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album | Gadgets
30 April 2002
Gadgets is Italian-born Corrado Izzo and Finn Tatu Metsatahti, and their speciality seems to lie in the creation of warm, spacey techno, with a...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | 2nd Rec
10 January 2003
It is nearly the end of the year but this is without doubt one of the best albums of it, or any year come to think of it. Giardini Di Miro have...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | PIAS
26 June 2003
Having favourably reviewed a Gold Chains single earlier this year I was looking forwards to hearing this long-player. But within 10 minutes I wanted...
by Edward Blake
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
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | !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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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
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