[!K7] Matt Edwards, better known as Radio Slave, is one half of hypnotic disco duo Quiet Village with DJ Joel Martin. Edwards has been incredibly prolific as a producer, remixer and label owner, and Quiet Village is where he’s gone to hang his more relaxed hat. After three singles and a slew of remixes, the […]
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Osborne, Osborne
May 18, 2008 – 10:09 PM
[Spectral Sound] Todd Osborn is a born tinkerer, a guy who wants nothing more than to crack open the nearest electronic device to see how it works and, if possible, how to improve it. The trait is essential in his stint as an airline mechanic and at home, where he dissects computers, software, synthesizers (which […]
Claro Intelecto, Metanarrative
April 10, 2008 – 10:11 PM
[Modern Love] One characteristic of Claro Intelecto’s music I admire most is its immediacy and visceral structure. You’ll never need a music composition degree to untangle vast webs of overly complicated arrangements to find something to connect with. Starting with his 2004 Neurofibre album for Ai Records, Intelecto (aka Mark Stewart) put forth tunes whose […]
Carl Craig, Sessions
February 29, 2008 – 12:02 AM
[!K7] Thanks to the generosity of Carl Craig and !K7, there’s a free download after the jump. After an artist reaches legendary stature too often they are boiled down to just that — a legend who needs no explaining or closer examination. Even though most of us are quite familiar with Carl Craig as a […]
Controversy, a Tribute to Prince
January 30, 2008 – 11:28 AM
[Rapster Records] The tribute compilation is a strange beast to judge. As I see it, the artists being paid tribute rarely have much control over who is mangling their songs or what actually ends up on the comp. Perhaps they choose the tracks receiving send ups because of licensing issues, but even then they need […]
Melchior Productions, No Disco Future
January 16, 2008 – 11:01 PM
[Perlon] In his work as Melchior Productions and various Aspect Music projects with Baby Ford and Tim Hutton, Thomas Melchior has consistently evoked a great deal of motion, thought, and feeling with relatively little grist. He helped define the micro-house era with his 2004 album, The Meaning on Playhouse by snatching sensual vocal slivers for […]
5 Years of Get Physical
September 25, 2007 – 1:06 PM
Five years is an awful long time in dance music culture. Trends come and go within a few months; labels and artists do, too. But thanks to Booka Shade’s generous work ethic (i.e. writing songs for the labels’ figureheads) and pop tech-house aesthetic, as well as M.A.N.D.Y.’s relentless A&R scouting (the artists played a role, […]
Michael Fakesch, Dos
August 10, 2007 – 3:38 AM
Michael Fakesch was one half of the German IDM duo, Funkstörung, until their demise in 2006. While my exposure to them was admittedly limited, I had enough of an impression in my mind that Dos, Fakesch’s first output since the split, took me completely by surprise. Like the intertwined cover graphics, Fakesch’s second album is […]
Dimitri From Paris, Presents Cocktail Disco
June 12, 2007 – 8:48 PM
The first in a series of album and single reviews I’ve been meaning to do since April. For one example of what’s kept me busy in-between, check out my feature on Digitalism, now up on RA. Now that demand for lounging jazz/exotica house is hovering above “straight-to-the-discount bin,†Dimitri From Paris has got a bit […]
Dixon, Body Language Vol. 4
May 4, 2007 – 6:34 AM
Berlin DJ/producer and Innervisions co-owner Dixon (aka Steffen Berkhahn) is the fourth producer to helm Get Physical’s Body Language mix series and the first not to have a release with the label. It makes sense, then, that Dixon’s contribution is also the most likely to catch the ear of the crossover crowd occasionally meandering into […]
Antibalas, Security
February 5, 2007 – 3:50 PM
With all the rhythm coursing through the members of Antibalas and their music, it makes sense for the group’s sound to likewise stay in motion. From its inception Antibalas has been an American take on Nigerian Afrobeat, one that’s been further and further refined with each subsequent release. Security, the band’s fourth full-length album, dances […]