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album | Rephlex
26 June 2003
More a compendium of previously released singles than an album proper, this first long-player from Kevin Martin’s ragga project still works as...
by Edward Blake
album | Ninja Tune
26 May 2008
Kevin Martin can easily be described as an eclectic producer. Over the years he has collaborated with, remixed and produced for a great many...
by Laurent Fintoni
album | Soma
1 May 2007
What else would you expect from a compilation of The Black Dog's best old school offerings (plus some lovely rarities) other than pure...
by Edward Blake
album | Tresor
11 September 2002
Tracks by The Advent are to DJs what planks are to builders: useful, solid, a bit hard, rather uninteresting on their own but perfect as the...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Tresor
30 April 2000
He may be one of Detroit's less well-known producers, but Dixon has previously co-produced Juan Atkins' Skynet, released two twelves on...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Skam
23 March 2004
Choose Your Own Adventure? Maybe. But only if your adventure of choice has a title like Astrosmash, Cosmic Avenger or...
by David Gunn
album | Fact
31 July 2002
This album review descends into metaphor I'm afraid; it's very difficult to describe this kind of minimalist soundscaping without making reference...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Compost
30 April 2000
Viscous, slightly electrified, disco-friendly, jazz-influenced floor fillers are what Syrup do and Different Flavours does not disappoint....
by Dave Stelfox
album | Planet Mu
23 March 2009
Ever since the name Syntheme started to appear on internet message boards, debate has raged about the identity of the person behind the now...
by Kone-R
album | The Leaf Label
31 August 2000
Japanese genius Susumu Yokota delivers another beguilingly beautiful project previously released on his own Skintone imprint. When you understand...
by Dave Stelfox
album | The Leaf Label
1 March 2000
For those who may be more familiar with Susumu Yokota's work on Sublime, Magic Thread will be a valuable insight to the many musical facets...
by Dave Stelfox
album | The Leaf Label
30 June 2001
It's been a while since I last had a good ambient Zulu boogie so hearing Susumu Yokota's river deep compositions has brought me a little piece of...
by Edward Blake
album | Peacefrog
30 April 2003
Suburban Knight chooses this moment to release his first album for seventeen years, a production schedule to confound many a major label bigwig. He...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Delsin
3 June 2003
Delsin draw together onto one CD the trio of messages that Detroit group Strand have put out, all previously only available on vinyl. The first...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Zenit
26 November 2002
Stanny Franssen’s first album starts like a masterpiece and ends like a solid loop-based tech-house record with a darker, more stylish vibe...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Science
31 March 2001
Pullen threads a preoccupation with time through his latest LP. He opens with the track that was made the longest time ago, Tsunami, and...
by Kate Butler
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