If the only thing Gabo Gulbenkian had going for him was his charming name, I'd still probably want to learn more about him. The fact that he does a brand of electronic music that defies category makes him an easy choice for 'blague-ifying. This is the kind of stuff that reminds you to always give a hearty eye-roll when someone starts going on about how there's nothing new in music. His Explorers album is aptly titled. It's a big big world, and it's good to take time to explore more of the sound shapes [...]

Not only does Greatness come in many disguises – it can wear several of them simultaneously, like a fractal prince that shifts colour & demeanour depending on the dimension you behold it from. The version of the classic Goodbye Horses by legendary dark synth commandoes Psyche can be used to illustrate this phenomenon – a 1980s pop gem which is expansive in the way in which only 1980s pop gems managed to be expansive (for some reason, they make us think of Chinese dragons, adventures in faraway lands, and romantic victory snatched from the jaws of [...]

Individual blogs and websites may err in their judgments sometimes (oh yeah, that has happened to us before), but it's hard to argue with anything that has been blessed with the endorsement of 20 Jazz Funk Greats and the review staff of Boomkat , both such heavyweights when it comes to taste in music that seriously, we wouldn't even dare to disagree. Good thing then that there's also no need for quarreling here, as the new album by the curiously named fellow Gabo Gulbenkian is a terrific work, something so deliberately out of bounds that it left [...]

Dear Santa, Thank you for all the treasures that you hid across our Deep Labyrinth of Madness last year. We had a great time finding all of them, and conveying them to our wonderful readers. We do appreciate your commitment to this way of doing things in spite of the high casualty rate amongst the elven guards that accompany you, and your traditional loss of fingers at the Pit and the Pendulum replica room. We could tell that one was yours because of the golden spider ring in it, how come you left it there? Will you ever [...]