Electronic

Artist Kango’s Stein Masiv
Title Ting Like Te Mat
Label My Best Friend
Raiding a classic break embedded in my memory, but not the recollective part, drawn from Bambaata’s Death Mix Throwdown, the latest tiki-sleeved My Best Friend is easily our favourite release from the label so far. Neatly balancing the disco with the darkness, the topside just reeks of dark funk, congas to the fore and a deranged bassline swarm to fully update the feel to the ‘005. Congas sit organically next to a step in the right direction for My Best Friend. Big one.

Artist Jeff Keen
Title Noise Art
Label Trunk

Artist Kettel
Title Whisper Me Wishes
Label Clone
Kettel delivers another masterpiece! This is a brand new selection of earlier tracks and new recordings from Reimer Eising aka Kettel. Wisper me Wishes is a brilliant collection of tracks which could be categorized as modern electronica... However Kettel is taking things a couple steps further by producing almost classical music (using real instruments) combined with modern electronica. The result is nothing but stunning... emotional and original compositions which combine best of both worlds. Very much recommended

Artist Kid606
Title Die Soundboy Die
Label Tigerbeat
kId606 returns to the fray with "die soundboy die" nine original songs that devour and warp current musical trends like dubstep, bassline, ragga, techno and rave (both old and new!) in his very unique and original way

Artist Kid 606
Title Kill Sound Before
Label Ipecac

Artist Kieran Hebden (Fourtert) & Steve Reid
Title The Exchange Session vol. 2
Label Domino
Following on from Volume One, it’s time for the second act in Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid’s improvisation marathon - with the ’no edits, overdubs, re-records’ mantra holding firm. Further exploring the boundaries of digital/drum compositions, ’The Exchange Session Vol. 2’ is all about the way in which two talented blokes can mesh their given speciality into a cohesive whole, exploring unchartered avenues whilst avoiding leading the listener down a winding path of tedious wank.

Artist KIERAN HEBDEN, STEVE REID, MATTS GUSTAFSSON
Title Live At The South Bank
Label Smalltown Superjazz
“What’s happening here is a special relationship, like Miles and Coltrane, or Dizzy and Bird.” -Steve Reid

So spoke Steve Reid, veteran jazz drummer and percussionist, of the remarkable musical relationship he forged in the final years of his life with Kieran Hebden (Four Tet), the British electronic musician/producer young enough to be his grandson.

Even up to his death aged 66, in 2010, Reid continued to push himself outside his comfort zone in his duo with Kieran, which began in 2005 and led to four albums on the Domino label. Now, courtesy of Norwegian label Smalltown Superjazzz, comes the fifth and final instalment of the pair’s momentous synergy. The music on this double CD was recorded in concert on 20 June 2009 in the foyer of the Queen Elizabeth Hall at London’s Southbank Centre, as part of the Meltdown Festival curated by free jazz legend Ornette Coleman. For this marathon workout, Reid and Hebden were joined by Swedish power saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, whose fiery blowing style had inspired Kieran to seek out a drummer like Steve to work with in the first place.

Artist The Kilamanjaro Darkjazz Orchestra
Title The Kilamanjaro Darkjazz Orchestra
Label Planet Mu
More Planet-Mu crazyness, yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey. It’s dark,menacing, blunted ambient jazz that will make the hair onthe back of your neck stand up on end.
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Artist The Knife
Title Deep Cuts
Label Rabid
Includes three bonus tracks and Includes the song ’Heartbeats’ which Jose Gonzales has a big hit with after it got used on ’that advert with the bouncy balls’.....