gullbuy music review

July 16, 2002

  • Ellen Allien: click here to read the full review of this record

    Ellen Allien

    CD / Stadtkind / Bpitch Control

    First full length by Berlin techno artist Ellen Allien. Her label is happening and this record is too. Most songs have vocals, though vocals play little part in the songs. It is all about rhythm.
    [read more] ---Carl

  • Dot Allison: click here to read the full review of this record

    Dot Allison

    CD / We Are Science / Mantra

    Dot Allison has been lucky enough to work with some great producers for her work, and her voice sounds angelic and beautiful. It just seems as though she could have used more direction in order to build a better focus for this sophomore effort.
    [read more] ---Teresa Concepcion

  • Instrumentals: click here to read the full review of this record

    Instrumentals - Staedtizism 3

    CD / various / ~scape

    Don't be mislead by the title Of the series, Staedtizism 3 is the most vocal of the lot. Staedtizism 3 breaks the pattern started on the first 2 volumes almost completely, veering slightly out of dub and into minimalist glitch lounge hop.
    [read more] ---Brian Cleary

  • Meteosound: click here to read the full review of this record

    Meteosound

    CD / various / Meteosound

    If you like the Pay It All Back comps on Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound, or Mo Wax's Now Sound comp, you should dig this one up and buy it.
    [read more] ---Carl

  • Sex Pistols: click here to read the full review of this record

    Sex Pistols

    7inch / God Save The Queen b-w God Save The Queen (Neil Barnes remix) / Virgin

    When the chips are down, this remix will fit in with the other electro/dub flashing around, and the original version will fit fine next to the best punk rock you could dig up.
    [read more] ---Patrick Rands

  • 2 Many DJs: click here to read the full review of this record

    2 Many DJ's

    CD / various / PIAS Recordings

    Bootlegs have gone legitimate. The perfect combination of Rock, Electro, Funk and Soul - all dosed up in equal measure and all supplied at the right moments to keep the compilation interesting for the whole hour.
    [read more] ---Patrick Rands

  • Komeit: click here to read the full review of this record

    Komëit

    CD / Falling Into Place / Monika Enterprise

    Combines the best of bedroom casio pop (without sounding like it was recorded in a bedroom), New Zealand-inspired melancholy and the atmospherics of Brian Eno circa Before and After Science.
    [read more] ---Patrick Rands