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album | Melodic
2 February 2004
To celebrate their fifth year and 20th release, the good people at Melodic have put together a 14-track compilation of their bands' best material....
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Domino
25 September 2004
Martine McCutcheon played Tiffany on EastEnders, before breaking away into the music career she 'always wanted to pursue', in which her fame...
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Tresor
2 September 2003
And I’m sure it doesn’t, well not in my experience anyway. I was lucky enough to visit there over the Loveparade weekend in 1994 and...
by Miles Hawthorn
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 | Laboratory Instinct
27 May 2010
Ever since seeing Gerald perform a live set a year or so ago I've been waiting to hear what he'd do next on record. He's never one to shy away...
by Kone-R
album | Aesthetics
9 March 2003
A very popular and acclaimed release in some corners of this small but flourishing industry (it recently made album of the issue on another...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Concurrent
8 July 2007
The debut release on Expanding Records' sub-label, Concurrent, explores the development of the synthesizer from 1968-1987. But it's much more than just a library piece, says Spannered's Kone-R.
by Kone-R
album | Wall of Sound
11 September 2004
The concept behind Wall of Sound's helpfully titled Two Culture Clash is that of collaboration and cross fertilisation between UK-based...
by Masta G
album | Warp
10 January 2003
This is a re-release of BOC's ridiculously limited first record, a private press of only 100 that has reputedly changed hands on Ebay for...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Warp
5 February 2004
Over the last ten years, Squarepusher has made himself something of an institution. From his home in Chelmsford suburbia, he's been releasing...
by David Gunn
album | Matter Records
27 May 2003
A potentially interesting release, Under the Shady Tree is Chris White’s brainchild, and joins the ranks of recent releases such as...
by Elizabeth Wells
album | Position Chrome
31 July 2002
Panacea is best known for his incendiary jungle releases that were ripping the genre into a screaming riffgasm long before the overall tone of...
by Edward Blake
album | Meta
30 April 2002
Following on from his last long-player, Listening To The Voice Inside, Ho continues in the deeply tribal vein, only this time more so. This...
by Low Life
album | VP Records
5 July 2005
Unmissable compilation showcasing Jamaica's new roots sound which eschews modern dancehall’s materialism and the trinity of guns, girls and ganja for more spiritual values.
by Masta G
album | Warp
8 May 2005
It’s about that time – another two years, another Autechre album rattles into view. I skip back home, recline sofa-wise in some...
by David Gunn
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
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