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MICHAEL FREEDBERG

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Nick Warren

Paris | Global Underground
As a jet-setting resident DJ simultaneously in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, and Athens, and with a recording career already in place, Nick Warren has proved himself worthy of this two-disc DJ mix.
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  February 13, 2007

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After hours

The rising pulse of Boston’s house-music beat
House music — that surprise descendant of disco and of so many other, older rhythm styles — is big in Boston and becoming bigger very fast. So let’s cut right to the chase and take you into a couple of house’s power stations to see what’s going on.
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  January 17, 2007

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House in the House

Kobbe and Austin Leeds, Rise, December 29, 2007
Belgium’s Kobbe, a tall towhead, and Miami’s Austin Leeds, a stubby brunette, have become one of house music’s most prolific and eloquent and best-liked production teams.
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  January 10, 2007

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Miss Nine

Yoshitoshi Ibiza | Yoshitoshi
Recording her debut DJ CD for the Dubfire imprint Yoshitoshi, Miss Nine — a fashion model from Germany who has developed a solid reputation as a DJ in London — puts together a 12-track mix distinctive for its easygoing intensity.
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  January 02, 2007

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A house divided

Peter Rauhofer, Rise, November 17, 2006  
As he began his opening set at Rise two Fridays back, Craig Mitchell said to me, “This is gonna be a great night!”
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  November 28, 2006

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Club man

Sanchez has geared his new disc to radio, but he’s still a DJ.
Already established as one of the world’s most respected house DJs, Roger Sanchez is now shaping his work for radio.
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  November 28, 2006

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Martin Solveig

Defected In The House | Defected UK
This two-disc set is the third release for Solveig — one of Paris house music’s most important DJs — and the second in just the past year.
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  November 20, 2006

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Big House

Derrick Carter, Rise, October 6, 2006
Derrick Carter is one of the most popular DJs who update classic Chicago house.
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  October 10, 2006

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Arthur Russell

Another Thought |  Orange Mountain
Following the 2004 release of Calling Out of Context comes yet another posthumous Arthur Russell session.
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  September 26, 2006

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Deep dishing the beats

DJ Dubfire, Avalon, September 15, 2006
Dubfire’s world is an instrumental one, an impressionistic soundscape that allows dancers a lot of liberty to interpret however they like.
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  September 18, 2006

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Defected In The House: Eivissa 06

In the House
“The Balearic Sound of Ibiza,” say the intro notes to the latest three-CD compilation from the prolific and inspired Defected production team.
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  September 18, 2006

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Roger Sanchez

Release Yourself, Vol. 5 | Stealth
Sanchez’s latest DJ mix spotlights his house-music talents.
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  September 11, 2006

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Dark Globe

Nostalgia For The Future | Global Underground
With Amanda Ghost, Tom Verlaine, and Boy George leading the list of vocalists on Nostalgia for the Future , this British production team have made an album that fans of steamy, atmospheric, Europop won’t want to miss.
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  September 05, 2006

LeToya

LeToya | Capitol  
If you were thinking that Destiny’s Child was all about Beyoncé Knowles, think again. LeToya, "All Eyes on me"  (mp3) LeToya, "Obvious"  (mp3)
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  August 21, 2006

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Various Artists: GU 10

Global Underground
A three-disc primer on the state of house, trance, and techno, GU 10 comes courtesy of one of dance music’s most advanced and prescient labels.
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  August 15, 2006

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Everywoman blues

Mary J. Blige at Bank of America Pavilion
America’s R&B queen brings the pain.
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  August 04, 2006

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Rinocerose

Schizophonia | V2  
Who would have expected, at this late date, to find a 1980s glam band with a feyish, Trent Reznor–influenced singer leading the action?
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  August 01, 2006

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Mark Farina

Sessions | Ministry of Sound
Mark Farina has been making his mixes in the DJ booth and as a hired remixer for other artists for so long, it’s a wonder this two-disc session didn’t appear sooner.
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  June 30, 2006

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Natacha Atlas

Mish Maoul | Beggars UK
The voice is still there — that marvelously tipsy contralto, the sound of a woman loving herself — but not the songs.
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  June 06, 2006

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Junior Vasquez

WHITE PARTY VOLUME 7 | Centaur
Can it really be 16 years since he turned house fans on their ear with the salacious, Latin-beat rhythms of “X"?
By MICHAEL FREEDBERG  |  March 14, 2006
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