Outboxx have expand their style through releases on Immerse Recordings, BRSTL, and Well Rounded Housing Project, but nowhere is their bold versatility displayed better than on their self-titled album on Idle Hands.
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RP Boo, Legacy
May 15, 2013 – 12:01 AM
RP Boo has released very few tracks officially; ignoring Dude Off 59th Street, a mix of mostly of his own tracks, it’s fair to call Legacy his debut. It’s also the best footwork LP in some time.
Sandwell District, Fabric 69
May 10, 2013 – 12:01 AM
[Fabric] “Sandwell District is dead” — except when they’re not. Since their watershed moment a couple years ago — which is tough to define, but probably around Feed-Forward — Sandwell District has come to embody much more than just a label. The notion of a collective à la Basic Channel seems particularly apropos, as the […]
Djrum, Seven Lies
May 9, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Seven Lies, the debut album from Djrum, immediately lets you know you’re where you are: right there in the long, romantic middle of UK bass.
Cosmin TRG, Gordian
May 7, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Gordian, Cosmin TRG’s sophomore album, maintains a certain familiarity while providing a more introspective exploration of his sound.
Omar-S, Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself
April 26, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Unlike prior full-lengths that saw Omar-S cobble together singles with accompanying filler, each of the 13-tracks on Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself are unreleased and each a keeper.
Autechre, Exai
April 10, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Exai will sound stylistically familiar to Autechre fans, almost comfortingly so, but it raises plenty of new challenges as well.
Vondelpark, Seabed
April 4, 2013 – 8:23 AM
Despite a meager 42-minute runtime, Vondelpark’s debut LP manages to feel like a slog, lacking a single ethereous moment while forcing the listener into an insurmountable slump of depression.
KMFH, The Boat Party
April 2, 2013 – 12:01 AM
The Boat Party, Kyle Hall’s first full-length, offers him a chance to consolidate the assorted aspects of the sound he’s been developing since 2007.
Space Dimension Controller, Welcome to Mikrosektor-50
March 27, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Space Dimension Controller’s long-in-gestation debut LP is an honest-to-god Electronic Concept Album managing to effortlessly incorporate storytelling devices while flirting with moments of musical brilliance.
Atomâ„¢, HD
March 26, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Atomâ„¢ isn’t exactly palling around with Timbaland, but on his new album, HD, he takes a couple pages from Kraftwerk in his acerbic exploration of electronics in pop music.
John Beltran, Amazing Things
March 20, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Amazing Things is John Beltran’s first album in six years, showcasing plenty that’s familiar from his past, while still keeping a few tricks up its sleeve.
Matmos, The Marriage of True Minds
March 5, 2013 – 1:02 AM
After the no-microphone synth outing Supreme Balloon, The Marriage of True Minds‘ methods mark a return to their hyperactive, IDM-flavored update on musique concrète.
Function, Incubation
February 27, 2013 – 1:02 AM
Dave Sumner’s more than 16 years in the trenches of techno and house have prepared him to make Incubation, his first solo album — is a beacon of timeless techno and stellar mixing.
Various Artists, Into The Light: A Journey Into Greek Electronic Music, Classics & Rarities (1978-1991)
February 8, 2013 – 1:01 AM
Into The Light: A Journey Into Greek Electronic Music, Classics & Rarities (1978-1991) is a rare bird that unfurls like a Mancuso-style DJ mix in a range of styles and years.
Moon B, Untitled
January 29, 2013 – 1:02 AM
Released at the end of 2012 while everyone was looking back, Moon B’s Untitled album is a boogified house album that shouldn’t be missed.
Aybee, Worlds
January 24, 2013 – 1:02 AM
Worlds is a unique mélange of deep house, Sun Ra, hip-hop, and the radioactive background glow of Autechre’s Amber, among other coordinates, but stands out as a work of deliberate individuality.
Ben UFO, Fabriclive 67
January 15, 2013 – 1:01 AM
As a curatorial effort, Ben UFO’s Fabriclive mix exults, unsettles, and satisfies, with a daring and adept understanding of the power of contrast and dynamics.