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Public Enemy :: It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (Def Jam, 1988)

Features 09/29/2011 by Gustave Savy

Public Enemy broke new ground both sonically and in their attitude. They brought a political message to Hip-Hop that was coherent, personal and well reasoned. […]

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Tangula :: Eye of the Beholder EP (Diametric.)

Reviews 09/29/2011 by Robbie Geoghegan

Eye of the Beholder is a great record, and it is undoubtedly with a heavy heart that Arne releases it. But, it is a slap […]

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Plaid :: Scintilli (Warp)

Reviews 09/27/2011 by James Knapman

Plaid have placed extreme effort into honing electronic sounds so that they have an acoustic feel, creating a divine meeting in the middle where one […]

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Patch :: 1 Degree C (Cartesian Binary)

Reviews 09/27/2011 by igloomag

Weaving strains of downtempo percussion, tribal influences, subtle melancholy and an impacting discharge of amplified bass, 1 Degree C‘s climactic changes bring a well needed […]

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Tobias Lilja :: Delirium Portraits (n5MD)

Reviews 09/27/2011 by igloomag

If Time Is On My Side represented waves of blistering darkness, Delirium Portraits, in contrast, is its long-lost relative. Filled with a glistening, almost contagious […]

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Josip Klobucar & Obey City :: Double review (4Lux / Astro Nautico)

Reviews 09/25/2011 by Greg Dutcher

Pessimism’s natural in the Internet’s climate of constant stimulation; it’s a coping mechanism, a natural response to distributors’ exhausting hucksterism. But in case you want […]

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Aligning Minds :: Universal Automation (Beats & Pieces)

Reviews 09/25/2011 by igloomag

Aligning Minds capture a wide audience on Universal Automation; blending high-energy fractals of multi-genre formations (somehow haunting and exuberant) next to slow-moving parts and pieces […]

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Müd :: Designer Merkin (Buried In Time)

Reviews 09/25/2011 by igloomag

As Designer Merkin reveals its rubberized experimental mystique, these forty-minutes of liquid logarithms are far from lost at sea and rather close to the shores […]

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Erode :: Horizon (Tympanik Audio)

Reviews 09/25/2011 by igloomag

Faded landscapes, lost in time and a world at peace, devoid of human life… is this just a glimpse of what’s really behind the mirror? […]

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Pleq & Lauki :: “Anagen” (video)

Newswires 09/24/2011 by igloomag

Video directed by Alan Kępski detailing the exploratory textures of Pleq & Lauki in parallel with the exuberant video-work that captures the essence of human […]

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