Stephen Fruitman

Author: Stephen Fruitman

Coppice Halifax :: Multi-review (Milieu Music)

Reviews 05/29/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

In contrast to a number of other artists who release untold amounts of studio material, Coppice Halifax displays a real duty of care to his […]

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Me Raabenstein :: All These Precious (nonine)

Reviews 05/23/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Although the twentieth production Raabenstein has been involved in, All These Precious is only his second strictly solo album. It ventures a rich, engrossing and […]

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Dub Mentor :: Versions (EnT-T)

Reviews 05/10/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Dub Mentor’s warm, peeled-down arrangements, comprised of loping drum loops, chocolatey bass and treated field recordings for texture, lend these tunes the intimacy of late-evening […]

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Mirt :: Artificial Field Recordings (Cat Sun)

Reviews 05/05/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

His sound has the aural texture of a daguerreotype, the mid-nineteenth century photographic process that makes every nuance, every pore so sharp and visible, though […]

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Seetyca :: Bleakscapes (Essentia Mundi)

Reviews 05/03/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

The pieces Seetyca calls Bleakscapes are not grey and barren, they are near impenetrably inky black and evoke scary amounts of space far away from […]

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Celestino :: Protector’s Tea (Love All Day)

Reviews 04/28/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Six very ecumenical, very clear, consecrated spaces. Just about every belief system has very simply criteria for the creation of sacred space anywhere, anytime—by convening […]

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Chinese Man :: Remix with the Sun (Chinese Man)

Reviews 04/25/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Chinese Man is a French trio at its core that prioritizes dub, ragga and hip-hop, but that’s just the box out of which they burst. […]

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aMadoo :: Matsunoo Grand Shrine – Roumon LIVE (Somehow)

Reviews 04/22/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Playing at an eighth-century Shinto shrine in Kyoto, the musicians, led by Yuuji Hiromoto, first eye each other inquisitively, violin, muted trumpet, electronics, tabla, as […]

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Christina Vantzou :: No. 1 DVD & Remixes (The Numbered Series)

Reviews 04/21/2012 by Stephen Fruitman

Subjecting such a frugal piece to deconstruction by remixers is unexpected, though Vantzou certainly has enlisted an impressive roster. All show the original great respect […]

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