Once again, a week has passed. And we’re still here

Check it out, there’s some good stuff here to put in your ears

Aphex Twin - Drukqs

Most of my listening this week has been that Ronnie Martin album or this 24 year old Aphex Twin album that was, at the time, a big change of direction. Monday of this week was Avril 14 day, which is a day when music nerds listen to the beautiful two-minute piano track of the same name. Fun fact: in the recording it was played by a piano that takes MIDI data and plays automatically.

Sam Binga & Sister Zo - A Break from The Psychic Torment EP
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Delay Grounds - Upcycling

I stumbled upon these two house eps with minutes of each other this week and was struck by how similar and different they are. Both are clearly beat-forward workouts with a careful focus on sound design. But the sound design of each one could not be more different than the other. Sam Binga & Sister Zo bring carefully honed futuristic computer sounds, while Delay Grounds builds tracks from sounds sampled from the world around.