Electronic music follows a very vicious cycle. Whenever a new technology or movement surfaces, there’s about a three to five year window before it becomes tawdry and embarrassing. A decade ago, when IDM and drum n’ bass were fads, it was new wave. Anything remotely resembling a Casio or Depeche Mode dancefloor hit was off […]

Though his roots are indeed in IDM and post-rock, if you can believe it while listening to this record, the primary person behind the music once began his career as a musician in a short-lived crossover / nu metal project.  Given the dreamy IDM atmospheres and gentle breakbeat rhythms, its hard to fathom the journey […]

Signifier is a new electronic label out of the United States whom started out strong in 2011 with the consecutive releases of four different offerings from Ex_Tension, Cruise [Ctrl], a double-disc compilation more or less defining the label’s aural mission statement in “These Sounds Will Have To Meet Somewhere In Between”, and a new album […]

Stendeck is a project whom we have been proud to follow for most of his career here at Heathen Harvest and he has, since his first review was given in “Faces” on Geska Records, been a strong favorite of the long-time rhythmic listeners on staff here. The man behind the music is the Swiss Alessandro […]

When I began listening to Indu Mezu‘s 2011 release The Dark Clowd, the chaotic twisted rhythms, frightful abstract melodies and multiple layers of secret messages joined perfectly with the hectic scramble of having to pack up everything I own and transport all of it to the next town over. Though this album is intensely dark […]

Achenar, in the natural world, is one of the top ten brightest stars in our sky here on Earth, and is the brightest star in the constellation Eridanus.  The reason that Achenar may perhaps be the perfect name for this project is the fact that Achenar is also one of the oddest stars in our […]

Written by: Sage Artist: Famine (CAN) Title: Nature’s Twin Tendencies Label: Tympanik Audio (USA) Cat. #: TA051 Format: Digi-CD Genre: Glitch / Breakcore / IDM 01) Mercury (What Lies behind the Curtain) 02) Powerspender 03) Sig/Int 04) Utarid 05) Remorseless 06) Dread Father 07) Blasphemous Reverence 08) Realign (The Conjuration of Perfect Nature) 09) Dantalion […]

Written by: Sage Artist: Daniele Brusaschetto (ITA) Title: Fragranze Silenzio Label: Bosco Rec. (ITA) & Bar la Muerte (ITA) & Sincope & Chew-Z Cat. #: Bosco20 / Bar54 / Sin007 Format: Digi-CD Genre: Avant-garde / Experimental Rock / Ambient / Psychedelic 01) La Bambina Intermittente 02) Ali di Mosca 03) Clouds 04) Raccontamelo come Fosse […]

Written by: Sage Artist: Displacer (CAN) Title: Night Gallery Label: Tympanik Audio (USA) Cat. #: TA053 Format: Digi-CD Genre: IDM / Rhythmic / Ambient 01) Phantom Limb 02) Invisible 03) Wave 04) Radioactive 05) Orchid 06) Ghost Planet 07) In Limbo 08) Awakening 09) Falling 10) Foggy Memory 11) Ice Cold Displacer is a project […]

Written by:  Sage Artist:  Edgey Title:  Misfire Label:  Hands Productions Cat. #:  HANDS D157 Format:  Digi-CD Genre:  Electronic / Breakcore / Power Noise / Rhythmic Industrial 01) Before the Storm 02) Terminal Accretion 03) Stress Failure 04) Drown 05) Chaosbane 06) Treatment 07) Left wanting 08) Trouble Horizon 09) I become 10) Revenge 11) Floor […]