Moderat is the supergroup of Berlin electronic music. It combines the poetic atmosphere of Apparat...
Hip-Hop & Electronic
Performer Mag’s reviews of new rap, hip-hop, EDM and electronic music and videos.
Misfit Mod – “Islands & Islands”
Misfit Mod Islands & Islands London, UK (Stars & Letters Records) “Down-beat electronic...
Lotus – “Build”
Lotus Build Philadelphia, PA (SCI Fidelity Records) "Take a trip with funk-laced electronica" The...
Record Review: Animation “Asiento”
Just under half a century ago Columbia Records released a document subtitled "New Directions In Music." The document, Bitches Brew, issued on behalf of visionary trumpeter Miles Davis, did indeed...
Record Review: Beans
Beans End It All Brooklyn, NY “Innovative album from one of hip-hop’s freshest” As seems to be common with his work, Brooklyn-based rapper Beans takes chances without worrying about how he’ll be...
Record Review: The Narcicyst
The Narcicyst Mr. Asthmatic Montreal, QC “Socially conscious, international hip-hop from the soul” Let me unearth some truth - Mr. Asthmatic is not an album, it’s a mixtape. Nonetheless, Narcy...
Record Review: Speak Easy
Speak Easy Words Have Power Atlanta, GA Sean Fahie has chosen the right moniker. As Speak Easy, rapping over jazz horns and soul riffs, his voice transports the listener to an alternate 1920s...
Record Review: Animal Nation
Animal Nation Basti Made Me Do It Whistler, BC "Kenny G’s first hip-hop album" Canadian hip-hop should sound like the Beastie Boys in their heyday, and Animal Nation apparently never got that memo....