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Exercises

CFCF (musician)

Quietly haunting piano and synth tunes.

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Mr. Impossible

Black Dice

Somewhere in the universe, these songs are hits.

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Download of the Day: West In Dust label compilation

By Stewart Mason

14 tracks of hazy electronics

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Spooky Action at a Distance

Lotus Plaza

Deerhunter guitarist loosens the strictures for the better.

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Jacaszek’s dreamy new video

By Anna Graizbord

Urge to re-tile surfaces will rise after viewing.

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Companion

Gold Panda

UK beatmaker’s early explorations in one place.

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Space Is Only Noise

Nicolas Jaar

An impressive debut for a college student.

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Looping State of Mind

The Field (artist)

Gorgeous, trance-inducing repetition.

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Scintilli

Plaid (band)

Half skittering dance beats, half meditative instrumentals.

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Parodia Flare

Tropics (band)

British producer's Fender Rhodes-driven electronic shimmer.

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Music Profile

ECM Records

By Jim Allen

Pioneering, jazz-centric label

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It’s OK To Listen to the Gray Voice

Jan Garbarek

Ambient jazz and airy fusion.

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Jan Garbarek

By Jim Allen

True jazz fusion at its most expansive.

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Common Era

Belong (band)

New Orleans duo's beautiful noise.

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Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

Mogwai

Scottish post-rockers mix it up a bit.

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Your Mercury

Teeth of the Sea

Brits with a passion for space rock.

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The Brutal Wave

Frank (Just Frank)

'80s goth-pop gets a mod makeover.

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Stewart Mason’s Top 10 Albums of 2010

By Stewart Mason

From the self-assured full-length debuts of Janelle Monae, Tame Impala… >>

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See Birds

Balam Acab

Otherworldly and oddly familiar music from a teen chillwave prodigy.

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Playing The Piano / Out Of Noise

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Solo piano pieces and ambient works.

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The Way Out

The Books

Found-sound duo come back strong.

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Archer on the Beach

Destroyer

Dan Bejar explores ambient electronica.

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There Is Love In You

Four Tet

UK electro-guru delivers his best yet.

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Small Craft on a Milk Sea

Brian Eno

Eno and Warp, together for the first time.

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Love Remains

How To Dress Well

Brian Eno producing Keith Sweat underwater.

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How To Dress Well

By Jim Allen

Sonic manipulation meets mainstream R&B.

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Periphery

The Seven Fields of Aphelion

Chillout music that also rewards closer attention.

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The Books

By Stewart Mason

Sonic curiosities transmuted into ambient folktronica.

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Kairos

White Hinterland

Former piano-pop songstress takes the electronic route.

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David Sylvian

By Jim Allen

Former Japan frontman continually pushes musical boundaries in his solo… >>

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Boards of Canada

By T. Cole Rachel

A true headphone band if there ever were one.

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Moonlighting Musicians: Pop/Rock Artists as Score Composers

By Eric Schneider

It's not uncommon for alternative/indie-pop/rock acts to be featured in… >>

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Ryuichi Sakamoto

By Jim Allen

Synth-pop pioneer and multi-talented composer.

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Dark Was The Night

Various Artists

Covers and collaborations joining some of the era’s finest voices… >>

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Brian Eno

By Jim Allen

A "non-musician" who altered the course of musical history.

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Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

Ambient meets acoustic in a bewitching sonic space

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