Rolling techno* albums thread for people who are clearly doing it wrong

this is the perfect thread to post about:

severence - hidden ceilings
sven weisemann - inner motions
and
the smoke clears - listen

each of which were on my eoy ballot, and i associate them with each other. haven't really seen anyone discuss them anywhere, probably b/c they're very humble albums, but they linger in that edge of sleep space which i really love. i don't think listening to a single track really does any of them justice because they all take time to pull you in, but all three are pretty much perfect.

Fuck me, that Weisemann album is a lot better than I remembered it as this year.

I don't know all of Steve Moore's other stuff so I like Pangea Ultima just fine--and happy to dig into earlier stuff if it's better. As of now the track "Logotronics" is doing it for me. (First song here: http://t.co/pYd21jZBcS)

I've played the Vanio album a few times now but it literally disappears midway through - so minimal it can't seem to compete with the noises of the world around me.

charles manier 2xlp from last year is killer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmmNDz4FNrk

Steve Moore's other stuff

get thee to "the henge" immediately

i don't post to ilm about a big chunk of the new music i listen to, because it falls between the cracks of the rap/techno/etc threads. lots of pretty post-beat scene electronic music that sounds best on headphones but could work in a club in the right context, maybe.

― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, January 31, 2014 8:27 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hello

Could A New Line (Related) fit this thread?

http://vimeo.com/70424275

Ex-Hood bloke does Chain Reaction from the wrong side of the Pennines.

Weirdly ... ordered the Hauschka album (although not out until March) from City Slang (Early ordering due to a new commitment to ordering from "source" or non-Amazon and also for a second disc).

Really enjoying the new Karen Gwyer EP.

Also, the new White Rainbow, "Thru.u" is pretty terrific. He used to be an Emeralds-like drone thing on Kranky but has spent the last four years going way over to the other end of the spectrum - lots of beats, electro influence, etc. He's been experimenting via his Bandcamp page with a ton of releases, but the new album is his first "official" offering in a long time. It's great.

So, I got the new Thomas P. Heckmann album I mentioned upthread in mail, and it didn't disappoint. Lovely FAX style trance/ambient/techno, with a dedication to Pete Namlook:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBJ11kclc3E

yeh heckmann is boss, there's a great youtube video tour of his studio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8hCQWI9WJ0

I guess you mean this one? Hadn't seen it before, holy shit at the stuff in his studio!

the new secret circuit, torn hawk and willie burns collaborative release is great ("from the legal pad of circuit, burns and hawk"). i guess it's more of an EP than anything, and it's not purist techno by any means (torn hawk reminds me of early ducktails more than anything), but another in a line of great releases from fellow ilxor speculator/willie burns/black deer

So behind on my listening, need to hear a bunch of these things. The White Rainbow sounds interesting, I loved that guy's stuff in the past so it'll be good to hear where he's at now. I think the new Patten is really good! Not as overwhelmingly chaotic and cluttered as his previous one, but still lots of interesting juxtaposed sounds and textures.

xp more than anything more than anything blah

part of me wants to like the new white rainbow (i'm sure it's good!) but another part of me thinks forkner is sort of a dick who wants to ride the avant-techno bandwagon while having little interest in - and based on coversations, even some condescension towards - house/techno culture. like none of this matters even slightly for home listening purposes but in the context of the portland scene where he came from he's pretty late to this game and has done very little to play shows/throw parties/contribute to what's going on now

I'm about as removed from either Portland or techno scenes as possible but I loved Forkner's album as [[[vvrssnn]]] (yes, wanky name) back in 2003 and that had some electronic squiggles and beats - not enough to qualify for this thread but here's a couple of youtubes of the more electronic tracks in case anyone is curious: http://youtu.be/8xEJaw5GpWI / http://youtu.be/kFWSSTNO4BA - so I am interested to hear the new one

def not saying he should get a free pass because of that or anything, but it's prob still my favourite thing he's done, so I thought I'd mention it

anyway the last secret circuit was p. great, so a collab w/ speculator and torn hawk has certainly piqued my interest too

the new secret circuit, torn hawk and willie burns collaborative release is great

yeah this is really, really good. i also picked up 'films & windows' and on first blush it seems pretty good

xp i can see how that could come of as gatekeeper-y, and i don't care much about any sense of loyalty to a "true" portland techno scene (lolololol) it's more that he was similarly positioned to a lot of the 100% silk/ecstacy label ppl but seemed to sort of laugh it off and make fun of things at first. certainly the dude should follow whatever muse he wants to, and none of these critiques have anything to do with his talent/artistic merit, i'm just surprised he's landed where he has. he also did that purple n green thing for a while, which was essentially a happy '90s-style rnb party band

oh, I wasn't objecting to your post, always interested to hear local perceptions of artists I like! I can def see how these things would be annoying/offputting. also I like various of his previous releases but don't follow him super closely or anything, so I missed the Purple & Green thing and most of what he's done for the past several years tbh

Just found out about this new Archangel (aka Bruno Pronsato) lp that's about to come out. I really love the real drum samples, which I'm pretty sure he plays and records himself.

https://soundcloud.com/foommusic/bruno-pronsato-presents

scene allegiences aside, i did give the white rainbow a go earlier and wasn't really feeling it tbh

i don't post to ilm about a big chunk of the new music i listen to, because it falls between the cracks of the rap/techno/etc threads. lots of pretty post-beat scene electronic music that sounds best on headphones but could work in a club in the right context, maybe.

― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, January 31, 2014 8:27 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hello

― cristalnacht (lukas), Saturday, February 1, 2014 4:00 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh hi

i really like this:
https://soundcloud.com/xlr8r/philip-grass-all-i-need

played with these dudes out in portland, their tracks are so detailed and intricate.

https://soundcloud.com/jono-gilmurray/brownsea-island-soundscape

All this recent news of upcoming millie and andrea, joey anderson, kink, and kassem mosse albums is certainly interesting.

millie & andrea is double-whammy on the old men taking female names thing. but i look forward to the results of that anyhow

somewhat predictably, the new kangding ray is a really strong record and sounds *fantastic*

part of me wants to like the new white rainbow (i'm sure it's good!) but another part of me thinks forkner is sort of a dick who wants to ride the avant-techno bandwagon while having little interest in - and based on coversations, even some condescension towards - house/techno culture. like none of this matters even slightly for home listening purposes but in the context of the portland scene where he came from he's pretty late to this game and has done very little to play shows/throw parties/contribute to what's going on now

― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Monday, February 24, 2014 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't know much about White Rainbow as a person. I saw a YouTube interview with him years back where Pauly Shore randomly invaded the interview, and Forkner looked (like, what he was wearing) sillier than Pauly Shore ever did. Also there was an article going around the other day that was Forkner giving a rundown of his myriad Bandcamp releases of the last four years (like 20 albums or something)--his attitude was very "I don't give a fuck about people who like my stuff."

But, whatever. I don't want to hang out with him. I do like the new album. And at least one of his bandcamp albums, Lays the Boogie Down, mines similar territory and is at least a couple of years old. There's a song on there called "Captain Sandwich Patrol" which I think is totally fantastic.

^ this is sorta what i was trying to get at, the whole "idgaf about peple who like my stuff" thing is probably the best way to summarize all this. anyway i checked out the record and it's not really my thing, definitely fits into the whole ratatat/audio dregs lineage of indie-friendly electro (REALLY far from avant techno actually!)

Yeah I wouldn't call it avant-techno either. But as far as I can tell this thread most closely resembles a genre I like to call "the kind of electronic music I'm into," hence I brought it up here.

It's from last year, but I just acquired Recondite's Hinterland, and there's some really beautiful, soft sad techno there. Minimal and breezy, but no microhouse/dub techno cliches. I'm definitely gonna keep an eye on what this dude does next.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RBCVFby96U

^ i listened to and enjoyed that last year but kinda forgot about it, really good stuff though

he has his own thread but in case you're not paying attn to it: the new kassem mosse record (workshop 19) is fantastic

Really enjoying the new Karen Gwyer EP

Finally got round to hearing this. Loved the album from last year, but this feels like she's pushing her game further still. Great stuff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jRmgKLeAJ4

mmmmmm

https://soundcloud.com/tri_angle_records/sd-laika-meshes-1

https://soundcloud.com/evianchrist/waterfall

i'm a big ricardo donoso fan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mslrrSBl9GY

That Recondite album was a real pleasure during winter.

Been enjoying Dusty Kid's III quite a lot during long distance runs

somewhat predictably, the new kangding ray is a really strong record and sounds *fantastic*

― night boat to mega therion (NickB), Tuesday, February 25, 2014 6:48 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^

That new Hauschka album Abandoned City is rather lovely, don't listen to a word of that cloth-eared pitchfork review, it is a really fine album.

Ukkonen has a new two-song EP, Aika, which is nice.

That new Hauschka album Abandoned City is rather lovely, don't listen to a word of that cloth-eared pitchfork review, it is a really fine album.

Hugely divided reviews in EU, too! And so good!

Yeah the Hauschka record is gorgeous. I was listening to it earlier today and trying to work out how much of it was made from one prepared piano.

That stuff is begging to be used as soundtrack fodder. I like it.

don't listen to a word of that cloth-eared pitchfork review

do i even want to know what they said

yeah, still loving the hauschka album

francis harris's minutes of sleep is incredible

http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=14535

had no idea of back story til after i listened to it - discovered it via the sprinkles remix

Listening to the Francis Harris now - yeah, it's good.

Never did hear the Segue album from last year but the new one sounds good on first listen in a music-to-drift-off-to sorta way.

Enjoyed the Downliners Sekt too. Starts off sounding pretty Burial-ish with all the disembodied mumbly ghost voices, but it's rich in detail and a good taut piece of work throughout so will probably give it a few plays yet.

Also I know that 12k seemingly turn out a big bunch of great ambient records every year, but the new Illuha is fabulous, a really nice mix of delicate drifting beatless electronica and intimately recorded small sounds.

the sample is nice

http://www.12k.com/index.php/site/releases/akari/

clicky, with sort of some vibes or something

nice

doing it very wrong imo

https://pacificrhythm.bandcamp.com/album/other-phases-of-sleep