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Squarepusher - Just A Souvenir

Somehow I managed to review Just A Souvenir by listening to another CD. I could scarcely believe, and was certainly not impressed, by Squarepusher’s move into mid-tempo Scissor Sisters style house, but I couldn’t discount his status as maverick genius either. So, my review was cautiously critic...

Mr. Oizo - Lambs Anger

When 'Flat Beat' came out all those years ago, it really was quite unlike anything else I had heard before. I loved it. A lot. Then I promptly forgot about it, just like all those other songs that Levi’s used on their adverts. Then a few years ago, I got reacquainted with that most monstrous of...

Crazy P - Stop Space Return

Crazy P, the biggest band you’ve never heard of. Or the biggest band you have heard of but never listened to. The Manchester quartet have recently moved to Leeds’ 2020Vision, and things are all the better for it. Their live reputation is formidable, easily one of the best live disco / funk outf...

Metro Area - Fabric 43

I can’t believe it has taken until now for Metro Area to be asked to take part in the DJ love-in that is the Fabric mix series. If rumour on the Internet is to be believed Justice’s contribution was rejected by London’s mega club & label for being too cheesy. Having seen the track listing t...

Skatebard - Cosmos

Somehow this nearly, almost, passed by. Thank god it didn’t. I have picked up a few Skatebard 12”s before, and although they sounded OK, I didn’t end up buying them. Not enough going on, and no real connection to the music. So I wasn’t overly excited about their album, entitled Cosmos. I rather...

Woolfy vs Projections - The Astral Projections Of Starlight

Now that’s a title that needs to have some good music behind it, if it’s not going to be laughed off the shelves by the other CD’s. I had been looking forward to receiving this album for a while, and although I am not the number one fan of Balearic, like everything there are exceptions, and Woo...

Michna - Magic Monday

How apt. As I write this review I realise it is Monday. Not quite a Magic Monday, but not a manic one either. Ghostly International have a long history of supporting left field artists, and New York based Michna is no exception. Having produced the likes of Diplo and Bonde do Role, I was curiou...

Pigeon Funk - The Largest Bird In History Of The World Ever

Insane. Musique Risquée do a line in house that leads right up my street. Although verging on the challenging in places, especially on little headphones (this is one of those albums that makes a lot more sense when you can really feel the bass), there is enough funk squelching around on "T...

Neo Filigrante - Tresh

It is 2282. An archipelago of islands surrounds a mysterious crater. Into this crater a spaceship lands, and much experiment begins. After a time, humans stumble across the islands, and discover that upon each is a unique breed of robotic animal. When approached, these animals began to produce...

Matthew Dear - Body Language Vol. 7

OK, let me get this of my chest straight away. I LOVE Matthew Dear. No, not like that, but I love his music. Asa Breed is one of my favourite albums from a contemporary electronic producer, in recent times and his labels Spectral Sound and Ghostly International consistently release excellent, f...

SCSI-9 - Easy As Down

If you are not a computer geek, I will enlighten you. A ‘SCSI-9’ is a 9-pin computer interface, used in the connection of high performance hard disk drives. SCSI-9 the artist(s) make music with machines and computers, and have been around for a while now, though not as long as the connector. Wi...

Windsurf - Coastline

Isn't it funny how quickly fads come and go? This year seems to the year of resurgent "disco", from Italo to no wave club sounds, to the current hype with Balearic, as producers find new ways to find expression through older styles of music. It is both infuriating and interesting how...

Yo Majesty - Futuristically Speaking... Never Be Afraid

I remember when I first came to Berlin. I used to listen to Yo Majesty a lot, well one track in particular; Club Action. The kind of retarded yet cleverly simple party hip-hop / ghetto electro jam that I have a soft spot for. I was at the tail end of a short interest in the new, heavier styles...

Crazy P - Love On The Line

Crazy P(enis) return. It’s often mentioned that this band have bafflingly evaded the attention of the music loving public at large, with the exception of in Australia, where apparently they are huge. A huge crazy penis. The mind boggles.… With 3 albums under their belts, and one of the best (an...