Reflected Illusions is an experimental project started in 2004 by Toronto-based musician/record producer Rez who's exploring the endless world of electronic music. Rez is a closet prog-rock freak who pushes the boundaries of electronica using his programming skills and weird production tricks that he learned throughout the years he spent in... [+] Read More

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Similar to many of the other artists surrounding the Hardwax-affiliated record labels in Berlin, the Greek artist known as Fluxion shrouds himself in anonymity despite releasing a handful of wonderful down-tempo experimental techno on the Chain Reaction label. Epic in scope with a bit of the clicks + cuts approach synonymous with artists such as... [+] Read More

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Although Oval are perhaps more well-known for how they make their music than for the music they actually make, the German experimental electronic trio have provided an intriguing update of some elements of avant-garde composition in combination with techniques of digital sound design, resulting in some of the most original, if somewhat... [+] Read More

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Finnish minimalist techno group Pan sonic are among the most active and well-known artists from that country's tiny experimental techno underground, and the first to reach acclaim at an international level. Pursuing the jagged edges of minimal techno and hardcore, the group have earned an enduring association with industrial and noise music... [+] Read More

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Although you won't find his name in their catalog, Stefan Betke has been closely associated with the Berlin-based Basic Channel label and BC artists such as Maurizio, Monolake, and Vainqueur. Like those artists' bassy, dub-laden reductions of techno and house, Betke's work (appearing so far on the Kiff SM, Din, and Mute labels under the name... [+] Read More

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Named for a character on the '60s TV show Flipper, Porter Ricks specializes in subaquatic dub techno, providing the closest touchstone to the static hum and fuzzy beatwork of their quasi label-mates Basic Channel. A collaboration between ambient maestro Thomas Köner and beatmeister Andy Mellwig, the duo debuted with three 12-inches on the... [+] Read More

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One of the few musicians with ties to the unrelated but somewhat connected fields of contemporary avant-garde, techno and indie-rock, Thomas Köner has released albums of sparse ambience for the Barooni label, recorded similarly skeletal and lo-fi techno (with Andy Mellwig) as Porter Ricks, and appeared on albums by Bill Laswell's Divination as... [+] Read More

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Following the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the rise of electronic dance music, Rene Löwe immersed himself in the records he found at the Hard Wax record store. When Detroit artists began frequenting Berlin in the early '90s to collaborate and DJ, Löwe became close with Eddie Fowlkes in particular, who helped him set up his own studio. It was... [+] Read More

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A Helsinki producer whose "clicks + cuts" style of ambience makes for easy comparison to countrymates Pan sonic, Vladislav Delay has recorded excellent work for three of Europe's most challenging electronic labels: Chain Reaction, Mille Plateaux, and Thomas Brinkmann's Max.Ernst. He grew up trained in jazz and still counts Philly Joe Jones --... [+] Read More

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