Articles
2013 Top 10s & 20s
The Knells' The Knells
Spotlight 11

Albums
John Luther Adams
Arovane
Astro Sonic
Avatism
Cakewalk
Mark Cetilia
Ulises Conti
Stephen Cornford
Exercise One
Stavros Gasparatos
Huntsville
itsnotyouitsme
Rael Jones
Jubei
The Knells
Letna
Lord Echo
Selaxon Lutberg
Martin & Berg
Josh Mason
Mem1
Ron Morelli
Nuage
Oiseaux-Tempête
One Far West
Orange Yellow Red
Piano Interrupted
Oleg Poliakov
Recondite
Saffronkeira + Massa
Scarlet Youth
Shifted
Silencio
Burkhard Stangl
Talvihorros
Peter Van Hoesen
Vatican Shadow

Compilations / Mixes
EPM Selected Vol. 2
My Love For You Is Analog.
OFF To ADE 2013
Scope
Tempo Dreams Vol. 2
Transit 2

EPs / Cassettes / Singles
Dalot
Elika
Fighting Lion
Kyle Fosburgh
Fre4knc / Nuage
Rezo Glonti
Halvtrak
Ishan Sound
Jacksonville
Lullatone
Pennygiles & Phil Tangent
Dominic Petrie
Response
Sontag Shogun
Strategy
Thrash Pilot

Jacksonville: The Summer Thief / Monochrome Session
Doppler Records

Some things never change—which is sometimes a good thing, a case in point being Jacksonville's The Summer Thief. Like Leeds, UK-based producer Chris Lyth's previous Jacksonville releases on Doppler Records, the latest two-track single arrives with next to no clarifying information as well as an arresting animal-themed label illustration as a visual identity. A bit of time has passed between the new release and the three EPs he released in 2012—Sometime Shortwave, The Twilight Industries, and Views from Trains—but the Jacksonville house sound remains as fresh and pleasure-inducing as ever on the eighteen-minute single.

A svelte mid-tempo groover, the title cut slinks surreptitiously into view armed with a pulsating disco bass and silken synth swirls before an off-beat hi-hat pattern kicks the track into gear. The richly hued tune gradually broadens out, its synth-bass elements deepening and arrangement expanding to include snare strikes, trippy swirls, and voice accents so blurry and echo-drenched the words are rendered indecipherable. By comparison, the accompanying cut, “Monochrome Session,” seems to be more focused on the club floor in its raw funk-house feel. With a repetitive, three-note bass motif as an anchor, the tune slowly blossoms until it becomes a drifting panorama of synth smears, skipping snares, and scalpel-sharp hi-hats. Only one question remains: how long will it be until the next Jacksonville outing?

December 2013