Review: Last spotted reminiscing a year ago on Record Union, Irrelevant returns to the series on Fauxpas Musik with two more hyper-extended suite-like narratives. Once again we're told two tales of motifs and references that link and tesselate in individual yet harmonious parts. "Vague Memory 3" has a distinct D&B theme, laced with iced-out atmspheres while "Vague Memory 4" returns to the more two-step garage aesthetic he broke through with on Kokeshi earlier this decade. Some memories might vague, but Irrelevant is unforgettable. Nectar for the heads.
Review: Prolific machine manipulator Boris Bunnik already operates under a dizzying array of aliases - Conforce, Versalife and Silent Harbour being the most celebrated - so it seems odd that he'd want to add another pseudonym to the CV. Severnaya, though, is a fresh moniker, seemingly created to allow him to explore the slowly-shifting, atmosphere-rich world of glacial, Biosphere-esque techno. Those with a deep knowledge of 1990s ambient music will point out audible nods to the becalmed, weightless electronics of Pete Namlook and the flat-on-your-back-at-sunrise bliss of Sun Electric's overlooked (but sublime) 30.7.94 Live full-length. There are a few gently rhythmic moments dotted throughout, too, though these tend to be every bit as beautiful and becalmed as the album's many beat-less excursions.
Review: Russia's Victor Kiktenko travels under the Module One banner, and we think that is an absolutely fitting name for the sort of cold but effective electronic music that he produces. When he's not busy churning out dub-filtered techno, we hear him delving into the more impressionistic and open-minded world of ambient and drone, which is where we find him with this latest album, Hometown. Out on Berlin's Fauxpas Musik, the LP exclusively showcases the artist's deeper thoughts, and we have to say that it doesn't really get more pensive and meditative than this. From "Flight" through to "Dixi" and onto the likes of "Radiance" there are continuous peaks and troths, where Module One unleashes subtle beats and soulful compositions at free will, making this much, much more than the typically solitary listening experiences that come with drone albums. TIP!
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