Experimental

First impressions on a psychedelia-heavy tropical/prog/vaporwave track by this apparently Texas-based electronic musician that came on randomly that I know little about!

From the band’s groundbreaking 1982 self-titled release, “NCR” merges post-punk attitude with rhythmic electronics in a tense, sombre yet serene tone and has been a favourite for a long time.

“The Facts” by this German music collective combines stark EBM-style electronics and ethnic sounds, released in their self-titled album in 2013, around 30 years after it was originally recorded.

The 1999 album Blank-Wave Arcade by synth punk group The Faint contains two tracks that cleverly share the same riff. Some déja vu action indeed!

The Vanishing‘s “Lovesick” from their second and final album Still Lifes Are Failing is a somewhat obscure yet prevailing dancefloor classic from San Francisco’s dark synth-punk scene of the early 2000s.

The holiday season is here and for various reasons I sort of singled out Mick Karn‘s 1982 album Titles as one to soundtrack the festive period.

A magical, icy instrumental number called “Dark River” from Coil‘s third album, Love’s Secret Domain, that has had some lasting power for me.

A space-y yet ominous electro synth number from the only LP of American/German collaboration Jyl, released in 1984 and re-released in 2020.

The challenging major label debut album Pony Express Record by Washington DC’s Shudder To Think and to me one of the most beautiful oddball signings of the 90s alternative boom.

With the atmosphere of winter kicking in, a re-listen of the work of American composer and sound artist Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe seemed in order.

Currently listening to many things that aren’t electronic music, here I give a little overview on U.S. Maple and their track “Obey Your Concert”.

In discovering a number of soundtrack pieces for giallo films, this uneasy short piece by Italian composer Riz Ortolani came to my attention.

Michele Musser — also working as Michele Mercure — released a number of albums of experimental and exploratory synthesizer landscapes in the 1980s.

A hidden atmospheric number from the second side of “Yinglish”, the fourth and final collaboration of German musicians Gina X and Zeus Beheld.

A track by Caroline K with a solemn, Gregorian quality about it, including subtle shifts in phrasing and chords that each shift sort of changes the audio “colour”.