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album | Off On One
25 February 2003
Thud is the brainchild of the pseudonymous Edward Blake of Overload Media, who is best known in techno circles for his Cut Out releases (more...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Tresor
8 February 2003
Nerds love mystery, it appeals to their fact-gathering sensibilities. As far as maintaining a sense of mystery is concerned, Drexciya are trumped...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Progressive Form
5 December 2002
Progressive Form presents a selection of Japanese electronic artists including Tsuchiya Yasuyiku, Soundgaurehouse, Aoki Takamasa and #de.niro. The...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Zenit
26 November 2002
Stanny Franssen’s first album starts like a masterpiece and ends like a solid loop-based tech-house record with a darker, more stylish vibe...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Tehnika
26 November 2002
Uros Umek’s reputation has been built on jacking, buzzy minimalist floor material with more than a wave to the rave. His recent mix CD The...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Tresor
11 September 2002
Tracks by The Advent are to DJs what planks are to builders: useful, solid, a bit hard, rather uninteresting on their own but perfect as the...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Exceptional
31 August 2002
John Beltran, the press release assures us, leads a ‘quiet but athletic life’. I found myself speculating on what this might mean. A...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Cocoon
31 August 2002
Sven Vath and Pauli Steinbach have pulled together another impressive roster of artists for this, the third Cocoon compilation. Steve Rachmad, Funk...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Primal Rhythms
31 August 2002
Well, how exactly do you review a DJ compilation? It’s a real puzzle. This sounds like it would’ve been a good night out at some British...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Mitek
31 July 2002
Hakan Lidbo is currently working with 80s filmic electronic pioneers Yello, and shares their filmic aesthetic. The mood is blue-black and lucidly...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Starbaby
31 July 2002
Electroblue is a synaesthesically perfect title for this release. A fat, fuzzy, quartzy, highly synthetic sound is bumped along by chunky, restless...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Kombination Research/Elp Medien
31 July 2002
Cisco Ferreira has put out fourteen Advent 12" singles on Kombination Research and Recreations 1 (to be released at the end of...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Riddim Killa/Low Life
29 September 2004
Rodney P is a true ambassador of UK hip hop. As part of London posse in the 80s he was involved in one of the first UK acts to generate widespread...
by Benjamin Lehmann
album | Lo Recordings
23 October 2004
Alexandroid is one of the many Russians contributing to the slightly more tech end of the electronica scene at the moment. His music is distinct...
by Benjamin Lehmann
album | Mental Groove
17 November 2004
In recent years there has been a shift in lyric writing away from the introspective, hypnotized verses of the early noughties. Hedonism in music is...
by Benjamin Lehmann
album | Warp
15 November 2004
1 Up is the debut mini-album from this Birmingham-based producer, allegedly signed up to Warp after his neighbour (a certain Chris Clark)...
by Benjamin Lehmann
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