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album | Tresor
31 July 2002
The lovely Mr Tarrida pulls out a crop of fresh wonk techno and classic darkcore rave to whip up one hell of a mix album. The pace starts of subtle...
by Edward Blake
album | Tresor
31 July 2002
Celebrating a double century of releases Tresor have really pulled out all the stops for this one. Basic Channel, arguably one of techno music's...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Tresor
1 March 2002
Having reconvened after two mighty fine solo ventures, the highly recommended Other People Place for Warp and Transllusion for Supremat, Drexciya...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Tresor
30 June 2001
Ruskin's second album for Tresor, and it's something of a production masterclass. The titles give you a clue as to the mood here: when...
by Gavin Weale
album | Transmat
30 June 2002
I've often thought that people's love affair with electronic music largely comes from the fact that we are surrounded by so many hideous, cheap,...
by Edward Blake
album | Trans-Dimensional Voice
30 June 2002
Gothic trance. Just makes you want to snigger until you fit doesn't it. Stomping on you with all the force of a 17-year-old called Alison with...
by Edward Blake
album | Touch and Go
20 August 2005
Piercingly beautiful feral folk music, but are CocoRosie quite as original as they'd like to be?
by Ed Chamberlin
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
album | Third Ear
9 March 2003
Tread are Take Kitahara and Hiroshi Watanabe (who records as Kaito for Kompakt) and take a self-styled ‘minimalist’ approach to their...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Third Ear
9 March 2003
What a magical recording: this is a beautifully crafted piece of work, from the opening snatches of birdsong and amplified bell tones on...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Third Ear
30 September 2002
All I need to really do here is to mention some of the names that grace this triple vinyl/double CD pack and I guess that many of you won’t...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | The Locus of Assemblage
31 July 2002
This rather idiosyncratically packaged album, courtesy of Paul D Knowles, comes complete with photocopied insert of a collage of mundane statements...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | The Locus of Assemblage
31 July 2002
Presumably someone thought that making one long track embodies the 'conceptual' idea when it comes to avant-garde music making. Unfortunately it...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | The Leaf Label
31 August 2000
Japanese genius Susumu Yokota delivers another beguilingly beautiful project previously released on his own Skintone imprint. When you understand...
by Dave Stelfox
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
album | The Leaf Label
1 March 2000
For those who may be more familiar with Susumu Yokota's work on Sublime, Magic Thread will be a valuable insight to the many musical facets...
by Dave Stelfox
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