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Outfit – Performance (2013)
Liverpool is currently a prime spot for new artists: it’s cheap for bands to practice and put club nights on, and the city’s many empty warehouses have become perfect venues for dance acts. Both these...
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VA – Giorgio Moroder: On the Groove Train Volume 2: 1974-1985 (2013)
Repertoire records last year issued On the Groove Train Volume 1: 1975-1993, a collection of Giorgio Moroder collaborations and productions spanning two CDs. On the Groove Train Volume 2: 1974 -1985...
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Food Pyramid – Ecstasy and Refreshment (2013)
Further down the highway from last year’s ace split with Roy Orb D.MT., Food Pyramid reach for lush neo Krautrock heights on Ecstasy & Refreshment. They first break orbit with Dexedream‘s stellar...
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VA – A Young Person’s Guide to the Avant-Garde (2013)
Opening up with a three minute encounter with Satie’s Vexations and concluding with Ligeti’s Atmosphères, this primer has the daunting task of evoking the shock of the new to an audience for whom...
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Goldfrapp – Tales of Us (2013)
Goldfrapp release their stunningly beautiful new album Tales of Us through Mute on 9 September 2013. Their sixth album, ‘Tales of Us’ is written and produced by band members Alison Goldfrapp and Will...
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John Foxx & Jori Hulkkonen – European Splendour (2013)
Original Ultravox frontman John Foxx has gone on to have a long and productive solo career, and this has included collaborating with Finnish electronic expert Jori Hulkkonen. Now the pair have teamed...
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Julia Holter – Loud City Song (2013)
Julia Holter’s debut album Tragedy was based on the work of ancient Athenian playwright Euripides. Its follow-up, Ekstasis, was informed by an advanced syllabus of Greek classicism and great American...
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Bitchin’ Bajas – Bitchitronics (2013)
You might not think a group called Bitchin Bajas would be making beatific drone music; the name suggests a drug-rug-wearing, Tuesdays-only Tex-Mex bar band. But Bitchin Bajas, which began as the...
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Anna Meredith – Jet Black Raider EP (2013)
The contemporary composer’s life is a complicated thing. Not only are there commissions to be written and personal works to be performed, but there are musicians, academic directors, tony labels,...
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Lycia – Quiet Moments (2013)
Lycia was formed in Arizona in 1988 by Mike VanPortfleet, who was joined at various stages by David Galas, John Fair, and singer Tara VanFlower — although the band is down to the duo (and married...
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Tim & Adam – Tim & Adam (2013)
Tim & Adam’s eponymous release is an electronica album with hints of psychedelia but they are not, as you would expect, two young gents generating their beats in the confines of their bedroom but...
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Satellites – Satellites.02 (2013)
Amongst the customary surplus of promotional fluff accompanying this copy of Satellites.02, nestled between the usual fare of track lists and album artwork, are three photographs. They show Johnny Vic...
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Woo – Whichever Way You Are Going, You Are Going Wrong (1982, Reissue 2013)
A year after Drag City’s reissue of their soft-hued bedroom psych gem It’s Cozy Inside, the Woo revival continues with an Emotional Rescue reissue of their similarly slanted and enchanted 1982 debut,...
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Cola & Jimmu – Enigmatic (2013)
Jimi Tenor & Nicole Willis reunite for their new project named Cola & Jimmu: Cola is Nicole and Tenor is Jimmu, borrowing his alias from the first emperor of Japan, Jimnu Tenno. Though this...
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Party Supplies – Tough Love (2013)
Odds are if you’re familiar with Justin “Party Supplies” Nealis it’s through the Blue Chips mixtape he produced for Action Bronson, a messy collage of deconstructed funk, YouTube clips, and in-jokes...
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Factory Floor – Factory Floor (2013)
We all knew that Factory Floor weren’t ones to do things by halves, but on their long-awaited debut album, the trio – Gabriel Gurnsey, Dominic Butler and Nik Colk – have surpassed themselves to deliver...
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Iannis Xenakis – GRM Works 1957-1962 (2013)
Recollections GRM collect four pieces by one of the 20th century’s most important avant-garde musicians and thinkers for one of their most anticipated editions: Iannis Xenakis‘ GRM Works 1957-1962....
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John Wizards – John Wizards (2013)
Usually, once a year, Planet Mu will break from envelope-pushing electronica to release a more pop-sounding record. This year it’s John Wizards, an act formed by chance when Rwandan singer Emmanuel...
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Infinity Shred – Sanctuary (2013)
Like many kids their age, high school buddies Damon Hardjowirogo and George Stroud spent a lot of time with video game systems. Unlike many kids their age, however, the pair wasn’t playing the games as...
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Her Royal Harness – The Hunting Room (2013)
Her Royal Harness came together as a synth-pop duo in 2012. Norwegian lead singer and songwriter Helene Jaeger joined with London producer Dylan Long to create what they describe as ‘romantic battle...
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