Incentive – Incentive CD

Folded Buildings debut for The Sound of The Hum Records is a descent into the underbelly of a squat that happens to be a haunted discotheque at the point of collapse. Disjointed, skittering beats and barely audible hints of melody poke through the smoke and wait…is that the sound of the riot squad coming to chuck you into the diesel-choked patrol wagons? This is a staggering work of beat-driven experimentalism featuring wonky, broken electronic toys and drum machines that could explode at any minute. Utterly essential listening. Fans of Ekoplekz, Helm, Regis and Demdike Stare will find much to enjoy here. Rest assured, friends – there’s more to come.

From the depths of Cologne, Germany, arises K-Elektronischer Automatisten [ K·E·A ]. Improvised electronic music, made by people and machines, for machines and deep improvised people. Their fifth album, Verlorene Tonbänder: Maschinengefühle , is composed of 5 improvised and live recording pieces about the machines’ feelings.

dogs versus shadows teams up with there are no birds here on this split release from Lee Pylon’s TSOTH Records. Taking the title of the release as an inspirational phrase, each artist tells their own sonic tale: exploring the relationship between music, place and memory. The result: two interwoven stories in sound from two shining lights of experimental electronic music. These two long-form pieces make extensive use of an arsenal of home-brewed electronic experiments, field recordings, battered radios, kids walkie-talkies, violins with strings missing through to iPhone apps and weird and wild delay pedals. An essential release!