Prolific minimal techno producer Rod Modell, founder of Detroit-based Deepchord Records, releases his first full-length on Japanese label Pl...
Articles By Stephanie Kale
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ReviewsRod Modell Incense & Black Light Published Apr 25, 2008
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ReviewsRobert Hood/Various Fabric 39 Published Apr 25, 2008
Growing up in Motown, Hoods coming-of-age happened amongst the highest ranks of Detroits techno scene: the Underground Resistance crew. Si...
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ReviewsJennifer Cardini /Various Feeling Strange Published Apr 25, 2008
Cardini has been a key player over the past decade in Frances club scene, essentially serving as an ambassador in Paris for the Cologne tec...
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ReviewsM.A.N.D.Y./Various Fabric 38 Published Feb 20, 2008
Those who follow the Fabric mix series know that the Berlin-based duo, and Get Physical label co-owners Patrick Bodem and Phillip Jung (aka...
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ReviewsGregor Tresher A Thousand Nights Published Feb 20, 2008
The past few years have seen German producer Gregor Tresher rise on the European techno scene. One of his tracks made it on a Cocoon compila...
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ReviewsYip! Yip! Two Kings of the Same Kingdom Published Jan 23, 2008
Yip-Yip are Orlando, FL-based duo Brian Fraser and Jason Temple, who have obviously geeked out on making beats together. Two Kings is their...
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ReviewsDominik Eulberg Bionik Published Jan 23, 2008
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Give a listen to Bionik and you might guess that Dominik...
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ReviewsSamim Flow Published Oct 29, 2007
Samim has an eclectic musical background being Swiss-Iranian. In his early career, he collaborated with Michal Ho and released electronic mu...
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ReviewsFlying Lotus Reset Published Oct 29, 2007
Music runs in the family for Steve Ellison (aka Flying Lotus). The great-nephew to John and Alice Coltrane, Ellison embodies a similar tende...
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ReviewsCristian Vogel Music for the Creations of Gilles Jobin Published Sep 19, 2007
If electricity could embody emotion, if it could get dizzy, excited or feel sad, Cristian Vogels work is what it would sound like. All of t...
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ReviewsQuio Phiu Published Sep 19, 2007
Rising out of the Berlin club scene, Quio releases her second full-length album, Phiu, on solo artist Antye Greies (AGF) label, AGF Produkt...
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ReviewsRetina.IT Semeion Published Aug 13, 2007
Lino Monaco and Nicola Buono are Italian duo Retina.IT, who have been making spacious, stripped down techno for almost a decade. Their recor...
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ReviewsFrank Bretschneider Rhythm Published Aug 13, 2007
Berliner musician, composer and video artist Frank Bretschneider has been making abstract electronic compositions since the mid-80s, first...
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ReviewsWighnomy Bros. / Various Remikks Potpourri II Published Jul 18, 2007
Highly sought after producers and DJs the Wighnomy Bros. Gabor Schablitzki (aka Robag Wruhme) and Sören Bodner (aka Monkey Mafia) releas...
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ReviewsVarious Nothing Much and Something More Published Jul 18, 2007
The output from Richie Hawtins labels (Plus 8 and Minus) has, without question, defined a large part of what minimalism means on dance floo...
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ReviewsAudion Montreal QC May 30 to June 4 Published Jun 25, 2007
Matthew Dears alter ego closed off the first Piknik with a laptop set that from many a perspective recovered him from his disappointing...
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ReviewsHeartthrob Montreal QC May 30 to June 4 Published Jun 25, 2007
Heartthrob took part in the epic 11-hour music marathon of minimal techno and its variants on the final day of the festival. He kept to the...
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ReviewsMichael Mayer Montreal QC May 30 to June 4 Published Jun 25, 2007
The co-founder of the Kompakt label closed out the last Nocturne of the festival by playing a three-hour DJ set that kept the crowd thick un...
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ReviewsBroke Montreal QC May 30 to June 4 Published Jun 25, 2007
This project brought out Chilean singer/producer Matias Aguayo (former Closer Musik member) along with Marcus "Roccness Rossknecht assistin...
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ReviewsGui Boratto Montreal QC May 30 to June 4 Published Jun 25, 2007
Borattos "kaleidoscopic trance changed up the pace with his warm synth-y melodies atop a fat, rolling minimal techno beat (trance done à l...