Emika – Emika (Ninja Tune/Inertia)
In the wake of every exciting underground musical movement is its gradual diffusion and then…
Adrian Elmer is a visual artist, graphic designer, label owner, musician, footballer, subbuteo nerd and art teacher, who also loves listening to music. He prefers his own biases to be evident in his review writing because, let's face it, he can't really be objective.
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