Tag Archives: electronic

Of One – Textures (Cruel Nature Recordings)

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OF ONE is the latest vehicle for Dublin’s Alan O’Boyle, who has been prominent in electronic music since the ’90s with Decal, Decoy, Legion of Two (with David Lacey) and Legion Of One. His work in various guises has appeared on labels such as Planet Mu, Rotters Golf Club, D1 Recordings, Satamile, Leaf, Law & Auder and Sabrettes.

“Textures” is the fourth OF ONE album and the first for Cruel Nature Records.

Start with a static texture – a drone, some feedback, a noise loop – and then build. Sometimes the texture that seeded the composition survives the process intact and part of a bigger picture (“Please Answer. Please.”), sometimes it appears briefly as a reminder of the beginnings (“To Exceed On A Full Moon”) and sometimes it becomes the entire composition (“Into The Process”).

Written, recorded, compiled and edited by Alan O’Boyle from a week of experiments in July 2025.
Photos of Cruagh Woods, Dublin (2024) by Alan O’Boyle
Artwork by Barry Murphy.

Rapoon & Pas Musique – Knowledge Has No Enemies But The Ignorant (Zoharum)

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Label Description: “Knowledge Has No Enemies But The Ignorant” is another joint release from the British band RAPOON and the American band PAS MUSIQUE. It’s arguably their best joint effort. It features thirteen longer compositions, totaling over two hours, filled with ambient structures, a psychedelic aura, and numerous improvised fragments. It seems the two gentlemen have found a common language, one based on years of experience in experimental music and revealing their shared roots and inspirations, which can undoubtedly be found on this double-disc album.

Ø – Sysivalo (Sahko Recordings)

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label: Sähkö Recordings
Cat No: SAHKO-037
format: 2lp+cd in one package, download & stream
release date: 15.9.2025
Barcode: 5050580857285

Mika Vainio started making a new Ø album in 2014. He almost finalized the record before his too early passing in 2017. The album Sysivalo is the 9th out of 8 full scale albums, released under the Ø alias by Vainio. Ø was his longest running project from 1993 to 2017. Sysivalo was recorded during 2014-2017 and is 60 min long album with 20 tracks, produced by Vainio. He described the record as a distinct Ø album that was going to include several shorter tracks, etudes. The title, Sysivalo, is invented by Vainio by combining the Finnish words sysi (dark or sinister) and valo (light).

Like life itself, the album carries a quiet darkness – honest and full of hidden light. The many of the tracks are beatless subtle soundtracks of eclipsed emotions. Like an incapacitated creature waiting for something to happen.

The closing track Loputon (Endless) is maybe the most beautiful tracks Vainio has ever written, Vainio’s last word.
credits
released September 15, 2025

Written, produced and performaed by Mika Vainio (1963-2017)
in Berlin and Oslo in 2014-2017

Compiled post mortem by Rikke Lundgreen
and Tommi Grönlund according to Mika Vainio’s notes
Digital mastering by Denis Blackham
Vinyl mastering by Rashad Becker

Front photo and print by Mika Vainio
Sleeve by Tommi Grönlund

Pulse Emitter – Tide Pools (Hausu Mountain)

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HAUSMO150 – LP / CD / DIG
credits
released September 26, 2025

Music by Daryl Groetsch,
Portland, Oregon.

Main synthesizers:
Spectrasonics Omnisphere, AAS Chromaphone, Korg Wavestate, Korg Gadget, VirSyn Addictive Pro. Plus a variety of sequencers and arpeggiators. No Al.

“All the busy little creatures
Chasing out their destinies
Living in their pools
They soon forget about the sea”
-Neil Peart, “Natural Science”

Mastered by Angel Marcloid at Angel Hair Audio. Art by Max.

{AN} EeL – Trance Music (Pan Pan Pan Avian Distress Call)

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Label Description: One of the Best Times Ever
Was Sex on the Beach
And not the Drink – Nothing
Metaphorically, Wet Wild & Juicy
Sex on the Beach, Stars in our Eyes
The Glow of reckless Youth Riding
Waves of Pale Moonlight
I Saw the Stars that Night, But they
Were Outshone
Always there
But
Always Alone – A Blink
in Time, A Moment in Stride
Inside so Close
The Dance of Sighs,
The Pitter Patter pattie
Try it on for Size ~
It’s What passes for Clase
Classy
Both Here
And Far
And Wide ~

The Hedonistic Imperative – Planetoid 3 (Self-Released)

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Label Description: Planetoid 3

Decades of attempts later.
Escaping the pull of gravity.
Released into the void.
Yet another culmination.
I disappeared, intermittently.
I appear, briefly.
“Please enjoy this soundtrack to a parallel world. Creating, recreating, and fine-tuning this experience has brought me great satisfaction and much needed diversion. May listening to it provide you with something valuable as well.”

Third time’s the charm?

Kevin Drumm – Technology (Self-Released)

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Recorded at Dead Macs Mobile Chicago Il.
Sorry, prices are going up, just like everything else.

Big Shout out to Freyja for lending me her computer.

Source material: A couple lousy refurbished modern laptops…
Thank you also to:

Mike Balsamello
Jamar Davis
VOIVOD
Jon Abbey