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album | Obsessive
25 February 2003
Here is edition ten of the series where artists compile an album of their musical influences. The Lo Fi Allstars’ choices are bookended by two...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Luaka Bop
25 February 2003
The only thing that this has in common with hip hop (generally) is tempo. The music on here has been turned inside out, mangled and hung out to dry;...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Plug Research
25 February 2003
Avant-garde hip hop remixes on show here, with Warp stars Antipop Consortium headlining. Madlib (in his Yesterday's New Quintet guise) turns his...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Tresor
8 February 2003
Nerds love mystery, it appeals to their fact-gathering sensibilities. As far as maintaining a sense of mystery is concerned, Drexciya are trumped...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Seed
10 January 2003
As is immediately evident from the artist name and album title, this is a work that is full of contrasts. One moment your heart is melted by the icy...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | 2nd Rec
10 January 2003
It is nearly the end of the year but this is without doubt one of the best albums of it, or any year come to think of it. Giardini Di Miro have...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Warp
10 January 2003
This is a re-release of BOC's ridiculously limited first record, a private press of only 100 that has reputedly changed hands on Ebay for...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Warp
10 January 2003
You can instantly tell this is going to be nasty; the very flash holographic cover is covered in knives, the word Satan is in the title and the...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Warp
5 December 2002
The soundtrack to the film by Lynne Ramsay of the book by Alan Warner is truly that, a musical composition that traces a film from start to finish...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Blueprint
5 December 2002
First full length album from the Mavericks (Richard Polson and Nick Dunton) whose live shows are the stuff of techno legend. On the basis of this...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Progressive Form
5 December 2002
Progressive Form presents a selection of Japanese electronic artists including Tsuchiya Yasuyiku, Soundgaurehouse, Aoki Takamasa and #de.niro. The...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Zenit
26 November 2002
Stanny Franssen’s first album starts like a masterpiece and ends like a solid loop-based tech-house record with a darker, more stylish vibe...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Tehnika
26 November 2002
Uros Umek’s reputation has been built on jacking, buzzy minimalist floor material with more than a wave to the rave. His recent mix CD The...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Vivo
21 November 2002
Black Faction is Andrew Diey, who has previously had one track out on Skam under the moniker Foreign Terrain, and you can see from the pseudonyms...
by Miles Hawthorn
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
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