DJ Jus-Ed: Dum Jams (Underground Quality)
It's been awhile since we've had an old school dis track. Last December, Brooklyn record shop Dope Jams published their annual blast, a "best of/worst of 2012" list with an emphasis decidedly on the...
Alex Agore: Mizz Honey EP (Say Ahh)
It was once said about the Velvet Underground that while they never sold a million records, everyone who bought one went out and started their own band. The same applies to MK. It's not...
Rick Wade: Night Addiction (Hold Youth)
You have to respect the cheek of a label that titles their very first release Classics 01. That's what Hold Youth, a French vinyl imprint overseen by Le Loup and Seuil, did, and if...
Cottam: Dawn Walk (Audio Parallax)
It's amusing to see the flavors-of-the-month rise and fall - no names, but seven publicists on retainer can only get you so far for so long. I'm a jaded and petty enough man to...
Colette: Crush (Remixes)
Queen crusher Colette lets her public display of affection burn slowly with a fresh round of remixes of "Crush", originally released a few months ago on her Candy Talk label.
Detroit roomies Hugh Cleal and...
Borrowed Identity: Je T’Aime
Borrowed Identity is a new name to me, and given the implications of his or her alias I'm not entirely sure this isn't a hoax. Apparently this young fella has released a handful of...
Boo Williams: Looney Chunes Vol 1 / Back To The Future
Color me amazed. New label Contemporary Scarecrow has planted a foot firmly in the scene by dragging several classic Boo Williams compositions out of the cobwebs and blending them with four brand new cuts....
Johnny Fiasco’s I Want It
Johnny Fiasco can work the 303 like a motherfucker and has probably released more great acid tracks in the last decade-plus than anybody. That's not his reputation - I'm not going to guess why,...
Crazy P: Heartbreaker (Remixes)
It's pop. That's all. But with a four word sample from Aretha and music that seems to have been conjured rather than created, Crazy P's "Heartbreaker" captured my soul. That's the power of music,...
Carl Taylor: Debbie’s Groove (w/ Robert Hood Remix)
Blindfolded and the business end of a Glock to your head, you'd guess this is a Floorplan record. And if you've read any of last issue's interview with Robert Hood, you have an idea...
Audiojack: No Equal Sides (20:20 Vision)
Some day the story of 20:20 Vision will be told. The back catalog of Ralph Lawson's seemingly immortal imprint is staggeringly vast, and unlike some zombie labels reanimated for "brand quality" (and to re-issue...
Cajmere and Wayne Williams: Acid House (Cajual)
After Cajmere recently remixed Wayne William's single, "You The Feeling" for Maurice Joshua on his Nu Soul label, he must've sparked the idea for this release. It's not groundbreaking but it gets the job...
Atnarko: Violent Sky (Dance:Revolt)
It's pretty crass to say that what makes a track stand out from the pack is that it's about something, but it's true, and so is the implication that most have nothing to say....
Robert Hood: Torque One/Movement (Music Man Records)
Something happened. At some point, we lost our way. "Chicago House" to me was anything but what "Chicago House" now means in the wider world. I'm really not trying to sound naive here -...
Colette: Crush (Candy Talk)
Nobody captures the butterflies-in-the-stomach feeling of being 9 or 39 and being in love than Colette. You got it or you don't, because it isn't easy to be sensual, awkward, adorable - adorkable -...
Agnes, Eddie Leader & Iron Curtis: About Time
Content is a club residency in Manchester UK that is reportedly so hot that DJ Magazine has nominated it as the "best club night". Knowing something about how magazines decide these things, I can't...
Cassioware ft. Sajaeda: Fantasy
Cassio James Vincent Ware II was born in Newark. This was great news for the world as it meant he crossed paths with two other New Jersey natives, Kevin Hedge and Josh Milan of...
Cellophane: Music Colours
The notion of timelessness seems to be overwhelmingly an afterthought within the realm of contemporary dance music. The current system is driven by fast-paced mechanics, which carelessly govern the life cycle of a composition...
Innerspace Halflife: Cosmology (Machining Dreams)
Call it logrolling if you will, but sometimes a record commands your attention. Hakim Murphy (a senior editor here if you haven't looked at the masthead lately) didn't send me this release from his...
Norm Talley: Travlin EP
Out of everyone from the Siamese Twin cities of Chicago and Detroit (one has the heart, one has the brains, and I'll let you decide which is which) that's getting a little shine from...
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