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album | Grand Central
23 February 2004
The distinctive, ethereal tones of Canadian chanteuse Kate Rogers will be familiar to fans of her Grand Central colleagues and collaborators Aim and...
by Masta G
album | Warp
17 February 2004
The story of Apropa't is a sweet one. After a lifetime spent kicking about in the smoke and concrete of Atlanta, Scott Herren decided to...
by David Gunn
album | Warp
5 February 2004
Over the last ten years, Squarepusher has made himself something of an institution. From his home in Chelmsford suburbia, he's been releasing...
by David Gunn
album | Genuine
5 February 2004
Joseph 'Amp' Fiddler hails from Detroit – a hub of musical creativity – and that city's traditions of both electronic and organic soul...
by Masta G
album | Melodic
2 February 2004
To celebrate their fifth year and 20th release, the good people at Melodic have put together a 14-track compilation of their bands' best material....
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Zebra Traffic
29 January 2004
Not so much Millenium Metaphors as sophomore similes, Phi Life Cypher return with their second attempt to break the record for the number...
by Demented Toddler
album | Planet Mu
18 January 2004
The gloriously named Aaron Funk has released an unbelievable five albums since 2001 under the moniker Venetian Snares. The Canadian has made a name...
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Lex Records
8 January 2004
Hymie's Basement are Andrew Broder of Fog (Ninja Tune) and Jonathan Wolf of cLOUDDEAD (Anticon) fame. Their weird, quiet album of mostly short songs...
by Demented Toddler
album | Greensleeves
21 December 2003
Vybz Kartel – a dee-jay so versatile that his name is a collective noun – proves with his debut long-player that he is a powerful and...
by Masta G
album | Slow Graffiti
12 December 2003
Whilst Cardiff's rock scene has always attracted the column inches, the city's nascent electronic acts have been quietly tweaking their knobs and...
by Andy Parsons
album | RG Records
26 November 2003
Loose knit collective Border Crossing move through the different musical idioms of their native West London with consummate ease. Their genre...
by Masta G
album | Warp
15 November 2003
From Luca Santucci’s opening lament you know that Spokes is not going to be a cheery album. That’s no bad thing, I hear you cry...
by Tom Giles
album | Rephlex
2 November 2003
In the long 12 years since their inception, Rephlex have spearheaded a revolution in electronic music – shunning fads, trends and bandwagons...
by Andy Parsons
album | Big Dada
30 October 2003
Lotek Hifi's mini album proves the range of Big Dada's roster in the wake of Ty's latest outing (see album review) and sees producer Wayne Bennett...
by Masta G
album | Big Dada
24 October 2003
Upwards comes across as more thoughtful than those who've only come across Turn It Up Little and Get Over It might expect, with slow soulful tracks of introspection and social commentary in mutual complement with bouncing hip hop that you can't help but dance to, grinning like an idiot.
by Demented Toddler
album | Ninja Tune
18 October 2003
The latest installation in the series of Solid Steel mixes has the Herbaliser at the controls for an adeptly put together journey through...
by Masta G
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