Finale Sessions take another look at recent instant classics from Fred P for Finale Revisited Vol 1.
Author Archive: Steve Kerr
Jam City, Classical Curves
July 19, 2012 – 10:01 AM
Classical Curves may draw on myriad sources, but Jam City’s debut album unifies them in an expertly sequenced procession.
Old Apparatus, Derren
July 18, 2012 – 10:01 AM
Derren for Sullen Tone is a bridge between Old Apparatus’ caustic industrial and moody pop sides.
Dario Zenker, Cat Stance
July 11, 2012 – 10:01 AM
Cat Stance is Dario Zenker’s second appearance on Peter Van Hoesen’s Time To Express label, and like the first, it comes bolstered with a remix from the proprietor himself.
2Q Reports 2012: Albums
July 3, 2012 – 12:01 AM
For our first 2Q Report, Steve Kerr highlights five LPs from 2012 which have edged out their many competitors.
Tropic of Cancer, Permissions of Love
June 29, 2012 – 12:01 AM
While Permissions Of Love maintains the droning sonics familiar to Tropic of Cancer fans, the slight modifications to their sound are noteworthy improvements.
LWE Reviews MUTEK 2012
June 20, 2012 – 10:01 AM
After some rest and time spent organizing his thoughts, staff writer Steve Kerr offers his review of MUTEK 2012.
Clatterbox, Semi-Automatic
June 13, 2012 – 1:01 AM
Clatterbox avoids the pitfalls often faced by older producers on his second effort for TRUST, with Jimmy Edgar and Lodig on remix duty.
Download of the Week: Geiom + My Panda Shall Fly, Telephone Telepathy
June 8, 2012 – 10:45 AM
This week’s download finds Geiom collaborating with My Panda Shall Fly on a tune that strives to put the “future” in future bass.
Traxman, Da Mind Of Traxman
June 6, 2012 – 10:01 AM
Traxman is capable of picking any sample he chooses and disfiguring it to suit his own purposes, and Da Mind Of Traxman accordingly bounces from source to source with ease.
Forward Strategy Group, Labour Division EP1
May 31, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Always proponents of inspired pairings, Perc Trax pits Factory Floor against Forward Strategy Group on the latter’s Labour Division EP1.
Exclusive Download of the Week: Fur, Cocoon (Fred P Reshape)
May 25, 2012 – 12:01 AM
This week’s download is an exciting exclusive from the UNO NYC label: Fred P’s twilit remix of Fur’s “Cocoon.” Deep vibes await.
Innerspace Halflife, Cosmology EP
May 23, 2012 – 12:01 AM
The Cosmology EP, Innerspace Halflife’s debut for member Hakim Murphy’s Machining Dreams label, sits closer to Chicago’s house legacy than any overseas “continuum.”
Actress, R.I.P
May 16, 2012 – 10:01 AM
R.I.P finds Actress eschewing the mélanges of ramshackle genre studies in favor of an album that is considerably more precise in its geometry.
Afrikan Sciences, Boss Nova’s Second Pass EP
May 10, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Boss Nova’s Second Pass EP, again released via Deepblak, is Afrikan Sciences’ first wholly new release since the Means And Ways LP.
Patrice Scott, Orbital Bliss
May 9, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Orbital Bliss, the latest transmission from Patrice Scott’s own Sistrum label, exemplifies a style that seems like it’s trying to estimate celestial vastness.
A5, Udacha 1
May 2, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Udacha 1, the Udacha label’s inaugural release, finds A5 in as fresh a form as ever, following up those Rawax records with four abstract cuts.