With the milky disco / balearic beat revival made famous by the likes of Lindstrom, Prins Thomas, Todd Terje and countless others, it was only a matter of time before this defiantly laid-back sound hit the world stage and global clubbing scene. Enter Future Disco, which holds a series of ... Continue Reading
Slowly but surely the US is regaining its foothold in the global electronic scene. While the foundations of modern electronic music were first grown in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s, be it disco in New York, house in Chicago and techno in Detroit, Europe has been at the forefro ... Continue Reading
A while back Audratic had the distinct pleasure of speaking with Christopher Spero, aka Glimpse, who recently dropped his debut album, Runner, on Crosstown Rebels, one of the more respectable electronic music labels these days, with stellar acts such as Jamie Jones, Pier Bucci, Seth Trox ... Continue Reading
Ricardo Villalobos is one of those enigmatic artists that generates equal amounts of praise and disdain. While I have a fair amount of Villalobos’ work, I until recently fell into the latter camp, often finding his works to be self-indulgent. Yet my viewpoint completely changed onc ... Continue Reading
Listening to the opening track of Little Dragon’s excellent sophomore release, Machine Dreams, I was immediately reminded of another Swedish electronic artist, Karin Dreijer Andersson (of Knife and Fever Ray fame). Much like Ms. Andersson, vocalist Yukimi Nagano has a voice that c ... Continue Reading
Subway’s second LP and first for Soul Jazz Recordings is a work steeped in multiple influences, from kraut rock to proto-disco to old school techno to ambient. Upon first listen, you may be reminded of Low, which arguably introduced Eno’s ambient music to the masses using Da ... Continue Reading
The third album of Barry Lynn’s moniker, Boxcutter, Arecibo Message is a work that is influenced by a variety of recent electronic music movements. While there are some generally thrilling moments on the album, unfortunately Arecibo Message often comes off as being too pastiche and ... Continue Reading
On paper, Major Lazer, a collaboration between fidget-house impresario Switch and excavator of worldly sounds Diplo, is a dream come true. In practice, I would say the results are mixed on the group’s debut, Guns Don’t Kill People…Lazers Do, though there are certainly ... Continue Reading
Ambivalence Avenue marks Bibio’s fourth full-length release and first for Warp Records, and its excellent. Many critics have been citing Bibio’s musical ties to Boards of Canada and, yes, they are apparent here in the album’s lo-fi production and warm, analog feel. Still ... Continue Reading
There have been some wonderful minimal techno LPs released over recent years, some of my favorites including Alex Smoke’s Paradolia, The Field’s From Here We Go Sublime and Isolee’s We Are Monster. However, as is often with the case with the genre, the line between subli ... Continue Reading
