Nice one - thanks for submitting it to them Alex!
I noticed in the same issue they had a separate review of the Hub.
> A prehistory of Live Coding
> TOPLAP CD
>
> Four years ago, in a moky bar in Hamburg, Toplap was formed -- an
> organisation dedicated to promoting live algorithm programming. So far,
> so niche. Defying expectation however, it has since exploded into a
> fully functioning electronic music scene, with hundreds of practitioners
> improvising with live coding languages such as SuperCollider and ChucK.
> That is, writing, rewriting and modifying music software on the fly
> during performance (often with the rapidly changing code projected on a
> screen).
> The cream of this scene's live recorded output has now been collated
> on Toplap's inaugural release. Despite superficially geeky origins --
> many performers are coders first, musicians second -- the music here is
> stacked with depth, guts and soul. Opener "Water Surface" by Ron
> Kuivila is a featherlight study, shimmering with static broken by bursts
> of bee-like feedback. In contrast, The Hub's "Hub x 6" is an
> analogue-style fun fest of farty trumpet bursts and spaceship noise.
> RedFrik's ticklish "Aug 19" is Luke Vibert-style acid, but with enough
> rhythmic aberrations to take it beyond twee. "20060401folded" by scene
> forerunners Slub is a compelling, edgy slice of rollercoaster Techno.
> In truth, it's hard to believe much of the music here is essentially
> freewheeling software reined in by finger tapping humans. Live coding
> has so far flourished, but under a bushel. Perhaps it's time the rest
> of us got a look in.
> Susanna Glaser
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