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album | Ninja Tune
3 July 2005
Martial drumming, huge, pulsating waves of melody and brazen disregard for your eardrums. Yes, Jaga are now a post-rock outfit.
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Chocolate Fireguard
7 June 2005
Afro-French hip hop outfit La Cedille's debut communicates a devoted belief in music and language.
by Benjamin Lehmann
album | Canine Records
5 June 2005
Deep Sea Diver opens this album with a collection of submerged, static drones and muffled vocals reminiscent of Can’s Future...
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Domino
4 June 2005
Kieran Hebden's latest LP offers oodles of energy and enthusiasm, but musical ecastsy is more elusive.
by Alastair Dant
album | Warp
8 May 2005
It’s about that time – another two years, another Autechre album rattles into view. I skip back home, recline sofa-wise in some...
by David Gunn
album | Zebra Traffic
8 May 2005
A wide regional variety of talent from the UK hip hop label's finest.
by Demented Toddler
album | Static Caravan
26 April 2005
There is a school of thought which holds that a landscape will influence the soundscapes recorded there. Sigur Rós'...
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Soma
17 April 2005
Soma have been quietly modernizing of late, and so far this year their output has been exceptional, with the wonderful Robag Wruhme and Wignomy...
by Benjamin Lehmann
album | The Leaf Label
31 March 2005
Great production but sketchy songwriting from Manitoba that was.
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Delta 9 Plastics
17 February 2005
Delta 9 Plastic's accomplished debut album keeps one eye firmly on the dancefloor but is refreshingly diverse.
by Benjamin Lehmann
album | Jester
17 February 2005
There are some record labels that become like old friends to you. You know the ones: they don't just spew out crap like someone who has mistaken the...
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Warp
17 February 2005
Pin-pointing the birth of electronic music is more difficult than you think. Often people will bring up Kraftwerk’s name, as they certainly...
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Adaadat
17 February 2005
This album has some of the funniest and most simple cover artwork I have ever seen, especially when taken in context with the music itself. A...
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Big Dada
17 February 2005
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
album | Accidental
17 January 2005
The nature of soundtrack work is such that the true intentions and emotions of an artist are slightly obscured by the task of matching sound to...
by Ed Chamberlin
album | The Leaf Label
29 November 2004
There are a lot of interesting things happening in Denmark right now music-wise: Under Byen are creating some shocking sensual stuff with...
by Ed Chamberlin
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