Forma

Brooklyn-based trio Forma create warm, smoothly flowing analog electronic music reminiscent of Krautrock, minimalism, and ambient techno. They were formed in 2010 and quickly amassed countless hours of improvised sessions. Recordings from some of these sessions were posted on their SoundCloud page and made waves on the underground synthesizer music scene, and Spectrum Spools released the trio's self-titled debut album in 2011. The slightly darker, more focused follow-up, Off/On, was issued by the same label in 2012. Forma went in a more dancefloor-centric direction with 2014's Cool Haptics, two 15-minute tracks of lush ambient techno released by the Bunker New York. Two years later, Forma signed to Kranky and released Physicalist, the trio's first release to include acoustic instruments. ~ Paul Simpson