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2 weeks ago | 
inverted-audio.com | Jason Cabaniss
For the 390th edition of the IA MIX Series we are thrilled to share a deep dive into jazzy neo-noir ambience from American producer Jacob Long, aka Earthen Sea. Currently based in New York City, Long is a DIY lifer, with over twenty years dedicated to Earthen Sea’s wide range of sounds from long-form noise and drone recordings, minimal dub techno, and ethereal ambient experimentation.
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1 month ago | 
inverted-audio.com | Jason Cabaniss
Andrew Morrison uses his numerous aliases to explore a sound he’s coined “tape throb”: deep, propulsive lo-fi house bangers beamed in from outer space. Readers may be familiar with his main projects The Cyclist and Buz Ludzha, but his most recent outlet, Indopan, has mined psychedelic, jazz-leaning terrain to great effect. Following 2023’s ‘Yupana‘, Morrison delivers the project’s latest, ‘In Opulence’, via 100% Silk, “a 70-minute suite of jazzy kinetics, lysergic breaks, and dusted swing”.
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1 month ago | 
inverted-audio.com | Jason Cabaniss
California dance imprint 100% Silk kick off 2025 with a new addition to their roster. Berkeley-based producer Benjy Toczynski has put out a handful of digital tracks under the Patioworld moniker, and now he’s teaming up with Silk for the project’s debut physical release. From the opening notes, ‘Moonlight Beach’ has the classic 100% Silk sound, as every track drifts across the sky with neon-lit house and warehouse IDM.
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2 months ago | 
inverted-audio.com | Jason Cabaniss
Brussels-based Initiate Records is set to release ‘Dying Angel’, the latest release from London’s Box5ive. A producer who cut his teeth in London’s thriving dubstep, grime, and bass scenes, Box5ive came to our attention with a handful of stellar releases on Well Street followed by a stunning full-length on co:clear.
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2 months ago | 
inverted-audio.com | Jason Cabaniss
After a string of acclaimed releases on Not Not Fun and Possible Motive – along with an appropriately beguiling 376th edition of the IA Mix Series – mysterious Florida musician Wave Temples unveils a new label and private press, Spotted Locales. The imprint launches with a cassette release from Miami’s Justice A. Gonzalez (‘The Gecko’) and a 7″ & cassette from the Wave Temples-adjacent Live at the Mystic Palace, ‘Temple Ritual/Floating Jungle’.
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2 months ago | 
inverted-audio.com | Jason Cabaniss
"Adam Feingold expands his artistic portfolio with a brief yet winning
collection that breathes new life into staid dub techno traditions."Montreal’s Adam Feingold explores outer limits transmissions of breaks, lo-fi techno, and laid back grooves as a producer and label curator. Under his own name and as Ex-Terrestrial, Feingold pilots his gear towards wide open, experimental soundscapes within the electronic zone.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
inverted-audio.com | Jason Cabaniss
"Recollection is especially prescient to our current age, as the ever
increasing sense of dread, anxiety, and doom scrolling requires a few
moment’s worth of unplugging and unwinding."With roots in the Washington, D.C. hardcore scene, American producer Jacob Long has logged decades in the musical trenches. Outside of his well known stints playing bass in Black Eyes and Mi Ami, Long has used Earthen Sea as a solo vessel to explore a wide array of sonics.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
inverted-audio.com | Jason Cabaniss
Jacksonville-based producer Severed+Said explores the darker side of the Sunshine State. With longstanding roots in Florida’s DIY underground music scene, John Touchton started the project as an outlet for damaged, goth-adjacent synth instrumentals. Over the past decade Severed+Said has evolved into a collection of moody, noir-inspired synth works over atmospheric, soundtrack-like ambient drone.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
inverted-audio.com | Jason Cabaniss
"As they round out their second decade, Not Not Fun’s sound is still
fiercely independent but has gradually morphed into an outlet of offbeat
ambient and experimental electronics."With its inaugural release in 2004, California based Not Not Fun was born as a bedroom operation documenting a growing scene within the greater Los Angeles area. Beneath the glitz and glamor of Hollywood was a sound that reflected the darker edges of the region.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
inverted-audio.com | Jason Cabaniss
Chicago-based modal organ maestro Jimmy Lacy is set to unveil his latest sonic odyssey as Sip on Not Not Fun. With origins in a Logan Square cocktail lounge residency, Lacy explores groovy, spaced out keyboard adventures. His 2020 release ‘Leos Natural‘ was an excellent encapsulation of the project thus far, diving deep into a chill out aesthetic that’s suited less for drugged out green rooms than it is for sun-soaked garden walks.
