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CD Album Recommendations June 2013

Juno Recommends CD Albums

Juno Recommends CD Albums

CD Album Recommendations June 2013
3 Jun 2013
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1
Cat: 888837 16862. Rel: 20 May 13
 
Funky/Club House
Give Life Back To Music
The Game Of Love
Giorgio By Moroder
Within
Instant Crush
Lose Yourself To Dance
Touch
Get Lucky
Beyond
Motherboard
Fragments Of Time
Doin' It Right
Contact
Review: So, after all the hype, social media arguments and YouTube parodies, here it is: the most talked about dance album of 2013. By now you should all know the story: Daft Punk do old-fashioned disco-pop with the help of a legion of high profile guests and collaborators. So is Random Access Memories any good? Certainly, it's a fine pop album; lavishly produced fare with an authentic, organic swing that benefits enormously from Chic man Nile Rodgers' distinctive guitar work. At it's best, such as on the goodtime disco rush of "Get Lucky" and "Lose Yourself to Dance" (both featuring agorgeous vocals for Pharrell Williams), or the quirky but brilliant "Girorgio by Moroder", it's impeccable.
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out of stock $9.71
2
Cat: SIGCD 009. Rel: 20 May 13
 
Drum & Bass / Jungle
Dema Beats
Running
Think On
Keep Control
Close To Me
Cully Bridge
Simple Things
Start Again (feat Chimpo)
Do Not Turn On
Wilderness (feat Steo)
Key Flix
Paragov
Sick Of It All
Review: Given his status as one of drum and bass's true heavyweights, you'd expect this eighth Calibre full-length to be one of the most hotly anticipated jungle sets of the year. Certainly, it's a fine effort, packed with emotion-rich atmospherics, fizzing rhythms and intricate, occasional beautiful, musical touches. He seems to be at his best when concentrating on musicality, as the delightful "Close To Me', soulful "Wilderness" and summery "Do Not Turn On" prove. There are, of course, rawer moments (see the tech-tinged "Simple Things" and dubstep flex of "Start Again"), but these don't hit nearly as hard as his effortlessly soulful compositions.
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out of stock $10.78
3
Cat: FRCD 32. Rel: 20 May 13
 
Deep House
Jasmine Dragon
Dance Of The Pharoes
Hold My Hand
Brought To Bare (feat Jonatan Backelie)
High Wire
Rollergirl
Wanting You
Porchlight & Rockingchairs
Cracks In The Pavement
Towards The Seer
The Glowing Embers
These Times (feat Jinadu - LP version)
Review: It's been a while since Freerange boss Jamie Odell (better known, of course, as Jimpster) delivered an album; in fact, his last full-length dropped way back in 2006. Seven years is a long time between drinks, but the rest seems to have done Odell good; Porchlight & Rocking Chairs is arguably his strongest album to date. While deep house remains his focus (see the intricate "Glowing Embers", Detroit influenced "Cracks In The Pavement" and Moodymann-ish "High Wire"), there's a soulful bagginess and barely concealed jazziness throughout. More impressively, many tracks hark back to his pre-house days as a producer of lovingly crafted downtempo gems (see "Jasmine Dragon", "Wanting You" and previous single "These Times".
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 in stock $11.04
4
Cat: C 56CD014. Rel: 20 May 13
 
Indie/Alternative
The Awakening
Wrapped In Your Hair
Ode To Mom
Views From A Blue Train
Follow What You Are
The Magician
Secret Marriage
Pulsar
out of stock $5.25
5
Cat: DUSTCD 038. Rel: 20 May 13
 
Techno
Alien Boys
Bolt No 6
Atavistic Resurgence
Bolt 11B
Cult Mentality
Hymn For Soyo
Bolt 3533F
Pray Crash I
Pray Crash II
Bolt 57W
Internal Collapse
First Cut
Bolt 9>3
Death Bingo
Mind Object
Spatchka
Review: Some 20 years after the release of seminal debut Temple of Transparent Balls, a landmark British techno set, Ken Downie (with long term sidekicks Martin and Richard Dust) is ready to unleash his 10th full length. Given that Downie arguably did more than anyone else to define the "intelligent techno" sound, it's pleasing to find that Tranklements is full of the kind of bubbling, melodic, off-kilter fare with which he made his name. While there are true dancefloor moments - see the sweaty "The Pay Crash I" and "II", or the spine-tingling hypnotism of "Cult Mentality" - the album's finest moments are those that cut a more considered figure; the Artificial Intelligence-era IDM of "Internal Collapse" is particularly impressive.
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out of stock $12.61
6
Cat: SPMCD 004. Rel: 06 May 13
 
Deep House
Free Your Mind (feat Minako)
Melody Off Key
Love Is (feat Melana Perez)
Tokyo Electric
Kleem
Science & Art
Event Greater (feat Daniki9)
Your Love (feat Lady Blaktronica)
Be & Not Know (feat Christina Wheeler)
Amazing
Future Daze
Review: Given his impressive track record of late, it would be fair to say that Fred P's time has come. Of course, he's been knocking around for a few years, peddling 12" after 12" of fine, ocean-deep fare. Codes & Metaphors, his third full-length, delivers more sinewy deepness, tech-tinged groovery and woozy downtempo soul. It is, of course, all impeccable, from the twinkling pianos and Balearic chords of "Science & Art", and the down-low hypnotism of Lady Blaktronika collaboration "Your Love", to the bubbling electronics of "Amazing", and the sparse space-jazz of "Melody Off Key". Recommended.
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out of stock $17.62
7
Cat: SHACD 007. Rel: 20 May 13
 
Drum & Bass / Jungle
Crystals
Broken Heart (feat Two Inch Punch)
Playing Games (feat D Ablo)
Annie's Song (feat Sam Wills)
Chroma Chords
Move Aside (feat Foreign Beggars)
Warlord (feat Riko Dan)
YDK
We Could Have Been (feat D Ablo)
Villains 1 Heros 0 (feat They Call Me Raptor)
The End Of Us (feat Sabre & Sam Wills)
Monolith (feat Foreign Beggars & Jehst)
Review: If you judge a producer by their ability to successfully apply a winning formula to a variety of styles, Alix Perez is a master. While drum and bass remains his forte, there's enough on Chroma Chords, his second album, to suggest that he's growing as a producer. As well as expected forays into picturesque soulful D&B (see "We Could Have Been" and "The End of Us"), Chroma Chords also successfully touches on grimy hip-hop ("Monolith", featuring Foreign Beggars and Jehst), dubstep ("Move Aside"), and, most impressively, a series of synth-laden head-nodders ("Crystals", "Broken Heart", "Chroma Chords").
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out of stock $11.31
8
Cat: CMCCD 116. Rel: 20 May 13
 
Deep House
Say Something (People Stamp Your Feet)
Sinners Blood (edit)
Not Coming Home (part 1)
Lets Bleed, Lets All Bleed Together (edit)
Heading For A Breakdown (edit)
We Go
Interceptor
Hey Giorgio
You Rest Easy
Gods & Monsters
Destruction (Moon, Stars, Venus & Mars)
We're Floating In Space
out of stock $7.11
9
Cat: BIS 006. Rel: 06 May 13
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Higher Heights
Escargot
Nebula Sphynx
Afterlife
Deep Stations
Sync Or Swim
Words In Transit
Parascopic Rope
Mountains
Rogue Unit
Exalter
Milk
Afterlife (Vakula remix)
Afterdub
Review: The ever-interesting Eddie Ruscha returns with a new Secret Circuit full-length, the first on Tim Sweeney's excellent Beats In Space imprint. Given the usually vivid style of his psychedelic electronica, it's no surprise to find that Tactile Galactics is a mesmerizing trip from start to finish. Ruscha darts between kaleidoscopic space disco, wide-eyed shoegaze house, analogue psychedelia, touchy-feely ambience and intense, druggy Italo, somehow shoehorning 25 years of musical misadventure into 70 spellbinding minutes. It's bold, melodic, hypnotic, beautiful, blissful, intense, inspiring and exciting. Put simply, Tactile Galactics is a great album.
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out of stock $13.15
10
90 Degrees Below Zero
I Dub Thee Gypsy (edit)
The Dragon
Hole In The Roof
The Dragon (The 91 East Third Street dub)
For Those Without A Clue
And We Still Do Not Get It
Punk Dump
Yuppie Fied Funk (bonus track)
Slunge (Extra Special bonus track)
Eccentric Gospel (Joaquin Joe Clausell remix)
Pingstandback (Rehearsal Take)
out of stock $9.45
11
Cat: 463950 80212. Rel: 13 May 13
 
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Balance In All Things
Canto Para Ochosi
Celebrate
I Dream A World
Most Beautiful
Children Of The World
Barbara Ann
Overtake Don Overtake Overtake
Sodade
Love Is You
This Is Us
Berimbau
Harlem River Drive
Live Your Life for Today
I'm A Woman, I'm A Queen
I Believe In Miracles
You Came Into My Life
EOL Soulfrito
Draggin' My Heels
You Came Into My Life (Louie Vega Roots NYC mix)
Children Of The World (Louie Vega Roots NYC mix)
Overtake Don Overtake Overtake (Roots vocal version)
This Is Us (Roots mix)
Pastime Paradise
Review: Having long since made enough money to retire, Louie Vega has spent the last few years developing his Elements of Life project - a kind of all-star band that blends global rhythms with elements of soul, disco, jazz and, of course, house. While early releases on his own Vega Records imprint were a touch ham-fisted and noodlesome, this second full-length oozes laidback spirituality - like the Masters at Work Nu Yorican Soul project taken to its logical conclusion. There are some joyous moments amongst the Latin percussion and treacle-thick soul vocals, from the Rotary Connection-goes-jazz of "Barbara Ann", to the Afro-Cuban soul-jazz of "Love is You".
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out of stock $26.29
12
Cat: OMNICD 06. Rel: 27 May 13
 
Electro
Microchip Angel
Four Days Earlier
The Third Adam
Dye Menshun
Robot Moves
Dream Frequency
Swing Machines
You In The Strobe Light
Jacob's Looking Glass
Project Eve
Eighty Seven
Sweet Tweets
Warped Soul
Semiconducting
Arcadians
out of stock $10.00
13
Cat: POLEGROUP 016CD. Rel: 27 May 13
 
Techno
Dronid
Massless Particle
Parallel Computing
Absolute Magnitude
Biosh
Dagma
Cimmerian Trail
Novakron
Nucleoid
The 12th Planet
Review: Exium continue to strengthen their working relationship with Pole Recordings, gracing Oscar Mulero's label with A Sensible Alternative To Emotion, their second studio album. Having spent over a decade refining their own vision of hard edged techno, Exium use this platform of a second album to expand on their established sound, at times easing down the tempos and intensity for a more balanced listen across the 10 tracks. Productions such as the granite heavy "Massless Particle" or tunnelling abstraction of "Absolute Magnitude" demonstrate this is no drastic departure from the Exium sound but there's an equal consideration for melodic arrangements and more subdued moments.
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out of stock $11.56
14
Cat: INSIDECD 02. Rel: 20 May 13
 
Drum & Bass / Jungle
It's Gonna Take A Long Time
Deeply Wounded
Morning Calm
Broken Dreams
Ramen
Aurora
Paradoxically
All The Things I've Missed
Dizzy
Hana (feat Tamara)
Rita
Seoul (Scorpio version)
Review: Parisian producer Naibu has never been your average junglist. While his beats and rhythms are never less than robust, there's a touching melancholy and jazzy looseness to his tracks that harks back to the (now sadly largely derided) "intelligent D&B"" era. This album offers an insight into his early days, delivering a formidable collection of previously unreleased productions from the mid-2000s. Despite its piecemeal nature, it hangs together very well. There are intricate and beautiful moments (see the fluid "Broken Dreams" and "Deeply Wounded"), alongside booming exercises in jungle revivalism (of which "Aurora" is perhaps the most impressive example).
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out of stock $7.36
15
Cat: K7 308CD. Rel: 27 May 13
 
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Somebody's Sins
Nothing Matters
Valentine
Bonnie & Clyde
Parenthesis
Nothing's Changed
If Only I Knew
Is That Your Life
Tribal Drums
We Don't Die
Chinese Interlude
Does It
I'm Ready
Hey Love
Passion Of The Christ
Review: Since stepping out of the shadow of Massive Attack, Tricky has enjoyed a mixed career. While there have been undoubted highlights - and not just the acclaimed Maxiniqauye - his output has been hit and miss at best. False Idols, his first album since 2010's decidedly hit-and-miss Mixed Race, is thankfully more hit than mix. As paranoid, intoxicating and atmospheric as you'd expect, it mixes the fuzzy, rock-influenced darkness of recent years with glorious hints at his storied past (see the string-laden "Nothing's Changed" and horizontal trip-hop of "We Don't Die"). There are thrillingly macabre moments throughout, from the murky pulse of "Hey Love", to the sparse "Somebody's Sins".
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out of stock $11.84
16
Cat: WARPCD 237. Rel: 03 Jun 13
 
Experimental/Electronic
Home Recording
You Took Your Time (feat King Krule)
Break Well
Blood & Form
Made To Stray
So Many Times, So Many Ways
Lie Near
Meter, Pale, Tone (feat King Krule)
Slow
Sullen Ground
Fall Out
Review: Following up the runaway success of Crooks & Lovers was always going to be a daunting task for Mount Kimbie, and they've wisely taken their time to come back with a step forwards from a sound which gave rise to the more folky strains of the dubstep aftermath. Sounding fresh and invigorated on their LP for Warp, Kai Campos and Dominic Maker have built on their love of shoegaze indie and brought their component parts into a clearer vision where they used to hide them behind heavy editing and microsampling. There are plenty of reminders that this is a Kimbie record, not least in the winsome melodies that shape the LP, but the duo have succeeded in shearing away their self-conscious trickery to write full-bodied songs that hit on first listen, rather than ten spins down the line.
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out of stock $10.78
17
Cat: IRM 1008CD. Rel: 20 May 13
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
What I Feel
Discover Me
Funk Is On
Get Down
Vuoto Beat
Ain't Nothing But A Groove
Follow Me
Linear Funk
Holding On
out of stock $13.15
18
Cat: FW 92CD. Rel: 20 May 13
 
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
You Look Like A Tall Black Guy Intro
The Dark Streets
Funeral Biz/Welcome To Detroit Interlude (feat Malice & Mario Sweet)
From Home, To Work, & Back
Mon Amie De'troit (feat Ozay Moore - album version)
The Motor Is Running
There's No More Soul (feat Diggs Duke)
Rain Into The Nite Outro
out of stock $6.84
19
Cat: 98 DSRCD. Rel: 06 May 13
 
Experimental/Electronic
Retrouvailles
Clouds Pull
Het Leven Is Mooi
Our Second Summer
Of All The Things In This World
Snow Day
Medellin
Flower Power Nuclear Submarine
Amazing Things To Come
Inexorably Tied To You
Broken Mechanism
Esperanto
For Vangelis
Weekend Homage
Seasons Go
Second Summer (version 2)
The Second I Wake
out of stock $14.72
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Genesis
Helix
Phantom
Civilization
Canon
DANCE
Horsepower
New Lands
Stress
Waters Of Nazareth
Audio, Video, Disco
Encore
On'n'On
Phantom (part II)
out of stock $7.89
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