February 2009
FebruaryFeb 27 Friday 09
2562 - Aerial (Tectonic)
Twenty-five sixty-two is not just a postcode in The Netherlands' Den Hague - it is also an alias of its resident who is a prolific producer of dubstep, techno, and broken beat atmospherics. Dave Huismans's first full length release on Tectonic under 2562 moniker is …
FebruaryFeb 9 Monday 09
Two and a Half Questions with The Sight Below
There is no true definition for ambient techno. Yet, I would claim that your style perfectly defines the genre. How do you feel about this classification and the necessary evil of categorization in general?
Categorizing things is part of human nature - I'm not bothered …
The Sight Below - Glider (Ghostly)
Following up the free digital teaser, No Place For Us EP (Ghostly, 2008), The Sight Below graces our ears with a full length, Glider. The album picks up right where the EP left off - majestic flowing ambient pads spreading over endless soundscapes complimented with an …
FebruaryFeb 8 Sunday 09
Cardopusher - Mutant Dubstep Vol. 2 (Spectraliquid)
With half a dozen of twelve-inchers under his belt, and a full-length breakcore album Hippie Killers Don't Mind Jah Conversations (Peace Off, 2006), Luis Garbàn, aka Cardopusher, lands a tasteful EP on Spectraliquid, continuing the Athens based label's Mutant Dubstep …
FebruaryFeb 6 Friday 09
Two and a Half Questions with Aidan Baker
What is your secret behind the massive volume of work that you are able to produce?
OCD
How much of your work is improvised at the time of the actual album recording?
It depends on the nature of the project -- some are entirely improvised (or spontaneously composed, as I …
Aidan Baker And Tim Hecker - Fantasma Parastasie (Alien8)
Toronto based Aidan Baker and Montreal based Tim Hecker pair up to deliver an abstract and experimental ambient piece on a Canadian Alien8 Recordings. Hecker is not a stranger to a noise-prominent label, having previously released Mirages (Alien8, 2004), and a re-issue …
Kaya Project - ... And So It Goes (Interchill)
The latest release from Kaya Project titled, ...And So It Goes, is full of spiritual and ethnic elements, multi-lingual vocals, and world infused beats. This is a third full length album from a collaborative duo of Sebastian James Taylor and Natasha Chamberlain. …