Robbie Geoghegan

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V/A :: Various III (030303)

Reviews 01/28/2016 by Robbie Geoghegan

So what are you getting with this third compilation? You’re getting what 030303 have been doing since the doors opened, expanding the acid and braindance […]

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December / Kaumwauld :: Half Cuts 1 (In Paradisum)

Reviews 01/24/2016 by Robbie Geoghegan

There’s been a rise in sludge techno in the last few years, industrial essences and experimentation, outsider electronics and a touch of Chicago. The boundaries […]

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Luke Eargoggle / Kan3da / Weltwirtschaft :: Karl EP (Lunatic)

Reviews 01/10/2016 by Robbie Geoghegan

The 12” is electro of the frostier faction but there are moments of warmth coming through to thaw the chill. Dark and bitter sounds from […]

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Luxus Varta :: Everything is Nothing (Hubble Telescope Series 1) (Solar One Music)

Reviews 01/09/2016 by Robbie Geoghegan

Following Elektronische Werke and The Crystal Issue Cycle comes The Hubble Telescope Series. This latest set of releases are an homage to the eponymous instrument […]

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Boneless One :: Hazard Bringer (ProForm Series)

Reviews 01/07/2016 by Robbie Geoghegan

Music to blister eardrums and break speakers; in other words proper dark and mean techno. I was surprised when Tabernacle Records announced its Ride the […]

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DROWNED RECORDS :: From Bremen with bite

Profiles 01/05/2016 by Robbie Geoghegan

Drowned Records has some similar characteristics to ZCKR. Both labels have released music from Qnete, a homegrown talent with a penchant for raw and thumping […]

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MMT-8 :: Sequencer EP (Cultivated Electronics)

Reviews 12/31/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

Sequencer shows the sharper side of Cultivated Electronics. Clinical rhythms, driving bass lines and just a touch of warbling funk when needed. A solid expression […]

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777 :: Breaking from the Bonds of Berlin (Interview & Mix)

Profiles 12/28/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

Perhaps I was wrong about Berlin and survival of the fittest. New and exciting imprints, like Wilson’s, are flourishing. Maybe “THE capital” has enough shelve […]

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Savage Grounds :: Unpleasant Music for Unpleasant People (Lux Rec)

Reviews 12/22/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

The style of techno that Savage Grounds are exploring isn’t the conventional type. Their form adopts the underproduction of Chicago house, the bursting rage of […]

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Born in a less than likely place :: Vielspaß

Profiles 12/21/2015 by Robbie Geoghegan

Born out of basement space, described by Prioux as a “bargain underground club,” underneath the DMA Vielspaß has all the attributes of an arts college […]

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