Solo Elektronika is a project of electronica artist Matthew Cahoon, who’s also been involved with an electronic rock group Everpresent. With his Solo Elektronika release, Cahoon explores an area he calls “danceable soundscapes and groove hypnosis”. He says the music is designed to create “a futuristic dream-like atmosphere”. The CD EP features a collection of… Read More Solo Elektronika
Fussible, a solo project of electronica artist Pepe Mogt, is an interesting mix of electronica and traditional Mexican folk idioms. The ‘tech-mex’ CD is a download-only release, available through the Sonic360 site and iTunes. No One Over 21 pushes percussion to the foreground, but not just the standard 4/4 dance beats. Mogt uses programmed beats… Read More Fussible – No One Over 21
Rhythmicon’s Feedback Machine is a mini-CDR release of experimental electro-acoustic music. The three tracks on Feedback Machine combine synth, saxophone, theremin and extensive electronic processing. The release captures a live event featuring Carya Amara on electronics and Hypnotique on theremin and sax. “The organisers of the event had asked performers to accomodate feedback from the… Read More Rhythmicon – Feedback Machine
White Willow is doing its best to keep the progressive rock torch burning with its latest release, Signal to Noise. On this album, White Willow moves from a more traditional prog-rock sound to a more modern sound, with a bit of a goth metal edge. The group, made up of, Trude Eidtang (vocals), Lars Fredrik… Read More White Willow – Signal to Noise
Ilya’s Dreaming Loud is a polished set of 14 original trance compositions. Ilya’s background as a professional engineer and dance music producer and 17 years of experience show on Dreaming Loud. The tracks are polished, professional and propulsive. The tracks are presented as a continuous mix, and the they are catchy enough that it almost… Read More Ilya – Dreaming Loud
The debut CD from multi-instrumentalist Hypnotique, The Hanging Garden, is a daring and challenging CD, combining influences of classical electronic music, electronica, cabaret, gothic lyrics and English folk music. Hypnotique is known to many UK electronic music fans as the voice of the Switched-On radio interview series. In addition to her skills as a radio… Read More Hypnotique – The Hanging Garden
ES Posthumus’ debut CD, Unearthed, is a collection of world orchestral dance electronica, not foo far from the territory pioneered by groups like Enigma and Deep Forest. E.S. Postumus manages to top both these predecessors with convincing orchestral writing, dynamic percussion work and creative synth work. While Enigma’s best-known work combines gregorian chant with dance… Read More ES Posthumus – Unearthed
Deep and hard, Nude Tempo One delivers house music with the sexy style that Naked Music has down to a science. Miguel Migs DJ’s this set of deep house tracks that brings together a tasteful collection of instrumental and vocal dance tracks. The collection serves up a tasty mix of well-known and new talent, all… Read More Various – Nude Tempo One
Stronger is a polished set of dance/trance tunes from the divalicious Kate Ryan. If this set doesn’t breathe some life into the vocal trance genre, the category may need defibrillation! Stronger has everything going for it. The tracks are well-crafted trance/dance tracks with more hooks than a bait shop. Ryan’s got a strong voice and model good… Read More Kate Ryan – Stronger
Israel isn’t well known for it’s trance. However, if Loud Frequency, a compilation CD from Drugless Records, is representative, this may soon change. Drugless is a full-on psychedelic trance album that brings together tracks from nine artists. The tracks are all fairly long, with the shortest, Alive Substance, at nearly seven minutes. The track lengths… Read More Various – Loud Frequency
