Are More Flexible | OROOM Release date: February 23rd 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock Reverberation of synthetic texture and geometric groove; hypnotic immersion in the echo of progressive, unraveling experimentation – a delve into the past and learned influence and powerful breakthrough of the present. Rhythmic loops

Review: Son Lux bleed hope on ‘Brighter Wounds’

Son Lux | Brighter Wounds | City Slang Release date: February 9th 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock Stretch your arms out before you; uncurl the clench of your fist. Pull your fingers taut; watch the stars spill from your palms; the glittering, the blind. The push and pull of action.

Review: Nils Frahm’s sensory anatomy in ‘All Melody’

Nils Frahm | All Melody | Erased Tapes Release date: January 26th 2018 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock Vast open spaces within a constraint. Worlds within a wooden bowl; a four walled reverberation of sound; bouncing, rolling, caressing each object as it produces its unique timbre. Layered sounds presented back to

Review: Nabihah Iqbal reclaims balance with ‘Weighing of the Heart’

Nabihah Iqbal | Weighing of the Heart | Ninja Tune Release date: December 1st 2017 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock Ghosts; spectral beings in limbo of a heavy heart. A levitation of internal, eternal noise; entities of our past selves, bleeding into one another. Phantasm bodies we wait – weight, the

Review: sgrow blossom and dwindle through ‘Circumstance’

sgrow | Circumstance | NO FOREVERS Release date: 10 November 2017 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock We hold in our hands the former; flare touch, gleaming crystal reflection – ourselves beneath a sheet of glass, a picture frame. It shimmers in the grasp of what we cling to, or what the

REVIEW: Joakim, Samurai

Samurai, the new release from Parisian DJ and producer Joakim Bouaziz (out via Tigersushi), is a free-spirited, deeply satisfying trip through an assortment of musical styles, from funk to krautrock, traditional folk sounds and cool, acid ambience. It is a bold, original and consistently surprising album, shifting in tone and

Review: Neon echoes through Rone’s Mirapolis

Rone | Mirapolis | InFiné Music Release date: 03 November 2017 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock “All that survives of the original Metropolis are incomplete original negatives and copies of shortened and re-edited release prints. Over a quarter of the film has to be considered lost. The present version, which combines

REVIEW: Nathan Fake, Providence

Much has been made of the lengthy wait between Nathan Fake’s previous album, 2012’s Hard Islands, and this latest effort, Providence, released on March 10th through Ninja Tune. Burnt out from a heavy touring schedule and struggling to come up with new musical ideas, Fake experienced a serious case of

Review: Högni expresses existential locomotion on ‘Two Trains’

Högni | Two Trains | Erased Tapes Records Release date: 20 October 2017 Review by Jenna Dreisenstock You are but a shadow locomotive of yourself; the crisp burn of cold has numbed your feet, your legs. Wheels that have been frozen solid, and left you stranded as the cargo you’ve

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