Reviews – Page 54 – Electronic Sound

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Depeche Mode ‘Delta Machine’ (Columbia)

byBill Bruce

Heartfelt electro blues for the 21st century, but where does it sit in the pantheon of all-great Mode albums?

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Coma ‘In Technicolor’ (Kompakt)

byVader Evader

There’s techno, there’s pop, and then there’s these guys from Cologne

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Clockwork ‘B.O.A.T.S.’ (Life And Death)

byAndrew Holmes

Melancholic techno and old-fashioned storytelling make for to a sparkling debut album

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Bonobo ‘The North Borders’ (Ninja Tune)

byNgaire Ruth

A more than worthy follow-up to the much-praised ‘Black Sands’ album and remix set

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Billie Ray Martin ‘The Crackdown Project’ (Disco Activisto/dPulse)

byNeil Mason

Electribe 101 frontwoman worships at the temple of electro pioneers Cabaret Voltaire

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Autechre ‘Exai’ (Warp)

byMartin James

Sonic architecture, political engagement and, er, a bunch of other stuff

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Karl Bartos ‘Off The Record’ (Bureau B)

byBill Bruce

Former Kraftwerk linchpin creates beauty from his own back catalogue

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Klaus Schulze ‘Shadowlands’ (Synthetic Symphony)

byJohnny Mobius

German synth master’s nine millionth album is a lengthy, patchy (geddit?) affair

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Letherette ‘Letherette’ (Ninja Tune)

byJohnny Mobius

Daft Punk-influenced debut might just herald a new genre – Midlands-glo

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Lloyd Cole / Hans-Joachim Roedelius ‘Selected Studies Volume 1’ (Bureau B)

byHeidegger Smith

Electronic experiments from an unlikely pairing