Terra Olympia and Why the Olympic Synth Era Keeps Coming Back for George Voukanos
A Greek Composer Maps Ancient Olympia in Twelve Short Synth-Led Pieces Terra Olympia starts from a production choice most composers of Olympic music never make.... Read More
Cinematic
Carpenter Brut Closed an Eight-Year Trilogy With Leather Temple
A darksynth album that opens on a church organ is telling you something before the first drum hits. Ouverture (Deus Ex Machina) runs one minute... Read More
Apparat Broke a Writing Block by Making One Song Every Day
There is a trombone on this record. Not a sampled brass patch, not a stab lifted from a library and pitched into a chord: Christian... Read More
Nessa Barrett Reached for Portishead and Massive Attack on Tough Love
The first thing you hear on Bad Girls Never Die is not a synth. It is a string section and a strummed guitar, recorded with... Read More
Melanie Martinez HADES Is Only Half the Album
Melanie Martinez performing at Mercy Lounge, 2015. Eighteen tracks, just over seventy minutes, and a closing song called “THE LAST TWO PEOPLE ON EARTH.” For... Read More
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