Tag: Ryan Crosson

  • MAGAZINE SIXTY GUIDE TO DETROIT BY BRIAN KAGE

    MAGAZINE SIXTY GUIDE TO DETROIT BY BRIAN KAGE

    Presented by our guest interviewer. Brian Kage may be a new name to some, but for those in the know, he’s been kicking around the Detroit scene for an age. A DJ and Producer born and raised in the middle of Detroit witnessing the rise and the fall of it all. He is also a…

  • Ryan Crosson – Comet Pills – No.19 Music

    A wonderful, beautifully realised piece of music that despite its brisk, grainy qualities is full of life-affirming warmth. The title track’s brittle rhythm track is offset by atmospheric, haunting pads and stabbing sounds as the infectious, fiery drum programing soon asserts itself. It all then feeds into the imagination with a remaining hint of yearning…

  • Ataxia – Kodak Moment – Visionquest

    These warm, resolute repetitions of chiming sound, sound as hot accompanying sunrise as they do sundown. Eric Ricker and Ted Krisko aka Ataxia tune their highly charged currents of grainy emotion into analogue referencing pleasure on their opening and most brilliant VHS. Memories are also engaged by Kodak Moment which again captivates your attention by…

  • Merveille & Crosson – Cerulean – Visionquest

    It’s been five years since Cesar Merveille & Ryan Crosson’s first album together and while I don’t know what has happened to them in the meantime the results of lives lived have been infused into this long player teaming with ambitious, horizon-expanding, thought-provoking beauty making the wait all the more worthwhile. Intro (Almost Raw) begins…

  • Mathew Jonson & Ryan Crosson – Robots of Dawn EP – Visionquest

    What’s not to love? If you could kill for a bassline then this is it. Undoubtedly we’ve landed at party central and you get the clear impression that the producers (including Cesar Merveille and Isis) enjoyed creating Robots of Dawn as much as we do listening. It continues for nine plus minutes and every second…

  • Ryan Crosson Q&A

    Which artist attracted you to electronic music in the first place, and who would you say is your biggest influence currently? Hawtin from the beginning was huge for me and we were all/still are pretty big Perlon/Zip/Ricardo fans.  Unfortunately I don’t get to see Zip play much any more but I always take a lot…

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      Fabric 61: Visionquest Fabric I’m confused. Is this Techno, or is it House? If you really have to draw definite distinctions between electronic music (which you can sometimes dance to) in 2011 then please be my guest. However, the reason I feel this selection from Visionquest merits ten/ ten is because it transcends the…