Tag: Electronica

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Hess Is More at Monkeytown

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Hess Is More), makes his his stateside debut tomorrow, 25 October 2006, at the Brooklyn screening room-cum-restaurant Monkeytown. Accompanying Hess’s eclectic mix of sweetly offbeat melodies—made with the likes of whistles, thumb …

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Henrik Schwarz: DJ-Kicks

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What do James Brown, Marvin Gaye, D’Angelo, and Pharoah Sanders all share with German techno? Surprisingly, on the upcoming richly eclectic DJ-Kicks mix, these and others from the soul archives get German …

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Spain is Different

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Splashes of Flamenco, golden beaches, sunshine, siestas and fiestas…Fortunately, the clichés about Spain also apply to some of the best indie music currently coming out of the country. Starting with a compilation …

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Phused: Inphusion Saves Your Soul

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This is one of the better future-soul compilations that’s come out in awhile. Only the third (and first full-length) release from Berlin-based newcomer Inphusion, the limited edition CD includes the two singles …

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Ammoncontact: With Voices

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Somewhere in between extraterrestrial innovators Sun Ra and Sa-Ra, in the outer regions of the musical galaxy, lies Ammoncontact. Hard to pigeonhole, Ammoncontact is as much hip-hop for free jazz heads as …

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Four Tet: DJ-Kicks

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Lauded British experimental electronic musician Keiran Hebden, aka Four Tet, added DJ to his already impressive re´sume´ with a residency at London’s The End and more recently with a smashing mix CD …

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The Crystal Method: Drive

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For some, making the perfect gym mix can be more taxing than the workout itself. The recently-released 45-minute track “Drive” is The Crystal Method‘s solution for athletes who’d rather spend time building …

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Dani Siciliano: Slappers

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A frequent collaborator of UK pop-click producer (and CH favorite) Matthew Herbert, the talented vocalist Dani Siciliano returns with her second solo album, the beautifully minimal Slappers. Herbert’s influence here is clear …

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Ultra Electro

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If you can get past Ultra Electro‘s cover art, you’ll find a never-boring mix of dance music and club hits. On the heels of its successful multi-volume predecessors, artists including Ladytron, Depeche …

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Guillemots

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When guillemots fly, they look hilarious. A little bit like a cliff-dwelling combination of a puffin and a penguin, they flap their wings like crazy before crash-landing in the sea. The black …