“Calculon sent Sonic-Funkatronic to us from a distant planet,” the old man told the young ones sitting at his feet. “It saw that earth had lost its funkiness, that we needed to be get our groove back.” The young ones nodded at the old man’s wisdom. It was said he had actually SEEN Sonic-Funkatronic once! […]
Tag: Electronic Music
Covert Forces – “Covert Forces” (2025)
Who/what is/are Covert Forces? Covert – (adjective) Not openly acknowledged or displayed; (noun) (1) A thicket in which game can hide; (2) Any of the feathers covering the bases of the main flight or tail feathers of a bird Forces – (noun) (1) Mental or moral strength or power; (2) An organized body of military […]
Rodentia – “Black Swampy Water” (2020 / 2021)
Rodentia is an artist from Louisiana, and as near as I can tell Black Swampy Water is their only release. Originally put out in 2020, it got the cassette treatment a year later by the Dungeon Tapes label, part of its Dungeoneer’s Field Guide series. I played this before looking into it any further and […]
Mattesque – “Never Safe, Forever Gone” (2025)
I first met Mattesque at Bíó Paradís, a movie theater in Reykjavik, Iceland, which admittedly is an odd place for an American and a Canadian to connect. Odder still is that we (and our wives) had a weird relationship-not-a-relationship that stretched back a number of years thanks to Iceland Airwaves and the four of us […]
Stilluppsteypa – “Schokolino Choco Loco” (2025)
Somehow the news of Stilluppsteypa’s new album slipped past me until I was alerted by my friend Gestur. I have a number of their early singles, as well as their most recent albums Stilluppsteypa (2004) and Beach Jolanda (2018), plus a number of releases by member and visual artist Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson, many of which […]