Chasms’ Favorite Dub Tracks
Photography JESS GARTEN One of the most striking things about Chasms’ second dream-pop LP—The Mirage, which hits shops today through Felte—is its devotion to dub, and the chemtrails of techno and reggae that lurk just beneath the surface of Shannon Madden and Jess Labrador’s intoxicating music. With that in mind, we asked the bassist and […]
Bogdan Raczynski Clears His Braindance Cache on Rave ‘Till You Cry Compilation
"Songs are a fossil"
Lawrence Chandler Looks Back At the Past 20 Years, From Bowery Electric to Happy Families
Photo LUCIA RIVERO Rather than simply point out Beggars’ welcome reissue of Lushlife—Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener’s final album under the name Bowery Electric—we thought we’d ask Chandler to reflect on how the past two decades lead him from the duo’s singular mix of trip-hop, drone, and ambient textures to the shadow-boxed pop of his […]
MY DISCO Share Their New Dark Ambient Album, Environment
Like all of the MY DISCO albums that came before it, Environment examines the Australian trio’s sound from completely new angles and emerges a band reborn. Befitting their recent signing to Regis’ Downwards imprint and their boundless surroundings at Boris Wilsdorf’s Berlin studio, it’s a spare and spooky experiment that references everything from Rainforest Spiritual […]
AFK & Bludwork Ready Loyalty N Service EP For 100% Silk
Bludwork has announced his second EP for 100% Silk, a 12” team-up with his classmate AFK. Due out March 15th, Loyalty N Service features “six smog-smeared low-key bangers” that build upon the lo-fi house leanings of 2016’s Nightmare record. “AFK is one of my most cherished friends,” says Bludwork. “I’d do anything for this guy. […]
Scalping Channel B-Movies, Absolute Chaos in “Chamber” Video
The 'right level of pandemonium'
Celestial Trax Shares the Stories Behind His Surreal New Album
Photography KAITLYN HAMILTON “There’s less imagination in people’s daily lives now,” says Joni Judén, when discussing his new Celestial Trax album. “We need education of imagination.” Serpent Power is a perfect starting point. While it could be easily classified as a move towards making ambient music—a logical extension of 2017’s existential Nothing Is Real LP—there’s […]