Having established himself as a first-rate producer on Shri Durga and Krishna Lila, Cheb I Sabbah returns to his first love DJing. The Alg...
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Ennio Morricone Remixes Volume 1 Published Jan 01, 2006In his heyday, Ennio Morricone had his pulse on then-modern sounds, rhythms and technology of his time much in the same way that todays DJ-...
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African Head Charge Shrunken Head Published Jan 01, 2006With the majority of their work preceding the age of the remix, African Head Charge bring world and electronic music together with a sense o...
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Mr. Velcro Fastener/Various Present Deep:Inside Vol. Two Published Jan 01, 2006Electro is definitely an obsession for this Finnish duo (Tatu Peltonen and Tatu Metsätähti) but it has less to do with the synthetic clothes...
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New Deal Gone Gone Gone Published Jan 01, 2006Holding it down as the coolest jam-band on the planet is one thing, cutting tracks in the studio with minimal excesses is another. With Gone...
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Bugz in the Attic/Various Fabriclive. 12 Published Jan 01, 2006There are plenty of broken beat compilations out there, but very few that come DJ-mixed. The fact that this ones been sewn up by heavyweigh...
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Various Seashore Sessions Volume One Published Jan 01, 2006Broken-beat tends to be known for its experimental edge over house and techno, but lately a lot of it seems to sacrifice dance floor appeal....
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3 Generations Walking 3 Generations Walking Published Jan 01, 2006Like most records on Spiritual Life, 3 Generations Walking is less deep house than deep fusion. It un/consciously blends garage, dub, jazz,...
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Karsh Kale Liberation Published Jan 01, 2006The first thing that hits you about Karsh Kales new album is that its both harder and softer than Realize or any of the other works the pr...
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Asian Dub Foundation The Enemy of the Enemy Published Jan 01, 2006Asian Dub Foundation have always had an unparalleled reputation for their masterful mix of music and politics. Unfortunately, they may have...
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Ramasutra El Pipo Del Taxi EP Published Jan 01, 2006Its hard to take Ramachandra Borcar (aka Ramasutra) seriously. On one hand, hes one of the few young South Asians in this country taking c...
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Moodyman Silence In The Silent Secret Garden Published Jan 01, 2006The latest Moodymann disc opens with a two-and-a-half minute orchestration of deconstructed jazz drums, a jerky clavinet line and synth-stri...
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Various The Music of Bollywood Published Jan 01, 2006The Music of Bollywood isnt the first compilation to introduce Indian soundtrack culture to non-Hindi ears, but it is the most comprehensiv...
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Various The Fire This Time Published Jan 01, 2006Not to be confused with the political dub project of Afro-Indian producer Patrick Andrade, The Fire This Time is a 73-minute audio-essay on...
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Roni Size Is Expressive and Aggressive Published Jan 01, 2006Three years after turning the world on to their distinctive combination of sharp melodies and breakbeat assault, Reprazent's concept remains...
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Kid Koala The Player Published Jan 01, 2006Every DJ has their signature sound. Grandwizard Theodore made his by "scratching" a record back and forth.Cash Money found a way to rhythmic...
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A Guy Called Gerald Says Shut Up and Dance Published Jan 01, 2006Drum & bass is dead. Sure, it still gets played at raves, but it no longer has the vital force of what it had five years ago when many of u...
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Better Luck Tomorrow Justin Lin Published Jan 01, 2006Better Luck Tomorrow revolves around Ben Manibag (Perry Shen), a suburban, Asian-American obsessed with getting straight As, overbooking his...
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Joaquin "Joe" Claussell / Los Tambores Bata de Carlos Gomez Love NYC, New York City NY - April 3, 2005 Published May 01, 2005There are few events that embrace the musical eclecticism and spirituality many of us witnessed at New York's Body & Soul before it closed d...
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John Tejada Logic Memory Center Published Feb 01, 2005Theres something distinctively "laptop about the tracks on Logic Memory Center. The hi-hats are really compressed, the bass kicks with a c...