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2009 Stories by Tony Ware

• Apparat

  published December 30, 2009

  Berlin-based producer Sascha Ring, aka Apparat, composes electrocoustic tracks that bridge the arterial with the ethereal. Whether solo... More >>

• Fedde Le Grand

  published December 9, 2009

  Though Dutch-born, Fedde Le Grand made his name with "Put Your Hands Up for Detroit," a 2006 funky electrohouse anthem. Admittedly,... More >>

• AC Slater

  published December 9, 2009

  You'd think DJ and producer AC Slater is campaigning for a Vicks VapoRub sponsorship, the way this New Yorker (born Aaron Clevenger)... More >>

• Argy

  published December 2, 2009

  As the genre cryptically referred to as "minimal" has evolved, it has reconciled its tech-house foundations with some deep house and trance... More >>

• Simian Mobile Disco

  published November 25, 2009

  Simian Mobile Disco's James Ford and James Shaw tweak their pulsing electronic assemblage into a mass of pastiche moments. The British... More >>

• Max Tundra

  published November 18, 2009

  British pop composer Ben Jacobs becomes Max Tundra from the moment his "knees and arms start quivering in time to the curious rhythms,"... More >>

• Rock 'Bots

  published November 18, 2009

  Some bands kick up so much racket, you feel like your hair is being whipped by a gale-force wind. Vancouver's Japandroids, a guitar-drums... More >>

• DJ Spooky

  published November 11, 2009

  Turntablism artist DJ Spooky — aka Paul D. Miller, aka That Subliminal Kid — emerged in the 1990s with the theory that music... More >>

• Why?

  published October 14, 2009

  As his art-pop ensemble's name — WHY? — would suggest, Yoni Wolf began recording as a riddle wrapped in a mystery. When he... More >>

• Adultnapper

  published September 30, 2009

  Brooklyn-based tech-house producer Adultnapper, aka Francis Harris, approaches syncopated percussion as though it's a post-industrial... More >>

• Pet Shop Boys

  published September 16, 2009

  In March, the Pet Shop Boys released Yes, the British duo's 10th full-length studio album (not including soundtracks, live shows,... More >>

• Mew

  published September 2, 2009

  Iceland is the undisputed capital of music for the spirit world. But Denmark, home of Hans Christian Andersen and fairy tales aplenty, has a... More >>

• Underworld

  published August 5, 2009

  In 1996, synth-saturated U.K. producers Underworld helped bring bleeps and blops closer to the mainstream with the high-profile... More >>

• Flosstradamus

  published July 22, 2009

  If you prefer to pop your collar rather than pop 'n' lock, a Flosstradamus show isn't for you. Chicago-based DJs Autobot and J2K offer... More >>

• A-Trak and Treasure Fingers by Tony Ware

  published July 15, 2009

  A producer of insurgent drum 'n' bass as well as adrenalized blog house, Ashley "Treasure Fingers" Jones is Fool's Gold Records' master... More >>

• Busdriver drives against the flow

  published July 8, 2009

  Regan Farquhar, who has been rhyming under the name Busdriver for more than 15 years, has a good sense of direction. He wants things to go... More >>

• Fake Blood

  published June 24, 2009

  If synths were straight razors, then London's shadowy Fake Blood would be the blogosphere's Jack the Ripper, driven toward riff-fueled... More >>

• The Juan Maclean adds a Human touch

  published June 3, 2009

  John MacLean identifies with androids. Discussing the 1982 cult film Blade Runner, he admits that its artfully overcast tone has... More >>

• Tiga

  published May 27, 2009

  By the time Canadian DJ and producer Tiga broke globally in 2001 (with a bedroom-produced cover of Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night"),... More >>

• Germany’s Moderat busts the ghosts in its hard drive

  published May 13, 2009

  Sascha Ring was haunted by ghosts. In 2007, and Ring, a Berlin-based producer known for electrocoustic compositions under the name Apparat,... More >>

• Stanton Warriors

  published April 29, 2009

  U.K. production and DJ duo Stanton Warriors recently featured a promo mix of the "freshest booty bassline bangers" on their Web site.... More >>

• Sébastien Tellier

  published April 15, 2009

  Parisian producer Sébastien Tellier claims his 2008 album, Sexuality, was informed by "the abuse of sustained arpeggiator... More >>

• Throbbing MSTRS

  published March 18, 2009

  It'd be easy to chart a Venn diagram of the sonic relationships delivered by Canadian production duo MSTRKRFT. Just assign red to the... More >>

• Shoot the DJ

  published February 4, 2009

  Like tequila shots (a love of which inspired his name), New York DJ and producer Drop the Lime's music combines a sense of woozy... More >>

• Capitol MC

  published January 28, 2009

  In the space of 61.4 square miles, Washington, D.C. produces plenty of national legislation, but few nationally acclaimed music acts. One rare... More >>