Autechre plans to follow up Quaristice with thirteen new songs to be released digitally, beginning May 19:
In a move guaranteed to annoy people charging crazy money for Autechre goods, their latest 140 minutes of music will arrive as MP3 files only, first exclusively via bleep.com over a course of two weeks from May 19, either [...]

Autechre’s touring in support of their latest album, Quaristice.
Here are the upcoming dates:
April

08 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richards on Richards *
11 Chicago, IL - The Abbey *
12 Toronto, Ontario - Lees Palace *
13 Montreal, Quebec - Club Soda *
14 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs *
15 Brooklyn, NY [...]

Equinox Sounds and BeatHive have released Binary Code, a downloadable loop pack from electronic composer and sound designer Stuart Sweeney (Node), containing 250 loops and phrases for creating Experimental Electronica, Glitch, Industrial and IDM music.
The collection features melodic elements, beats, rhythmic pulsating textures and atmospheres, all presented in ACID / WAV format.
You can preview [...]

 

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Abstrakt Breaks 2 is the next installment of Soniccouture’s hi-tech drum loop series. Ideal for producers of Electronica, IDM, Glitch, D’n’B, Industrial and Film soundtracks.
Each of the 253 Loops is sorted into one of 47 grooves. Kicks, snares, percussion, hats, glitches - all are available as a separate loop allowing you to break down a [...]

Monkey Straddle, the debut CD of Nnnj (”inch”) on The Agriculture records, is an interesting downtempo blend of influences ranging from ambient to jazz to IDM to world music.
Nnnj’s music falls into the broad downtempo category - but the tracks on Monkey Straddle are some of the most interesting examples of the genre that we’ve [...]

Expedition_2, a new compilation CD from Everest Records, is one of the most adventurous electronica CDs to come our way in a long time.
Everest is establishing a reputation for fearless releases, and this is no exception. Expedition_2 ranges from IDM to bizarre experimental electronica.
If you’re into edgier, more experimental sounds, this compilation is a great [...]

UK-based IDM/breakbeat artists Dogmixer offers some sample-laced techno on Bong 93, an EP on Replicant Society.
The music is straight-ahead techno/big-beat, with some tasty sci-fi oriented samples from the likes of The Prisoner & Dune. The samples are ear-catching on first listen, but after several listenings one wonders if the songs could work even better without [...]

Yoko Solo, aka Brandon LaSan, claims influences ranging from Public Enemy to “Billy Jean Is Not My Lover She’s Just A Girl Who Claims That I Am The One”, and describes his music as Disco House / Thrash / Shoegaze. I’m not sure that’s an accurate description, but on the other hand, I’m not [...]

 

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Mimi Records has published an EP from ocp, entitled No one is perfect.
The two-track EP is available for download in MP3 format and features quirky IDM instrumentals that lean towards glitch-core.
It’s available for download from the MIMI site.

English electronica artist Simbolin has released a free CD of experimental dance music, Aural Contraception. The CD is available as free MP3 and WMA downloads from his site.
Simbolin is a German by birth, but has lived in England since the age of nine. He’s been creating music for about twelve years.
The tracks on Aural Contraception [...]