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April 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Deantoni Parks: SILVER CHORD

Deantoni Parks SILVER CHORD humani machina When Deantoni Parks released his sublime one-man-band Technoself I’d had the lucky chance to see him (as part of a band) do what he does. He’s a wonderful drummer that has worked with a great range of artists – but as a solo act he is basically sat at […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Aphex Twin, Blade Runner, Boards Of Canada, Deantoni Parks, Deantoni Parks: SILVER CHORD, humani machina, Nine Inch Nails, SILVER CHORD, Vangelis, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Olivia Wyatt + Bitchin Bajas: Sailing A Sinking Sea [OST]

Olivia Wyatt + Bitchin Bajas Sailing A Sinking Sea [OST] Drag City To create the soundtrack to her documentary feature Sailing A Sinking Sea Olivia Wyatt called on Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy alums Bitchin Bajas. They dialled up all manner of spooky, kooky synths and tribal drumming from their vast soundtrack library – at times they […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Bitchin Bajas, Boards Of Canada, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Burma, Moken, Nature, Nomad, Olivia Wyatt, Olivia Wyatt + Bitchin Bajas, Olivia Wyatt + Bitchin Bajas: Sailing A Sinking Sea [OST], Sailing A Sinking Sea, Sailing A Sinking Sea [OST], Score, Sea, Seas, Soundtrack, Thailand, Water ·

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June 3, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Palmbomen II: Palmbomen II

Palmbomen II Palmbomen II RVNG International Here’s the latest from Kai Hugo, a self-titled album under his Palmbomen II moniker. He’s been making analog house and dusty old ambient-techno releases under various names and all with a cleaning-out-the-attic feel. Here on album where the strange gimmick is that every track is named after an X-Files […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Angelo Badalamenti, Aphex Twin, Boards Of Canada, Cliff Martinez, Giorgio Moroder, John Carpenter, Kai Hugo, Palmbomen II, Richard D. James, Selected Ambient Works, The X Files ·

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March 4, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Boards of Canada: Hi Scores

Boards of Canada Hi Scores [2014 Reissue] Skam UK It’s been reissued a few times – it appears, then disappears, goes to back-order, is out of print. It’s the first the world knew about Boards of Canada, although only keen listeners were aware of it and the very sharp BOC fans already knew about tapes […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2014, Album Review, Boards Of Canada, BoC, EP, Hi Scores, Reissue, Vinyl ·

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July 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jet Jaguar: Hoops

Jet Jaguar Hoops Independent/Bandcamp Michael Upton has been making music as Jet Jaguar for close to 20 years now and after last year’s fun-stroll/troll, Five Production Mistakes Even Professionals Keep Making (They’re Not What You Think)  – one of a handful of EPs in a clear-out – he now offers up Hoops. It’s just four […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Aphex Twin, Bandcamp, Boards Of Canada, Christoph El' Truento, EP, Five Production Mistakes Even Professionals Keep Making (They’re Not What You Think), Hoops, Jet Jaguar, Madlib, Michael Upton ·

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January 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Arovane: Ve Palor

 Arovane Ve Palor n5MD German electronic musician/producer Uwe Zahn just seemed to shut up shop after the lovely Lilies – a decade ago. He packed up his Arovane nom-de-plume and took a ride. Literally, it turns out. Heading off on his bike to take a break. So that made the discovery of Ve Palor – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Aphex Twin, Arovane, Autechre, Boards Of Canada, Lilies, Luke Vibert, Squarepusher, Uwe Zahn, Ve Palor ·

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December 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Boards of Canada: Tomorrow’s Harvest

Boards of Canada Tomorrow’s Harvest Warp Records Way back in the middle of the year I previewed the new Boards of Canada album and then promptly forgot to follow up with a review. So I listened to the album stream a bunch of times just before the album was released – and I was digging […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Aphex Twin, Boards Of Canada, Border, Geogaddi, Music Has The Right To Children, Tomorrow's Harvest, Warp Records ·

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June 4, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Boards Of Canada: Album Preview

Just had my first listen to the new album, Tomorrow’s Harvest. It’s great. And it had me recalling – straight away – falling under the spell of Boards Of Canada many moons again thanks to Music Has The Right To Children and Geogaddi. I collected up a few of the EPs and the re-releases of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Album Preview, Ambient, Boards Of Canada, Electronica, Geogaddi, Music Has The Right To Children, Reach For The Dead, The Campfire Headphase, Tomorrow's Harvest, Trans-Canada Highway ·

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December 30, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1694

The Album Leaf, There Is A Wind EP (2010) I like these sorts of things – created specifically to mark Record Store Day; a ltd edition-type deal. Good on the artists for wanting to offer something that rewards an audience. When I first heard The Album Leaf it was almost life-changing. It was just music […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2010, Aphex Twin, Boards Of Canada, EP, In A Safe Place, Liner Notes, Mp3, Record Store Day, Sigur Ros, Sub Pop, The Album Leaf, There Is A Wind EP, Vinyl ·

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