Reviews

Wax & Fred Ventura :: Double review (Bordello A Parigi)

Reviews 04/15/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

Bordello A Parigi open the doors for the new year with a feast of Italo flesh. The sounds of Roma and Paris circa 1980s are […]

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Dizraeli And The Small Gods :: Moving In The Dark (ECC)

Reviews 04/15/2013 by Gustave Savy

It’s not pretentious, intimidating or self-congratulatory, as can sometimes be the case, nor is it retro cool groovy funky non progressive lame funk hop, which […]

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Jeffrey Wentworth Stevens :: The Holy Dogs of Other Days (Plastic Sound Supply)

Reviews 04/14/2013 by igloomag

Perhaps best suited for long road-trips along the coastline, fuzzy basslines, scorched guitars and sizzling melodic bursts appear from every angle and an acoustic funk emanates from […]

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CN :: Voyages (Central Processing Unit)

Reviews 04/14/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

Gjevik, EOD, CN, whatever nom de plume is being employed, is a real talent. His tracks not only have a retrospective innocence, they have a […]

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Bande Apartment :: Rita, Kate and You Too (Apartment)

Reviews 04/14/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

As I stare out a window in downtown Madrid my mind wanders back to late nights in the Belfast, Cork, Dublin and Galway. Electronic music […]

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Tangent :: 1mk2 (Mindtrick)

Reviews 04/13/2013 by igloomag

Inspired by the birth of our universe with all its violence and beauty, chaos and calm, collisions and expansion, 1 mk2 is an exploration of […]

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Ametsub :: All Is Silence (Nothings66)

Reviews 04/12/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

On All is Silence, Ametsub cleverly mixes research and development in what he calls New Field music—post-glitch, post-dub, post-ambient, past caring about genre and style, which at the same time […]

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Dreissk :: edge_horizon (n5MD)

Reviews 04/12/2013 by Nocturnal Ghost

While edge_horizon is not as adventurous as its predecessor, it is imaginative and bracing, and maintains Dreissk’s status as one of the most interesting and […]

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Fescal :: The Descending Light (Wist Rec)

Reviews 04/10/2013 by Stephen Fruitman

Irresistable little box of wonder from Wistrec, the little Irish art house with big, innovative packaging ideas (cf. its “Book Report” series). English sound innovator […]

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DJ Koze :: Amygdala (Pampa)

Reviews 04/10/2013 by Andy Gillham

Warm and uplifting; Amygdala is one of the most original releases this year, successfully straddling a space where oddball pop meets dance and thoroughly delivering […]

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V/A :: Electric Voice Compilation (Electric Voice)

Reviews 04/10/2013 by Robbie Geoghegan

Sometimes forward looking. Sometimes retrospective. Sometimes a bit too Indie. This 2LP is a generous medley of established and upcoming talent. A well-rounded record with […]

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