Articles by Philip Downey

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  Eddie Richards/Various

  Fabric 16

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  Eddie Richards has been DJing since most of today’s clubbers were in primary school, having begun spinning as a 16-year-old in England in 1...

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  DJ Spooky/Various

  Celestial Mechanix: The Blue Series MasterMix

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  Celestial Mechanix is a mega-mix that tours the Thirsty Ear record label’s Blue Series catalogue. It’s a good mix of jazz, trip-hop, hip-ho...

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  Testube

  Corporation

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  With a couple of fits and starts, Testube mixes late ’80s industrial disco, electro, and the glitches of modern digital signal processing....

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  Apell

  Beaver Street & Beyond

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  Australian Anthony Pell takes music, samples and live performances from a wide variety of styles and puts them together to make some funky...

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  Andrew Duke

  Take Nothing For Granted

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

  Delicate soundscapes are tough to do properly, since any mistake is immediately apparent. Therefore, Haligonian Andrew Duke’s done a very g...

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  Fym

  Say No To Primate Research Labs!

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

  Fym’s debut album is funky minimal house. After many EP releases Manutchehr Ghassemlou puts together 17 new tracks for a bumpy and blippy t...

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  K.I.A.

  Sonorous…Susurrus

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

  K.I.A.’s double album is split between a disc of atmospheric ambience and a second of more upbeat pop and dance hybrids. Susurrus, the ambi...

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  Various

  Bargrooves: Espace Privé

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2004

  The latest in the Bargrooves series is a decent house music mix. Disc one, mixed by Ben Sowton, is a little speedier and can be enjoyed sit...