Category Archives: album

KGB Lawyer returns with new album Maniac #2

A couple of years ago, I stumbled across an excellent, self-released album, Songs of Paranoia and Contentment  by KGB Lawyer; It was an impressive collection of joyous indie-pop songs with a spattering of what can only be described as slightly disturbing (!) lyrical … Continue reading

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Karen Cinema returns with new album Outside

Following on from last year’s highly acclaimed debut album Into The Moon, Karen Cinema return with a new album entitled Outside. The album presents an intriguing collection of blissfully gentle and atmospheric songs. Highlights include Edge Of Night, which takes a sizeable … Continue reading

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KGB Lawyer Announces Debut Album On Goodluckbadluck Label

September’s edition of the sessions podcast featured a new track by KGB Lawyer, titled Old Berlin… KGB Lawyer is a new project from singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Christopher Matule, the mastermind behind numerous music projects, including Badmammal, The Gimps, and Suicider. … Continue reading

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Karen Cinema releases debut album Into The Moon

Into The Moon is the debut album by London based singer-songwriter Karen Cinema. This is an album swamped in atmosphere and tension, amidst lush melodies and textures, topped off by Karen’s excellent vocal harmonies. The opening song Drifting sounds like a modern-day … Continue reading

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Commix Recall To Mind Tracklisting Confirmed

Many moons ago, before man discovered fire, and before the dinosaurs were wiped out…..erm, ok so probably not that long ago, but I’d say at least 2-3 years ago, some remixes of various tracks from the superb Commix album, Call … Continue reading

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Favourite Records of 2009

1. Floating Points – Love Me Like This – R2 Records I’m racking my brains trying to remember how I came across Floating Points, but I just can’t really remember. It may well have been on Gilles Peterson’s excellent Radio … Continue reading

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Blu Mar Ten – Natural History Album

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” -Charles Darwin Few musical acts can lay claim to such dynamic evolution as Blu Mar … Continue reading

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Fanu – Homefree – Lightless Recordings

“Homefree” is, technically, the third long player from prolific producer Fanu aka Janne Hatula, Finland’s biggest drum & bass star. The first was “Focused Mind” under his now defunct Fanu Samurai monikor, which was eventually re-packaged as monster double-pack called … Continue reading

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Next Blu Mar Ten Album Title Announced

The title of the third album from Blu Mar Ten was announced this morning as “Natural History”. The title was announced earlier today by one of the members of the trio, together with some very nice, contemporary artwork courtesy of ithinkitsnice, who … Continue reading

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Music I have purchased recently

There’s simply so much great music around right now, and I have been snapping it all up: here’s a quick summary of records & cd’s I’ve bought in the past few weeks: Instra:Mental – Sepia Tones EP Translucent is destined … Continue reading

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