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album | Bip-Hop
31 July 2002
Reviewing records I imagine is like exploring caves; you shine your light in and are never quite sure what you are going to find. Often you feel...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Bip-Hop
31 May 2002
Suitably for their music, Twine operate a kind of virtual partnership, with one half living in Colorado and the other in Ohio, and their music...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Bip-Hop
31 May 2002
This compilation is the next instalment in a conceptual ‘anthology’ put together by French glitch/minimalist label Bip-Hop. In keeping...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Bip-Hop
1 March 2002
The philosophy behind Douglas Benford's 4th si-cut.db album is a fascinating one. Apparently constructed partly from samples of woodwork noises,...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Bip-Hop
30 September 2001
The fourth in this series is a truly international compilation pulling in artists from the UK, France, the USA and Australia. Defiantly in the vein...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Blast First/Mute
1 January 2001
Pan Sonic are Finnish analog freaks who make decidedly expansive, er, minimal beat music. They used to be called Panasonic, but that was before the...
by Kate Butler
album | Blueprint
5 December 2002
First full length album from the Mavericks (Richard Polson and Nick Dunton) whose live shows are the stuff of techno legend. On the basis of this...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Blueprint Records
22 November 2011
The idea of an album co-produced by UK techno dons James Ruskin and Mark Broom for the former's Blueprint label was one which appealed strongly to...
by Kone-R
album | Brainfeeder
5 June 2009
As LA continues to lead hip hop’s production revival with Flying Lotus at the helm, the Warp signee and ever-smiling producer has set up...
by Laurent Fintoni
album | Bungalow
30 April 2000
If you were a fan of Bungalow's quirky Japanese club-pop compilation, Sushi 3003, then this will be right up your street. Working along the...
by Dave Stelfox
album | Bungalow
1 March 2000
As one of the very few truly independent Japanese labels left in existence, respect is due to Escalator Records. Ranging from the screwball...
by Dave Stelfox
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 | Certificate 18
1 March 2000
This is a pure shot of excellence into the blood-stream of electronica. Coming from a Black Dog/Autechre/Boards of Canada angle, Pilote manages to...
by Paul Gannaway
album | Certificate 18
1 March 2000
Is jungle music facing an identity crisis at the moment? It certainly seems that the genre has passed on from the classic scattering breaks and...
by Paul Gannaway
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 | Circulations
24 March 2009
Further proving that the rebirth of hip hop’s boom bap isn’t limited to a singular axis, New Worlds brings together some...
by Laurent Fintoni
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