JeanMarcD

This is a typical example of a production making people beg to push new beat as fast as possible into oblivion. Nobody wanted to be associated with this kind of “new beat” anymore by the end of 1989. There is nothing “new” to start with, as this track... See full review

And if you want even more facts, that 1991 Innerlight one was itself a cover of Anne Clark's 1983 Sleeper in Metropolis
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An "Aerial Service Area" is of course an "Airport" and this album looks like a tribute to what is considered to be the first ambient album in its genre: "Music for Airports" from Brian Eno, way back in 1978. Because that particular Eno album had no... See full review

Wordless is a collection of processed interviews from which all of the spoken words are cut, leaving only the emotions like laughter or sighs and an array of environmental noises. All this material is then rearranged in a structural, often rhythmic... See full review

For some, the essence of new beat was the gloomy atmosphere, the slowly ever hitting repetitive beats, all crawling further at lo RPM, resulting in a trancey ambience far away from the poppy scene. This “Lost On The Way To Destelbergen” (Destelbergen... See full review

Once and a while you tumble across a record that leaves you jaw dropping while mumbling what the fxxk! 'Clear' is the much acclaimed A side: phat sec electro with some vocoders advising you to clear your mind. Simply brilliant.
But then you flip the... See full review

Writing about This Mortal Coil has something almost sacred, as if you had to describe the Mona Lisa. This Mortal Coil is not a band, but a collaboration of artists around 4AD producer Ivo Watts-Russell that seemed to have as only objective: create... See full review

Tracking down Geir Jenssens’s earlier work, I ran into this release from "Bel Canto", the band he was part of two decades ago. What a surprise! So recognisable "Biosphere" soundlayers carry the heavenly voice of "Anneli Drecker", mesmerizing you with... See full review

A traditional ambient starter chills the path before pulsing gloomy cruisers roll in, flowing with 'The Whole Traffic', backed up with piano play, submerged ambient, Orbital breaks and controlled phat acidic breakcore. And then it ends gently just the... See full review

With Sasha being the Father and the Son of Progressive Trance you will not be surprised to hear that Progressive also makes the backbone of the album. But the man apparently also has a huge affinity for ambient and the combination of those two styles... See full review

“Now our favourite: the funky guitar” was the only unique sentence I could remember when I first heard this version of Rage Hard. In fact, I would never hear this version again after that particular night, and the maxi I bought shortly after,... See full review

<B>1984</B> must be some kind of gimmick, because this is one huge adaptation of <I>The Art Of Noise</I>’s 1983 release <I>Beat Box</I>, including ultra sec drum computer, environmental noises, orchestral components and even the voice samples. New... See full review

What a beautiful and tragical album this is! You’re signing in for ambient microtech, slowly cruising at 33RPM, minimal yet complex, and loaded with dense emotion. Not a happy album though, not melancolic neither, but someway fatalistic, like watching... See full review

<B>Radio Amor</B> is an amazing ambient album in which <B>Tim Hecker</B> brings you an infinite soundscape of beautiful noise wherein an always distorted piano sings its song. The stunning thing is that all this noise and distortion manages to be so... See full review

<B>Io</B> is a very reserved album that quietly awaits to be discovered, and will pass by unnoticed many times, unless you are ready to give it some of your time. This is a quality many Eno albums have and it makes <B>Io</B> such a beautiful grower,... See full review

Acid drum and bass … think that exists? <B>Heinrich At Hart</B> fires some excellent rounds of amp sucking - slowly yet steady going - D&B and adds some (albeit occasional) acid to the process. Even once and a while some ambient passages are fitted in... See full review

<B>Chris Meloche</B> has a tendency to be repetitive, and that definitely is an understatement. In fact he takes a few short samples and then makes them mingle with each other like for hours. He already did that with <I>”Recurring Dreams Of The Urban... See full review

It has been since <I>Bran Van 3000</I>’s ‘97 <I>Drinking In L.A.</I> I came across a record that brought you that a bit nostalgic private party mood, as if you were actually there. Pure emotion: a lot of environmental snippets, Goldfrapp style Bond &... See full review

Although recognizable as a Dave Clarke album after exactly 1 second this is a different story as you might be used to. Trashy electro wave: an album loaded with anger against conformists ready to criticize every non-techno effort, dark as the night -... See full review

Lovely release loaded with raunchy Latin hip hop (by Tea Time), dirty phat beats, nevertheless full of funny conversations. <BR>
Interesting is the white inlay tray you are supposed to exchange once the item passed customs with a clear one so a... See full review

Release that adds nothing to the original and almost never manages to bring the soooo tangible velvet sound of the <B>Born On The 24th Of July</B>. The glittering loungy treatment of many tracks may sound nice but there’s not much more to it; it... See full review

<B>Immer</B> is <B>Michael Mayer's</B> album that got me hooked to KOMPAKT and remains one of the very best albums ever released on the label. Although minimal, it’s warmth and groove is so intense, so dense, so deep, you can almost touch it. Deadly... See full review