DMX Krew: Broken SD140 Part II (Breakin) Ed DMX continues dancing to the beat of his own drum machine after so many years. It’s inspiring to me to hear him exploring the sounds he...
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Scuba: Talk Torque & Hardbody (Hotflush Recordings) Scuba’s cup runneth over! His last full-length, Personality, pushed further into techno and house than the broken beat hybrids...
Milton Bradley: Reality Is Wrong (Prologue) The title track of this EP from Milton Bradley is a slow burner for late nights and headphones. It’s not beatless, but it never throws...
Lussuria: The Truth Begins in Lies (Hospital Productions) Lussuria is one of the dark horses running with the Hospital Productions label. His/her/their sound is dark and severe, with a...
Various Artists: Stellate 4 (Stroboscopic Artefacts) Lucy’s Stroboscopic Artefacts compiles yet another (pardon the pun) stellar collection of tracks from reputable artists. As...
Max Cooper: Egomodal (Traum) Max Cooper has been cranking out solid EPs for years now, and Egomodal is no exception. It balances his various strengths over the span of 5 tracks (plus 3...
Loscil: Sketches From New Brighton (Kranky) The latest from Loscil is another gorgeous slab of warm ice. I say that because his music tends to be so warm yet so chilly at the same time....
Ruskin & Broom: Bites (Blueprint) It’s hard to go wrong when two techno heavyweights like James Ruskin and Mark Broom are combining their talents. Each of the three tracks on...
Taylor Deupree: Faint (12k) 12k bossman Taylor Deupree’s trajectory as an ambient sound artist has been slow but sure. After leaving behind his techno roots (having spent time as a...
Unbroken Dub: Checkpoint EP (Delsin) Deep tracky goodness courtesy of the Delsin label. “I Want to Make This Louder” is perfectly named, a nice deep rolling groove that would...
Luke Abbott: Modern Driveway (Notown) The first of 2 new(ish) EPs from leftfield techno producer Abbott. This one came out several months back, but I missed it until recently. (I...
Shadows: Where There Is Only Light EP (Avian) The title cut is full of deep and dirty, distorted breaks, with looping patterns of noise and bleeps — aggressive mid-tempo stuff for the...
Andy Stott: Luxury Problems (Modern Love) UK producer Andy Stott continues to beguile with his latest offering on Boomkat’s Modern Love imprint. His previous 2 mini-LPs pushed him...
Nico Purman: The Bubble (Vakant) Vakant used to be such a sure thing for me. At the height of my vinyl buying days in the mid 00s, I would pretty much assume anything on the label was...
v/a: Field 07 (Field) Yet another entry into Field’s sterling techno compilation series, this time featuring the talent of Duplex, Conforce, ESHU, and Counterpart. I’m really...
Dream Continuum: Reworkz (Planet µ) Dream Continuum is yet another spin-off of Travis Stewart’s prolific Machinedrum project. This time he pairs up with Jim Coles a.k.a. Om Unit for...
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