THE 2007 REVIEW: Joe Muggs

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In the year when Dubstep proved its staying power and went international, it still produced few artist albums: the mainstream of the sound still with its heart in the mixtape – but London’s Burial, Bristol’s Pinch and Nottingham’s Geiom produced absolutely brilliant spooky, soulful and brooding (respectively) takes on the sound. Further dub variations came with fizzing post-Basic Channel stuff from Germany (Disrupt) and Detroit (Echospace), while techno veteran Neil Landstrumm added the dubstep template to old-school rave on Restaurant Of Assassins.

The folktronic-indietronic-organic-electronic interface continued to be fertile, with Tunng, Muscovite producer Gultskra Artikler, Icelanders Múm, Canadian-in-London Caribou and Danes Efterklang further blurring the band/producer boundaries, while the brain-boggling Battles and Yeasayer produced a new strain of post-dance prog rock. Fennesz Sakamoto and Michaela Mélian produced some of the most beautiful pure ambient music of recent years, while the techno continuum showed its diversity with Cristian Vogel’s futurism, Supermayer’s good-natured fun, and Matthew Dear’s darkside pop. The Hot 8 Brass Band fused generations of funk to show that even near-destruction couldn’t still the heart of New Orleans, while The Black Dog’s terrifyingly rare early 90s rave-tronica tracks got a welcome re-issue.

Burial: Untrue1.

BURIAL
Untrue
Hyperdub

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Disrupt: Foundation Bit2.

DISRUPT
Foundation Bit
Werk Discs

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Fennesz & Sakamoto: Cendre3.

FENNESZ SAKAMOTO
Cendre
Touch

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Tunng: Good Arrows4.

TUNNG
Good Arrows
Full Time Hobby

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Gultskra Artikler: Kasha iz topora

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GULTSKRA ARTIKLER
Kasha Iz Topora
Miasmah Recordings

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Cristian Vogal: The Never Engine6.

CRISTIAN VOGEL
The Never Engine
Tresor

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Pinch: Underwater Dancehall7.

PINCH
Underwater Dancehall
Tectonic

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Michaela Mélian: Los Angeles8.

MICHAELA MELIAN
Los Angeles
Monika Enterprise

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Deepchord Presents Echospace: Coldest Season9.

DEEPCHORD PRESENTS ECHOSPACE
Coldest Season
Modern Love

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Supermayer: Save The World10.

SUPERMAYER
Save The World
Kompakt

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Matthew Dear: Asa Breed11.

MATTHEW DEAR
Asa Breed
Ghostly International

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Geiom: Island Noise12.

GEIOM
Island Noise
Berkane Sol

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Neil Landstrumm: Restaurant Of Assassins13.

NEIL LANDSTRUMM
Restaurant Of Assassins
Planet Mu

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Hot 8 Brass Band: Rock With The Hot 814.

HOT 8 BRASS BAND
Rock With The Hot 8
Tru Thoughts

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MÚM: Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy15.

MÚM
Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy
Fat-Cat Records

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The Black Dog: Book Of Dogma16.

THE BLACK DOG
Book Of Dogma
Soma Quality Recordings

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Battles: Mirrored17.

BATTLES
Mirrored
Warp Records

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Caribou: Andorra18.

CARIBOU
Andorra
Merge Records

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Yeasayer: All Hour Cymbals19.

YEASAYER
All Hour Cymbals
We Are Free

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Efterklang: Parades20.

EFTERKLANG
Parades
The Leaf Label

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