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album | Swim
31 March 2001
Swim champion all things lo-fi and post-rock so we should champion them too, but this release is a step backwards. Silo lie somewhere between...
by Edward Blake
album | Pro-Jex
31 March 2001
LP of ultra tough street techno on Charlie Hall's Pro-jex label, aping the jack-attack sound of Chicago's DJ Rush in an uncompromising albeit...
by Edward Blake
album | Rephlex
26 June 2003
More a compendium of previously released singles than an album proper, this first long-player from Kevin Martin’s ragga project still works as...
by Edward Blake
album | PIAS
26 June 2003
Having favourably reviewed a Gold Chains single earlier this year I was looking forwards to hearing this long-player. But within 10 minutes I wanted...
by Edward Blake
album | Tresor
30 October 2002
Cristian Vogel returns to techno’s arms after the much-celebrated jiggery-pokery of the deliriously smooth Super_Collider album with a double...
by Edward Blake
album | Tigerbeat6
30 October 2002
I’m sure there are many reasons why Kid 606 loves life, being able to make music all day for a living, having picked a name that gets...
by Edward Blake
album | Epitaph Records
1 December 2006
Converge are one of those bands I seem to have found out about too late, having only bought their last album You Fail Me and, despite being...
by Edward Blake
album | Skam
23 April 2007
Nothing beats a good nautical theme when it comes to music. Space is so new and cliché-ridden that when used conceptually it nearly...
by Edward Blake
album | Position Chrome
31 July 2002
Panacea is best known for his incendiary jungle releases that were ripping the genre into a screaming riffgasm long before the overall tone of...
by Edward Blake
album | Rasp
31 July 2002
Well top marks for the unbe-fucking-lievabley bad title, and hey, guess what? Top marks for making the shittest album I've heard for a long while....
by Edward Blake
album | Tresor
31 July 2002
The lovely Mr Tarrida pulls out a crop of fresh wonk techno and classic darkcore rave to whip up one hell of a mix album. The pace starts of subtle...
by Edward Blake
album | Soma
1 May 2007
The name is an instant turn-off for me, so it’s with some trepidation that I place this into the CD player. My doubts are justified as...
by Edward Blake
album | Soma
1 May 2007
What else would you expect from a compilation of The Black Dog's best old school offerings (plus some lovely rarities) other than pure...
by Edward Blake
album | Adaadat
2 May 2007
Doddodo make cheap and scuzzy lo-fi sample breaks. Sample Bitch Story is a mid-paced stomp through Japanese pop culture on the back of...
by Edward Blake
album | Transmat
30 June 2002
I've often thought that people's love affair with electronic music largely comes from the fact that we are surrounded by so many hideous, cheap,...
by Edward Blake
album | Jester
30 June 2002
Not something I want to do, but it's time to slag off a record on Jester – a label that releases some of the freshest futuristic rock shit...
by Edward Blake
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