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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Clark
ep | Warp   
3 May 2007
Clark
Ted
A no-messing around intro leads into a deliciously murky yet sparkling bendy-tones floor destroyer. Ted is a great name for a great...
by Edward Blake
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
Mr Winter
12 | Solid   
1 May 2002
Mr Winter
Shake It Now
The original track checks into hotel techno with your average amount of baggage looking like he’s ready to do the usual lie-on-beach and drink...
by Edward Blake
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
Eardrum
ep | The Leaf Label   
1 August 2001
Eardrum
Deadbeat
Percussionist duo Richard Olatunde Baker and Lou Ciccotelli have already caused quite a few waves with Eardrum, causing the press to sit up and...
by Edward Blake
Southsoniks
12 | Scandium   
1 August 2001
Southsoniks
Prima Terra
If the length of reviews was determined by how much happens in a piece of music, then this review would end right...
by Edward Blake
Jengaheads
12 | Savalas Underground Developments   
1 July 2001
Jengaheads
Caborkebab
Think of a hamster running round in his wheel. The constant rattle and squeak as poor hammy pants away like some poor sod running himself into the...
by Edward Blake
Cursor Miner
single | Uncharted Audio   
24 January 2004
Cursor Miner
Library/Our Day Will Come
Cursor Miner (aka Rob Tubb) is nothing if not original. Released at the end of 2002, Tubb's Explosive Piece of Mind LP, managed to come off...
by Ed Chamberlin
LJ Kruzer
12 | Uncharted Audio   
25 January 2004
LJ Kruzer
Bitch Owes Money
LJ Kruzer once cited Abba, Def Leppard and Rick Astley as influences in an interview. Thankfully these inspirations are scarcely apparent on his...
by Ed Chamberlin
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
Múm
single | FatCat   
28 February 2004
Múm
Nightly Cares/Once A Shiny Morning Puddle
It's been two years since we've heard from glitchy Icelanders Múm, with their superb Finally We Are No-one album. This is their...
by Ed Chamberlin
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
Guitare Brothers
7 | Kitchen   
6 April 2004
Guitare Brothers
Remix Moi
As the title suggests, this release is a set of remixes. Transistor 6, Bumpy, Waverunner and DJ Ordeal get their greasy mitts on tracks from the...
by Ed Chamberlin
L Pierre
7 | Melodic   
8 June 2004
L Pierre
Total Horizontal Part 1
L Pierre (formerly Lucky Pierre) is Adian Moffat, the vocalist of Scottish miserablist duo, Arab Strap. Despite crediting his cohort Malcolm...
by Ed Chamberlin
Baikonour
ep | Melodic   
28 May 2004
Baikonour
Hot Milk
The last I heard of Baikonour was lending the opening track, Lick Lokoum, to Melodic's Tracks For Horses compilation. As John...
by Ed Chamberlin
The Go! Team
single | Memphis Industries   
17 June 2004
The Go! Team
The Power Is On
General summer hyperactivity that would make a great theme tune to a cartoon aimed at crackheads about a bunch of cutesy superheroes...
by Ed Chamberlin
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