Tag Archive: review

George FitzGerald, Don’t You

George FitzGerald’s Don’t You, complete with SCB remix, finds the young producer making big strides in his sound.

Krystal Klear, Tried For Your Love

Krystal Klear’s debut solo effort, Tried For Your Love, is colored with the kind of boogie and funk so slick Don Draper could style his hair with it.

Gala Drop, Overcoat Heat

Overcoat Heat, Gala Drop’s new EP for the Golf Channel label, is a hive of activity, imperceptibly blurring the lines between synthetic and organic.

Various Artists, Uncanny Valley 002

Uncanny Valley 002 contains the debut of C-Beams, the collaboration of Break SL and Stefan Menzel, Credit 00, and new tracks by Korn and Cuthead.

Storm Queen, Look Right Through

Morgan Geist’s debut as Storm Queen, Look Right Through, showcases the producer’s house angle at its best.

Nathan Fake/DJ Koze, Xmas Rush/Mi Cyaan Believe It

Pampa’s previous releases have been well in line with DJ Koze’s madcap persona, but this split between its owner and Nathan Fake is perhaps its first passion project.

Braiden, DLDRMS003

London-based newcomer Braiden makes his debut with The Alps, the third release on Doldrums which features a Kassem Mosse remix.

Various Artists, Peculiar/3 Züge

Peculiar/3 Züge, the latest offering from Villalobos’s Sei Es Drum, is likely to be the label’s most popular release to date even as it divides opinions.

Chasing Voices, Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit

Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit (“nothing comes from nothing”) offers the disclaimer that while Chasing Voices may have appeared from “nothingness,” this music is the highly calculated product of an exceptional vision.

Audio Werner, Story#005

After putting out the Meanwhile 2×12″ for Hartchef Discos, his longest work to date, Audio Werner closed 2010 with an EP for the Story imprint.

Tin Man, Acid Test 01

With Acid Test 01, Tin Man moves closer to the dance floor than ever before and brings along Donato Dozzy for an in-the-zone remix.

Owen Jay & Melchior Sultana, Memories of You EP

Regular listeners of Jus-Ed’s radio show and the uninitiated alike will find plenty to like in Owen Jay & Melchior Sultana’s Memories of You EP.

Horsepower Productions, Quest For The Sonic Bounty

Quest for the Sonic Bounty, the third album by Horsepower Productions, is a layered and cavernous update of the early days of dubstep.

Kevin Reynolds, Favis

Kevin Reynold’s second vinyl release on his Todhchai Records puts on display both his attention to detail and the off-the-cuff nature of of his live performances.

LCD Soundsystem, Throw

LCD Soundsystem’s cover of Paperclip People’s “Throw” may be perfectly adequate and suitable for the former’s live sets, but does it warrant being pressed up by Planet E?

Traversable Wormhole, The Remixes Pt. 03

The Remixes Pt. 03 offers further proof Traversable Wormhole’s releases have done more than most anonymous projects to forge a new path through the creative stagnation that bedevils electronic music.

Kirk Degiorgio, Flote EP

On the Flote EP for Flying Donkey Music, Kirk Degiorgio has once again managed to rein in his explosive tendencies enough to deliver something sweet, not saccharine.

Orphan101, Propa/Disemble

orphan101’s first release of the year arrives on Appleblim’s Applepips label, falling perfectly in line with the label’s standard of idiosyncratic bass music.

STL, Mistakes Are Made For Everyone

A decade after Matthew Herbert released his Let’s All Make Mistakes mix for Tresor comes a worthy addendum to the art of doing things incorrectly from Stephan Laubner.

Omar-S, These Complimentary Track’x

Despite covering a great deal of territory in 2010, Omar-S maintained a high standard for quality which continues on These Complimentary Track’x.