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  • Sharema – [2019] Uranus Berlin

    Sharema – [2019] Uranus Berlin

    Quintessential drone music. Perfect for recreational relaxation, not for busy workouts.

    Wed, 15th Jan 2020
    Ambient, CCUnspecified, Drone, Electronic
  • My Heart Your Thunder – [2019] My Heart Your Thunder

    My Heart Your Thunder – [2019] My Heart Your Thunder

    Timeless electro goodness with edgy synth sounds.

    Wed, 11th Dec 2019
    CCBY40, Electro, Electronic, IDM
  • Niteffect [2019] – The Wage Of Forgetting

    Niteffect [2019] – The Wage Of Forgetting

    Relaxing trip hop flirting with IDM. Limited cassette version (still) available (?).

    Wed, 4th Dec 2019
    CCBYNCND40, Electronic, Trip Hop
  • Various Artists – [2007] The Silent Ballet, Volume III: Unfolding a Broken Heart

    Various Artists – [2007] The Silent Ballet, Volume III: Unfolding a Broken Heart

    The Silent Ballet is a past review blog and compilation project. Since 2012, activity has ceased and its founder has since moved on to write for Fragile ǀǀ ¿Extinct?, which now posts occasional reviews and an annual list of 100 tracks/50 albums (very worth checking out). This entry in the compilation series (16 in total)…

    Wed, 27th Nov 2019
    CCBYNCND20, Compilation, Post Rock
  • Kenny Beltrey – [2000] Hydrate

    Kenny Beltrey – [2000] Hydrate

    Vintage electronica goodness. Early good stuff from Kahvi.

    Wed, 20th Nov 2019
    CCBY10, Electronic, IDM
  • dUASsEMIcOLCHEIAS iNVERTIDAS – [2011] SADITREVNi SAIEHCLOcIMEsSAUd

    dUASsEMIcOLCHEIAS iNVERTIDAS – [2011] SADITREVNi SAIEHCLOcIMEsSAUd

    Exceptionally virtuous psychadelic jazz rock frenzy. Like Mr. Bungle’s slightly more experimental cousin.

    Wed, 13th Nov 2019
    CCBYNCSA30, Instrumental, Jazz, Psychadelic Rock
  • Osiris4 – [2019] Black Diamonds EP

    Osiris4 – [2019] Black Diamonds EP

    Simple and effective melodic trance. Digital Diamonds keeps up to its promise.

    Wed, 6th Nov 2019
    CCBYNCND40, Electronic, Trance
  • Aevio – [2019] Bioluminescence

    Aevio – [2019] Bioluminescence

    Soothing ambient glitch hop. Skilfully crafted sound textures that excite your ears and calm your mind.

    Wed, 30th Oct 2019
    CCBYNCND40, Downtempo, Electronic, Glitch
  • Banabila, Grem, Cramer – [1996] Lieber Gorilla : Visionen

    Banabila, Grem, Cramer – [1996] Lieber Gorilla : Visionen

    Extremely experimental theatre / sound art / pop music album by a Dutch theatre outfit.

    Wed, 23rd Oct 2019
    CCBYNCND30, Experimental, Stage & Screen
  • Various Artists – [2011] BACKUP11

    Various Artists – [2011] BACKUP11

    Exceptional chiptune compilation for Platine Festival in Cologne. Great contributions from well-known artists.

    Wed, 16th Oct 2019
    CCBYNCND30, Chiptune, Compilation, Electronic
  • How to align and justify text in beamer columns with surrounding text

    How to align and justify text in beamer columns with surrounding text

    This is an update to my 2015 post on horizontally aligning text in beamer columns with surrounding text. In this article, I am going to add the request to also justify alignment of all text. At the same time, I am simplifying the solution from last time:

    Sat, 12th Oct 2019
  • How to create a nicely formatted Excel table from a pandas DataFrame using openpyxl

    How to create a nicely formatted Excel table from a pandas DataFrame using openpyxl

    When I want to save the current state of a pandas DataFrame for “manual consumption”, I often write df.to_excel(‘foo.xlsx’) within my IPython session or Jupyter Notebook. However, the default style does not look pretty and often needs manual adjustments (e.g. column widths) to be usable. If you want to create custom reports from pandas, you…

    Thu, 10th Oct 2019
  • Ant Neely – [2008] Not Fit For Human Consumption

    Ant Neely – [2008] Not Fit For Human Consumption

    Wide range of styles and techniques on a single solo artist review: pop album, movie score and a little bit of funk.

    Wed, 9th Oct 2019
    CCBYNCSA30, Electronic, Pop, Stage & Screen
  • Bit Shifter – [2006] Information Chase

    Bit Shifter – [2006] Information Chase

    Essential chiptune album from the (g)olden age of Creative Commons music.

    Wed, 2nd Oct 2019
    CCBYNCSA30, Chiptune, Electronic
  • As Above So Below – [2016] Ritos I

    As Above So Below – [2016] Ritos I

    Debut EP of “Portugese project doing cinematic postrock”. Special treat: excellently crafted melody lines.

    Wed, 25th Sep 2019
    CCBYNCSA30, Instrumental, Post Rock, Rock
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