Review: Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Bandana (Rappcats)
Incendiary and individualist Indiana-born Rap artist, Freddie Gibbs returns to collaborate with the evergreen, erudite production wizardry of Madlib for…
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Review: ASC – Realm of the Infinite (Auxiliary)
Highly recommended, awe-inspiring terraform tunes from a masterful producer. The ‘mysterious’ producer is a heavily fetishised trope in today’s club…
Review: Sneaks – ‘Highway Hypnosis’ (Merge Records)
Eva Moolchan’s musical career until now as Sneaks would feel positively hyperactive if it wasn’t bound by her droll vocal…
Review: Objekt – ‘Cocoon Crush’ (PAN)
The contradictory fallacy of aspiring to your peers whilst simultaneously striving to exist outside of their shadow is part and…
Review: Jensen Interceptor – ‘Mother’ (Lone Romantic)
Owing his artist name to West Bromwich’s famous touring car, the Jensen Interceptor, Mikey Melas’ output certainly bears similar traits…
Review : Djrum – ‘Portrait with Firewood’ (R&S)
Sometimes when a producer steps out of their comfort zone they end up making some of their best work, or…
Review: Death Grips – Year Of The Snitch
After five studio albums your average musical outfit will naturally have settled into a groove. Any contrarian impulses to pull…
Review: Skee Mask – Compro (Ilian Tape)
Bryan Müller belongs to a rare cult of producers who were excelling before they could legally enter a nightclub. As…
Review: DJ Koze – Knock Knock (Pampa Records)
There is perhaps nothing more typecast than saying that an album “takes you on a journey”, but that’s exactly what…
Review: Rival Consoles – Persona (Erased Tapes)
The opening scene to Ingmar Bergman’s 1966 film, Persona, shows a series of unrelated and fragmented images: a running filmstrip,…
Review: Nils Frahm – ‘All Melody’
Nils Frahm’s creative output has been defined thus far by a handful of distinctive qualities: a penchant for sounds that…
Review: Mika Vainio, Ryoji Ikeda & Alva Noto – Live 2002
Collaboration is never easy, especially between established artists with their own distinctive musical personalities. The process often yields mixed results; the…