Experimental Electronic Music
Released by 13/Silentes in a double limited vinyl edition, An Apple a Day You Die Anyway confirms the quality of a catalog that continues to intercept the most sensitive areas of Italian ambient and electronic research. And it confirms that Up To 23, now a trio, possesses a recognizable voice, capable of holding together vision and rigor, emotion and structure, darkness and momentum.
In Retrospect possesses a strength that exceeds the format of the celebratory compilation. It is a work of reordering and, at the same time, of renewal, a point of concentration from which the music of f5point6 emerges clearer, more self aware, more profound.
In Ūmlaut’s seasoned hands, silence is not an emptiness that is barren. It is viscerally alive, and here it is speaking — patiently shaping the emotional architecture of a commitment to our listening.
Sound here leans toward airy abstraction; When The Emptying Sun Filled the Sky glides through drone and slow motion, maintaining a subtle pull throughout. It plays like a companion for solitude, offering a calm passage inward, where stillness feels both intimate and restorative.
Dedicated to Mike Petruna, whose recent passing lingers behind every note, Where Waves Begin to Collide deepens Stembridge’s devotion to immersive exploration.
On Terra, Drum & Lace craft a quietly immersive five-track suite where ambient textures, soft rhythms, and distant vocals ebb and flow with a grounded, elemental grace.
From the vibrant energy of its opening stutters to the meditative, elemental quiet of the finale, HABITATIONS showcases bravery, craftsmanship, and a flourishing imagination at every cyclical turn—a fully realized exploration of the wonders and ways of electronic music’s vast and enduring potential.
Drifting deeper into ambient sound fields, UK-based Will Brazier-Smith, recording as Xurba, traces hauntological contours across Zelun Somniates, a sequence of ten pieces shaped from slow-moving undercurrents
Thirst captures the group at a critical threshold: post-punk bite tightening into colder industrial form. Rhythm grows more mechanical, structure more deliberate, while Newton’s voice holds the centre — signaling the darker, more system-driven path the band would soon pursue. Halcyon days revisited. Forward facing future retro. Delicious.
Elemental arrives almost unannounced—a sprawling nine-piece set casting a hauntological spell through its organically rhythmic frameworks and sporadic instrumental fissures.
An experience that trains the ear for duration, for the quality of detail, for the value of waiting. In its harshest ground, On Brutal Soil, We Grow leaves a clear mark: proof that fragility, handled with precision, can become structure.
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