Articles by Denise Benson

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  Nick Holder

  Underground Alternatives

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2000

  Toronto producer Nick Holder expands on his signature sounds and comes up with new classics. Vinyl junkies and fans of Holder's own DNH lab...

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  LAL

  Corners

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2000

  It's always extra nice when you can cheer excitedly for the home team. Toronto's Lal give me reason to do just that upon repeat listens to...

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  Tom Tom Club

  The Good The Bad and the Funky

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  Please make it stop. This is painful listening for a former fan. Why Tom Tom'ers and former Talking Heads Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth ha...

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  Freight Elevator Quartet

  Becoming Transparent

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  Bold, beautiful, daring and different, the Freight Elevator Quartet is very much a sum of their parts. At once academics, junglists, classi...

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  Leila

  Courtesy of Choice

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2000

  Leila Arab knows how to tell a story, albeit a roundabout and abstract one. Whether crafting precise layers of sound or giving us pieces st...

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  Tim 'Love' Lee

  The Continuing Confessions...

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000

  Tummy Touch label-boss and the man who originally unleashed a more mellow Groove Armada on the world, Tim 'Love' Lee has earned a reputatio...

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  Jeff Sharel

  Jeff Sharel

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2000

  This self-titled release is a first-ever full-length from versatile French producer Sharel - a man known for his jazz sensibilities, deep e...

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  Mount Florida

  Storm

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2000

  Adventurous to say the least, this four-track EP offers one heck of a roller coaster ride. Glasgow DJ/producers Twitch and MP Lancaster hav...