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January 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Blanck Mass: Calm With Horses (Original Score)

Blanck Mass Calm With Horses (Original Score) INVADA Records When not one half of the group Fuck Buttons, Benjamin John Power has been making music as Blanck Mass. I never gelled with group work but love his solo electronica pursuits. So I was pleased to hear it was him behind the score to the movie […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Benjamin John Power, Blanck Mass, Blanck Mass: Calm With Horses (Original Score), Calm With Horses, Calm With Horses (Original Score), Electronica, Film, Fuck Buttons, Instrumental, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Score, Soundtrack, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

ML Buch: Skinned

ML Buch Skinned Anyines One of the great fallacies is the idea that electronic music could only seem icy and detached. Sure, that can – intentionally – be a component of the sound, but where the style was once some sort of outlier it’s now best-positioned to provide poignancy and comment on how we live; […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Debut, Electronica, Marie Louise Buch, ML Buch, ML Buch: Skinned, Skinned, Solo, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Michael Rother: Dreaming

Michael Rother Dreaming Groenland Records Michael Rother is, just casually, a superstar. Founding member of Neu! And in some people’s world that alone is enough. Add in his work as part of Harmonia, the fact he was in an early version of Kraftwerk and his 10 solo albums over the last 40 years – including […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Dreaming, Electronica, Eno, Harmonia, Kraftwerk, Krautrock, Michael Rother, Michael Rother: Dreaming, Neu!, Sophie Joiner, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Burial: Tunes 2011 – 2019

Burial Tunes 2011 – 2019 Hyperdub Arriving as part of the Hyperdub label’s 15-year celebration this compilation by Burial might at first seem intriguing and/or unnecessary but I for one welcome it.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 12", 2011 - 2019, Aphex Twin, British, Burial, Burial: Tunes 2011 - 2019, Compilation, Dance, Electronica, EP, EPs, Hyperdub, Rival Dealer, Singles, Tunes, Tunes 2011 - 2019, UK, Untrue, William Emmanuel Bevan, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 134: Orbital – “Snivilisation”

I could easily have told you that I was quite a big Orbital fan – I enjoyed them. Still do – in theory. But I never play their albums. I knew some singles. I knew some moments, I had a compilation album – I liked some of the clips, I liked when they were featured. I had friends […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Album, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums Challenge, 1990s, 1994, 90s, Dance, Electronica, Orbital, Orbital - “Snivilisation”, Snivilisation, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 134, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 134: Orbital - “Snivilisation”, UK ·

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June 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Venetian Snares/Daniel Lanois: Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois

Venetian Snares/Daniel Lanois Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois Timesig/Planet Mu This surprise collaboration features two Canadian wunderkind musicians that push and pull in very different directions. It might be a head-scratch (or indeed a head-fuck) for many, particularly if you are arriving at this as a Lanois fan unaware of Venetian Snares. But there’s gold […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Aaron Funk, Album Review, Ambient, Aphex Twin, Breakcore, Brian Eno, Collaboration, Dance, Daniel Lanois, Duo, Electronica, Instrumental, Luke Vibert, Soundscape, Venetian Snares, Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois, Venetian Snares/Daniel Lanois, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

So Good It Sent Me To Sleep: Albums To Nod Off To (In A Good Way)

I’m often asked if I ever sleep – usually in the form of a Facebook message or a question on Twitter, sometimes it arrives in an email, from a person I don’t really know but I can sense the concern is genuine. I’ve also been asked how I sleep – as in with all the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], Albums To Nod Off To, Albums To Nod Off To (In A Good Way), Ambient, Arve Henricksen, Brian Eno, Electronica, Jazz, Late Night, Max Richter, Score, So Good It Sent Me To Sleep, So Good It Sent Me To Sleep: Albums To Nod Off To (In A Good Way), SoundtrackS, The Necks ·

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June 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: The Comet Is Coming (June 10, Wgtn)

The Comet Is Coming Opera House, Wellington Saturday , June 10 (8pm) The Comet Is Coming is a British “future jazz” trio comprised of Danalogue the Conqueror (Dan Leavers) on synths, Betamax Killer (Max Hallett) on drums and King Shabaka (Shabaka Hutchings) on saxophone – they were pitched as a highlight of the jazz festival. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2017), 8pm, British, Comet Is Coming, Dance, Electronica, Gig Review, Gig Review: The Comet Is Coming (June 10, Jazz, Jazz Festival, June 10, Live, Live Gig, Saturday, The Comet Is Coming, UK, Wgtn, Worldbeat ·

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May 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Re-Wired For (New) Sound(s): Ten Important Electronica Albums In My Life

I recently posted this – a list of “Ten important metal albums”. And I started it off by linking to this – “Ten important hip-hop albums”. I mentioned then that I would be doing a series of these, across genres, and I repeated the opening paragraph from the hip-hop post. So now I’m going to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Andrew Weatherall, Aphex Twin, Blue Lines, Daft Punk, Dance, Depeche Mode, Dorfmeister, Drukqs, Electronica, Hometown, Kid A, Kruder, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Leftfield, Leftism, Little Fluffy Clouds, Mad Professor, Massive Attack, Maxinquaye, Mezzanine, Nearly God, No Protection, Pre-Millennium Tension, Primal Scream, Protection, Re-Wired For (New) Sound(s), Re-Wired For (New) Sound(s): Ten Important Electronica Albums In My Life, Screamadelica, Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi, Ten Important Electronica Albums In My Life, The K&D Sessions, The Orb, The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld, Thievery Corp., Thievery Corporation, Tricky ·

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March 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Bonobo To Perform One NZ Show: Auckland (July 2017)

Niche, Paint It Gold and George FM present BONOBO Simon Green – who records and performs as Bonobo – will play one show in New Zealand at Auckland’s Town Hall, Thursday, July 27. He was last in Auckland a couple of years ago for a DJ set but this will be a performance with the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), Akld, Auckland, Bonobo, Bonobo To Perform One NZ Show: Auckland (July 2017), DJ, Electronica, George FM, Gig Announcement, Gig Preview, July, July 27, Migration, Niche, NZ Tour, Paint It Gold, PR, Promo, Romare, Simon Green, The North Borders, Thursday, Ticketmaster, Town Hall ·

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December 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 40 – Sean James Donnelly (SJD)

Welcome to episode 40 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. A chat with Auckland-based musician/producer/soundtrack composer Sean James Donnelly – better known, in band and solo-musician guise as SJD. I’m a huge fan of Sean’s music – all of his albums, I think he’s one of the great talents in New Zealand […]
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October 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Max Richter + Various Artists: Sleep Remixes

Max Richter  + Various Artists: Sleep Remixes Deutsche Grammaophon Max Richter’s 8-hour album/dreamscape was the thing I listened to most last year – I say ‘thing’ because the gentle, gorgeous 8-hour sprawl caught me, deer in headlights, at times, other times it lulled me back to sleep, or sent me off to sleep, sometimes I […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Ambient, Clark, Deutsche Grammaophon, Digitonal’s Theo in Dreamland, Electronica, Jurgen Muller, Marconi Union, Max Richter, Max Richter + Various Artists, Mogwai, Sleep, Sleep Remixes, V/A, Various Artists ·
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