All Posts Tagged With: "Home Listening"

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Vex’d - Cloud Seed

‘Cloud Seed’ captures the dark, cinematic drama that defines the first golden era of Dubstep, circa 2006/2007. It has all the trimmings: Urban angst, techno noir, an overwhelming sense of melancholy and metallic jackhammer rhythms to shield you off from the outside.

23Feb2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Dag för Dag - Boo

If the dark promise of Gothic angst floats your boat then Dag för Dag are right down your alley. Like the less savoury cousins of the White Stripes hiding in a Swedish forest, Dag för Dag unleash a feast of obsessions on ‘Boo’.

17Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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New Electronica, Dance Releases Roundup

There are some rather excellent upfront promos doing the rounds here at tuneraker HQ which are so good that we don’t want to wait until they hit your local record shop.

16Feb2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Early Album Of The Year: Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise

‘Black Noise’ has the classiest opening sequence of any album in a long time. The first three tracks coolly redefine the genre of ambient Techno in glorious, glacial panavision.

12Feb2010 | The Editor | 0 comments | Continued
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January Podcast - Aural Detox Mix

If you are looking for some aural detox after the season of party excess, then read on. Here’s a calm, largely beatless mix of instrumental bliss.

18Jan2010 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Shannon Stephens - The Breadwinner

Shannon Stephens sings about the frequent downs and rare ups of a life as a commuter. Up at five to get to the office in time - You know the drill. Yet Stephens will get a smile out of you before the album is over.

7Dec2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Castanets - Texas Rose The Thaw & The Beast

Texas Rose is a kind of ambient country album that uncoils lazily like a strip of tarmac in the desert while frontman Ray Raposa recounts his dark tales in a comfortably worn in voice.

30Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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November Podcast - Trippy Mushroom Mix Available Now

Here’s a trippy DJ mix ripe with psychedelic guitars, gentle plodding beats and dreamlike vocals. Stylewise you get a heady cocktail of 70’s Funk, 80’s Disco and Rock as well as box fresh sounds.

12Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age

If somebody had to turn cult UK horror movie The Wicker Man into a radio play, then it would sound like this. ‘Witch Cults Of The Radio Age’ is an unusual and very addictive album.

12Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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The Dimes ‘The King Can Drink The Harbour Dry’

Now here’s a concept album that will blow your mind. The Dimes dig out colourful characters from early American history and make them love, suffer, triumph, fail and die. Set to lush Folk Rock harmonies that would do the Byrds proud, the unusual lyrics unravel a story every bit as gripping as a blockbuster movie.

4Nov2009 | admin | 3 comments | Continued