Regardless of whether or not Palisade’s Laid debut is a cheeky jab at nagging journalists, it’s best to take the title in stride and listen to the 12″ without any expectations.
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The Chain, Lostwithiel EP
June 10, 2011 – 12:01 AM
There are few better ways to summarize the recent trajectory of R&S Records than examining the brief discography of The Chain.
Myriadd, Beyond This Life
June 9, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Beyond This Life finds the mysterious Myriadd both prostrating themselves before the altar of Chicago house and offering some of his or her own visions as well.
Vessel, Nylon Sunset
June 9, 2011 – 12:01 AM
The inaugural release from left_blank by Vessel is exemplary of the most modern takes on garage which comes complete with a lean Peverelist remix.
K-S.H.E., Routes Not Roots
June 8, 2011 – 10:01 AM
In our culture obsessed with authenticity, with having “been there at the beginning,” with sticking to one’s roots, Thaemlitz elegantly shows that it’s not these roots that unite us but rather our common experiences.
D/R/U/G/S, Love/Lust
June 8, 2011 – 12:01 AM
The first release by D/R/U/G/S offers broad brush strokes of vivid color over three tracks that are all immediately engaging and make use of uncomplicated, lucid melodies.
Maya Jane Coles, Focus Now EP
June 7, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Maya Jane Cole’s development is apparent on each progressive release, and while the Focus Now EP isn’t quite perfect, it’s probably the strongest statement she’s made yet.
Moomin, Spare Time
June 7, 2011 – 12:01 AM
For Spare Time, Moomin’s first solo effort, he returns to Aim with two deep, low-key originals that are paired with a churning, spaced-out edit by Marvin Dash.
Hyetal, Broadcast
June 3, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Broadcast, Hyetal’s debut album on Black Acre, finds him moving further into introspection, as well as pushing retro tones and laboriously paced rhythms.
LV & Joshua Idehen, Routes
June 2, 2011 – 10:01 AM
While each of LV’s singles have offered new developments in their sound, none of them prepared listeners for the perfectly formed statement that is Routes.
Daniel Andreasson, The Sentinel EP
June 2, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Following a small run of purist electro/tech releases, the Scottish-based Tabernacle Records switches the dial to a steadier pace of loose, jacking percussion with The Sentinel EP from Daniel Andreasson.
Tin Man, Perfume
June 1, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Perfume sounds like nothing released this year nor anything else Tin Man has ever done, yet it seems like the kind of music towards which all of his other records were pointing.
Semtek, West Acyd Shelter
June 1, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Semtek reaches back into 70’s jazz-funk for the inspiration of his latest release, West Acyd Shelter.
Global Communication, Back In The Box
May 31, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Global Communication’s Back In The Box mix is essentially a look at what they were measuring themselves against and spinning during their burgeoning production years.
Gesloten Cirkel, Moustache Techno 001
May 31, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Gesloten Cirkel’s Moustache Techno 001 contains four lightly blurred dance tracks, appropriately edgy and raw for the Dutch scene that birthed it but also touched with a personal dreaminess.
MD, It Ain’t What It Used To Be
May 27, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Add MD’s It Ain’t What It Used To Be to the list of white labels that offer pure quality in the place of identity.
Chicago Shags, Irrational Excess
May 26, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Chicago Shags’ latest effort contains all those endearing qualities — warmth, soul, rawness — that most modern producers have squeezed out of their work, leaving it cold and emasculated.
Tom Demac, Indulge & Lunge
May 26, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Mancunian house producer Tom Demac hasn’t exactly been on my top producers-to-watch list, but maybe that should change after his first solo release on liebe*detail.