Keck UK Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Over the last few years, Bristol's Giant Swan have rightly become one of the most admired and talked about acts in techno, primarily thanks to their brilliant live shows and a gritty, loose-limbed take on industrial techno that combines a free-wheeling punk attitude with more funk than is normally found within the scene they inhabit. The duo's long awaited debut album is a little more mixed-up sound wise (I.E there's a little more guitar and it's not all full-throated hedonism), but happily they've stayed true to their roots and offered up something reminiscent of their legendary live shows. In other words, it's a great first missive; we expect there to be even better albums to come from Giant Swan in the years ahead.

Review: Over the last few years, Bristol's Giant Swan have rightly become one of the most admired and talked about acts in techno, primarily thanks to their brilliant live shows and a gritty, loose-limbed take on industrial techno that combines a free-wheeling punk attitude with more funk than is normally found within the scene they inhabit. The duo's long awaited debut album is a little more mixed-up sound wise (I.E there's a little more guitar and it's not all full-throated hedonism), but happily they've stayed true to their roots and offered up something reminiscent of their legendary live shows. In other words, it's a great first missive; we expect there to be even better albums to come from Giant Swan in the years ahead.

Review: Robin Stewart and Harry Wright are Giant Swan and they are at the very center of some of the most exciting techno sounds we've heard for a while. They drop five club ready tunes here with mangled vocals and hefty kicks full of reverb and plenty of dark synths that drag you into an intriguing underworld. This one comes a couple of years after their self-titled debut and the fine Do Not Be Afraid Of Tenderness EP, all of which are as appealing to fans of noise-rock as they are techno. That the pair have played both Berghain and supported bands like IDLES tells you a lot about the style of their sound.