Welcome to Spannered’s music feature and review archive. What’s in here then? Well, since the site was launched in 2006, Spannered has run in-depth interviews with globetrotting tastemakers Kode9, DJ Ripley and Maga Bo, tripped over to Barcelona's Sónar festival, fallen over at the first ever Bloc Weekend, toured New York's global music circuit and gotten tinnitus in Bristol and São Paulo.
 
Spannered's archive stretches all the way back to 2000, however. Have a dig about and you'll unearth interviews and features with Jeff Mills and Photek, write-ups of Cat Power and Caribou gigs, and album reviews spanning Aphex Twin to NoMeansNo.
 
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Normal Position
ep | Deep Water Recordings   
16 February 2004
Normal Position
Boyfriend's Car
Hyperfast breakbeats and complex electro-acoustic clicks and pops are the hallmarks of today's cutting-edge electronica. But, while impressive, this...
by Ed Chamberlin
Octavcat
ep | Blacknight Records   
8 August 2004
Octavcat
Biggerabit
It's almost a century since the futurist manifesto declared war on sonic convention. Whilst bombarding listeners with his intonarumori, Luigi...
by Alastair Dant
Ova Looven
ep   
3 May 2007
Ova Looven
Gravity Has Expired
Blimey, I wasn’t expecting this from the packaging. Ova Looven have the glacial 80s sound of bands like The Cure and Talk Talk,...
by Edward Blake
Peel Seamus
12 | Delsin   
1 August 2002
Peel Seamus
Artemis
Label boss Marsel returns for his third actual release on his own label after a fledgling tape release. The title track on here, as featured on the...
by Miles Hawthorn
Peter Kruder
12 | Compost   
1 May 2000
Peter Kruder
Rootdown
After a visit to Rainer Trüby's fabled dancefloor jazz night of the same name, Richard Dorfmeister's other half was moved to document the...
by Dave Stelfox
Point B
ep | Combat Recordings   
14 December 2007
Point B
Cinder Cones and Animal Bones
South London's Combat imprint back in full effect. Gymede and E Blade offer irresistibly skippity breaks, riding all manner...
by Kone-R
Princess Superstar
12 | !K7   
20 September 2005
Princess Superstar
Perfect
This is an odd departure for the bad babysitter, Kool Keith collaborator and dirty-mouth darling of indie hip hop. Perfect is a breathless,...
by Demented Toddler
Psapp
ep | Melodic   
26 June 2003
Psapp
Do Something Wrong
An intriguing multi-instrumental release from Melodic, bursting with aural colours, textures and lovely tunes. What is evident from listening to...
by Elizabeth Wells
Q-ic & Stephenson
12 | Drought   
1 April 2001
Q-ic & Stephenson
In Stereo EP
Like a camel that's eaten too much peyote and then stumbled into a branch of Tandy, this is a beast confusingly at ease with technology. Bumbling...
by Edward Blake
Recloose
12 | Playhouse   
6 August 2004
Recloose
Cardiology (Isolee Remix)
I must be unusual in that I haven’t heard the original Recloose version of this track, although this has piqued my interest to check it out....
by Miles Hawthorn
Roots Manuva
ep | Big Dada   
11 February 2006
Roots Manuva
Awfully De/Ep
Rodney's back to show us the swaggering bastard child of Witness (1 Hope) - here's your chance to down ten pints of bitter and throw yourself around with rowdy glee.
by Demented Toddler
Rustie
ep | Stuff   
31 July 2007
Rustie
Jagz The Smack
“It’s the sound the kids are going are crazy to… bass fuelled aquacrunkstep mentalism that’s gonna rock your bedrooms...
by Kone-R
Saam Schlamminger
ep | Alien Transistor Records   
19 October 2003
Saam Schlamminger
Chronomad 1
The sleeve notes tell us that Chronomad is Saam Schlamminger, a young German of Turkish origin, a multi instrumentalist, filmmaker and student of...
by Tom Giles
Schubert
12 | Statik Entertainment   
1 May 2002
Schubert
Murdering Yourself
As dark as whatever it was that lurked under The Trap Door, Schubert (a member of the Imperial Gold project) has produced four twisted...
by Edward Blake
Signal Generator
ep | Occasional   
8 February 2003
Signal Generator
Square Wave
A new label out of Huddersfield celebrates its debut release and quite frankly it's a bit of a corker. This is unpretentious and classic sounding...
by Miles Hawthorn
Sketchie
single | Lumenessence   
22 March 2004
Sketchie
Rifles of the 1900s
I'm actually feeling kinda dizzy right now. Sketchie's latest release will do that, you know. Despite his age (as far as I can make out, he's barely...
by Ed Chamberlin
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