Songs For Your Enjoyment And Scratching The Creative Itch

A year ago I was feeling the weight of it all. I feel the weight of it all most of the time, but a year ago I was especially feeling it. I was inching closer to some kind of finality with my nearly 24 years at the same job, our youngest was heading into the […]

Jake Schrock : Temporal Visions EP

Jake Schrock builds very specific sound worlds. They feel familiar yet wholly singular to the Texas-based analog electronic composer. His 2018 Holodeck Records debut Tropical Depression was this island vibe-heavy record. Schrock painted visions of steely shores and sinking suns with vintage synths and drum machines, giving us an album that was equally Caribbean and […]

“She Hunts At Night” : Digging Into Pye Corner Audio’s ‘Prowler’

I didn’t discover Pye Corner Audio until 2016. I was in the midst of healing from back surgery(herniated disc) and I was obsessively searching the Mondo/Death Waltz Recording Company’s website to see if I could snag any soundtracks(for therapeutic purposes, of course.) During that time I’d found the amazing Pentagram Home Video’s Who’s Out There?, […]

Xander Harris : Malediction

The return of Justin Sweatt’s nom de plume Xander Harris is always something to celebrate. I’ve been following the musical world of Xander Harris for some time. At least six years, ever since hearing the amazing Termination Dust and realizing I’d been missing out on something special. The following year Villains of Romance dropped and […]

Oneohtrix Point Never : Again

Daniel Lopatin has had quite the creative and artistic arc with his electronic project Oneohtrix Point Never. From the psychedelic beginnings of drone-heavy albums like Betrayed In The Octagon, Russian Mind, and Returnal; to experimenting with grander scopes on R Plus Seven, Garden of Delete, and his most recent record Magic Oneohtrix Point Never. Lopatin […]

Feu Follet Returns With ‘Lost Locust’, Out 10/6; Listen To New Single “Fluid Bodies”

French multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Alban Blaising is readying a brand new Feu Follet album called Lost Locust, out on 10/6. The one-man electronic/post-punk project has been quite prolific, releasing 4 albums since 2019 on German label Blackjack Illuminist. Lost Locust will make number 5, and once again Blaising is releasing on Alexander Donat’s fantastic label. […]

Cosmic Returns : The Space Traveler’s Guide To SFI Recordings

By now if you’ve been a semi-regular reader here then chances are you’ve heard of SFI Recordings. If you’re not a regular reader and stumbled by because you searched “anxiety”, “Midwest”, “sad, middle-aged guy”, or “heavy synth”, then welcome! Glad you stumbled upon my little spot along the information super highway. Regardless if you’re a […]

Justin Sweatt : Permian Tapes Vol. 2

Justin Sweatt has covered a lot of musical ground over the last decade plus. Hazy Komische to sweaty dance floor bangers to cosmic synth drifts to pastoral ambient trips, Sweatt approaches them all like a composer telling a story through sound. And for a large swath of that time he worked under the moniker Xander […]

Burial Grid Readies New Album ‘Waves of Quietus’, Out 10/31; Watch New Video “A Derangement of the Senses”

Adam Michael Kozak occupies a very specific space in the world of electronic music. As Burial Grid, Adam has put out a series of buzzing, ethereal, and at times claustrophobic electronic albums that were windows into his own psyche. Dealing with tragedy, fear, his own personal and emotional struggles, as well as looking the decline […]

“Solidifying Our Sound” : A Conversation With Delta IV’s Michael Schorr And Jared Pace

Featured Photo by Chris Schanz There’s been an electronic music renaissance in the last few years, and SFI Recording has been the epicenter of that. The circuital pulse emanating from the Pacific Northwest home base of Andrew Crawshaw’s record label can be felt in a visceral way from coast to coast. It’s building into something […]