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album | Downsall Plastics
30 April 2000
Dirk Swartenbroekx follows up 1998's Mocha Supremo with another richly blended album of jazz-influenced electronic fusion. Our Girl In...
by Dave Stelfox
album | Epic
30 April 2000
He's Madonna's favourite producer and the latest big thing from France. You've heard the obvious comparisons with Daft Punk, Kojak, Cassius and the...
by Dave Stelfox
album | SSR
1 March 2000
Ex-Sandal Ian Simmonds has certainly found his feet. The Hill, Juryman's second long-player, continues where the previous Mail Order...
by Dave Stelfox
album | !K7
1 March 2000
Bristol's Smith and Mighty cement their relationship with Stud!o K7 by producing perhaps their finest work yet. Big World Small World is an...
by Dave Stelfox
album | !K7
1 March 2000
K7's DJ Kicks series has brought some of the most varied and inspirational mix compilations of recent years to public ears with the likes...
by Dave Stelfox
album | !K7
1 March 2000
Following on from 1997's sumptuous debut album Opera, Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber's Tosca have taken a meditative, contemplative...
by Dave Stelfox
album | Bungalow
1 March 2000
As one of the very few truly independent Japanese labels left in existence, respect is due to Escalator Records. Ranging from the screwball...
by Dave Stelfox
album | Couch
1 March 2000
One of my favourite discoveries of recent years, Vienna's Couch Records have built a reputation around the small, but perfectly formed output of...
by Dave Stelfox
album | DC Recordings
1 March 2000
J Saul Kane returns under his pioneering Octagon Man guise for the sequel to 1995's The Exciting World Of... long-player. Ito...
by Dave Stelfox
album | Kitty-Yo
1 March 2000
Berlin's Kitty-Yo continues to pursue its uncompromisingly eclectic vision, but with the corrupted grooves of Chilly Gonzales may have stumbled...
by Dave Stelfox
album | Kudos
1 March 2000
Fila Brazillia have made quite a name for themselves with their inimitable blend of pronounced percussion, sweeping analogue and inspired slick...
by Dave Stelfox
album | The Leaf Label
1 March 2000
For those who may be more familiar with Susumu Yokota's work on Sublime, Magic Thread will be a valuable insight to the many musical facets...
by Dave Stelfox
album | Warp
5 February 2004
Over the last ten years, Squarepusher has made himself something of an institution. From his home in Chelmsford suburbia, he's been releasing...
by David Gunn
album | Warp
17 February 2004
The story of Apropa't is a sweet one. After a lifetime spent kicking about in the smoke and concrete of Atlanta, Scott Herren decided to...
by David Gunn
album | Skam
23 March 2004
Choose Your Own Adventure? Maybe. But only if your adventure of choice has a title like Astrosmash, Cosmic Avenger or...
by David Gunn
album | Warp
8 May 2005
It’s about that time – another two years, another Autechre album rattles into view. I skip back home, recline sofa-wise in some...
by David Gunn
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