Parker Desautell

Parker has published with The Wrong Quarterly, Everyday Fiction, The Sun Chronicle, and Cadaverine Magazine. He graduated from Eastern University with a bachelor's degree in English.
Regis’ New LP Reaffirms His Gift for Grinding Industrial Terror

Regis’ New LP Reaffirms His Gift for Grinding Industrial Terror

Regis' music often feels so distorted, so twisted out of shape, even the most human moments feel modular. Voices become indistinguishable from machines on Hidden in This Is the Light That You Miss.

Lee Jones’ ‘Down Into Light’ Is a Minutiae-Scanning Beauty of Minimal Techno

Lee Jones’ ‘Down Into Light’ Is a Minutiae-Scanning Beauty of Minimal Techno

Down Into Light feels like the album Lee Jones was always born to make. He's always had a lightness of touch, but here, his touch is more delicate than ever.

Maurice Fulton’s New LP is a Worthy Addition to the BOOF Canon

Maurice Fulton’s New LP is a Worthy Addition to the BOOF Canon

Maurice Fulton (BOOF) is a maestro of production value, adept at so many different sub-genres, and he's been at it for so long that he seems guaranteed not to fail. Almost 30 years since "Gypsy Woman", Rebirth of Gerberdaisy affirms all his gifts.

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s New LP Is Lacking in Songcraft but Rich in Texture

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s New LP Is Lacking in Songcraft but Rich in Texture

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's The Mosaic of Transformation is a slightly uneven listen. It generally transcends the tropes of its genre, but occasionally substitutes substance for style.

Producer Roza Terenzi’s ​​Debut LP Shows Flashes of Greatness​

Producer Roza Terenzi’s ​​Debut LP Shows Flashes of Greatness​

Producer Roza Terenzi's Modern Bliss shows she can take on many sounds at once—jungle, dub, trance, deep house, and classic Detroit techno—without sacrificing any flair or any nuance.

Nicolás Jaar’s ‘Cenizas’ Is a Woozy, Ambient Masterwork

Nicolás Jaar’s ‘Cenizas’ Is a Woozy, Ambient Masterwork

Cenizas is the sound of Nicolás Jaar skirting around the edges of his own sound—skeletal, stripped-back, examining the little things that made his music so great to begin with.

DJ Python’s ‘Mas Amable’ Is a Loopy, Continuous Dream

DJ Python’s ‘Mas Amable’ Is a Loopy, Continuous Dream

On DJ Python's Mas Amable, everything moves along in a liquid haze. Each song slowly mutates into the next, and each sound seems to become something unlike itself.