#vlek

[iamlisteningto]

Phillip Glass’s Einstein On The Beach performed by Ictus, Suzanne Vega, and Colegium Vocale Gent

[minarachelle]

Gorinchem, the Netherlands - 2022

[sputnika]

Anais Tuerlinckx - Pulsations métalliques sur cordes sâles

[something-higher]

Top Eps & Lps of 2019

Anadol - Uzun Havalar (Pingipung)

Uzun Havalar by Anadol

Refreshers ‎– Pork Pie (Refreshers)

Pork Pie by Refreshers

Maria Somerville ‎– All My People (no label)

All My People by Maria Somerville

Brannten Schnüre ‎– Erinnerungen An Gesichter (Low Company)

Helm - Chemical Flower (Pan)

Chemical Flowers by Helm

Andrew Pekler ‎– Sounds From Phantom Islands (Faitiche)

Sounds From Phantom Islands by Andrew Pekler

Sarah Davachi - Pale Bloom (W.25th)

Pale Bloom by Sarah Davachi

EYE - Metamujer (Knekelhuis)

KH026 - EYE - Metamujer by EYE

Greville ‎– Fiddles & Twicks (Mad Habitat Recordings)

Feel My Sun

Piotr Kurek - Polygome (Hands In The Dark)

Polygome by Piotr Kurek

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma ‎– Tracing Back The Radiance (Mexican Summer)

Tracing Back The Radiance by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

FFT - Regional/Loss (The Trilogy Tapes)

Loss

Weyes Blood – Titanic Rising (Sub Pop)

Titanic Rising by Weyes Blood

Leighton Craig ‎– Diamond Eye (bruit direct disques)

Diamond Eye by Leighton Craig

Lukid ‎– Drip (Arcola)

Drip by Lukid

Lifted - 2 (Pan)

2 by Lifted

Bakground ‎– Memory Card (Pure Life Records)

Memory Card by BAKGROUND

Big Thief - U.F.O.F (4AD)

U.F.O.F. by Big Thief

Big Thief - Two Hands (4AD)

Two Hands by Big Thief

H-Fusion - Captured Entities (The Death of Rave)

Jonathan Scherk & Daniel Majer – It’s Counterpart (Faitiche)

It's Counterpart by Daniel Majer

Sandro Mussida - Eeeooosss (Soave)

EEEOOOSSS by Sandro Mussida

Accident Du Travail ‎– live at Cafe OTO (Vlek)

Live au café Oto by Accident du travail

Ellen Arkbro - CHORDS (Subtext)

CHORDS by Ellen Arkbro

JAB - Erg Herbe (Shelter Press)

Erg Herbe by JAB

Sourakata Koite - En Hollande (Awesome Tapes From Africa)

en Hollande by Sourakata Koité

Cate Le Bon - Reward (Mexican Summer)

Reward by Cate Le Bon

Kōhei Amada, Sugai Ken ‎– Kyogokuryu​-​Sōkyoku "Shinshunfu" = 京極流箏曲「新春譜」 (EM Records)

京極流箏曲「新春譜」Kyogokuryu-sōkyoku "Shinshunfu" by 雨田光平 (Kōhei Amada)

Kyle Bobby Dunn ‎– From Here To Eternity (Past Inside The Present)

From Here To Eternity by KYLE BOBBY DUNN

The Gerogerigegege ‎– Uguisudani Apocalypse (The Trilogy Tapes)

Asuna & Jan Jelinek ‎– Signals Bulletin (Faitiche)

Signals Bulletin by ASUNA & Jan Jelinek

Mondkopf - How Deep Is Our Love? (Hands In The Dark)

How Deep Is Our Love? by Mondkopf

Alex - Samba (The Trilogy Tapes)

Memo

Ossia - Devil's Dance (Blackest Ever Black)

Devil’s Dance by OSSIA

Kouta Katsutaro ‎– Kouta Katsutaro (Death Is Not The End)

Kouta Katsutaro by Kouta Katsutaro

Ana Roxanne - ~​~​~ ((Leaving Records)

~~~ by ana roxanne

5ive - Planet Be (Thinner Groove)

Almost Heaven

[sinceigaveuphopeifeelmuchbetter]

[dustedandsocial]

Lawrence Le Doux - Envelope

Fantastic album. Le Doux uses the history of Belgian electronic music as a source for samples, indulging in several subgenres over seven tracks. Takes a very minimal and lo-fi approach to each one. "Envelope”, which is is about as minimal as the album gets, was a happy accident:

“This song was found on a dusty cassette in the Royal Library of Ghent, which has an extended multimedia department. We restored the recording from the cassette as well as we could, since the artist had lost the original tapes.“

Enjoy the factoid, enjoy the music. Take care.

[dustedmagazine]

Sagat — Silver Lining (Vlek)

Photo by Michael Crabbe

Brussels based DJ and producer Sagat takes a lurching, gremlin plagued approach to techno on Silver Lining. In place of lush synth pads and easy 4/4 drum patterns, his tracks are stripped back, the rhythms in constant flux, probing and discursive, skittering about like poltergeists intent on small disruptions rather than grand gestures of destruction. Even skirting the edges of more recognizable dance music, Sagat draws in sounds from furthest reaches of the underground. Subdermal bass, itchy machine noise, high frequency blips and beeps that unsettle, dare you find the steps to fit and make you concentrate on the music’s machinations. And yet, for all this, Sagat has produced a record that will get you moving, full of allusion, witty throwdowns and audacious choices.

The album opens with a short interlude, as much as a turning on of the equipment as an orchestral tune up, the frequencies rising as the juice starts flowing. Much of what follows in an inversion of standard club music. The pieces are there but Sagat twists them as if heard from within the circuits. The beats and bass are mixed forward but feel submerged. “Club Gone” hides a post-punk bass line so deep in the mix you feel it before you’re consciously aware of following it.

The smooth beats and static beds of “Barrier” overlay swells of synth that would make Bola and Two Lone Swordsmen proud. You want it to go on and on but after ninety seconds, Sagat segues into the eerie spaceship sounds of “Levels” which resembles Cabaret Voltaire loose in Joe Meek’s tea chest. Throughout Sagat revels in these sleights of hand, secreting easter eggs into his tracks, what sounds like a slowed down heavily reverbed theremin on “Rest”, the 23 Skidoo gamelan in “Chroma,” the Godley and Creme flourishes on  “Corner” and a runaway train going off the rails on “Eyes Open.”  

Cramming 13 tracks into 46 minutes, Silver Lining can feel somehow both too much and not enough. There are times when you wish Sagat had expanded or combined his ideas and let them mutate and others where you’re glad he gets in and out fast, teasing with possibility. In the end his invention wins you over. Sagat expertly balances accessibility and experiment, taking turns where others might stick to the path and it makes Silver Lining a hugely enjoyable and adventurous record. 

Andrew Forell

[mijnniemandsland]

Paté.

Een deurstop is een alledaags object dat we vaak over het hoofd zien, maar waar we toch dagelijks mee te maken hebben. Een deurstop is bedoeld om een deur open te houden of juist te voorkomen dat deze dichtvalt. Een deurstop kan van verschillende materialen gemaakt zijn, waaronder hout, rubber of metaal. Maar wat als we een deurstop zouden gebruiken die van paté is gemaakt? Het idee klinkt…

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