Welcome to Spannered’s music feature and review archive. What’s in here then? Well, since the site was launched in 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 Jeff Mills and Photek, write-ups of Cat Power and Caribou gigs, and album reviews spanning Aphex Twin to NoMeansNo.
 
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Southsoniks
12 | Scandium   
1 August 2001
Southsoniks
Prima Terra
If the length of reviews was determined by how much happens in a piece of music, then this review would end right...
by Edward Blake
Jengaheads
12 | Savalas Underground Developments   
1 July 2001
Jengaheads
Caborkebab
Think of a hamster running round in his wheel. The constant rattle and squeak as poor hammy pants away like some poor sod running himself into the...
by Edward Blake
Soyuz
ep | Lost Dog Recordings   
26 June 2003
Soyuz
Soyuz IV
This four-track EP has – it must be said – rather creepy origins. Released as a limited edition available only from the Lost Dog...
by Elizabeth Wells
Psapp
ep | Melodic   
26 June 2003
Psapp
Do Something Wrong
An intriguing multi-instrumental release from Melodic, bursting with aural colours, textures and lovely tunes. What is evident from listening to...
by Elizabeth Wells
Danzen Jetzt
ep | Klangkrieg Produktionen   
26 June 2003
Danzen Jetzt
Alles Will Los 2
The press release for this EP throws name-dropping references around with gay abandon, which always makes me a little suspicious as if it’s...
by Elizabeth Wells
Echokrank
ep | Klangkrieg Produktionen   
26 June 2003
Echokrank
Echokrank
The word ‘Echokrank’ describes the acoustic hallucination suffered by deep-sea divers when they rise to the surface of the water too...
by Elizabeth Wells
Motor
12 | Novamute   
28 May 2003
Motor
0503
Motor are Olivier Grasset and Bryan Black. What went through their minds when making DIN 9 is anyone's guess: it sounds like a constipated...
by Franklyn J
Good Girl/Mr G (aka Goofy)
7 | Young Blood   
21 December 2003
Good Girl/Mr G (aka Goofy)
Degree/Question
The question sometimes arises as to how dancehall producers get the often absurd names they give to their instrumentals (rhythms/riddims)... Well,...
by Gabriel
Suncycle
7 | Jamdown   
3 March 2004
Suncycle
Somebody (Coolie Dance Riddim)
Bright British bashment hopes Suncycle (from Harlesden) live up to their potential with this posse cut on one of the biggest and best dancehall...
by Gabriel Myddelton
Jackson
single | Warp   
4 November 2005
Jackson
Rock On
Doing for pop what Prefuse 73 did for hip hop... Are Warp back on the pulse again?
by John Power
Ardisson
ep | Seed   
28 May 2003
Ardisson
Hardware Handshake
With his last EP for Seed pressed at a teasing 400 copies only, this second Ardisson release for Posthuman's label was hotly anticipated. All the...
by Kate West
Ardisson
ep | Seed   
27 September 2000
Ardisson
Ardisson EP
Having debuted on vinyl last year with a remix for Rennie Pilgrim’s breaks imprint TCR, Ardisson (Charles Matthews) pushes all the boundaries...
by Kate West
The Village Orchestra
EP | Stuffrecords   
12 November 2008
The Village Orchestra
The Dark Is Rising
Glasgow’s Stuffrecords has been quietly releasing some outstanding records over the past couple of years, but with this new 12”...
by Kone-R
Beckett & Taylor
ep | Hand on the Plow   
14 December 2007
Beckett & Taylor
World of Me
The wonderful Hand On The Plow till four more startling tracks from the land, including two heavy reworks from techno maestro Cristian Vogel....
by Kone-R
Point B
ep | Combat Recordings   
14 December 2007
Point B
Cinder Cones and Animal Bones
South London's Combat imprint back in full effect. Gymede and E Blade offer irresistibly skippity breaks, riding all manner...
by Kone-R
Rustie
ep | Stuff   
31 July 2007
Rustie
Jagz The Smack
“It’s the sound the kids are going are crazy to… bass fuelled aquacrunkstep mentalism that’s gonna rock your bedrooms...
by Kone-R
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