Best of 2007 (Electronica)
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Berlin-based producer and DJ Sascha Ring, co-founder of the Shitkatapult label with Marco Haas, is better known under the pseudonym Apparat. Walls, his fifth full-length release, is his most access...read more
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Local boy William Basinski (well, local when he’s not down in Florida; how could he prefer Miami to Williamsburg?) has become so popular in recent years that his early material is now finally...read more
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The Boats are favorites of ours, and the British duo of Andrew Hargreaves and Craig Tattersall don’t disappoint, broadening their sonic palette considerably on their third album, Tomorrow Tim...read more
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The most critically acclaimed electronic record of 2007 actually lives up to its billing. Dubstep whiz Burial (no one really knows who this fellow is) has just released the perfect soundtrack to th...read more
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Ever wondered what goes on in underground Baltimore? Welcome to “Wham City,” the offbeat arts-collective/loft-show space that is home to the creative bearings of the uber-zany mix-maste...read more
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Forgoing the territory of glitch pop from his previous releases, Matthew Dear’s Asa Breed aims for a wider audience with a kind of minimal somber Sunday pop. The songs on this album are pared...read more
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For their second full-length album, the Danish electronic group Efterklang enlisted the help of more than 30 guest musicians, including a string quartet, a brass quintet and three choirs. As the al...read more
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The world’s greatest deejay/park ranger (we’re not kidding), Dominik Eulberg here combines his love of wildlife and dance music to create an album of exuberant, exciting techno. He̵...read more
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Reviewing a Thomas Fehlmann record at this stage in his glorious career can seem pointless, even a bit insulting. Of course it’s great. Would you expect anything less from one of electronica&...read more
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Yes, techno has its detractors, and not without some justification, but the Field is something different altogether. Axel Willner’s project has produced a softer edged yet universally catchy ...read more
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Adorning the front of our store right now in the form a light box is Christian Fennesz’s electronic masterpiece, Endless Summer. It’s warm, inviting image of a sunset and the sea has be...read more
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This is one of the most beautiful and shattering records of the year. The first full-length collaboration between electronic frontiersman Christian Fennesz and prolific composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, C...read more
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So the German duo of Funkstorung have apparently called it quits, and they’ve found a perfect way to bow out, giving us an album featuring what they do best: remix other people’s music....read more
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Yet another outstanding release from the fledgling Bedroom Community label, Ben Frost’s Theory of Machines is an electronic record with a difference, combining the ebb-and-flow structure of p...read more
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Hauschka is German pianist Volker Bertelmann, also known as one-third of Music A.M. and half of Tonetraeger. As Hauschka, Bertelmann is less electronic, instead focusing on bringing back the idea o...read more
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A true hit record, with more joyous, upbeat songs than any record we can think of this year. With their long-awaited debut album †, the French duo Justice have successfully mixed a varied range o...read more
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Norwegian producer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm’s latest collaboration with Prins Thomas, Reinterpretations, compiles alternative versions of several tracks off their eponymous debut album, alongside ex...read more
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Who are these guys? It’s the question we kept asking ourselves over and over again as we slowly fell in love with this terrific debut from Tempe, Arizona’s Lymbyc Systym. Love Your Abus...read more
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Twenty-five-year-old composer Nico Muhly has been a bit of a celebirty in downtown New York circles recently, having worked with everyone from Antony (who guests on this record) to Philip Glass to ...read more
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Album number four for Iceland’s Múm, returning the band to two of its founding members. And while you’d think that the loss of Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir’s distinctive vocals m...read more
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Oakland’s Odd Nosdam has long been one of the most creative (and underrecognized) forces in experimental electronic music today. I didn’t think the band could top their last record, 200...read more
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Like most goodbyes, this latest Goodbye is light on words, breathy on vocals and heavy on atmosphere. And if you think you hear a hint of My Bloody Valentine in there too, you’re not alone. T...read more
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