Ventla Returns With 10 Albums, Saves 2018

Ventla Returns With 10 Albums, Saves 2018

Semi-mysterious producer Ventla set out years ago to release 100 albums featuring instruments all played by Ventla themselves. The resulting releases touched on every style around, from neon-smeared synth-pop to acoustic pop to bedroom exotica. Ventla was getting pretty far and…then just kind of stopped, in 2015. And more or less vanished. When I talked…

Do-It-Yourself Anthem: Pelican’s Furomu Japan Pt. 1

EDM gets tagged as this big decadent, corporate thing, but it can be assembled relatively easily, which was part of the charm early on in that industry’s rise. Pelican reminds of how something most likely made in a bedroom can still carry the same energy. “Furomu Japan” (“From Japan”) is pure energy, starting with some…

Beef Fantasy Remixes Pasocom Music Club’s “Inner Blue”

Beef Fantasy Remixes Pasocom Music Club’s “Inner Blue”

First, because this blog doesn’t really do album reviews — especially of releases that require either a physical purchase or access to streaming (a whole different pitfall regarding coverage, but I digress) — let’s set the stage by showering Pasocom Music Club with more praise. Their debut full-length Dream Walk came out at the end…