Sketches is an album possessed of a refinement, restraint and nuance rarely found these days, and contains some of the finest and most evocative music […]
Tag: House
V/A :: Decapitated One-Liners (Contort Yourself)
Contort Yourself is the latest label to hail from that Scottish industrial heartland and with the rains returning, though they probably never left, the newcomer […]
Affie Yusuf :: I Heart Acid 02 (I Love Acid / Balkan Vinyl)
Three tracks of clever, modern electronics. Horizons are expanded, stretched out by echoing bars with just enough punch for the dancefloor. Sales can be a […]
Savage Grounds :: Over Fences (Lux Rec)
A demented, debased and devastating début from the Swiss duo. It’s taken a while for the Lux Rec co-founder Daniele Cosmo to start releasing, but […]
Rawmance & Toisvesi :: Double review (La Beauté Du Négatif)
Cerebral synthesizer sounds and body electronics beautifully explored, without pandering to the ever growing herd. Who’d be a record label boss? Almost any half drunken […]
TAPE :: Transmissions
Ah. The humble cassette tape. For some it’s been consigned to the history books of defunct formats, for others it’s the medium of choice to […]
ROBBIE GEOGHEGAN :: Last Gasp (mix)
So after a good long flight, after cleaning the flat, after having a cup of tea, here’s a mix of some old tracks and new […]
III RIVERS :: Electric currents in Manchester’s waters
An imprint that is introducing new artists, patronizing established ability and giving vinyl space to up and coming talent. Quality through and through. Manchester has […]
Claire :: Perfume (Acoustic Division)
Complex when it needs to be, harsh and floor centered when the desire arises and absorbing from needle drop to run out. A lack of […]
WMB/4D :: When Good Times Turn Sour (Forced Nostalgia)
Nuclear ripples from the 90s, as toxic today as they were near twenty years ago. I first covered Forced Nostalgia back in 2011. The Belgian […]
















