Articles by Philip Downey

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  Lem

  Emerging Property

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  Emerging Property is an intriguing album of live electronic dub. Lem, a trio of musicians, producers and effects wizards, uses organs, beat...

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  Madrid de los Austrias/Various

  Playground Volume 4

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  Madrid de los Austrias combine down-tempo beats, trip-hop and small doses of hip-hop and house in this mix of funky beats. The duo splits t...

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  Luc Raymond/Various

  White Is Pure

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  Montreal DJ Luc Raymond gets hard and funky on this CD of beat-driven house. The mix is supposed to be a representation of Montreal's annua...

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  Various

  Asian Travels 2

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  I think world-beat must be one of the easiest dance music hybrids to generate. Only that can explain why samples of African drums, Indian s...

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  Various

  Sincerely Yours, Klein Records

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  Klein Records serves up a diverse collection of Austrian funk, pop, down-tempo and trip-hop with Sincerely Yours, Klein Records. The tracks...

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  Bigg Jus

  Big Justoleum Lune TNS

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  This album is mostly out there hip-hop with the occasional accessible track thrown in. The "out there" tracks sound somewhat like cLouddead...

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  Citizen Cope

  Citizen Cope

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  Drawing on diverse influences such as blues, hip-hop, country and rock, Citizen Cope (real name Clarence Greenwood, the former keyboardist...

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  Keoki

  Misdirected Jealousy

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

  Keoki serves up an album of remixes of last year's Jealousy album. The remixers are American, with Iceland's Gus Gus being the notable exce...