Author: Jacob Arnold

Ukkonen: The Isolated Rhythms of…

  By Jacob Arnold April 25, 2012 March 7, 2020 Reviews: Techno

This Finnish producer combines house and techno beats with IDM aesthetics in an unusually sophisticated fashion.
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Daphne Oram: The Oram Tapes: Volume One

  By Jacob Arnold April 15, 2012 March 7, 2020 Reviews: IDM

A collection of excerpts, experiments, and “building blocks,” by the founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
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Monolake: Ghosts

  By Jacob Arnold March 15, 2012 January 6, 2019 Reviews: Techno

Monolake’s last few albums have been cold, digital, and distant.
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Chicago House Roots: WBMX Italo

  By Jacob Arnold March 5, 2012 January 6, 2019 House Roots

There’s no denying that Italo disco served as a major influence to Chicago producers.
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Porter Ricks: Biokinetics

  By Jacob Arnold February 29, 2012 March 2, 2020 Reviews: Dub Techno

Listening to this album for the first time in several years, I realize it’s much stronger than I remembered.
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Helium Robots: Jarza EP

  By Jacob Arnold February 2, 2012 January 6, 2019 Reviews: House

I’ll admit, I was drawn to this EP for its inclusion of two Theo Parrish “translations.”
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Obsolete Music Technology: “Mmmmmusic”

  By Jacob Arnold January 26, 2012 March 7, 2020 Reviews: House

Steven Tang’s latest single reminds me of the good old days of melodic Detroit techno.
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Mike Dunkley: Corpus Clock

  By Jacob Arnold January 10, 2012 March 7, 2020 Reviews: IDM

An impressive debut, chock full of atmospheric textures
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2011 in Review

  By Jacob Arnold December 22, 2011 January 6, 2019 Year-End Charts

Here are the releases that I returned to repeatedly this year.
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Farley Keith Mixes, 1984-1986

  By Jacob Arnold December 5, 2011 March 2, 2020 Chicago House

Any study of influential Chicago DJs would be incomplete without Farley Keith (later Farley “Jackmaster” Funk).
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