Articles by Cheryl Thompson

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  Future Sound of London

  The Otherness

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

  With such a presumptuous name like the Future Sound of London, this UK group really wants us to buy what they're selling — electronic beats...

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  Motorcitysoul

  Did You Expect That?

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

  The indomitable Matthias Vogt, aka DJ Matt asks "did you expect that?" on this, his debut house album, and the answer is: no way man! This...

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  Wide Open Cage

  Woebegone Lullabies

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2004

  One could argue that this group is suffering from a Freudian Oedipal crisis as Woebegone Lullabies is a bird's eye view into the psyche of...

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  The Mother

  Roger Michell

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  This film continues the pendulum swing of the past couple years towards giving the discontented, over the hill housewife a voice. Even thou...

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  Sleepover

  Joe Nussbaum

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  Perhaps it's because I can't remember what it's like to be 12 years old or maybe I'm out of touch with kids nowadays; either way, this movi...

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  Dimitri from Paris/Various

  In The House

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  Simply put, this three-disc non-stop set is hot! Dimitri from Paris has once again brought the soul back to the deep house scene, the funk...

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  Novanova

  Memories

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  Initially, one would think with an album title like Memories that there’d be something to remember. Novanova probably isn’t everyone’s cup...

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  Theo Parrish

  Parallel Dimensions

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  Theo Parrish is a pillar of the Detroit underground house scene. This recording, originally released in 2000 under his Sound Signature labe...