by Sean CooperRobin Saville and Antony Ryans releases as isan are characterized by simple rhythms, pop-inflected song structures, and strong, committedly analog melodies. Originally from Reading, England, the duo emerged from the electronica underground in the mid-90s, at a time when groups like Autechre and Aphex Twin were bringing increasing levels of abstraction and disjunction to electronic post-techno. Dodging that approach, isan joined artists such as Solvent, B. Fleischmann, Swedens Pluxus, and Krautrock-electronica fusionists To Rococo Rot in making their music warm, inviting, and accessible. Like many of those artists, isan (perhaps inadvertently) draws on the 70s and 80s electronic experiments of Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Jean-Michel Jarre, early new wave, and Another Green World-era Brian Eno. Releases on indie-hybrid labels like Static Caravan, Liquefaction Empire, and Foundary — among them several limited and hard-to-find 7s &...