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Alex Smoke
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(Soma)


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Barry O Donoghue End
Rating: 3.5 / 5



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(18 articles in total in Hotpress.com archive)

REVIEW: 27 Feb 2007
Smoke roams the plains at the far end of minimal on ‘Prima’: actually, it’s got sod all to do with m*****l, this adventurous epic is an exercise in...



REVIEW: 01 Nov 2006
Alex Smoke gives production line minimalists an education with this informed selection, the common thread being the firm nod to early-to-mid-‘90s Detroit...



REVIEW: 05 Sep 2006
‘...Day’ is one of the more melancholic moments from ‘Paradolia’ and the Actress version is also DJ-unfriendly, imploding in a gnarly wall of bass....



REVIEW: 29 May 2006
Smoke’s darkly paranoid original is a rare thing: a techno track you’ll find yourself humming on the bus. Slam’s tougher, leaner mix meanders nicely,...



REVIEW: 22 Mar 2006
Meany’ is not as warped as Smoke’s work for Vakant. But it blurs the lines between Detroit techno and experimental minimalism. Glitchy, phased...



INTERVIEW: 14 Mar 2006
Don’t be fooled by Alex Smoke’s glossy techno. Beneath the slick beats and glitchy melodies is an artist with unflinching political views.



REVIEW: 01 Mar 2006
Alex Smoke’s debut album, Communicado , impressed with a wide techno focus and, although this follow up is narrower in its vision, the results are...



REVIEW: 02 Nov 2005
Smoke remixes his original into a hypnotic minimal monster, with a swinging, sparse, FX and even sparser strings.



REVIEW: 22 Jul 2005
Alex presses the ‘weirdo’ button on his own remix – contrasting basslines, a sniff of schaffel and lots of murkiness. But out of this comes the...



REVIEW: 06 Apr 2005
More dark, glitchy beats from Smoke – we love the playful ‘Gypo’ with it’s wandering bass and cool FX and the crispy ‘Horizon’, with its sub-aqua...



REVIEW: 05 Apr 2005
One of the album’s standouts get glitched up and slightly sraightened out – meaning the eeeeevvvill bassy break makes even more impact



REVIEW: 22 Mar 2005
Alex Smoke is adept at alchemising electro, techno, synth pop and electronica, a process that makes ‘Point’ his best release so far.



INTERVIEW: 22 Mar 2005
Scottish minimalist maestro Alex Smoke is earning serious kudos for his intriguing LP Incommunicado, an impressively eclectic collection which sounds equally...



REVIEW: 18 Feb 2005
The young Scot delivers on the promise of his first EP in fine style – ‘Incommunicado’ has been glued to hotpress’ ears since it arrived through the...



REVIEW: 09 Feb 2005
Smoke keeps the pressure up with this atmospheric minimal-ish masterpiece - bare beats soon give way to his (by now) trademark deep chords and an icy vocal....



REVIEW: 22 Nov 2004
Glasgow producer Alex Smoke has a knack of taking a familiar sound and turning it into something new.



REVIEW: 03 Nov 2004
‘Chicca…’ is excellent – clipped, techy beats, rubbery b-line and a hyperactive synth riff combine with beautifully melancholic chords and eastern FX...




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