More fine electronica from the Rotter’s Golf Club 7/10 Weatherall and Tenniswood complete another compelling collection of wigged-out digital funk. Less conceptual than their underwater-themed ‘Stay Down’, more upbeat and house-influenced than the bonged-out downtempo electro of The Fifth Mission (Return to the Flightpath Estate), Tiny Reminders is nevertheless reliably enjoyable and never pretentious. They [...]
Two Lone Swordsmen – Tiny Reminders
September 27th, 2004 · No Comments · Electronica, Music
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Broadcast – Haha Sound
April 20th, 2004 · No Comments · Best of 2003, Electronica, Music, post-rock
Love that haha sound 8/10 I was initially wary of this band and its art school contemporaries (see Stereolab) but this really is something special. Out of the often-abrasive acoustics and kaleidoscopic aural sludge evolves melodies that are sweet and eerie in equal parts. Combining live-instrumentation with fairly glitch-free but sometimes punishing and industrial soundscapes, [...]
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Morvern Callar OST
March 15th, 2004 · No Comments · Electronica, Music, Soundtrack
Better than the movie itself 8/10 It was an average film made more memorable by an unusually discerning soundtrack containing some classics you may already own and some nuggets you may not. German avant-rockers Can make several appearances by donating two of their more upbeat classics (‘I want more’ and the brilliant ‘Spoon’) and some [...]
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