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Isolée - Rest - 24-Aug-07 12:02 PM
This album deserves a comment-scratch that, this album deserves a purchase. On sight. Like the description says its House, Techno, Minimal. Its also electronica/IDM, dubby, glitchy and even dancefloor-y. All about five years before hipsters decided this was the kind of musical aesthetic to move to Berlin and look cool to. Except this is far better than all that minimal hype, and even surpasses Isolees much-loved We Are Monster LP.
One of those albums you pick up and think never heard anything like this before. Highlights are Gallus and Der Geruch..., the last an astonishing exercise in bass and atmosphere

Deadly Avenger - King Tito's Gloves EP - 23-Oct-06 09:57 PM
The cries("This is it!" etc.)at the start of King Titos Glovesare sampled from seminal 1983 New York graffiti documentary Style Wars. The scene is a group of graff writers seeing the result of their night-time efforts appear on the side of a moving train. The illustration on the centre comes from the poster for 70s NY train-hostage thriller The Taking of Pelham 123, the soundtrack of which is a beat-heads wet dream. Another Deadly Avenger release is called We took Pelham. Is this guy taking trainspotting too far or what? The music itself is a similarly reverent, spot-the-sample mash up of trip-hop, breaks and house. I seem to remember this stuff being referred to at the time as Small Beat; i.e. kinda like Fatboy Slim only light on the cheese.

Photek - Modus Operandi - 31-Jul-06 01:19 PM
What makes this my favourite Drum and Bass album is not only the genius drum programming, but the restraint shown in production. Unlike some other D LPs, its not just a collection of dance tracks swamped by brutal bass. It changes pace and mood. Aleph 1 is a particular example;just a complex and compelling rhythm overlaid wioth twisting acidy bleeps. I read in an interview that KJZ is short for Kirks Jazz, a tribute to Kirk De Giorgio and his record collection.

3MB Feat. Magic Juan Atkins* - 3MB Feat. Magic Juan Atkins - 27-Nov-05 01:54 AM
Utterly essential. Get it for Die Kosmischen Kuriere (Magic Juan mix), a piece of melodic, syncopated, soulful techno that tells a living, breathing story. beautiful and dancable.

As One - Celestial Soul - 27-Nov-05 01:54 AM
To me, this is the worst As One album, as it simply retreads the ground covered on Reflections, and the tracks, though in the same style, simply arent as interesting, melodically, texturally or rythmically. Start with 21st Century soul, In with their Arps, and Likemind 04 instead.

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