Articles by I. Khider

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  Ishq

  Orchid

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  A rather niche market CD that doesn't offer anything new or progressive, rather one could hear this kind of music while tuning into the DEM...

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  Manual

  Ascend

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  Manual, aka Jonas Munk, is an electronic cherub who grants us Ascend, a magical gem that occurs when the electronic and the instrumental ar...

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  Laurie Anderson

  Live at Town Hall

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  This live concert recording took place in New York, 2001, days after the cataclysmic events of September 11. Despite the pall cast over the...

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  Landing

  Seasons

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  Still maintaining the instrumental qualities that have made the band what they are - one of the best ambient-psych-rock bands out there - L...

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  Detroit Escalator Co.

  Black Buildings

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

  Black Buildings shifts between understated down-tempo breaks and synthesisers that hover and accentuate like soft room lighting. The Detroi...

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  Beef Terminal

  The Grey Knowledge

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

  After nearly two years, Beef Terminal (aka Mike Matheson) rematerialises with The Grey Knowledge, a sharper, more cleanly produced follow-u...

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  Lance Grabmiller

  Anthropology

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

  This album starts off brilliantly and highly engaging but somewhere along the way the rudder and sails of this musical vessel brake, sendin...

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  Hermann and Kleine

  Our Noise

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

  Clever IDM breaksters go for pop sensibility with a bit of electro seasoning and Our Noise is the result. Our Noise is a very upbeat electr...