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7 Hertz
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Axiotronic
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BJNilsen & Z'ev
John Callaghan
Cousin Lou
Dif:use
Disrupt
Domink Eulberg
Donna Regina
Eedl
Erstlaub
FF Burning & BC Motel
Fibla
Figurines
Fond Of Tigers
Freescha
Brian Grainger
Inhabitants
Klimek
Liquid Stranger
Low Res
Mlle Caro & Franck Garcia
Northern
Adam Pacione
Part Timer
Steve Peters
Phreakon
Pig & Dan
Pinch
Rechenzentrum
Sebastien Roux
Sciajno & English
The Seasons
Slow Dancing Society
Steinbrüchel
Talvekoidik
Translations
Ulver
Uusitalo
Tony Wilson 6Tet
Wilson/Lee/Bentley

Compilations/Mixes
15 Exitos Grandes
Steve Lawler
Pole
Sven Väth

3"/ 7"/ 10"/ 12"/ EPs
Ada
Alland Byallo
Formication
Tim Hecker
Hybernation
Karoshi Bros
Lilienweiss
Move D
Tor Lundvall
Shreber Harber Mole FW
Sun Electric
Amon Tobin
Gez Varley

Ada: Fizzmann
Areal

Ada's latest 12-inch single is much like a 45 rpm single of old: there are two songs only and the pair weighs in at a blink-and-you'll-miss-it fourteen minutes. Even so, “Fizzmann” and “Barren Space” thoroughly whet one's appetite for what ones hopes will be a larger offering to come. “Fizzmann” swings and struts feverishly while syncopated chords and keyboard sprinkles surge forward relentlessly and ticking beats swish and skip. Slapped silly by handclaps and chaperoned by ringing ride cymbals, the slinky techno mover “Barren Space” writhes determinedly while trying to wrest free of an acid straitjacket. Ada clearly specializes in classy art-techno for the next century.

January 2008