The Missing Kick on Imvula by Mphara, and How to Hear It
A KwaDukuza Producer Turns a Song About Rain and Lost Homes Into 3Step Take one kick out of a bar of house music and the... Read More
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Metallic Fuzz by Disco Dreams: The Acid Bass Sound and Where It Went
A Cleveland Producer’s Dark-Wave Single Pairs an Acid-House Bassline with Long Digital Strings Metallic Fuzz by Disco Dreams is dark wave built for the dancefloor.... Read More
Fascination by Lakeside X: The Eighties Synth Sound and Where It Went
A Prague Synth-Pop Single Travels Through a Remix, a Harmonium Mix and Three Live Takes Fascination by Lakeside X is the sound of a comeback.... Read More
The Marimba Sound and Where It Went: Zelipercussion Carries It Into Naja
The Same Channel That Hosts Bach on Marimba Now Carries a Seven-Minute Electronic Single The lead line on Naja is a marimba, the wooden mallet... Read More
The Dark Electro Sound of Mr. StarZ and Where It Went After Electric Found
A Two-Track 2021 EP Where Dark Wave Mood Meets the Club Floor Two tracks, nine minutes and 20 seconds, one name stitched from both titles:... Read More
Dobi Dobi: Alterkix Puts a Robot Voice on Analog Synths, and How to Hear It
A Belgian Bass Player Turned Analog Synth Artist Packs a Robotic Hook Into 108 Seconds A Korg Monologue started all of this. Sabine Vermeylen, a... Read More
Recess of My Mind Finds xskarma Layering One Voice Into Harmonies, and How to Hear It
A Bristol Producer, Drummer and Songwriter Turns Memory, Love and Loss Into Downtempo Pop Listen to the voices first. Recess of My Mind is the... Read More
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
The TD-3 Acid Bass Behind The Contrarian, and Where Erick Castrillon Took It
An LA Filmmaker Layers a Colombian Flauta De Millo Over Glitchy Alt-Pop Electronica About AI Roland built the TB-303 in 1981 to stand in for... Read More
Miss Kittin Turned Deadpan Speech Into a Club Vocal
The most influential thing Caroline Hervé ever did was refuse to sing. On Frank Sinatra and 1982, both from a 1998 EP made with The... Read More
Why the Mid-2000s Pop Synth Keeps Coming Back on Rebel by Dana Rexx 
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The Missing Kick on Imvula by Mphara, and How to Hear It 
Metallic Fuzz by Disco Dreams: The Acid Bass Sound and Where It Went