Duster – Stratosphere

Why Duster? Out of all the long-forgotten bands that have become casualties to the endless churning of time, why Duster? As old records go out of print and labels go into administration, why Duster? As band members find other occupations and equipment gets placed into storage or even sold, why Duster? All these years later, …

Cap’n Jazz – BIPFBSCITSABKKFTBPWSOESWTTO

Frenetic, Unabashed Youth. It’s often said that a musician or band is almost always at their peak creativity within the early days of their career, releasing a debut that will never be topped in terms of originality by their subsequent releases. With Cap’n Jazz (along with a whole lot of other emo bands to be …

Kool Keith – Sex Style

“Bisexuals on stage eating fruit loops” I'm torn with Sex Style, as I'm not sure if Keith's trying to parody the overly-sexualised 90's hip-hop scene, or if he's just extremely horny. Regardless, Sex Style is anything but the two seminal Keith projects that sandwich it, distancing itself in lyricism, production and vulgarity as Koolie slams passed …

Jeff Mills – Live at the Liquid Room, Tokyo

Although ironic to say, this live set of unadulterated Detroit techno is so humanesque. It’s not straight-down-the-middle, calculated or cold. It’s not uniform and not overtly chaotic. That doesn’t sound like techno at all does it? The first ten or so minutes of Segment I exemplifies this point as Mills cycles through vinyl spastically as …

Vangelis – Blade Runner

  Often imitated, never replica(n)ted Blade Runner is among my favourite films ever made. And so much of what makes Blade Runner great and allows it to continue to endure today as one of the greatest of its genre is its iconic, incredibly realised vision. To anyone that has seen or even heard of Blade Runner …

My Bloody Valentine – Loveless

Taking a Hot Shower on a Cold Winter's Night I once saw someone describe listening to this phenomenal record as the same as ‘taking a hot shower in the middle of a cold winters night.’ In essence, I felt that this short and profound statement truly summed up the content of this album in a …