ARTICLES
Benoît Pioulard's Précis
Label: Dynamophone
Label: Hidden Shoal

ALBUMS
Aemae
A Lily
Arc Lab
Blotnik Brothers
Gui Boratto
Cagesan
Jeremy Caulfield
Loren Dent
Do Make Say Think
Eats Tapes
Enduser
Domink Eulberg
Explosions in the Sky
Michael Fahres
The Field
Frivolous
Maximilian Hecker
Hug
Hush Arbors
Jan-M. Iversen
Espen Jørgensen
Kattoo
O.Lamm
Bruce Levingston
Tobias Lilja
Lusine
Marcia Blaine School
The Missing Ensemble
Nebulo
Ölvis
Charlemagne Palestine
Palomar
Pornopop
The Postmarks
Propergol Y Colargol
The Retail Sectors
R/R Coseboom
Sankt Otten
Scratch Massive
Slow Dancing Society
Stars of the Lid
subtractiveLAD
Sunosis
Aoki Takamasa
Amon Tobin
Tokyo Mask
Kate Wax
Wes Willenbring
Windmill

COMPILATIONS/MIXES
Chaos.Lovers
Cryosphere
Hub: 2004-2005
Rufs
Satoshi Tomiie

3" /7" /10"/12"/EPs
Agnes
AM/PM
Arctic Sunrise
Audion
Characterize 1
Dartriix
Death is Nothing To Fear
Don't Be A Stranger
Einóma
Fusiphorm
Heartthrob
Human Nature
Infant Cycle / Antmanuv
Lilienweiss
Luci
Mauve
Paco Osuna
Ben Parris
Carola Pisaturo
Portable
Sutekh
System
Aoki Takamasa
Cortney Tidwell
Andy Vaz

Luci: Veillèes Canadiennes
Titbit

Montreal duo Guillaume Coutu Dumont (Egg) and David Fafard (Nanalog) check in with Veillèes Canadiennes, a four-track single of bright and poppy tech-house, under the Luci moniker. In the burning opening “Dwarfzilla,” clusters of synth sparkles rain down upon an energetically bumping groove, while the effervescent “Fantex” features a marvelously intricate weave of accents built from tiny whistles, female voice hiccups, and kalimba plucks. In the curiously-titled “Load ” * ”, 8, 1,” a light-hearted, whistling melody sings out over electro synth patterns, followed by Quiroga's (Walter Del Vecchio) even stronger interpretation which infuses the tune with subtle Latin and jazz seasoning and adds vocal cut-ups without sacrificing the song's grooving core. The high-spirited, even gleeful, character of Luci's electro-flavoured tracks goes down easily, especially when boosted by a tripped-out vibe and relentlessly swinging pulse.

April 2007