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.
 
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Ardisson
ep | Seed   
28 May 2003
Ardisson
Hardware Handshake
With his last EP for Seed pressed at a teasing 400 copies only, this second Ardisson release for Posthuman's label was hotly anticipated. All the...
by Kate West
Ardisson
ep | Seed   
27 September 2000
Ardisson
Ardisson EP
Having debuted on vinyl last year with a remix for Rennie Pilgrim’s breaks imprint TCR, Ardisson (Charles Matthews) pushes all the boundaries...
by Kate West
Jackson
single | Warp   
4 November 2005
Jackson
Rock On
Doing for pop what Prefuse 73 did for hip hop... Are Warp back on the pulse again?
by John Power
Suncycle
7 | Jamdown   
3 March 2004
Suncycle
Somebody (Coolie Dance Riddim)
Bright British bashment hopes Suncycle (from Harlesden) live up to their potential with this posse cut on one of the biggest and best dancehall...
by Gabriel Myddelton
Good Girl/Mr G (aka Goofy)
7 | Young Blood   
21 December 2003
Good Girl/Mr G (aka Goofy)
Degree/Question
The question sometimes arises as to how dancehall producers get the often absurd names they give to their instrumentals (rhythms/riddims)... Well,...
by Gabriel
Motor
12 | Novamute   
28 May 2003
Motor
0503
Motor are Olivier Grasset and Bryan Black. What went through their minds when making DIN 9 is anyone's guess: it sounds like a constipated...
by Franklyn J
Soyuz
ep | Lost Dog Recordings   
26 June 2003
Soyuz
Soyuz IV
This four-track EP has – it must be said – rather creepy origins. Released as a limited edition available only from the Lost Dog...
by Elizabeth Wells
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
Danzen Jetzt
ep | Klangkrieg Produktionen   
26 June 2003
Danzen Jetzt
Alles Will Los 2
The press release for this EP throws name-dropping references around with gay abandon, which always makes me a little suspicious as if it’s...
by Elizabeth Wells
Echokrank
ep | Klangkrieg Produktionen   
26 June 2003
Echokrank
Echokrank
The word ‘Echokrank’ describes the acoustic hallucination suffered by deep-sea divers when they rise to the surface of the water too...
by Elizabeth Wells
The Soft Pink Truth
ep | Soundslike   
1 April 2001
The Soft Pink Truth
The Soft Pink Truth
Rub me down with baby oil and slide me across the dancefloor, this is pure complicated sex music. Like 'hands in the air' never happened, Drew...
by Edward Blake
Smash TV
12 | BPitch Control   
1 April 2001
Smash TV
Rock On Boy
Cheap scuzzy electro – the best kind really. At parties where there's techno in one room and electro in the other, the electro room usually...
by Edward Blake
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
Experimental Pop Band
single | City Slang   
1 January 2001
Experimental Pop Band
Bang Bang You're Dead
If only they were dead, this record would never have happened. It's a total waste of natural resources and about as experimental as Westlife....
by Edward Blake
Gold Chains
single | PIAS   
30 October 2002
Gold Chains
Gold Chains
‘I Come From San Fransisco’ blares the opening track as the sound of a runaway tram collides into your brain. Gold Chains may sound like...
by Edward Blake
DJ Rush, DJ Random and Arthur Hyde
12 | Teknosushi   
1 October 2002
DJ Rush, DJ Random and Arthur Hyde
You Make Me Feel Remixes
DJ Rush’s track stands out as a totally nutty smooch through a brick wall of rhythm. In a subtlely ironic twist, Rush purrs...
by Edward Blake
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