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Les Sins: Michael
Michael is a solid release but still Chaz Bundick’s weakest to date. It needs to be said the palette of sounds on the album is very rich…yet as a whole the album feels a bit mundane and tends to lose momentum.
Shifted: Arrangements in Monochrome (Part 1 & 2)
Shifted’s commitment to relentless, uncompromising sound is distinct, and as these EPs prove, the results are thrilling. There is a slight sense that they’re serving as a transition to the next Shifted full length, but their clarity and intensity is a reminder of the potential still held in dark, hard, techno.
Mark Forshaw: Explorer EP
Mark Forshaw’s Explorer EP doesn’t depart from the tentacular and daring approach that characterizes his sound. It’s perhaps even the most representative example of his well-tried technique and wide-scope of influences to date.
Tallesen: Stills Lit Through
Tallesen’s debut album ‘Stills Light Through’ is refreshing in that it doesn’t easily fall into the category of being either ‘light’ or ‘dark’, but neither is it sterile.
Eric Truffaz & Murcof: Being Human Being
Like Bilal’s paintings and drawings, the elegiac and mournful overtones of this record finds its influence and informants in the unsettling aspects of our own historical moment. And like Bilal’s art, it shapes these influences into something that speaks back to them, making for a very human response that is almost impossible not to connect with.
Air Texture Volume IV
Kompakt’s ambient focused offshoot hits the magic spot with its forth offering. BNJMN and Steve Hauschildt prove to be inspired curators for this two CD extravaganza.
Andy Stott: Faith in Strangers
As steely grey as its monochrome cover yet complimented with a lighter touch from Skidmore – “Faith in Strangers” is a bold and hugely satisfying move from an, as ever, progressive producer.
Dan White: Untitled
Forbidden Planet’s taste for musical reveries and spaced-out sound narratives is more than respected with that fresh new opus from talented newcomer Dan White. A first effort that doesn’t lack resource or inspiration to say the least.
Gerry Read: 3,2,1 EP
The trio of tracks on show is worthy of being held up there as one of Aus Music’s best and a frosty stare in the direction of any doubters in the wings.
Grouper: Ruins
Liz Harris has crafted a piece of art that asks for full engagement. It’s all about intimacy and confession.
Moodcut: Tame Cats EP
Tame Cats represents everything one should love about this new wave of producers that keeps breaking from everywhere on the planet because that plate definitely encapsulates house music’s most essential soulfulness
Clark: Clark
Clark’s new album reflects the Zeitgeist of our time, making Clark a stand-out record of 2014, not his best to date, but definitely a slow-burner.
Neel: Phobos
Phobos is best consumed in one take – working far more effectively as a totality listen with each track flowing effortlessly into the next, creating more a whole movement than set of separate pieces.
Dez Williams: Strength in Numbers
Following two top quality releases by newcomer Allison Chanic and Japanese producer Imugem Orihasam, the United Arab Emirates based Bedouin Records outlet returns with a third delivery signed by techno-savvy Dez Williams.
Objekt: Flatland
It is challenging, it is experimental, it is fractured and skittish. It is brazen in some places, and indirect in others…However the album triumphs primarily in its achievement of every great LP’s lofty ambition: to walk a tightrope between diversity and cogency.