Reviews by MBP, BBC Radio1, and Resident Advisor

Pfirter - Monad IV

Juan Pablo Pfirter's music can get ridiculously over-the-top, so he was an interesting choice for Stroboscopic Artefacts, an imp..

Jeff Mills in Glasgow at Sub Club

Glasgow really isn't used to seeing Jeff Mills in circumstances as intimate as these. But then, nobody is: This live/DJ show at..

Lost Trax - Lost Trax 2

Dance Music Reviews - by Resident Advisor - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 23:00
Some time before the current glut of anonymous vinyl 12-inch—2006 to be exact—a release simply called Lost Trax..

bvdub - The Art Of Dying Alone

Dance Music Reviews - by Resident Advisor - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 19:15
What separates bvdub's work from many other producers working in the same field is that something feels like it's on the line. T..

Frozen Border - 05

Dance Music Reviews - by Resident Advisor - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 17:00
The fifth release on the anonymous Frozen Border series isn't a radical departure from previous instalments. However, it does su..

Juju & Jordash - Tattoo's Island

Dance Music Reviews - by Resident Advisor - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 11:00
Listening to records by Juju & Jordash, the term "dance music" doesn't really spring to mind. The tempo might fit the mold (if a..

Various Artists - +91 Ahead Session 4

Dance Music Reviews - by Resident Advisor - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 05:00
What makes a genre workout worth hearing? When someone expends the effort to make it a little bit more. Quarion's +91 Ahead sess..

DSI Mopho Keyboard

Dance Music Reviews - by Resident Advisor - Wed, 07/28/2010 - 02:00
Dave Smith has been as central to the development of high-quality analog synthesizers as anybody else in the industry's proud hi..

Headhunter and Orphan 101 - Hocus Pocus EP

Dance Music Reviews - by Resident Advisor - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 23:00
Even considering the tendency for Bristol producers to start labels and collaborate in seemingly endless new combinations, it mu..

Melt Festival 2010

Dance Music Reviews - by Resident Advisor - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 22:00
We all know how much people love to knock sacred cows, and boy does Berlin have its fair share of bovines and bitching. From the..

Urban Tribe - Urban Tribe

Dance Music Reviews - by Resident Advisor - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 19:00
If Sherard Ingram were interested in making money, he might call this record Urban Tribe feat. Carl Craig, Moodymann and Anthony..

PVT - Church With No Magic

Dance Music Reviews - by BBC - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 18:00
The reincarnated Australians improve upon past form with this third collection.

DJG - Hydrate

Dance Music Reviews - by Resident Advisor - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 17:00
By no means the biggest or best know of drum & bass's deeper outlets (Soul:r, Critical and label-of-the-moment NonPlus+ are just..

Dario Zenker - Insirer

Dance Music Reviews - by Resident Advisor - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 11:00
The latest release on Peter Van Hoesen's label welcomes a new producer to the roster, while also reminding the listener of the i..

Sascha Funke vs. Nina Kraviz - Moses

Dance Music Reviews - by Resident Advisor - Tue, 07/27/2010 - 05:00
Everybody wants to work with Nina Kraviz these days. And why not? The young Russian's distinct voice and production style has a..

Milton Bradley - Point of No Return

Dance Music Reviews - by Resident Advisor - Mon, 07/26/2010 - 23:00
"Point of No Return" is a record made expressly to make you wig out. There's really no other explanation for the patient, forebo..

Pitchfork Festival 2010

Dance Music Reviews - by Resident Advisor - Mon, 07/26/2010 - 22:00
If there is a better location for viewing the amusing juxtaposition of indie kids, just off from work professionals and aging hi..

Actress - Splazsh

Dance Music Reviews - by Resident Advisor - Mon, 07/26/2010 - 19:00
I just got tired after a while, thinking up more words to put in the "genre" box for Actress' Splazsh. Dubstep. House. Tech..

Actress - Splazsh

Dance Music Reviews - by Resident Advisor - Mon, 07/26/2010 - 19:00
I just got tired after a while, thinking up more words to put in the "genre" box for Actress' Splazsh. Dubstep. House. Tech..

Al Tourettes - When I Rest I Rust

Dance Music Reviews - by Resident Advisor - Mon, 07/26/2010 - 17:00
If a recent remix for Ostgut Ton, freshly pressed Aus Music wares and a spate of international bookings are anything to go by, B..

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