Skip to content
  • Home
  • Posts
  • Contact

Author: Jacob Arnold

2021 Top 10s

  By Jacob Arnold December 31, 2021 January 8, 2022 Year-End Charts

Favorite albums of the year Continue reading

Horizon: Magic Music

  By Jacob Arnold November 18, 2021 November 18, 2021 Liner Notes
Horizon: Magic Music

Out this month on Jerome Derradji’s Past Due Records is a collection of all of Horizon’s rare, sought-after 45s along with 10 previously unreleased songs and a history of the band written by me. Continue reading

Tagged   still-music

Netwerk: I Need You

  By Jacob Arnold September 6, 2021 September 6, 2021 Liner Notes
Netwerk "I Need You" cover

Out this month on Jerome Derradji’s Past Due Records is an official reissue of Netwerk’s lost boogie album “I Need You” on gatefold double LP or CD with booklet. Both include 8 unreleased songs and the story of the band written by me. Continue reading

Tagged   still-music

The Adventures of Captain Sky

  By Jacob Arnold October 9, 2020 June 17, 2021 Liner Notes
The Adventures of Captain Sky cover

Every superhero has an origin story, and I am excited to share the one-of-a-kind tale of Captain Sky via reissues of his first two albums. Continue reading

Tagged   still-music

Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe: Mind Kontrol

  By Jacob Arnold July 1, 2020 July 16, 2020 Reviews: IDM
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe: Mind Kontrol cover

Lowe’s modular synthesizer pieces are textured yet precise. There’s something soothing and familiar about this entire album. Continue reading

Nicole Mitchell and Moor Mother: Offering – Live at Le Guess Who

  By Jacob Arnold June 28, 2020 July 16, 2020 Reviews: Jazz
Nicole Mitchell and Moor Mother: Offering cover

Powerful electronic bass, exquisite wind tones, squawking free jazz horns, and Moor Mother’s poetry as instrument of a welcome future. Continue reading

Gerald Cleaver: Signs

  By Jacob Arnold June 20, 2020 July 16, 2020 Reviews: IDM
Gerald Cleaver: Signs cover

Billed as jazz drummer Cleaver’s return to his Detroit roots, this LP of mesmerizing synth pieces is far from typical techno. It’s been some time since I’ve found an album of experimental synthesizer work so beautifully inspired. Continue reading

2019 Top 10

  By Jacob Arnold December 8, 2019 December 29, 2021 Year-End Charts

Favorite albums of the year Continue reading

Chocolate Buttermilk Band: Head Games

  By Jacob Arnold June 27, 2019 September 6, 2021 Liner Notes
Chocolate Buttermilk Band album cover

The Chocolate Buttermilk Band has been a successful cover and backing band in the Southern United States for almost fifty years. Continue reading

Tagged   still-music

9th Creation: A Step Ahead

  By Jacob Arnold April 20, 2019 June 17, 2021 Liner Notes

9th Creation was one of the funkiest bands to emerge from the West Coast in the 1970s, but stardom was always just out of reach. Continue reading

Tagged   still-music
123›»
  • Categories

    • Chicago House
    • House Roots
    • Liner Notes
    • Reviews: Breakcore
    • Reviews: Disco/Funk
    • Reviews: Dub Techno
    • Reviews: Hip-Hop
    • Reviews: House
    • Reviews: IDM
    • Reviews: Jazz
    • Reviews: Reggae
    • Reviews: Singles
    • Reviews: Techno
    • Shows
    • Techno & IDM Features
    • Year-End Charts
  • Archives

  • Mixes

    • Frankie Knuckles
    • Ron Hardy
    • Ron Hardy 2
    • Farley
    • Farley 2
© 1999-2022 Gridface
Twitter Facebook Instagram RSS