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We reject the playlist economy. We hunt the noise, the glitches, the freak signals slipping through the static. Experimental electronic music is our turf, our pulse, our drug forged in analog circuitry. Visit choonreview.com

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 3d ago

🧠⚡ New review: Myoptik – Ectospazm (Zoku – Zoku) Myoptik's debut for the label is 8 tracks of chaotic, collage-like IDM — choppy drums, deep growling bass, time-stretched voices, and flashes of genuine drum'n'bass groove. Tune in, kids! Review here 👇 choonreview.com/myoptik-ecto...

Myoptik ⋄ Ectospazm (Zoku – Zoku) Pre-Release Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electronic mus...

As a first transmission on Zoku – Zoku, Ectospazm sets a high bar: eight tracks that refuse to settle for a single mode when three or four will do, played with the confidence of someone who has spent ...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · last wk.

Heogen delivered something special with 'The Precipice'. Built from a single musical idea that is continuously rewritten & transformed across seven phases & a stunning closing piece, this is a beautiful, intelligent, and deeply immersive album from beginning to end. choonreview.com/heogen-the-p...

Heogen ⋄ The Precipice (Touched Music) Pre-Release Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electroni...

Each successive 'phase' retains enough of its predecessor to preserve continuity while introducing totally fresh perspectives on the material. A luminous ambient passage becomes a slow motion meditati...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · last wk.

Norwich, UK's own Ben Murphy slips into his new alias as Natterjack and drops 'Horsey Gap' on POSITIVLAND, a 12-track vinyl LP that navigates breakbeat, electro, Italo disco, ambient, IDM and DnB with command and control. Read our pre-release review below: choonreview.com/natterjack-h...

Natterjack ⋄ Horsey Gap (POSITIVLAND) Pre-Release Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electronic...

The natterjack toad survives by being extremely particular about where it will and won't live — a narrow band of dune slack and brackish pool, nothing more forgiving. Murphy's record inherits that pic...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 2w ago

Up next: Max Cooper and his brilliant 3-LP release 'Feeling Is Structure' out now on Mesh. WONKS took a deep dive and surfaced with an excellent run-down of this stunning bit of ear-candy. Read the full review below! choonreview.com/max-cooper-f... #choonreview #musicreview #electronicmusic #idm

Max Cooper ⋄ Feeling is Structure (Mesh) – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electronic music today!

Without the music, however, the whole enterprise is pointless. Across ten bold, tender, crystal-clear productions we move through timings, elevations, polyrhythms, low frequencies, hi-octane momentum....

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 3w ago

Wahn and his brilliant 'Echo Mist Light' release from earlier this year are back, reborn as 'RE: ECHO MIST LIGHT', an 18-track remix project capturing the talent of numerous other artists, all realized through the excellent curatorial lens of the Mahorka imprint. choonreview.com/wahn-re-echo...

Wahn ⋄ Re: Echo Mist Light (Mahorka) – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electronic music today!

Re: Echo Mist Light functions as a fascinating examination of the many latent possibilities already embedded within the source material. The contributing artists rarely treat Wahn’s compositions as fi...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · last mo.

"More Songs About The Sun is an album of considerable merit. Its tonal palette is expansive, its production richly detailed, and its willingness to step outside established genre boundaries is commendable..." Read the full review here 👉 choonreview.com/pye-corner-a...

Pye Corner Audio ⋄ More Songs About The Sun (Self-Released) – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electro...

More Songs About The Sun is an album of considerable merit. Its tonal palette is expansive, its production richly detailed, and its willingness to step outside established genre boundaries is commenda...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · last mo.

Parallel Worlds' 'Explorer' crafts a mesmerizing journey through uncanny electronic landscapes where IDM precision, haunting melodies, & atmospheres converge. Engrossing from beginning to end, the album transforms familiar sounds into something otherworldly. Read 👉 choonreview.com/parallel-wor...

Parallel Worlds ⋄ Explorer (Neo Ouija) Album Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electronic musi...

In a moment when experimental electronic music so frequently deploys atmosphere as a substitute for substance, Explorer is a record in which mood and structure are genuinely inseparable: the one an ar...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · last mo.

Inflight Entertainment’s 'Human Circuits' is Paul Alexander's newest effort, arrived 26 June via Pulse State. Drawing from multiple style & influences, the album doesn’t chase genre definition because it doesn’t need to. It shapes its own internal circuitry. Review 👉 choonreview.com/inflight-ent...

Inflight Entertainment ⋄ Human Circuits (Pulse State) Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electr...

Drawing from experimental ambient, music concrete, braindance and dub techno, the album doesn’t chase genre definition because it doesn't need to. It shapes its own internal circuitry—patiently, caref...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · last mo.

Fluffy Inside returns to Pulse State with 'Lava Sunrise', an album that could slip seamlessly onto the sound system of a mid-1990s UK chill-tent at sunrise. Warm pads drift, chill grooves unfold, & every track is designed for the first rays of morning. Our Review 👉 choonreview.com/fluffy-insid...

Fluffy Inside ⋄ Lava Sunrise (Pulse State) Pre-Release Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental elect...

The album possesses an assured understanding of progressive electronic music's grammar. It knows precisely how to construct expectation, when to withhold release and how to reward patient listening. E...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · last mo.

Solipsism returns with 'Herbalism,' a Kush-tinged hazy excursion through electronic soundscapes that drifts somewhere between commanding dance floor rhythms, late night headphone sessions, and the mysterious disappearance of an entire bag of snacks. Read it here 👉 choonreview.com/solipsism-he...

Solipsism ⋄ Herbalism (Mighty Force) Pre-Release Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electronic ...

The album settles on its own way of doing things and executes flawlessly on those terms, like a perfect roll that burns evenly all the way through. The drums stay locked and physical, the plentiful su...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · last mo.

Dark Fidelity Hi Fi Returns to Bricolage (Glasgow) with 'Your Skyline Correspondent', a study in deep, emotional, experimental electronica. This is a cerebral album that will constantly force you to recalibrate yourself & your thinking. Excellent! Read the review! choonreview.com/dark-fidelit...

Dark Fidelity Hi Fi ⋄ Your Skyline Correspondent (Bricolage) – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electr...

This is an album that sustains interest through constant subtle cerebral recalibration. Your Skyline Correspondent seems to describe the process of living with, rather than overcoming, emotional compl...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 2mo ago

𝗥𝗨𝗫𝗣𝗜𝗡 lands on 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 with 𝗔𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗶𝗮; this is one of those albums that seeps sheer sonic brilliance. Built on low-slung grooves, grit-laced drum programming, & rich analogue synth work, each street-wise track is 100% dialed in! Album of the year? You tell us! choonreview.com/ruxpin-anemo...

Ruxpin ⋄ Anemoia (Touched Music) Album Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electronic music toda...

This new scorcher runs on sharp, street-wise drum programming and rich analogue synth work, with grooves that lock you in and hold you tight. Tracks build weight through sheer pre-meditated, hip-hop l...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Unruly Disturbance returns with Frisson (Not Yet Remembered) — a beautifully sculpted journey where ambient textures, ritual rhythms, and cinematic tension collide. Read our review 👉 choonreview.com/unruly-distu... #ElectronicMusic #AmbientElectronic #Music #AlbumReview #UnrulyDisturbance

Unruly Disturbance ⋄ Frisson (Not Yet Remembered) Album Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental elec...

Frisson exists as a study in sensation, a carefully sculpted landscape where texture and rhythm converge to provoke a visceral response. Tom Collingburn composes with a steady hand, drawing from a pal...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Clean Error Records delivers something special with 'Human, I Love You' from Multiplex, and our latest review breaks down why this release stands out. Originals from Multiplex and remixes from friends, all in one digital release! Read our full review now and dive in! choonreview.com/multiplex-hu...

Multiplex ⋄ Human, I Love You (w/Remixes) (Clean Error Records) – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental ele...

From the very start, Human, I Love You refuses to settle into a single identity. It is IDM that breathes, electro that dreams, ambient that remembers. Multiplex has constructed a world where machines ...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Syringeee and five of his good chums bless us all with a re-imagining of originals in 'Plateau: Rethought' out NOW on Weirdrum Records! Syringeee, The Machine Method, Keiss, Anderdog, Null_Dan, and Ambidextrous offer fresh cuts on killer classics... not to be missed! choonreview.com/syringeee-pl...

Syringeee ⋄ Plateau: Rethought (Weirdrum Records) Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electronic...

There’s a clear sense of care in how these remixes are constructed, with each artist adding something meaningful rather than just reworking surface details. The result is a remix album that doesn’t re...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What very well may be the Album of the Year was released today. Did you miss our pre-release review? It’s not too late to catch up! choonreview.com/boards-of-ca... #BoardsOfCanada #Inferno #WarpRecords #ChoonReview

Boards of Canada ⋄ Inferno (Warp Records) Pre-Release Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electr...

From the first opening moments, Inferno insists on materiality. Vintage analogue arpeggios, warbled tape artifacts, and detuned pads create a sonic environment that feels lived‑in and weathered for a ...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 2mo ago

𝗣𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀 (𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸) by 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗲𝘅 is an true masterpiece. Strange electro-acoustic textures, playful braindance rhythms, dusty analog atmospheres, cartoon retro-futurism & wildly inventive arrangements collide in one of the year's most exciting releases! choonreview.com/floex-phonop...

Floex ⋄ Phonopolis (Original Game Soundtrack) Album Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electron...

Rather than exhausting itself through cinematic excess, the album thrives on detail. Tiny percussive fragments click and shuffle beneath melodic passages. Horns drift in and out like malfunctioning pu...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 2mo ago

After a two week Summer Holiday, the ChoonReview staff is BACK with something new -- a DOUBLE ALBUM review, courtesy of Zoku - Zoku! Two label alumni, cable.percussion and Serge Geyzel, have each dropped a new 7" lathe-cut on the label's doorstep! Read it here 👉 choonreview.com/cable-percus...

cable.percussion & Serge Geyzel ⋄ Double A-Side Series – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electronic m...

A dense crunch blooms underneath the drums and the entire soundstage widens into something massive and abrasive and deeply satisfying. The acid line keeps clawing upward while the percussion remains p...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Unit Shifter Records rings in its 10-Year Anniversary with 'Unit Shifter Compilation 2', a collection of pure, high-quality bangers, fresh from Copenhagen, Denmark! Ambience, Braindance, Bass Music, Sound Collage, Experimental Modular... it's all here! choonreview.com/v-a-unit-shi...

V/A ⋄ Unit Shifter Compilation 2 (Unit Shifter Records) Album Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimenta...

Unit Shifter Compilation 2 moves through ambient drift, damaged rhythm studies, abstract electronics, and intricate braindance with complete confidence. Each artist approaches the compilation from...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Capable writer and keen music critique WONKS has dropped his review of John Tejada Presents Future Stars 7, releasing 15 May 2026 on the ground-breaking Touched Music label. This seventh installment of the series is a MUST HEAR for serious fans! choonreview.com/v-a-john-tej...

V/A ⋄ John Tejada Presents Future Stars 7 (Touched Music) Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental el...

What John Tejada Presents Future Stars 7 ultimately demonstrates is that electronic music is not in decline, nor is it repeating itself. The tired refrain that “they don’t make them like they used to”...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 3mo ago

'Natural Selection' captured our attention early on because it honors its roots while sounding fresh; CETE is an artist who understands dance music not as a trend but as an evolving conversation that still has plenty to say. Acid House + Acid Jazz! Yes Please! choonreview.com/cete-natural...

CETE ⋄ Natural Selection (CETE Records) Album Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electronic mus...

Natural Selection captured our attention early on because it honors its roots while sounding fresh, revealing CETE as an artist who understands dance music not as a trend but as an evolving conversati...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 3mo ago

iNFO (M. Robinson) just dropped a BOMB on Touched Music. 'Sorry I Didn’t Realise' is pure experimental IDM voltage, wired straight into your brain! Our full review dives into every wonky melody, every stuttering rhythm, every wild left turn. This one is essential! choonreview.com/info-sorry-i...

iNFO ⋄ Sorry I Didn’t Realise (Touched Music) Album Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electron...

It is astonishing how deftly Robinson taps into the quintessential essence of that era’s sound while producing something that in no way resembles a relic. This album is alive, inventive, and unmistaka...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Metal Tiger’s 'The Eightfold Path', out NOW on Component Recordings, twists hip‑hop’s pulse through IDM’s broken circuitry until the whole thing comes alive, twitching, coiled, snapping and slightly feral! Amazing glitched out street beats + wonky synth-work? YES!!! choonreview.com/metal-tiger-...

Metal Tiger ⋄ The Eightfold Path (Component Recordings) – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electronic ...

The emotional tone stays consistent across the runtime. The music has grit, but it’s not abrasive. There are lighter moments, but nothing drifts into sentimentality. The tracks have a rough, hands‑on ...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Capactiy's CAMEO HD is a record that refuses to subject itself to a single style or genre, offering a seamless and continuous transition between them in a captivating and magical sonic journey. Do not miss! choonreview.com/capacity-cam...

Capacity ⋄ CAMEO HD (Self-Released) Album Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electronic music t...

Several tracks stand out for how they condense the album’s method into single movements. A nocturnal intermezzo reframes a hinge between two otherwise unrelated grooves; a techno-jazz hybrid locks...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Suuri Pieksä drops on May 1st: "The record shifts between vast and intimate with an effortless logic: some passages open into cavernous reverberations that feel like walking into a stone hall, and others thin into reed-like threads that tremble at..." READ 👉 choonreview.com/suuri-pieksa...

Suuri Pieksä ⋄ Suuri Pieksä (Kartaskvazhin) Album Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electronic...

The record shifts between vast and intimate with an effortless logic: some passages open into cavernous reverberations that feel like walking into a stone hall, and others thin into reed-like threads ...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Broken Signal is not built around easy entry points or familiar ground -- not even close. It operates in a space where mood and texture take priority, and where unpredictability is part of the design..." OUR REVIEW 👉 choonreview.com/phara-broken...

Phara ⋄ Broken Signal (Self-Released) Album Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electronic music...

Broken Signal is not built around easy entry points or familiar ground -- not even close. It operates in a space where mood and texture take priority, and where unpredictability is part of the design....

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In just four tracks sizzling off the latest EP from the Grey Meta record label, Anorak pumps new life into Drum and Bass on Momento Mori. We break it down so you know exactly what you'll get on this scorcher! Read it here 👉 choonreview.com/anorak-momen... #drumandbass #drumnbass #acidtechnomusic

Anorak ⋄ Momento Mori (Grey Meta) Album Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electronic music tod...

The takeaway after these four tracks is impossible to miss: Force Meets Finesse. It’s an album that embraces intensity without letting it run wild, one that showcases Anorak’s ability to shape aggress...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 4mo ago

For fans of deep experimental ambient music rich with texture, Ard Bit releases 'Juxtaposed' on Dronarivm. This is work shaped by careful attention, an atmospheric record that doesn’t rely on tricks up sleeves, but on the steady accumulation of detail... Read 👉 choonreview.com/ard-bit-juxt...

Ard Bit ⋄ Juxtaposed (Dronarivm) Album Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electronic music toda...

In Juxtaposed, Ard Bit treats contrast as a creative engine. The album’s calm passages are genuine, and its darker moments arrive with enough restraint to deepen the atmosphere without overwhelming it...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Brian Dougans, one half of The Future Sound of London, assumes the identity of Turbulent Space and drops 'Last Report' on FSOLdigital. These Big Beat-leaning bangers are a reminder that Dougans’ longevity isn’t about legacy: It's about new angles & new ideas! READ 👉 choonreview.com/turbulent-sp...

Turbulent Space ⋄ Last Report (FSOLdigital) Album Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electronic...

Last Report is a reminder that Dougans’ longevity isn’t about legacy, it’s about his ability to keep finding new angles within familiar forms. The album is muscular without being overbearing, delightf...

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Choon Review@choonreview.bsky.social · 4mo ago

'Nocturnal Drift' by Xqui arrives! 'The album expertly evokes the sensation of drifting above a densely populated city long after midnight, when the streets, highways and bustling districts have quieted but the lights still pulse with residual energy' Have a read 👉 choonreview.com/xqui-nocturn...

Xqui ⋄ Nocturnal Drift (Self-Released) Pre-Release Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental electroni...

The album expertly evokes the sensation of drifting above a densely populated city long after midnight, when the streets, highways and bustling districts have quieted but the lights still pulse with r...

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