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AMB 1201D
08 Apr 12

Broken Promise - (5:00)

Why Don't You - (4:04)

Memories Of Love - (3:37)

Knowledge - (7:01)

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Played by: Homegroove Project, Flash Atkins, Chris Coco, Juno Recommends Downtempo, Submerse, Gullfisk, Icicle

Review: Expect more sublime substance from the man like Synkro as he brings us his utterly divine Broken Promise EP on newly reformed R&S sub-label Apollo. Easing us in gently with the title track, it's all downtempo bliss here, with spaced out atmospherics, undulating melodies and clinking piano keys with nudging vocals beneath. This segues neatly into the next track "Why Don't You", which features clicking, hollow beats, pared down R&B vocals and stripped back sounds. "Memories Of Love", up next, offers a gorgeous, dreamy soundscape with futuristic bleepy melodies, whilst concluding cut "Knowledge" rounds things off in style with humming bass and rattling beats.

THE HUNDRED IN THE HANDS

Keep It Low

Warp

WAP 335D
28 May 12

Keep It Low (3:35 edit) - (3:35)

Keep It Low (Andy Stott remix) - (6:50)

Keep It Low (A JD Twitch Optimo mix) - (6:57)

Mountains - (4:36)

Keep It Low (Patten remix) - (5:03)

Keep It Low (A JD Twitch Optimo dub) - (6:30)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Leftfield

Review: This latest single from the Brooklyn synth pop mavens finds them weaving a gloomy tale of cavernous bombast on "Keep It Low", only for Andy Stott to get his techno mitts on it and slow the whole thing down into a slurring dubby drudge like only he can master. JD Twitch & Optimo are lighter in their approach, with some choice polite electro pulses and arpeggios. Pattern however has no interest in preserving the original as his remix scrapes away at what once remained. "Mountains" is a more spacious track that lets the usual wall of melodies soar around Eleanore Everdell's vocals.

EMIKA

Chemical Fever

Ninja Tune

ZENDNLS 319
14 May 12

Chemical Fever (re-edit) - (6:21)

Chemical Fever (Substance remix) - (6:28)

Chemical Fever - (4:40)

Save It - (4:51)

The Long Goodbye (Tommy Four Seven remix) - (5:51)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Leftfield

Review: Experimental enfant terrible Emika delves deeper than ever before into her psyche to deliver Fever. In its original format it's a dreamy sound scape containing tortured vocals and spiky barbs of percussion - a bit like Kate Bush on downers. The re-edit gives it a more contemporary sound with a stepping rhythm cutting through the dreamy textures, while Tommy Four Seven offers an austere approach. The UK producer's take on "The Long Goodbye" features eerie, angelic vocals meeting with a menacing bass as chiming bells herald the apocalypse. By contrast, Substance's reshape of the title track focuses on the dreamy sound scapes, letting them unravel over a glitchy, skeletal rhythm.

FLYING LOTUS

Los Angeles

Warp

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WARPCDD165
09 Jun 08

Brainfeeder - (1:31)

Breathe . Something/Stellar STar - (3:20)

Beginners Falafel - (2:28)

Camel - (2:22)

Melt! - (1:45)

Comet Course - (3:01)

Orbit 405 - (0:43)

Golden Diva - (4:01)

Riot - (4:02)

GNG BNG - (3:38)

Parisian Goldfish - (3:01)

Sleepy Dinosaur - (1:55)

RobertaFlack (feat Dolly) - (3:07)

SexSlaveShip - (2:14)

Auntie's Harp - (0:55)

Testament (feat Gonja Sufi) - (2:28)

Auntie's Lock/Infinitum (feat Laura Darlington) - (2:44)

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Played by: Ndv (Polar Pair/Botanika), Hrdvsion, U9lift, Nuno Dos Santos, Slg, Karen P, Clatterbox, Philogresz, Downtempo/Experimental, Grovskopa, 16bit, Gilles Peterson, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Saur

VARIOUS

IOTDXI

R&S

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RS 1110
13 Nov 11

Pariah - "Safehouses" - (4:11)

Model 500 - "OFI" (Bullion Rivertrance mix) - (4:33)

The Chain - "Lostwithiel" - (4:18)

Lone - "Coreshine Voodoo" - (4:32)

James Blake - "CMYK" - (3:39)

Pariah - "Orpheus" - (5:04)

Untold - "Stereo Freeze" - (6:12)

James Blake - "I Only Know (What I Know Now)" - (5:16)

Cloud Boat - "Lions On The Beach" - (3:33)

Blawan - "Bohla" - (5:30)

Space Dimension Controller - "Transatlantic Landing Bay" - (6:43)

Vondelpark - "Camels" - (5:15)

Space Dimension Controller - "The Birth Of A Feeling" - (5:45)

Lone - "Cobra" - (4:55)

Blawan - "Shader" - (4:49)

Pariah - "Left Unsaid" - (6:51)

Bullion - "Ralph" - (3:08)

Klaus - "Tarry" - (3:22)

Untold - "U-29" - (5:59)

The Chain - "Suffer For Your Art" - (7:09)

Pariah - "Orpheus" (Oneohtrix Point Never Subliminal Cops edit) - (3:53)

Airhead - "Lightmeters" - (3:37)

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Played by: Shadow Dancer (Boysnoize Records), Jon Saigon

Review: Since their rebirth a few years ago, R&S have been at the forefront of a new wave of exciting dance music, being instrumental in pushing names like James Blake, Blawan and Space Dimension Controller into the collective consciousness. This compilation sees them revive their long running In Order To Dance series, with a monster 22 track compilation; 12 tracks of selected highlights from the last 18 months of R&S releases, with modern classics such as James Blake's "CMYK", Untold's "Stereo Freeze" and Space Dimension Controller's "Transatlantic Landing Bay" all receiving pride of place. But it's the 10 unreleased tracks that will excite most, with contributions from the whole roster. There are numerous highlights; the piano riff of Lone's "Cobra" is as deadly as that on any of his previous productions, The Chain's "Suffer For Your Art" evokes the Detroit masters of the original days of R&S and Pariah's "Left Unsaid" sees the young producer move away from the UK garage inspired Safehouses EP to explore dense, claustrophobic textures. In a word: essential.

GANG COLOURS

To Repel Ghosts

Brownswood UK

BWOOD 086DD
28 May 12

To Repel Ghosts - (4:10)

To Repel Ghosts (George Fitzgerald remix) - (5:08)

To Repel Ghosts (Stray remix) - (5:23)

To Repel Ghosts (Troy Gunner remix) - (6:04)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Leftfield, James Vorres - Juno

LUKE ABBOTT

Holkham Drones

Border Community

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30 BCCDD
23 Aug 10

2nd 5th Heavy - (3:24)

Swansong - (6:07)

Whitebox - (5:23)

More Room - (3:27)

Holkham Drones - (6:53)

Trans Forest Alignment - (4:57)

Sirens For The Colour - (5:01)

Hello Tazelaar - (6:23)

Baalnk - (4:54)

Brazil - (4:53)

Soft Attacks - (6:22)

Dumb - (1:47)

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Played by: Enzo Canale, Harald Björk

BJORK

Biophilia Remix Series III

One Little Indian

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1144 TP7DL
14 May 12

Cosmogony (El Guincho Remix produced by Pablo Daz-Reixa) - (6:21) 120 BPM

Virus (Hudson Mohawke Peaches & Guacamol remix) - (4:51) 121 BPM

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Played by: Juno Recommends Leftfield

POSTHUMAN

Nebula

Acroplane Recordings

ACPR 016
16 Apr 12

Synapses - (5:33)

Tessier Ashpool - (6:22)

Marrus Environ - (5:43)

Genetic Coder - (6:20)

Nebula - (6:49)

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Played by: Shadow Dancer (Boysnoize Records)

ARD BIT

Yelleen

Lowriders Recordings

LOW 009
23 May 12

Yelleen - (3:47)

Cribble (feat Jor Mesin) - (3:27)

Vixen (feat Jor Mesin) - (3:15)

Yelleen (Alphabets Heaven Rrework) - (4:12)

Yelleen (Julien Mier remix) - (4:49)

Yelleen (Strand remix) - (2:42)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Leftfield

GOLD PANDA/VARIOUS

DJ-Kicks (unmixed tracks)

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K 7292 DTM
07 Nov 11

An Iceberg Hurled Northward Through Clouds (DJ-Kicks) - (5:46) 120 BPM

Melchior & Pronsato - "Puerto Rican Girls" - (8:25) 124 BPM

Bok Bok - "Charisma Theme" - (6:57) 131 BPM

Drexciya - "Andreaen Sand Dunes" - (6:16) 133 BPM

Muslimgauze - "Uzi Mahmood 8" - (8:30) 140 BPM

Ramadanman - "Revenue" (Untold remix) - (5:45) 140 BPM

Pawel - "Coke" - (7:51) 125 BPM

SND - "Palo Alto" - (6:28) 126 BPM

Zomby - "Godzilla" - (3:01) 139 BPM

Closer Musik - "Maria" - (5:07) 124 BPM

Back Home - (4:29) 128 BPM

Christopher Rau - "Do Little" - (4:48) 124 BPM

Jan Jelinek - "If's, And's & But's" - (6:14) 123 BPM

Nao Tokui - "Monolith" - (7:08) 126 BPM

Sigha - "Shake" - (9:17) 123 BPM

Opiate - "Amstel" - (5:12) 132 BPM

2562 - "Dinosaur" - (5:01)

Matthewdavid - "Like You Mean It" - (3:22)

Brainiac - "The Turnover" - (2:09)

Autistici - "Heated Dust On A Sunlit Window" - (4:39)

LV & Untold - "Beacon" - (5:37)

Giuseppe Ielasi - "2" - (7:52)

Gold Panda (DJ-KiCKS mix) - (1:13:23) 128 BPM

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Played by: Enzo Canale

Review: What's so striking about the tracklisting for Gold Panda's entry into the DJ Kicks canon is its diversity, erring towards a more stripped-down, experimental kind of techno but ranging across Drexciya, Zomby and Bok Bok. Despite this erraticism, the flow of the mix is relatively smooth to begin with, but around Christopher Rau's "Do Little", the mix drifts off into a strange and sparse minimal hinterland. By the time the wall of chords in Giuseppe Ielasi's "2" hits you, it's hard to remember where it all began. In that sense, Gold Panda has served up one of the most daring DJ Kicks compilations in a long time. Recommended.

VARIOUS

Shangaan Shake

Honest Jon's

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HJRCD 58
24 Feb 12

Mark Ernestus - "Mark Ernestus Meets BBC" - (9:20) 119 BPM

Oni Ayhun - "Oni Ayhun Meets Shangaan Electro" - (6:35) 134 BPM

MMM - "MMM Meets Tshetsha Boys" - (7:07)

Peverelist - "Peverelist Meets Tshetsha Boys" - (5:36) 118 BPM

DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn - "DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn Meet Tshetsha Boys" - (3:51)

Actress - "Actress Meets Shangaan Electro" - (6:24) 123 BPM

Old Apparatus - "Old Apparatus Meets Shangaan Electro" - (3:58) 130 BPM

Theo Parrish - "Theo Parrish Meets Mancingelani" - (12:45)

Demdike Stare - "Demdike Stare Meets Shangaan Electro" - (5:49) 133 BPM

Anthony Shake Shakir - "Anthony Shake Shakir Meets BBC" - (5:04) 130 BPM

Burnt Friedman - "Burnt Friedman Meets Zinja Hlungwani" - (5:44)

RP Boo - "RP Boo Meets Shangaan Electro" - (3:02) 110 BPM

Actress - "Actress Meets Shangaan Electro 2" - (3:59)

Hype Williams - "Hype Williams Meets Shangaan Electro" - (5:10)

Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer - "Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer Meet Shangaan Electro" - (9:14)

Mark Ernestus - "Mark Ernestus Meets BBC Version" - (9:13)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Leftfield, Breakbeat.is

Review: Shangaan Shake is the complete document of the remixes Honest Jon's commissioned to pit leftfield Western artists against the Shangaan electro of South Africa. It's an all-star cast, from house heroes to dubstep tinkerers. Mark Ernestus turns out an elegant slice of dub techno, while DJ Rashad and RP Boo throw down a sweaty slice of footwork action, and Peverelist plies a typically complex rhythm at a slower, seductive tempo. Out of all the remixers, Theo Parrish is the one unafraid to maintain the original BPM, which leaves his remix stark against the multitude of other tracks. Essential.

KOLLEKTIV TURMSTRASSE

Rebellion Der Traumer

Connaisseur Germany

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CNS 006
19 Nov 10

Affekt - (4:19)

Dazwischen (I) - (0:55)

Sphare - (5:29)

Dazwischen (II) - (0:44)

Kontakt - (4:13)

Dazwischen (III) - (1:06)

Kollektiv Turmstrasse & Florian Schirmacher - "Uneins" - (5:17)

Dazwischen (IV) - (1:08)

Deine Distanz - (5:58)

Dazwischen (V) - (1:01)

Was Bleibt - (6:15)

Dazwischen (VI) - (0:52)

Schwindelig - (4:14)

Dazwischen (VII) - (1:03)

Heimat - (4:03)

Dazwischen (VIII) - (1:03)

Kollektiv Turmstrasse & Florian Schirmacher - "Goldmarie" - (4:58)

Dazwischen (IX) - (1:37)

Addio Addio - (5:59)

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Played by: Valerio M, Estroe, Kollektiv Turmstrasse

MUTSUMI

Mutsumi

BubbleTease Communications

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BT 06
31 Oct 10

What's My Name - (2:02)

Collage Panty Smelling - (5:18)

No More Fake Tits - (2:15)

Look Down At Your Feet Below - (6:04)

I Make You Go - (3:08)

U Look Good & They Don't - (2:55)

Did You Just Grab My Butt? - (6:33)

Im Really Pissed - (3:19)

58, 26, 34, & 20 - (5:58)

Pimp Slap - (5:58)

Breastmilk - (6:23)

Collage Panty Smelling (Maurice Fulton instrumental) - (5:23)

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INTRUSION

The Seduction Of Silence

Echospace US

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ECHOSPACE 313-3
22 Nov 10

Montego Bay - (8:12)

Angel Version (feat Paul St Hilaire) - (6:15)

Tswana Dub - (10:42)

Intrusion Dub - (11:51)

Seduction - (8:16)

Reflection - (6:41)

Under The Ocean - (4:44)

Twilight - (5:46)

Little Angel (feat Paul St Hilaire) - (6:16)

A Night To Remember - (11:07)

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2562

Air Jordan

When In Doubt

DOUBT 002
26 Mar 12

Solitary Sheepbell - (4:06)

Desert Lament - (5:15)

Jerash Hekwerken - (3:42)

Nocturnal Drummers - (8:04)

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Played by: Sonarpilot (Sonarpilot Audio), Juno Recommends Leftfield, Blame It On The Dutch / Mwm-Recs, Bunny On Acid, Simon/Off

Review: Made up of on field recordings taken by 2562 on a 2010 trip to Jordan, Air Jordan is based on a similar concept to his 2011 album Fever, which was made up of samples exclusively from disco records. But while that record reflected its source material in its more overt dancefloor focus, Air Jordan reflects the dry heat of the Jordanian landscape in a dusty cloud of broken beats and cracked textures. "Solitary Sheepbell" creates a hazy mirage out of its pitched bell samples, whilst the arid, hesitant rhythms of "Desert Lament" mingle with the kind of bustling atmospherics that place you at the centre of a busy marketplace, a theme carried through in the booming industrial beats of "Jerash Hekwerken". It ends on "Nocturnal Drummers", a suspenseful fusion of dehydrated percussive samples which caps off the producer's most concise work to date. Highly recommended.

OOOOO

oOoOO EP

Tri Angle US

TRIANGLE 02
04 Oct 10

Mumbai - (2:07)

Burnout Eyess - (4:06)

Sedsumting - (5:30)

Hearts - (5:14)

Plains Is Hot - (3:47)

Burnout Eyess (Visions Of Trees remix) - (4:27)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Leftfield, Antoni Maiovvi

FETCH

Time It Stood Still

Point Audio

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PAFETCH 001
30 May 12

Time, It Stood Still (original mix) - (4:12)

Time, It Stood Still (Secret Agent Chronophobic Breaks remix) - (6:22) 188 BPM

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CONRAD SCHNITZLER

Zug Reshaped & Remodeled

M=Minimal Germany

MM 012CD
21 May 12

Conrad Schnitzler & Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer - "Zug" (Aktion mix) - (19:21)

Conrad Schnitzler & Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer - "Zug" (Sorgenkind Mix) - (14:09)

Zug (reshaped By Pole) - (7:01)

Zug (Borngraber & Straver mix) - (10:33)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Leftfield

HP STONJI

Syntonum

Konkord

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KONKORD 015
29 May 12

Aphasic Top Hat - (6:00)

Deep Skansion - (6:45)

Sophismatic Monsoon - (3:35)

Black Azephalic Jack - (5:34)

Tiny Desengagements - (5:00)

Railway Spine - (4:45)

Crystal Suture - (2:14)

In Between Extimities - (3:34)

Apophanic Square Dance - (4:04)

Fingers - (2:51)

Aphanisic Love - (4:01)

Futur Anterieur - (4:25)

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PIANO INTERRUPTED

Papa Hedi

Photogram Recordings

PHOG 007
18 May 12

Hobi - (6:02)

Hedi - (4:12)

Bulbus - (5:04)

Foug - (4:42)

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Played by: Leri Ahel (Mutant Disco Radio Show)

Alexis LeTan & Jess present Space Oddities

VARIOUS

Alexis LeTan & Jess present Space Oddities

Permanent Vacation Germany

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PERMVAC 025-2
20 Jun 08

Roland Bocquet - "Exotique" - (2:31)

Jean-Pierre Decerf & Gerard Zajd - "Reaching the Infinite" - (3:22)

Alan Shearer - "Sons Of The Snake" - (5:23)

Phil Davies & Ch. Ried - "Muscle & Heat" - (4:00)

Claude Perraudin - "Energy" - (2:47)

Phillippe Besbombes - "Flipper" - (2:55)

Yan Tregger - "Girls Will Be Girls" - (5:21)

Thierry Durbet & Harry Williams Verschu - "Systeme 80" - (3:42)

S. Olivier Nakara Percussions - "Balimba" - (4:39)

Jean-Pierre Decerf, Gerard Zajd & Tony Cerrona - "Black Safari" - (3:13)

Klaus Weiss - "Sound Inventions" - (3:04)

Sauveur Mallia - "Stone Roller" - (5:33)

Frank McDonald & Chris Rae - "Robot Dancer" - (4:03)

Brian Bennett - "Cloning" - (6:24)

Roger Roger - "No 15" - (2:05)

Bernard Fevre - "Dali" - (1:25)

JL Bucchi, R.Tambin-T.Lipton - "Ozone" - (3:24)

Sauveur Mallia - "Robot Avenue" - (3:50)

A. Kalma - "Danse Soeur" - (5:07)

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Played by: Ajello, The Beat Broker, Atlantic Conveyor, Downtempo/Experimental, In Flagranti

EMIKA

Emika

Ninja Tune

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ZENDNL 156
03 Oct 11

3 Hours - (4:39)

Common Exchange - (3:33)

Professional Loving - (3:47)

Be My Guest - (4:27)

Count Backwards - (4:00)

Double Edge - (4:39)

Pretend - (4:14)

The Long Goodbye - (4:44)

FM Attention - (3:43)

Drop The Other - (3:28)

Come Catch Me - (4:06)

Credit Theme - (2:16)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Leftfield, Maxizulu, Jesse Somfay

Review: With an interesting career already behind her, Emika steps up with her debut album for Ninja Tune. It's a canny mixture of pitch-black pop, bass and dead-pan vocals that draws its influences from the melee of contemporary beats. There's no doubt that the music is produced immaculately, full of detail, neatly balanced, and loaded with atmospherics. Emika's vocal delivery is a chilly one, and pop music was never meant to be weathered by the warmth of the real world. Ultimately, she has succeeded in crafting an album that is undeniably her own - highly recommended.

SQUAREPUSHER

Do You Know

Warp

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WARPCDD 97
30 Sep 02

Do You Know Squarepusher - (5:05)

F-Train - (4:19)

Kill Robok - (3:34)

Anstromm-Feck 4 - (3:29)

Conc 2 Symetriac - (1:23)

Mutilation Colony - (10:48)

Love Will Tear Us Apart - (3:32)

Mutilation Colony-Excerpt (live) - (2:43)

The Exploding Psychology (live) - (7:39)

My Red Hot Car (live) - (5:02)

Do You Know Squarepusher (live) - (5:01)

Direct To Mental (live) - (3:23)

Boneville Occident (live) - (7:13)

Go! Spastic (live) - (8:47)

Greenways Trajectory (live) - (9:50)

My Fucking Sound (live) - (8:56)

Anstromm-Feck 4 (live) - (4:18)

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Played by: Altosync

PROTECT-U

Motorbike

Planet Mu

ZIQ 322
28 May 12

Motorbike - (5:42) 124 BPM

Lawndog - (6:19) 124 BPM

Invisible Halo - (5:55) 105 BPM

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LAUREL HALO

Quarantine

Hyperdub

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HDBCD 014
21 May 12

Airsick - (3:58)

Years - (2:52)

Thaw - (5:59)

Joy - (3:27)

MK Ultra - (4:17)

Wow - (1:23)

Carcass - (4:32)

Holoday - (1:50)

Tumor - (2:40)

Morcom - (3:03)

Nerve - (2:31)

Light + Space - (4:50)

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Review: After making sizable impressions with her initial EPs and King Felix side project, Laurel Halo slides over to Hyperdub with a stark debut album that positions her as a strong and unique voice among leftfield electronic producers. The most notable progression is in Halo's vocals, crystal clear in the mix while all around her ducks fervently from clarity. There's an incredible wall of sound feeling to the music she crafts, as bold layers of synths and treated samples blur into one another with a fuzzed-out psychedelia that whirls incessantly around in wistful fractals of melody. Through all of this, there's no forgetting who is behind the music as her powerful vocal delivery pins the wayward music down.

BURIAL

Kindred

Hyperdub

HDB 059
18 Feb 12

Kindred - (11:26) 136 BPM

Loner - (7:28)

Ashtray Wasp - (11:44)

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Played by: Chris Coco, Shadow Dancer (Boysnoize Records), Eleven8, Deepchild, Dirt Crew, Alkalino, Night Tracks, Djs: Most Charted - Dubstep, Jesse Somfay, Icicle

KLAUS

Tusk EP

R&S

RS 1107
14 Aug 11

Tusk - (4:30)

Fens - (3:52)

Cypher - (4:23)

Pim - (4:30)

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Review: Riding high after getting snapped up to remix Mount Kimbie, Klaus' arrival on R&S with an EP proper bolsters the notion of a discernable movement containing the aforementioned Kimbie, James Blake and Airhead, all ploughing a furrow of dubstep-informed experimentalism. As with those other beatsmiths, the music is sparse and tonal rather than hitting in any kind of direct way. It's deep, intricately crafted and intensely pleasant to listen to - yet another wonderkid snapped up by R&S 2.0.

GANG COLOURS

The Keychain Collection

Brownswood UK

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BWOOD 074DD
27 Feb 12

Heavy Petting - (2:35)

Forgive Me? - (3:11)

To Repel Ghosts - (4:11)

I Don't Want You Calling - (3:30)

Pebble Dash - (2:53)

Tissues & Fivers - (4:26)

Botley In Bloom - (3:47)

Fancy Restaurant - (2:59)

On Compton Bay - (3:59)

Rollo's Ivory Tale - (1:42)

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Played by: Gee, Chris Coco, J Khobb, Matthew Kyle

Review: Fast settling themselves into the Brownswood roster, Gang Colours follow up on their EP with this long-player of introspective and many shaded vignettes. "Forgive Me?" particularly tugs at the heart strings with its plaintive piano, while the lilting beat and vocal of "To Repel Ghosts" melts any remaining stone-based coronary matter present. As the piano on the album cover might suggest, ivory-tinkling informs much of the music on The Keychain Collection, and as a result this album is best suited to those more thoughtful moments in your life. The composition and heartfelt emotion make all ten tracks an absolute triumph for electronic music with soul.

ACTRESS

RIP

Honest Jon's

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HJRCD 60
20 Apr 12

RIP - (1:16)

Ascending - (3:08)

Holy Water - (1:39)

Marble Plexus - (4:42)

Uriel's Black Harp - (2:27)

Jardin - (6:07)

Serpent - (3:56)

Shadow From Tartarus - (5:26)

Tree Of Knowledge - (4:09)

Raven - (5:04)

Glint - (0:37)

Caves Of Paradise - (4:15)

The Lord's Graffiti - (3:04)

NEW - (5:28)

IWAAD - (5:41)

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Played by: In Flagranti, Juno Recommends Leftfield, Phiorio

Review: "It's like painting with button and sliders... Melting and dripping, seeping yourself liquid into the machinery." So said Darren Cunningham when discussing the creation of R.I.P, his long awaited follow up to Splazsh. It's a compelling image that works in practice too. R.I.P creates microcosmic sound worlds within each track: "Holy Water" for instance tumbles in on itself in a melange of shimmering sinewave droplets, while the pitchshifted waves of "Tree Of Knowledge" seem to inhale and exhale like a living being, crumpling inwards on itself to repeat the same motion ad infinitum. And although it uses much the same, occasionally abrasive sonic building blocks as Cunningham's been developing for many years, the pastoral tones of "Uriel's Black Harp" and the Alva Noto styles of "Jardin" make R.I.P a surprisingly graceful album. It may not be techno as many will know it, but Cunningham has never made techno in the traditional sense anyway - and it's clear on listening to R.I.P that he's only just beginning to realise the musical forms that have been swarming inside his brain for years.

CUBENX

Grass EP (remixes)

Infine France

28233
28 May 12

Cubenx - "Grass" (Robin Guthrie remix) - (4:20)

Cubenx - "Grass" (Douglas Greed remix) - (4:31)

Cubenx - "Grass" (Telefon Tel Aviv remix) - (4:58) 112 BPM

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Played by: Juno Recommends Leftfield

NINJAMAN/KNIFEHANDCHOP/MODESELEKTOR

Weed Wid Da Macka

Tigerbeat6 Music US

SHOCK 15
16 Jan 07

Weed Wid Da Macka (Deerhunter mix) - (2:48)

Weed Wid Da Macka (Streets Of Frankfurt mix) - (2:46)

Weed Wid Da Macka (Deerhunter instrumental) - (2:47)

Weed Wid Da Macka (Modeselektor mix) - (4:25)

Weed Wid Da Macka (Modeselektor instrumental) - (4:11)

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Played by: U9lift, Downtempo/Experimental

ASURA

360

Ultimae France

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INRE 043
25 Oct 10

El Hai (feat Ayten) - (6:02)

Regenesis - (6:13)

Altered State (album edit) - (8:55)

Atlantis Child - (10:56)

Erase - (6:04)

Halley Road - (8:44)

Longing For Silence - (8:13)

Getsemani - (6:51)

Le Dernier Voyage - (9:47)

Virgin Delight - (9:40)

360 (continuous DJ mix) - (1:17:40)

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Call Me Anytime (Oneohtrix Point Never Remix)

LINDSTROM

Call Me Anytime (Oneohtrix Point Never Remix)

Feedelity Norway

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FEED 049
26 May 12

Call Me Anytime (Oneohtrix Point Never remix) - (5:00)

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SHLOHMO

Vacation EP

FoF Music

FOF-112
07 Feb 12

The Way U Do - (5:18)

Wen Uuu - (3:53)

Rained The Whole Time - (5:25)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Leftfield

ASA/STUMBLEINE

Your Secret EP

Inspected

INSP 007
07 May 12

Vapour - (7:31)

Glow - (6:43)

Tourniquet (feat Shura & CoMa) - (3:56)

Tinderbox - (6:13)

Without You - (6:24)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Leftfield

KUHRYE-OO

Kuhrye-oo EP

Uno US

UNO 011
01 May 12

Human Rights - (4:01)

Give In (For The Fame) - (3:39)

Untitled - (5:15)

Temple - (5:49)

Human Rights (Nadus remix) - (4:18)

Temple (Don Froth remix) - (5:40)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Leftfield

Review: A steady player in Grimes' backing band, as well as a member of Born Gold, Canadian Calvin McElroy uses his Kuhrye-oo alias on this excellent new EP for UNO. The knowingly awkward spiralling arpeggios of "Human Rights" make for an exhilarating start as it leads into footwerkin' 808 hits and creeping textures, while "Give In (For The Fame)" is a straighter trail through broken acapellas with a more fleshed-out set of modern 2-step beats. As well as chilly delights of "Untitled" and "Temple", Brick Bandits' Nadus smoothes out "Human Rights" for a mix that's more of a tasteful edit than a full-on overhaul.

POSTHUMAN

Nebula remixes

Acroplane Recordings

ACPR 017
30 Apr 12

Marrus Environ (Nightwave Ravemix) - (4:23)

Tessier Ashpool (Kirk Degiorgio remix) - (5:57)

Tessier Ashpool (Datassette remix) - (7:20)

Marrus Environ (The Host remix) - (3:39)

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Played by: Mental Overdrive, Posthuman, George Lanham

Review: Giving naysayers a swift slap around the chops, Posthuman's latest EP is a flagrant example of why there's still a huge amount of vitality to electronica. Shot through with the underground grit that typifies the UK scene in particular, the four remixes commissioned all hit hard in their own ways. Nightwave turns out an insanely detailed and crafty stepper that morphs into a techno stomper by its climax. Kirk Degiorgio goes for a typically fulsome electro-techno cut, while Datasette plies an aquatic and displaced trade in rich sound design. That leaves it to The Host to clean up with a moody mulch of delay feedback and mean-tempered beats.

ASURA

Oxygene

Altar

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ARCDA 18
03 Nov 11

Crossroads Limiter - (11:06)

Marianna Falls - (9:36)

An Talamh - (9:27)

Land & Freedom (unreleased extended mix) - (7:59)

Fahrenheit (unreleased long edit) - (7:01)

Dust & Daffodils - (7:08)

Planisphere 7 (unreleased extended mix) - (11:03)

Vangelis - (4:50)

Everlasting - (9:18)

Planisphere 7 (part one) - (6:53)

Planisphere 7 (part two) - (4:11)

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BUSCEMI

Dolores Del Sorte

Downsall Plastics Belgium

DSL 005V
28 Jun 07

Seven Days In Spain - (5:26)

Gloomy Business - (4:44)

It Might As Wel Be Quiet... - (6:18)

Dolores Del Sorte - (2:55)

Soap Girl Nina - (4:18)

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MENTANICE

Snapshots From Life

Mistique Emotion

MISTE 023
15 May 12

Aurora - (7:35)

Natural Vision - (8:17)

Out World - (6:28)

Panned Emotions & Essential Flutes - (7:42)

Weekdays - (3:18)

You - (8:23)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Downtempo

DAMSCRAY

Blot Method EP

G5 Music

G 5003
27 Jun 11

Sandworm - (3:53)

Blot Method - (2:34)

Headplate - (3:33)

Bug Detector - (3:03)

One Finger Punch - (3:48)

The Rhythm Room - (3:06)

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FJORD & BRIO

Ellem

Farver

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FARVLP 001
05 Oct 11

FJORD - "Astranaar" - (7:32)

FJORD - "Deplete" - (3:28)

FJORD - "Drygrass" - (4:49)

Brio - "Eminent" (FJORD remix) - (5:00)

Brio - "Ae" - (5:08)

Brio - "Eminent" - (3:55)

Brio - "Optek" - (4:51)

FJORD - "Deplete" (Brio remix) - (4:45)

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Played by: Empyrean

PARA ONE feat TEKI LATEX

Lean On Me

Marble

BEC 5161223
14 May 12

Lean On Me (original mix) - (4:30)

Lean On Me (Salva remix) - (5:34)

Lean On Me (Hrdvsion remix) - (5:09)

Lean On Me (Max Tundra remix) - (4:24)

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Altered Tensions: The Answer To The Question You Forgot To Ask

MATT LANGE

Altered Tensions: The Answer To The Question You Forgot To Ask

isoRhythm

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IR 003
12 Mar 12

Kyi Leo - (0:41)

Testarossa - (4:29)

This Could Move - (4:27)

The Distance Between (feat Lisa Sinapi) - (4:26)

Gltchfckr - (4:01)

Feeding The Aversion - (5:19)

Days Left - (3:21)

Less Is More - (4:20)

Last Hurrah - (3:49)

Putting The Present In The Past - (5:13)

Slow, In Ashes - (5:12)

It Gets Better - (5:44)

Things Change Swiftly - (7:15)

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CHRIS ROWAND

Bad Things Happen

Digitalwave

AW 5027863
23 May 12

Heaven Of Invention - (3:03)

All That You See - (2:26)

Egg Monster - (2:47)

Vintage Appointment - (2:25)

Stay In School - (3:45)

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Cinnaman & Jay Scarlett Present Beat Dimensions Vol 2 (B)

DIZZ1/DIMLITE/SAMIYAM/DORIAN CONCEPT/FULGEANCE

Cinnaman & Jay Scarlett Present Beat Dimensions Vol 2 (B)

Rush Hour Holland

RH 109-12B
09 Jun 09

Dizz1 - "Konotakosuke Yaro" - (5:34)

Dimlite - "Ravemond's Young Problems" - (4:11)

Samiyam - "Swamp Tarts" - (2:56)

Dorian Concept - "Be Tween" - (2:42)

Fulgeance - "Haggis" - (3:23)

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Played by: Ennio Styles (Stylin Radio Show), Juno Recommends Leftfield, Bleepfunk (Trax Re-Edited)

EMIKA

Chemical Fever

Ninja Tune