★★★★★
It looks an unlikely hook-up on paper--a DJ best known for his brawny house and techno and a long-standing bastion of vocal house. But is it really so strange? Defected have spent the last decade and a half building their rep on seeking out tracks from the far-flung corners of house music and turning them into hits. Their mix CDs are a production line of neatly-packaged clubland snapshots for the casual dance music fan...
- www.residentadvisor.net
2013-08-13
★★★★★
For better or worse--particularly the latter in the backlash-fueled world of the internet--the Loco Dice name is often associated with a kind of polished, bottle-service tech house. His high-sheen tracks would indeed seem interminable if they weren't inflected with a bit of hip-hop swagger, a playful disposition that hints at a deeper well of funk than is immediately apparent...
- www.xlr8r.com
2012-11-15
★★★★★
Originally released in 2007 by Time Warp. Mixed by Loco Dice, this is the seventh edition of the Time Warp 2CD compilation series, in honor of the yearly, week-long Mannheim, Germany-based progressive electronic music and experimental media arts event...
- www.forcedexposure.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
Loco Dice returns to Desolat with a one-sided, vinyl-only release. This untitled track features tribal chanting, claps, and flute sounds accompanied by a solid, throbbing, addictive beat and hand-percussion.
- www.forcedexposure.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
The Desolat label presents the second volume in a special remix series of tracks off of Loco Dice's 7 Dunham Place album. What resulted in volume 2 is a full spectrum of house and techno translations by Marcel Dettmann, Onur Özer, Marco Carola and Mike Huckaby.
- www.forcedexposure.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
Gatefold 4x12" version. Originally released in 2008, this is the debut full-length release by renowned Düsseldorf minimal DJ, producer and Desolat label-head, Loco Dice. 7 Dunham Place has been created to take the listener on a journey: an album to be treasured as a fine-textured catalog of the senses. Loco Dice, who spends much of his time shuttling between the world's main electronic music ports as an in-demand DJ, packed up his studio and relocated to New York City...
- www.forcedexposure.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
Loco Dice asked a select group of artists to remix and re-interpret their favorite track from his album 7 Dunham Place. What resulted for the first volume is a full spectrum of house and techno translations by Cassy, DJ Sneak, Luciano, and Mike Huckaby that perfectly encapsulate the mood of 2008, while anticipating the direction of dance music in 2009. Bound to cause a serious stir on the dancefloor.
- www.forcedexposure.com
2010-08-27
★★★★★
Loco Dice returns to Desolat with a one-sided, vinyl-only release. This untitled track features tribal chanting, claps, and flute sounds accompanied by a solid, throbbing, addictive beat and hand-percussion.
- www.forcedexposure.com
2009-10-23
★★★★★
Originally released in 2008, this is the debut full-length release by renowned Düsseldorf minimal DJ, producer and Desolat label-head, Loco Dice. 7 Dunham Place has been created to take the listener on a journey: an album to be treasured as a fine-textured catalog of the senses. Loco Dice, who spends much of his time shuttling between the world's main electronic music ports as an in-demand DJ, packed up his studio and relocated to New York City...
- www.forcedexposure.com
2009-08-29