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Artist Speaks: Rick Wade
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Albums
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Autistici
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Bersarin Quartett
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Carlos y Gaby
Lawrence English
Coniglio-Marzorati
Daedelus
Detritus
Dom Mino'
Yair Etziony
Evangelista
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Fluorescent Grey
Forestflies
Heribert Friedl
Glowstyx
Inlandsis
KiloWatts
Krill.minima
M.B + E.D.A.
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Alfredo Costa Monteiro
Németh
David Newlyn
orchestramaxfieldparrish
Pedro
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Jose Luis Redondo
The Retail Sectors
Robedoor
Scorn
Snöleoparden
Take
Taunus
Temposhark
Robert Scott Thompson
Asmus Tietchens
Z-arc

Compilations/Mixes
Back to Back Vol. 2
Favourite Places
Future Memories
Nothing Works As Planned
Twin Earth Atlantic

3"/ 7"/ 10"/ 12"/ EPs
Buzzin' Fly Vol 4 Remixes
Franco Cangelli
Cheju
Figurines
Pär Grindvik
Hugo
Gregg Kowalsky
Lerosa
Mico Nonet
Moldy (featuring Juakali)
Take
The Third Man
Andy Vaz

DVD
MONO

Franco Cangelli: Highway
Aesthetik Records

Franco Cangelli steps out with a sleek smattering of deep and soulful Detroit-styled techno on Aesthetik's sixth release. The sleek and lithe opener “Highway” grows incrementally by adding burbling chord accents to a stomping pulse and handclaps and, when the hi-hats kick in two minutes in, the effect is pure bliss. In the jittery techno-funk swing of “Things Coming Together,” rapid-fire electronic flares fire in all directions while bass tones snake their way through the open spaces. Reynold's stampeding remix of “Presumably So” achieves liftoff with a percolating electro bassline and surging chords propelling the relentlessly banging tune skywards. Cangelli's “Presumably So” original starts out as a slinky and slightly less raging creature than the one Reynold lassoes but it gradually picks up speed too until it eventually settles into funkily sashaying cruise mode. Four slices of high-quality techno-soul.

March 2008