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album | Tresor
11 September 2002
Tracks by The Advent are to DJs what planks are to builders: useful, solid, a bit hard, rather uninteresting on their own but perfect as the...
by Andy Rantzen
album | Pagoda
30 April 2002
I have to admit I approached this album with a level of suspicion that I certainly wouldn’t have had if the press release hadn’t been...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | The Leaf Label
30 April 2002
This release dubs itself ‘a highly evocative soundtrack to an imaginary Western’, which cites as its musical touchstones composers such...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Big Dada
25 August 2008
Rodney Smith returns for a fourth album on Big Dada, the label from which he has become inseparable. While Awfully Deep showed a...
by Laurent Fintoni
album | Soma
31 March 2001
Ewan Pearson is otherwise known as Maas, who debuted with Latitude on Soma in 1997. Since then he has carried out remix duties for a number...
by Miles Hawthorn
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 | Output
1 March 2000
Bizarre, but oddly impressive stuff from one Mike Silver, here on The Underdog's notably leftfield label. Molten Timbre sets the tone, a...
by Tom Magic Feet
album | Ninja Tune
18 October 2003
The latest installation in the series of Solid Steel mixes has the Herbaliser at the controls for an adeptly put together journey through...
by Masta G
album | Rephlex
6 August 2010
Anyone remember when drill & bass was coined as a subgenre of electronic music back in the 90s? It was basically an attempt to...
by Kone-R
album | SonarMusic
31 July 2002
This is a double compilation showcasing the highlights from this year's episode of the world's most important and influential electronic music...
by Miles Hawthorn
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 | Ninja Tune
21 June 2004
Is Luke Vibert the Carol Vorderman of electronica?
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Planet Mu
24 September 2004
This album is a prime example of why I believe that Planet Mu is one of the best record labels around. The output is always of fantastic quality,...
by Mikerak
album | Narrominded
4 June 2004
Although of clear benefit to bedroom-twiddlers around the world, the affordability of compositional software is something of a double-edged skillet....
by David Gunn
album | Warp
15 November 2003
From Luca Santucci’s opening lament you know that Spokes is not going to be a cheery album. That’s no bad thing, I hear you cry...
by Tom Giles
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
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