Articles by Philip Downey

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  Sven Van Hees

  Calypso

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Like its name implies, Calypso is a very sunny tropical album, with beats that are lazy and have a Latin feel to them. Organs and strings p...

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  Susumu Yokota

  Sound of Sky

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Sound of Sky is filled with deep and jazzy house music. Japanese producer Yokota's album takes breakbeats and regular house beats and combi...

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  Bryan Zentz

  SevenBreaths

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Bryan Zentz’s SevenBreaths is Detroit techno mixed in with some dub and reggae elements. Over the album, he manages to put together break-b...

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  Jackmate

  The Prodigal Son

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Jackmate’s debut album is an excellent mix of house and techno. Like those genres’ original incarnations, there are high and low frequencie...

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  Pier Bucci

  Familia

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

  Pier Bucci is part of the recent Chilean mini-invasion of producers bringing smooth techno beats to Europe. His debut album is a good mix o...

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  Richie Hawtin

  DE9: Transitions

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

  Projects like this are the shared dreams of trainspotters, music critics and DJs. Music critics can endlessly debate the influence of techn...

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  Desyn Masiello / Various

  Balance 008

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005

  I would like to live in Desyn Masiello’s world. Judging by these tracks, it must be a very happy place. Over two CDs he mixes together many...

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  [a]pendics.shuffle

  Helicopter Hearts

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2005

  Helicopter Hearts is a good mix of techno and tech-house that is fully electronic, mostly without vocals, or regular instruments. The track...