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Another mound of new and excavated artefacts from The Hardy Tree, Sam Prekop & John McEntire, Michael Tanner, Marine Research and others
Ambient Babestation Meltdown & JBS repurpose material from SF paperbacks and VHS cassettes as ambient-not-ambient and EBM for Optimo Music
A sonically adventurous compilation of underground sounds from 1980s Japan curated by Optimo’s JD Twitch on his Cease & Desist imprint
A bitesize round-up of releases – featuring Three Three Fives, Hawksmoor and Deliquescent Crystals – offers up some distinctive flavours
New consignments from The Dream Syndicate, Field Lines Cartographer, Xam Duo, Gabe Knox, Soft Estate and more undergo inspection
Handfuls of new and archival matter from The Loyal Seas, Loner Deluxe, Beneather, Polypores, Prolapse and more go under the spotlight
An all-you-can-eat round-up of sonic dishes from Whin, E, 50 Foot Wave, bdrmm, Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra, Jilk, Bernard Grancher and more
Sara Dziri’s Close to Home for Optimo Music defies easy techno categorisation by occupying different spaces that are yet the same space
A patchwork quilt of sounds from Busy Microbes, Mitra Mitra, Listening Center, The Central Office of Information, Keith Seatman and more
A restless seeker and musician, Matchess finds deep aural pathways on Sonescent, her new album of visceral meditations for Drag City
An assemblage of electronically-framed fare from Field Lines Cartographer, Melodien, Kingston University Stylophone Orchestra and more
These are the seventy-five albums of 2021 that have meant the most to us, alongside our compilations & archives of the year
Works from David Boulter, The British Stereo Collective, Apta and more are sifted as the shutters come down on a release-heavy year
A double bill of Ghost Box and Clay Pipe, with Pye Corner Audio and The Hardy Tree making sonic journeys into speculative fiction
Further electronically-seasoned audio dishes from Mücha, GLOK, Luke Requena, Polypores, A Certain Ratio and more face the taste test
Mat Handley explains all on the origins, operations and objectives of his much-loved little label with a big-hearted reach
A sifted slew of electronically-reared produce from Heron & Crane, The Voice of Saturn, Ben Winter, clocolon and Rupert Lally
Germany’s ToiToiToi returns to Ghost Box with Vaganten, an LP of wayward electronics, Medieval plunderphonics and Chaucerian machine music
Ishmael Ensemble’s new LP Visions of Light is a bold expression of UK jazz without borders, shaped by the sounds and aesthetics of Bristol
Another electronic feast, featuring Polypores, Hawksmoor, Rupert Lally, Xylitol, Quiet Clapping, A Certain Ratio and Western Edges
Another broad set of electronics-framed creations – from Ffion, Salvatore Mercatante, Giants of Discovery and Concretism – undergo assessment
The rising star of the electronic scene lifts the lid on her alluring new album for Castles in Space and plenty more besides
A diverse gathering of sounds from Rob St John, Colleen, Cheval Sombre, The Chills and Juliana Hatfield goes through some evaluating ears
Jorja Chalmers’s second album Midnight Train is a confidently noirish affair that is as much dream pop as dreamscape
A bumper load of releases from Polytechnic Youth, Woodford Halse, Castles in Space and Werra Foxma get pulled from the review pile
Italian DJ and producer José Manuel tells the story behind Janara, his astonishing LP of ritualistic electronics for Optimo Music
Mark Churcher discusses the musical foundations of V-Neck and his A Nice Random Meet LP, plus Glasgow connections and the return of Emote