Welcome to Spannered’s music feature and review archive. What’s in here then? Well, since the site was launched in December 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 musical innovators Jeff Mills and Photek, write-ups of Cat Power, Caribou and Matmos gigs, and album reviews spanning Aphex Twin to NoMeansNo. You can also visit Spannered's music blog.
 
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Various Artists
album | Struktur   
20 May 2004
Various Artists
Orange Zero Six
A pretty satisfying combination of solid clockwork crunches and an unsettling, unsettled undertow.
by David Gunn
Bill Wells
album | The Leaf Label   
7 June 2004
Bill Wells
Pick Up Sticks
Pick up sticks. Briefly. Let them begin to tap against brick and stone, to combine into forward rhythm. And as they begin to coalesce, let them...
by David Gunn
Various Artists
album | Narrominded   
5 June 2004
Various Artists
Split Series 1 & 2
Although of clear benefit to bedroom-twiddlers around the world, the affordability of compositional software is something of a double-edged skillet....
by David Gunn
Venetian Snares
album | Planet Mu   
23 November 2005
Venetian Snares
Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett
Snares continues to show the electronic music world who's boss and grimly reaps where no man has reaped before.
by David Gunn
Eberg
album | Rotator   
21 August 2004
Eberg
Plastic Lions
Every once in a while, a release wings in from the middle of an unknown somewhere and drops sparkling surprises on your ears. Unanticipated,...
by David Gunn
Hymie's Basement
album | Lex Records   
8 January 2004
Hymie's Basement
Hymie's Basement
Hymie's Basement are Andrew Broder of Fog (Ninja Tune) and Jonathan Wolf of cLOUDDEAD (Anticon) fame. Their weird, quiet album of mostly short songs...
by Demented Toddler
Phi Life Cypher
album | Zebra Traffic   
29 January 2004
Phi Life Cypher
Higher Forces
Not so much Millenium Metaphors as sophomore similes, Phi Life Cypher return with their second attempt to break the record for the number...
by Demented Toddler
Roots Manuva
album | Big Dada   
17 February 2005
Roots Manuva
Awfully Deep
The brand new Roots Manuva is back. His own earlier work has served to create the unique taste by which this album is to be enjoyed. Publicists and...
by Demented Toddler
Lambchop
album | City Slang   
22 March 2004
Lambchop
Awcmon/Noyoucmon
Kurt Wagner and his sizeable Nashville outfit have simultaneously released these albums, a call and response, Awcmon and...
by Demented Toddler
Busdriver
album | Big Dada   
28 April 2004
Busdriver
Cosmic Cleavage
There have been plenty of approaches to hip hop jazz, from Stetsasonic's Talkin All That Jazz (which, let's face it, didn't have much to do...
by Demented Toddler
Various Artists
album | Zebra Traffic   
9 May 2005
Various Artists
The Dugout
A wide regional variety of talent from the UK hip hop label's finest.
by Demented Toddler
Treva Whateva
album | Ninja Tune   
20 October 2005
Treva Whateva
Music's Made Of Memories
Treva's debut casts its net far and wide, but does is it suceed in creating new memories or just relive old ones?
by Demented Toddler
Virus Syndicate
album | Planet Mu   
31 October 2005
Virus Syndicate
The Work Related Illness
Toddler investigates Manchester's foray into bimma-shaking grime.
by Demented Toddler
Non-Prophets
album | Lex Records   
2 October 2003
Non-Prophets
Hope
Assured delivery puts less versatile MCs to shame, demonstrating a sharp range of styles, an acute knowledge of hip hop history and some impressive lyrical stunts.
by Demented Toddler
Various Artists
album | Low Life   
11 March 2006
Various Artists
Low Life Records Presents Life Before 40
A carefully picked crop of EP and album tracks showing the range and depth of one of the UK's leading hip hop outfits.
by Demented Toddler
NMS
album | Ninja Tune   
11 January 2006
NMS
Imperial Letters Of Protection
The second avant-rap political extravaganza from Nephilim Modulation Systems will either irritate or involve depending how much you like “apocalyptic dark and gloomy shit”... or Michael Moore.
by Demented Toddler
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