Something of a super-group, Broekhuis, Keller & Schonwalder has the ability to morph into any number of musical contexts while retaining the signatures of...
After years of avidly following The Tangent Project it is easy to notice a duality. They utilize their live performance experience as a means to explore the...
The CD MEMOIRS OF A LIFETIME (42'53") seems to have been built on Brian Vassallo's respectable 2003 release "Beyond". Upon a strong foundation his new sonic...
On the CD DESCENDING INTO CREVASSE (52'47") centuries may pass in the span of mere moments. Realizing music under the name Retina.it, Lino Monaco and Nicola...
MEETING UNKNOWN (43'54"), the third CD by Estonian duo Uma, aspires to the same ethereal realms as more overtly "electronic" albums. Aleksi Saks (trumpet) and...
The music of Forrest Fang allows for a vast range of expression. Across its eight tracks his album ANIMISM (60'26") produces as many distinctive and engulfing...
Marconi Union uses rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes. The intention is to give their audience something beyond the prescription of ordinary pop songs....
Synth outfits such as Arc, Node, Redshift and Free System Projekt trace their inspiration back to the Spacemusic scene of 1970s Germany. Their music means to...
New things get old. But this has not been the case with electronic montage music. The artistic manipulation of sound seems to be continuing on very well since...
Early work can seem small in the accompanying glare of an artist's latest achievement. This is not at all so for Erik Wollo. His three albums TRACES, IMAGES OF...
It has been said that there is no emotion that music cannot touch. So we must ask while listening to the most unique AFTER THE RAIN (65'27") which part of the...
To those among us who are not yet fans of Erik Wollo, whatever are you waiting for? His exceptionally well-crafted music has been setting trends and stirring...
Blind listening to LOST IN THE HUMMING AIR (70'58") will leave us pleased to have heard 13 excellent, well-crafted works of Ambient Music. But this anthology...
The origins of Ambient Music seem to date back to Erik Satie and his idea of "Furniture Music", music that is present in a room and just as unobtrusive as its...
To tell a story using moving images is the realm of cinema. The filmmakers behind "Baraka" and its sequel "Samsara" fully understand this - and in these films...
David Wright is considered one of the UK's leading exponents of melodic instrumental music. His work spans a spectrum of styles but is always thematic with...
Sensing the artist within the context of his body of work is easy with synthesist Paul Ellis. From his cassette culture days as the daring kid-with-a-synth and...
In our daily modern lives it's all too easy for us to believe that our actions have little meaning. After all, what can just one person do to effect change or...
NEST (65'50") starts off like many other CDs end. With consonant chords and spare piano notes Robert Rich begins a wonderful journey through eight distinctive...
The musical endeavours of Ian Boddy provide the listener with a rich atmosphere of original timbres and floating soundscapes. His music consistently sounds...
The electronic music album MORPHOGENIC (60'04") shares more with the soundtracks of John Carpenter than it does with Spacemusic's Berlin-School. Using an...
Although inspired by his environment the music of loscil sounds like it has been conceived by machines. Scott Morgan's SKETCHES FROM NEW BRIGHTON (55'21")...
Playing across 11 tracks, the music on ATMOSPHERIC VARIATIONS (75'51") by Divine Matrix changes much like the weather does. With each passing song the listener...
Vic Hennegan carries something with him everywhere he goes. In his heart he keeps the entire Universe and with each album release he shares something of it...
Over the course of his musical existence Chuck van Zyl has developed a signature exploratory style. By blending the primitive machine beauty of classics like...
Loops are everywhere, and when Steve Moore creates one that does not become redundant his audience slips into a different space. His CD LIGHT ECHOES (70'26")...
Hidetoshi Koizumi is based in Tokyo under the name Hybrid Leisureland while Alexandre Scheffer works as Cell in Paris. "Scroll Slide" and "Hanging Masses" are...
Stephen Parsick hears the call of the wild, and answers it. His concert CD ASTRAL DISASTER (76'28") plays like a souped-up rebuild of "Ricochet"; or "Departure...
Creating layers of space out of pumping sequencer patterns, strident lead lines and harmonies warm and golden Chuck van Zyl & Terry Furber explore the inner...
On WINTER GARDENS (63'21") Anthony Paul Kerby and Robert Davies achieve a tranquil and understated sonic poetry. Recording their fourth CD together as The...
