Articles by Denise Benson
Block 16
Morning Sun
PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2001
For a true music fan, there's very little more exciting than to hear an album clearly created from the sheer love of music. Block 16's Morn...
Tom Tyler
Singles Collection 1998-99
PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2001
It's been a busy few years for producer Tom Tyler, who released his debut album, Asleep at the Switch, last year to much critical acclaim....
Rurals
Sweeter Sounds
PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2001
Deep house heads that haven't heard the Rurals are in for a treat with this absolute must-check release. The third album in three years fro...
Spacer
The Beamer
PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2001
Luke Gordon dons his dancing shoes for the third Spacer album, and they're obviously a great fit. Here, influenced by his own evolution as...
Various
Sundays Vol.01
PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2001
Nude, the chilled Montreal label that brought us Jaffa (and is sister to drum & bass big brother Dune Recordings), brings us the first in w...
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Liberation Afro Beat Vol. 1
PUBLISHED May 1, 2001
No matter that Liberation Afro Beat Vol. 1 is technically two years old. No matter that Antibalas is so revering of the master, Fela Anikul...
Neotropic
La Prochaine Fois
PUBLISHED May 1, 2001
Riz Maslen becomes a more dramatic and distinguished producer with each project. As Neotropic, she takes her cinematic sensibilities, appre...
Terry Callier
Alive
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2001
"You've got soul, so you can feel it," sings Terry Callier, storyteller and songwriter, in his "Ordinary Joe" classic, the upbeat number th...