![Morris Cowan - Six Degrees [Album]](/thumbs/post/485x231/morris-cowan_pic6.jpg)
Manchester-based musician Morris Cowan follows up his debut full length for Traum sublabel Zaubernuss with his sophomore album, Six Degrees, for Nottingham-based label Wigflex. Like his previous releases for Traum, Six Degrees demonstrates Cowan's talent in creating densely packed works of melodic techno, while showcasing a wide variety of sonic collages that are rather difficult to typify into a single genre. The album -- which is loosely based around the idea of 'six degrees of separation' -- is a...
![Norwell - I Kissed The Sun [EP]](/thumbs/post/485x231/bike-calm12.png)
Hungary-based producer Balazs Semsei (also known as Elbow Room) makes his official debut as Norwell on Montreal's Shabu Recordings. I Kissed The Sun is a warm EP coloured with buzzing analog synthesizers and arpeggios that flutter in and out of consciousness; Norwell's hyper-melodic layering on the EP creates dynamic atmospheres of varying Kraut-like sounds. The EP's title track, "I Kissed The Sun", is an immediate standout on the EP, drawing listeners in immediately with its jovial nostalgia, which provides the chief...
Max Cooper is a U.K.-based producer who has been building quite a reputation for himself over the last few years by releasing a wide variety of EPs and -- more recently -- touring the globe extensively. Max's latest offering sees him teaming up with Montreal's acclaimed psychedelic pop outfit...
Germany-based duo The Glitz -- made up of Andreas Henneberg and Daniel Nitsch -- produce dance music that not only sounds gorgeous from a technical standpoint, but that also often evokes a physical euphoria and drive to move that can only be achieved through a delicate balance of melody, structure...
![Max Cooper - Inflections [EP]](/thumbs/post/320x152/Max-Cooper.png)
Few active producers are as prolific as U.K.-based electronic musician Max Cooper. The young artist has released roughly fifteen EPs in the last three years alone, in addition to being a very active remixer. Cooper's latest offering, Inflections, which was recently released on Germany's Traum...
![Avus - Monterrey Sunrise [EP]](/thumbs/post/320x152/avus.png)
Montreal's Shabu Recordings brings us the newest release from Scott Edwards, known to many as the man behind the alias of Avus. Following the success of his Poppy EP, which was released on Border Community in 2010, Avus continues down the Krautrock-inspired path of melodic synthesis that drives his...
![Borealis - Voidness [Album]](/thumbs/post/320x152/UWI8p1.png)
Earlier in 2012 Romania-based collective Origami Sound alluded to the newest full-length project from Canadian producer Jesse Somfay with two brilliant remix packages under the alias of Borealis. Borealis' debut album, Voidness, has since been released by the label on a pay-what-you-can...
Standing out amidst the slew of guitar-based band music that a person is subjected to on a daily basis is no easy task. Toronto's Meeko Cheech, however, offers up a rather refreshing sound to the indie rock world. The band's debut release, Capricorn Sideways, is an impressive 6-track work with a...
