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album | Warp
15 November 2003
From Luca Santucci’s opening lament you know that Spokes is not going to be a cheery album. That’s no bad thing, I hear you cry...
by Tom Giles
album | Certificate 18
1 March 2000
This is a pure shot of excellence into the blood-stream of electronica. Coming from a Black Dog/Autechre/Boards of Canada angle, Pilote manages to...
by Paul Gannaway
album | Invisible
1 March 2000
Unchecked ambition can be a dangerous thing in music. Former Cop Shoot Cop collaborator and film score merchant JF Coleman is Phylr (pronounced...
by Tom Magic Feet
album | Music Man
31 March 2001
There aren't many recording artists who can stake a claim on being the first to use a 303 on record. Phuture 303's current streamlined incarnation...
by Nick Craddock
album | Zebra Traffic
29 January 2004
Not so much Millenium Metaphors as sophomore similes, Phi Life Cypher return with their second attempt to break the record for the number...
by Demented Toddler
album | Skylab Operations
27 May 2003
A double album featuring Phasmid’s original LP and a host of remixes by various artists working on the fringes of electronic music. The first...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Music Man
25 August 2008
Techno music is a funny old game at the moment. The merest hint of fashion, or ego, and the old guard are up in arms. In 2008 then, they are...
by Kone-R
album | Faith and Industry
16 August 2003
Fusing ancient and modern instruments of the wandering minstrel, from laptops to recorders, Patrick Wolf's debut album forges a startlingly unique...
by James Burrell
album | Domino
20 August 2005
Richard Bold envelops himself in the haunting world of Slint guitarist Dave Pajo's debut solo album.
by Richard Bold
album | Position Chrome
31 July 2002
Panacea is best known for his incendiary jungle releases that were ripping the genre into a screaming riffgasm long before the overall tone of...
by Edward Blake
album | Blast First/Mute
1 January 2001
Pan Sonic are Finnish analog freaks who make decidedly expansive, er, minimal beat music. They used to be called Panasonic, but that was before the...
by Kate Butler
album | Jester
30 June 2001
A real tongue twister of a title to get stuck into here but unfortunately not a lot else. This double CD from Norway is apparently about friendship...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Pro-Jex
31 March 2001
LP of ultra tough street techno on Charlie Hall's Pro-jex label, aping the jack-attack sound of Chicago's DJ Rush in an uncompromising albeit...
by Edward Blake
album | Seed
10 January 2003
As is immediately evident from the artist name and album title, this is a work that is full of contrasts. One moment your heart is melted by the icy...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Adaadat
17 February 2005
This album has some of the funniest and most simple cover artwork I have ever seen, especially when taken in context with the music itself. A...
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Fabric
9 March 2009
The latest mix from Fabric is with us and star of the show is the elusive Motor City resident, Omar S. Probably now part of the fourth or fifth...
by Rosenthal Whim
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