Commended electronic music albums of 2022: part four

 

Here are more Commended albums. This is the fourth of five such blog posts, after which we'll get into our Top 50. See the full countdown here.

Kemetrix: Here and Now (100 Limousines)

This is ace. An industrial cybertronic journey into killer robo-beats and movie soundtrackery. Plus the occasional synth stab. Imagine Robocob as lead singer of a disco act. No. Less sexy than you’re imagining. I’d love a list of its 1980s samples. Truly the dark side of Detroit.

Zombie Zombie: Vae Vobis (Born Bad)

 “Taking their cue from Dutch philosopher and Latin purist Erasmus, the electro trio delve deep into the Middle Ages for an album of… let me just check my notes… er, black mass Latinate prog techno-opera. With tonnes of vocoders. Crumbs.” How is this not in my top 50?

3Ddancer: new exciting toys (3Ddancer)

“Rusted synths pound the dancefloor with little let-up. So much dirty electro. Depraved acid lines catherine-wheel over industrial rhythms. At one point, the beefcake electro of single ‘Botanical Sports’ deflates in a balloon fart of its own eroded ecstasy.”

Richie Culver: I was born by the sea (REIF)

The following line is all you really need to know about this album. “There’s more mobility scooter repair shop and bookies, than there are bookshops.” This Withernsea-themed debut album is full of gruff Blackhaine-style macho ambience. Dark, biographical, essential.

The Ephemeron Loop: Psychonautic Escapism (Heat Crimes)

We’ve had some real experimentalism in this lot. Brace yourself. On Psychonautic Escapism we have apocalyptic screaming, dubby drones and Blanck Mass-style euphori-noir. The blurb compares it to Cocteau Twins and Napalm Death. It’s addictive, and puts the zen into brazen.

This is part of a series of the Best Electronic Music Albums of 2022. Read it all here.