Articles
The Fun Years
Mlle Caro & Franck Garcia
James Blackshaw
Lullatone

Albums
@c
Antenne
Antripodean Collective
Rudi Arapahoe
Black Gold 360
Brael / Tokyo Bloodworm
Richard Chartier
Jack Dangers
Rae Davis
Depth Affect
Taylor Deupree
Engine7
Emanuele Errante
Force of Nature
Gel-Sol
Glissando
Hardfloor
He Can Jog
Hulk
Adam Hurst
Kenny Larkin
Loco Dice
Mad EP
Maju
Marc + Hillage
Izumi Misawa
Nico Muhly
Toshimaru Nakamura
Organum
Maja S.K. Ratkje
Nicola Ratti
Recue
Renfro
Sawako
Seawalker
Raoul Sinier
Spyweirdos et al.
Svartbag
Tape
John Tejada
Tietchens + Chartier
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Compilations / Mixes
Ai022LP
Buzzin' Fly 5 Golden Years
Cielo-Cinco
Deconstructive Music
Om: Miami 2008
Sounds of Om Vol. 6
Traum 100
Underscan Now

EPs
Claro Intelecto
Funckarma
Tanaka Hideyuki
Jona
Alton Miller
Move D
saidsound
Sebastian San
Scott vs. Vaz
Philip Sherburne
Vakula

Funckarma: Dubstoned EP
Highpoint Lowlife

Dutch siblings Don and Roel Funcken (of Cane, Quench, and Shadow Huntaz renown) take a floor-rattling plunge into dubstep on their latest Funckarma EP and the fit sounds pretty much near-perfect. The brothers' personalized take on instrumental hip-hop has always exemplified a love for all things dubby and bass-heavy so the dubstep-Funckarma hookup is a marriage made in you-know-where. Opener “Stub Dane” douses its blazing slow-funk with flaming synth flares, while “Woodface” serves up a low-slung, slip-sliding shuffle that finds time for a brief side-trip to a parallel galaxy. “Senservice” couples trademark warble and wobble with beats so sharp they could slice a body in two, as does the rather acidy “Flux Leav.” Though beat structures assert themselves, they're sometimes assailed on all sides by electronic strafings hell-bent on derailing their flow (e.g., “Pable Cath”). Befitting the genre, the material's crushing beats are slow but don't drag, and the Funcken's work all manner of mesmerizing detail into the five tracks' mutating shapes. Dubstoned indeed.

July 2008