electronica Archive
09 Sep 2017
Album Review: Gel-Sol — Horse Head Bookends
It’s inevitable: the first thing one notices about Horse Head Bookends, the latest album from Andrew Reichel (d/b/a/ Gel-Sol), is its stunningly original album artwork and packaging. The vinyl LP […]
04 Jul 2017
Jean-Michel Jarre: Embracing — Yet Remaining Wary of — Technology
A pioneer in electronic music, French composer-performer Jean-Michel Jarre is as well-known for his stage spectaculars as for his innovations in ambient and new age music. Though he has always […]
10 Mar 2017
Album Review: Sxip Shirey — A Bottle of Whiskey and a Handful of Bees
File next to: Amanda Palmer, Yoko Ono, Bad Things A quick written description of the music made by Brooklyn-based Sxip Shirey might leave the reader with the wrong impression: he […]
22 Nov 2016
Hundred-word Reviews for Nov./Dec. 2016, Part 2 of 10
Rolf Trostel – Inselmusik When we think back to synthesizer-based innovators circa 1980, names like Gary Numan pop right up. But German musicians had been exploring the possibilities of synths […]
15 Mar 2016
Album Review: The Dining Rooms — Do Hipsters Love Sun (Ra)?
More even than the album title, the title of the tenth track on Do Hipsters Love Sun (Ra)? sums up the musical approach of The Dining Rooms on their twenfth […]
08 Feb 2016
Album Review: Craig Leon et. al. — Bach to Moog
During a press conference held amidst the April 2014 Moogfest – the last time that festival would be held in Asheville, NC, home of Moog Music and the adopted hometown […]
23 Nov 2015
Concert Review: Papadosio w/ Third Nature and Midnight Snack, October 31 2015
A concert scheduled on October 31 gives those in a playful, partying mood an excellent excuse to head out to the show. While the ensuing sold-out crowd at Asheville’s Orange […]
21 Oct 2015
Ozric Tentacles: Thirty Years and Still Underground
Ozric Tentacles is that rare group that appeals to fans of trance/rave, techno, jam, psychedelic, and space/progressive rock. Founded in Somerset, England – they currently make their home in Colorado […]
15 Jul 2015
Album Review: The Volt Per Octaves — Joining the Circuits
There’s a line of thinking that insists electronic-based music is cold, bloodless, and bereft of emotion. And in its most high-profile variant (EDM, or electronic dance music), the style places […]
24 Dec 2014
Best of 2014: Concerts
One of the many pleasures associated with living in the small mountain city of Asheville NC is access to great live music. I grew up in the 70s and 80s […]