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album | The Leaf Label
30 June 2001
It's been a while since I last had a good ambient Zulu boogie so hearing Susumu Yokota's river deep compositions has brought me a little piece of...
by Edward Blake
album | Rephlex
30 June 2001
Described as 'acousmatic' music (like… whatever), Sonars is audio-experimentation given a wide vision, more so than the usual...
by Edward Blake
album | Jester
30 June 2001
Ulver aren't just your ordinary doom-hop mongers. These ex-death metal Norwegianers regard themselves as magicians and make slobbering new-wave...
by Edward Blake
album | International Deejay Gigolos
30 June 2001
DJ Hell's widely adored label celebrates being so damn popular with a double CD compilation of electro-techno pop. From the first track the drum...
by Edward Blake
album | Immigrant
30 June 2001
The theme of travel is omnipresent here as label boss Robin Porter is an ex-Brit who has moved to Southern California. He has also tried to put out...
by Edward Blake
album | Domino
30 June 2001
Some of the titles would lead you to think that Four Tet wasn't particularly fussed about trying to break new musical ground; Leila Came Round...
by Edward Blake
album | Jarring Effects
25 June 2003
This is clearly a band with style and pulling power: not only are they artistically very smooth (there is more than an aesthetic nod and wink here...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Pause_2
25 June 2003
Maps And Diagrams is one Tim Martin, a guy who grew up in the 70s listening to his dad’s collection of punk rock, Kraftwerk and Talking Heads...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Rednetic
27 May 2003
This is the debut release of new label Rednetic, which claims to be the home of innovative ‘breakbeat electronica’ and claims this first...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Noise Factory
27 May 2003
A prolific sound and avant-techno artist in his native Montreal, Neil Wiernik, aka Naw, offers a subtly invasive blend of sound manipulation and...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Matter Records
27 May 2003
A potentially interesting release, Under the Shady Tree is Chris White’s brainchild, and joins the ranks of recent releases such as...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Skylab Operations
27 May 2003
A double album featuring Phasmid’s original LP and a host of remixes by various artists working on the fringes of electronic music. The first...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Skylab Operations
27 May 2003
A compilation apparently designed for long journeys where your only companion is your portable music player, 2088 is a colourful, varied...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | The Leaf Label
27 May 2003
Manitoba has always been seen as a pre-eminent darling of the Leaf label. In fact he’s prime press fodder, being both outspoken and evidently...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | 90% Wasser/Moloko Plus
27 May 2003
Put together with the input of collaborators such as Rechenzentrum, this Berlin-based collective release their follow-up to the critically acclaimed...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Cirque
25 June 2003
Another collection of avant-garde fractured and atonal meanderings, featuring the likes of Dorinne Muraille, Aoki Takamasa (aka Silicom) and...
by Elizabeth Wells
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