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The Nite Owl Diner #1
★★★ Alex Burkat first appeared on our radar last year with a release on Mister Saturday Night, and here he teams up with Chrissy Murderbot, under new alias Chris E Pants, for the first single on their...
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6th Borough Project – Borough 2 Borough
★★★★ Everything about 6th Borough Project’s long-awaited follow-up to their debut LP is refreshingly low-key. Coming from two accomplished producers in their own right – The Revenge and Craig Smith –...
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Gerry Read – Shrubby
★★★ Given the inaccessibility of much of his music, Gerry Read is refreshingly unpretentious. He is particularly open about his threadbare production technique, and confesses it only take him an hour...
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Simba – Phase Seq One
★★★★ Laced with jazz samples and dusty surfaces, Simba’s brand of house music is clearly indebted to Moodymann’s smokey Detroit style. His sample-heavy ‘Three Kays’, released on Stripped & Chewed...
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E Versions #1
★★★★ Mark E’s Merc imprint has been home to a slew of secret weapons over the years from the Birmingham-based producer himself as well as the likes of Chicago Damn and the little-known Edward....
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Black Light Smoke – Firefly
★★★ The latest EP from Black Light Smoke – Firefly – lands on Brooklyn-based label Scissor & Thread. The NYC-based artist is best known for a gritty sort of analogue house – namely the rumble and...
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Motor City Drum Ensemble – Raw Cuts Remixes
★★★★ The heavily-hyped Raw Cuts Remixes arrive with a slight but somewhat inevitable feeling of deflation on first listen. Yes Marcellus Pittman, Mike Huckaby and Recloose (an achingly tasteful lineup)...
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Lord Of The Isles – Greane / Gigha
★★★ Lord Of The Isles continues to churn out quality music at a prolific rate. Here the Scotsman lays down two lengthy tracks on Phonica, each a cosmic disco epic in its own right. ‘Greane’ starts with...
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Dorisburg – Trust
★★★★★ Clued-up Swedish imprint Aniara continues its strong run of late (standout releases coming by way of Genius of Time and Henrik Bergqvist last year). And Dorsiburg aka Alexander Berg – one half of...
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Norm de Plume – Ohio Replayed
★★★★ A long time coming, Norm de Plume’s follow up to the first release on his Plumage vinyl-only imprint arrives three years later. But it’s worth the wait. Two disco edits work that typical Norm de...
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