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Orbital’s ‘Wonky’ Due In April
Pioneering British electronic act Orbital — brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll — will release Wonky in April. The full-length produced by producer Mark “Flood” Ellis (Erasure, U2, Nine Inch Nails, Soulwax) marks Orbital's first studio album in eight years. After dominating electronic music in the '90s with breakthrough tracks like "Chime" and "Satan" the Hartnolls called it quits in 2004, later reuniting to play The Big Chill '09. Recorded in the duo's Brighton studio, Wonky features Birmingham grime MC Lady Leshurr on the title track and L.A.-based electronic musician Zola Jesus on "New France." Orbtial ...
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On The Cover of Issue 33: Kele
Since Bloc Party burst upon the U.K. scene in 2005 with Silent Alarm, singer/guitarist Kele Okereke’s lyrics have resonated with a generation of punters. Though his shy, introspective demeanor has purposefully put him in a protective cacoon, he’s one of the few writers to be able to meld elements of dance music into angst-ridden indie music. So far 2010 has been a momentaneous year for Okereke—he more or less came out, appeared on Tiësto’s Kaleidoscope, and after seven years with Bloc Party, embarked on his ambitious dance-focused solo debut, The Boxer, as the band went on hiatus. Is it going to be ...
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Music Reviews
Album Review: Cage & Aviary / ‘Migration’ (Internasjonal)
★★★☆☆ Chillout and post-cosmic disco with a bluegrass slide this is the sound of a duo taking flight. Jamie Paton and Nigel Hoyle nestle in a hutch of guitar-strummed easiness and ...
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Album Review: Plug / ‘Back On Time’ (Ninja Tune)
★★★★☆ You know the story: you’re cleaning out your studio or apartment, and just happen to rediscover an album of 10 unreleased drum 'n' bass cuts lying around...whatdyamean that only happens ...
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Album Review: Ernest Gonzales / ‘Natural Traits’ (Friends of Friends)
★★★★☆ With his brand of enclosed house and down-to-earth electronics staying forever humble, Ernest Gonzales doesn’t ask for much, but gives plenty. Always good for natural glows born out of a ...
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Album Review: DJ Food / ‘The Search Engine’ (Ninja Tune)
★★★☆☆ Legendary audio auteur and archaeologist DJ Food rearranges the best bits of an epic EP trilogy to form an album that’s been a long time coming. (Food’s last freely available ...
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Compilation Review: ‘Intertia // Resisting Routine’ (Ann Aimee)
★★★★☆ From busy beginnings foraging away, increasingly picking itself up from the doldrums until all cylinders are feeling the heat, DJ-in-command Niels Luinenburg feeds off the clanging and shifting of his ...
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Album Review: Carl Taylor / ‘True Faith’ (EPM)
★★★★☆ Set to visuals of fast moving, crimson-colored skies, and "Ray of Light"-style time lapsing where everything flies past in a blur, Carl Taylor wants to unlock emotion and passion, preferably ...
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NYC DJ Hit By Cab In Hotel Room Released From Hospital
New York City DJ Jonathan Toubin has been released from a Portland hospital after suffering massive injuries when a taxi plowed through his hotel room at the Juniper Hotel on the morning of December 8 while he was sleeping. Toubin, who was in town to play a show, was pinned under the cab and suffered critical injuries. "The doctors and the ...
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In Memoriam: Remembering Dance Music Artists We Lost in 2011
As the year winds down to a close and we look ahead to the promise of 2012, it's only fitting that we pause for a moment to remember several dance music artists who we lost in 2011. Some of these artists are well known, others aren't. No matter what their level of profile was at the time of their passing, ...
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Big Shot Guest Mix: South Central
Brighton duo South Central had another amazing year, bringing their beats and basslines to packed rooms of bassheads all over the world. Not only did they craft an exclusive Big Shot Guest Mix, but they also gave us their thoughts on 2011. Rob's New Year's resolution is beyond amazing: "I'm gonna have loads of fun, eat and drinks loads, fuck ...
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Free MP3: Octave One / “I Need Release” (Alexander Kowalski’s Remix)
Brothers in rhythm Lenny and Lawrence Burden comprise Octave One, one of the foremost purveyors of true Detroit techno. Ignoring fleeting fads and trends over the past two decades, the Burdens have stayed the course while continually pushing and expanding their musical horizons. In February the globetrotting Motor City act will release Revisited: Here, There, and Beyond, a remix compilation ...
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Gear Reviews
Gear Review: Subjekt Block Party Headphones
Today everyone aspires in one way or another to be a DJ, and with the pole shift to digital in its final phase, now most people can afford to be one too. In the past you had to spend hundreds of dollars to get your ears in the mix, and with the release of these Block Party Headphones from Subjekt, ...
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