Email Author Dominic Umile

2007 Stories by Dominic Umile

• Oh No

  published August 9, 2007

  The 2006 album Exodus Into Unheard Rhythms found Oh No sampling only from Galt MacDermot's musical theater scores. In doing so, he... More >>

• DJ Mayonnaise

  published August 2, 2007

  Eight years have passed since DJ Mayonnaise's debut LP, and while the Portland, Maine producer piled droning keyboards, brass, and ample noise on... More >>

• Digitalism

  published June 28, 2007

  Recorded in an old war bunker, the twitchy rhythms and hard synths that drive Digitalism's full-length debut are only part of the picture.... More >>

• All Smiles

  published May 10, 2007

  Jim Fairchild explores modest arrangements on his debut as All Smiles, finding mostly memorable hooks in airy, acoustic guitar-driven folk pop.... More >>

• Tayo

  published May 3, 2007

  With a hard mash of breaks, dubstep, and anything else that buzzes and beckons asses to the dance floor, Tayo's Fabriclive.32 mix packs... More >>

• Wax Tailor

  published April 26, 2007

  A patchwork of film and TV samples, scratches, and elegant baroque instrumentation on Hope & Sorrow follows French turntablist/producer Wax... More >>

• Amon Tobin

  published April 12, 2007

  For Amon Tobin's Chaos Theory: Splinter Cell 3 Soundtrack, the Brazilian-born UK resident and producer/DJ spun delicately assembled... More >>

• The Field

  published April 5, 2007

  Axel Willner's debut album stutters so much, sometimes it's as if the speakers will wobble off the table's edge and crash to the floor in pieces.... More >>

• Meanest Man Contest/ Languis

  published April 5, 2007

  West Coast electro-shoegaze outfit Languis took its already compelling sound to towering heights last year on the mysterious, electronically... More >>

• MSTRKRFT, and John Digweed

  published March 1, 2007

  MSTRKRFT's "Easy Love" video will get you fired if you watch it online while you're at work. Nobody in the video has sex, and, unfortunately,... More >>

• Gui Boratto

  published February 22, 2007

  Dense with vivid, lively chirp patterns, Gui Boratto's debut full-length offers authentic dance-floor splendor. The Brazilian producer's use of... More >>