Steffi’s debut album, Yours & Mine stays true to her club-friendly house sound and adds personal touches rather than genre polemics.
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Various Artists, Superlongevityfive
February 16, 2011 – 11:01 AM
While at first blush Superlongevityfive seems to maintain Perlon’s status quo, further inspection reveals there are almost as many sides to the compilation as there are tracks.
James Blake, James Blake
February 15, 2011 – 11:01 AM
James Blake’s self-titled debut album has all the hallmarks, confused moments and false starts of someone trying to create their very first masterpiece.
Hercules & Love Affair, Blue Songs
February 10, 2011 – 11:01 AM
On Blue Songs, Hercules & Love Affair tackled a broader range of styles tied together by Andrew Butler’s canny songwriting and the guidance of veteran producers and instrumentalists.
Sandwell District, Feed-Forward
February 8, 2011 – 11:01 AM
Feed-Forward is a defining statement about modern-day techno, assimilating existing tropes and narratives from all contributors’ recent and not so recent back catalogs to forge a new identity.
Shackleton, Fabric 55
February 1, 2011 – 11:01 AM
As a live set of all original material, Fabric 55 bears most obvious resemblance to landmark entries by Omar-S or Villalobos and hews closer to indelibility than your regular mix CD.
Horsepower Productions, Quest For The Sonic Bounty
January 13, 2011 – 11:01 AM
Quest for the Sonic Bounty, the third album by Horsepower Productions, is a layered and cavernous update of the early days of dubstep.
Modeselektor, Presents Modeselektion Vol.01
December 2, 2010 – 11:01 AM
Modeselektion Vol.01 demonstrates why the term “bass” has become so popular as a way to describe the current state of electronic dance music.
Terror Danjah, Undeniable
November 25, 2010 – 11:01 AM
Throughout Undeniable‘s thick tracklist each song fits into the whole as a strong and essential cog, like the people of a vibrant city, as befitting the origins of grime in East London.
Margaret Dygas, How Do You Do
November 19, 2010 – 1:01 AM
How Do You Do, Margaret Dygas’ debut album on Japanese label Power Shovel Audio, is one of the few long players in 2010 to explore the more cerebral side of the art.
Scuba, Triangulation (Interpretations)
November 18, 2010 – 11:01 AM
To further explore all the avenues he pursued on Triangulation, Scuba enlisted a cadre of remixers to offer their Interpretations.
Various Artists, Fünf
October 26, 2010 – 10:01 AM
The celebration of Ostgut Ton’s fifth birthday is a 2-CD compilation containing all new material from nearly everyone ever associated with the label.
Donato Dozzy, K
October 21, 2010 – 10:01 AM
What Donato Dozzy’s album K lacks in information it more than makes up for in emotion and atmosphere.
BBH: Various Artists, Further Adventures In Techno Soul
October 20, 2010 – 10:01 AM
The second artist compilation on Ferox Records brought all of its disparate influences together and still stands today as a fine calling card for Russ Gabriel’s label.
John Roberts, Glass Eights
October 12, 2010 – 10:01 AM
On his debut album, Glass Eights, John Roberts embodies the unrestrained creativity of house music progenitors while offering an aesthetic that is wholly his own.
Jack Sparrow, Circadian
October 7, 2010 – 10:01 AM
Conscious of the ever-changing face of dance music, Jack Sparrow strives to create something timeless and universal on his debut album, Circadian.
Matthew Dear, Black City
September 28, 2010 – 10:01 AM
Black City, Matthew Dear’s fourth album, often feels like a series of deeply personal vignettes conjoined by a few widescreen thrillers.