On the Vobes EP, Beneath continues to contrast UK funky rhythms and pitch black atmospheres on four lessons in experimental brutalism for PAN.
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Helm, The Hollow Organ
The the four tracks on The Hollow Organ areexpansive in their use of found sound, knackered electronics, and strange acoustics to plow dead-eyed territory: negative energies clacking through hidden pipes.
NHK’Koyxeи, Dance Classics Vol. III
The third in a trilogy of Dance Classics from Kouhei Matsunaga, Vol. III sees NHK’Koyxen engage with techno more overtly than on previous issues.
LWE’s Top 5 Labels of 2013
For our third year-end column, staff writer Harry Sword runs down LWE’s top 5 labels of 2013.
Rene Hell, Vanilla Call Option
For Vanilla Call Option, his first recording for PAN, Rene Hell introduces a new chapter, delivering a menacingly playful sort of electroacoustic music.
Black Sites, Prototype
Grungy and kind of beat up like the Golden Pudel at which they’re residents, Helena Hauff and F#X’s debut as Black Sites make good use of an oft-abused sound.
LWE’s Top 5 Labels of 2012
For LWE’s second year-end column, staff writer Steve Kerr rounds up the five most essential imprints of 2012.