electronica Archive
25 Aug 2019
Album Review: Stereospread — Beautiful Noise
Jumping ahead of critics who might apply their own subjective labels to the band’s music, Asheville-based Stereospread has taken on the task itself, calling the sounds it makes “indietronica.” Launched […]
03 Aug 2019
Album Review: VIA — Vessels of Sound, Vol. 2: Morse
Originally based in Lubbock, Texas but now settled in Asheville, VIA is a shoegaze/electronic, sort-of-but-not-quite-instrumental band. At its core, VIA is instrumentalist Steven Gaona and vocalist/songwriter Karen Austin. At least […]
23 Jul 2019
Confusion: A Look Back at ‘Identity’ by Zee (Richard Wright and Dave Harris)
Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright was not what one would call a prolific artist. While he composed some superb songs for the Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon‘s […]
19 May 2019
Album Review: Effigy Seed
Combining rap vocals with a musical foundation based upon 1980s-era synthesizer textures, Effigy Seed bridges old and new(ish) on its self-titled full length release. The Asheville hip-hop/electronica duo of Philo […]
10 May 2019
Hundred-worders for May 2019
Here we go again, kids. If you’ve visited Musoscribe before, you likely know the drill: new albums worth your (and my) time, covered in the tidy space of precisely 100 […]
21 Mar 2019
Marley Carroll: Call of the Wild
Marley Carroll is a busy and well-known DJ who spins music from an eclectic assortment of styles and genres in clubs in and around Asheville. But Carroll is also an […]
02 Mar 2019
EP Review: David Browning — Now You See Me
Now You See Me is a three-song EP from South Africa-born electronic pop artist David Browning. Currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia, he has a background working on Disney Cruise […]
25 Jan 2019
He Comes From Planet Jarre, Part Three
Continued from Part Two … Because a great deal of your work is instrumental, I’m curious about the inspiration for the pieces. Do you start with a non-musical concept, such […]
24 Jan 2019
He Comes From Planet Jarre, Part Two
Continued from Part One … This may be a difficult question to answer. What do you see as uniquely French characteristics in your work? I think it’s maybe not that […]
23 Jan 2019
He Comes From Planet Jarre, Part One
Last fall I had the honor of interviewing Jean-Michel Jarre for the second time (the two features based on our 2017 conversation are here and here). This second interview again […]