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album | Slow Graffiti
12 December 2003
Whilst Cardiff's rock scene has always attracted the column inches, the city's nascent electronic acts have been quietly tweaking their knobs and...
by Andy Parsons
album | Music Man
30 June 2001
Oh, tech-house. That much maligned and misunderstood 'genre', with its silly name that has had numerous cheesemongers clinging desperately onto the...
by Gavin Weale
album | Mego
30 June 2001
At first listen Live Salvage appears to be little more than random feedback and unstructured white noise, the sort of effect you'd...
by Motorboy
album | Obsessive
25 February 2003
Here is edition ten of the series where artists compile an album of their musical influences. The Lo Fi Allstars’ choices are bookended by two...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Ninja Tune
26 May 2008
Kevin Martin can easily be described as an eclectic producer. Over the years he has collaborated with, remixed and produced for a great many...
by Laurent Fintoni
album | Planet Mu
13 November 2008
Having been an admirer of the work of Edinburgh’s Neil Landstrumm since his early recordings for Peacefrog in 1995, I had high hopes when...
by Kone-R
album | Warp Records
26 May 2008
LA’s Flying Lotus is a name on everyone’s lips right now, and rightfully so considering the quality, variety and progression of his...
by Laurent Fintoni
album | Big Dada
30 October 2003
Lotek Hifi's mini album proves the range of Big Dada's roster in the wake of Ty's latest outing (see album review) and sees producer Wayne Bennett...
by Masta G
album | Warp
15 June 2004
!!! (pronounced 'chk chk chk') were formed in 1996 by the former members of mid-90s hardcore group Yah Mos. This is their third long player, if you...
by Benjamin Lehmann
album | Ninja Tune
26 May 2008
Daedelus, a man well-known for both his live shows and his ‘unconventional’ sense of dressing, returns to Ninja for a new album....
by Laurent Fintoni
album | Low Life
11 March 2006
A carefully picked crop of EP and album tracks showing the range and depth of one of the UK's leading hip hop outfits.
by Demented Toddler
album | Faith and Industry
16 August 2003
Fusing ancient and modern instruments of the wandering minstrel, from laptops to recorders, Patrick Wolf's debut album forges a startlingly unique...
by James Burrell
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 | Expanding
30 September 2002
After the success of their limited but excellent seven-inch series, including Baud and Unary from Benge himself, Expanding Records release...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Tudor Beats
3 January 2010
Apparently Richard Wigglesworth, the 303-meister behind this oddball collection of acid ditties, was driven to create it having grown up near...
by Kone-R
album | Delsin
3 June 2003
Delsin draw together onto one CD the trio of messages that Detroit group Strand have put out, all previously only available on vinyl. The first...
by Miles Hawthorn
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