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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The Free Association
single | Mercury   
18 September 2003
The Free Association
Sugarman
The latest single from David Holmes’ hip hop/funk collective sees them cover Sixto Rodriguez's classic account of the allure of herbal and...
by Masta G
Lotek HiFi
7 | Big Dada   
18 September 2003
Lotek HiFi
Ram Dancehall
This one’s been out for a while but I only just caught up with it. Wayne Bennett has previously produced for Roots Manuva and this hard to...
by Masta G
Black Milk
single | Big Teeth   
8 June 2004
Black Milk
The Competition/The Pretender
The Essex based Black Milk collective bring a musically and lyrically fresh approach to the consistently under-achieving genre that is UK hip hop....
by Masta G
Soundmurderer and SK-1
12 | Rephlex   
25 September 2003
Soundmurderer and SK-1
Rewind Records EP
Soundmurderer and partner in Crime SK-1 lay down some ragga-jungle-hardcore on this collection which puts most UK producers to shame. These two...
by Masta G
Lotek HiFi
7 | Big Dada   
2 October 2003
Lotek HiFi
Percolator
The Big Dada website coyly describes this new 7 as ragga disco, clearly hoping that people might not realise it's actually garage. Whatever you want...
by Masta G
DJ C
12 | Mashit   
21 June 2004
DJ C
Billy Jungle (featuring Shinehead)
The most recent outing from DJ C has been rinsed out by John Peel, Resonance, Ninja Tune and happy junglists in Europe and the US – no...
by Masta G
Digitek
12 | Zebra Traffic   
7 July 2004
Digitek
Clipper Ripper/Cyaan Do Dat
Coming straight outta Brighton like much of 2004's most exciting UK hip hop, the Digitek crew have so far received airtime and support from the...
by Masta G
Captain Funkaho
ep | Stones Throw   
18 October 2003
Captain Funkaho
Villain Style/Goatworld
This new EP from Madlib's label Stones Throw introduces the unhinged Captain Funkaho to the world. A lifelong lover of goats and sometime advisor to...
by Masta G
DJ C
12 | Mashit   
18 October 2003
DJ C
Conscience a Heng Dem (featuring Capelton)
The first release from the appropriately named new American label Mashit makes imaginative use of a militant Capelton vocal (an interlude from his...
by Masta G
The Village Orchestra
EP | Stuffrecords   
12 November 2008
The Village Orchestra
The Dark Is Rising
Glasgow’s Stuffrecords has been quietly releasing some outstanding records over the past couple of years, but with this new 12”...
by Kone-R
Beckett & Taylor
ep | Hand on the Plow   
14 December 2007
Beckett & Taylor
World of Me
The wonderful Hand On The Plow till four more startling tracks from the land, including two heavy reworks from techno maestro Cristian Vogel....
by Kone-R
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
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
Luke Vibert
ep | Planet Mu   
31 July 2007
Luke Vibert
Mate Tron
One artist who’s not averse to getting the rave stabs out at 33 is that granddaddy of electronic beats, by Kone-R
Various Artists
ep | Expanding/spa.RK   
31 July 2007
Various Artists
Expanding vs spa.RK
Barcelona’s spa.RK label have a long-standing relationship with London’s fine Expanding imprint, but I believe this is the first...
by Kone-R
Various Arists
ep | Combat Recordings   
31 July 2007
Various Arists
2 Paths of Rage / Data Warfare
London’s Combat imprint has been dropping some speaker-destroying jams recently and their new 12”, 2 Paths of Rage,...
by Kone-R
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