MusicReviews

Julianna Barwick - Circumstance Synthesis

The US artist has made another transportive LP. But does her AI collaborator point to a sinister trend in modern ambient?

 

Cecile Believe - Plucking a Cherry From The Void

Intimate and surreal electro-pop on the Canadian artist's second mixtape this year.

 

Dean Blunt - Roaches

A rich archive of haunting pop experiments from the enigmatic UK artist.

 

Fact Magazine - Best Tracks of 2019

Contributor. No longer archived online since the publication pivoted to print.

Fact Magazine - Best Singles of 2018

Contributor. No longer archived online since the publication pivoted to print.

 

Singles Club: Neneh Cherry and Robyn Fight for the title of Comeback Queen

Contributor to regular column in Fact magazine alongside Cameron Cook Jesse Bernard and Michelle Lhooq discussing and critiquing new singles. No longer archived online.

Azu Tiwaline - Magnetic Service

The polyrhythmic producer returns with another mesmerizing release.

 

Sam Kidel - Silicon Ear

Google data centers and voice recognition inspire this probing ambient LP.

 

Okay Kaya - Both

King Krule collaborator Kaya Wilkins escapes music-industry servitude and speaks truth on her own terms in a frank, often melancholy bedroom-pop debut leavened by diaristic sarcasm.

 

Fact Magazine - Best Albums of 2019

Contributor. No longer archived online since the publication pivoted to print.

Singles Club: The revolution will not be televised, it’ll be robotised

Contributor to regular column in Fact magazine alongside Cameron cook, Jesse Bernard and Michelle Lhooq discussing and critiquing new singles. No longer archived online.

 

Singles Club: Aphex Twins ‘T69’ Collapses

Contributor to regular column in Fact magazine alongside Cameron Cook Jesse Bernard and Michelle Lhooq discussing and critiquing new singles. No longer archived online.

Ulla - Tumbling Towards A Wall

Spine-tingling ambient that will tumble around your brain long after the music stops

 

Mort Garson ‎- Mother Earth's Plantasia

An ambient cult classic from the '70s that showed the Moog's early potential.

 

Amigdala - Pleasureless

Searing EBM from the Berlin duo's debut album.

 

Fact Magazine - Best Albums of 2018

Contributor. No longer archived online since the publication pivoted to print.

Singles Club: Paul McCartney, Fuh You

Contributor to regular column in Fact magazine alongside Cameron Cook, Jesse Bernard and Michelle Lhooq discussing and critiquing new singles. No longer archived online.