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BassGit has written the following articles:
Matti Bye - Bethanien
While Bethanien’s musty piano formula doesn’t change, Matti Bye’s moods do, allowing for some flashes of excitement when he cuts loose behind the keys.»
Death Grips - Government Plates
As paranoid as The Money Store and with a little of Deep Web’s commercial bite, Government Plates could easily be marketed as the envelope-pushing comeback Death Grips' fans and managers had hoped for.»
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi (2013 remaster)
Now on 140g black vinyl recut by Noel Summerville and with the Protect & Survive artwork etched on the last side in place of the listed track, Geogaddi 2013 is a tempting investment - but is it worth the £19 Warp want out of your wallet?»
Jim Bob - What I Think About When I Think About You
Adorably grumpy and riding a big zigzag of guitars, it’s like Victor Meldrew putting on ripped jeans.»
Hejira - Prayer Before Birth
Too often Herija seem a little too lofty, and unsure of who their crowd is: jamming philosophy students, or people who think Meanwhile Back In Communist Russia weren’t cryptic enough.»
DJ Rashad - Double Cup
Once Double Cup clicks you’ll get an endorphin high every drug in downtown Chicago couldn’t match.»
Miracle - Mercury
You’d be hard pushed to find a better Eighties album this year.»
Arovane - Ve Palor
Anyone who’s been watching the horizon since Arovane rode over it will love Ve Palor»
College - Heritage
Less of a soundtrack album and more a French disco LP stripped of vocals.»
Plinth - Music for Smalls Lighthouse
Up there with Jon Brooks’ Shapwick for its balance of the macabre and the cosy.»
John Murphy - Strobe
Expanding John Murphy's most famous cut to a blistering seven minutes and backing it with atmospheric trip-hop.»
John Wizards - John Wizards
If the sign of a good LP is no standout tracks then John Wizards is certifiably brilliant, a collage of brightly-coloured chamber pop where modern synths get a look-in too.»
Flash Pan Hunter - Quick Way to Enemy
You won’t find a more irresistible beatnik album in southeast England today.»
TG Mauss - Dear Stranger
Despite an obtuse, arty exterior which will provoke dismissal from some, Dear Stranger is a success if TG Mauss’ objective was to write stuff with wider appeal.»
Walton - Beyond
Twenty-two-year-old Walton's Beyond is a nuanced, well-rounded debut, indistinguishable in quality from the more established artists on Hyperdub.»
µ-Ziq - Chewed Corners
While it might not be as iconic as the records it admires, Chewed Corners is an invigorating return for the Planet Mu head honcho.»
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
Tomorrow’s Harvest very quickly shows everyone who’s tried to ape Boards of Canada what they’ve got wrong.»
Riding the Low - What Happened To The Get To Know Ya?
With enough tunes to fill a disco floor and full of slice-of-life observations, What Happened to the Get To Know Ya? is a hearty surprise of an album.»
Laurel Halo - Behind the Green Door
Shows that Hyperdub and Laurel Halo can move into new areas.»
The Focus Group - The Elektrik Karousel
Want to convince a friend you’ve just spiked them with four tabs of LSD? Lower the lights and discretely press play. They’ll be clucking by track three.»
The D.O.T. - Diary
Diary shows Mike Skinner can try something new without compromising the work ethic he so quickly established: be yourself.»
Karl Hyde - Edgeland
Without doubt one of the strongest records the Romford wordsmith has been involved with for years.»
Khing Kang King - IAO
It confirms Sullen Tone as one of London's most pioneering labels, committed to pushing the barriers of bass music.»
Halasan Bazar - Space Junk
Whatever Halasan Bazar’s intentions with Space Junk were, the end result keeps wavering.»
Tomorrow's World - Tomorrow's World
Tomorrow's World make emotional, Radio 2-ready electronic pop with enough letting go of the handrail to remind you they’re onto something original.»
Various - Trance OST
The guest tracks here show off Danny Boyle’s eclectic vision, and as usual, Rick Smith answers it in style.»
Heterotic - Love & Devotion
Conceived in bed and written on Logic software, there’s a intimacy to Love & Devotion, which is more Radio 2 orientated than other Mu fare.»
Jon Brooks - Shapwick
These are precisely the kind of tunes you want fizzing in your ears if you’re walking through dark countryside.»
Applescal - Dreaming in Key
Despite its unevenness, Dreaming in Key understands its audience and the moods they’ll go through on the dance floor, and should help carry any jaw-grinding raver from the club to the night bus and to bed.»
Adam Green, Binki Shapiro - Adam Green & Binki Shapiro
Like Arab Strap with bellbottoms and flower necklaces in place of the drum machine, Binki Shapiro and Adam Green are a match made in heaven who explore every corner of romantic hell.»