Reviews
Paul Woolford - Renaissance: Platform (Renaissance)
Article by DSKO
Through his work as DJ, producer, dancefloor experimentalist, remixer, collaborator and label owner, Paul Woolford has succeeded in bringing a rare level of artistry to the world of modern dance...
Fabric Live 16 - Adam Freeland (Fabric)
Article by Jonty Skrufff"The reason why I started playing breaks was because it was totally open-minded; a mixture of everything from funk to hip hop to electro to house and drum & bass . . . As soon as people get all...
Martini Bros - Love The Machines (Poker Flat Recordings)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
Despite being two DJs from Berlin and despite naming their new album in apparent homage to pure electronic music, Martini Bros' new album Love The Machines is a fantastically varied record that...
Pet Shop Boys - Jack & Jill Party (Parlophone)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
Though his biggest hit U Spin Me Round is nowadays a staple of bar mitzvahs, weddings and funerals and his extensive facial surgery brings to mind Michael Jackson, Dead Or Alive singer Pete Burns...
Mixed by Dr Lektroluv - Lektroluv 5 (541 Records)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
Perhaps because he's from Belgium Dr Lektroluv remains less internationally recognised than his electro-peer pioneers DJ Hell or Larry Tee, though judging by Volume 5 of his ongoing electro-disco...
Envoy - Shoulder To Shoulder (Soma)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
When Hope Grant (aka Envoy) released his debut album in 1998, house, techno and the pumping thumping hybrid he specialises in, were top-of-the-chart sellers, with the likes of Underworld, the...
Paul Jackson - Blockbuster (Underwater Records)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
Ever since he teamed up with Underwater last year to release his monster trance-house anthem The Push, Paul Jackson has enjoyed elevated status as label chief Darren Emerson's number one...
Jazzanova - Jazzanova . . . Mixing (Sonar Kollectiv)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
"Jazzanova . . . Mixing is more than its characteristically modest title suggests; it is a mission statement, celebration and labour of love, an overview of where the group and the music they are...
M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (Gooom/ EMI France)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
M83 released Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts last year to immediate critical acclaim from the likes of NME ('Air meets My Bloody Valentine meets total sex. It's simply totally amazing') to...
Technova - I Could Have Sex (Hydrogen Dukebox)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
"I could have with a man, I could have sex with a woman, or, I could have sex,. . ., with myself, whoosh'.
Quite how keen 6'6 Los Angeles drag queen Vaginal Davis really is on having sex with a...
Silver Planet Presents - The Secret Planet (Silver Planet)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
Ever since discovering trance/ progressive wunderkid James Holden, British indie label Silver Planet has enjoyed a well deserved reputation for spotting fresh talent and their latest compilation...
Electronic System - Disco Machine (Musique Belgique Archive/Lowlands Records)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
European label Musique Belgique Archive is dedicated to unearthing 'long lost forgotten treasures in the history of Belgium music' and starting with Electronic System's Disco Machine, they've...
Peaches - Shake Yer Dix (Tiga's Where Were You in '92 Remix) (XL Recordings)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
"Motherfucker's quite a shocking intense term to have in the mainstream, which it is, you stub their toe and you say 'Motherfucker', you call you Mother 'Motherfucker', It doesn't mean anything any...
Sean Holland & Lance Desardi - Coco Machete Records Presents A Night Called Thatch (Coco Machete Records)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
Ever since house splintered from rap sometime in the early 80s, hip hop has remained America's dominant cultural (musical) force, and Thatch represents a bold and reasonably successful attempt to...
Morrissey - You Are The Quarry (Sanctuary Records)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
"Put bluntly, Anglo-American popular music is among globalisation's most useful props. . ., mainstream music, whether it's metal, rap, teen-pop or indie-rock, cannot help but stand for a...
Petter - Six Songs EP (Border Community)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
Though opposites supposedly attract it seems fair to say that in James Holden's case the reverse is true, certainly when it comes to his new signing Petter.
Because like James, Petter (full name...
Alexander Robotnik - The Disco-tech of Alexander Robotnik (Yellow Prod)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
"The compilation obviously pays a tribute to the so-called Italo-Disco, romantic music par excellence, including its negative aspects. I intentionally chose to combine such classics as 'Lectric...
The Orb - Bicycles & Tricycles (Cooking Vinyl/ The Hexus)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
"I think I've slowed down a lot compared to when I started making music 15 years ago, I give myself more time, that's something that happens when you reach 40. You suddenly realise all the rushing...
M83 - America EP (This Is Grooom)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
They are Nicholas Fromageau and Anthony Gonzalez, based in the South Of France and America is a 30 minute 4 track EP of truly exceptional quality. While title track America is an up tempo rock out...
Armin Van Buuren - A State Of Trance (React Music)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
"Trance for me as a genre refers to the old Oakenfold sound, the warm melodic driving music, not the euphoric cheese with vocals, predictable breaks and drumrolls that you hear now in the charts...
Tread - Tread 4 (Third Eye)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
Tread are Japanese musician Hiroshi Watanabe and graphic artist/ fashion designer/ countrymanTakehiko Kitahara, a duo who create each track by dreaming up an initial Calling their songs, Drizzle...
Avenue D - Do I Look Like a Slut? (Electric Blue)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
With their penchant for mini skirts, boob revealing tops and bare flesh wrapped in masking tape, former Miami college debs Debbie and Daphne certainly have a sense of the salacious, and on their...
Paradisco 3000 - Paradisco 3000 Presents Chicago Boogie (Eskimo Recordings)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
"Chicago is perhaps the most segregated city in America, and 97% of the population of the Southern half of the city is African American. Our professors told us, don't walk through the black...
Lee Perry - Upsetters 14 - Dub Blackboard Jungle (Auralax)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
"Cast your ears back thirty years ago to 1973 and revel in the sheer shock and the musical awe that is invoked by Upsetters 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle, a true piece of sonic innovation from the minds...
Random House Project featuring Robert Owens - Longing (Underwater Records)
Article by Jonty SkrufffWith early 80s electronic music and post punk electrofunk continuing to inspire and influence much of the best of today's new dance music, Random House have gone one step forward, creating a...
Hed Kandi - Twisted Disco (Hed Kandi)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
Chatting to Skrufff soon after he launched the wildly successful Hed Kandi series, DJ/ selector Mark Doyle explained his strategy for choosing tracks was to simply pick 12" mixes or club records...
Luis Junior - Neibum (Abysoma Records)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
Luis Vaquero is one of Spain's leading chill-out/ electronica producers and radio presenters, though for this project, his second album of downtempo, electronic ambient music, he's returned to his...
Gus Gus - David (Tim Deluxe Mix) (Underwater Records)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
"It's a bit of a send off for the Attention album campaign as the band will be delivering their new album soon. It's not even getting promo-ed, just shipped out to shops and on export."
So says...
Larry Tee - Electroclash Volume 2 (Electroclash)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
"People say electroclash is dead but it's only dead for the 500 people around the world who write these things, the ones obsessed with the next big thing. They say ''it's dead, who wants to see a...
Superpitcher - Here Comes Love (Kompakt Records)
Article by Jonty Skrufff
Though Superpitcher mainman Axel hails from Cologne Germany and runs a club night with acclaimed electro house type Michael Meyer, the casual listener to his debut album Here Comes Love could...
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