Savannah completes Mr. Beatnick’s Synthetes EP trilogy maintaining the mellow, memorable note the London musician hit by embedding hip-hop fragments, mosaic-like, between well-spaced kick drums.
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Omar-S, Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself
April 26, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Unlike prior full-lengths that saw Omar-S cobble together singles with accompanying filler, each of the 13-tracks on Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself are unreleased and each a keeper.
Bicep, Stash EP
April 25, 2013 – 12:01 AM
The four tracks that make up Bicep’s latest EP for Aus Music, Stash, bristle with sheen but suffer from a certain lack of imagination.
DJ Sotofett Feat. Madteo, There’s Gotta Be A Way
April 24, 2013 – 12:01 AM
DJ Sotofett’s latest collaboration with NYC’s Madteo on There’s Gotta Be A Way brings out the best in both artists, offering sounds at turns experimental and floor-filling.
MGUN, If You’re Reading This
April 23, 2013 – 12:01 AM
If You’re Reading This is MGUN’s second effort for London imprint Don’t Be Afraid, and like its predecessor, The Upstairs Apt., it shows Gonzales’s more accessible side.
Martyn, Newspeak EP
April 19, 2013 – 12:01 AM
It’s been more than a year since Martyn’s last proper record, and the Newspeak EP largely continues down the 4/4 trail he’s been traveling for awhile now.
John Daly, The Breakthrough
April 18, 2013 – 12:01 AM
After producing two stunning and very different albums last year, John Daly is back on the 12″ trail and no doubt keen to shoot off in some new direction.
Eomac, Spoock
April 17, 2013 – 12:01 AM
The latest from Berlin label Killekill, Eomac’s Spoock, maintains their reputation for reveling in the peculiar in a way that causes one to perk up and take notice.
October, Unstable Phenomenon
April 16, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Verging on unpredictable but coherent enough to find a place in DJ sets, Unstable Phenomenon is another solid entry in October’s discography.
Anthony Naples, El Portal EP
April 12, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Continuing his confident streak, Anthony Naples continues to stylistically broaden his oeuvre with El Portal EP on The Trilogy Tapes.
Pev, Aztec Chant
April 11, 2013 – 12:01 AM
While Peverelist tracks do not necessarily sit easily in a mix, the two tracks on his latest Livity Sound release are relatively direct and no less memorable.
Autechre, Exai
April 10, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Exai will sound stylistically familiar to Autechre fans, almost comfortingly so, but it raises plenty of new challenges as well.
Terrence Dixon, Giant Robot
April 9, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Darren Cunningham has long acknowledged Detroit minimalist Terrence Dixon as an influence on his work as Actress, but it has taken years for the two to actually appear on a record together.
Vondelpark, Seabed
April 4, 2013 – 8:23 AM
Despite a meager 42-minute runtime, Vondelpark’s debut LP manages to feel like a slog, lacking a single ethereous moment while forcing the listener into an insurmountable slump of depression.
Contakt, Nobody Else / Tessera 04
April 3, 2013 – 9:16 AM
Icee Hot’s fourth release pairs original by Contakt from their NY sibling party, TURRBOTAX, with remixes by Robert Hood and their own Ghosts On Tape.
KMFH, The Boat Party
April 2, 2013 – 12:01 AM
The Boat Party, Kyle Hall’s first full-length, offers him a chance to consolidate the assorted aspects of the sound he’s been developing since 2007.
Fort Romeau, SW9
March 29, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Spectral Sound delivers this new Fort Romeau EP, pairing a track that’s been floating around since the release of Kingdoms with a dub version and a Lowtec remix.
Chasing Voices, Awoken By Tears
March 28, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Awoken By Tears, the fifth release from the genuinely shadowy, Dope James-affiliated Chasing Voices, is simply their best work yet.