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album | Planet Mu
1 January 2001
The latest of one Tatsuya Joseph Yoshide, he of the previous incarnation on Sub Rosa as Rom=Pari. The press release states that Joseph's strengths...
by Mathew Riley
album | Nature
31 August 2000
Take equal parts of cool funk, dodgy drum machines, Psychic Youth type loops, ludicrous cut ups, delicious electronics and hey presto, you're Jolly....
by Andy Gain
album | Exceptional
31 August 2002
John Beltran, the press release assures us, leads a ‘quiet but athletic life’. I found myself speculating on what this might mean. A...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Warp
4 November 2005
Jamie Lidell: a bit of an enigma wrapped up in a conumdrum, one might say if one was prone to spouting such shite. As the one half of...
by John Power
album | Tresor
30 April 2000
Two years on from his debut long-player, James Ruskin returns on the mighty Tresor with a selection of tracks that demonstrate how he's maturing as...
by Tom Magic Feet
album | Tresor
30 June 2001
Ruskin's second album for Tresor, and it's something of a production masterclass. The titles give you a clue as to the mood here: when...
by Gavin Weale
album | Ninja Tune
3 July 2005
Martial drumming, huge, pulsating waves of melody and brazen disregard for your eardrums. Yes, Jaga are now a post-rock outfit.
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Om
20 October 2004
This deep mix from San Franciscan hip hop DJ J-Boogie is one of this month's unexpected gems, combining as it does hip hop, dub, nu soul and...
by Masta G
album | Emanate
1 January 2002
Galleon ships of days gone by tended not to have hi-fi systems on them, but if they did I think this may have been a popular choice with the crew....
by Edward Blake
album | !K7
1 January 2001
Awash with understated harmony and shuffling, fractured rhythm, a languid tone of contemplation permeates Return To X's nine tracks. From...
by Dave Stelfox
album | Lex Records
8 January 2004
Hymie's Basement are Andrew Broder of Fog (Ninja Tune) and Jonathan Wolf of cLOUDDEAD (Anticon) fame. Their weird, quiet album of mostly short songs...
by Demented Toddler
album | Warp
17 February 2005
Pin-pointing the birth of electronic music is more difficult than you think. Often people will bring up Kraftwerk’s name, as they certainly...
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Warp Records
24 March 2009
Taking its cue from the sounds of Detroit (313 being Detroit’s dialing code), Mark Pritchard uses the Harmonic 313 moniker to release his...
by Laurent Fintoni
album | Mitek
31 July 2002
Hakan Lidbo is currently working with 80s filmic electronic pioneers Yello, and shares their filmic aesthetic. The mood is blue-black and lucidly...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Canine Records
5 June 2005
Deep Sea Diver opens this album with a collection of submerged, static drones and muffled vocals reminiscent of Can’s Future...
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Kitty-Yo
1 March 2000
Berlin's Kitty-Yo continues to pursue its uncompromisingly eclectic vision, but with the corrupted grooves of Chilly Gonzales may have stumbled...
by Dave Stelfox
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