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album | Stereo Deluxe
31 August 2000
This third installment in Stereo Deluxe's Future Lounge series will be no disappointment to fans of the German label's previous compilations. Label...
by Dave Stelfox
album | Stoned Asia Music
1 March 2002
I have a slight problem with any compilation that boasts a marriage of 'authentic' rhythmic chants and global beats with a contemporary club...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Struktur
19 May 2004
A pretty satisfying combination of solid clockwork crunches and an unsettling, unsettled undertow.
by David Gunn
album | Suction Records
30 June 2001
Suction's engagement with a retro synth-pop sound predates the last two years burgeoning rise of this re-visited genre, however these two...
by Ian Trowell
album | Supremat
30 June 2001
Echoing a rich heritage of sound experimentation, executive producer Cristian Vogel presents an album where his machines truly do all the talking....
by Gavin Weale
album | Swim
31 March 2001
Swim champion all things lo-fi and post-rock so we should champion them too, but this release is a step backwards. Silo lie somewhere between...
by Edward Blake
album | Tectonic
26 May 2008
Laurent Fintoni finds plenty to like in the hotly anticipated debut album from dubstep-techno operative Dave Huismans.
by Laurent Fintoni
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 | The Grey Area/Mute
2 July 2004
Along with Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson, Richard H Kirk was Cabaret Voltaire (although Watson left the band as early as 1983). Along with...
by Tom Giles
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
album | The Leaf Label
27 May 2003
Manitoba has always been seen as a pre-eminent darling of the Leaf label. In fact he’s prime press fodder, being both outspoken and evidently...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | The Leaf Label
31 March 2005
Great production but sketchy songwriting from Manitoba that was.
by Ed Chamberlin
album | The Leaf Label
30 May 2004
Delivery Room is the latest in a series of low-cost samplers from our friends at Leaf and boss man Tony Morley seems keen for us to explore...
by Alastair Dant
album | The Leaf Label
6 June 2004
Pick up sticks. Briefly. Let them begin to tap against brick and stone, to combine into forward rhythm. And as they begin to coalesce, let them...
by David Gunn
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