Robbie Geoghegan

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The Phone :: Songs For This Nuclear Age (Attractive!)

Reviews 10/07/2012 by Robbie Geoghegan

The atomic age now seems retrograde and kitsch, as does much of The Phone’s sound. But it is this backwards look that gives the album […]

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Perseus Traxx / Aroy Dee :: Hope (Photic Fields)

Reviews 10/05/2012 by Robbie Geoghegan

Perseus Traxx and Aroy Dee take and develop this aural expression with a subtle stratification, draping murmurings of Techno onto gentle House movements. But it […]

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Drinking Electricity :: Overload + Singles (Medical)

Reviews 09/29/2012 by Robbie Geoghegan

Electronics and Post-Punk are the central sounds, but a spread of influences (and an inherent quirk) give the group an individuality. An obscurity dusted down […]

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Global Goon :: Plastic Orchestra (030303)

Reviews 09/23/2012 by Robbie Geoghegan

Since Rephlex, Taylor has floated across a number of labels. He has tested acid sounds with WeMe Records, released Roland swirls for Planet Mu and […]

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Stress / Borghesia / X Ray Pop :: 3view (Dark Entries)

Reviews 09/21/2012 by Robbie Geoghegan

Stress are emblematic of the New Wave sound and expertly deliver the anxiety and uncertainty of the 1980s through strings and synthesizers. Borghesia come from […]

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Cygnus :: Newmark Phase (Central Processing Unit)

Reviews 09/21/2012 by Robbie Geoghegan

Immediate comparisons come from labels like Cultivated Electronics, Last known Trajectory and Solar One come to mind. Newmark Phase has electro at its core whilst […]

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The Exaltics / Morphology :: The Exaltics Meets… (Solar One Music)

Reviews 09/10/2012 by Robbie Geoghegan

Witschakowski has consistently tested the definitions of Electro, ranging from soulful mechanics to red-blooded machinery. On this EP he does so again. Likewise, Morphology play […]

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Star Pitsa Acid Kru :: Bacardi (ProForm Series)

Reviews 09/10/2012 by Robbie Geoghegan

A vast amount of house being released is emulation, replication of concepts and sounds explored by US and European artists. Star Pitsa are not reinventing […]

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V/A :: World Electronix Volume 1 (Cultivated Electronics)

Reviews 09/08/2012 by Robbie Geoghegan

Of late the UK imprint has been focused on artist EPs, but for its latest Sync 24’s label returns to it foundations with the start […]

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Daniel Andréasson :: Bath Trax EP (Tabernacle)

Reviews 09/08/2012 by Robbie Geoghegan

Andréasson utilises echoes of Techno whilst folding swirls of modern Electronics into the currents. Aspects of the dancefloor are adapted but ultimately take a backseat […]

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