Author: harald

Mick returns to …txt this autumn with “Infinite Perspectives”. Mick is always concerned about not repeating himself and stretches out his ambient tone poems in various sonic shapes. Taking a slightly more minimalist approach than his previous “Reverie”, Infinite Perspectives” explores the relationship between composition and experimentation which results in seven ambient pieces that stir the imagination and soul in equal measure. Limited to 150 copies.

Two new albums representing a period of immense personal change for Ishq, a sensory bridge between everything lost and all that remains, from the meticulous precision of high summer skies into the dark beauty of a winter spent reflecting in all directions, free of limitation.

Gently stripped patterns of pure Cornish minimal tech, shifting outwards and forever onwards to the looping edges of deep space, a darker, timeless, broken beauty smiling with you as it all makes endless sense and navigates the void.

Two new albums representing a period of immense personal change for Ishq, a sensory bridge between everything lost and all that remains, from the meticulous precision of high summer skies into the dark beauty of a winter spent reflecting in all directions, free of limitation.

Gently stripped patterns of pure Cornish minimal tech, shifting outwards and forever onwards to the looping edges of deep space, a darker, timeless, broken beauty smiling with you as it all makes endless sense and navigates the void.

Recorded between 1984 and 2016. Mixed and rendered at Studio FWD. Astro Myrmex continues the journey initiated by the Nibiru Cataclysm via the various paths previously described in The Data Logs of Astro Myrmex. In order to navigate the vast regions of interstellar loneliness, guide “lockstars” are identified and used as signposts. To document the deep space anomalies encountered, a soundtrack of events has been composed and presented here. Good bass response recommended for faithful rendition of recorded material.

Luke Vibert is back on Planet Mu with a new album called ‘Bizarster’. It’s his seventh full length under his own name with others having been released on Mo Wax, Warp and most recently Hypercolour. Luke first came to prominence in 1994 with his debut Wagon Christ album ‘Phat Lab Nightmare’ on Rising High records which was quickly followed by the evergreen classic ‘Throbbing Pouch’ with which he cemented both his sound and reputation. He has released on Rephlex and Ninja Tune as well as major label Virgin too. What makes Luke’s music so essential is his rare ability to blur the boundaries between genres by combining his irresistibly wonky dayglo funk with a British sensibility. Put another way, Luke’s music is informed by UK dance’s history. But ‘Bizarster’ is no empty eulogy, it’s a hall of mirrors with a happy bounce, re-tooled with skill, and always with a sense of fun.It’s these things that make the hip-hop speed bleep ‘n’ bass of opener ‘Knockout’ seems completely natural, or ‘Officer’s Club’ with it’s funky disco samples, reggae vocals and joyous synths sounding like the kind of delirious idea no one else could come up with. A track like ‘I Can Phil It’ is a piece of sampladelic hip hop with a punning title, but that’s not to say he can’t play it serious. ‘Manalog’ for instance, which is sharp spiralling low-slung synth funk, a gloriously deep track, while something like ‘L-Tronic’ is top draw spaced-out electro. The title track’s cut and paste space-age samples remind one of his Jean-Jacques Perrey collaboration and ‘War’ is the type of groovy instrumental hip-hop reminiscent of DJ Shadow at his peak. The album finishes on the fun-filled vortex of ‘Don’t Fuck Around’, a cut-up jungle masterpiece with heart in throat chords. Enjoy the ride.

LA based UK born artist Mark Van Hoen continues to contribute to the electronic music fields and fabrics from the inspirations, observations and movements experienced in the past three plus decades. From earlier Eno, Industrial & Krautrock affinities found in the earliest output going back to 1981, to entering the rave and post-rave cultures of acid-house, dance based pulses with his R&S affiliated imprint Apollo Records debut in 1993. With a background working in the media realms of television, radio, film; Mark’s foray into the new electronic etched realms of drone and dance pop saw releases from Touch, Editions Mego, City Centre Offices, The Tapeworm, to Saint Marie Records, and still counting.

Contributing to the double helix of the EDM / IDM canons with releases like Truth Is Born Of Arguments, Playing With Time, The Revenant Diary to a wealth of notable collaborations and numerous side projects. Aurobindo: Involution was made with Seefeel’s Daren Seymour, a collaboration with Slowdive’s Neil Halstead and Nick Holton as Black Hearted Brother, work with Louis Sherman as Locust, Martin Maeers with Children of the Stones, and a plethora of remixes. Van Hoen’s new album Nightvision for Saint Marie Records finds the artist discovering modern day applications for his electro-droning visions of sound. Returning to form, Nightvision switches on the high and low beams that send scanning synths that drive through the infinite interstates through the engines of steady rhythm and the power steering smarts of serious synthesizers.”