Articles by David Dacks

Jaga Jazzist

"One Armed Bandit" (radio edit)

PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2010

TRACK OF THE DAY: Ninja Tune kicks off the new decade with an ensemble that seemed to have run out of gas a few years ago. Norway's Jaga Ja...

Hi Records and Al Green Producer Willie Mitchell Dies at 81

PUBLISHED Jan 5, 2010

Willie Mitchell, one of the great sonic architects of soul music, has died. Mitchell had suffered a heart attack on December 19, and passed...

Brain Damage

"Sterile Pt. 2" (Live)

PUBLISHED Dec 31, 2009

The Click Hear crew will be taking a break for the next two weeks, but you shouldn't let that stop you from swinging by this spot to (re)di...

Charles Spearin, Jon Hassell and Mountains Take Top Honours in Exclaim!'s Best Avant-Garde and Experimental Albums of 2009

PUBLISHED Dec 29, 2009

As usual with Exclaim!'s end-of-year Destination Out list, there is no attempt to achieve consensus. Once again, we asked all our most freq...

Franck Vigroux

Recolte

PUBLISHED Dec 29, 2009

It's been said that electronic music-making tools in the '00s have killed off the electric guitar. Franck Vigroux offers an original compro...

Raph Dumas & The Primaveras

Ode To Tanguy Jo

PUBLISHED Dec 29, 2009

The inputs into this project are a little difficult to figure out. Raph Dumas is a Catalonian musical entrepreneur, primarily a DJ, but her...

Various

Singapore A-Go-Go

PUBLISHED Dec 29, 2009

Sublime Frequencies has done such a great job highlighting various strains of Western pop influences in the Far East that it's hard to pick...

Mickey Stevenson

Here I Am

PUBLISHED Dec 29, 2009

Stevenson was a key producer for Motown in the '60s, but had moved on by the following decade. Like many ex-Motowners, he found himself doi...