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Donnacha Costello is no fool. He knows that you don't have the time or even the energy to listen to his fourth album in one go. But rather than bemoan how we listen to music in 2010, he's gone ahea... Lees meer

Having cultivated a style and sound so utterly his own over a handful of releases and remixes, it's not really a major surprise to see James Blake's name associated with the Hessle Audio label. The... Lees meer

It's rare for me to get evangelical about a record, to genuinely wonder whether someone has heard something and why haven't you heard it oh-my-God-you-have-to-hear-it and tell me what you think and... Lees meer

A track like "Agrafena," which just builds and builds and builds until it can't build anymore deserves something like "Prelude: The Priceless Message," which is effectively three minutes of prologu... Lees meer

Although a solid release, Fluxion's 2009 comeback album Constant Limber searched for the dance floor, straying somewhat unevenly across diverse terrain, mixing house, techno and dub in varied propo... Lees meer

The accepted gospel is that punk killed the prog rock dinosaurs. But over 30 years after Johnny Rotten first sneered about "Anarchy In The UK," it's his tight-jeaned descendants still wedded to the... Lees meer

Tutti Frutti is a clear lesson in why artists start their own labels. Davide Squillace's newest 12-inch only nominally sounds like the perception that his name garners among house and techno fans. ... Lees meer

As you might expect, Marcel Dettmann's latest EP is a fairly mysterious little package. It's a remix compilation, but the listener has no way of knowing what exactly is being remixed; none of the o... Lees meer

The first tip-off that Wareika's Formation is fantastic comes just past the halfway point of the album. There's a cover version of The Doors'"Riders on the Storm," and it doesn't make you want to k... Lees meer

Like a baseball bat to the brain, Mike Dehnert's music is an intense physical experience. The Berlin-based producer's records for his Fachwerk label combine classic techno styles with a direct atti... Lees meer