Automelodi : Mirages au futur verre-brisé

Montreal’s Automelodi is the brain child of singer/producer Xavier Paradis, a master of sound design, melody-driven song structure, and an enthusiast of hardware-driven song building. Having a rich musical history that started back in his teens and building a strong following with his ability to create dark and passionate electronic music dating back to the […]

Skragn : Stund

One of the great musical surprises of the year has been Stund from Skragn. Skragn is the name electronic musician Marco Egeberg has given his debut solo music project, one of possibly many more different projects with different names to come. But for now, we’ll concentrate on the present and not the future. Skragn’s debut […]

Ffion : Momentum

The electronic duo of Thomas Ragsdale and Ashleigh, otherwise known as Ffion, are back with a follow-up to their excellent debut EP Odyssey. It’s called Momentum and it’s a four-song shot of lush ARP Odyssey tones and the duo’s instinctive, pulsating drive. The EP is being released this Friday on Soundtracking The Void(the label run […]

Tamaryn : Dreaming The Dark

I have a soft spot for 80s pop radio. Sure, in 1987 I was the kid sitting on the bus heading to middle school with headphones on and a copy of Anthrax’ State Of Euphoria in my Sony Walkman. But side A would end and before I could flip to side B I could hear […]

Thomas Ragsdale : Honley Civic Archives Volume 2

Thomas Ragsdale works in the shadows, but tries to bring light whenever he dives in. His musical worlds are vast, dense, and seem to attempt to make sense of existential questions we present to ourselves on a daily basis. His albums carry with them the intensity of early 70s Tangerine Dream and the lucrative sonic […]

Stephen Malkmus : Groove Denied

Listen, you’re either born with the Stephen Malkmus gene or you’re not. If you are, then your musical life is that much richer for it. Deep-diving into Pavement and the post-2001 Malkmus solo world can only be just short of life-changing for that Malkmus-starved brain just discovering the lanky indie rock pied piper for the […]

Pye Corner Audio : Hollow Earth

Man, what took me so long to find my way to Pye Corner Audio? Seriously, I’ve heard the name for years now from folks that seemingly matter, yet I never heeded their advice. Like whispers in darkened corners and strange messages left on the front stoop written on hotel stationary that simply reads “Pye Corner […]

Light And Dark : The Sonic World of Record Label Soundtracking The Void

It really is the time of the record label, isn’t it? There are so many great, smaller labels that have stepped out of the ether over the last decade to blow our minds and empty our wallets. Labels like Death Waltz Originals, Tiger Lab Vinyl, Holodeck Records, Burning Witches Records, El Paraiso Records, Data Airlines, […]

Phantoms vs Fire : WLDLFE

One of the most intriguing and beguiling releases last year was Phantoms vs Fires’s Swim(released via Burning Witches Records.) That album seemed to absorb everything it came into contact with and reflected it back to the listener in some beautifully alien way. It was an electronic album that sounded to be built out of individual […]

Nika Moroz : Come To Your Senses

The latest release from forward-thinking electronic music label Soundtracking The Void comes from Nika Moroz. Who is Nika Moroz? I honestly have no idea. There’s hints that she comes from Belarus and originally started out playing guitar and flute(check out the source here, courtesy of The Waveform Transmitter.) Despite knowing little to nothing about this […]