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…
Reviews
Review : Phase Fatale – ‘Reverse Fall’ (Ostgut Ton)
J.G. Ballard’s Crash is a jarring insight into car-crash sexual fetishism. The controversial novel is a central inspiration for Hayden Payne,…
Review : Conforce – ‘Terra Modis’ (Delsin)
Borris Bunnik is constantly producing. He’s put out over twenty records in the last ten years under his Conforce moniker,…
Exclusive Stream: Bad Tracking – ‘May Day’ (October Dub)
Following their last release on Mechanical Reproductions, Bristol duo Bad Tracking have aptly allied their rambunctious sound with label, Fuckpunk,…
Review : Ploy – ‘Ramos’ (Timedance)
Sam Smith is on a roll at the moment. As Ploy he’s released on Hessle Audio, Timedance and Hemlock, three…
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,…
Record of The Week: Björk – Arisen My Senses (Remixes)
Björk’s “Utopia” was a sweeping and beatific vision, a rapturous excursion into her own inner utopia, a sensuous world replete…
Record of the Week: Blue 01 – Tessela / Lanark Artefax (Whities)
The latest heat coming in from the ever-experimental Whities camp, a Young Turks offshoot headed up by by NTS DJ and…
Review: Peggy Gou – Once (Ninja Tune)
It’s no secret that we at Hyponik are big fans of Peggy Gou. And, judging from the hype surrounding this…