About Us - Ransom Note
Ransom Note is a digital music, arts and culture publication. We provide a home for readers and writers with boundless enthusiasm, esoteric knowledge, fierce opinions and impeccable taste. Having been in operation for over ten years we seek to showcase and represent the creative and artistic attributes of a diverse and progressive society.
Reviews - Ransom Note
The 2025 edition features Mad Professor, Marie Davidson, Sherelle, Danielle, Or:la, Hunee, Decius, John Talabot, Floating Points, Soichi Terada (Live), Optimo ...
Ken Ishii ‘Reference To Difference’ Sleevenotes - Ransom Note
Originally released back in 1994, ‘Reference To Difference’ has now been remastered and accompanied by new liner notes from Martyn Pepperell published here, Ishii’s masterpiece showcased a fusion of ambient atmospheres, space age techno, IDM, and minimalism. This reissue not only revives a pivotal moment in the 1990s Japanese techno scene ...
Interviews - Ransom Note
Interviews. Bacalao! The Untold Story Of Valencia’s Pioneering 80’s-90’s Rave Scene The latest EP Bawrut has gifted to Ransom Note Records (available here kids!) features a stomping beast of a tune that went by the name of Routa. Interviews. Maya Shenfeld: Music is immaterial. The only space it occupies is time.
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Premiere: Hologram Teen – Valley Nights (Burnin’) The LA-based producer returns to Ransom Note Records with a third album which is a nostalgic musical love letter to the 1980s. Graintable: The ‘Shine A Light On’ Mix Following the release of his album on Ransom Note Records, Graintable spotlights Portland in a new mixtape.
Mixes - Ransom Note
Jaaako Eino Kalevi’s Heaven and Hell Ransom Note Mix A beautiful, kaleidoscopic journey through Benin 70s funk, 80s pop, post-punk, disco, Turkish or otherwise and everything in between. Mixes. B.Visible: The ‘Wednesday Alternative’ Mix An eclectic mix of Downtempo, Funk, House and beyond from Austrian electronic music producer Peter Kalcic.
Introducing… Khruangbin - Ransom Note
Introducing…. Khruangbin. When you think of Ransom Note, your first instinct probably isn’t that we’re the ones in the know when it comes to Thai-funk being made in Texas. However, being Ransom Note’s shining beacon of exploration (read: the one that doesn’t know much about electronic music and spent most of his degree studying world ...
Simplicity Is Sincerity: Cremation Lily Talks - Ransom Note
That just leaves immediate plans, the final projections for the near future. As with much of what Zsigo does the answer is simple and sincere: ‘Make sure my friends know they’re loved, keep educating myself, write an LP, leave space.’. Leisure Scars, a new Cremation Lily tape, was released February 2017 on Strange Rules.
Commentary - Ransom Note
Music To Sit on The Sidelines To Sharon interviews longstanding Ransom Note contributor and friend Victoria 'Drama' Saunders ahead of a special fundraiser in her name after a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. On the 3rd of December London’s club scene comes together for ‘Dance For Drama’, an event to drive the fundraiser to raise 60K for ...
Review: Azymuth - Fênix - Ransom Note
The 9-track record exhibits all of the musicianship, expressiveness, and warmth we would expect from Azymuth. The down-tempo opener 'Villa Mariana (De Tarde)' sets the tone, introducing us to the smooth cocktail of bass, synths, percussion, and dreamy vocals which make up the rest of the album. Beyond this dream laced disco and luxuriously ...