Articles by Philip Downey

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  Plaid / Luke Vibert / Chris Clark

  Opera House, Toronto ON - November 11

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  Warp Records' latest tour swung through Toronto for a night of occasionally danceable laptop-produced electronic goodness. Chris Clark star...

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  Ghost Orchid

  The King Is Dead

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  Ghost Orchid mingle mid-’80s industrial disco with modern electro. The result is a little bit like putting together Ladytron and Nitzer Ebb...

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  Systemwide/Various

  Impurely Replied

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  Impurely Replied is an enjoyable remix project. Following on their Pure and Applied album, guest re-mixers mostly consign the vocals to the...

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  Various

  Bargrooves Al Fresco

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  Bargrooves is a decent house mix. Much of it is fairly laid-back, and ranges from jazzy to funky to beat-driven. The first CD is mixed by B...

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  Victor Calderone/Various

  Resonate

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  Resonate represents the New York house sound very faithfully. Victor Calderone, a long-time DJ and remixer, puts together 13 tracks that sh...

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  Darude

  Rush

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2003

  Darude’s second album is much like his first. The big trance tunes are there, and he seems to have matured a bit as a producer. After his h...

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  Jamez

  Dreamchasing

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  A title like Dreamchasing gives you a good idea of what an album will sound like — if you guessed melodic trance and progressive house, you...

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  Nicholas Matar/Various

  Sun Dance

  PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2003

  Matar’s Sun Dance mix is 16 tracks of uplifting soul-, jazz-, and disco-influenced house music. The bass lines are suitably analog and funk...