Notes from Left of the Dial: Dec. 20

Taken from the new album 'Grassed Inn', Blank Realm unleash the triumphant transition of their nascent fluorescent rock'n'roll glow in to full-blown spiky pop craft. Harking back to the halcyon days of Talking Heads, underpinned by the off-kilter psychedelic blues of Royal Trux. Like Dylan mixing it with Suicide on Highway 61 and a half in a far off universe.
 
“Putting the arty in to party” The Guardian 4*s

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Dino Spiluttini and Nils Quak - Modular Anxiety
© Umor Rex Records. Release date: January 28, 2014
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Vinyl LP limited edition of 300 copies packaged in an uncoated stock jackets with double sided insert, black inner polylined sleeve, and free download coupon. First 170 copies on gold opaque colored vinyl, remaining copies on black.

Modular Anxiety is a split LP comprised of 10 tracks that presents an audacious face in the land of ambient / drone synth music. One side belongs to Dino Spiluttini (with works on Home Normal and Beatismurder) and the other to Nils Quak (who has released on labels such as Nomadic Kids Republic and Sis Sic Tapes). ≈

It could be argued that for each common trait that binds them, there are twice as many differences that throw them apart. If the same words can be used to describe both sides (spatial, cathartic, acute, deep) one must also concede that they may not even belong to the same genre, even if the two of them do hum and drone profusely, glitch at intervals, and (apparently) constitute their sound from a warm analogue-digital palette. But the differences in character cannot be ignored: Spiluttini’s work is relatively direct and specific, with soaring melodies, taut structures, high frequency grasslands, surprises and electronic nuances full of musical drama sense, while Quak’s – written entirely on a modular synthesizer – sound is somehow more obscure, with a slower sense of time, cooler colors, bubbling textures, piercing notes, a mood of brooding mystery and menace, atonal melodies and phrasings, and an all-around smoky vision and sensibility.  So, the question arises: how come that such contrasting visions work so well together?  Both sides are made of synthetic music that sometimes evokes distorted environments & landscapes, but that hardly accounts for the odd tonal unity and continuity that goes from the A-side (Dino Spiluttini) to the B side (Nils Quak). Yet, they’re both equally friendly to the ear and satisfying in their own way. When considered together, they share a tacit agreement, a subtle and eerie intuition that goes back and forth between them.

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From The Hotelier's upcoming LP "Home, Like Noplace Is There" out 2/25/14 on Tiny Engines

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The Hotelier - The Scope Of All Of This Rebuilding

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'Sea Legs' (Dave Sitek Remix) taken from the European release of 'Run The Jewels' out 13th Jan on Big Dada.

Run The Jewels Live Dates:
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December 31: Lincoln Theatre NYE: bit.ly/IDfvK1

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Sea Legs (Dave Sitek Remix)

Run The Jewels - 'Sea Legs' (Dave Sitek Remix)

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Pre-order: https://colaren.bandcamp.com/album/mekong-ballad 

@humanpitch welcomes @cola-ren to the label with 'Mekong Ballad', the Guangzhou-based artist’s first record to feature her own vocals.

Across six ambient compositions, fragments of memory surface: a fallen fruit, a whispering current, the haze of moonlight over an estuary - both a meditation on water and a journey into states of weightlessness and belonging.

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Premiere: COLA REN 'Be Water'

The Blackest Ever Black released singer-songwriter Carla Dal Forno stops by NTS' London studio once a month for an hour-long show featuring original productions side by side with old favourites and inspirations ranging from minimal synth to folk and dream pop... 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/carla-dal-forno/episodes/carla-dal-forno-18th-november-2025

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London-born and Amsterdam-based, Lenxi is a DJ, producer, songwriter, vocalist, and digital artist whose work blurs boundaries between disciplines and genres. Her musical journey began as the lead singer of a punk-electro band — a raw and rebellious spirit that continues to fuel her creative voice today.

Within the Dutch dance scene, Lenxi has carved out her own lane as a genre-defying selector and producer, weaving together hypnotic techno, IDM, bass, breaks, and rave energy into uncompromisingly raw and moving DJ sets.

Like her productions, her DJ sets are marked by emotional depth, oFering listeners a glimpse into her inner world. Her talent and forward-thinking approach has led her to stages at Dekmantel Festival, Dekmantel Selectors, Draaimolen, Nous’klaer Festival, Wildeburg, Down The Rabbit Hole, Best Kept Secret and Nation of Gondwana, earning recognition for both her versatility and her commanding presence behind the decks.

In 2023, Lenxi released her debut EP Silent Treatment on Magnetron Music and began her residency at Amsterdam’s Echobox Radio. She has since followed up with her debut album on the celebrated Rotterdam-based label Nous’klaer Audio, solidifying her reputati on as a bold new voice in the electronic music landscape. 

Always searching for fresh connections and ways to break conventions, Lenxi embodies the future-facing spirit of the underground — raw, emotional, and unafraid to cross borders.

Follow artist - https://soundcloud.com/lenxi_ncb

367⚡️Lenxi

In November 2025 we welcome @itxpo to the show.

-- Entire show is from IT-XPO --

Hello out there.
Trying to get a good picture of what the end of fall and an early winter here sounds like. 
Seems to sound like this...

//
@itxpo

Boom Boom Radio #052 w/ IT-XPO (11/03/2025)

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2 Infinity

Recorded live at Dark Entries Records on December 7th, 2025
Celebrating our record shop’s 3 year anniversary 🎉

G. ZIFCAK is a musician and audiovisual artist living in NYC. He has been a steady presence in various scenes stretching from late 90s Portland raves through 2000s Bay Area experimental club and noise shows in warehouses and basements across the US and Europe and beyond. 
A preoccupation with de- and re-contextualized music and production equipment motivates his approach to audio, video, and lighting systems. This deconstruction of mechanism led him into DIY electronics early on, and he continues to build and modify much of his gear. 


G. ZIFCAK at Dark Entries Records 12-7-25

FADA2EYAT’s last episode of the year is a special one for me, because none other than Brooklyn pillar and multifaceted artist Lychee takes charge!

Lychee was one of the first DJs to inspire me when I started going out. They’re known for deep, psychedelic selections, and an immaculate sense of whatever room they’re playing demands.  

Their extensive connection to the dancefloor is merely logic — it goes way beyond DJing! They organize community events, are staff member at Nowadays and The Bunker, and even hosted their own mix and interview series Spontaneous Affinity, which focuses on the communal nature of dancefloors. They’re also part of highly influential Brooklyn collective Antidote and were a board member of the Aslice foundation.
 
Tonight, rather than have us dancing knees to the floor, they take us on an elaborate space voyage that’s intended for radio listening.

Artwork by Robert Reda

FADA2EYAT 09 w/ Lychee - Radio Alhara 15/12/2025

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