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album | Rephlex
30 June 2001
Described as 'acousmatic' music (like… whatever), Sonars is audio-experimentation given a wide vision, more so than the usual...
by Edward Blake
album | Rephlex
30 June 2001
Back in the mid 90s the boys at Rephlex started getting disillusioned with the way techno was going and the demise of Chicago acid sounds. To remedy...
by Andy Gain
album | Reel Musiq
31 May 2002
Japanese techno is intrinsically linked with the name of Ken Ishi. His productions, never easily pigeonholed by the music press, have always been...
by Low Life
album | Rednetic
27 May 2003
This is the debut release of new label Rednetic, which claims to be the home of innovative ‘breakbeat electronica’ and claims this first...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Recording Under Construction
1 March 2002
This tasty little morsel from Germany's RUC records showcases four artists, all of whom have their own particular spin on contemporary electronic...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Rasp
31 July 2002
Well top marks for the unbe-fucking-lievabley bad title, and hey, guess what? Top marks for making the shittest album I've heard for a long while....
by Edward Blake
album | Quatermass
30 September 2001
The third in a series of 'versus' match ups, this one pits Quatermass (electronic division of Sub Rosa) against Rather Interesting (the prolific...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Quatermass
30 June 2001
Self confessed kleptomaniac (that is of sound not actual goods, as 'that would be wrong') The Rip-Off Artist aka Mark Haines has plundered...
by Motorboy
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 | Progressive Form
1 March 2002
This is a curious little gem: well-crafted, precise, somewhat abstract, then in other places deals out some quite conventional 4/4 techno.
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Pro-Jex
31 March 2001
LP of ultra tough street techno on Charlie Hall's Pro-jex label, aping the jack-attack sound of Chicago's DJ Rush in an uncompromising albeit...
by Edward Blake
album | Primal Rhythms
31 August 2002
Well, how exactly do you review a DJ compilation? It’s a real puzzle. This sounds like it would’ve been a good night out at some British...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Position Chrome
31 July 2002
Panacea is best known for his incendiary jungle releases that were ripping the genre into a screaming riffgasm long before the overall tone of...
by Edward Blake
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 | Polydor/Geffen
31 July 2005
Okay, I should begin by admitting that I really loved the soporific, heartbroken country of Beck’s last album Seac...
by Kate Andrew
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
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