Sound Revolt - Reviews

Alex Smoke - Lux

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:38:18 +0100

Label: Hum+Haw
Release date: February 22nd, 2010
Sounds like: techno, experimental
Rating: 7/10
Quote: The cuts in ‘Lux’ stay within the thin boundary line between generic over-edited beats and genuinely well-considered rhythmic constructions, which ultimately give a compelling ambivalence to the album.

Slacker - Start a New Life

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:06:47 +0100

Label: GodLike & Electric
Release date: February 23rd, 2010
Sounds like: downtempo
Rating: 10/10
Quote: It’s more a Future Sound of London kind of thing but definitely not derivative. Being away from the industry, Slacker managed to make music that stands out in almost every way from what we can currently find in record stores.

Toktok - Bullet in the Head

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:19:39 +0100

Label: Toktok Records
Release date: January 29th, 2010
Sounds like: rave, techno, breakbeat
Rating: 8/10
Quote: If someone was to give you some sound equipment, a day pass ticket to the circus and a stick of candyfloss laced with acid, and told you to go and record an LP, your end product would probably sound exactly like the fourth studio album from Berlin duo Toktok.

Yard - DFPRMX

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:44:05 +0100

Label: Yard Rec
Release date: January 12th, 2010
Sounds like: techno
Rating: 7/10
Quote: ‘DFPRMX’ is a moody, IDM-influenced techno creation, with each remix adding a slightly different component to the construction of the album.

Ellen Allien - Watergate 05

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:30:09 +0100

Label: Bpitch Control
Release date: February 1st, 2010
Sounds like: techno, microhouse
Rating: 8/10
Quote: It is the mix of Watergate, so one should bear in mind it ought to resemble whatever happens behind the walls of this Berlin institution when Ellen Allien is in charge.

Sarah Goldfarb & Jhk - Heartbeat City

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:56:44 +0100

Label: Treibstoff
Release date: January 18th, 2010
Sounds like: tech-house
Rating: 8/10
Quote: Luccini has this special gift of intuition which is reserved only for the chosen few and he shows it in every track on this album. Walking through 'Heartbeat City' is like a communion with a huge spectrum of sounds.