Review of Pianodancer by Makrolon on Emona Recordings
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009Ebony And Ivory
I hope you like keyboards. If you have ever built a tune from loops and samples, you could play this piano sample a thousand times and never dream of putting it to use in this way. When I first listened to the extract on the bd site, I thought this guy’s having a [...]
Review of She Takes My Breath Away by Casio Social Clib vs the Diogenes Club on Mullet Records
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009You Can Feel It In The Air
The time is totally right for a tune like this. Unashamedly lightweight, completely airy, it puts my in my mind of when synth pop first broke, with bands like Human League, Heaven 17 and Soft Cell. Don’t look for anything deep here, because it’s just not there. If you [...]
Review of Let There Be Dub by Aldubb on MK Zwo-Records
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009Dub Be Good To Me
Pure old school dubwise styling. One of my first loves in terms of dance music, and the fire still burns. In a way Let There Be Dub serves as a way in to Free Sensimilla Now, the album from which this track is drawn, a sampler if you like. For my [...]
Revew of Secret of Takyiman by Cosmic Mantis on felyr
Thursday, February 19th, 2009It’s a Secret No One Knows
One side for this bubbly dubber. Disco pick bass on a Clint Eastwood tip, Studio One style effects and spaced out traveler keys all wrapped up in kicking little beat package. There is a nice compelling edge to this track, most playable from poolside to dance floor, car stereo to [...]
EP – Salvinorin – Shiva Sadhana (NOD3EP003) 2008
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Node3 Records is proud to present its third EP, by Salvinorin from Brazil.
Shiva Sadhana transports you into a spiritual realization which can be either enlightenment, pure love of God (prema), liberation (moksha) from the cycle of birth and death (Samsara), or a particular goal such as the blessings of a deity as in the Bhakti traditions.
Review of ‘ The Persistence Of Memory’ by Softwasp.
Sunday, August 31st, 2008A breath of pure summertime, chilled out melancholia from long time Beats Digital contributor Softwasp. Mellow breakbeat tinged with pop overtones casually collides with with a an airy vocoder synth line and a memorable vocal sample. No need to go deep with this one, it’s about no more than what the music makes [...]