Here comes another release that does not fit into our already existing genre categorizing system. “LIFE OF A NPC PT.1“ by Off-Reality on Low Res features a nightmarish ambient trip through glitching programs and dying motherboards. It’s astoundingly calm, yet it remains at any time quite threatening. The sounds are equally somehow soft but harsh at the same time. It becomes apparent that this album is a dystopic remnant of a broken future. Furthermore, it raises more questions than it can answer. While playing the album, the listener may find a good starting point at questioning our contemporary place in […]

This EP on Grey Meta is one the spaciest releases we had here in a while. “Tosei Gusoku” is an interesting piece of contemporary electronic music. On the one hand it is very calm and an introspective listening experience. When I heard the first notes playing, I immediately thought of some ambient similar to Boards of Canada or the like. The sound design is incredibly soothing and it’s wonderful to listen to this. In contrast to that, the last two tracks feature chopped up breaks galore, yet they didn’t loose this eerie space vibe. It may even lift the extraterrestrial […]