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Review: Athens of the North is back in business this new year with a couple of singles as well as a new album dropping before the end of January. This time it is Bo'vel's Changes album that gets served up on wax having teased the act by including them on a compilation Just A Touch late last year. Their soul sound is distantly UK-centric but with influxes from dub, funk and more. That is well showcased here across ten tracks that were famously made in the mid-90s in Manchester without a big budget or big press campaign but became cult classics all the same.

Review:  Vertical67, who also runs the The Vortex Traks label, gets Analogical Force underway for 2024 with this adventurous new album, Changes. The man born Thomas Pahl has worked under several aliases over the last ten years plus and uses this one for fierce electro that takes no prisoners. His discordant sound emerges again here with plenty of fusions of dreamy melodies, angst-ridden breakbeats, reflective sonic vistas and rugged machine rhythms. Some of our faves include the tumbling arps and lithe bass of 'Moments Of Jo' and more menacing moods of 'Fading Memories'. It all adds up to a far-reaching album and hugely compelling journey.