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album | Rephlex
6 August 2010
Anyone remember when drill & bass was coined as a subgenre of electronic music back in the 90s? It was basically an attempt to...
by Kone-R
album | Rephlex
12 October 2010
The word 'prolific' is oft-used to describe artists of less colossal output than Ed Upton, but his is certainly a case where it's justified. To...
by Kone-R
album | Rephlex
20 January 2011
In which Gerald Donald/Heinrich Mueller (he of a million aliases, all of them legendary in their own right), returns under yet another new...
by Kone-R
album | EPM
20 January 2011
EPM is a company that has been steadily supporting quality electronic music for the past 10 years. From their bases in Maastricht and London,...
by Kone-R
album | Concurrent
8 July 2007
The debut release on Expanding Records' sub-label, Concurrent, explores the development of the synthesizer from 1968-1987. But it's much more than just a library piece, says Spannered's Kone-R.
by Kone-R
album | Rephlex
2 July 2007
Fallen into any black holes lately? Kone-R puts down his quantum mechanics book and checks out Gerald Donald's latest work.
by Kone-R
album | Blueprint Records
22 November 2011
The idea of an album co-produced by UK techno dons James Ruskin and Mark Broom for the former's Blueprint label was one which appealed strongly to...
by Kone-R
album | Just Music
25 August 2008
Several years in the making and off the back of some fairly constant gigging, Save Your Light For Darker Days is no radical departure...
by Kone-R
album | Delsin
22 November 2011
It's rare to hear an album of any genre which exudes perfection, but on Escapism Boris Bunnik (aka Conforce) possibly comes as close as any...
by Kone-R
album | Music Man
25 August 2008
Techno music is a funny old game at the moment. The merest hint of fashion, or ego, and the old guard are up in arms. In 2008 then, they are...
by Kone-R
live / album | Secretsundaze
9 October 2007
Six years back if you’d have suggested to me that London might host a large outdoor techno event that would take place regularly on a...
by Kone-R
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
album | Alpha Pup
5 June 2009
If 2008 belonged to Flying Lotus then 2009 may well be Nosaj Thing’s year when it comes to the meeting point between hip hop and...
by Laurent Fintoni
album | Brainfeeder
5 June 2009
As LA continues to lead hip hop’s production revival with Flying Lotus at the helm, the Warp signee and ever-smiling producer has set up...
by Laurent Fintoni
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