With Into Infinity, Alan Abrahams hasn’t changed his sound as much as polished it, arriving at his most mature, consuming work to date.
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Alex Cortex, Kihon
November 17, 2011 – 11:01 AM
On his third album, Kihon, Alex Cortex comes through with something typically eclectic and quietly brilliant.
Various Artists, Amsterdam Allstars
November 16, 2011 – 11:01 AM
Rush Hour’s Amsterdam Allstars features a cross-section of the city’s talent, and while the city’s funky warmth pops up quite a bit here, the results are comfortably diverse.
Modeselektor, Monkeytown
November 10, 2011 – 10:01 AM
There is a fine line between cohesion and discontinuity. Thankfully Modeselektor’s latest album, the self-referentially titled Monkeytown, trends toward the former.
Yves De Mey, Counting Triggers
November 10, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Yves De Mey’s Counting Triggers continues Sandwell District’s trajectory into the abstract but brings the quality right back up the level of Feed-Forward.
Jonsson/Alter, Mod
November 9, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Previous Jonsson/Alter releases offered a refined, flowing vision of deep house sounds entirely primed for a full-length, and with Mod they make good on that promise.
Emika, Emika
November 3, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Emika is an album about sounds and spaces, with haunting, fragile vocals that flit through wide open rhythms and melodies that echo resoundingly over top.
Scuba, DJ-Kicks
November 1, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Scuba’s DJ-Kicks is a solid sequel to and essentially the next logical step from Sub:stance, showcasing a scene that has pretty much jettisoned its dubstep roots.
BNJMN, Black Square
October 27, 2011 – 10:01 AM
The Black Square LP finds BNJMN returning to Rush Hour Direct Current with a more somber outlook.
Martyn, Ghost People
October 26, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Ghost People finds Martyn trading the wistfulness of his Great Lengths debut for more floor-focused compositions.
Zed Bias, Biasonic Hotsauce – Birth of the Nanocloud
October 20, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Biasonic Hotsauce – Birth of the Nanocloud boasts 12 collaborators over the course of 18 tracks and it feels very much like a mixtape.
Rustie, Glass Swords
October 19, 2011 – 10:01 AM
While threatening to explode into something gaudy, Rustie’s debut album, Glass Swords, makes a compelling statement with its stack of over-the-top influences.
Luomo, Plus
October 18, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Plus is the snapshot of where the Luomo project stands right now: simultaneously more pop and more experimental than his previous work.
Various Artists, Surreal Estate
October 13, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Surreal Estate, featuring Sepalcure, Distal, Salva and more, mixes everything from house to hip-hop, dubstep to juke, and all of the electronic funk that sitting in-between.
Andy Stott, We Stay Together
October 12, 2011 – 10:01 AM
A companion record to May’s Passed Me By, We Stay Together finds Andy Stott further plumbing the sludgy depths of its predecessor.
Roman Flügel, Fatty Folders
October 11, 2011 – 10:01 AM
More than a paean to long-lost subgenres or a play at shifting the conversation back in a particular direction, Fatty Folders is a celebration of having an inimitable voice.
Roll The Dice, In Dust
September 29, 2011 – 10:01 AM
By eschewing the clean and pure sound of their earlier work, Roll The Dice’s In Dust gains a warmer and more human feel.
Agnès presents Cavalier, A Million Horses
September 28, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Over 80 minutes, Cavalier’s A Million Horses inhabits a warm, vintage, and unabashedly soulful pocket with a fervor few can match. But can it set itself apart from the many other producers doing the same?