“The balance of ‘Your Own Power’ is finely executed. Nothing here is a straight forward dancefloor cut, but the energy and emotion has not been dissipated
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Results1356Perila & Ulla: Memories of Log
“Recommended to put on as a loop, as background music or for contemplating deep life choices” Perila and Ulla are undeniably the First Ladies of modern
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Lunchmeat Festival 2021
Last years edition of Lunchmeat Festival was marked by a euphoric spirit, overshadowed somewhat by the impending virus, but overall a jubilant celebration of electronic music
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Grouper: Shade
“Liz Harris once again proves to be an artist who is capable of encapsulating the subtle gradients and gentle movements of the soul, which usually get
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Lyra Pramuk: Delta
“As Pramuk selects relative newcomers alongside more established artists, the album quality withstanding leads to a greatly varied and exploratory LP” Of all artists to do
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Saint Abdullah: To Live A La West
“Musical voices like Saint Abdullah’s are not so rare in modern electronic music, but awareness of their work seems still to be shamefully low” Saint Abdullah
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Various Artists: Giegling 2020
“Giegling 2020 is one of the finest house music compilations you will never own” You’re too late. My own first awareness of the album – reading
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Space Afrika: Honest Labour
“The production is crisp, the influences are many, the genres are bent, and a real strength to the album is the choice in lyricists, where the
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Elevate Festival 2021
Lady Luck is a fickle creature, as Graz’s Elevate Festival are all-too aware — the 2020 edition of Elevate, which typically takes place in March, skimmed
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MPU101: ITX022
“As with the nature of the imprint, there is little detail to accompany the release, aside from the obvious references to some choice Roland hardware –
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Willow: Workshop 30
“There is a beautiful harmony between Mancunian artist Willow and German imprint Workshop, a case of when the artist finds the right home for their work”
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Ben Bondy: Glans Intercum
“Glans Intercum feels like an exploration of writing music for filtering out the loudest parts of modern society” It’s a challenge to write about ‘Glans Intercum‘,
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Dream_E: Crushed EP
“There’s a real sense of life affirmation going on here. Carpe diem techno, if you will” In October 2020, Scottish producer Zander Hay’s life took a
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FUMU: Almost, Never, Nearly Where?
“Post-industrial themes and a vitriolic bleakness rattle through a plethora of his tracks, highlighting the adopted Mancunian’s upbringing in the North East and his love for
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Kerrie: Inner Space PT1
“Inner Space PT1 sees Kerrie indulging in her techno side, and you can tell this is an artist revelling in the absolute freedom that being a
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Vivian Koch: Beyond Contact
“As an album ‘Beyond Contact’ is wonderfully consumable. Not through a glutenous buffet of starch, but as eardrum teasing morsel” Berlin based producer Vivian Koch is
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