Erasure rethinks some classic pop songs with Other People’s Songs. Vince Clarke’s percolating synth work is a good match for these tunes, and they demonstrate how synth-pop is at its heart, about great pop songs. Clarke has been at the forefront of synth-pop for twenty years. His work with Depeche Mode and Yaz helped create… Read More Erasure – Other People’s Songs
The Ziriguiboom label is a leading source of modern Brazilian music. The Now Sound of Brazil brings together some great tracks from this label, providing a satisifying introduction to some artists you may not be familiar with, and Brazilian electronica. The CD is a Six Degrees release that features music of the Ziriguiboom label. Ziriguiboom… Read More Various – The Now Sound of Brazil
Merry Mixmas is an album of remixes of Christmas lounge classics. While the remixers featured on this CD draw on a wealth of classic material, including tracks by Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Earth Kitt, Julie London and Vince Guaraldi, the results are uneven.
Martin Ayres‘ Cellosphere is unlike any other cello music we’ve heard. Ayres creates electro-acoustic music, using ‘distortion, feedback, surges and mixes’ to create sonic environments from his cello and violin playing. Ayres music is modern electro-acoustic music that explores ambient soundscapes. The tracks on Cellosphere are serene dronescapes, falling somewhere between the tape-loop canons of… Read More Martin Ayres – Celloshere
On their latest CD, Dream Days, Cherry Bikini delivers a collection of dance tracks that explore edgy sexuality in a fun way. Cherry Bikini is a duo, made up of Sophie Boscallini and Armand Abagliani. Boscallini handles lyrics and vocals. She was born in a small mountain village near the French-Italian border, and brings an… Read More Cherry Bikini – Dream Days
With TimeCode, Code Indigo delivers an outstanding album that combines elements of orchestral electronica, new age and chill-out music. Code Indigo’s music draws upon a wide set of styles, including new age, orchestral electronica, jazz, chill-out, and world music. The tracks on TimeCode blend these styles seamlessly into a continuous musical work. On this release,… Read More Code Indigo – TimeCode
10 Years in the Life is a double-CD collection of some of the finest tracks and remixes by BT. While it is not a greatest hits compilation, it collects radio edits and rare versions of some of his best tracks. Disc 1 is a retrospective of BT’s songwriting work, while Disc 2 is a continuous… Read More BT – 10 Years in the Life
Perfecto Chills Volume 1 is a chill-out collection that brings together some popular downtempo tracks and a some cool tracks by less well-known artists. The two-CD set captures the current sound of chill-out, including both instrumental and vocal tracks. Chill-Out seems to be the latest category for CD dividers at Best Buy. Chill-out is a… Read More Various – Perfecto Chills Vol. 1
Blacet, a manufacturer of modular synthesizer equipment, has introduced the Improbabiliy Drive. The new noise module design provides a variety of noise and random outputs. Features: Analog White Noise Digital Noise with VC Level and Width (Window Comparator) VC BP or LP Filter Noise Mixer with Output VC Sample Hold Clock External S/H Clock Input… Read More Blacet Intros Improbability Drive for Modular Synths
The latest em:t release, 302 Acid’s 0005 Even Calls, is a very cool voyage into a new territory of improvisational ambient jazz. Doug Kallmeyer, Justin Mader and Andrew Reichel make up 302 Acid. Some may recognize Reichel’s name from em:t’s earlier release gel-sol1104. There some similarities with the earlier album, but 302 Acid’s CD has… Read More 302 Acid – 0005 Even Calls
