“On Kelly Watch The Stars they conjured up Earth Wind & Fire’s strutting funk and then pawed at it like clay, removing the sex and leaving the childish wander.”
Category: Reviews – 1990’s Releases
Stereophonics – Word Gets Around review
“Kelly Jones character sketch obsession with the real is almost classicist and always relevant, never more so than on opener A Thousand Trees.”
CJ Bolland – The Analogue Theatre review
“Bombarding the listener with pristine, bloody wake and sub-bass, it seemed designed specifically to be consumed amongst a crowd of three thousand wide-eyed, sweat soaked people on the verge of blitzkreig’d emotional and spiritual exhaustion.”
Speedy J – Ginger review
“Ginger was a seamless blend of full length pieces and shorter fills exploring the post club experience, highlighting Paap’s skill in producing a body of work that is both highly evocative but genuinely listenable.”
BT – Ima review
Ima’s obliquely nods to seven years of post acid house history, when all of the optimism, warmth and stranger-hugging reflexivity were coalesced that the results were most effective.”
Various Artists : Blech II – Blechsdottir
Originally released 23rd September 1996. Original review published 30th November 2008. The premise? Simple. Take one beyond cool ambient/electronica/whatever label … More
Top – Emotion Lotion review
Originally released in 1991. Review originally published 7th September 2009. Now this took some researching. Although Emotion Lotion in itself … More
The Dwarves – Sugarfix/Thank Heavens For Little Girls review
Originally released “Some time in 1993”. Review originally published “Some time in 2008”. If punk rock’s highest level of evolution … More
Death In Vegas – The Contino Sessions review
Originally released 13th September 1999. Review originally published November 9th 2008. It’s 1999 and the guitar is fucked. Just to … More
Plone – For Beginner Piano review
“Sometimes after putting something away for safekeeping you find it again and realise how useful it still is. “