Where past Pawlowitz records have fit beautifully into a straight line, the fourteen tracks on Shed’s The Traveller tie the filament in knots or scramble it in nearly inscrutable code.
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Skream, Outside The Box
August 26, 2010 – 10:01 AM
It’s somehow appropriate that Skream (aka Ollie Jones), one of the founders of dubstep, is the latest to test the waters for a pop crossover with his sophomore album, Outside The Box.
Efdemin, Chicago
August 25, 2010 – 10:01 AM
When questioned about the mildly provocative title of his sophomore album as Efdemin in a recent interview, Philip Sollman deadpanned that he had merely chosen it as bait for journalists.
Robert Hood, Omega
August 12, 2010 – 10:01 AM
Robert Hood’s Omega album is cut through with an urgent, futuristic score that profiles the ideas contained in Charlton Heston’s Omega Man rather than the style it was made in.
Oriol, Night and Day
August 11, 2010 – 10:01 AM
While bright and easy on the ears, Oriol’s debut album, Night and Day, too often feels like the work a burgeoning talent who is still grappling with his influences.
Mount Kimbie, Crooks & Lovers
August 10, 2010 – 10:01 AM
Mount Kimbie’s Crooks & Robbers is a quirky little electronic album from a group whose beauty sneaks up on you, and whose poetry maybe isn’t readily apparent on your first bus ride.
Digital Mystikz, Return II Space
August 5, 2010 – 10:01 PM
Mala, producing sans Coki as Digital Mystikz, has cast what could be the purest dubstep of the last few years — if not the purest dubstep imaginable at this point — in the form of Return II Space.
Urban Tribe, Urban Tribe
August 5, 2010 – 10:01 AM
Urban Tribe’s latest release arrives on Moodymann’s Mohagani Music label and feels more like a quaint document than a magnum opus, the techno equivalent of a living-room jam recorded on someone’s cheap tape deck.
Kode9, DJ-Kicks
August 3, 2010 – 10:01 AM
Steve Goodman aka Kode9’s DJ Kicks mix encapsulates his selecting abilities while surveying what he deems bass music’s most affecting tracks from recent times.
V/A, Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa
July 29, 2010 – 10:01 AM
The Limpopo-based head of Nozinja Music Productions recently had his greatest hits from 2006-2009 lovingly compiled by Mark Ainley of Honest Jon’s in London and Mark Ernestus of Hard Wax — on Shangaan Electro: New Wave Dance Music From South Africa, and the music contained therein seems destined to cause unrest amongst their usual clients.