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NEW 13 - Nieuwe Electronische Waar compilation (Esc.rec., Netherlands)

Various Artists ~ Matter Affect

Happy Anniversary, Esc.rec. ~ 18 years old and now on your hundredth release!  How are you going to celebrate?  We’re going to release a three-hour box set featuring artists reflecting on the pandemic, we’ll stuff the box with as many goodies as we can think of, and lead with an 18-minute track to honor the number of years we’ve been in business!  Wow! So yes, Hydra Ensemble‘s “ICE” is a long…

Roel Meelkop & Marco Douma ~ Hoek

Hoek is an enchanting release, nearly an hour in length, accompanied by a film that many would be happy to mount on their living room wall. The onset of the music is so gentle one may not notice at first ~ like the first inklings of light from a cobalt blue sunrise.  The undulating tones are accompanied by matching shots of waves, until the fourth minute, when a sheet of waves is placed over a…

Machinefabriek ~ With Drums

In prior years, we’ve described Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek) as prolific, creative, visionary, and a host of other terms ~ but this is the first time we’ve described one of his releases as fun.  When label and artist proclaimed that With Drums “doesn’t sound like any other Machinefabriek album,” we were skeptical; how could this be, after hundreds of releases?  Turns out they were right.…

Jeroen Diepenmaat ~ Off Track

Off Track is another unique release for Esc.rec., a label that continues to innovate through imagination.  As a sonic document, a manipulation of the sonic document, and a manipulation of the manipulation, it offers layers of interpretation that mimic the activity of the human mind.  The presentation ~ four discs and a digital file ~ is a generous souvenir as well as a celebration.

The starting…