Doubling back after a series of increasingly intense musical statements, Flying Lotus offers up the somewhat inconsequential Until The Quiet Comes as his fourth album.
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Disco Nihilist, Moving Forward
October 9, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Disco Nihilist continues his run of resolutely old school releases with his second record for Running Back, Moving Forward.
Milton Bradley, Reality Is Wrong
October 4, 2012 – 9:09 AM
Milton Bradley’s second EP for Prologue picks up where the first left off, preferring small tweaks and chance collisions to dynamic or structural changes.
Mathew Jonson, Panna Cotta
October 3, 2012 – 10:01 AM
With Mathew Jonson now at the controls of Itiswhatitis, he’s restarted it with a couple of lost treasures from the mid-aughts era he once dominated.
Petar Dundov, Lily Wasp
October 3, 2012 – 10:01 AM
Lily Wasp, Petar Dundov’s third single in 2012, takes a slightly different tack, but without losing any of the hypnotic beauty which made Ideas so engrossing.
STL, Flying Saucer Attack
October 2, 2012 – 10:01 AM
STL’s first two contributions to Smallvile were incredible refinements of his somber, druggy sound, and his latest, Flying Saucer Attack, offers its own eccentric beatdown house sound.
Ghosts On Tape, Nature’s Law
October 2, 2012 – 12:01 AM
San Francisco club night Icee Hot activates its record label arm to put out crew member Ghosts On Tape’s sophomore solo single, Nature’s Law.
Various Artists, 122 BPM: The Birth Of House Music
September 27, 2012 – 10:01 AM
122BPM: The Birth Of House Music, aims to set the record straight about Chicago house and reveals some tantalizing details — including previously unreleased tracks and mixes — along the way.
Joe, MB/Studio Power On
September 27, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Two years after stunning the dance world with a track made primarily from handclaps, Joe returns with an equally arresting new single for Untold’s Hemlock Recordings.
Amir Alexander, Everybody’s Beautiful EP
September 26, 2012 – 10:01 AM
Amir Alexander’s meteoric rise continues with the subliminally charged Everybody’s Beautiful EP for Hypercolour off-shoot, Hype_LTD.
Recondite, DRGN / Wist 365
September 26, 2012 – 12:01 AM
DRGN/Wist 365, Recondite’s first release since the breathtaking On Acid, adapting the blueprint guiding his Plangent EPs to a darker hue.
Hakim Murphy, Wet Analog
September 25, 2012 – 10:01 AM
Immediately following the duo’s Innerspace Halflife 12″ on M>O>S, Hakim Murphy sounds more confident flying his freak flag on these four idiosyncratic solo outings.
Bass Clef, Dawn Chorus Pedal
September 25, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Bass Clef’s outsider approach to genre is in fine form on Dawn Chorus Pedal, the Idle Hands-release follow up to the Reeling Skullways LP.
Illum Sphere, Birthday/h808er
September 20, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Never one to align with a singular genre himself, Illum Sphere has arrived at a benchmark with Birthday/h808er, far-and-away his most menacing effort to date.
Ricardo Villalobos, Dependent And Happy
September 19, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Across 10 sprawling sides of vinyl, Ricardo Villalobos leaves several years of missed opportunities in the rearview and reaffirms his role as one of dance music’s most peculiar and vital voices.
Silent Servant, Negative Fascination
September 18, 2012 – 10:01 AM
Negative Fascination won’t end Silent Servant’s Sandwell District associations entirely, but it’s unquestionably a statement of independence, both from the group and from capital-T techno more generally.
NCW, Pharoah And The Goose
September 18, 2012 – 12:01 AM
With Pharoah And The Goose, Nick Wilson takes NCW further with two epic tracks; divergent by genre yet consistent in their blinding hypnotism.
Various Artists, Preemptive Action EP Part II
September 14, 2012 – 12:01 AM
This five-tracker consolidates Pareto Park’s ethos of swaggering heavyweight techno with a varied and unashamedly brash selection.