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2012 Top 10s & 20s

Albums
Poppy Ackroyd
Mario Basanov
Ryan Blotnick
Peter Broderick
Celer
Débruit
Vladislav Delay
Taylor Deupree
El Fog
Forma
Masayoshi Fujita
Golden Gardens
Grouper
Mano Le Tough
Lusine
Yann Novak
Paniyolo
Strategy
The Swifter
thisquietarmy
Robert Scott Thompson
Christiaan Virant

Compilations / Mixes
Cambio
Hernan Cattaneo
Change The Beat
DJ Deep
Eskimonde
Full Body Workout 10
We Love Detroit

EPs / Singles
Andrew Bayer
Birds of Passage
Brancaccio & Bishop
Maya Jane Coles
Eskmo
Ether
Gerwin, Nuage & 2 Shy
Glacis
The Green Kingdom
H. Salut / Hopeless L. M. B.
Her Name is Calla
Herrmutt Lobby
Darren McClure
Oh, Yoko
Michael Price
Danilo Rispoli
Silencio
Phil Tangent
Widesky
Windsor for the Derby

Windsor for the Derby: You Can't Hide Your Love Forever Vol. 8
Geographic North

Having issued music since 1995 and witnessed no small number of personnel changes during its tenure, Windsor for the Derby contributes the eighth installment to Geographic North's You Can't Hide Your Love Forever series, with the release available in a transparent pumpkin orange seven-inch vinyl format (300 copies). To say the release is short but sweet is an understatement, given the disc's total running time of nine minutes; even so, the two tracks offer some enticing impression of the outfit's sound, despite the recording's modest length.

Like some lonely transmission from a distant galaxy, the A-side's “Speaker Special” opens with insistent, low-end pulsations soon joined by a quietly menacing organ pattern that only barely expands, Windsor for the Derby seemingly preferring to asphyxiate the material than open it up—more an exercise in noose-tightening than liberation. The dynamic counterpart to “Speaker Special,” “Heard Worse” floods the aural space with blinding illumination from the outset, the listener dizzied by a phantasmagoria of oscillating vapour trails and siren flares. One might thus think of the recording as a tripped-out teaser for a more comprehensive Windsor for the Derby outing.

January 2013