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The Mechanical Heart of SLAPPER’s “Into the Light”

Listening to SLAPPER and the new instrumental single "Into the Light" feels like catching a glimpse of a future we were promised decades ago but only just found the keys to. Claudiu-Gabriel Tache has been refining this specific electronic pulse since the late '90s in Bucharest, and there’s a seasoned patience in how this music breathes. It doesn't rush to impress; it unfolds. https://open.spotify.com/track/7ez2cOd45CF1Pu0rhS9lNn?si=b920e0c2636f415d The track...
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Finding Peace in “Copium” by Bloomfield Machine

Listening to Bloomfield Machine's new seventeen-track instrumental album, “Copium,” feels a bit like stepping into a terrarium during a quiet downpour. The title itself...
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Get Sticky with Rewind The Mind’s “Come On With Me.”

Listening to Rewind The Mind's new single, "Come On With Me," is like being pulled into a room where the air itself is the...
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“Panic Buttons”: Joe Average’s Ecstatic Return to Rave.

Listening to “Panic Buttons,” the new single from the resurrected rave act Joe Average, feels like finding a party invitation tucked inside a government-issued...
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The Civil War Within: Elena C. Lockleis’s “Mind – Vs. – Heart.”

Listening to Elena C. Lockleis’s new single, “Mind - Vs. - Heart,” feels like witnessing a civil war fought entirely within a single nervous...
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Industrial Dissent: aktenzeichen_T’s “Midnight Between Lagrange Points”

Listening to aktenzeichen_T’s new EP, "Midnight Between Lagrange Points", feels less like putting on a record and more like unsealing a classified file. The...
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Dancing Alone with thinking silly’s “Small Town Syndrome”

Listening to “Small Town Syndrome” by thinking silly is an exercise in delightful contradiction. Dylan Morrison’s project, shaped here by the production hand of...
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The Bristol Collective Shines: “Kaya Street’s Summer Singles”.

Listening to Kaya Street’s new four-part single series—” Kaya Street Summer Singles” from "Revolutionary Minds" through to "Start Again"—feels less like queuing up a...
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“Unforgiven”: Sophia Mengrosso’s Operatic War Cry.

Sophia Mengrosso’s new album, “Unforgiven”, doesn’t so much start as it does detonate, a thirteen-song treatise on survival. Her voice, a thing clearly trained...
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The Cold Truth in Libby Ember’s “Alibi”.

Listening to Libby Ember’s single “Alibi” is a study in strange emotional temperatures. The sound is a down-tempo, sun-dusted blanket of soft guitars and...
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Unpacking the Cure: Creative Vibrations’ “Sunday Bummer.”

Listening to Creative Vibrations’ new album, “Sunday Bummer”, feels a lot like the ailment it’s named for. It’s not an abrupt sadness, but a...
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Holding Your Breath with Cuzoh’s Gritty “Slow Down.”

Listening to Cuzoh’s new single, “Slow Down,” feels a bit like holding your breath without realizing you’re doing it. The Hempstead-born artist has crafted...
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The Suit, The Void: H-dMan Such’s “Empty Phrases.”

The new single from Slovakian DIY architect H-dMan Such, “Empty Phrases,” begins with a sound that feels both familiar and askew, like a classic...
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