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album | Luaka Bop
25 February 2003
The only thing that this has in common with hip hop (generally) is tempo. The music on here has been turned inside out, mangled and hung out to dry;...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | The Leaf Label
31 March 2005
Great production but sketchy songwriting from Manitoba that was.
by Ed Chamberlin
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 | SSR
1 March 2000
Ex-Sandal Ian Simmonds has certainly found his feet. The Hill, Juryman's second long-player, continues where the previous Mail Order...
by Dave Stelfox
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 | Riddim Killa/Low Life
29 September 2004
Rodney P is a true ambassador of UK hip hop. As part of London posse in the 80s he was involved in one of the first UK acts to generate widespread...
by Benjamin Lehmann
album | Ersatz Audio
30 April 2000
This exemplary 16-track compilation rounds up the first five years output of Detroit's Ersatz Audio label, home to Le Car, Adult., Artificial...
by Tom Magic Feet
album | Janomi
20 June 2004
In the shops since last week,Yungun's hotly anticipated new LP combines tracks that have appeared on 12” over the past couple of years with...
by Masta G
album | Zebra Traffic
8 May 2005
A wide regional variety of talent from the UK hip hop label's finest.
by Demented Toddler
album | Noodles/The Leaf Label
31 March 2001
Returning to the site of previous preposterousness, arch beat-freak Si Begg collates more outrageous oddities of global origin to augment the...
by Franklyn J
album | Tresor
8 February 2003
Nerds love mystery, it appeals to their fact-gathering sensibilities. As far as maintaining a sense of mystery is concerned, Drexciya are trumped...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Lux Nigra
30 June 2001
People love to pigeonhole music, inventing genres such as trip hop, big beat and click-house to simplify and compartmentalise music. It is therefore...
by Miles Hawthorn
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 | Tresor
30 April 2000
When it comes to minimalism, the likes of Hawtin, Mills and Hood are generally considered to be the innovators in the field. Yet while Dan Bell may...
by Tom Magic Feet
album | Rephlex
31 March 2001
To celebrate one hundred releases of bona fide Braindance Rephlex bequeath unto us a really rephreshing collection of rhythmic rhapsody. And to...
by Connall Lee
album | Soma
1 May 2007
What else would you expect from a compilation of The Black Dog's best old school offerings (plus some lovely rarities) other than pure...
by Edward Blake
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