Matrixsynth is a website/blog dedicated to anything and everything about synths. Matrix, who runs the site, is active on many synth-related lists and forums, and when he sees something of interest, he posts it on Matrixsynth. As a result, the site covers everything synth, from the serious to the humorous; the trivial to the items… Read More Matrix Synth
The latest CD from punk electronica duo Babyland brings punk rock attitude to electronica, and takes no prisoners. The Finger, Babyland’s fifth album, is a great collection of “electronic junk punk” music that features punk rock vocals over electro-pop beats. The twelve tracks vear towards industrial synth-pop, electro and retronica. The strained, sprechstimme vocals about… Read More Babyland – The Finger
This CD arrived in an unimpressive package – a hand-labeled CDR in a blank CD case and a floppy disk with the cover art on it. The music, though, was a welcome surprise. Van and Borner is a duo of electronic musicians out of Poland. The band, made up of Barbara Zielinska Van & Sabina… Read More Van and Borner – Miracles
Four years ago, Bebel Gilberto’s Tanto Tempo was a surprise hit, bringing bossa nova rhythms to electronica fans and a mainstream audience. The late DJ Suba produced most of the CD, and he brought an adventurous production style to the CD, helping to make it a must-have. Gilberto is the daughter of bossa nova pioneer… Read More Bebel Gilberto – Bebel
Reinterpretations is an interesting compilation from Kanpai Records that features electronica artists doing remixes or reinterpretations of classic tracks by new age electronic music artist Kitaro. For over nearly thirty years, Kitano has been creating relaxing new age music, using a combination of synthesizers and traditional instruments. On Reinterpretations, the artists take several approaches to… Read More Various – Reinterpretations
Naked Rhythm is a LA duo, Avi Sills and Alex Spurkel, that plays world electronica, ranging from Middle-Eastern techno to lounge to dance. They describe their music as “an innovative and accessible form of World electronica”, which seems to be apt. If you’re familiar with world electronic groups such as Deep Forest, Naked Rhythm is… Read More Naked Rhythm – Frequency
Iio is a NYC-based dance duo that hit the charts in 2001 with the disco-flavored Rapture. The track was a hit and popular remixes were released by the likes of Armin Van Buuren, Deep Dish and Paul Van Dyk. After disappearing from the scene for a few years, Vocalist Nadia Ali & producer Markus Moser… Read More Iio – Poetica
Alpha Wave Movement is one of the recording guises of synthesist Gregory Kyryluk. Kyryluk invokes the synth gods on Drifted Into Deeper Lands, and has put together a great CD that is a must-have for fans of ambient, synth, and space music. Alpha Wave Movement’s CDs explore classic synth music genres, but make them sound… Read More Alpha Wave Movement – Drifted Into Deeper Lands
Moby’s latest, Hotel, is a two cd set that delivers some of the most intimate work that he’s ever done. For Moby, the idea of a hotel room is a metaphor for life. Everything happens in a hotel room – business, family life, all types of intimate relations – yet as soon as we leave,… Read More Moby – Hotel
The Chemical Brothers are back and, unlike some of their contemporaries, they refuse to fade away. On Push the Button, the Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons enlist a interesting set of collaborators, giving the album a variety of sounds without sounding fragmented. Push the Button is the CB’s fifth studio album, and it’s a… Read More Chemical Brothers – Push the Button
