Here’s an interesting one. A very cinematic experience from the borderlands of ambient, chill-out, folklore and movie scores.
It’s of a rather dark and quite experimental shape, but with a story to tell. That’s what makes it so seductive. There’s something going on, and we are invited to tag along and find out. Continue reading Drum & Lace, “ae”: There’s something going on
Yesterday I picked a track that was intentionally very retro. Today I got a track that also have clear roots backwards, but without as obviously trying to be retro.
Funky, playful guitar riffs breaks the otherwise quite cold synth landscape, a very welcome detail. All in all a track that I find a bit hard to categorise, but easy to enjoy! Continue reading Klangplanet, “Utopia”: Synthpop meets house
I can’t stand the eighties. Or rather – it’s the hits of the eighties I can’t stand. I grew tired of that shit DURING the eighties. But the sound of that decade is really quite fun! Continue reading Jonny Tobin, “Super Genesis”: More eighties than the eighties itself
How I separate the good Chillout and lounge music from the average, is to what extent the track takes me somewhere.
They can’t just be harmonic, nice melodies. That’s boring. They need to take me on their tender shoulders and lead me somewhere nice.
The components in this minimal creation is just so perfectly honed to each other, they create one unison structure, all moving in the same direction. It’s like the most beautiful mechanical subsea creature you can imagine.
This is why you can take the man out of the club but you can’t take the club out of the man. It’s tracks like this that is to blame for all that. Continue reading Garibe, “Cavas”: Come roll with me
I dare say there is not a single dance floor on this planet, regardless of continent, age, colour or sexual orientation, that would not dance to this. That would not totally TAKE OFF to it. That floor does simply not exist. And I don’t care how hipster the crowd is. Or how underground. Or how credible the VIP room feels they are. They will fucking go mental. Continue reading Daniel Levak, “So Deep”: No, it’s not. But dat bass!
Omnisphere is the title track from the impressive debut EP by Mikael Johnson. A track that essentially captures the atmosphere that I prefer in my techno: A dark, damp, stomping and brutal atmosphere, but without losing the groove. Continue reading Mikael Johnson, “Omnisphere”: Focus on the groove, captain!
Progressive + Tribal = One happy blogger. Me. And that’s exactly what Moraze (France) offers on his single “Jemna”, out now. A driving, rolling, groovy and dark ride, triggering the tribal instincts embedded in us all. Continue reading Moraze, “Jemna”: Oh hello there tribal, how I have missed thee
Ahhhh, just listen to this. The crying, rusty, glitchy sounds neatly spread across the audio landscape. Never competing, always completing each other. Nothing overdone, just right. Absolutely gorgeous. This is post-apocalyptic ambient. Continue reading Duglo & Albemarle, “Mis”: Post-apocalyptic ambience