“Special Request joins the dots between the past and the present in a tour de force that sees his DJ Kicks sit amongst the legends” Paul
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AuthorSimon Whight
Results307A contributor to a variety of respected online publications, Simon joined the Inverted Audio ranks early in 2013. Bred on mother rave and nourished by the original strains of US house, he is someone who has lived through the first time deep house faced a backlash, the rise and fall of progressive house, and the multiple swings of fashion towards minimal, tech house, bass and beyond. As such, genres are not an important factor in critical appraisal, just good music that can stand on its own two feet. Be it uptempo or downtempo, alien or organic, everything is valid. Emotionless techno, needlessly abstract noise, derivative house and self indulgent muso-ism can all check their feet at the door. Bad taste in hats.
Premiere: Antonello Teora feat. Thugwidow – La Cura (John Beltran Remix)
The increasingly distanced and remote climate is having the side effect of bringing together disparate artists from around the world. Antonello Teora finds himself joining hands
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Premiere: Forest Drive West – Falling Upright
Dinamplatz were due to release their ‘Good, But Not Right‘ compilation around the time when global lockdowns were beginning to take effect. With the timing seeming
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Music Video: Christian Löffler – Fate (Beethoven)
Dance music and classical music have had a difficult relationship over the years. The 90s saw any number of nondescript vinyl appear, blandly pillaging the
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Charles Webster: Decision Time
“Decision Time is a big return for Charles Webster, his signature sound revisited with a contemporary nod” Post-millennium had been a low key period for Charles
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Premiere: Larionov & St. Theodore – Destruction Wave
*This premiere is part of our collaboration with Craigie Knowes, in which we cast a limelight on the Scottish imprint through editorial and a limited run
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Life and Death: Anthems For No State
“Anthems For No State is strong from track to track” Compilations are notoriously tricky. When pulling together a number of disparate artists, consistency and context is
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Emra Grid: Five Cycles Through An Empty Chamber
“This isn’t a soundtrack for a snow blanketed glade or cosily lit grotto, it is more suited for the vista of an ice moon at the
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Premiere: 214 – Alpenglow
20/20 Vision are enjoying a rich vein of form in the electro world at the moment. The Leeds based imprint – helmed by Ralph Lawson –
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Bambounou: 033
“Two sides, two flavours, both fantastic.” ‘033‘ is pure gratification. Bambounou’s return to AD 93 is decidedly more direct than his first and more abstract outing
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Premiere: Sugai Ken – Headwaters Of The Tone River
Netherlands based imprint Field Records‘ evolution over the years from a label that was centred around cutting edge techno into one that is at the forefront
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The Phantasy: Ibiza Pt. I & II
“The Phantasy is absolutely the finest work in a decade of any of Traumprinz’s imprints” The “buy on sight” necessity that comes when the All Possible
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Autechre: SIGN
“SIGN is a dramatic discovery of all things light.” It was with a degree of trepidation that I fired up ‘SIGN‘ – the latest album from
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DJ Metatron: Loops Of Infinity (A Rave Loveletter)
“What makes DJ Metatron a success is the way the elusive All Possible Worlds entity always plays everything straight.” “This is not a perfect party” rings
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Lord Of The Isles: Glisk Science EP
“Neil McDonald draws more out of a single EP than most manage from a long player, and ‘Glisk Science’ doesn’t buck this trend one bit” Lord
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Charles Webster feat. Ingrid Chavez: The Spell
“It sounds quite unlike Burial – sitting somewhere between the dreamy melodies in Ricardo Villalobos ‘Minimoonstar’ and the frosty jangle of any number of Pantha Du
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