The young, yet productive netlabel Santon Records has announced an important compilation: "Crystal Waves." It showcases a wide range of artists working in future bass, trap, fidget house, and similar dancefloor styles.
A number of producers from suburban Moscow and Krasnodar strive to bridge the gap between daydreams and actuality. As everyday experience refuses to play along, the scale of romantic wistfulness only grows...
Some deep house and dub-tech recordings from various locations this week draw upon metaphors of silence and (unhurried) geology. All are used in order to advocate the charms of slow, silent, and collective activity; they are also used to counter a noisy maximalism outside.
The stage names of Vandal Beats and Evil Minds would suggest a wantonly destructive outlook. And yet these two artists, from St Petersburg and Elektrostal', have a much more nuanced view of subversion
This week sees the release of a gorgeous new EP from Passage, the “ambient sub-division” of the Fragment netlabel that was formed earlier this year. In the label’s own words, this publication outlet is designed to “explore the deepest, most appealing forms of abstract musical expression....
