Articles by Philip Downey

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  Sherrie Lea

  Spellbound

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  If you judged this one by its cover, you’d think it was some untalented trance bird singing about love and the stars. It’s not. In fact, Ca...

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  Mikkel Metal

  Victimizer

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  Mikkel Metal’s Victimizer represents a further refinement of the Kompakt label’s gentler side. This is an excellent album for chilling out....

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  Steve Porter / Various

  Porterhouse

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  Steve Porter flies through 26 tracks on this progressive house mix, a pace that is unheard of for that genre. While most discs feature abou...

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  Aoki Takamasa and Tujiko Noriko

  28

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  28 is an album of delicate electronic pop with glitches. Takamasa and Noriko’s songs are mostly slow, gentle, and have melodies and multi-l...

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  Triple R / Various

  Selection 4

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2006

  Riley Reinhold, aka Triple R and the owner of Traum records, continues his mix series of super-smooth tech-house. This brisk mix slips thro...

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  Dimitri from Paris & DJ Muro / Various

  Super Disco Friends

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  DJs Dimitri from Paris and Muro (from Japan) have collaborated on a double-disc mix of obscure disco tracks from the late ’70s and early ’8...

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  Miguel Migs / Various

  Get Salted Volume 1

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  Miguel Migs’ latest mix is a pleasing tour through modern house music. It’s fun and unpretentious and clearly intended to be a party mix, a...

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  Joe Silva

  Loudmouth Sirens

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2006

  Joe Silva’s debut album is house, of the tech-ier variety. The Winnipeg producer and composer’s album starts with "Sleepworking,” which has...