#static reason

Vanilla Broadcast - Plays [Static Reason]

‘Inspired by the likes of Erik Satie, Robert Fripp and Brian Eno, Plays circles around various thematic notions, while bringing in movements of free association, organic improv structures, jazz oriented dissonance and exercises in timbre. With former Dive Signals artist at the helm, Angel Ortega aims to take to these extended techniques with a certain vigor.’

Dive Signals: Plays

Inspired by the likes of Erik Satie, Robert Fripp and Brian Eno, Plays circles around various thematic notions, while bringing in movements of free association, organic improv structures, jazz oriented dissonance and exercises in timbre. With former Dive Signals artist at the helm, Angel Ortega aims to take to these extended techniques with emotional vigor.

In terms of sound, Ortega takles elements surrounding a surreal glow, dream-like haze or rather a pull, bearing tinges of music concrete with an electric shoegaze spin, this being said dive signals Plays looks to stand as both an engaging and cerebral listening experience.

Brandon Ralph: Resistance

The dense, textural poly rhythms created via a series of homemade electronics, vintage delay units, self oscillating analog filters and highly sought after Russian mechanics. In this, balance, dissonance and controlled chaos are culled to create a multitude of both cerebral and cathartic washes. In place of traditional percussion, a driving sub bass greets the ears while a sharp and piercing lead stirs before meeting a clipping resonance and shotgun shells violently rattling against steel while a driven contact mic and delay cuts the signal chain and filters before giving way to germanium fuzz...

Brandon Ralph's Resistance is a stirring exercise in contrast, balance, and the lack of.

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Bedrooms, an expansive, yet strangely focused and well oriented affair. Drawing upon ethereal dissonance via a cozy set of headphones, the 9 track LP bears tinges of dreamy shoegaze dynamics, glitch oriented electronics and dizzy spells of post-rock ambiance.

Sonically expansive and aurally immersive, Delusi‘s debut disc makes a solid impression.  The work of U.K. sound artist Richard Smithson, Cataclysmia represents an artist already on top of his game.  The expertise is due to years of genre experimentation, ranging from ambience to dubstep.  Early songs even contain vocals.  Shedding faces like snake skins has brought the artist to this point.  As…