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LEYLAND KIRBY

The arrow of time

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LEYLAND KIRBY

The arrow of time

Scene-setting masterpiece from one of the albums of the year.

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Roly Porter

Arrakis

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Roly Porter

Arrakis

Former Vex'd producer does IMAX-sized sound design in stunning fashion.

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MAGAZINE

Can Tell You What's Going On

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MAGAZINE

Can Tell You What's Going On

Visceral, shocking, electronic drama by Köln's Barnt and Jens-Uwe Beyer.

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Mark Fell & Peter Rehberg

Zikir

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Mark Fell & Peter Rehberg

Zikir

Humid, eerily organic electronics and rhythms by Pita and the SND man.

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EZEKIEL HONIG

Folding Us In On Itself

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EZEKIEL HONIG

Folding Us In On Itself

Subtly immersive, almost claustrophobia-inducing field recordings and light-headed drone.

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Wolfgang Voigt

Kafkatrax 3.1

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Wolfgang Voigt

Kafkatrax 3.1

Stoically inverted avant-techno with strange traces of classical melody.

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ROLL THE DICE

Cause And Effect

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ROLL THE DICE

Cause And Effect

Lushly dark, instinctively evolving Kosmische repetitions from Pardon and Mannerfelt.

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Julia Holter

The Falling Age

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Julia Holter

The Falling Age

Spellbinding, magically distanced modern composition taken from the incredible 'Tragedy'.

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NICKOLAS MOHANNA

Particles

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NICKOLAS MOHANNA

Particles

Suspensive, effervescent electro-acoustic processing with a misty sense of introspection.

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Walter Schnaffs

Phillips Pavillion

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Walter Schnaffs

Phillips Pavillion

Brooding, isolated miniature synth experiment produced at Endless House.

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ADR

Post PC

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ADR

Post PC

Beautifully cinematic, darkly evocative gem from the 1st Public Information LP.

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Ambient News

Eatbrot

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Ambient News

Eatbrot

Internalized synthetic anguish articulated by the one and only Chris Jeffs aka Cylob.

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Area Forty_One

986_hPa

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Area Forty_One

986_hPa

Desolate ambient Sci-Fi precipitations from a mysterious producer.

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Jim Haynes

Sever 3

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Jim Haynes

Sever 3

Ambient decay, existential menace, and, ultimately - resolution.

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This time on 14tracks:

“14 tracks: Kafkaesque”

Introspective, surreal and menacing, these tracks play out a maze of sensory and emotive manipulations, with emphasis on affective adjustments to ambient space, humidity, temperature and texture. We engage with an exclusive digital track (previously only available on vinyl) taken from Leyland Kirby's 'Eager To Tear Apart The Stars', before encountering 'Arrakis' from Roly Porter's monolithic 'Aftertime' LP, and an electric storm from Cologne's Magazine collective. The pressure alternates to a sticky inland humidity with Mark Fell & Peter Rehberg's abstract riddim trip 'Zikir' and the surreal, layered field recordings of Ezekiel Honig, reaching the pensively trippy avant-techno of 'Kafkatrax 3.1'. Any clear resolutions continue to elude us with a standout moment from the recent Roll The Dice album, while Julia Holter's breathtaking 'The Falling Age' peers into an ethreal Lynchian otherworld, shoring us up in the hyperreal electro-acoustic environs of New York's Nickolas Mohanna. Still probing, we visit the evocative synth architecture of Walter Schnaffs' 'Phillips Pavillion' and detach from reality with the eerie library themes of ADR's 'Post PC', into the dystopian electronic synaesthesia of Area Forty_One and Jim Haynes. Stick this on your walkman/iPod for an existential enhancement to your daily commute...

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