Posts By James Farrell
Cooly G – Playin’ Me
Cooly G – Playin’ Me Hyperdub: 2012 There’s an interesting trend in the outlying elements of the dubstep fringe, exemplified by the likes of Darkstar and Hyetal, wherein an artist that has stamped their distinct signature sound onto the scene…
Peaking Lights – Lucifer
Peaking Lights - Lucifer Mexican Summer: 2012 In short this album is excellent for what it is and what it represents. That might seem like a bit of a noncommittal statement and that’s because that’s exactly what it is. You will…
Lorn – Ask The Dust
Lorn - Ask The Dust Ninja Tune: 2012 On first impression alone Ask the Dust didn’t necessarily strike me as a huge leap forward for Lorn. I wasn’t exactly disappointed, but considering that the Ninja Tune press release said that this…
Tomas Barford – Salton Sea
Tomas Barford – Salton Sea Friends of Friends: 2012 Here’s the thing, I dislike house music. Not intensely, nor with the ideological zeal of my Drum and Bass fueled younger days, but sufficiently that when that plodding, metronomic beat winds up I…
Lone – Galaxy Garden
Lone – Galaxy Garden R&S: 2012 After he rose to pre-eminence with 2008’s Lemurian I was all about Lone for a while. It had those smudged-pastel BoC synths, that same-seaside holiday, nostalgic appeal of fellow countryman Bibio and enough wonky…
