Demdike Stare & Cherrystones’ collaborative journey into the underworld of
sound delivers a masterclass in dark ambient and experimental electronics.
Recorded in London and Manchester, the album bristles with scrappy,
industrial-noise textures reminiscent of 1970s ECM, Minimal Man, and Conrad
Schnitzler, brought together with haunted vocal flourishes from Laura Lippie.
This is no casual listen: Who Owns the Dark? unravels like a ritual — merging
technoid shrapnel, hyper-compressed loops, and chanted incantations into
psychoacoustic mazes that feel both crystalline and corrosive. At once feral and
refined, it’s among the most compelling deep-gear drops of the century.
Unveiled by Heat Crimes, Avenir’s archival compendium Primitive Maxi Trial is
a time-stamped mixtape of Palermo-based rave relics from
1998–2006. Sourced from CD-ROM pack detritus and MPC/VST experimentation, it
refracts hardcore jungle and IDM through a prism of haunted ambient and bent
tekno. Tracks jump from the jagged breakcore of CVS Recipes to the acid nods of
Just Friends, weaving an uncanny tapestry that feels both deeply nostalgic and
strangely new. It’s a vivid snapshot of an era, unearthed and limned with eerie
clarity — a sonic archaeology well worth exploring.
Amosphère’s debut album for Hallow Ground, created in meditative isolation over
three years, is a cosmic deep dive into the interplay of belief,
space, and human perception. Across three generative pieces — featuring vintage
organ, handmade ceramics, flute, and bass clarinet — Cosmogonical Ears
conjures vast sonic architectures: from frigid organ drones and off‑tuned wooden
winds to ethereal flute and church organ reveries. The result is both sculptural
and cinematic — you’ll find yourself tracing the boundaries of time, an
immersive meditation on the cosmos that feels as intimate as it is infinite.
