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May 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Mr. Scruff: DJ Kicks

Various Artists DJ-Kicks: Mr. Scruff !k7 Records What’s the point in a compilation or mix these days with streaming content – we make our own playlists now right? Well, every now and then I like to check in with the mixtape sessions and series’ I always valued – either because it’s a trusted series (DJ […]

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July 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Peggy Gou – DJ Kicks

Various Artists:   DJ Kicks: Peggy Gou  !k7 Records  A really great DJ mix album should mean you really don’t spot any sore thumbs; you don’t care if a song that’s not really to your liking is included – because in and of that moment it sounds good, or at least sounds like it is meant to be there […]

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February 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The High Llamas: Here Come The Rattling Trees

The High Llamas Here Come The Rattling Trees !K7 I loved The High Llamas – a decade or so ago, collected up whatever I could find. Like a slightly drearier version of The Wondermints, this was lovely, yearning, Beach Boys-aping adult pop music. Never as twee and fawning as Belle & Sebastian but a bit […]

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June 28, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Brandt Brauer Frick: DJ Kicks

Various Artists DJ-Kicks: Brandt Brauer Frick !k7 Records For the latest in the long-running DJ-Kicks series it falls to Brandt Brauer Frick and moving beyond the minimalist experimentalism they’re known for the trio delivers an after-hours live mix, all three members contributing tracks – everything from world-infused disco weirdness (William Onyeabor) to the darker corners […]

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June 14, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Tosca: Odeon

Tosca Odeon !K7/Border Richard Dorfmeister (also, of course, of Kruder & Dorfmeister) returns as Tosca (with Rupert Huber) and it’s a long game now for Tosca but they’ve never bettered Suzuki in my opinion. And Odeon doesn’t really come close to the class of that but if you’re (still) the sort to want to look […]