VA: Jerome Derradji Presents: 122 BPM – The Birth of House Music
Still Music’s 3-CD set tells the story of Nemiah Mitchell Jr. (Mitchbal) and Chicago Connection Records.
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Ukkonen: The Isolated Rhythms of…
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
A collection of excerpts, experiments, and “building blocks,” by the founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
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Monolake: Ghosts
Monolake’s last few albums have been cold, digital, and distant.
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Chicago House Roots: WBMX Italo
There’s no denying that Italo disco served as a major influence to Chicago producers.
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Porter Ricks: Biokinetics
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
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”
Steven Tang’s latest single reminds me of the good old days of melodic Detroit techno.
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Mike Dunkley: Corpus Clock
An impressive debut, chock full of atmospheric textures
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2011 in Review
Here are the releases that I returned to repeatedly this year.
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