“Electronic” Reviews
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Live: Roseland NYC by Portishead (Review)
Live: Roseland NYC reveals a band that not only puts out great albums, but puts on one heckuva live show.For Beginner Piano by Plone (Review)
Plone’s analog synth music is at its best when it’s most whimsical and playful.La Folie by Lin (Review)
I think LIN’s music would work much more for me if the hip-hop influence was less-pronounced.The Contino Sessions by Death In Vegas (Review)
It just doesn’t sound that good. Not in any sort of big dose anyway.Morning Light by Locust (Review)
An attempt to bridge the gap between Mark Van Hoen’s harsh earlier work and his most song-oriented material.We Only Love You by Halou (Review)
This incredibly promising debut is guaranteed to appeal to fans of both the early 4AD and Projekt sounds.Riddim Warfare by Dj Spooky (Review)
Riddim Warfare features several MCs that freshen up what’s already a texturally diverse, rhythmically complex album.Synkronized by Jamiroquai (Review)
Synkronized is still as funky, gritty, and groovy as anything you’re likely to hear this year.A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular by Hooverphonic (Review)
This album takes the trip-hop sound and injects a healthy dose of 4AD into it.Mirror by Flying Saucer Attack (Review)
Mirror is at its best when Pearce is content to let the guitars chime.Polydistortion by Gusgus (Review)
Throws a wrench into the idea that 4AD will forever be consigned to releasing ethereal female-fronted groups.Songs of Praise by African Head Charge (Review)
African Head Charge seems to specialize in the super-ethereal aspects of dub.Blush by Bows (Review)
You’ve never heard trip-hop done quite like this, and you want to share it with some friends who are hip to the genre.Cumulus Mood Twang by Flowchart (Review)
Not many albums bring a tear to my eye because the music is so joyful and exultant (there’s that word again), but this one did.Sleep in a Synchotron by Color Filter (Review)
Super slick, super sweet drum and bass that sounds like it was recorded in someone’s living room.Windowlicker by Aphex Twin (Review)
Just sit back, take everything with a grain of salt, and hope that you’ll be able to make music like this someday.LP5 by Autechre (Review)
The sounds that Autechre conjure out of their computers will probably be the closest audio approximation we’ll ever have of the inner workings of the atom.Last Train to Lhasa by Banco De Gaia (Review)
Although it has all of the earmarks and sounds of a techno album, it’s often far more subtle, appealing to your mind as much as to your feet and booty.Temperamental by Everything But the Girl (Review)
I can’t shake this feeling that Watt and Thorn were just trying too hard to make this album full of club singles, of trying to raise their DJ cred.