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youtube.comZyzzyva - Equalizer - No Fun Bar - Portland, OR - 10.17.26YouTube video by Micro Genre Music

Zyzzyva - Equalizer - No Fun Bar - Portland, OR - 10.17.26 @heterodoxrecords.bsky.social #electronicmusic #techno #pdxlivemusic #idm www.youtube.com/shorts/wdiY4...

youtube.comBlaix - Equalizer - No Fun Bar - Portland, OR - 10.17.26YouTube video by Micro Genre Music

Blaix - Equalizer - No Fun Bar - Portland, OR - 10.17.26 @blaix.bsky.social #electronicmusic #techno #pdxlivemusic #idm www.youtube.com/shorts/ENOMO...

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youtube.comSPINES - Equalizer - No Fun Bar - Portland, OR - 10.17.26YouTube video by Micro Genre Music

SPINES - Equalizer - No Fun Bar - Portland, OR - 10.17.26 #electronicmusic #techno #pdxlivemusic #idm www.youtube.com/shorts/F9lV_...

quemal - Metamorphosis - 10.9.26 #electronicmusic #portlandoregon

microgenremusic.comWhat We’re Listening to This Week (10.7.26)Archives: What We’re Listening to This Week (3.1.26) · What We’re Listening to This Week (3.11.26) · What We’re Listening to This Week (4.2.26) · What We’re Listening to This Week (4.15.26) · What We’...

New Article. What We're Listening to This Week - 10.7.26 microgenremusic.com/articles/wha... @megabog.bsky.social @susancamposfonseca.bsky.social #ambient #experimentalmusic #electronicmusic

Production Unit Xero - Wyrd Hut - Portland, OR - 10.2.26 #electronicmusic #idm #pdxlivemusic #detroittechno @puxflux.bsky.social @heterodoxrecords.bsky.social

18 Sept

SPINES - Upstairs (Downstairs) at the Synth Library - 9.12.26 #electronicmusic #experimentalmusic #portland #goblincore

microgenremusic.comRenegade Science Vol. 2 - 254 Science and Research (2026) - Album ReviewAlbum: Renegade Science Vol. 2 Artist: V/A Label: 254 Science and Research Release Date: August 21, 2026 There’s one irrefutable truth in this life that eventually comes for everybody: getting older.

18 Sept

Renegade Science Vol. 2 – 254 Science and Research (2026) – Album Review @omarijazz.bsky.social @puxflux.bsky.social @spliffanyevans.bsky.social @djmannymusic.bsky.social @xbulletnymphx.bsky.social @antsnow.bsky.social #jungle #footwork microgenremusic.com/review/reneg...

8 Aug

New Article. What We're Listening to This Week - 8.7.26. microgenremusic.com/articles/wha... #numetal #ska #alternativerock #electronicmusic

youtube.comSPINES - Live in the Depths 75 - 6.6.2024YouTube video by Micro Genre Music

1 Aug

SPINES performance from Live in the Depths 75 - 6.6.24 #electronicmusic #portlandoregon #techno #aliendancemusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b-z...

microgenremusic.comScene Report: Synth Library 10th Anniversary at Process - 7.9.26Venue: Process PDX Date: July 9th, 2026 This is a bit of delayed scene report, but what can you do about a spiritually heavy summer? Not a lot. I thought about scrapping it altogether…

15 July

Scene Report: Synth Library 10th Anniversary at Process – 7.9.26 @baseck.bsky.social microgenremusic.com/articles/sce... #electronicmusic #idm #breakcore #portland

microgenremusic.comAmplitude Modulation - V/A - Pinecone Moonshine [PCMS 2026.2] (2026) - Album ReviewAlbum: Amplitude Modulation Artist: V/A Release Date: May 29, 2026 Label: Pinecone Moonshine It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of Pincecone Moonshine here at Micro Genre Music. We’ve covered a…

9 July

Amplitude Modulation – V/A – Pinecone Moonshine [PCMS 2026.2] (2026) – Album Review microgenremusic.com/review/ampli... @pineconemoonshine.bsky.social #darkambient #drumandbass #electronicmusic

microgenremusic.comBoards of Canada - Inferno (2026) - Album ReviewAlbum: Inferno Artist: Boards of Canada Release Date: May 29, 2026 Label: Warp Records After listening to this album, one question kept circling my skull: where’s the growth? A lot of us grew up on…

4 June

New Review. Boards of Canada - Inferno. @boardsofcanada.bsky.social microgenremusic.com/review/board... #ambientmusic #electronicmusic #boardsofcanada

@midorihirano.bsky.social

19 Apr

This is just a PSA to remind everyone that Micro Genre Music exists to support artists who actually contribute to the community they inhabit - not people who tear it down, exploit it, or move through it leaving damage behind them. Full post here: www.instagram.com/p/DXVJLACgifd/

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Midori Hirano

27 Mar

Thank you @microgenremusic.bsky.social 🙏 "..move between a certain composition and synthesis, expanding their language rather than replacing it." Top Ambient Albums of Winter 2026 - Micro Genre Music microgenremusic.com/articles/top...

microgenremusic.comTop Ambient Albums of Winter 2026Winter 2026 never settled into anything recognizable, but at least we got a fresh batch of wonderful Ambient albums to listen to. What stood out just as much as the music itself, was the range of…

29 Mar

Top Ambient Albums of Winter 2026 microgenremusic.com/articles/top... @midorihirano.bsky.social @leuksna.bsky.social #ambientmusic #darkambient

microgenremusic.comScene Report: Live in the Depths 95Consider listening along at https://www.spaz.org/radio/archives/ Portland’s Most Unwanted 2026-03-06. Timestamps included. All the children of the night are lulled in by the distant sounds of Live in…

9 Mar

New Scene Report by SLTHR ( @slthr.bsky.social ). Live in the Depths 95. microgenremusic.com/articles/sce... @hexwolves.bsky.social @proqxis.bsky.social @spazradio.bsky.social #indsutrialtechno #electronicmusic #portland

microgenremusic.comGogol Bordello at Revolution Hall Concert ReviewGogol Bordello just get better with age, which they proved beyond a shadow of a doubt on Monday night, reducing Revolution Hall to a quivering, sweating mass over and over and over again. I have never...

8 Mar

New Concert Review/Scene Report by J. Simpson ( @forestpunk.bsky.social). Gogol Bordello at Revolution Hall. microgenremusic.com/articles/sce... #gogolbordello #gypsypunk

microgenremusic.comScene Report: Modbang PDX 2.27.26Show: Modbang PDX – 2.27.26 Venue: The Midnight PDX + The Sïx Everyone seems to be in good spirits tonight (unaware that the leaders of the Board of Peace are bombing the fuck out of Iran) – it’s the…

8 Mar

New Scene Report. Modbang PDX - 2.27.26 microgenremusic.com/articles/sce... @puxflux.bsky.social @heterodoxrecords.bsky.social #idm #electronicmusic #experimentalmusic

microgenremusic.comScene Report: Live in the Depths 94Disclaimer: Time is a slippery drunk bastard – reliably unreliable, belligerent, and prone to slipping out the back door when you need it most. What you’re about to read happened in some kind of order...

16 Feb

New Scene Report. Live in the Depths 94 - Atlantis Lounge - Portland, OR microgenremusic.com/articles/sce... #livemusic #electronicmusic #portlandor #idm #breakcore

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J Simpson

@forestpunk.bsky.social

4 Jan

I wrote about Motion Sickness of Time Travel's sublime, trance-inducing Ballade for a Wolf Moon for @microgenremusic.bsky.social in honor of tonight's Full Wolf Moon in Cancer. microgenremusic.com/genres/ambie... #musicsky #albumreview #albumoftheday

microgenremusic.comMotion Sickness of Time Travel - Ballade for a Wolf Moon Album ReviewDrones are serve chilled on Motion Sickness of Time Travel’s Ballade for a Wolf Moon, a classic drone album from 2014. Between 2013 and 2014, Rachel Evans, recording under the name Motion Sickness of…

microgenremusic.comThe 15 Best Techno Albums of 2025From an unexpected album from Sandwell District and Voices From the Lake to one of the best from Death In Vegas, here are the 15 best techno albums of 2025. 2025 found techno in an odd state of…

2 Jan

New Article by J. Simpson ( @forestpunk.bsky.social ). The 15 Best Techno Albums of 2025. microgenremusic.com/genres/techn... @efdemin.bsky.social @1sampre.bsky.social @bassclef.bsky.social #techno #technomusic #bestof2025

microgenremusic.comTop Ambient Albums of 2025There are more records worth your time than there are hours to absorb them. There are more thoughtful drones and slow-blooming atmospheres than a single nervous system can comfortably process in one…

31 Dec 2025

Top Ambient Albums of 2025 @lojammusic.bsky.social @puxflux.bsky.social @heterodoxrecords.bsky.social @k-lc.bsky.social @marineeyes.bsky.social @400lonelythings.bsky.social @absentwarrior.bsky.social @patriciawolf.bsky.social #ambientmusic #darkambient microgenremusic.com/articles/top...

microgenremusic.comI Hate Christmas - Ama Yari (2025) - Album ReviewAlbum: I Hate Christmas Artist: Ama Yari Release Date: December 21, 2025 Confession: I fucking hate Christmas. It wasn’t always this way. It used to start innocently enough in late October with a…

25 Dec 2025

New Review. I Hate Christmas - Ama Yari. microgenremusic.com/review/i-hat... #merrychristmas #queercore #gothrock

microgenremusic.comShock Value and Cultural Appropriation in Experimental MusicI got a demo a couple of weeks ago. I’ll start with the music; it was, at its heart, hip-hop, so to speak, it was hip-hop beats made with a lot of distorted industrial sounds. It definitely gave the…

9 Dec 2025

New Article by Ramon Mills ( @puxflux.bsky.social / @heterodoxrecords.bsky.social ) Shock Value and Cultural Appropriation in Experimental Music microgenremusic.com/articles/sho... #CulturalAppropriation #experimentalmusic #deathinjune

microgenremusic.comGangster Computer God - Self Titled (2025) - Album ReviewAlbum: Gangster Computer God [HTX152] Artist: Gangster Computer God Release Date: November 7, 2025 Gangster Computer God is an appropriate name for Kevin Stevenson Fiske. I don’t know Kevin in any…

2 Dec 2025

Gangster Computer God – Self Titled (2025) – Album Review microgenremusic.com/review/gangs... @heterodoxrecords.bsky.social

microgenremusic.comScene Report: HARDWARE 04 at Process PDXHARDWARE 04 – Enzo, Production Unit Xero, Hypersurface 303, Joel Noct, Blaix, Casual Decay, Greystar Venue: Process PDX – 5040 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR Previous Scene Reports at Process PDX: 7/

2 Dec 2025

Scene Report: HARDWARE 04 at Process PDX microgenremusic.com/articles/sce... @blaix.bsky.social @greystarmusic.bsky.social @hypersurface.bsky.social #electronicmusic #idm #pdx #experimentalmusic

microgenremusic.comWhat is a Groovebox?OK, so let’s actually ask the big question here: What is a groovebox? People throw the term around all the time, but it has a pretty specific origin. The idea really kicked off in the mid-to-late ’90s...

New Article. "What is a Groovebox?" by Ramon Mills microgenremusic.com/articles/wha... #groovebox #yahama #roland #elektron #octatrack #tr1000 @puxflux.bsky.social

microgenremusic.comThe Volcano - Mano Sinistra (2025) - Album ReviewWritten by: Prof. Eww Tues, Nov 11th, 2025 It was a very interesting evening the night I met Mano. We were at Portland’s monthly event “Live in the Depths #92”. I didn’t know at the time that I would…

New Review by Prof. Eww @d_phono_ The Volcano – Mano Sinistra (2025) microgenremusic.com/review/the-v... #ambientmusic #experimental #electronicmusic

microgenremusic.comScene Report: Live in the Depths 92LIVE IN THE DEPTHS 92: Official Website Venue: Mississippi Pizza & Atlantis Lounge – Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR Disclaimer: Time is a slippery bastard. What you’re about to read happened in some…

New Scene Report. Live in the Depths 92. microgenremusic.com/articles/sce... #experimental #electronicmusic #portlandoregon

microgenremusic.comAmber Disc - Joel Noct Brinson (2025) - Album ReviewAlbum: Amber Disc Artist: Joel Noct Brinson Release Date: February 27, 2025 Full disclosure, this album made my Top Ambient Albums of Spring 2025 even though it came out in February.

New Review. Amber Disc - Joel Noct Brinson. microgenremusic.com/review/amber... #darkambient #ambientmusic #experimentalmusic

microgenremusic.comNhạc Vàng IV: how many wars - Dao Strom (2025) - Album ReviewAlbum: Nhạc Vàng IV: how many wars Artist: Dao Strom Release Date: October 17, 2025 It’s another cold and gray Portland Saturday. Days like this make me vulnerable to ambient and experimental sound…

New Review. Nhạc Vàng IV: how many wars – Dao Strom microgenremusic.com/review/nhac-... #experimentalmusic #ambient #postfolk @daostrom.bsky.social

microgenremusic.comAmbient 4: On Land - Brian Eno (1982) - Album ReviewAlbum: Ambient 4: On Land Artist: Brian Eno Release Date: March 1982 Label: Editions EG There’s a stretch of road somewhere, maybe in the rural backwoods of America, maybe along the misty coastlines…

New Review. Ambient 4: On Land – Brian Eno (1982). microgenremusic.com/review/ambie... #ambientmusic #darkambient #brianeno @brianenosdiary.bsky.social

microgenremusic.comScene Report: EQUALIZER presented by Heterodox Records at NO FUN (10.18.25)Event: EQUALIZER presented by Heterodox Records Date: 10.18.25 Venue: NO FUN – 1709 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR Disclaimer: Time is a slippery bastard. What you’re about to read happened in some…

21 Oct 2025

New Scene Report. EQUALIZER presented by Heterodox Records at NO FUN (10.18.25) microgenremusic.com/articles/sce... @puxflux.bsky.social @heterodoxrecords.bsky.social @occurian.bsky.social #electronicmusic #idm #experimentalmusic #portlandoregon

microgenremusic.comVoodoo - D’Angelo (2000) - Album ReviewAlbum: Voodoo Artist: D’Angelo Release Date: January 25, 2000 It’s the year 2000. The hangover of Y2K was in the air and for all the hype the year 2000 had in our minds in the 90s leading up to the…

16 Oct 2025

New Review. Voodoo - D'Angelo. In loving memory. microgenremusic.com/review/voodo... #neosoul #randb #soulmusic #dangelo

microgenremusic.comPoints Of No Return - V/A || Beacon Sound (2020) - Album ReviewAlbum: Points Of No Return Artist: Various Artists Release Date: August 7, 2020 There’s nothing quite like discovering a two hour long, 22-track quasi-ambient compilation album released by a local…

11 Oct 2025

New Review. Points Of No Return – V/A @beaconsound.bsky.social @patriciawolf.bsky.social @derekhwilson.bsky.social @marcusfischer.bsky.social @amuletsmusic.bsky.social @crystalquartez.bsky.social @hollandandrews.bsky.social microgenremusic.com/review/point... #ambientmusic #electronicmusic

microgenremusic.comThings Falling Apart - Nine Inch Nails (2000) - Album ReviewAlbum: Things Fall Apart Artist: Nine Inch Nails Release Date: November 21, 2000 Ah yes, Things Falling Apart – one of the worst reviewed Nine Inch Nails releases of all time. Incidentally…

9 Oct 2025

New Review. Things Falling Apart - Nine Inch Nails. microgenremusic.com/review/thing... #industrialmusic #postindustrial #nineinchnails #trentreznor

microgenremusic.comIsis - bagonia (2024) - Album ReviewAlbum: Isis Artist: bagonia Release Date: November 30, 2024 Full disclosure, I’m not the best person to review this album for any of its technical aspects, because there’s a lot going on here…

7 Oct 2025

New Album Review. Isis – bagonia (2024). microgenremusic.com/review/isis-... #dub #noisemusic #electronicmusic #industrial

microgenremusic.comScene Report: Live in the Depths 91LIVE IN THE DEPTHS 91: Official Website Venue: Mississippi Pizza & Atlantis Lounge – Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR Disclaimer: Time is a slippery bastard. What you’re about to read happened in some…

4 Oct 2025

New Scene Report. Live in the Depths 91. #electronicmusıc #experimentalmusic #breakcore #pdx microgenremusic.com/articles/sce... @pr0xima-b.bsky.social @puxflux.bsky.social @occurian.bsky.social @statas.bsky.social

microgenremusic.comRECESSED DRAUGHTING - Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe (2024) - Album ReviewAlbum: RECESSED DRAUGHTING Artist: Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe Release Date: June 25, 2024 It feels almost rude to use the phrase “old world” when describing something like this, but maybe I just don’t…

3 Oct 2025

RECESSED DRAUGHTING – Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe (2024) – Album Review microgenremusic.com/review/reces... @geodesicdome.bsky.social #ambientmusic #darkambient #electronicmusic

microgenremusic.comFEELING BODY - Nyokabi Kariũki (2023) - Album ReviewAlbum: FEELING BODY Artist: Nyokabi Kariũki Release Date: March 3, 2023 Composed during the throes of extended illness, the album carries an unexpected restorative quality. I truly believe that we all...

3 Oct 2025

FEELING BODY – Nyokabi Kariũki (2023) – Album Review microgenremusic.com/review/feeli... #ambientmusic #darkambient #healing #minimalistambient

microgenremusic.comNeptunian Blue - Ahya Simone (2025) - Album ReviewAlbum: Neptunian Blue Artist: Ahya Simone Release Date: January 8, 2025 We haven’t heard anything else by Ahya Simone, but judging by the album I’ve just heard, I know that she has a distinct vision…

28 Sept 2025

New Review. Neptunian Blue – Ahya Simone (2025) microgenremusic.com/review/neptu... @idee-fixe.bsky.social @ideefixerecords.bsky.social #randb #ambient #experimentalmusic #ahyasimone

microgenremusic.comHarmony / Balance - Ibukun Sunday (2024) - Album ReviewAlbum: Harmony / Balance Artist: Ibukun Sunday Release Date: September 20, 2024 One of the enduring qualities of ambient music is its ability to remain timeless; you can always dust off an ambient…

28 Sept 2025

New Review. Harmony / Balance – Ibukun Sunday (2024). microgenremusic.com/review/harmo... #ambientmusic #dronemusic #minimalism

13 Sept 2025

New Article by J. Simpson ( @forestpunk.bsky.social). 10 Albums to Check Out This Week. @k-lc.bsky.social @theblackdog.bsky.social @room40.bsky.social @modeselektor.bsky.social microgenremusic.com/articles/10-... #ambientmusic #darkambient #dronemusic #newreleases

microgenremusic.comAmbient Dairies Vol. 1 - Production Unit Xero (2025) - Album ReviewAlbum: Ambient Dairies Vol. 1 [HTX147] Artist: Production Unit Xero Release Date: September 5, 2025 Longform ambient compositions. How did I take you for granted? Okay, so to be fair, I think a lot of...

11 Sept 2025

New Review. Ambient Dairies Vol. 1 – Production Unit Xero. @puxflux.bsky.social @heterodoxrecords.bsky.social microgenremusic.com/review/ambie... #ambientmusic #darkambient #electronicmusic

microgenremusic.comTop Ambient Albums of 2025 - Summer EditionAs I said in my Top Ambient Albums of 2025 – Winter Edition & Spring Edition rundown, (and I will continue to say this) music lists with “Top” in their title should always be taken with a grain of…

31 Aug 2025

Top Ambient Albums of 2025 – Summer Edition @puxflux.bsky.social @patriciawolf.bsky.social @absentwarrior.bsky.social @launau.bsky.social microgenremusic.com/articles/top... #ambientmusic #darkambient #musicreviews