“music is my savior” : Record Labels That Kept Me Afloat…2018-2020

“Music is my saviorI was maimed by rock and rollI was maimed by rock and rollI was tamed by rock and rollI got my name from rock and roll” – Jeff Tweedy, Wilco from “Sunken Treasure” Those lyrics have been a mantra for me since the first time I heard Wilco’s Being There back in […]

William Adam Jones’ “Intrusive Thoughts”

My first introduction to musician/producer William Adam Jones was with the synth quartet S U R V I V E. He, along with Kyle Dixon, Michael Stein, and Mark Donica built ominous, dark musical worlds with analog machines. Capturing the work of folks like Vangelis, Brad Fiedel, John Carpenter and even Kraftwerk to some extent. […]

Pye Corner Audio : More Songs About The Sun

Martin Jenkins has built a steady career out of making slow-building, electronic-based music that feels cryptic, eerie, dread-inducing. Pye Corner Audio is the essence of hauntology; music inspired by synth-based scores and low-key techno beats that are as hypnotic as they are cinematic. Albums like Sleep Games, Black Mills Tapes, Prowler, and The Endless Echo […]

Boards of Canada : Inferno

Boards of Canada’s music has always felt relevant, commenting on society thru ghostly voices and nostalgically-tinted electronics. Music Has The Right To Children, their first full-length from 1998, sounded like walking back in time with its faded audio clips and analog electronics and instrumentation. It felt familiar and foreign simultaneously. The follow-up, Geogaddi(2002), was seeped […]

Texas Music Stalwarts Reunite In Collaborative Project Slow Pulse; Listen To New Single “Cries From The Half-World”

Nicolas Nadeau and Justin Sweatt have made their mark on the Texas electronic/shoegaze/post-punk scene over the last 15 years. Nadeau has fronted shoegaze outfit Single Lash since 2009, as well as playing guitar in the Komisch-heavy Future Museums. While Sweatt has made a name for himself as a premier electronic composer with his dark synth […]

AE Paterra : VCO 025 :: Alone In Your Dark

AE Paterra is the drummer extraordinaire of the electro synth prog duo Zombi, along with Steve Moore on bass and synths. They’ve carved a niche for themselves over the last 20+ years(debuting in 2004 with Cosmos). The band tows the line between prog rockers and classic 70s/80s horror film scores, somehow bringing the worlds of […]

Boards Of Canada Return And Now I Feel Complete

13 years. It has been a whopping 13 years since the great Scottish electronic brother duo Boards of Canada have released a new album. Tomorrow’s Harvest arrived in June of 2013 after another long turn between albums with their last album The Campfire Headphase coming out in 2005. I get it. Their records are worlds […]

Manual : True Bypass

Musician and producer Jonas Munk has remained pretty busy these last few years. Between releasing music with Causa Sui, ambient solo works, and putting out records with Auburn Lull’s Jason Kolb as Billow Observatory, he’s leaving a wide swath of sonic endeavors for us to get lost in. And let’s not forget running record label […]

Fight Night : Mr Eff Returns With Meditation For Violence

I still remember the palpable excitement when Mondocon 2019 arrived and everyone was talking about someone named Mr Eff and his album Eyes Down. I wasn’t there, so I figured I’d never get a chance to hear it. Well, that’s just the naive music-obsessive in me. Of course I was able to get a copy(just […]

Complex Distractions Presents Favorite Albums of 2025 : Electronic Edition

We’re back. This time I’m talking all my favorite electronic albums of 2025. There were some amazing electronic records released this year…some you’ve heard, and probably some that will be new to your ears. So scroll on down and see what we’ve got. 10. Camp of Wolves : Bear Creek I’ve been a fan of […]