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album | Electronic Corporation
31 March 2001
Following on from their 1999 debut Plastic Omnium, Ive Muller and Rene Kirchner release their second collaborative album. Although German...
by Motorboy
album | The Leaf Label
29 November 2004
There are a lot of interesting things happening in Denmark right now music-wise: Under Byen are creating some shocking sensual stuff with...
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Rotator
20 August 2004
Every once in a while, a release wings in from the middle of an unknown somewhere and drops sparkling surprises on your ears. Unanticipated,...
by David Gunn
album | Southern Lord
4 March 2011
Lester Whimpers ruminates on drone, Fahey, The Pentangle and the Tantras Of Gyütö as he explores Dylan Carlson and co's latest journey to rich and strange regions of the musical cosmos.
by Lester Whimpers
album | The Leaf Label
1 January 2002
Once you've adjusted to Eardrum’s unique sound – not unlike a blind person with one leg shorter than the other trying to walk in a...
by Isabel Hopwood
album | Couch
1 March 2000
One of my favourite discoveries of recent years, Vienna's Couch Records have built a reputation around the small, but perfectly formed output of...
by Dave Stelfox
album | Tresor
1 March 2002
Having reconvened after two mighty fine solo ventures, the highly recommended Other People Place for Warp and Transllusion for Supremat, Drexciya...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Rephlex
2 July 2007
Fallen into any black holes lately? Kone-R puts down his quantum mechanics book and checks out Gerald Donald's latest work.
by Kone-R
album | Lex Records
5 June 2009
One of the most anticipated musical returns of the year goes to DOOM, ex-MF but still a mask-wearing, full-time-rhyming supervillain. Patience...
by Laurent Fintoni
album | Adaadat
2 May 2007
Doddodo make cheap and scuzzy lo-fi sample breaks. Sample Bitch Story is a mid-paced stomp through Japanese pop culture on the back of...
by Edward Blake
album | Accidental
12 April 2004
In what sense is a new Herbert release 'unnecessary'? OK, so it is a compilation and therefore inherently not as good as a new album; but...
by Tom Giles
album | Rephlex
12 October 2010
The word 'prolific' is oft-used to describe artists of less colossal output than Ed Upton, but his is certainly a case where it's justified. To...
by Kone-R
album | Certificate 18
1 March 2000
Is jungle music facing an identity crisis at the moment? It certainly seems that the genre has passed on from the classic scattering breaks and...
by Paul Gannaway
album | Barry's Bootlegs
3 June 2003
If your mate sent you a tape of some Janet and John production with him MCing about how George Bush is a cunt, you’d probably think it was...
by Gavin Weale
album | Intuit Solar
31 March 2001
Based around a radio show format (complete with shout outs from some of Detroit's finest citizens), Off The Chain... features 83 (count 'em...
by Nick Craddock
album | Big Dada
2 September 2004
With Ty just nominated for the Mercury Prize and Infinite Livez attracting widespread and deserved critical acclaim, it seems that Big Dada can do...
by Masta G
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