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Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The Soul - 17-Oct-09 06:07 AM
I don't know where to begin with this review. First off it is an absolute tragedy that those wankers at EMI stopped this album's release. This album is an absolute classic, dark and sweet like Bournville chocolate. It is an album of such immense quality that I find it difficult to try and analyze just what it is that makes it great or specify the core elements of the sound. The Iggy Pop contribution is literally the best thing he has written since the 70's (god mixed with monkey?), Frank Black sounds better than ever before, The Flaming Lips make bitter revenge and madness seem somewhat fun, Rhys from super furry animals sounds as elegant as something from Rubber Soul, Jason Little almost brings a tear to the eye with his two renditions and even David Lynch brings 2 great tracks to the record. Don't get me wrong though, EVERY SONG is good and the album works as a whole.

There is not a single bad song on this album. Highly recommended for fans of The Beatles, Flaming Lips and the Stooges and pretty much anyone who enjoys music with a bit of depth. Where so many concept albums fail this one succeeds with flying colors even if all of which as shades of gray.

Luke Vibert - Mate Tron - 14-Oct-09 12:39 PM
I am utterly surprised that there were no previous reviews for this record. I am not exaggerating when I say that this is one of the greatest EP's I have ever heard in life.
The title track is startlingly well crafted electro/acid with an incredible sample from Bass Patrol's 'Rock This Planet' which is warped in a way that messes with my mind. It starts off as straight up moody electro and ends in some 303 acid madness while maintaining the funky beat and atmospheric synths.

A smooth transition and it's ASHEED, the album's second track begins with an acid riff that gets progressively dirtier and louder while some harmonic ambiance sets the tone in the background which culminates in a truly oldschool keyboard riff that makes it feel like an acidhouse rave in glorious slow-motion.

MEATABIX follows, a straight up acidhouse dance track reminiscent of an updated and well produced Universal Indicator.The final track SALACID reduces the tempo, retains the 303 and adds a moody and thoroughly enjoyable synth melody that wouldn't sound too out of place on a BoC record although the similarities end there.

I THOROUGHLY recommend this beautiful shining little gem of a record for anyone with even a remote interest in electronic music.

LFO / AFX* - Untitled - 14-Oct-09 10:51 AM
The LFO tracks both leap out of your system, kick the shit out of you and leave you feeling grateful for the experience. The AFX tunes are better than some people make out, very minimal acidhouse that could have been made in the 80's. I must say however that LFO's Flu-Shot is the best tune on this release and it's worth buying just for that. The highlight AFX tune would be NAKS 11 just for the pure 303 abuse and caffeinated claps. This release is not for everyone and will probably only find itself in the collections of avid fans of either producers.

AFX* - Analogue Bubblebath 4 - 22-May-09 07:11 AM
This is one of my least favourite RDJ releases alongside Power Pill. The songs presented seem to be some form of endurance test, Elephant Song is repetitive and noisy and I don't mean in an interesting abstract kind of way. Gibbon is certainly a better track with some amazing acid riffs, stomping beats and spooky signature synths towards the end but most likely will be too corrosive and repetitive for most listeners.Cuckoo is a nice little number with care-free droopy Paradinas-style synth work and nice bassy beats reminiscent of AB3. The synths in Sloth are somewhat of a prelude to Hangable Autobulb but in my opinion the track suffers from a pleasent but uninteresting noise which repeats every three seconds for eight minutes.

Tashan Dorrsett - Kool Keith Presents Tashan Dorrsett - 01-Apr-09 11:12 AM
A great companion to Dr Dooom 2. This album is arguably more focused and the production is funky and heavy on the bass courtesy of Parisian Dj Junkaz Lou. It is a far less angry record than what you may have come to expect of Keith lately and extremely listenable from start to finish. Fans lucky enough to have heard and appreciate The Personal Album should enjoy some of the smoother tracks, there are also some nice aggressive bangers on here to give the album a solid balanced feel.It is hard to single out highlight tracks because the whole album is so solid but if I had to name one it would be Magnetic Junkadelic featuring Ced Gee and D.Eazy, play it loud!

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