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album | Ninja Tune
18 October 2003
The latest installation in the series of Solid Steel mixes has the Herbaliser at the controls for an adeptly put together journey through...
by Masta G
album | Stattmusik
30 April 2002
It must be quite irksome to have to acknowledge after all this time that Yello! is still your most famous musical export in the dance world. So this...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Compulsive
31 March 2002
‘A breaks journey’ says the CD. I groan under my breath and lie down on my bed prepared for another uneasy journey through...
by Edward Blake
album | Handle With Care
31 March 2002
After Detroit, Berlin is probably the second most 'techno-associated' city, and this is a showcase of six of its newest and most forward thinking...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Hardleaders
31 March 2002
Jungle seems to be undergoing something of a quiet renaissance recently, not that the hordes of sweaty clubbers who frequent the ultra-popular...
by Edward Blake
album | The Leaf Label
31 March 2002
Leaf release another tasty taster album with artists old and new, but all very wigged out. The overall ambience behind the CD is drowsily rural. A...
by Edward Blake
album | Recording Under Construction
1 March 2002
This tasty little morsel from Germany's RUC records showcases four artists, all of whom have their own particular spin on contemporary electronic...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Stoned Asia Music
1 March 2002
I have a slight problem with any compilation that boasts a marriage of 'authentic' rhythmic chants and global beats with a contemporary club...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Rephlex
2 November 2003
In the long 12 years since their inception, Rephlex have spearheaded a revolution in electronic music – shunning fads, trends and bandwagons...
by Andy Parsons
album | Obsessive
1 January 2002
I didn’t really dig this year’s Bronx Dogs album, but I know people who did – it was one of those albums that sounded like the...
by Edward Blake
album | Pause_2
1 January 2002
Not a lot of info with this one but very nicely packaged with great attention to detail, and the same can be said about the music. This is one meaty...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Bip-Hop
30 September 2001
The fourth in this series is a truly international compilation pulling in artists from the UK, France, the USA and Australia. Defiantly in the vein...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Quatermass
30 September 2001
The third in a series of 'versus' match ups, this one pits Quatermass (electronic division of Sub Rosa) against Rather Interesting (the prolific...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Suction Records
30 June 2001
Suction's engagement with a retro synth-pop sound predates the last two years burgeoning rise of this re-visited genre, however these two...
by Ian Trowell
album | Sanctuary/RAS
25 August 2004
The associations between the grand old man of American music and Jamaica's greatest cultural export are not immediately apparent, even if Dylan does...
by Masta G
album | Wall of Sound
11 September 2004
The concept behind Wall of Sound's helpfully titled Two Culture Clash is that of collaboration and cross fertilisation between UK-based...
by Masta G
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