Daniel Wang – Idealism 2005 (Environ/Stomp)
New York DJ and producer Wang originally released Idealism in 2001. The album helped catalyse…
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Statler & Waldorf – AndroNovaVirus (Ghost/MRA)
Not to be confused with the excellent Danish label, or for that matter the recalcitrant…
Goodbye 2005, it’s been swell, love matt
These records shook me all night long: Pivot – Make Me Love You (Sensory Projects)…
Shining: No laughing matter
Another year, another round of cultural re-evaluation. Disco, no-wave, new jack swing and country; now…
DJ Soup – Beatroot (Invada)
Former Sydney Kings basketballer John Blake is an Australian music original. Sure his sampology schtick…
Will dubstep go the way of the cartel?
Martin Clark writes the best (only?) regular column on the state of dubstep and grime…
Do reviewers change their spots
Reviewing or critiquing music is pretty fraught. You get a week, maybe a few weeks…
Jack Prest – Peace On My Mind (Promo)
Like most debuts, Jack Prest’s influences are stamped all over this. Think Madlib, Illpickl, RJD2…
Buchman – Progress in Works (Brighton Blvd)
Bass player for one of the world’ worst-(re)named bands, the Baggsmen, Tony Buchen recently turned…
The Presets – Beams (Modular)
Kim Moyes and Julian Hamilton’ latest project splits audiences. When demo CDs began circulating a…
Blockhead’s sampling delights
(full version forthcoming in Cyclic Defrost Issue #13) Square-jawed Tony Simon’ first record for Ninja…
Guttah on Boxcutter
Nick Gutterbreakz takes a close, and I mean close, look at Ulster-based beat maker Barry…
Carve on, my friends
The Frigid/Cyclic/Sub Bass behemoth keeps carvin its way through the darkest corners of music and…