Electronic artist Tron Jovi, half of experimental hip hop duo Guerrilla Ghost, has a new EP out. Combining dub with industrial doom, these six tracks collectively feel like an artistic lesson. It smoothens out the confrontational nature that Guerrilla Ghost is known for while maintaining abrasive texture, showcasing a series of cacophonous instrumentals. It’s an inventive EP from Tron Jovi,
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Ambient synth artist Xexyz has a new single out. It’s a gentle, liquid composition that feels like a quiet stroll through a rainforest. The tune plays with the rich colors of nature against shadows, waters, and peeks of sunlight. The cover art is beautifully geometric depiction of that, looking like the carpet in a classroom. It’s always a joy hearing
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Electroacoustic artist and composer Sam Mullooly released a forty-two minute piece. Lush, idyllic, and elysian, the composition features vocals from Elizabeth Blood and Jackie Willis. It’s an accompaniment to intense reverie and paradisal fantasy, featuring soundscapes embellished by rich texture and delicate electronics. You feel as though you’re watching yourself from outside your body having the greatest day of your
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Experimental electronic artist Nicholas Elert recently began a monthly eight-part “Oblivion Tether” series, and he’s out with the second edition. This is a minimalist one, consisting of heavy drone pulsations adorned by brightly shining synths. It feels like the exploration of where there was once idyllic beauty, of which there’s no more, and we don’t quite know why. Downloading these
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Get a glimpse into Pendrop Poet’s world with a new 17-track album.
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Experimental synth artist Moustache Bride has his second record of the year out. With thirteen tracks, the Bride continues his ventures through computerized dimensions and vast spaces. Every composition is a new journey through electronic sonic planes, and this body of work feels especially wide-eyed. “Future Guilt” is a standout, bringing more abrasive textures that carry a sense of peril.
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Mike Neumeyer soothes the soul with a new track.
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Matt Glassel has many personal projects, and the latest he’s released music from is Jux, where he plays with industrial electronics and experimental noise. It’s a song that tells the story of being mutated from a dip in the Milwaukee River. Grime’s in his blood and liquor’s in his liver. But he’s here to explain – don’t call the CDC.
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Experimental synth artist Xexyz has a new single out. It’s tense and volatile, like we’re exploring a cave but don’t know what could jump out at us at any moment. She comes in at the end, repeating the song’s title with a liquid, computerized texture. It’s great to hear from Xexyz with another modular synth composition, and we hope there’s
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Experimental noise artist TamperTamper has a new album out. Beginning with a bong rip, George Jackson channels existential dread with creative fortitude using both string and wind instruments. She’s big on the idea that anything, even everyday routines, can become artful expressions if perceived as such. These tracks are bare bones and stream-of-conscious, reflecting on Jackson’s detached feelings of late,
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Dark ambient artist J. McCoy has a new record out of material he made at the beginning of quarantine while in New Orleans. It’s four modular improvisations, all meant to encapsulate the dark and isolating nature of our current catastrophic world. This is reflected especially in McCoy’s choice of track titles such as “Days That Cast The Longest Shadows” and
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Experimental electronic artist Adoptahighway recently created a twenty-three minute long improvisational piece for a media installation by Migration of Gestures, consisting of three artists (Maria Gillespie, Nirmal Raja, and Portia Cobb) who experiment with movement through call-and-response. Barry Paul Park of Adoptahighway watched the installation and recorded what he sonically felt with analog and synthesized instruments. The result contains lush
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Experimental electronic artist Nicholas Elert has begun a new series; he’s releasing one track a month for eight months. The first is out, and it’s a piece that crescendos with dramatic intensity, gradually introducing new layers to the soundscape. It feels like the soundtrack to a climactic, heroic moment that ends up bittersweet. We’re excited for this new batch of
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A Crushed Rose is an experimental ambient project of Alisa Rodriguez’s, who is known both as Apollo Vermouth and for being vocalist/guitarist of Operations. She has a new EP out under ACR, consisting of recordings from the late 2010’s. These five tracks are pensive in mood with cascading sonic layers. “The Right Kind of Dumb” is an ambient techno track
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Odd Person, an experimental project of August Traeger’s, has a new EP out on the Copenhagen-based label Be Sweet, But Take Action. Taking a world music direction, Odd Person’s compositions here are themed around ancient rituals, metallic objects buried in the sand, and constellations. The Owl Travellers are the heroes in these mythological stories, arriving to Earth seeking refuge from
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Experimental pop composer Nate Ruvin has a new record out. With all eleven songs being collaborations, Ruvin pursues the “wall of sound” technique of recording here but with a modernized approach. Featuring the contributions of Nathan Roundhouse, Benny Koziol, Charlie Herrenbruck, Ace Parker, River Jordan, Bear in the Forest, Viceymoo, and RichieWitDaHitz, this body of work radiates with vigorous and
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House of the Maker is one of Joseph Mlodik’s many ambient wizardry projects; he primarily focuses on nature and field recordings here. His latest album from HotM is a collaboration with Scott Lawlor, and it’s a two-hour escapade through the densest of forests and planes uninhabited by mankind. Featuring samples of birds of rain, some parts are laden with awestruck
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There’s a new band in the works – experimental rockers Pulpa de Guayaba. Their debut single is out now and it’s about your breath getting stolen by someone you’re crazy for. You find yourself thinking about them all the time but once they’re actually here you’re at a loss for words. Embedded between the lyrics is a groovy guitar solo
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Neo-psychedelia artist VBIV’s latest single revolves around the hopes of being with a girl. The song continues the other-worldly desert feel present on VBIV’s recent EP “Fallen Angels” with triumphant horns, atmospheric percussion, and reverb-heavy vocals. Mixing acoustic and electronic instrumentation, the song begs for adventure with that special someone. We hope VBIV has more to come soon.
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Percussionist Mike Neumeyer has another tune for us out this week. Released on the three-year anniversary of his father passing away, this piece is dedicated to his healing process from such a personal loss. He plays the marimba here with focus and glee, gradually introducing new elements of rhythm as well as mournful lyrics. Spanning over eight and a half
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Phatbrane’s latest track and collaboration is dark and full of emotion.
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Improvisational composer Mike Neumeyer’s latest tune suspends you in deep relaxation. Utilizing the marimba along with an ocean drum and wind chimes, the song places you in a seascape and lets you float gently. In the dead of winter, that’s a good place to be. We hope we hear more compositions from Mike Neumeyer very soon.
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Experimental noise project Whaler has a new EP out on Triple Eye Industries. Featuring two pieces, Francisco Ramirez centers droning guitars against cassette loops here. He captures an abrasive meditation that never gets too harsh but remains firm in density. Whaler has been releasing some of the most dystopian soundscapes out of Milwaukee’s experimental scene, and this release adds just
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Experimental drone artist Space Whaler has a new EP out this week, featuring two ten minute-long pieces. He incorporates field recordings of the elements as they interact with droning guitars. It’s patient and relaxing yet intensely studies the detail of each soundscape, finding tranquility in petite water streams and eroding rocks. Once it gets warm out, this EP would be
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Experimental electronic artist Rod Stench has a new record out today. Consisting of meticulous sample-heavy cuts, Stench penned these compositions while trying to make sense of 2020’s chaos. He incorporates mind-fucking samples to paint interesting scenarios including kidnapping the senator, pig grunts, chasing ambulances, sweating at night, and kisses. Amanda Huff appears on “Ambulance Chaser” and John Bebeau contributes samples
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