Articles
2009 Artists' Picks
Lymbyc Systym

Albums
Cory Allen
aus
The Bird Ensemble
Canaille
Catlin & Machinefabriek
Greg Davis
Loren Dent
Dirac
Drafted By Minotaurs
Flica
Sarah Goldfarb & JHK
Gown
John Hollenbeck
Viviane Houle
I/DEX
Akira Kosemura
Andrew McKenna Lee
Le Lendemain
LRAD
Lymbyc Systym
Melorman
Muskox
The Mercury Program
Nikasaya
Northerner
nörz
Noveller / Aidan Baker
Redshape
Marina Rosenfeld
Stripmall Architecture
Sturqen
Wes Willenbring
The Tony Wilson Sextet
Julia Wolfe
Peter Wright
Zelienople

Compilations / Mixes
Blackoperator
Glimpse Four:Twenty 03
Kod.eX
Portland Stories

EPs
Molnbär Av John
Tommi Bass & B.B.S.C.
Julian Beau
Colours-Volume 5
Dalot
Echologist
Simon James French
Geiom & Shortstuff
General Elektriks
Geskia
Ernest Gonzales
Gradient
Jacksonville
Joker
Ann Laplantine
Loko
Machinefabriek
Stefano Pilia
Damian Valles

Geiom & Shortstuff: No Hand Signals / Wardenclyffe
Planet Mu

Planet Mu continues its attempt at world domination with another steamy two-tracker, this one from Geoim and Shortstuff who manage to squeeze a wealth of innovation into a ten-minute running time. Sounding like it's playing at 78 rpm, “No Hand Signals” digs into a rollicking, hyperactive mix of tight, dubstep-rooted beat structures and agitated synth stabs that unspools frenetically without going out of control. Dizzying too is the flip's “Wardenclyffe,” which catalyzes a slightly slower and soca-influenced beat pattern into a bass-thrusting and synth-squiggling head-spinner. Best to pay attention ‘cos the Nottingham-based duo packs a pile of melodic heat into these tunes' too-fast rides.

January 2010