http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd 365Mag International Music Magazine - Music Reviews - Album/CD (mucd) - 365Mag International Music Magazine - 365Mag is the leading e-zine devoted to international music and clubbing giving you up to date news on clubs, events, artists, gear, dj and music releases from all over the world. en-gb Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:08:50 +0100 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:08:50 +0100 Copyright: (C) 365Mag International Music Magazine. See http://www.365mag.com/?pg=contact for terms and conditions. http://www.365mag.com/?pg=contact Ajos1 P20070307.5 info@365mag.com ajos1@onion.demon.co.uk 20 http://www.365mag.com/images/website/365mag_rss_61x11.gif http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd For as long as I can remember, Renaissance have been driving the Dance Compilation market with exceptional, quality productions and this latest offering is no exception. The Master Series with Hernan Cattaneo - Parallel propels the compilation market to a whole new level. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3193 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3193 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:14:13 +0100 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD Following on from a successful 2009 in which the first Future Disco compilation was named iTunes Dance Album of the Year, Future Disco are back with their third installment in the series entitled City Heat. Since that initial critically acclaimed release, things really have gone boom with a subsequent second album released to mass approval and a radio show to boot. Furthermore, Future Disco have been flying their disco wings worldwide starting with an exclusive residency at London's Ministry of Sound. The wings have now spread further afield with residencies in Holland, Denmark, Dubai, Singapore and the clubbing mecca that is Ibiza, with a residency at Carl Cox's night at Space. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3190 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3190 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:40:52 +0100 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD In all my years of listening to music, I have purchased many a CD or album specifically for only one or two songs. "Thank you, Jes," for compiling so many great tracks on your albums that allow us to listen to these perfectly mastered compilations without interruption! Metallica, Pearl Jam, Sade, Bjoerk, U2, The Police, Sheryl Crow, The Cure, Prince, Tieesto, David Guetta, Grateful Dead, Tom Petty, and Michael Jackson are just a few artists that come to mind, who no doubt, have the skill to do the same. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3187 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3187 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:33:39 +0100 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD We've had a special place in our hearts for Grovesnor (aka Rob Smoughton, formerly a drummer with Hot Chip) since we heard his track, Nitemoves, opening the Hot Chip DJ Kicks mix back in 2007. And now he's finally got an album together. Good things, it would seem, really do take time http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3181 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3181 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:24:56 +0100 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD Seattle may (still) be better known to music fans as the home of grunge, but one listen to Pezzner's debut album will make you forget all about Kurt Cobain et al. and have your head nodding and your feet tapping before you know it. Original house music with an organic flavour - another good one from the Freerange camp. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3180 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3180 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:37:13 +0100 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD Sounds From The Ground are Nick Woolfson and Elliot Morgan Jones, two survivors from the mid 90s trip-hop scene that made what Melody Maker (remember that?) called 'one of the first sex ambient cuts'. And while Melody Maker might have been generalising just a tad, Sounds From The Ground (S.F.T.G) are definitely an act that's ripe for a revival, which is why 365mag was so happy to get their re-mastered album, Kin, in the mail. Ah, postie, if you only knew what you missed http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3178 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3178 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:12:51 +0100 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD Sharam Jey is one of the globe's most prominent producers in the field of electro house. The Cologne-based producer is best known for his impressive floor-fillers with a commercial twists, coated in a poppy format. In My Blood is the follow-up of Sharam's first album 4 Da Loverz, and furtherly explores the borders of electro house. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3175 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3175 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:57:38 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD Hunter Complex is the moniker under which Dutchman Lars Meijer has been making music for the past few years. His music has strong references to the eighties when Italo disco, synthpop and new wave ruled the airwaves. Although a bit more electro based, Hunter Complex can be described as a mix between 80s icons such as Neon Neon and a diet version of The Human League, while also incorporating Kraftwerkian and M83 elements. Retrofuturistic so to say http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3173 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3173 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:22:57 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD Multi-talent Rodux is about to drop his debut EP on the Thoughtless label after having been featured prominently on the label's Thoughtless Time V.3 compilation. The Iron Fan EP serves up a batch of fresh crossover gems ranging from smooth tribal minimalism to melodic progressive and funky tech house. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3172 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3172 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:11:20 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD After last year's landmark Balance mix from producer Joris Voorn, the question on many minds has been how it would effect dance music and what ways would its influence be felt? The new album Niwa from Swiss producer Raphael Ripperton is perhaps the first full length from the post-Voorn era that tries to answer this question. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3171 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3171 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:41:49 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD Multi-talent and producer extraordinaire Brian Transeau, better known as BT, drops his brand new 2xCD album on Tieesto's Black Hole Recordings. These Hopeful Machines is the follow up of the still brilliant This Binary Universe (2006), and is again stunning evidence of BT's impressive, complex production techniques and songwriting skills. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3170 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3170 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:09:27 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD On her contribution to the Watergate club's mix series, Ellen Allien proves that after-hours techno doesn't have to be murky, bare-chested, and dark to gain acceptance. Wasn't it James Brown that once said this was a man's world and it wouldn't be a damn thing without a woman? http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3168 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3168 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD The past few editions in the hailed Fabric and Fabric Live series have been subject to musical experiment. Selected artists such as Martyn, Magda, and Buraka Som Sistema all proved to both be able to come up with a fantastic mix, as well as having great knowledge in merging numerous genres into one eclectic blend of pure musical delight. Then again, the label has always been on the fore front of forward thinking, genre-crossing music, a fact that is emphasized on Fabric.Live 50. Taking care of business on this one are former Bad Company member D-Bridge and Instra:mental. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3163 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3163 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:17:36 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD Iceland's super funky King of the Chill Simon Latham brings us some serious lounge style tronic with his release of Watertight on his very own Airport Route Recordings. The opening grabs a hold of you with its catchy beat. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3155 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3155 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:15:03 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD In this era of hybridized electronic music and genre revivals, more and more artists and record labels are jumping on the disco bandwagon. After the previous decade being overrun by 80s-inspired electro nonsense and the inevitable eye-liner, shoulder pads and shallow artists with A Flock Of Seagull haircuts, it is now disco that is ruling the airwaves again. Er... nu-disco, that is. Anyway, time to dig up those platform shoes and pilot sunglasses as Hed Kandi is about to release a 2xCD compilation aptly titled The Future Sound Of Disco. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3154 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3154 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:53:18 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD Noted German house imprint Mobilee returns with its fourth Back To Back compilation, this time led by one of the label's newer signings And.id. Here he weaves a standard mix of the label's latest singles on one disk and that gets creative on the second-hauling in his B.A.N.D. and reworking six originals into the kinds of live jazz and broken beat spectacles not usually found on a house/techno comp. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3148 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3148 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD Northern California based producer Limacon (real name Christopher Lee) is no stranger to the global minimal community. His tunes have been released through respected labels such as German minimal institution Poker Flat, Resopal and Auralism, eventually ending up on quite a few compilations too. The Thoughtless label now brings us the man's debut album. on which Chris showcases his broad taste and impressive music production skills. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3150 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3150 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:38:59 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD After all of the speculation surrounding who would be chosen to mix the illustrious 50th installment of the Fabric series, there was never much doubt that it could be anyone but dance music's man of the moment - 3024 label chief Martyn Deykers aka Martyn. The Dutch producer/DJ gained superstar status in 2009 with a studied mix of dubstep, breaks, and techno that dared to go further and explore more than any other artist regardless of genre. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3149 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3149 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:24:16 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD If one sound were to be called 21st century electronic world music, it would definitely be Kuduro, a hyper energetic clash of genres that has been invading clubs since, roughly, the mid-00's. Kuduro came to life as a cultural exchange between Portugal and former Portuguese colony Angola, where kids tried to make techno music using old equipment. The result: a sizzling mish-mash of Baltimore, techno, off-beat house, dubstep and grime that already saw artists like Sinden, Diplo and M.I.A. embracing its unique features. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3144 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3144 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:11:46 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD Irish beat merchant Diarmaid O'Meara drops one of the hardest, Frankie Bones inspired techno full lengths of the year with his debut album Structured Noise. What's surprising is that he manages to keep things interesting for almost the entire course despite the blitzkrieg cum ADHD approach, http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3140 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3140 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:51:28 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD The Balance series, we love 'em. But then again, who doesn't? Every single instalment thus far has had a massive impact on the scene due to the simply brilliant artists of choice, and this has resulted in the releases being among the most popular compilations in house music. Ever. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3138 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3138 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD It's always good to see one of dance music's heroes return to the fold - and that's just what Phil Hartnoll has done here, with his new project, Long Range. Here the Long Range beat collective give us three chunky tracks to get our teeth into, all of which should leave you happy that Phil's had time to make them, despite Orbital reforming earlier this year. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3137 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3137 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:37:48 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD The recently established Narrominded label is rapidly making a name for itself in the field of leftfield electronics. The Dutch label has been releasing a couple of LPs and albums that vary from breakcore to smooth ambient, plus a few special projects such as the Retro Retry series. The second instalment sees a batch of underground artists covering Brian Eno's 1975 album Another Green World. Eclecticism, in a truly underground manner, is what it's all about. Tasty. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3134 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3134 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:15:44 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD Markus Schulz, King of Trance, should require little to no introduction. This world renowned DJ has been banging out superb trance tunes and remixes since the early 1990's. Founder of Coldharbour Recordings, Markus is a man high in demand. Having headlined at some of the worlds biggest clubs and events through his career, this smashing Best Of 2009 collection offers us something completely different, something quite simply, unique.... http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3132 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3132 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:03:23 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD Well, it's all in the name, isn't it? Peter Hook shows off his new DJ skills by collecting together a series of early acid house trax, all of which were very important on the dance-floor of the Hacienda. It's big, it's loud, it's messy and there are even some of Hooky's own productions included here too, under his Man Ray alias. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3130 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3130 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:03:27 +0000 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD Do you like 707 drums and 303 Synths? The Snuff Crew do, with a passion. Turning in an album of old analogue drum led moody acid jack tracks, as much influenced by the early Euro sound as by Chicago, the mysterious Snuff Crew are very similar to fellow DJ Gigolos Kikumoto Allstars, although with a darker edge. Known to their mums as Eins and Zwei, the two piece have had a handful of single releases on labels like Playhouse and of course Gigolo, which released the excellent opener Berghain as a single earlier in the year. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3128 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3128 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:52:48 +0100 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD True pioneers on the house music scene, Renaissance released the worlds first critically acclaimed dance music mix, The Mix Collection, way back in 1994, a triple CD compilation put together by resident DJs Sasha and John Digweed. The club-cum-label has since become synonymous with the cream of the crop, only working with the worlds elite DJs. M.A.N.D.Y. now join the ranks and present the 5th Mix Collection of the series. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3127 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3127 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0100 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD Breaking the silence Volume one by Andy Moor is a two disc set that is jam packed with top notch progressive trance. Moor displays his ever increasing star power with smooth transitions and meaningful content. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3126 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3126 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:42:02 +0100 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD Globetrotting DJ/producer and co-owner of the respected Highgrade label Todd Bodine is about to present his latest artist album Forms on which he continues to explore the grey area between minimal house and techno. And we can't say nothing but his hard work, dedication, and constant touring definitely resulted in another damn fine piece of work... http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3124 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3124 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:28:51 +0100 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD Christian Smith is probably best known for his funky festival techno style, but has also shown flashes of progressive melodies in the past on his many collaborations with John Selway. His latest mix, Platform may catch some listeners by surprise as he launches a new series for Renaissance that pays homage to the Detroit sound and finds him branching out in directions. http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3122 http://www.365mag.com/index.php?pg=mucd&recnum=3122 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:00:00 +0100 365Mag Music Reviews - Album/CD