| 4.5 superb |
| Arovane Atol Scrap |
| Atheist Elements |
| Atheist Unquestionable Presence |
| Autechre Anvil Vapre |
| Autechre Chiastic Slide |
| Autechre Envane |
| Autechre Incunabula |
| Autechre Tri Repetae |
| Autechre Draft 7.30 |
| Autechre Untilted |
| Autechre Amber |
| Autechre EP7 |
| Battles Mirrored |
| Battles Gloss Drop |
| Boards of Canada Geogaddi |
| Boards of Canada The Campfire Headphase |
| Boards of Canada Twoism |
| Bobbi Humphrey Blacks and Blues |
| Bogdan Raczynski Thinking of You |
| Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Safe As Milk |
| D'Angelo Voodoo |
| D'Angelo Black Messiah |
| David Bowie Station to Station |
| David Bowie "Heroes" |
| Denki Groove 662 BPM By DG |
| Seminal album by the Japanese cult classic duo, legends Takkyu Ishino and Pierre Taki collaborate to perform energetic and varied hip-house/hi-NRG. Released on the label SSE Communications at the sunrise of the 1990s, "662 BPM By DG" paints an amusing picture of Japanese Gen X youth. Bright synths, toyetic drum machine merriment, synthetic slap bass, and goofy samples of virtually every 20th century pop culture artifact I can think of. Hilarious, puts a smile on my face and forces repeated listens. Standout tracks include "Denki Biribiri", "Joe" and the 11-minute-long epic "D-E-P". |
| DJ Krush Strictly Turntablized |
| DJ Magic Mike Bass: The Final Frontier |
| DJ Rashad Just A Taste Vol. One |
| Download Inception: The Subconscious Jams 1994 - 1995 |
| Ghostface Killah Ironman |
| Hallucinogen The Lone Deranger |
| Hella Tripper |
| Hella Total Bugs Bunny On Wild Bass |
| Inoj Ready for the World |
| Isaac Hayes Hot Buttered Soul |
| James Ferraro Far Side Virtual |
| Koenji Hyakkei Hundred Sights of Koenji |
| Kraftwerk Autobahn |
| Machine Girl WLFGRL |
| Morbid Angel Blessed Are the Sick |
| Nasenbluten The Really Nasty Violent Sex E.P. |
| OutKast ATLiens |
| Project Pat Mista Don't Play: Everythang's Workin |
| qebrus Exophobia |
| qebrus ⊶⊑∷⌊∴⊹∵⌉∷⊒⊷ |
| Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... |
| Ricardo Villalobos Alcachofa |
| Riow Arai Mind Edit |
| Arai's most impressive early work. The production techniques are a lot more intricate and complex than its predecessors; the precisely-sloppy manipulations of any given instrumental hip-hop style are emphasized ten-fold and harnessed into the glitchiest of Arai's repertoire (at least as of my listening). Especially on "Undulation", Arai completely enters the realm of IDM with his precise choices of cuts, edits, and DSP. It becomes quite obvious what is intended by the record's title Mind Edit. Most every other track implements similar disfigurement to structure, but with more approachable breakbeat presentation, teetering between the biblically turntablist and the underground experimental. "Gyrate" and "Trillion" handle this the best, serving the finest of Arai's bridge between the norm and unprecedented. The only weak moments on the album are the track "Disturbance" which doesn't find its footing till the last few minutes; and the pace-disrupting interlude "Inter" which follows track 1's "Intro" and track 2's "Undulation", putting an unpleasant divide between track 2 and the others, only amplifying their stylistic differences. Overall, this releases represents the best of Arai's early catalogue, offering the matured musicianship and reference to Japan's historical music pantheon (jazz, avant-garde) of Circuit '72 at the returned benefit of Again's grit, space, and unconcern for convention. |
| RP Boo I'll Tell You What! |
| RP Boo Fingers, Bank Pads & Shoeprints |
| RP Boo Dude Off 59th Street |
| Ruby My Dear Basic |
| Sweet Trip Velocity : Design : Comfort |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Calculating Infinity |
| The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza |
| THUGWIDOW I Tried Calling but Your Phone Must Have Been Off |
| Tipper Relish The Trough |
| Tommy Wright III Ashes 2 Ashes, Dust 2 Dust |
| Tommy Wright III On The Run |
| Venetian Snares Winter In The Belly Of A Snake |
| Venetian Snares Detrimentalist |
| Venetian Snares Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett |
| Venetian Snares Winnipeg Is A Frozen Shithole |
| Venetian Snares Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding |
| Vision Fortune Country Music |
| 4.0 excellent |
| Actress Hazyville |
| Actress Splazsh |
| Aphex Twin ...I Care Because You Do |
| Arovane Tides |
| Arovane Lilies |
| Autechre Confield |
| Black Moth Super Rainbow Falling Through a Field |
| Boards of Canada Tomorrow's Harvest |
| Boards of Canada In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country |
| Boards of Canada Hi Scores |
| Bogdan Raczynski Bombs Over Ibiza |
| Bogdan Raczynski Rave ‘Till You Cry |
| Charli XCX Pop 2 |
| D'Angelo Brown Sugar |
| Danger Mouse The Grey Album |
| David Bowie The Man Who Sold the World |
| David Bowie Hunky Dory |
| David Bowie Aladdin Sane |
| Denki Groove Flash Papa |
| Denki Groove UFO |
| Denki Groove is the beloved Japanese cult classic duo consisting of Takkyu Ishino and Pierre Taki. Together they make the goofiest, most amusing, infectuously danceable hip-house-adjacent music one could ask for. Flash Papa is their sophomore album and--while not quite as spectacular as their debut--is sure to inspire ear-to-ear smiling and beguilement. On tracks like the audaciously, borderline satrically Miami bass cut "Miami Paradise" and the cybernetic Fraggle-anthem of "Cafe De Oni," Denki Groove demonstrate their unique take on all things dance music. If you have yet to experience Denki Groove, their debut is an excellent start, and after rinsing that release enough times, dive into this one and prepare for a non-stop pleasant experience. The album is perfectly executed goofy fun that actually benefits from its moments of datedness and, despite offering an almost childlike sense of whimsy, cannot be ignored for its expert musicianship nonetheless. |
| DJ Krush Zen |
| DJ Nate Take Off Mode |
| Download Furnace |
| FKA Twigs M3LL155X |
| Gato Barbieri Chapter One: Latin America |
| Hella Acoustics |
| James Ferraro Cold |
| James Ferraro Skid Row |
| Kingpin Skinny Pimp Skinny Pimp Vol. 1 Undaground Release |
| Kingpin Skinny Pimp King Of Da Playaz Ball |
| Kraftwerk Kraftwerk |
| Machine Girl The Ugly Art |
| Machine Girl Gemini |
| Method Man Tical |
| Morbid Angel Domination |
| Nasenbluten Rainbow Up My Arse |
| Nautilis Are You An Axolotl |
| First half is some very compelling vocal-driven glitch hop, best done when said vocals are chopped to oblivion but still a quality listen when handled as straightforward MC'ing. Second half verges deeper into broad IDM territory with longer ambient sections, less hip-hop percussion, and nuanced glitches pretty much unrecognizable from the pseudo-turntablist techniques of the first half. "Wednesday Afternoon" is basically a post-rock song; it's sort of out of place yet somehow works well during this second half. The edits on "Professor Glick" would spin a diehard AFX-drone's dome like a dreidel. Other majorly standout tracks are "Mofpex," "Oh How Shmee Loves DSP," and "Hoax". |
| Organized Konfusion Organized Konfusion |
| OutKast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below |
| Park Hye Jin If U Want It |
| Plug Back On Time |
| Project Pat Layin' Da Smack Down |
| Project Pat Murderers and Robbers |
| RP Boo Legacy |
| Ruby My Dear Remains Of Shapes To Come |
| Satanicpornocultshop Arkhaiomelisidonophunikheratos |
| Somatic Responses Digital Darkness |
| Sweet Trip Halica: Bliss Out v.11 |
| Takkyu Ishino Dove Loves Dub |
| Takkyu Ishino Karaokejack |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Ire Works |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Under the Running Board |
| The Dillinger Escape Plan Miss Machine |
| The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Danza II: The Electric Boogaloo |
| The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Danza IIII: The Alpha - The Omega |
| Venetian Snares Songs About My Cats |
| Venetian Snares Nymphomatriarch |
| Venetian Snares My So-Called Life |
| This is Snares parodying himself. Egg salad sandwiches in your poonani. |
| Venetian Snares Thank You For Your Consideration |
| Venetian Snares Cavalcade of Glee and Dadaist Happy Pom Poms |
| Venetian Snares Meathole |
| Venetian Snares Traditional Synthesizer Music |
| Vision Fortune Mas Fiestas con el Grupo Vision Fortune |
