c.h.e.v.e.l - 'b.l.u.r.s.e.' (2015)
3 perfect electronic dance music records with black and white album covers on the stroboscopic artefacts label 2 of 3.
_mink nun
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k.a.n.g.d.i.n.g. r.a.y. - 'h.y.p.e.r. o.p.a.l. m.a.n.t.i.s.' (2017)
3 perfect electronic dance music records with black and white album covers on the stroboscopic artefacts label 1 of 3.
_mink nun
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b.o.n.o.b.o. - 'm.i.g.r.a.t.i.o.n.' (2016)
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more glorious breastfeeding music.
_dj germanic formula
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k.y.l.e. h.a.l.l. - 'f.r.o.m. j.o.y.' (2015)
From Joy sounds like the music that 1991 me thought that 2017 me would be listening to shopping for hover cars at the underwater mall.
_DJ Lionshead
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S.t.u.d.i.o. O.S.T. - 'S.c.e.n.e.s. (2012-2015)' (2016)
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i consider s.t.u.d.i.o. o.s.t.'s excellent album, s.c.e.n.e.s. 2012-2015, as something of a minimal techno starter kit. it's elegant, it's breezy, and it makes you want to move it move it. i listen to this coming out of my monophonic cell phone speaker quite often when i take a shower. it gets me going. i like to move it move it.
_pert plus
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i.l.l.u.m. s.p.h.e.r.e. - 'g.l.a.s.s.' (2016)
in efforts to open my mind to types of musics outside of my wheelhouse, i try to alter what i might typically expect from a given record. having grown up with music that is largely song oriented, my tendency is to expect some sort of direct one to one emotional engagement with a given piece of music. that can certainly feel silly at times. i have never wanted to be or wanted to 'rock you like a hurricane', for example. another approach might be to take one's emotional engagement to a given place, or journey... and soundtrack it. if i walked into a restaurant or a store or a club and this music was playing, i would think, this seems to be a cool spot on the map.
_pert plus
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h.u.e.r.c.o. s. - 'f.o.r. t.h.o.s.e. o.f. y.o.u. w.h.o. h.a.v.e. n.e.v.e.r. (a.n.d. a.l.s.o. t.h.o.s.e. w.h.o. h.a.v.e.)
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once upon a time i went to a bathhouse in japan for the first time. it really was not what i expected, it wasn't wood, it wasn't elegant, it wasn't sexy. i was with one friend naked in front of a bunch of tired old men. i made the most of it, crouched onto a grimy plastic footstool washed myself and got in the big bath. after a while, i noticed a one man sized bath off to the side. i don't speak japanese, but my good friend does, so i asked him what was the idea with the solo tub. he told me there was an electric current running through the bathwater inside this tub. i had to try it. it was one of the craziest sensory experiences of my life, i shall never forget it. for the first ninety seconds, on the inside i screamed silently to myself, "ohmygodohmygodohmygodihavegottogetoutofhere"... then something happened and my body got used to it and i was in heaven my every sense of touch hightened by electric current... then after several minutes, the preceeding feeling returned, "ohmygodohmygodohmygodihavegottogetoutofhere"... so i got out. this record does not sound anything like that experience. however, i was thinking, if i had to describe the sound of taking a bath by using electronic sounds instead of words, it might sound like this record.
_duck sauce
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s. o.l.b.r.i.c.h.t. - 'f.o.r. p.e.r.f.e.c.t. b.e.i.n.g.s.' (2016)
why is this recording worth your time? well. it's a bit sinister. it packs beats. it rewards focus as well as the lack thereof. so there.
_pert plus
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m.m.o.t.h.s. - 'l.u.n.e.w.o.r.k.s.' (2015)
excellent record of down tempo electronic with woozy vocals and syrupy swagger. mmoths posess an impressive pop sensibility and luneworks lends itself nicely to a lazy late night vibration. this is layered music that works well for breastfeeding.
_mink nun
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d.e.m.d.i.k.e. s.t.a.r.e. - 'w.o.n.d.e.r.l.a.n.d.' (2016)
since we don't have flying cars or commercial jet packs yet, machines had better at least be making great music. what is the most sophisticated contemporary music being made in 2016? one could certainly make a solid case for electronic music. it pushes the known boundaries of rhythm melody texture tambre consonance dissonance absurdity acceptibility etc etc etc etc etc. this one is a stellar release from demdike stare, in my opinion their best to date. it's listenable, rideable, engaging, challenging, & unpredictable. one thing that this record does that, to me, seems to be fairly prevailent in electronic music today is it places itself squarely in the mid way point between being avant guard and pop.
_alibi
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