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album | Blueprint Records
22 November 2011
The idea of an album co-produced by UK techno dons James Ruskin and Mark Broom for the former's Blueprint label was one which appealed strongly to...
by Kone-R
album | Delsin
22 November 2011
It's rare to hear an album of any genre which exudes perfection, but on Escapism Boris Bunnik (aka Conforce) possibly comes as close as any...
by Kone-R
album | Southern Lord
4 March 2011
Lester Whimpers ruminates on drone, Fahey, The Pentangle and the Tantras Of Gyütö as he explores Dylan Carlson and co's latest journey to rich and strange regions of the musical cosmos.
by Lester Whimpers
album | Rephlex
20 January 2011
In which Gerald Donald/Heinrich Mueller (he of a million aliases, all of them legendary in their own right), returns under yet another new...
by Kone-R
album | EPM
20 January 2011
EPM is a company that has been steadily supporting quality electronic music for the past 10 years. From their bases in Maastricht and London,...
by Kone-R
album | Rephlex
12 October 2010
The word 'prolific' is oft-used to describe artists of less colossal output than Ed Upton, but his is certainly a case where it's justified. To...
by Kone-R
album | Balkan Vinyl
6 August 2010
It's been a long and varied journey for the Posthuman pairing of cousins Richard Bevan and Joshu Doherty. Since debuting in 2001 with releases...
by Kone-R
album | Rephlex
6 August 2010
Anyone remember when drill & bass was coined as a subgenre of electronic music back in the 90s? It was basically an attempt to...
by Kone-R
album | Laboratory Instinct
27 May 2010
Ever since seeing Gerald perform a live set a year or so ago I've been waiting to hear what he'd do next on record. He's never one to shy away...
by Kone-R
album | Tudor Beats
3 January 2010
Apparently Richard Wigglesworth, the 303-meister behind this oddball collection of acid ditties, was driven to create it having grown up near...
by Kone-R
album | B12
16 June 2009
It feels like an age since I reviewed the first two volumes of this hugely anticipated (by me, at least) reissue...
by Kone-R
album | Alpha Pup
5 June 2009
If 2008 belonged to Flying Lotus then 2009 may well be Nosaj Thing’s year when it comes to the meeting point between hip hop and...
by Laurent Fintoni
album | Brainfeeder
5 June 2009
As LA continues to lead hip hop’s production revival with Flying Lotus at the helm, the Warp signee and ever-smiling producer has set up...
by Laurent Fintoni
album | Lex Records
5 June 2009
One of the most anticipated musical returns of the year goes to DOOM, ex-MF but still a mask-wearing, full-time-rhyming supervillain. Patience...
by Laurent Fintoni
album | Poo-Bah Records
24 March 2009
While Flying Lotus grabbed the headlines and attention in 2008, other LA producers have been busy, including Ras G whose dubwise and smoky...
by Laurent Fintoni
album | Warp Records
24 March 2009
Taking its cue from the sounds of Detroit (313 being Detroit’s dialing code), Mark Pritchard uses the Harmonic 313 moniker to release his...
by Laurent Fintoni
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