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The Freaks Deepgroove & Jamie Anderson
Best Of Times 13 Machines Hindzy D Punx Soundcheck Ceephax Acid Crew
Music For Freaks Harthouse More Bass, More From The Roots United Acid Emirates
Speakers Hottwerk Records Planet Mu
Barking mad Computer says ‘Yes!’ Dub Injektion
Rock to fi lthy beats Measured madness
You can clearly trace their genes right back Having added ex-Jesse Rose collaborator, Back-to-’07 dubstep
to Chicago disco, New York house and Detroit Jamie Anderson, to both their recent studio With the volume dial set to Brother of Squarepusher,
techno, but there also seems to be a bit of The output — gracing heavyweights Klang Anyone missing the days an unrelenting 11, ‘From the Andy Jenkinson aka CAC is a
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band in The Freaks’ DNA. Elektronik, Rekids and Cocoon in the process when dubstep actually Roots’ journeys through the true anarchist of analogue
They were never as overtly wacky as Sir Viv — and their spectacular 4Decks:FX shows, sounded like dub should ex-Natural Born Chillers’ electronica — generally
Stanshall and his merry men, but there was Deepgroove have come a long way since give this tracky set from infl uences. Throwing rave, creating haphazard, 303-
certainly an element of the great British winning Best Breakthrough DJs in 2007‘s Hindzy D a whirl, as it reggae and Justice-style stuffed collages of gabba
eccentric in the way Justin Harris and Luke inaugural Best Of British Awards. rewinds back to the era of noise-electro into the mix, frenzy and 8-bit barminess.
Solomon sandwiched a surreal sense of For their debut album, consisting of 13 veeerry slow and veeerry it’s a heavy dancefl oor af- But the presence of Italo
humour into tracks like ‘Turning Orange’ or immaculately-produced club tracks, you low. It’s shallow — some fair, tempered only by guest disco and synth-pop here
‘’90s Comeback’. almost smell the dry ice and feel the pulsing tracks are little more than a vocalists including Musical makes this his most acces-
Similarly, they seemed destined to remain a bass inside your chest. weird bass tone — but sorta Youth’s now grown-up Den- sible yet. Allan McGrath
cult concern with one minor hit — 2003’s ‘The Minimal techno given a bump up each fun. Joe Madden nis Seaton. Joe Roberts
Creeps’ — until this return from self-imposed nostril then dragged into the heaving heart
exile with ‘Best Of Times’. of the dancefl oor, it takes in pumped-up
Containing all the highlights of their fi rst powerhouses like ‘Screaming Trees’ and tech-
three albums, ‘Best Of Times’ also boasts houser ‘Bugs’, before swinging a wonky turn
some incredible new tunes like ‘Don’t Feed on ‘Asylum’ and ‘Psycho’. ‘Voix’, meanwhile,
The Bears’, which prove that The Freaks are echoes a prayer call from the East (end).
still some of the most unique producers in ‘13 Machines’ will continue their unstoppable
house. Paul Clarke ascent. Joe Roberts
Tudor Acid Sharam Jey Slacker
Merri Portland In My Blood Start A New Life
Tudor Beats King Kong Records Godlike & Electric
Acid casualty Anaemic Perfectly chilled rebirth
Tudor Acid knows his way Sharam Jey’s second album Disillusioned prog icon
around a 303 and on here sees him trying to pep up his Slacker (remember ‘Your
Bass Clef Ripperton merges gurgling acid lines electro-house with Princess Face’?) gets reborn as a
May The Bridges I Burn Light The Niwa with hardcore, Rephlex- Superstar, and the same chill-out artist after an
Way Green style breaks and futuristic widdly-diddly synthesised epiphany in Thailand. If that
Blank Tapes electro. However, he reaches guitar sound Daft Punk vaguely clichéd notion puts
Intricate Swiss design his true potential by depart- used on ‘Discovery’. On you off, don’t let it. Surpris-
Beauty and the bass ing from this script to drop the dancefl oor most of ‘In ingly accomplished and
Despite its huge underground dance scene, the neo-classical Aphex- My Blood’ would get those varied, this is a true Sunday
So many have tried, and failed, to combine Switzerland has never garnered the kind esque ‘Twilight’ and the hands in the air, at home afternoon treat for fans of
electronics with live instrumentation. of attention its neighbour Germany has for Detroit sounds of ‘Floodlit it elicits little more than a KLF’s ‘Chill Out’ LP and early
What makes dubstep producer Ralph Cum- electronic music. Buildings’. Richard Brophy shrug. Paul Clarke FSOL. Allan McGrath
bers, aka Bass Clef, any different? The answer But this really should change with the arrival
lies in his restraint and subtlety. Bringing a of Lausanne-based producer Ripperton’s
fresh Two Tone vision to his musical arena, debut album ‘Niwa’.
REPEATTHE LPS WE CAN’T LEAVE ALONE...
Cumbers adds a Specials-indebted gravitas to Like the project that fi rst announced his
his raw bass electroid barrages, playing live huge talent to the world, Lazy Fat People,
trombone and lacing it with an organic edge. Ripperton’s solo material is intricate soulful
Originally from Bristol, but now based in tech-house with some surprising infl uences
Hackney, he’s gained a cult following for his and elements in the mix. Delphic Jori Hulkonnen Four Tet
engaging live shows and last album, ‘A Smile On ‘At Peace’, he laces lush washes of techno Acolyte Man From Earth There Is Love In You
Is A Curve That Straightens Most Things’. melody with xylophone, Rhodes keys and Polydor Turbo Domino
But if that was expansive, his second record’s the euphonious tones of jazz singer Christina
scope is positively panoramic. Wheeler, building a dancefl oor groove before Acid house and rock ‘n’ roll At once anthemic, melan- Informed by early acid
Ranging from the majestic brass and tropical dropping down into a cello coda. combust on Delphic’s heady choly, deep and instant, house, electronica and what
Baile beats of ‘Hackney Lionheart’, to the ‘I Know My Place’ wouldn’t sound weird on explosion of shimmered the 10th LP from Finland’s appears to be a mild fl irta-
outlander bassline house of ‘Kiss Me’, all of a Thom Yorke record, while ‘Echocity’ tips a electro-pop, guitars and Hulkonnen is his best yet. tion with UK funky, this is
Cumber’s cuts have an emotional weight that wink to the Motor City masters with a bass- euphoric ’80s infl uences. joyously emotive stuff.
sets him apart from the pack. Ben Murphy heavy Derrick May groove. Ben Murphy
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