Venetian Snares, Detrimentalist [Planet Mu, 2008]
We can always count on Aaron Funk to punish us at least once a year. If you're not familiar with Venetian Snares, it's time for you to open up that hole and crawl out. Seriously. Winnipeg (Canada) based Funk is a prolific champion of the edgiest of genres - from modern-classical orchestral arrangements violated with breakcore to noisy IDM sprinkled with clicks and cuts. Among the collection of labels, he has managed to span some of my fa...
Cyne, Starship Utopia [Project Mooncircle, 2008]
Hip-hop group Cyne follow-up their 2005 album Evolution Fight on City Centre Offices with an album on the ever-improving Project Mooncircle label. Cyne's raps hearken back to the time when hip-hop was a cultural voice and not just a chance to brag about how many cars or women you've had. Cyne's productions are crisp and fresh, but also firmly rooted in the DJ Premier style of production so prevalent in the mid 90s, which is never a ...
William Basinski and Richard Chartier, Untitled 1-3 [LINE, 2008]
LINE is a label of another breed and dimension. Created by Richard Chartier in 2000 under the 12k umbrella, LINE publishes experimental and abstract installation compositions by sound artists exploring contemporary digital minimalism. LINE has a nice roster of signal processing and deconstructing composers, including Alva Noto, Taylor Deupree, Vend and Asmus Tietchens. For the latest limited 2008 release, LINE has re-issued a 2004 acclai...
Raoul Sinier, Brain Kitchen [Ad Noiseam, 2008]
French audio/visual artist Ra has switched to his real name for his third album, presumably to avoid confusion with the dozen other Ra's making music these days. Brain Kitchen is somewhat of a retreat from the hyperkinetic breakcore-esque work on 2007's Wxfdswxc2. Even though the album was quite good, it was no raoul Loves You, and Ra had sped up his beats so fast on that record his samples were barely audible. With Brain Kitchen, Raoul'...
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