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Gabin Gabin
Upon initial listens, the Italian duo Gabin's eponymous debut comes off like an Italian assimilation of French live-jazz/Latin-house group St. Germain, with a bit of the sprightly Parisian music of the '40s (think the Amelie soundtrack) thrown in.… Read more »
- Filed under: Review
- Album, Future Jazz / Soul
- 01/14/2003
Moving Fusion Start of Something
Ram Recordings protégés Moving Fusion have done well carving their own little niche on the d & b scene.… Read more »
Hrvatski Swarm & Dither
All the greats deserve a retrospective at some point, and Keith Fullerton Whitman just got his.… Read more »
- Filed under: Review
- Album, Leftfield / Experimental
- 01/14/2003
Masami Akita & Russell Haswell Satanstornade
Putting aside its catalog number of 666, this record is still the closest any living person has ever come to hell.… Read more »
- Filed under: Review
- Album, Rock / Indie
- 01/14/2003
Lucky Pierre Hypnogogia
Evidently Arab Strap main guy Aidan Moffat is something of an insomniac. And because he can't stomach "chill out" records, he went and made himself his own album to sleep by.… Read more »
- Filed under: Review
- Album, Various Genres
- 01/14/2003
Tujiko Noriko Make Me Hard
The title may sound like an Andrew WK single, but nothing could be further from the truth: Tujiko Noriko's Make Me Hard, the Japanese musician's second full-length for Vienna's arch-eclecticists Mego, isn't about partying, or machismo, or even riot-g… Read more »
- Filed under: Review
- Album, Leftfield / Experimental
- 01/14/2003
Thomas Fehlman Visions of Blah
Thomas Fehlman-collaborator with The Orb, Sun Electric and other seminal ambient artists-has never gained much notice for his own work, but the excellent (and ironically named) Visions of Blah should nudge him a little closer to notoriety.… Read more »
- Filed under: Review
- Album, House / Techno
- 01/14/2003
Books On Tape Throw Down Your Laptops
Mixing guitar chords with shuffling breakbeats of various tempos in spy-chase like sequences, Books on Tape proclaims its stance as "beatpunk," and features members of indie bands Bright Eyes and Slow Coach guesting with main man Todd Books.… Read more »
Fennesz Field Recordings 1995-2002
A compilation of Fennesz's past work released in the wake of last year's masterful Endless Summer, the Austrian guitarist's paean to '60s surf culture might seem destined to disappoint.… Read more »
- Filed under: Review
- Album, Future Jazz / Soul
- 01/14/2003
Dwayne Sodahberk Don't Want to Know You
This Swedish producer's debut album establishes him as one of Tigerbeat6's brightest stars. While he's supplied music for Absolut Vodka and Saab ads, Sodahberk sounds anything but commercial on Don't Want To Know You's 17 tracks.… Read more »
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