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Steve Lawler Viva Toronto Review

Steve Lawler Viva Toronto Review

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Steve Lawler’s Viva: Toronto embraces a sentiment that John Digweed once expressed about minimal electronic music – That is, that good minimal techno contains as much relative importance in the audible sound as it does in the absence of sound. Despite the wise sentiment, it was hard for me to be bought immediately by Lawler’s minimal prominence. Viva: London was a decent enough disc, but hardly a frontrunner in its category. Viva: Toronto is altogether a similar concept, mastering the devilish attitude that accompanies darkened rooms, seedy nightclubs and unfamiliar faces. However similar the genre is to its predecessor, Toronto is altogether better than London (we’re talking about the discs, here!).

Disc One (“Inside”) embraces colorful, mucky and gritty minimal-tech. Like wind rushing between city buildings, the sound on this…

Thursday, July 10th, 2008 at 10:48 am
Balance: Electric_03 Mixed By Ben Korbel Review

Balance: Electric_03 Mixed By Ben Korbel Review

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The success that Ben Korbel has enjoyed as an Australian DJ has, for one reason or another, never quite managed to bridge the gaps between Australian clubbers and the global DJ circuit. EQ/Stomp’s latest compilation may change that, however; Korbel laces eighteen tracks together with smooth precision and touches the realms of contemporary techno, minimal and sexy deep house with even-handed discretion that is bound to find firm footing amongst EDM’s elite.

Electric 03 is an entirely middle-of-the-road musical mixture. It neither plunges into hypnotic waters nor skirts waves of frenzied enthusiasm. I have found the most enjoyment from Korbel’s mix whilst driving on country roads in the evening, or working late at my desk. The modesty of the album might just be a reflection of the man behind the decks…

Monday, July 7th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Circo Loco, Rome - Review - 24/04/2008

Circo Loco, Rome - Review - 24/04/2008

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On approaching Sallone De Fontane, you are totally impressed. A huge palatial style venue, grand pillars support its front and ornate fountains decorate the foregrounds. Green and Blue lighting swirls all around, and it’s not long before the disco is in full swing.

Circo Loco’s sell out pre Ibiza season shin dig here in Rome has an unfaultable line up, and the excitement in the air tonight is truly infectious. The only seating area is in VIP, so a full night on the mammoth dance floor is commanded, and this is no difficult feat. As the clock strikes midnight, Tania Vulcano is shaking things up with warm building techno, dropping some classic 2007 deep house tracks such as Maferetumeco by Enzelkind. Next up is Ali Dubfire bouncing happily behind the…

Thursday, May 15th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
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