Articles by Joshua Ostroff

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  FPU

  "Crockett's Theme"/"Ocean Drive"

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  How many contemporary tracks say they were "inspired by the work of Jan Hammer" - the synth-loving score-meister behind Miami Vice? Lately,...

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  Playgroup/Various

  DJ Kicks

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  What do you do after releasing an '80s obsessed eponymous debut - a record either lauded for its retro idiosyncrasies or viewed as a cheap...

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  Various

  Africa Raps

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  Screw the Bronx, some savvy soul has gone to the ghettos of the motherland to round up the best of Africa's hip-hop contingent - music prev...

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  Moby

  A Whale of a Tale

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

  Nobody could have predicted that a former suburban punk from Connecticut would become the biggest dance music star of the early '90s thanks...

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  Nine Inch Nails

  And All That Could Have Been

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

  "This is almost what it felt like to be there," promises Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor on their new live DVD liner notes. It's not an empty...

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  Carl Cox/Various

  Global

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

  So what do you do when you're the world's number one DJ and the world turns to trance? Well, if you're Carl Cox, then you just keep on drop...

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  Freaky Flow & MC Flipside/Various

  Keep It Live

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

  Local boys done good, Freaky Flow and MC Flipside have long been at the forefront of Toronto's drum & bass massive, but despite releasing t...

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  Miss Kittin and the Hacker

  The First Album

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2002

  Electro's "it girl," the ever chilly Miss Kittin, escapes cameo hell to take centre stage, busting deadpan irony while singing about not "w...