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- Artist(s): Johnny White, Kenny Glasgow
- Summary: This is the debut full-length album for the Toronto-based electronic duo.
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- Record Label: Crosstown Rebels
- Genre(s): Electronic, Club/Dance
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Jun 14, 2011When Art Department stick with their signature sound, even though it might not be exactly unique--it's easy enough to trace a lineage through seminal Chicago jack tracks, early-'90s disco house and the sleeker end of electro-clash to contemporary peers like Soul Clap and Benoit & Sergio--the results are nothing short of mesmerizing.
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Jun 14, 2011Like the best dance music, The Drawing Board has one foot firmly planted in the early origins of house, while still sounding completely modern and forward-thinking.
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Jun 14, 2011If you are looking for a quick musical fix, Art Department may burn too slowly for you. But if nine-minute deep house edits infected by the spirit of Larry Levan, Virgo and Basic Channel are your bag, then you'll not be straying too far from the gaze of the mistress you call house music.
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Jun 14, 2011Not surprisingly, Art Department are at their lachrymose best not when trying to uncover house's absences, but when redrawing ever more finely what was always already there.