Hotham Sound

If CORBEN’s 2021 album 'Whose Echoes Live In Memory' was a dimly lit journey through twilight ruins, this new full-length from the reclusive Canadian artist feels more like slipping languidly into a bay of bright blue water; all sun dappled coral, driftin

When diving into Bevan Smith’s discography, one continuously gets the feeling that the well is bottomless. Whether creating lo-fi soundscapes with Andrew Thomas (Feeling Flying), pastoral IDM in the late 90s style (Aspen), or outsider ambient techno (Sign

Using only a scavenged MIDI keyboard and sounds plundered from a wide swath of archaic media (90’s sampler CDs, 80s VHS docs, 70s student films) musician Jonathan Orr creates startlingly accomplished slabs of thick, lo-fi electro that shimmer and pounce l

Using a MIDI controller he found in an East Van dumpster, Vancouverite Jonathan Orr makes luminous lo-fi jams reminiscent of early Tobacco and Boards of Canada; every track a smeared mash-up of detuned synth samples and recycled beats from the cheesiest o

Listeners familiar with CORBEN’s previous releases on Hotham Sound (2021’s ‘Whose Echoes Live In Memory’ and 2022’s ‘Sun Variants') might be forgiven for thinking of him as a primarily ambient artist. But as anyone who’s followed his recent releases on Pa

On his second album for Hotham Sound, Vancouver-by-way-of Brazil artist Alexandre Klinke expands the lo-fi analog tape experimentation last heard on 2021’s ‘First Sounds’ into a fully developed sound world all his own. Acoustic instruments, children’s toy

Mount Maxwell returns with another full length journey into memory, melody, and geography - this time roaming beyond the BC environs of his previous records into a stranger, less knowable country. While still woozily nostalgic in the vein of 'Only Childre

Whether opening for acts like Sun Araw, Goblin, and Acid Mothers Temple, or hunkered over piles of analog gear in their Strathcona studio, the main focus of Vancouver’s V Vecker Ensemble has always been group improvisation. As covid raged through 2020-21

An illustrator and librarian by day, Montreal artist Fumerolles (Frédérique Duval) uses keyboards, effects boxes and homemade synth modules to craft a uniquely organic and benevolent form of electronic music. 'Nuit jaune' is her debut EP (released digital