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I wrote about Motion Sickness of Time Travel's sublime, trance-inducing Ballade for a Wolf Moon for @microgenremusic.bsky.social in honor of tonight's Full Wolf Moon in Cancer.

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Motion Sickness of Time Travel - Ballade for a Wolf Moon Album Review
Drones are serve chilled on Motion Sickness of Time Travel’s Ballade for a Wolf Moon, a classic drone album from 2014. Between 2013 and 2014, Rachel Evans, recording under the name Motion Sickness of…
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January 4, 2026 at 5:32 AM
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New Article by J. Simpson ( @forestpunk.bsky.social ).
The 15 Best Techno Albums of 2025.

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The 15 Best Techno Albums of 2025
From an unexpected album from Sandwell District and Voices From the Lake to one of the best from Death In Vegas, here are the 15 best techno albums of 2025. 2025 found techno in an odd state of…
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January 2, 2026 at 4:45 AM
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Top Ambient Albums of 2025

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Top Ambient Albums of 2025
There are more records worth your time than there are hours to absorb them. There are more thoughtful drones and slow-blooming atmospheres than a single nervous system can comfortably process in one…
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December 31, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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New Review. I Hate Christmas - Ama Yari.

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#merrychristmas #queercore #gothrock
I Hate Christmas - Ama Yari (2025) - Album Review
Album: I Hate Christmas Artist: Ama Yari Release Date: December 21, 2025 Confession: I fucking hate Christmas. It wasn’t always this way. It used to start innocently enough in late October with a…
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December 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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New Article by Ramon Mills ( @puxflux.bsky.social / @heterodoxrecords.bsky.social )

Shock Value and Cultural Appropriation in Experimental Music

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Shock Value and Cultural Appropriation in Experimental Music
I got a demo a couple of weeks ago. I’ll start with the music; it was, at its heart, hip-hop, so to speak, it was hip-hop beats made with a lot of distorted industrial sounds. It definitely gave the…
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December 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Gangster Computer God – Self Titled (2025) – Album Review

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Gangster Computer God - Self Titled (2025) - Album Review
Album: Gangster Computer God [HTX152] Artist: Gangster Computer God Release Date: November 7, 2025 Gangster Computer God is an appropriate name for Kevin Stevenson Fiske. I don’t know Kevin in any…
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December 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Scene Report: HARDWARE 04 at Process PDX

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#electronicmusic #idm #pdx #experimentalmusic
Scene Report: HARDWARE 04 at Process PDX
HARDWARE 04 – Enzo, Production Unit Xero, Hypersurface 303, Joel Noct, Blaix, Casual Decay, Greystar Venue: Process PDX – 5040 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR Previous Scene Reports at Process PDX: 7/
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December 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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New Article.
"What is a Groovebox?" by Ramon Mills

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#groovebox #yahama #roland #elektron #octatrack #tr1000

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What is a Groovebox?
OK, so let’s actually ask the big question here: What is a groovebox? People throw the term around all the time, but it has a pretty specific origin. The idea really kicked off in the mid-to-late ’90s...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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New Review by Prof. Eww @d_phono_
The Volcano – Mano Sinistra (2025)

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#ambientmusic #experimental #electronicmusic
The Volcano - Mano Sinistra (2025) - Album Review
Written by: Prof. Eww Tues, Nov 11th, 2025 It was a very interesting evening the night I met Mano. We were at Portland’s monthly event “Live in the Depths #92”. I didn’t know at the time that I would…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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New Scene Report. Live in the Depths 92.

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#experimental #electronicmusic #portlandoregon
Scene Report: Live in the Depths 92
LIVE IN THE DEPTHS 92: Official Website Venue: Mississippi Pizza & Atlantis Lounge – Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR Disclaimer: Time is a slippery bastard. What you’re about to read happened in some…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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New Review. Amber Disc - Joel Noct Brinson.

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#darkambient #ambientmusic #experimentalmusic
Amber Disc - Joel Noct Brinson (2025) - Album Review
Album: Amber Disc Artist: Joel Noct Brinson Release Date: February 27, 2025 Full disclosure, this album made my Top Ambient Albums of Spring 2025 even though it came out in February.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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New Review. Nhạc Vàng IV: how many wars – Dao Strom

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#experimentalmusic #ambient #postfolk

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Nhạc Vàng IV: how many wars - Dao Strom (2025) - Album Review
Album: Nhạc Vàng IV: how many wars Artist: Dao Strom Release Date: October 17, 2025 It’s another cold and gray Portland Saturday. Days like this make me vulnerable to ambient and experimental sound…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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New Review. Ambient 4: On Land – Brian Eno (1982).

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#ambientmusic #darkambient #brianeno

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Ambient 4: On Land - Brian Eno (1982) - Album Review
Album: Ambient 4: On Land Artist: Brian Eno Release Date: March 1982 Label: Editions EG There’s a stretch of road somewhere, maybe in the rural backwoods of America, maybe along the misty coastlines…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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New Scene Report. EQUALIZER presented by Heterodox Records at NO FUN (10.18.25)

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#electronicmusic #idm #experimentalmusic #portlandoregon
Scene Report: EQUALIZER presented by Heterodox Records at NO FUN (10.18.25)
Event: EQUALIZER presented by Heterodox Records Date: 10.18.25 Venue: NO FUN – 1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR Disclaimer: Time is a slippery bastard. What you’re about to read happened in some…
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October 21, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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New Review. Voodoo - D'Angelo.

In loving memory.

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#neosoul #randb #soulmusic #dangelo
Voodoo - D’Angelo (2000) - Album Review
Album: Voodoo Artist: D’Angelo Release Date: January 25, 2000 It’s the year 2000. The hangover of Y2K was in the air and for all the hype the year 2000 had in our minds in the 90s leading up to the…
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October 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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New Review. Points Of No Return – V/A

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Points Of No Return - V/A || Beacon Sound (2020) - Album Review
Album: Points Of No Return Artist: Various Artists Release Date: August 7, 2020 There’s nothing quite like discovering a two hour long, 22-track quasi-ambient compilation album released by a local…
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October 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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New Review. Things Falling Apart - Nine Inch Nails.

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#industrialmusic #postindustrial #nineinchnails #trentreznor
Things Falling Apart - Nine Inch Nails (2000) - Album Review
Album: Things Fall Apart Artist: Nine Inch Nails Release Date: November 21, 2000 Ah yes, Things Falling Apart – one of the worst reviewed Nine Inch Nails releases of all time. Incidentally…
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October 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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New Album Review. Isis – bagonia (2024).

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#dub #noisemusic #electronicmusic #industrial
Isis - bagonia (2024) - Album Review
Album: Isis Artist: bagonia Release Date: November 30, 2024 Full disclosure, I’m not the best person to review this album for any of its technical aspects, because there’s a lot going on here…
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October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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New Scene Report. Live in the Depths 91.

#electronicmusıc #experimentalmusic #breakcore #pdx

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Scene Report: Live in the Depths 91
LIVE IN THE DEPTHS 91: Official Website Venue: Mississippi Pizza & Atlantis Lounge – Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR Disclaimer: Time is a slippery bastard. What you’re about to read happened in some…
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October 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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RECESSED DRAUGHTING – Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe (2024) – Album Review

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#ambientmusic #darkambient #electronicmusic
RECESSED DRAUGHTING - Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe (2024) - Album Review
Album: RECESSED DRAUGHTING Artist: Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe Release Date: June 25, 2024 It feels almost rude to use the phrase “old world” when describing something like this, but maybe I just don’t…
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October 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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FEELING BODY – Nyokabi Kariũki (2023) – Album Review

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#ambientmusic #darkambient #healing #minimalistambient
FEELING BODY - Nyokabi Kariũki (2023) - Album Review
Album: FEELING BODY Artist: Nyokabi Kariũki Release Date: March 3, 2023 Composed during the throes of extended illness, the album carries an unexpected restorative quality. I truly believe that we all...
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October 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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New Review. Neptunian Blue – Ahya Simone (2025)

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#randb #ambient #experimentalmusic #ahyasimone
Neptunian Blue - Ahya Simone (2025) - Album Review
Album: Neptunian Blue Artist: Ahya Simone Release Date: January 8, 2025 We haven’t heard anything else by Ahya Simone, but judging by the album I’ve just heard, I know that she has a distinct vision…
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September 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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New Review. Harmony / Balance – Ibukun Sunday (2024).

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#ambientmusic #dronemusic #minimalism
Harmony / Balance - Ibukun Sunday (2024) - Album Review
Album: Harmony / Balance Artist: Ibukun Sunday Release Date: September 20, 2024 One of the enduring qualities of ambient music is its ability to remain timeless; you can always dust off an ambient…
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September 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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New Article by J. Simpson ( @forestpunk.bsky.social).
10 Albums to Check Out This Week.

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10 Albums to Check out this Week - Micro Genre Music
September 13, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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New Review. Ambient Dairies Vol. 1 – Production Unit Xero.

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Ambient Dairies Vol. 1 - Production Unit Xero (2025) - Album Review
Album: Ambient Dairies Vol. 1 [HTX147] Artist: Production Unit Xero Release Date: September 5, 2025 Longform ambient compositions. How did I take you for granted? Okay, so to be fair, I think a lot of...
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September 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM