>>>>>>>best of 2007<<<<<<<

uusitalo / karhunainen / huume

Finnish producer Sasu Ripatti, also known as Uusitalo, Vladislav Delay and Luomo, has created the perfect blend of deep fractured grooves with organic elegance on his latest release, Karhunainen. The album celebrates all of Ripatti's brilliant signature sounds including reverberating beats, treble-kicking clicks, cut-up micro-house grooves with warm echo and delay. Created only with analogue equipment, Karhunainen completely submerges the listener with delicious funky organic bliss.


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pantha du prince / this bliss / dial

Hendrik Weber, aka Panatha du Prince blew my mind with his first release Diamond Daze and now this techno master has claimed international success with his second release, This Bliss. Pantha du Prince creates richly textured and chiming minimal techno that's lush and darkly beautiful. Pantha du Prince is unique with his approach and is one of my top three favourite techno producers.


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beirut / the flying club cup / ba da bing

The Flying Club Cup is a celebration of theatrical songs that take you through a lavish array of emotions and epic string arrangements. Beirut creates a feeling like you're at some Eastern European festival that's full of swinging ruffled skirts while being surrounded by mugs of frothing beer until the wee hours of the morning. This is an album you'll return to over and over again.


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efdemin / efdemin / dial

Another release from my favourite label, Dial. Efdemin will make your heart sing with his softly woven beats and quietly drifting ambient undercurrents.


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frank bretschneider / rhythm / raster noton

Bretscheider, co-founder of Raster Noton comes out with his most direct and essential release. Rhythm is an exploration of percussive patterns that slowly strip down the funk to the bare minimum, creating a kind of rhythmic table of elements that is inspiring and mind-blowing to listen to. Minimal at its finest.


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paper / as as / states rights records

Husband and wife duo Aaron and Adrienne Snow, currently based in Connecticut release their debut As As. Aaron describes the sound of As As as "poppy krauty trippy floaty funny drummy bassy trippy stuff." To me it's a lush and tranquil first release that I haven't been able to stop listening to. With Andrienne's angelic vocals and Aaron's repetitive shoegazer ambiance it's the perfect album for almost any situation.


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apparat / walls / shitkatapult

Apparat's, aka Berlin's Sascha Ring, latest release Walls is a celebrated pop album. This album speaks to me the same way Tom Yorke's solo album did last year. Well constructed songs that vary in emotion and delivery. Apparat's integrated songwriting with modern electronica explores a wide variety of genres. "This record isn't really a focused and conceptual production," says Apparat, "it's more of a last-two-years of Apparat compilation."


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burial / untrue / hyperdub

Anonymous UK artist Burial blows me away with his second release, Untrue. Burial surprised me with Untrue as I'm a minimal techno lover at heart and here I find myself back-peddling when I thought I didn't like dubstep or garage. Untrue is a spiritual dark exploration about love and hope coming from the darkest hole. His production and percussive innovation is powerless to resist.


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boy is fiction / boy is fiction / list records

Australian artist Boy is Fiction's self-titled debut is not getting the recognition it deserves. His dark ambiance usually starts off with hopeful piano melodies that pluck with your heart-strings, while introducing heavy drum beats layered with delicate guitar fuzz. The sentiment and construction of his tracks will have you going back for repeat listens.


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onur özer / kasmir / vacant

Turkish minimal DJ, producer and resident at Fabric, Onur Ozer has finally released his debut album Kasmir. His textured melodic rhythmic tech-house is a dance floor blend of ancient and modern expression. Fans of Alex Under will appreciate this release.


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Happy Holidays! Posts will return late January.

alex smoke / 842 college, toronto / 15/12/07



Apparently Toronto experienced the worst snow storm in 20 years today, yet that didn't stop people from coming out to witness Alex Smoke's gold performance. His textured deep integrated production techniques are like no other and had the dance floor in hysterics. Santa came early because his set was the best gift. The poor guy that came on after Alex cleared the dance floor, as nothing compares to the top quality performance Alex Smoke gave Toronto tonight. Unbelievable. Alex Smoke is one of my favourite techno producers next to Lawrence and Pantha du Prince and his live set lived up and beyond my highest expectations.
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efdemin / lohn & brot (remixes) / liebe*detail
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beroshima / horizon remixes / soma
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alex under / trapezones erectos & extrapezlo remixes / trapez
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Check out Joel Pryde's latest tracks.
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Theodore Watson

peter van hosen / december mix

norman nodge / 3.0 intro / mdr
claro intelecto / warehouse sessions 1 / modern love
peter van hoesen / new territory / t2x
marcel dettmann: let's do it / mdr
cisco ferreira / transported thru / parallel 125
peter van hoesen / l.o.c. / t2x
isomer transition / dark star / future days
ellen alien / go - marcel dettmann remix / bpitch
norman nodge / 7.4 / mdr
these kinky dudes from germany / kinky dudes / soloaction
ben klock / radio city / memo
andy stott / hostile / modern love
modeselektor / bmi / bpitch
claude young / acid wash conflict / 7th city
per grindvik / continue me / spectral
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John Vogt

john tejada / labyrinth / palette recordings
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adam freeland / silverlake pills / gu music
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Zedz

the magnetic fields / distortion / nonesuch
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fennesz / on a desolate shore a shadow passes by / touch
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prhizzm, b. kawula, minisystem / alex. p. keatons, london / 08/12/07

Prhizzm, B. Kawula and minisystem transformed a wee little pub in London, Ontario into a intimate social dance party. Prhizzm started off the night with his gorgeous textured song melodies, B. Kawula surprised us with his quality dial-style techno and minisystem's melodic banging synth-pop is always a pleasure to listen to. I only wish these guys would do a show like this in Toronto. View youtube clips here.


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Holger Pooten

michael mayer / live at skc beograd / 11/03/2007
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sascha funke / mango / bpitch
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dominik eulberg & gabriel ananda / kirschplunder & jasmin tee bei gabriel / traum
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This isn't music related, but last night I finished the second season of Dexter. Michael C. Hall who we all know as David from the hit TV series Six Feet Under, proves he won't be typecast in his amazing delivery as Dexter. Dexter is about a serial killer who works as a forensics officer for the Miami metro police. The show is rich, amazingly original and will keep you in suspense. Highly recommended.

Shary Boyle

dilo vs. gurtz / tundra remixes / adjunct
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jesse somfay / serendip / archipel
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raz ohara and the odd orchestra / kisses / get physical music
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Ed Pien

agaric / november mix / 07
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murmur / undertone / meanwhile
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Laura Keeble

sylvain chauveau / nuage / type
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goldmund / two point discrimination / western vinyl
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deepchord / grandbend / echospace
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vector lovers / piano dust / soma
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Lucy Levene

luciano / etudes electroniques / cadenza
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onur özer / red cabaret ep / vakant
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heinrichs and hirtenfellner / travel to me / lordag
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mathias schaffhäuser / gott ist tot / ware
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sami koivikko / hybrid / get the curse podcast

01 onur özer / orion / vakant
02 ellen allien / just a woman / spectral sound]
03 gui boratto / gate 7 / k2
04 marcel dettmann / quicksand / ost-gut-ton
05 gaiser / neutral block / m_nus
06 jens bond / changin / highgrade
07 loco dice / vamos a cali / cadenza
08 butane /world peace / roman photo
09 thomas melchior & luciano / father / cadenza
10 mathew jonson / india in me / wagon repair
11 falco brocksieper / esque / sub static
12 john tejada / the end of it all / palette
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F.lli Calgaro

ricardo villalobos / sei es drum / sei es drum
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louderbach (troy pierce) / enemy love remix ep 2 / underline
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Tatjana Hallbaum

donnacha costello / colorseries / minimise
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stewart walker & swat-squad / addict / pulsewith
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claro intelecto / dependent / modern love
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gui boratto / tipologia / parquet recordings
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massi dl / wonderland / trapez
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mark broom / platinum ep / material series
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editors / an end has a start / kitchenware
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vector lovers / hush now / soma
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tim hecker / norberg / room 40
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thomas brinkmann / reverb, toronto / 09/11/07



Legendary, Thomas Brinkmann rocked Toronto the other night at another well done Pusher hosted event. The evening took place at the Reverb, which is a bit of a grungy place and not normally used for electronic music events, but it's amazing what you can do in a dark space with quality visuals. The evening felt like a bit of a reunion for me, as it reunited all the techno lovers of the city, which was cause for celebration in itself. Wabi also contributed greatly to the nostalgia, as they hosted a second room that was clearly the place to be. Dj Ozawa and Nitsuji created a happy dancing party room and spun many favourite classics. Thomas Brinkmann's spirits were also running high as he was having a great time on stage which rubbed off on all the dancers. What a great night, now the next highlight will be Alex Smoke December 15th.
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va / soma 2007 / soma
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melchior productions ltd / no disco no future / perlon
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I love these. I wanna be this guys friend.

mikael stavöstrand & franco cinelli / sunday blue / sunset diskos
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maetrik / polygon bug / iron box
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Monster Factory

Ironic Sans / David Friedman

marko furstenberg / butterbrotpapier / tendenzen freier entfaltung
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gabriel ananda & dominik eulberg / kirschplunder & jasmin tee bei gabriel / traum
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reinhard voigt vs. frank martiniq vs. pan/tone / case closed / cereal/killers
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dualism / speech defect / archipel
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Kara Walker

celophane / what about tech now? / toys for boys

01 jay haze / change something (pier bucci remix) (4:44)
02 loSoul / you know (supermayer remix) (6:18)
03 rocco branco / catch & release (5:10)
04 paradroid / palm trunc stalagmites (s-max remix) (3:46)
05 alex smoke / neds (3:53)
06 nathan fake / dinamo (5:57)
07 sasse / soul sounds (dirt crew solid diamond remix) (4:34)
08 dub kult / on and on (guido schneider remix) (4:23)
09 wighnomy brothers / pele bloss (6:30)
10 steve barnes / cosmic sandwich (dominik eulberg remix) (6:33)
11 backlash / the sex games (pan/tone fukit remix) (4:07)
12 mathew jonson / love letter to the enemy (5:53)
13 sammy / goossens roommates (3:30)
14 trentemøller / polar shift (4:49)
15 ricardo vs. jay / it’s alright (3:54)
16 phil quenum & andrès garcia / podium (3:31)
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Christopher David Ryan

Géraldine Georges

thomas brinkmann/alex under / naranja monje / cmyk musik
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va / cadenza contemporary 01 (mixed by luciano) / cadenza
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michal ho / screw the coffeemaker / tuning spork records
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melchior productions ltd. / don juan/in the spirit / perlon
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Chris Ede

sigur ros / hvarf/heim / xl records
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hauschka / room to expand / fat cat
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pluramon / the monstrous surplus / karaoke kalk
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burial / untrue / hyperdub
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Joseph Szabo

va / expansion/contraction / m_nus
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kaliber / 16 / kaliber
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mossa / salt peanuts / frankie rec
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gurtz / snobs al rio / liga elektronika
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David Uzzardi

pole / steingarten (remixes) / ~scape
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kit clayton/sutekh / i left my heart in san francisco volume one / adjunct
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fluorescent tubes powered by the lines above.
Richard Box

alka rex / shapes to phases / supralinear/mille plateaux
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boy is fiction / boy is fiction / list records
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Aorta

fairmont / coloured in memory / border community
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va / from antenna to antenna / sender
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bloody mary & yapacc / split 5 / sender
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agoria / at the controls / resist music
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mihalis safras / i need my mom / syndikaat records
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you work for them

radiohead / in rainbows
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butane + someone else / tigerbitch / alphahouse
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butane / sweet ‘n candy (visionquest remixes) / dumb unit
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dublee / the beep / mule
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dilo vs gurtz / glasnot ep / einmaleins musik
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Linn Olofsdotter

jamespatrick / dance all night, ponies mix / orac
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alter ego / why not?! / klang
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Richard Hogg

beirut / danforth music hall, toronto / 03/10/2007

Beirut's new album The Flying Club Cup has been the "it" album for me, for the past couple of weeks and I was lucky enough to score a ticket to their sold out show at the very last minute. Beirut's live show was incredible. They performed at the Danforth Music Hall, a sit down theatre, but the crowd was incapable of sitting still. The cheering and applause made me think I was at some Backstreet Boys concert. Toronto crowds are known for being unresponsive, but this was not the case for Beirut. People were dancing in the isles and someone even yelled at one point that the ushers were being assholes. Nearing the end of the show 80 or so people jumped on stage to dance while Beirut continued to perform. It was out of control. In the middle of the concert Final Fantasy made a guest appearance to sing "The Penalty" featured on the new album. What an amazing show.




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onur oezer / kasmir / vacant
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mitsuaki komamura / weedis ep / revolver
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lawrence / rabbit tube / mule
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carsten nicolai + olaf bender / white line light, nuit blanche, toronto / 29/09/2007

"The sound and light work of Carsten Nicolai and Olaf Bender explores the limitations of what we can see and hear. Taking this as its point of departure, white line light uses electricity as a conduit to identify and lend shape to the invisible and inaudible phenomena in our midst, at the same time creating a palpable tension between the work itself and its unique architectural setting."


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reggy van oers / metza / trapez
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blaze / lovelee dae (remixes) / vivid trax
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Julia Peirone

va / elevation center mix / modulade

1 seltsam & strahler / wasserleiche
2 björk - headphones (mika vaino edit)
3 alva noto & ryuichi sakamoto / trioon II
4 alva noto & ryuichi sakamoto / noon
5 esem / Sofiatram as i hear it
6 mapstation / listening to stockholm
7 hura yup / moon lymph
8 boards of canada / kaini industries
9 kammerflimmer kollektief / betaeubt
10 nils frahm / durton
11 yonderboi / outro
12 swod / gehen
13 adolf noise / was ist zuviel zeit (dub)
14 dictaphone / sonne free
15 ubertonmensch / skadi
16 boards of canada / turquoise hexagon Sun
17 mapstation / the sinuous ribbon
18 four tet / chia
19 dictaphone / nacht
20 dictaphone / k 2
21 twerk / haiiro
22 rokia traore’ / deli
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deadbeat / resident advisor mix
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