“On fire.” These are the words flashing inside my head as pianist/composer Walter Kemp 3– and his extremely talented band, Black Whole – play with intense agility and precision through nine-plus minutes of their latest long-form jazz/experimental [Click here to open...]
Defective Monk – Ruled x 6 (single)
Chicago-based artist Defective Monk has fleshed out a brand-new genre he calls "Anger Techno”, which is comprised of a collection of both analog and digital sounds, blended together in a presentation that's unquestionably aggressive. Indeed, the most [Click here to open...]
P’like – Soteria
Many artists try to evoke feelings in their listeners, but it isn't often that the desired feeling could be a degree of fear. But for Illinois-based electronic music producer Em Baker, darkness is at the center of her music. Under artist name P'like, [Click here to open...]
Emerald Suspension – Eruptions
While the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based experimental electronic outfit known as Emerald Suspension unabashedly shows their love and adoration for 80's rock gods, Van Halen (check out their strangely reminiscent logo just below), they themselves [Click here to open...]
Mad Hugs – Silent Old Man
We described his 2018 album, Calm & Kind, as "Energetic. Uniquely all his own. Enticing electronica." "...brimming with originality." Since then, former punk-rocker and Rochester, New York-based electronic artist and producer, Mad Hugs (a.k.a., [Click here to open...]
Spectre – From The Womb
Barely over a month ago, we reviewed Spectre's album, Angel In Trainers. And, as we are relatively shameless about our fandom, we called it, "Gorgeous and dark. Utterly and sonically satiating. A marvelous continuation in what is now an officially [Click here to open...]
Spectre – ITD (In The Dark)
In our previous reviews of the musical astronaut known as Spectre, we've described his work in such ways: "...creates his music on the shoreline, where the beautiful chaos of errosion and creation occur simultaneously." "Imagination-stirring. [Click here to open...]
Ricardo Alves – Wave
"Making music is how I deal with life, so the album is very personal." Creating music on his computer from the comfort of his own home studio in Portugal; composer-producer, Ricardo Alves, prefers to let his music do the talking. [Click here to open...]