
Over the span of close to a decade, German electro duo Digitalism have produced good albums (2007’s Idealism ) and good remixes for a diverse group of artists (Cut Copy, the White Stripes, Klaxons). Overall, Digitalism have established themselves in electronic music as the ‘good’ guys- safe, solid, reliable. But if they’re shooting for greatness on their latest release, DJ-Kicks , then they've missed the target. Right now is definitely an odd time in electronic music. Just the name itself- ‘electronic’- feels so broad, so indefinable, that you may as well just say [...]