Articles by Romina Wendell

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  Lopazz

  Kook Kook

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2008

  In the first track on his electro house debut on the Get Physical label, Lopazz charges forth with heavy piano lines and avant-garde funk i...

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  Swod

  Sekunden

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2008

  Beginning with the repeating piano chords and understated bass riff of "Montauk” and riding into the disembodied voices and gentle timber o...

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  Various

  Future Sounds of Jazz 11

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2008

  Filled with jumpy beats that dart through 12 eclectic nu-jazz tracks hovering between global house and techno, Future Sound of Jazz 11 brin...

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  M.I.A.

  Bittersuss

  PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2007

  Combining a bare, melancholic, occasionally funk-ified 4/4 beat with subtle vocal samples, minimal techno producer M.I.A. (aka Michaela Gol...

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  Radical Fashion

  Odori

  PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2007

  Opening with the sound of water tinkling into metal pails, bleeding into the gentle tinkling of piano keys in "Suna,” Odori unfolds as a ma...

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  Radio Slave

  Misch Masch IV

  PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2007

  The fourth instalment in the Misch Mash series, where an artist creates a DJ mix and a second CD of unmixed remixes, this outing features R...

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  Waldeck

  Ballroom Stories

  PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2007

  Returning to the heyday of tango and swing, Waldeck’s third album does its title justice, as well as marking a new jazz-driven direction fo...

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  Ikon

  Signs

  PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2007

  Subtlety thematic, surprisingly dub-y and refreshingly easy to settle into, Signs marks the return of Ikon. The musical child of Alex Rizzo...