Articles
2009 Artists' Picks
Lymbyc Systym

Albums
Cory Allen
aus
The Bird Ensemble
Canaille
Catlin & Machinefabriek
Greg Davis
Loren Dent
Dirac
Drafted By Minotaurs
Flica
Sarah Goldfarb & JHK
Gown
John Hollenbeck
Viviane Houle
I/DEX
Akira Kosemura
Andrew McKenna Lee
Le Lendemain
LRAD
Lymbyc Systym
Melorman
Muskox
The Mercury Program
Nikasaya
Northerner
nörz
Noveller / Aidan Baker
Redshape
Marina Rosenfeld
Stripmall Architecture
Sturqen
Wes Willenbring
The Tony Wilson Sextet
Julia Wolfe
Peter Wright
Zelienople

Compilations / Mixes
Blackoperator
Glimpse Four:Twenty 03
Kod.eX
Portland Stories

EPs
Molnbär Av John
Tommi Bass & B.B.S.C.
Julian Beau
Colours-Volume 5
Dalot
Echologist
Simon James French
Geiom & Shortstuff
General Elektriks
Geskia
Ernest Gonzales
Gradient
Jacksonville
Joker
Ann Laplantine
Loko
Machinefabriek
Stefano Pilia
Damian Valles

Loko: In Love
Buzzin' Fly

Having attracted attention for his remixes of The Junkies' “Ritmo” and Saeed Younan's Analock” as well as his own “Scarlet House,” Argentinian producer Gonzalo Gonzalez (aka Loko) makes his Buzzin' Fly debut with a pair of steamy club tracks. The lead cut “In Love” kicks snappily into motion with a skeletal beat pattern and tight bass pulse leading the charge before percussion touches and a bright vocal hook deepen the track's funky house vibe. Things get slightly skankier after the breakdown until Loko rides the tune out on a controlled wave. “Pasionaria” percolates as delectably if a little less ferociously, with the BPM dialed down a notch or two. Gonzalez again boosts the material by adding a slick weave of yipping vocal snippets and battering its insistent house swing with percussive clangor. On the basis of these tracks, Loko's stripped-back sound nicely complements Buzzin' Fly's fresh aesthetic.

January 2010