Track: Dralms – Shook
Dralms is a project by Christopher Smith, featuring collaborators Shaunn Thomas Watt (Siskiyou), Will Kendrick (Failing) and Peter Carruthers (Siskiyou). Shook is the debut album from this ensemble and musically shifts through dark and lighte passages all the while stabilised by Smiths light floating vocals throughout. A definite late night album full of cool bass …
Track: Abby – Hexagon
Hexagon is the second album from the German four-piece band Abby, here we see Abby venture into a more electronic spectrum throughout the album, a departure from their Indie Pop labeling which sees them more than comfortable in their new surroundings. This is first present on the third track ‘Halo’ with some nice vocal manipulation, it’s …
Track: Max Richter – Sleep (running time: 8:24:07)
British contemporary composer Max Richter has released his epic album ‘Sleep’ this month on Deutsche Grammophon, the album is a single piece of music spanning over the period of eight hours, a single continuous track which sections have been track listed. Richter states he is well aware that lengthy works have been composed before by the likes of Cage, Terry Riley, …
Album: Public Enemy – Live from the Metropolis Studios
Remember the Public Enemy Gig at the Metropolis studios last year? Me neither, that’s probably because there were only 125 tickets given to lucky fans, giving them a ring side seat to see one of hip hops most legendary acts up close and personal for a one off rare performance. Well, every cloud has a …
EP: Christa Vi – Makeshift Happiness
Dropping some Indie/Electronica this September is Christa Vi, a Australian/German singer and songwriter. With previous collaborations with artists such as Box of Wolves from Canada (Electronic Rumors) and Australian songwriter Ben Salter (ABC Music) we can expect a well crafted release with added twists on the remixes. The title track is co-produced by Andrew McDonnell who has worked …
Track: Evvol – Eternalism
Producing what has been described as noir-moodscapes the Berlin based duo ‘Evvol’ release ‘Eternalism’ an emotive journey through cool layered vocals that glide over electronic and live band arrangements. Eternalism is the first album for the duo under the new moniker Evvol, Julie Chance & Jon Dark previously known as Kool have already well crafted their sound …
EP: DKA – Anneessens
10 years in the game working on various projects DKA returns with a new EP ‘Anneessens’, a three track release that has a nice blend of techno and house, each track stands on its own while complimenting each other on this E. The title track ‘Anneessens’ is a techy affair that drives along with sparse melodies, …
Album Review: The Orb – Moonbuilding 2703 AD
The Orb have landed on planet kompakt once more to deliver their latest outerstellar offering entitled ‘Moonbuilding 2703’. If your an Orbian (I just made that up, but Orbian sounds about right for their followers) you’ll know that like certain artists they are in a field of their own, that is to say their music …
Album Review: Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury – EX-MACHINA (Soundtrack)
Ex-Machina is a psychological thriller which follows the story of Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) a 24-year-old Coder who wins a competition to spend a week at his CEOs retreat. Nathan (Oscar Isaac) plays the reclusive CEO who has planned to use Caleb in an experiment involving the first true artificial intelligence robot which comes in the shape of …
New Music – LTO – No Pasa Nada EP
LTO is a Bristol based producer and member of Old Apparatus and Khing Kang king. ‘No Pasa Nada’ EP is one of LTOs solo projects and is a journey through the dark underbelly of abstract and experimental. Fizzing broken electronic beats and industrial sounds driven by haunting pianos, trumpets and vocals create quite an emotional ride. Experimental in sounds but not in structure, within each …