Articles by Daniel Sylvester

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  Illum Sphere

  Ghosts Of Then And Now

  PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2014

  Although it's only been eight years since Burial released his first LP, his brand of haunted R&B-tinged atmosphere has infiltrated the unde...

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  Kaito

  Less Time Until the End

  PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2014

  Kaito may just be the master of the 'anti-remix album.' Following up his first three LPs with beatless companion versions, Kaito similarly...

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  Tinariwen

  Emmaar

  PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2014

  Celebrating their 35th year as a musical collective, Tinariwen's music seems to touch on even stronger themes of persistence and achievemen...

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  Various

  BOATS

  PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2014

  Everything is New, curated by Scottish arts community Transgressive North, is a unique outreach initiative to help feed, school and empower...

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  Marram

  Sun Choir

  PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2014

  Released as half of the two-part Everything is New charity release (in aid of Dalit 'untouchable' children in southeast India), Marram's Su...

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  I Break Horses

  Chiaroscuro

  PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2014

  Shoegaze and electronic music have always shared numerous sonic sensibilities; dreamy soundscapes, driving rhythms and washes of effects. F...

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  East India Youth

  Total Strife Forever

  PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2014

  Total Strife Forever, the debut album from William Doyle's East India Youth moniker, is a collection of familiar sounds and musical tropes...

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  Ellen Allien & Thomas Muller

  Free Nation

  PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2014

  Orchestra of Bubbles, Ellen Allien's 2006 collaboration with Apparat, helped the German producer stretch out her steely microhouse sound. O...