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album | Big Dada
20 April 2006
Big Dada's energetic new kids meld bouncy East Coast hip hop with what sounds dangerously like Brighton Big Beat circa 1996. Is it successful though?
by Masta G
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 | Big Dada
30 October 2003
Lotek Hifi's mini album proves the range of Big Dada's roster in the wake of Ty's latest outing (see album review) and sees producer Wayne Bennett...
by Masta G
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 | 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
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
album | RG Records
26 November 2003
Loose knit collective Border Crossing move through the different musical idioms of their native West London with consummate ease. Their genre...
by Masta G
album | Grand Central
23 February 2004
The distinctive, ethereal tones of Canadian chanteuse Kate Rogers will be familiar to fans of her Grand Central colleagues and collaborators Aim and...
by Masta G
album | Geophone Records
31 May 2002
Buffalo-based arts professor Mike Parker has been crafting his twisted take on techno for quite some time now. The haunting feel that is created by...
by Low Life
album | Reel Musiq
31 May 2002
Japanese techno is intrinsically linked with the name of Ken Ishi. His productions, never easily pigeonholed by the music press, have always been...
by Low Life
album | Zenit
30 April 2002
Best known in the UK for consistent quality productions in G-Force guise, the Flemish techno don downs tools to prove that he also creates havoc...
by Low Life
album | Meta
30 April 2002
Following on from his last long-player, Listening To The Voice Inside, Ho continues in the deeply tribal vein, only this time more so. This...
by Low Life
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 | Poo-Bah Records
24 March 2009
While Flying Lotus grabbed the headlines and attention in 2008, other LA producers have been busy, including Ras G whose dubwise and smoky...
by Laurent Fintoni
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 | Circulations
24 March 2009
Further proving that the rebirth of hip hop’s boom bap isn’t limited to a singular axis, New Worlds brings together some...
by Laurent Fintoni
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