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album | Greensleeves
21 December 2003
Vybz Kartel – a dee-jay so versatile that his name is a collective noun – proves with his debut long-player that he is a powerful and...
by Masta G
album | Big Dada
24 October 2003
Upwards comes across as more thoughtful than those who've only come across Turn It Up Little and Get Over It might expect, with slow soulful tracks of introspection and social commentary in mutual complement with bouncing hip hop that you can't help but dance to, grinning like an idiot.
by Demented Toddler
album | Nascente
23 November 2004
This compilation from world music label Nascente (put together by salsa don DJ Lubi) combines Latin hip hop and R'n'B with reggaeton, the Latin...
by Masta G
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 | Genuine
5 February 2004
Joseph 'Amp' Fiddler hails from Detroit – a hub of musical creativity – and that city's traditions of both electronic and organic soul...
by Masta G
album | The Leaf Label
31 March 2002
Leaf release another tasty taster album with artists old and new, but all very wigged out. The overall ambience behind the CD is drowsily rural. A...
by Edward Blake
album | Rephlex
12 October 2010
The word 'prolific' is oft-used to describe artists of less colossal output than Ed Upton, but his is certainly a case where it's justified. To...
by Kone-R
album | Plastiq Musiq
1 January 2002
Sweet Jesus, the eighties have finally arrived! The nostalgia has been brewing and growing so much with all the bloody TV programs and big round...
by Edward Blake
album | Vertical Form
12 September 2002
There's a busker that regularly sits near London Bridge and bashes the hell out of various items of junk metal, such as pots and pans, buckets and...
by Miles Hawthorn
album | Irritant
19 August 2002
I’ve been a big fan of Irritant ever since I heard their first (10”) compilation release and this, their latest (third) compilation...
by Motorboy
album | Ninja Tune
3 July 2005
Martial drumming, huge, pulsating waves of melody and brazen disregard for your eardrums. Yes, Jaga are now a post-rock outfit.
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Warp Records
24 March 2009
Taking its cue from the sounds of Detroit (313 being Detroit’s dialing code), Mark Pritchard uses the Harmonic 313 moniker to release his...
by Laurent Fintoni
album | Jester
17 February 2005
There are some record labels that become like old friends to you. You know the ones: they don't just spew out crap like someone who has mistaken the...
by Ed Chamberlin
album | Melodic
30 April 2000
More sublime, forward-looking, folksy electronica from the Melodic label. This time the Yorkshire imprint turns to the Athens, Georgia-based Empire...
by Dave Stelfox
album | Tigerbeat6
30 October 2002
I’m sure there are many reasons why Kid 606 loves life, being able to make music all day for a living, having picked a name that gets...
by Edward Blake
album | Peacefrog
3 June 2003
Robert Hood must have hit some kind of production sweet spot just recently, as after his album for Logistic comes another long-player on Peacefrog....
by Miles Hawthorn
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