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
Transitional

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

Vakula: Hohol
Uzuri

Vakula was born in the ‘80s in Putivl, a small, ancient town in the Ukraine (his grandmother was a concert promoter who managed to get Quincy Jones to pass on advice and inspiration to the young producer) but there's clearly nothing small or ancient about the vibrant material he presents on the 12-inch Hohol. “Bill” works a sumptuously slinky funk-house groove over which female voices sinuously rise like cigarette smoke while a male voice whispers some trance-inducing message in the background. A deeply pumping pulse drives “Loop For My Friends” and Dionysian delirium inflames the steamy funk of “JF,” while Lerosa's “unsavoury” “Loop For My Friends” remix transports the tune to a humid jungle filled with exotic bird calls and subtle percussion touches. Traces of Chicago house and Detroit techno emerge in Vakula's tracks but the gyroscopic swing he generates feels both hypnotic and highly personal.

July 2008