Articles by Philip Downey

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  Neutral Mute

  Roc-Sac

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  This EP from one-man band D. McNany cuts up rock and electronics. The guitars squeal and squelch, the vocals are sometimes filtered and the...

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  Real Tuesday Weld

  The Return of the Clerkenwell Kid

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2005

  Sometimes it’s good to set aside the high-tech gear, the filters, processors and plug-ins, and sit back and make some songs. This is the ap...

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  Sander Kleinenberg/Various

  This is Everybody Too

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Sixty minutes into this two-disc mix, I was ready to declare it one of the best I’ve ever heard. Then it settled down, but still remained f...

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  Armin van Buuren/Various

  A State of Trance 2005

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  Trance continues to be very popular, and Armin van Buuren, one of its topflight DJs and producers, presents a two-disc mix whose title perf...

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  Various

  Ultra Music Festival

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2005

  The Ultra Music Festival is an annual party that coincides with the Winter Music Conference in Miami, usually spanning multiple themed room...

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  Boy from Brazil

  Pointless Shoes '04

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  It is no small feat for one singer to sound like Elvis, Iggy Pop and Mark E. Smith on a single album. Yet Boy from Brazil, who is actually...

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  John Digweed/Various

  Fabric 20

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  John Digweed’s latest mix is a bit of a departure for him, if you’ve only ever heard his commercial releases and mixes, which feature progr...

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  Nique and Vitamin D

  Audio Royal

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2005

  Colorado producers Nique and Vitamin D present two discs of tough American house. Most of the tracks are by them, alone or in collaboration...