Reviews

Changing direction without losing the core of your audience is perhaps the most difficult thing to do in music (The Beatles and David Bowie notwithstanding).  Another feat, which is tricky at best, is to turn out a techno/house record that will somehow be unique; even the Chemical Brothers last attempt was somewhat comprised of past efforts and previous formulas.   Daniel Ash attempts to do both on his third solo self-titled album. Being the one time Bauhaus guitarist, as well as Continue Reading

Far from being the self-indulgent clutter of oddsamples from ancient vinyl, bizarre conversations, and the occasional cool beat, this 1997 album is a break from the more serious side of Paul Huston (if you could consider Te Gravediggaz, or, really, anything else he’s done to be overtly somber). I think “Psychoanalysis“ was intended more as a release-valve of sorts for him, a way to entertain some of his funkier fantasies. There’s a very light-hearted feel throughout the seventeen tracks here, Continue Reading

Synth-core, electro tech movement, futurism – call it what you will, the near-do-well acid brothers, Dan and Jon Kahuna’s debut album, ‘Machine Says Yes’ provides a stirring, startling likeness for magazines like The Face and Sleazenation. Imagine such things as a stomping, organic presence with real-time attitude and outrageous volume – and you pretty much have some kind of vision you can call Kahuna. With vocal contributions from the likes of alt-country singer Eileen Rose and Gus Gus member Hafdis Continue Reading

Back in June of this year Nitin Sawhney released the album ‘Prophecy’ on V2 records. It was his fifth release of eclectic, Asian based but widely sourced, atmospheric electronic dance since 1993, but chances are you’re still wondering why you opened this article. Well let’s see if this can whet your appetite or jog a few memories: Nominated for 2000’s Mercury Music Prize for his previous album, ‘Beyond Skin’, played in James Taylor Quartet’s touring band, collaborated with fellow Asian-underground Continue Reading