Winter is coming, time to hunker down with something suitable in the Long Dark of the pre-solstice Pacific Northwest. For this reviewer that means Basic Channel, DeepChord business--something twitchy and minimal, echoes sketching out a vast space suitable for reflection. With its off-kilter deepness, Personal Computer Music is a great addition to the winter pile and a record I'm going to be returning to all year long.

Jeremy Dower is a polymath, active for years in visual arts and music. You may remember the arcade music theme he did for the pixel tribute to "The Simpsons". Brilliant. If you didn't sleep on Efficient Space's 3AM Spares, you will certainly recall "Track 11", a highlight of that essential comp--Jeremy in his Tetrphnm guise. Stalwart Aussie label Chapter Music have been on a tear reissuing Jeremy's music--dive in to their Bandcamp here.

Personal Computer Music is a kind of catalogue raisonné comprising 25 years of previously unreleased deep cuts under the unpronounceable Tetrphnm alias and his own name. It's a fabulous spice bag of sounds. Highlights for me are the aquatic beats and moody sax of "Double Transgression" and "Faux Jazz". "Peak Leisure" sounds like a lost videogame soundtrack. "Shareware" evokes the 90s in title and vibe. Other Tetrphnm cuts have a nice take on the Chain Reaction and Mille Plateaux sound--"Flemington Dream House" clicks and cuts its way so beguilingly through its two minutes you wish it were ten.

Personal Computer Music, 1997-2022 is available from 14-November on Bandcamp HERE