[Smallfish-releases-html] Smallfish Release Mailout - 01/12/04
justusfish
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Easy there everyone.
Lots of very pleasant goods again this week to help you fend off the =
winter blues. Not that it's unpleasant outside... in fact it's rather =
nice with a lovely crispness and general autumnal feeling. Anyway, I =
digress. Enjoy the bits and bobs and have a browse on the wwwebsite.
Take care.
Peace.
The Fish.
Smallfish Records.
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Peace.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>The Fish.</FONT></DIV>
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<H1><A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk">Smallfish Weekly Releases</A> =
(01/12/2004)</H2>
<H2><A NAME=3D"navigation">Categories</A></H1>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue0">Electronica (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 16
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue0">Electronica (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 19
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue1">Techno / Electro (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 28
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue1">Techno / Electro (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 9
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue2">US Techno / Electro (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 6
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue2">US Techno / Electro (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 4
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue3">House (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 1
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue3">House (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 3
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue4">Hip Hop (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 16
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue4">Hip Hop (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 5
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue5">Eclectic Beats (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 1
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue5">Eclectic Beats (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 2
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue6">Guitar Based (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 7
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue6">Guitar Based (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 3
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue7">Funk / Jazz / Soul (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 12
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue7">Funk / Jazz / Soul (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 1
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue8">Reggae / Dub (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 5
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue8">Reggae / Dub (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 1
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse0">Electronica (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 12
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseFalse0">Electronica (Restocks, CD)</A>
x 8
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseFalse1">Techno / Electro (Restocks, CD)</A>
x 6
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse6">Guitar Based (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 17
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse7">Funk / Jazz / Soul (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 2
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse8">Reggae / Dub (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 2
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse11">Experimental (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 14
</UL>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueTrue0">Electronica (New Releases, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34640">1 =
SPEED BIKE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34640">MONTREAL =
JAZZ FESTIVAL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34640">TOOLBOX</A>=
- 12" (MONKEYTOOL04)
<BLOCKQUOTE> OVERPRICED MIXTURE OF EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRONICS AND =
RHYTHM. ONE
CUT IS A MIX OF PUNK FUNK RHYTHMS AND NOISE EXPERIMENTS. ONE IS
A 4/4 CUT THAT GRADUALLY GETS HARSHER & HARSHER TO THE POINT WHERE
IT BECOMES SCARY. AS I SAID IT IS A BIT ON THE PRICEY SIDE FOR
A UK PRESSED 12". </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34661">DAVID =
KRISTIAN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34661">THE CITY =
WITHOUT WINDOWS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34661">CREME =
ORGANISATION</A>
- 12" (CREMELP05)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ANOTHER SOUNDTRACK FROM THE CREME STABLE. A MINI LP =
CONSISTING
OF 5 TEXTURAL, CLICKY ATMOSPHERES WITH OODLES OF SPACE. THIS IS
MORE AKIN TO A TYPE / EXPANDING / KOMPAKT POP AMBIENT RELEASE
BUT PROPS TO CREME FOR BROADENING THEIR PALLETTE. =
RECOMMENDED...</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34642">DDAMAGE</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34642">PRESSURE<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34642">PLANET =
MU</A>
- 12" (ZIQ108)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FOUR TRACKS FROM THE MORE (D)DAMAGED END OF THE PLANET =
MU SPECTRUM.
ANALOGUE NOISE, RAW SYNTHS AND PUMMELLING BEATS THROWN TOGETHER
IN A MELEE OF SOUND THAT'LL GO DOWN WELL WITH SKAM / SCHEMATIC
FANS. PRETTY BRUTAL AT TIMES BUT EQUALLY QUITE ENTERTAINING. EQUALLY
AS NICE AS IT IS NASTY (IF YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN).</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34621">DIGITONAL<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34621">THE =
CENTRE CANNOT HOLD</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34621">SEED</A>
- 12" (SEEDEP10)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AT LONG LAST, DIGITONAL'S FIRST PROPER EP FOR SEED =
REORDS DROPS,
AND IT'S A TRUE WINNER. TAKING THE DEPTH AND BEAUTY OF THE ALBUM
FROM TOYTRONIC AND ADDING NEW TOUCHES OF VOCALS, A DARKER FEEL
AND THE SAME LEVEL OF OBSESSIVELY PERFECT PRODUCTION. AMAZINGLY
EMOTIVE AND MATURE SOUNDING, THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL RELEASE FOR
ANY ELECTRONICA HEADS. CLASS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34623">DONNA =
SUMMER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34623">THIS =
NEEDS TO BE YOUR STYLE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34623">IRRITANT</A=
>
- LP (MONKEYTOOL03LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> IF YOUR A FAN OF THE TIGERBEAT CHOP NOISE WIZARDS, THEN =
THIS IS
GONNA BE LIKE A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR YOU. CHOPPED INCOHERENT
SOUND MADNESS WITH A PUNK ETHIC AT WORK. SOME RECOGNISABLE ELEMENTS
THROWN INTO A POT AND THEN THROWN ACROSS THE FLOOR AND RECORDED.
MADNESS , PURE CHOPPED MADNESS............</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34643">EIGHT =
FROZEN MODULES</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34643">DJ =
RIDDIM AND SOURCE EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34643">PLANET =
MU</A>
- 12" (ZIQ109)
<BLOCKQUOTE> UNLESS I'M VERY MUCH MISTAKEN, THIS IS QUITE A NEW =
DIRECTION FOR
KEN GIBSON (BEST KNOWN FOR HIS RELEASES ON ORTHLONG, TIGERBEAT,
CITY SLANG AND LO). RUFFED-UP RAGGAMUFFIN BAD BWOY BIZZNIZZ (AS
YOU KIDS SAY) VERY MUCH IN A SH*TMAT, SOUNDMURDERER, BUG VS =
ROOTSMAN,
KID 606 ETC STYLEE. FILE UNDER ELECTRONIC DANCEHALL =
(APPARENTLY).</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34646">ERAST</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34646">MINIMISSI=
NG</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34646">LABORATORY =
INSTINCT</A>
- 12" (LI003LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ABOVE-AVERAGE ELECTRONICA, AT TIMES QUITE REMINISCENT OF =
U-ZIQ,
I THOUGHT, AS SEVERAL OF HIS TRADEMARK ELEMENTS SEEM TO BE BEING
REPLICATED (HIS LOVE OF ANALOGUE/LIBRARY-ESQUE SOUNDS, PIZZICATO
STRINGS AND RUSHING BEATS, FOR INSTANCE) BUT DON'T TAKE THAT AS
A CRITICISM - THIS IS WARM, MELODIC, DIVERSE AND HOLDS YOUR =
ATTENTION
FROM START TO FINISH. THIS VINYL VERSION IS, IN EFFECT, A 6-TRACK
SAMPLER FOR THE FULL CD ALBUM. AN ATOM HEART REMIX IS =
INCLUDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34606">LOBSAND =
DORJE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34606">YOU TAKE =
THIS WOMAN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34606">KOSMOS =
CONTOL</A>
- 7" (2A/B)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I FOUND A FEW OF THESE RECORDS IN A DUSTY CORNER OF =
SMALLFISH.
RELEASED IN 1994 IN ESTONIA - THIS HAS TWO TRACKS - THE VERSION
AND THE INSTRUMENTAL (ALTHOUGH THERE IS HARDLY ANY DIFFERENCE
OTHER THAN A REPEATED "YOU TAKE THIS WOMAN" VOCAL ) OF DEEP =
ELECTRONIC
MUSIC. A SLOW HYPNOTIC BEAT THAT SEEMS TO INCORPORATE ACTUAL
BREATHING AND AN ELECTRONIC HEARTBEAT INTO A QUITE LITERALLY PULSING
BEAT. NOT RECOMMENDED AS A BACKDROP TO GETTING MARRIED (UNLESS
YOU ARE A ROBOT), BUT AN INTERESTING BIT OF DARK AND REPETITIVE
MUSIC. HMMM... </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34709">MIKKEL =
METAL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34709">SORANO =
EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34709">ECHOCORD</A=
>
- 12" (ECHOCORD10)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SUPER-FINE EP FROM ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENT ARTISTS =
AROUND.
HE DELICATELY BALANCES A SENSE OF DEEP, DUBBY ELECTRONICA WITH
A MORE SOLID, 4/4 BASED BACKING THAT SHOULD, THEORETICALLY, GET
PEOPLE MOVING ON A DANCEFLOOR. DELIGHTFUL MUSIC WITH AN =
INFINITESIMALLY
WARM FLAVA. GORGEOUS, BRILLIANT, ESSENTIAL, RECOMMENDED. I LIKE
IT!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34712">MISTER =
TINGLE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34712">EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34712">PINGIPUNG</=
A>
- 12" (PINGIPUNG05)
<BLOCKQUOTE> CRACKING EP THAT USES BRITISH STYLE ELECTRONICA AS ITS =
MAJOR INFLUENCE.
FIVE TRACKS OF DEEP, LOVINGLY CRAFTED AND INTRICATELY DETAILED
MUSIC THAT'S MULTILAYERED AND PLEASINGLY MELODIC, BUT WITHOUT
BEING TWEE. FANS OF TOYTRONIC, SKAM'S MORE MELODIC MUSIC AND OTHER
SUCH LABELS ARE GOING TO ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS. IGNORE AT YOUR
PERIL!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34614">PATRICK =
DAWES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34614">CIRCUS =
TRAIN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34614">TUMMY =
TOUCH</A>
- 7" (TUCH046)
<BLOCKQUOTE> JUST UNCOVERED A HANDFUL OF THIS RARITY FROM A FEW YEARS =
BACK.
GUARANTEED TO CAUSE OUTBREAKS OF COMEDY DANCING AND DEMENTED =
VOCALISING,
THIS RECORD USED BRING OUR OLD OFFICE TO A STANDSTILL (ACTUALLY,
QUITE THE OPPOSITE NOW I COME TO THINK ABOUT IT) WHENEVER WE PLAYED
IT. ONCE HEARD, NEVER FORGOTTEN, THIS IS ONE OF THE SILLIEST RECORDS
EVER MADE BUT GUARANTEED TO GO DOWN A STORM. WHAT DOES IT SOUND
LIKE? I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU, THAT WOULD SPOIL THE =
SURPRISE....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34612">SURFACE =
NOISE VS WATCHMAN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34612">OLD =
LOVER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34612">RHYTHM =
MUSIC</A>
- 7" (RM01)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FAT BEATS AND DIGITAL DANCEHALL MADNESS FROM THIS RECORD =
FROM
1999. RAGGA ON ONE SIDE AND VERSION ON THE FLIP. FIVE YEARS
OLD YET VERY CURRENT. THIS WILL DROP A STORM ON ANY RUPTURE,
PLANET MU, VENETIAN SNARES KINDA DANCEFLOOR. CHECK!!!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34655">TROUBLESHO=
OTER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34655">DISASTER =
RECOVERY EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34655">MODERN =
LOVE</A>
- 12" (LOVE010)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE (SIX TRACK) EP FROM THIS INCREASINGLY =
SUCCESSFUL
(MUSICALLY AND OTHERWISE) LABEL. DEEP, WARM, SPACIOUS, ATMOSPHERIC
AND EXPERTLY PRODUCED, THIS IS MINIMAL TECHNO/ELECTRO BASED =
ELECTRONICA
OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. AI, BOLA AND EXPANDING FANS ARE JUST GONNA
FOAM AT THE MOUTH WHEN THEY HEAR THIS. WITHOUT DOUBT ONE OF THE
RELEASES OF THE WEEK.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34707">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34707">POP =
AMBIENT 2005</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34707">KOMPAKT</A>=
- LP (KOM109)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS YEARS INSTALLMENT OF THE WONDEROUS POP AMBIENT =
SERIES IS
AN ABSOLUTE WHIRLPOOL OF BLISS. 8 TRACKS OF THE MOST DELIGHTFULLY
ATMOSPHERIC AMBIENT ELECTRONICA FROM SUCH HOUSEHOLD NAMES AS (WELL,
THEY'RE HOUSEHOLD NAMES AROUND MY HOUSEHOLD ANYWAY!) GAS, TRIOLA,
KLIMEK, ULF LOHMANN, DJ KOZE, POPNONAME AND MARKUS GUENTNER. =
TEXTURAL
HEAVEN. ESSENTIAL.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34639">VARTIOUS</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34639">ALTERNATI=
VE BLUEPRINT #1</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34639">ALTERNATIVE=
BLUEPRINT</A>
- 12" (ALTBLUE001)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 4 EXPERIMENTS HERE OF VARYING INTENSITY. THE FIRST CUT =
IS ON THAT
ULTRA QUICK CHOP CHOP TIP WITH LOTS OF HEAVY EDITING IN THE RHYUTHM
DEPT. THE OTHERS ARE MUCH MORE SEDATE IN TEMPO BUT STILL ALL OVER
THE PLACE RHYTHMICLY. SOME NICE ANALOG MELODIES IN PLACES AND
SOME JAZZY INFLUENCES. THE 4 ARTISTS INVLOVED ARE MINIMAL PIG,
AUTOMATED ACOUSTIC, OPTIKATECHNIQUA & AMOR VENERIS. =
INTERESTING.....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34658">ZORN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34658">ALL WE =
CAN DO IS ENJOY THE RIDE</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34658">LUX =
NIGRA</A>
- LP (LNV30)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ZORN'S FIRST RELEASE IN OVER A YEAR SEES HIM HEADING =
DOWN A DARKER,
HEAVIER, ALMOST SCI-FI / NOIR-ISH ROUTE AT TIMES. DENSELY PACKED
YET EQUALLY FULL OF BEAUTY AND INTRICACY, THIS IS DEEP, THROBBING,
MELODIC, GENTLE ELECTRONICA AND A SERIOUSLY CAPTIVATING LATE-NIGHT
LISTEN, I DARE SAY. ABSOLUTELY ON A PAR WITH ANYTHING ON CCO,
EXPANDING, MERCK ETC RECENTLY - A MUST, IN FACT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"FalseTrue0">Electronica (Restocks, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D3289">ACCELERA =
DECK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D3289">7EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D3289">MUFF</A>
- 7" (MUFF001)
<BLOCKQUOTE> RANGING FROM HARSH ABSTRACT KID 606 STYLE BEATS TO PLAID =
STYLE
ELECTRONICA AND GUESS WHAT? IT'S FABULOUS! </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33804">ACTRESS</A=
>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33804">NO =
TRICKS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33804">WERK</A>
- 12" (WERK02)
<BLOCKQUOTE> CONSIDERING THE TITLE OF THIS FABULOUS EP IS 'NO TRICKS' =
YOU'LL
ACTUALLY FIND IT'S ONE OF THE TRICKSIEST BITS OF ELECTRONICA AROUND.
ACTRESS DELIVERS SIX MONUMENTALLY VARIED TRACKS THAT USE TWISTED,
MUTANT OFFBEAT CRUNCH TO AMAZING EFFECT. HIP HOP TONES AND SAMPLES
LAYER IT UP NICELY, BUT THERE'S MORE. DELVE INTO IT AND THERE
ARE SOME GORGEOUS MOMENTS OF MELODY AND EVEN THE OCCASIONAL NOD
TO THE DEPTH OF DETROIT. MIX THAT UP WITH SOME ELECTRO STYLES
AND YOU'VE GOT YOURSELF A KILLER EP. HIGHLY =
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D13722">ANTONI =
FRANKOWSKI</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D13722">L5 =
/ AEX / BC</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D13722">EXPANDING</=
A>
- 7" (EVS1:01)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FIRST 7" ON EXPANDING THAT UP UNTIL NOW HAS BEEN A CD =
ONLY LABEL.
ANTONI FRANKOWSKI DELIVERS TWO SUBLIME SIDES OF WARM ELECTRONICS.
FROM MELODIES THAT ARE PRETTY AND ORGANIC TO MORE FUTURISTIC ONES
- ALL OVERLAID WITH SWEET BROKEN BEATS. HIGHLY =
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33513">CANE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33513">PART =
TWO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33513">COLONY</A>
- 12" (COL007)
<BLOCKQUOTE> VERY MUCH A RECORD THAT CROSSES SUCCESSFULLY BETWEEN =
ELECTRO AND
ELECTRONICA. THE MELODIC AND MORE DOWNBEAT SECTIONS OWE MUCH
TO THE BOARDS OF CANADA, AND THE ELECTRO BITS BORROW FROM EARLY
ACID AND ELECTRO. MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE DANCEFLOOR BUT EQUALLY
ONE FOR LISTENING. GOOD TOO!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D16518">CAPITOL =
K</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D16518">PILLOW</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D16518">XL</A>
- 7" (XLS138)
<BLOCKQUOTE> HERE'S THE 7" EDIT VERSION OF THEIR THRUNGY NEW SINGLE. =
THE REAL
BONUS IS THE LOVELY ELECTRONIC VERSION BY PLANET MU'S LEAFCUTTER
JOHN. DOWNBEAT, SWEET, MELODIC, JUST GREAT. AND LIMITED =
TOO!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D16649">DABRYE</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D16649">SELECTION=
S: ONE / THREE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D16649">GHOSTLY =
INTERNATIONAL</A>
- 12" (GI2)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SECOND RELEASE ON THE HEAVILY TOUTED GHOSTLY =
INTERNATIONAL LABEL.
FIVE TRACKS OF DELICIOUS DOWNBEAT ELECTRONICS WITH A CHILLED OUT
HIP HOP ETHIC COUPLED WITH LOVELY SOUNDS. GOING TO BE AN ESSENTIAL
LABEL I RECKON. TOP !!!!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D2895">DAVID =
J. WIRE</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D2895">AN =
INTRODUCTION TO THE WORKPLACE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D2895">DOWNWARDS</A=
>
- 7" (LINO24)
<BLOCKQUOTE> LITERALLY A BUNCH OF RECORDED SOUNDS OF DRILLS, SANDERS, =
SAWS
AND SUCHLIKE. RECORDED WHEN SOME WORK WAS BEING DONE ON ONE OF
THE DOWNWARDS CREW'S HOUSE WAS BEING REFURBISHED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34468">DEZ =
WILLIAMS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34468">SPEAKING =
IN TONGUES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34468">BLASE</A>
- 12" (BLA006)
<BLOCKQUOTE> DEZ GETS IT ON WITH BLASE THIS TIME AND PROVIDES A =
WINNING COMBINATION
OF BEAUTIFUL, DEEP ELECTRONICA AND MORE UPBEAT ELECTRO GROOVES.
A SENSE OF MELODY PERVADES MOST OF THE TRACKS AND COUPLED WITH
WELL PROGRAMMED BEATS IT MAKES FOR AN INTRIGUING LISTEN. LIKED
THE AI EP? OR ANY OF THE OTHER BLASE RELEASES? OR, FOR THAT MATTER
ANY GENERALLY DECENT ELECTRONICA? IF SO YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS
LITTLE GEM. RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D3452">HEY & =
HANSEN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D3452">J'AI =
PEUR</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D3452">HEY</A>
- 7" (HEYWINT)
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D32875">HP.STONJI<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D32875">METIC =
EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D32875">SPEZIAL =
MATERIAL</A>
- 12" (SM015EP005)
<BLOCKQUOTE> YES, YES! THE SPEZIAL MATERIAL MATERIAL CREW DROPS =
ANOTHER BOMB
IN THE FORM OF THIS STORMING SLICE OF ELECTRO FUN BY HP. STONJI
(AKA HANS PLATZGUMMER). KILLER GROOVES, PACEY BEATS, PHAT, DARK
BASSLINES MAKE FOR A SLICE OF DANCEFLOOR ACTION THAT'S WELL UP
THERE IN THE TOUGH ELECTRO LEAGUE (IT MAY EVEN BE A CONTENDER
FOR THE PREMIERSHIP AT THIS RATE!). ROCK SOLID, UNMISSABLE STUFF
FROM THE SWISS LABEL THAT CAN, AND REGULARLY DOES. =
SWEET.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D10560">JOSEPH =
NOTHING</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D10560">JUST ONE =
FIX</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D10560">PLANET =
MU</A>
- 7" (ZIQ035)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ANOTHER VERY, VERY LIMITED RELEASE IN THE PLANET MU 7" =
SERIES.
WICKED ELECTRONICS WITH CRACKLY BEATS AND LURKING ABOUT IN THE
MIX, SOME VERY NICE MELODIES, FROM THIS NEW JAPANESE ARTIST. GET
THEM VERY QUICKLY!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D4254">KID =
606 / REMOTE VIEWER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D4254">SPLIT</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D4254">555</A>
- 7" (55520)
<BLOCKQUOTE> EXCELLENT DEEP ELECTRONICA FROM TWO OF THE MOST PROLIFIC =
PEOPLE
AROUND - A LIMITED PIC DISC. WE JUST FOUND THE LAST FEW COPIES
IN OUR VAULTS OF THIS SUPERB LOOKING AND SOUNDING RECORDED FROM
THESE 2 BIG NAMES. SNAP THEM UP QUICK!!!!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D6559">LOS =
SAMPLERS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D6559">DESCARGA =
MECCANO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D6559">AIRMILES</A>=
- 7" (AIRMILE710)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MORE OFF-BEAT CLICKS AND CUTS!! SOUNDS ABOUND ON THIS =
RHYTHMIC
FEAST WHICH IS COMPLETE NONSENSE AND MUSICALLY VALID ALL AT THE
SAME TIME!! CRIPES YOU OUGHT TO BUY A COPY!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33575">MIWON</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33575">BROTHER =
MOLE</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33575">CITY =
CENTRE OFFICES</A>
- 12" (BLOCK30)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FOUR TRACKS FROM MIWON. SOMETHING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT =
FOR CCO.
THIS IS A RIGHT MUSICAL MEDLEY - THE FIRST TRACK IS A PACEY
BUT UNDERSTATED TECHNO TRACK WITH NICE ORGANIC MELODIES AND A
SUBTLE DEADPAN VOCAL CREEPING IN OCCASSIONALLY. FOR THE NEXT
TWO TRACKS THE SAME FEEL PERVADES THERE IS A DEFINITE ELECTRONIC
FEEL TO THE BACKDROP, BUT REALLY THIS IS A 4/4 RECORD WITH BEAUTIFUL
NOODLING GOING ON IN THE BACKROUND (VERY MUCH IN KOMPAKT TERRITORY).
THE LAST TRACK IS PURE AMBIENCE - THE BEATS ARE GONE AND THE
ATMOSPHERICS</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D10616">ROGER VAN =
LUNTEREN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D10616">PREK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D10616">HEIMELEKTRO=
ULM</A>
- 7" (HEIM27S)
<BLOCKQUOTE> COOL NEW VERY LIMITED 7" ON HEIMELEKTRO. TWO TRACKS OF =
STRANGE
ELECTRO / BREAKBEAT WITH A SLIGHTLY OLD SKOOL FEEL. LOT'S OF STUFF
GOING ON IN THE MIX AND FEATURING SOME HARSH MELODIES AND CHORDS.
PECULIAR, BUT NICE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D22625">SOUVENIR</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D22625">TOUCH =
TONES 4 - THERE IS ONLY ONE THING...</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D22625">TUMMY =
TOUCH</A>
- 7" (TUCH068)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MY FAVORITE SO FAR ON THIS LIMITED SERIES - GIVEN THAT =
IT IS TWO
NICE TRACKS OF DOWNBEAT ELECTRONICS. ONE SIDE IS DOMINATED BY
A PIANO LINE, ALONG WITH BEATS AND MELODIES. THE OTHER IS LOVELY
PACEY PIECE - WARM, BUT SLIGHTLY GLITCHY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D11624">STENDEC</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D11624">AVRO / =
FEINT</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D11624">EXPANDING</=
A>
- 7" (EVS3:01)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NOW, THIS IS TURNING OUT TO BE A SUPERB LABEL! DEEP =
ELECTRONICS
WITH A SIMPLISTIC, MELODIC FEEL AND SWEET BEATS. THE FLIP SIDE
IS PARTICULARLY LOVELY AND I DEFY YOU TO NOT LIKE IT!! BRILLIANT
STUFF.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D7682">THE =
STEPS PISTOLS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D7682">KICK OUT =
THE JAMS MOTHERFUCKERS</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D7682">SONIC =
ART UNION</A>
- 7" (SAU 017)
<BLOCKQUOTE> IT'S SILLY. IT INVOLVES GABBA AND HAPPY HARDCORE =
VERSIONS OF SONGS.
YOU MIGHT JUST LIKE IT. I DON'T, BUT THEN, I'M A MISERABLE OLD
GIT!!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D30556">TRAJECT</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D30556">STRENGIR =
HRYNJA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D30556">SPEZIAL =
MATERIAL</A>
- LP (SM013LP003)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MIGHTY FINE RELEASE FROM THE MOST EXCELLENT SPEZIAL =
MATERIAL LABEL.
THIS COMES ON WITH SOME CRISP ELECTRONICS IN A CLASSICALLY CRUNCHY
VEIN. HEAVILY PROCESSED YET DEEPLY MELODIC SOUNDS WITH COMPLEX
RHYTHMIC STRUCTURES THAT HAVE BEEN FINE TUNED AND HONED TO =
PERFECTION.
PRODUCTION IS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND, AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN RELY
ON THIS TO HIT THE SPOT. RECOMMENDED WITHOUT =
HESITATION.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueTrue1">Techno / Electro (New Releases, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34665">B.W.H.</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34665">STOP / =
LIVIN IT UP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34665">RADIUS</A>
- 12" (RAD005)
<BLOCKQUOTE> REMIXES HERE FROM THE LIKES OF PUTSCH 79, BANGKOK IMPACT =
ADD INTEREST
TO THIS STRONG ELECTRO POP RELEASE. YOU KNOW THE DEAL, TAKE IT
OR LEAVE IT.....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34722">DADABLEEP<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34722">FUQ-U</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34722">LO-FI =
STEREO</A>
- 12" (LOFISTEREO031)
<BLOCKQUOTE> LO-FI STEREO CONTINUE TO RELEASE GREAT QUALITY =
DANCEFLOOR TECHNO
RECORDS. THIS IS A SOLID AND VERY PLAYABLE TWO TRACKER OF SYNTHY,
EURO-ISH FUN WITH A HYPNOTIC, GROOVING FLAVA. WHILST NOT QUITE
UP TO THE INNOVATIVE STANDARD OF SOMETHING LIKE VILLALOBOS, IT'S
DEFINITELY GOT A CERTAIN SOMETHING. CHECK.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34701">DESTILLAT<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34701">SAPHIR / =
KORN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34701">KLANG</A>
- 12" (KLANG88)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NOT QUITE WHAT I WAS XPECTING FROM DESTILLAT AS THEIR =
NORMAL MATERIAL
IS DEEP AND MINIMAL TECHNO PRETTY MUCH ALL THE WAY. THIS HAS A
MORE PLAYFUL, ELECTRO FEEL AND IS CLOSER TO SOMETHING LIKE BERGHEIM
34 IN SPIRIT WITH IT'S MELODIC BITS AND FUNKY, SYNTHY BASSLINES.
A SOLID SINGLE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34622">DK7</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34622">WHITE =
SHADOWS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34622">OUTPUT</A>
- 12" (OPR75)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NICE DESIGN, NICE PACKAGING, AND OPEN IT UP FOR A SLICE =
OF CLASSIC
OUTPUT. RETRO SOUNDING PUNKY VOCAL TECHNO WITH BAGS OF BASS AND
DANCEABILITY. FLIP FOR A MORE ACIDIC SLICE OF DCARK TECHNO THAT
WILL TICK ALL THE RIGHT BOXES ON THE DANCEFLOOR. BOUND TO BE
A HIT THIS ONE! </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34720">ERROR =
ERROR</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34720">IT =
HITS MY HAIR</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34720">ITALIC</A>
- 12" (ITALIC405)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO WHEN THEY =
SAY 'IT
HITS MY HAIR', BUT I'M SURE IT'S SUPOPOSED TO BE A SLIGHTLY SMUTTY
REMARK THAT'S FULL OF INNUENDO. AS TO THE MUSIC, IT'S A WINNING
COMBINATION OF FUN, FUNKY, TECH-Y SOUNDS WITH A VERY ACCESSIBLE
FEEL. SIMILAR TO THE EINMUSIK EP'S, SO IF YOU ENJOYED THEM, YOU'LL
LIKE THIS. ANYWAY, IT'S ON ITALIC AND THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD =
SIGN.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34702">FIXMER / =
MCCARTHY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34702">FREEFALL =
- HACKER & COVENANT REMIXES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34702">PLANET =
ROUGE</A>
- 12" (PLR04002)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THOSE COVENANT, EH? WHEN THEY'RE NOT TOO BUSY DESTROYING =
THE FLOOD,
HUNTING DOWN MASTER CHIEF OR RUNNING WILD ACROSS THE MAJESTIC
PLAINS OF HALO, IT SEEMS THEY HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO KNOCK UP A REMIX
FOR TERENCE FIXMER AND NITZER EBB'S DUOUGLAS MCCARTHY. THIS COMES
ON WITH SOME HEAVY E.B.M STYLINGS FROM BOTH ARTISTS AND A HEALTHY
DOSE OF PSEUDO-INDUSTRIAL / EURO ELECTRO TECHNO. QUITE A BANGING
PIECE OF WORK REALLY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34714">GOLDFISH =
& DER DULZ</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34714">HIGHER =
ENERGY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34714">BOXER =
SPORT</A>
- 12" (BOXER021)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS IS GOING TO BE HUGE! YOU MARK MY WORDS. GOLDFISH =
DEFECT FROM
PLAYHOUSE FOR THIS TOUGH, GROOVING, YET HOUSEY SELECTION OF COLOGNE
STYLE TECH. BRILLIANTLY TONGUE IN CHEEK YET SERIOUSLY FUNKY AND
FEATURING A NEAT LINE IN PERKY CHORD PRGRESSIONS AND MUSICAL =
MOMENTS.
PLUS, OF COURSE, CHEEKY VOCALS. SOLID.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34721">GUSTAVO =
LAMAS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34721">SEGUIMOS<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34721">ONI.TOR</A>=
- 12" (ONI.TOR36)
<BLOCKQUOTE> DID YOU ENJOY GUSTAVO'S LAST EP FOR ONI.TOR? I KNOW I =
DID. AND
I ENJOYED THE ALBUM TOO. THIS IS A WINNER AND COMPLETES THE =
HAT-TRICK
FOR MR. LAMAS. DEEPLY EXCELLENT AND ATMOSPHERIC TECHNO SOUNDS
WITH A SLIGHTLY MORE GROOVING FEEL THAN HIS OTHER MATERIAL, BUT
WITH A HEALTHY DOSE OF LUSH STRINGS AND TOUCHES OF MELODIES. A
RECOMMENDED RELEASE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34657">JUAN =
ATKINS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34657">FAST =
FORWARD</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34657">NEW =
RELIGION</A>
- 12" (REG103)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 4 WONDERFUL CUTS FROM THE MAN HERE. ONE HAS A SOUND THAT =
CAN ONLY
BE DESCRIBED AS HARD-CORE LIGHT (SPREADABLE LOW-FAT HARDCORE).
IT HAS THE STABS AND THE DRUMS BUT THEY ARE RECORDED IN A SOFT
AND TASTEFUL WAY. THIS NEW RELIGION STUFF HE IS DOING IS WAY BETTER
THAN HIS OUTPUT ON HIS OWN METROPLEX OF LATE. =
RECOMMENDED....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34663">KEN =
DUTRIEUE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34663">BIJOU =
EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34663">RADIUS</A>
- 12" (RAD004)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ELECTRO POP IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY HERE. NOT THE WISHY =
WASHY
ELECTRO POP WITH TEDIOUSLY BAD VOCALS THAT I LOVE TO HATE, BUT
STRONG, ANALOG DANCETRACKS THAT SOUND CURRENT BUT STILL HAVE ONE
FOOT IN THE 80'S, IF YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN. ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT
REALLY MY BAG, EVEN I CAN TELL THAT THIS IS THE BETTER END OF
THAT SOUND. THINK CREME ORGANISATION ETC..</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34700">KOENIG =
CYLINDERS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34700">NINETYNIN=
E.NINE - THE REMIXES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34700">EXACTA.UDIO=
</A>
- 2x12" (EXACTA001)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1992 ON INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH, IT'S =
BEEN
LICENSED TO EXACTA.UDIO AND GIVEN A SET OF PARTICULARLY ABRASIVE
AND BANGING REMIXES FROM JOHN SELWAY, LENNY DEE AND THE HORRORIST.
WITH NAMES LIK THAT YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN FOR SOME GRITTY TECHNO
WITH PLENTY OF ATTITUDE. MASSIVE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34724">LEO =
CUBANERO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34724">1/8 =
PUNKT IRRT</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34724">FESTPLATTEN=
</A>
- 12" (FESTPLATTEN24)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ODDBALL SOUNDS FROM LEO CUBANERO. I DON'T REMEMBER THE =
LAST ONE
FROM HIM HAVING QUITE SUCH A STRANGE, JERKY SOUND, BUT MAYBE MY
MEMORIES FAILING ME. THIS HAS THREE TRACKS OF TONGUE IN CHEEK,
FUN TECHNO SOUNDS WITH A SHUFFLY COLOGNE SCHAFFEL / HOUSE FEEL.
SOLIDLY GROOVING THROUGHOUT, THIS WILL DO IT FOR FANS OF THE LABEL,
AND KOMPAKT IN GENERAL.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34638">LEVEL =
8</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34638">S/T</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34638">PARADISO</A=
>
- 12" (PMP001)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I THINK THIS IS ALDEN TYRELL UNDER ANOTHER NAME , AND =
WILL DEFINITELY
APPEAL TO EVERYONE THAT IS INNTO THE DUTCH ELECTRO-DISCO SOUND
SURROUNDING THE CLONE CAMP. ALL IN ALL A QUITE TOUGH AND DRIVING
RECORD.... PEAKTIME MATERIAL!!!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34649">LOWTEC</A>=
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34649">IN =
FAIL WE TRUST</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34649">PLAYHOUSE</=
A>
- 12" (PLAY102)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ANOTHER BLINDER FROM PLAYHOUSE, BOTH SIDES OF WHICH ARE =
QUITE
KOMPAKT-ESQUE (THAT IS, COMPARE TO THEIR MORE SUBTLE TECHNO =
RELEASES).
PLENTY OF WARM SYNTH STRINGS AND A SLIGHTLY GALLOPY BEAT ON SIDE
A REMIND ONE OF THE BROTHERS VOIGT. LIKEWISE THE B-SIDE COULD
ALMOST BE LAWRENCE, MIKKEL METAL OR AN ARTIST IN THAT VAIN. WELL
WORTH LISTENING TO.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34718">M.I.A.</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34718">SWEET =
NOVEMBER</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34718">SUB =
STATIC</A>
- 12" (SUS_43)
<BLOCKQUOTE> M.I.A. DELIVERS ANOTHER SOLID EP FOR THE EXCELLENT SUB =
STATIC
IMPRINT. INCRESINGLY THEY SEEM TO BE OPTING FOR A SLIGHTLY MORE
COMMERCIAL ANGLE ON THINGS WITH A FUNKY DANCEFLOOR FLAVOUR ALL
ROUND. THIS FOLLOWS THE DOUBLE PACK VERY NICELY WITH SUPERB =
ATTENTION
TO PRODUCTION, GREAT SYNTHY BASSLINES AND A PERKY, SEMI-POPPY
FEEL. GOOD STUFF, THEN.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34659">MESAK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34659">MODERN =
STALKING</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34659">KLAKSON</A>=
- 12" (KLAKJSON10)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 4 FULL, BUSY, WELL PRODUCED ELECTRO CUTS HERE. NICE USE =
OF MELODY
THAT ALWAYS LETS THE RHYTHM SHINE THROUGH & SOME LOVELY ANALOG
SOUNDS FLYING AROUND IN THERE. KLAKSON DO IT AGAIN....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34698">MIKE =
INK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34698">R.E.S.P.E=
.C.T. / NEW JACK CITY PART 2</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34698">EXACTA.UDIO=
</A>
- 12" (EXACTA005)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ONE OF THOSE ALL TIME CLASSIC GERMAN TECHNO TRACKS THAT =
STILL
RESONATES WITH ME TODAY. MIKE INK AKA WOLFGANG VOIGT AKA GAS AKA
ANY NUMBER OF OTHER NAMES DELIVERS TWO STUNNING SLICES OF HARD,
PUNCHY, ACID TINGED TECHNO WITH A DISTINCT COLOGNE FEEL TO THEM.
ORIGINALLY ON FORCE INC. ON A LIMITED PICTURE DISC, THIS IS A
TIMELY REISSUE OF A GREAT PIECE OF WORK. BRILLIANT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34653">MUTRON</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34653">HOLOGRAMI=
ZED MEMORIES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34653">DEKATHLON</=
A>
- 12" (DEKA017)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY PLEASANT SURPRISE. MELODIC SCI-FI =
ELECTRO
/ TECHNO OF THE HIGHEST ORDER, THAT MANAGES TO SOUND RETRO AND
FUTURISTIC AT THE TIME (QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT). SOME GREAT MOTIFS,
STINGS AND EFFECTS ADD TO THE ATMOSPHERE. THE FINAL TRACK IS OF
A MUCH MORE REFLECTIVE, DOWNTEMPO NATURE. ONE OF VIEWLEXX / CLONE
FANS, CERTAINLY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34713">PETER =
GRUMMICH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34713">FROZEN =
WORLD</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34713">KOMPAKT</A>=
- 12" (KOM108)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SCHIZOPHRENIC RELEASE FROM PETER GRUMMICH AS IT SHOWS =
HIS TWO
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SIDES, MUSICALLY SPEAKING. THE A-SIDE IS
A TYPICALLY ROUGH AND READY SLICE OF UPBEAT, TRANCEY TECHNO THAT
KOMPAKT DO SO WELL. UPLIFTING, YET DARK-ISH. THE FLIP IS A =
STUNNINGLY
BEAUTIFUL POP AMBIENT TRACK THAT FULLY DESERVES THE NAME 'FROZEN
WORLD'. BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, THEN. QUALITY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34699">RADAR</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34699">FIRST =
STATEMENT</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34699">EXACTA.UDIO=
</A>
- 12" (EXACTA002)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ROUGH, TOUGH, PRETTY BANGING SOUNDS THAT I'VE NOT COME =
ACROSS
BEFORE. HARD AS NAILS MINIMAL TECHNO PRETTY MUCH ALL ROUND WITH
A SLIGHTLY MORE ELECTRO SOUND ON THE A-SIDE. UNCOMPRIMISING AND
A BIT SCARY. CHECK.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34666">SOUL =
DESIGNER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34666">THE =
MOTHER FUNKY BEAT</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34666">F =
COMMUNICATIONS</A>
- 12" (FUFCOM)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 2 CUTS HERE OF DANCE MANIA-ESQUE CHICAGO HOUSE RHYTHMS =
THAT BANG!
THE CUT WITH THE BONKERS TWEAKING THAT REMINDS ME OF AN OLD DJ
FUNK TRACK IS THE HOT ONE FOR ME. HAVE A LISTEN........</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34723">TORO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34723">PHANTOM =
DRIVE</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34723">MY =
BEST FRIEND</A>
- 12" (MBF12010)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MY BEST FRIEND KEEP THOSE TUNES COMING THINCK AND FAST =
WITH YET
ANOTHER RELEASE THIS WEEK. LONG, HYPNOTIC TECHNO / HOUSE HYBRID
SOUNDS WITH A LIGHTWEIGHT, EURO FEEL. SYNTHY BASSLINES AND =
MINIMAL-ISH
SOUNDS GIVE IT A NICELY STRIPPED FLAVA WHICH MAKE IT A VERY WORKABLE
RECORD.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34696">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34696">GENERATOR=
: DETROIT 2003</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34696">EXACTA.UDIO=
</A>
- 2xLP (EXACTA003)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BIG, SLAMMING SELECTION OF TECHNO TRACKS WHICH, WHILST =
THEY'RE
NOT STRICTLY DETROIT ARTISTS, CERTAINLY EMBODIES THE PASSION OF
THE HARDER EDGED, DANCEFLOOR DETROIT STYLE. TRACKS FROM CHAOS,
THE ADVENT, ALAN OLDHAM AS DJ T-1000, ADAM X, DAVE CLARKE, MIKE
DEARBORN AND MORE ARE GUARANTEED TO WARM UP YOUR CLUBNIGHT IN
A FIERCE OLD FASHION.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34664">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34664">EXALT =
EXALT / CYBERNETIC LOVE / HGH ENERGY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34664">RADIUS</A>
- 12" (RAD003)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 3 CUTS HERE ALL ON THE POP ELECTRO TIP. IT'S LIKE THE =
80'S NEVER
HAPPENED. FUN TRACKS TO BE PLAYED ON A FUN NIGHT OUT. FOR =
FUN.....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34725">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34725">THE FAKE =
RINGTONE COMPILATION</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34725">BOOT</A>
- 12" (BOOT04)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING, THIS. FOUR TRACKS FROM PETER =
GRUMMICH,
METROPOLITAN EXPRESS, MANANA AND JOEY PALMIERO WHICH HAVE A MUCH
MORE MINIMALISTIC AND SHUFFLY SOUND THAN I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.
DUBBY, YET FUNKY AND FUN WITH PERKY PROGRAMMING AND GREAT SOUNDS,
THIS SHOULD DO IT ON MANY A DANCEFLOOR.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34710">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34710">FOR FROM =
LAWRENCE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34710">DIALREC</A>=
- 12" (DIALREC21)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I MEAN, YOU ALL KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE LAWRENCE AND =
DIALREC IN GENERAL,
SO YOU'LL BE COMPLETELY UNSURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT THIS IS A
KILLER RECORD OF BEAUTIFUL PROPORTIONS. JAMES DIN A4 AND AUDISION
DELIVER VERSIONS OF TWO OF THE BEST TRACKS FROM LAWRENCE'S WONDERFUL
ALBUM WHILST THERE ARE TWO NEW TRACKS AS A BONUS. DREAMY, LUSH,
FUNKY SLEEPY-HOUSE THAT ABSOLUTELY DOES IT. ESSENTIAL.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34717">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34717">MUSICK =
03</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34717">MUSICK</A>
- 12" (STRIKE52)
<BLOCKQUOTE> DIRTY ROTTEN BASS LINES, GRITTY RHYTHMS, DANCEFLOOR =
PERSUASIONS,
RUMP SHAKIN' ABSTRACTIONS, AND SOME OTHER STUFF AS WELL. FAIRLY
AND SQUARLEY AIMED AT THE FLOOR AND IT HITS THE MARK. TRACKS FROM
HOLZ, DRUGBEAT, UESE, PRESIDENT IDO.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34697">X-313</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34697">SPECTRA =
- ALTER EGO REMIX</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34697">EXACTA.UDIO=
</A>
- 12" (EXACTA004)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE ORIGINAL WAS A CLASSIC SLAB OF HARD, UNCOMPRIMISING =
MINIMAL
TECHNO, BUT ALTER EGO HAVE, IF ANYTHING, UPPED THE ANTE WITH THIS
KILLER REMIX. TOUCHES OF ACID, HARD AS HELL BEATS, DIRTY =
BASSLINES...
IT'S ALL HERE IN ABUNDANCE. BRING ON THE ROUGH AND TOUGH TECH
SOUNDS!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"FalseTrue1">Techno / Electro (Restocks, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34524">D.I.E. =
(DETROIT IN EFFECT)</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34524">SIKE YO =
MIND EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34524">MARGUERITA<=
/A>
- 12" (MAR0023)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SUPERB UPTEMPO DETROIT ELECTRO WITH IT'S FEET FIRMLY =
PLANTED IN
THE ELECTRO FUNK CAMP. IF YOU LIKE IT FAST, BASS HEAVY AND LADEN
WITH OLD SCHOOL DRUM SOUNDS, RHYMES DE RIGUER, THEN THIS BE FOR
YOU.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D28292">DJ =
KOZE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D28292">THE =
GEKLOPPEL CONTINUES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D28292">KOMPAKT</A>=
- 12" (KOM85)
<BLOCKQUOTE> GUARANTEED TO BE A BIGGIE I RECKON. AFTER THE =
DEVASTATING SHENANIGANS
OF SPEICHER 11 DJ KOZE COMES WITH A SUPER FUNKY TRACK THAT HAS
A MUCH MORE SUBTLE AND GROOVING EDGE AS WELL AS A SPONGY, WARPED
OUT BASSLINE. THE FLIP SEES HIM GETTING DEEPER AND DEEPER WITH
A LUSH, MINIMAL, HYPNOTIC CUT PLUS A CLASSIC BEATLESS POP AMBIENT
STYLE NUMBER. QUALITY ASSURED. ESSENTIAL.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D32792">JUSTUS =
KOHNCKE / DJ KOZE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D32792">SPEICHER =
20</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D32792">KOMPAKT =
EXTRA</A>
- 12" (KOMEX20)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THESE SPEICHER RELEASES ARE ON A BIT OF A ROLL AT THE =
MOMENT.
JUSTUS KOHNCKE AND DJ KOZE POUND IT UP FINE STYLE WITH TWO FABULOUS
DANCEFLOOR TRACKS. JUSTUS HAS A TOUGH, GRINDING SOUND THAT'S VERY
MUCH IN LINE WITH THE OTHER SPEICHERS BUT KEEPS IT A WEE BIT SOFTER
AT TIMES AND UPS THE ANTE AFTER THE BREAKDOWN. DJ KOZE'S CUT IS
SIMPLY BRILLIANT AND WORKS IN A SIMILAR WAY TO DONNACHA COSTELLO'S
COLOUR SERIES BY BEING MINIMAL, EVEN A BIT PLASTIKMAN-ESQUE AND
FEATURING A SLOW BUILD AND WICKEDLY DEEP BREAK. ABSOLUTE CLAS
ALL ROUND. OH, AND I APOLOGISE IF I'VE GOT THE TRACKS AROUND THE
WORONG WAY AS IT'S DIFFICULT TO TELL WHICH ONE'S WHICH =
SOMETIMES!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D17112">KANSAS =
CITY PROPHETS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D17112">IGNITION<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D17112">CONTROL =
TOWER</A>
- 12" (CT003)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIRD RELEASE ON MR TENNISWOOD'S CONTROL TOWER LABEL. =
TOP QUALITY
PACEY ELECTRO BUSINESS - THREE CUTS WITH SOME LOVELY SUB BASS
AND GOOD BLEEPY BITS TO GET YOUR BOOTY A-SHAKIN'! =
CLASS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34108">LOWFOUR</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34108">MUSCLE =
AND HATE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34108">DEFRAG =
SOUND PROCESSING</A>
- 12" (DFRG_06)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ANDREAS TILLIANDER NORMALLY DELIVERS DEEP, CLICKY SOUNDS =
SO IT'S
A VERY PLEASANT SURPRISE TO HEAR THIS MORE UPBEAT SLICE OF DUBBY,
CLUBBY TECHNO. STILL GOT BEAUTIFULLY SUBTLE SOUNDS BUT WITH A
SERIES OF BEATS THAT GIVE MORE OOMPH TO THE POUND. THE FLIP INCLUDES
A MIX BY LABELMATE TERRAE. EXCELLENT STUFF.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D30083">LUCIEN N =
LUCIANO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D30083">PIER =
BUCCI</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D30083">CADENZA</A>=
- 12" (CADENZA02)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SECOND STORMING 12" FROM CADENZA. BOTH TRACKS ARE DEEP, =
DUBBY
AND BROODING TECHNO, BUT WITH BAGS OF FUNKY BASS LINES, SHUFFLING
BEATS AND IT HAS "PLAY OUT - LOUD" WRITTEN ALL OVER IT. =
CLASS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33989">ORB, =
THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33989">KOMPLOTT<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33989">KOMPAKT</A>=
- 12" (KOM106)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE ORB DELIVER ANOTHER EP FOR KOMPAKT AND, ONCE AGAIN, =
THEY'VE
TAILORED IT TO KOMPAKT'S STYLE. ONE GROOVING SCHAFFEL TRACK WITH
DUBBY UNDERTONES AND CRACKING STABBY CHORDS WITH A MORE STRAIGHT,
TECHNO'D UP TRACK ON THE FLIP FOLLOWED BY A LOVELY POP AMBIENT
TRACK OF PURE BLISS. SOLID STUFF.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D22755">QUARKS / =
SUPERPITCHER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D22755">SPEICHER =
6</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D22755">KOMPAKT =
EXTRA</A>
- 12" (KOMEX6)
<BLOCKQUOTE> QUARKS VOCAL TRACK IS REMIXED INTO AN ALMOST GLAM-TECHNO =
TRACK
BY SUPERPITCHER. HAS A SLIGHTLY PUNKY FEEL TO THE ATTITUDE AND
IS SURE TO BE A BIG HIT. THE SUPERPITCHER TRACK ITSELF IS A RIGHT
ROYAL 4/4 TECHNO ROMP WITH ACIDIC SOUNDS AND SWICKED STABS. VERY
GOOD INDEED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D7262">VARIOUS</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D7262">TOTAL =
2</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D7262">KOMPAKT</A>
- 2xLP (KOM20)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AMAZING DOUBLE LP. FROM THIS TOP NOTCH RECORD LABEL =
FROM KOLN,
GERMANY. VARY TRACKS & STYLES FROM DANCEFLOOR FRIENDLY MINIMAL
GROOVES SUCH AS "ZU DDICHT DRAN" BY REINHARD VOIGHT TO DOWNTEMPO
BUSINESS LIKE "SHADOWS" by superpitcher WHICH HAS A VOCAL =
REMINISCENT
OF SHIRLEY BASSEY . AWESOME.! BUY IT NOW!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueTrue2">US Techno / Electro (New Releases, Vinyl)</A> =
(<A HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34656">BASIC =
BASTARD</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34656">VOLUME =
5</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34656">IGNITOR</A>=
- 12" (IGNTR1010)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 3 MORE CUTS FROM 1994 THAT HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. =
HOUSEY,
TECHY CUTS THAT WILL WORK ON THE FLOOR (TO THESE EARS AT LEAST).
DOES THIS MAN RECORD ANY MUSIC NOW????</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34654">BASIC =
BASTARD FEAT BLAKE BAXTER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34654">VOLUME =
4</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34654">IGNITOR</A>=
- 12" (IGNTR1009)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE BLAKE BAXTER CUT IS REALLY VERY GOOD. A FAIRLY PACEY =
CUT WITH
THE DEEPEST OF STRINGS AND BLAKE'S SOFT TONES RIDING THE RHYTHMS.
THE FLIP IS 2 MORE INST CUTS THAT BOTH SOUND AT LEAST GOOD. HAVE
A LISTEN....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34662">GARY =
MARTIN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34662">SAMEDI</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34662">TEKNOTIKA</=
A>
- 12" (GG41)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BIG FAT TECHNO/DISCO FROM DETROIT HERE IN THE FORM OF 2 =
MIXES.
BOTH ARE AIMED FAIRLY & SQUARELY AT THE DANCE FLOOR AND WILL NOT
DISAPPOINT. THE ORIGINAL MIX IS THE ONE FOR ME WITH ITS POUNDING
DRUMS AND SUPERBLY WOBBLY ANALOG LINE TOWARDS THE =
END...</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34675">GIGI =
GALAXY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34675">SAMEDI - =
DETROIT MIXES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34675">TEKNOTIKA</=
A>
- 12" (GG42)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ANOTHER SET OF MIXES HERE OF THIS TRIBUTE TO MR MARTIN'S =
LATE
MOTHER. DJ 3000, GARY HIMSELF & FUTAGO TECHNOLOGIES WORK THEIR
SPELLS OVER THIS DANCEFLOOR FILLER. GIVE IT A SPIN....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34651">LOS =
HERMANOS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34651">RESSURECT=
ION EP</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34651">LOS =
HERMANOS</A>
- 12" (LH05)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FIRST UP THIS IS NOT AN EP, ITS A 12". HAVING SAID THAT =
IT'S A
DAMN FINE 12" AND THE BEST LOS HERMANOS SO FAR FOR MY MONEY. ONE
SIDE IS A CHUNKY, FUNKY CLUB CUT WITH THAT GOODMEN FEEL TO IT.
THE OTHER IS SHEER DETROIT DELIGHT. FUNKY ANALOG LINES AND LASHINGS
OF GORGEOUS DEEP STRINGS. MORE OF THE SAME PLEASE.....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34652">VANISHER, =
THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34652">THE =
TIC-TAC TACTIC</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34652">SPECTRAL</A=
>
- 12" (SPC22)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 2 DEEP SHUFFLING, FUNKY CUTS ON ONE SIDE. BOTH FULL OF =
MELODY
AND STRINGS WITH LOTS GOING ON. THWE OTHER IS A STRIPPED TO THE
BONE MINIMAL CLICKY CUT THAT IS PRETTY HYPNOTIC. 3 WINNERS THEN,
HAVE A LISTEN.....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"FalseTrue2">US Techno / Electro (Restocks, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D25004">DINO =
FELIPE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D25004">SPREADER =
/ SPRIGG / NIM & KII</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D25004">SCHEMATIC</=
A>
- 7" (SCH029-7)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 3 CUTS OF HEAVILY CHOPPED AND CLIPPED LAPTOP SOUNDS THAT =
ARE MORE
RHYTHMIC THAN MELODIC. LOTS OF FUZZY BEATS AND MANY SOUNDS LAYERED
THROUGHOUT. HAVE A LISTEN.........</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D32613">MATHEW =
JONSON</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D32613">DECOMPRES=
SION EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D32613">MINUS</A>
- 12" (MINUS24)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MATHEW JONSON IS ON TOP FORM AT THE MOMENT AND PEOPLE =
REALLY DON'T
SEEM TO BE ABLE TO GET ENOUGH OF HIS UNIQUE STRAIN OF TECHNO.
THIS COMES ON IN A VERY UN-MINUS-LIKE FASHION WITH IT'S DARK,
PRETTY MUCH TWISTED BASSLINE WITH AN ED RUCH AND OPTICAL STYLE
RAWNESS TO IT. SUPERB STRINGS FILTER IN THROUGH THE TRACK AND
THE CRISP PERCUSSION DOES ITS JOB WITH A GREAT DEAL OF PANACHE.
THE FLIP IS MELLOWER, DEEPER AND ALTOGETHER THE FLIP SIDE OF MATHEW
JONSON'S COIN, PROVIDING A GROOVESOME YET SUBTLE FLAVA. ABSOLUTELY
BRILLIANT STUFF, BUT THEN, YOU PROBABLY DON'T NEED ME TO TELL
YOU THAT! BUY IT NOW.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D1385">UNDERGROUND=
RESISTANCE</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D1385">THE =
TURNING POINT</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D1385">UNDERGROUND =
RESISTANCE</A>
- 2x12" (UR042)
<BLOCKQUOTE> GREAT RELEASE FROM "UR".... VERY COOL VARIATION OF =
STYLES....
ELECTRO BASED ELECTRONICA TO THE VERY POPULAR DISCO FREESTYLE
CUT "SOUL CIRCUITS"...... ALL TRACKS ARE VERY MUSICAL IN A CLASSIC
UR SENSE!!!!!! </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D611">UNDERGROUND =
RESISTANCE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D611">WORLD 2 =
WORLD</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D611">UNDERGROUND =
RESISTANCE</A>
- 12" (UR020)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ONE OF THE BEST UR RELEASES!... SO MUCH MOVEMENT & =
SOUL... MAKE
SURE YOU CHECK THIS AMAZING MUSICAL MASTERPIECE</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueTrue3">House (New Releases, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34630">A. =
TANTRA / B. SANDY'S GANG</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34630">A =
PLACE ACLLED TAROT / HUNGRY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34630">TIRK</A>
- 12" (TIRK003)
<BLOCKQUOTE> EXCELLENT NEW LABEL FROM THE NUPHONIC LOT, CONCENTRATING =
ON DISCO-EDITS
AND GENERALLY PARTY-FLAVOURED SOUNDS. THIS ONE HAS A QUITE =
ELECTRO-DISCO
FEEL ON THE A SIDE WITH ANIDJUT BOYS EDIT OF "A PLACE CALLED =
TANTRA",
BUT THE REAL WINNER FOR ME IS THE SOULFUL DISCO CLASSIC THAT IS
"HUNGRY" ON THE B-SIDE. GREAT MATERIAL, CAREFULLY SELECTED. =
TIP!!!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"FalseTrue3">House (Restocks, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D20212">KHAN =
FEAT. JULEE CRUISE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D20212">SAY =
GOODBYE REMIXES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D20212">PLAYHOUSE</=
A>
- 12" (PLAYHOUSE59)
<BLOCKQUOTE> A STRANGE COMBINATION AND NO MISTAKE! THE ORIGINAL IS A =
KIND OF
POPPY HOUSE / ELECTRO TYPE TRACK WHICH WILL FIND ITSELF A WHOLE
LOT OF FANS METHINKS. THE REMIXES FROM LOSOUL AND REWORK ARE THE
KILLER DANCEFLOOR CUTS. PHAT, QUIRKY, DECIDEDLY DIFFERENT. GREAT
STUFF.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D20910">THEO =
PARRISH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D20910">SOLITARY =
FLIGHT / DELLWOOD II</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D20910">SOUND =
SIGNATURE</A>
- 12" (SS016)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THEO MOVES FOREVER ONWARDS, USING A VAST RANGE OF SKILLS =
AND STYLES
WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF HIS UNIQUE HOUSE SOUND. THE SIXTEENTH
RELEASE ON SOUND SIGNATURE IS A MONUMENTALLY FINE SLICE OF WORK.
CLASSICAL HOUSE? YOU GOT IT. STRINGS, PIANOS, JAZZ TOUCHES, DEEP
BEATS, JUST AWESOME. THE FLIP IS A TRADEMARK THEO CUT. A WONDERFUL
CHORD STAB PLAYS THROUGHOUT THE TRACK WITH A MID PACED BEAT AND
AN ABSTRACT FLAVA. SHEER BRILLIANCE AS ALWAYS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D11189">THEO =
PARRISH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D11189">ESSENTIAL=
SELECTIONS VOL. 1</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D11189">SOUND =
SIGNATURE</A>
- 12" (SS007)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ALREADY A CLASSIC...NICE 3 VARIOUS STYLES OF THEO's =
MINIMAL FUSION/FUNK
TRACKS. </BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueTrue4">Hip Hop (New Releases, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34716">354 =
FEAT BIG L / NOTORIOUS BIG</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34716">REAL =
G'Z</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34716">Y.O. =
FINEST</A>
- 12" (DBK4214)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BIG DRAMATIC BEAT HERE WITH THE LATE LAMENTED BIG L ON =
FORM. NOT
TO SURE WHO PRODUCED THIS BUT IT'S A NICE BEAT. THE FLIP FEATURES
THE NOTORIOUS AND USES AN INTERPOLATION OF THE CHOP THAT PRIMO
USED FOR THE WICKED BRAND NUBIANS "RETURN". TAKE IT FOR A =
SPIN.....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34678">BRAINTAX</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34678">INSTRUMEN=
TALS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34678">NETTWERK</A=
>
- LP (NET001)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 6 INSTRUMENTALS FROM THE UK'S BRAINTAX HERE. WHILE I =
WHOLE HEARTEDLY
RECOMMENDED THIS ON THE STRENGTH OF THE MUSIC, I WISH I COULD
DO THE SAME AS REGARDS THE PRICE. BUT I CANT. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
STILL IF YOU REALLY FEEL THE MUSIC THEN IT'S YOUR =
CHOICE.......</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34635">CHALI =
2NA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34635">COME ON =
/ EMCEE MATERIAL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34635">MOVEMENT</A=
>
- 12" (TEG1937)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TUNA FROM THE JURASSIC 5 BRANCHES OUT ON HIS OWN WITH 3 =
TRACK
12". BEATS SUPPLIED BY VITAMIN D, 7 LEE & EMPHASIS. ONE CUT HAS
A BIT OF AN MTV FEEL, THE OTHER 2 ARE MORE ON THE STRAIGHT UP
INDIE TIP. HAVE A LISTEN....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34627">ED =
O.G. FEAT PETE ROCK</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34627">MY =
OWN WORST ENEMY - INST</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34627">FAT =
BEATS</A>
- 2xLP (FB1121LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> INST VERSION OF THIS SUPERB PETE ROCK PRODUCED LP. SNAP =
'EM UP
AS THESE INST VERSIONS NEVER SEEM TO BE ABOUT FOR =
LONG.....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34632">HANDSOME =
BOY MODELING SCHOOL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34632">WHITE =
PEOPLE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34632">ATLANTIC</A=
>
- 2xLP (062941LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MANY MANY GUEST ON THIS LP THAT IS WORTH IT FOR THE =
COVER ALONE!
RZA, DEL, LORD FINESSE, BARRINGTON LERVY, DRES, JAMIE CULLUM BELEIVE
IT OR NOT!! NEEDS TO BE HEARD! BIG YOURSELVES UP DAN AND =
PAUL.....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34633">HANDSOME =
BOY MODELING SCHOOL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34633">WHITE =
PEOPLE - INST</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34633">ATLANTIC</A=
>
- 2xLP (062988LPINST)
<BLOCKQUOTE> INSTRUMENTAL VERSION OF THIS OFF THE WALL =
LP......</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34645">KANKICK</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34645">ACID =
MASSIVE MUSICAL</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34645">UP =
ABOVE</A>
- LP (UPA3072)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WELL, THAT WAS A NICE SURPRISE. I HAVE NEVER BEEN A HUGE =
FAN OF
KANKICK, BUT THIS IS REALLY ON POINT. 12 INSTRUMENTAL BEATS WHICH
HAVE LEANINGS TO THE JAY-DILLA SOUND. SOME QUIRKY BEATS HERE AS
WELL, BUT ON THEW WHOLE A PRETTY SOULFUL AFFAIR. =
RECOMMENDED......</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34644">KRS-ONE / =
Q-BURSE / ANG</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34644">WHAT YOU =
KNOW ABOUT?</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34644">FANBASS</A>=
- 12" (SWS003)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NICE ARTWORK. Q-BURSE IS THE MAIN MAN HERE. TEAMING UP =
WITH KRS.
BIG STRONG DRUMS WITH SOME NICE LIVE INSTRUMENTATION ON HERE.
ONE OF THE BETTER INDIES THIS WEEK TO MY MIND. HAVE A =
LISTEN......</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34732">LEELA =
JAMES FFEAT PETE ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34732">GOOD =
TIME</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34732">UP =
ABOVE</A>
- 12" (UA3071)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SOULFUL VOCALS, CL ON THE MIC & A REMIX FROM PETE ROCK =
WITH A
SOUL/BOOGIE FEEL TO IT. TAKEN FROM THE FORTHCOMING LP, THIS IS
A LOVELY TRACK. IT WON'T BLOW YOU AWAY, BUT IT CERTAINLY WON'T
OFFEND. FOR THE ULTRA TRAINSPOTTERS OUT THERE (YOU KNOW WHO YOU
ARE), THIS WAS RECORDED AT DJ PREMIER'S NEW STUDIO HEADQUARTERS
(WHAT USED TO BE D&D). BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE =
INVOLVED.........</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34631">LIVING =
LEGENDS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34631">BLAST =
YOUR RADIO</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34631">UP =
ABOVE</A>
- 12" (UA3075)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NICE BASSY, RAW BEAT WITH A ROCK FEEL TO IT. LIVING =
LEGENDS ARE
ON FORM SO YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD CHECK THIS!!!!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34629">MF =
DOOM</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34629">MM.. =
FOOD</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34629">RHYME =
SAYERS</A>
- 2xLP (RSE0051LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NEW LP/CD FROM THE DOOMSTER HERE ON RHYMESTER. GUEST =
APPEARANCES
FROM THE LIKES COUNT BASS D, MR FANTASTIK, ANGELIKA & 4IZE AND
THAT'S ABOUT IT. HAVENT HAD MUCH OF CHANCE TO REALLY LISTEN TO
THIS, BUT YOU ALL KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT BY NOW, DONT =
YOU????</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34703">PEDESTRIAN=
/ ARREST THE PRESIDENT ALL-STARS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34703">THE TOSS =
& TURN / ARREST THE PRESIDENT</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34703">ANTICON</A>=
- 12" (ABR0041)
<BLOCKQUOTE> OBSCURE SIX-TRACKER FEATURING A HOST OF ANTICON RELATED =
ARTISTS
INCLUDING JEL AND SOLE. DIFFICULT TO CLASSIFY AS STRICTLY HIP
HOP AS THERE IS A WHOLE GAMUT OF OTHER STYLES REPRESENTED FROM
LEFTFIELD INDIE TO ROCK AND BACK AGAIN COUPLED WITH ODDBALL, =
TYPICALLY
ANTICON VOCALS. FANS OF ALIAS TC ARE GOING TO LOVE =
THIS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34628">PHARCYDE, =
THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34628">SHE =
SAID</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34628">DELICIOUS =
VINYL</A>
- 12" (DV8095)
<BLOCKQUOTE> PREPRESSING WITH THE PIC SLEEVE OF THIS SUPRBLY SOULFUL =
12". A
REALLY SLOW, SOPORIPHIC BEAT THAT IS TIMELESS BY JAYDEE ON THE
REMIX, HAS TO BE ONE OF MY FAVOURITE REMIXES OF ALL TIME!! HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED.....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34650">TAME =
ONE</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34650">DA =
MUZIK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34650">AHEAD</A>
- 12" (XNF8291)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NOT FEELING THIS AT ALL. THE BEATS ARE SUPER AVERAGE AND =
THE RHYMES
AREN'T SAYING MUCH EITHER. SORRY, TAME......</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34636">VIKTOR =
VAUGHAN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34636">VENOMOUS =
VILLAIN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34636">INSOMNIAC =
INC</A>
- LP (INI1005LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MORE QUALITY OUTPUT FROM MF UNDER HIS VIKTOR VAUGHN =
GUISE. SOME
GREAT GUEST HERE, KOOL KEITH, MANCHILD, POISON PEN. ALSO SEES
HIM UNDER HIS DOOM GUISE TALKING ABOUT VIKTOR! LOVE IT, HAVE A
LISTEN. THE VINYL FEATURES A BONUS TRACK</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34647">X-CLAN</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34647">MILLENNIU=
M CIPHER</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34647">UP =
ABOVE</A>
- 12" (UA3074)
<BLOCKQUOTE> OWW MY WORD ITS THE X-CLAN!! A NICE HEAVY DRUM BEAT ON =
THE A SIDE
LACED WITH SOME NICE MODULE SOUNDS. THE FLIP IS A BIT JIGGY FOR
MY TASTES BUT THE RHYMES ARE COOL. GIVE IT A SPIN....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"FalseTrue4">Hip Hop (Restocks, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34336">ED =
O.G. FT PETE ROCK</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34336">MY =
OWN WORST ENEMY</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34336">FAT =
BEATS</A>
- 2xLP (FB5112LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AM I DREAMING. AN LP ALMOST ENTIRELY PRODUCED BY PETE =
ROCK WITH
ED O.G.? NO I'M NOT, AND IT'S ON POINT! RAW BEATS FROM PETE (BEING
ANAL, IT SOUNDS AS IF THE BEATS HAVE BEEN RECORDED AT HOME GIVING
THEM A REALLY RAW FEEL). I KNOW THAT PEOPLE SAY TO ME THAT THESE
ARE ARTISTS WHO HAVE PASSED THEIR PRIME AND THAT THEIR BEST WORK
HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE WRONG. IF YOU COMPARE
THEM TO THE BLING BLING MTV GENERATION THEN IN TERMS OF SALES
AND MASS POPULARITY THEN THATS TRUE. BUT IF YOU COMPARE THEM ON
SKILLS, DEDICTAION, SOUL, THEN THEY OUTSHINE 'EM IN MY HUMBLE
OPINION. THEY MAKE HIP HOP FOR PEOPLE THATS STILL DIG THE WHOLE
SAMPLE THING, ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF HIP HOP. ANYWAY, ENOUGH
OF MY RANTING, JUST LISTEN AND ENJOY THIS GREAT =
LP/CD....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D26241">GANG =
STARR</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D26241">THE =
OWNERZ - U.S. PRESSING</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D26241">NOO =
TRIBE</A>
- 3xLP (80247)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 19 NEW TRACKS FROM ONE OF HIP HOPS LONGEST SURVIVNING =
CREWS. YOU
KNOW THE DEAL BY NOW, HARD HITTIN DRUMS, THOUGHTFUL BUT STREET
RHYMES, BEAUTIFULLY CHOPPED AND CLIPPED SAMPLES. THERE SEEMS TO
BE 2 CAMPS AS FAR AS GANGSTARR ARE CONCERNED THESE DAYS, TIRED
AND STALE, IF IT AINT BROKE DONT FIX IT. I AM MOST CERTAINLY OF
THE LATER AND FIND THIS LP/CD TO BE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO THE
BLING BLING, POP FORMULA HITS OF MTV. MINIMAL GUESTS AS PER ALL
THE GANGSTARR LP'S, SNOOP, BIG SHUG & FREDDIE FOX (ON MILITIA
PT 3!) JADAKISS & KRUMBSNATCHA, FAT JOE & M.O.P TRUE SCHOOL SOUNDS
FOR THOSE WHO KNOW. RECOMMENDED AS ALWAYS.........</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34503">MIX =
MASTER MIKE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34503">BANGZILLA=
</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34503">IMPERIAL</A=
>
- 12" (90031)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 3 CUTS FROM THE FORTHCOMING LP OF THE SAME NAME HERE. =
TWISTED
ELECTRO-ISH BEATS WITH CUTS A PLENTY. CHECK IT OUT...</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33849">PLATINUM =
PIED PIPERS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33849">ANOTHER =
DAY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33849">UBIQUITY</A=
>
- 12" (UR12160)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ANOTHER DEEP AS YOU CAN SLICE OF HIP HOP/SOUL HERE WITH =
THE SUPER
TALENTED WAJEED ON THE BOARDS. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THIS, HAVE A
LISTEN......</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34550">ROOSEVELT =
FRANKLIN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34550">SOMETHIIN=
G'S GOTTA GIVE (INST VERSION)</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34550">SMACKS</A>
- 2xLP (TEG2406LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> UNLESS I'M VERY MUCH MISTAKEN, WE'VE NOT ACTUALLY HAD =
THE VOCAL
VERSION OF THIS LP YET, BUT IT'S HARD TO SEE HOW IT WILL BETTER
THIS INSTRUMENTAL TAKE. NICELY LO-FI IN THE CHOCOLATE INDUSTRIES
/ PREFUSE / AMMONCONTACT SCHEME OF THINGS - WELL WORTHY OF =
INVESTIGATION.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueTrue5">Eclectic Beats (New Releases, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34613">STEREO =
DELUXE VS URSULA 1000</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34613">RENNSPORT=
SPLIT EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34613">BUNGALOW</A=
>
- 7" (EFA615737)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE COVER SPEAKS VOLUMES - WITH LOTS OF MOTORBIKE NOISE =
PUNCTUATING
THIS FAIRLY ROBUST PIECE OF PARTY BREAKBEAT COMPLETE WITH SAMPLES
AND SOME HEAVY OLD GUITARS. VERY SILLY, BUT A RECORD THAT WILL
SURELY GET PEOPLE LEAPING AROUND IN A WILD FASHION.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"FalseTrue5">Eclectic Beats (Restocks, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D24609">ARTS =
& LEISURE FOUNDATION</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D24609">REELFEELS=
EXROBOTS</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D24609">GC =
RECORDINGS</A>
- 7" (GC002-7)
<BLOCKQUOTE> RATHER NICE MIX OF ELECTRONICS, BREAKS AND SOME NICE =
FUNKY JAZZ
SAMPLES MAKE THIS A VERY UNIQUE LITTLE 7". HAVE A LISTEN NO MATTER
WHAT YOUR MUSICAL PREFERENCE, THIS MIGHT SURPRISE YOU.. ** =
DISCLAIMER**
- IT MIGHT NOT THOUGH......</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D4358">PILOTE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D4358">NATIONAL =
LOTTERY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D4358">CERTIFICATE =
18</A>
- 7" (CERT1837)
<BLOCKQUOTE> COOL LITTLE LIMITED (TO 500 COPIES) 72 FROM PILOTE, =
BRIDGING THE
DRUM AND BASS AND ELECTRONIC SOUNDS. HEAVY BEATS AND BASS LINES
MIXED WITH SWEET MELODIES ON ONE SIDE, AND CUTESY SOUNDS ON THE
FLIP. NICE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueTrue6">Guitar Based (New Releases, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34607">DAN =
PENN / THE TROGGS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34607">REAL =
FIDELITY SAMPLER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34607">DIVISION =
ONE</A>
- 7" (D.0.21)
<BLOCKQUOTE> A 7" SAMPLER FOR DIVISION ONE RECORDS. DANN PENN IN =
FINE VOICE
FROM THE EARLY 1970S - BIG SOUND, BIG VOICE AND VERY FUNKY. THE
TROGGS ARE MORE ROCK AND ROLL, WITH A FEEL OF THE STONES / THE
YARDBIRDS ETC. NICE...</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34626">FALL, =
THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34626">THE =
ROUGH TRADE SINGLES BOX</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34626">EARMARK</A>=
- 4x7" (40014S)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MORE FALL LOVINGLY RE-ISSUED ON EARMARK. FOUR SINGLES =
THAT ORIGINALLY
CAME OUT ON ROUGH TRADE - IT'S ALL IN THE TITLE YOU SEE... FEATURES:
HOW I WROTE "ELASTIC MAN" / HOBGOBLIN, TOTALLY WIRED / PUKKA
BLOCK, THE MAN WHOSE HEAD EXPANDED / LUDD GANG AND THE DOUBLE
SINGLE KICKER CONSPIRACY. PRICEY, BUT WELL WORTH IT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34624">HENRY =
FLYNT</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34624">BACK =
PORCH HILLBILLY BLUES VOLUMES 1 & 2</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34624">BO'WEAVIL</=
A>
- 2xLP (WEAVIL01)
<BLOCKQUOTE> COMBINING THE TWO ALBUMS THAT CAME OUT ON CD, THIS IS A =
FANTASTIC
DOUBLE ALBUM OF SLIDE GUITAR AND COUNTRY FIDDLE - DATED AND TIMELESS
FOLK MUSIC THAT WILL APPEAL TO FANS OF REVENANT, DUST TO DIGITAL
ETC. RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34625">HENRY =
FLYNT AND THE INSURRECTIONS</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34625">I =
DON'T WANNA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34625">BO'WEAVIL</=
A>
- LP (WEAVIL02)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS IS AN AMAZING FUSION OF COUNTRY FOLK WITH BASEMENT =
ROCK PROTEST
BAND FROM 1966. BEAUTIFUL SIMPLISTIC HYBRID THAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED
AS A MIX BETWEEN ROKY ERICKSON, THE TRASHMEN AND THE CRAMPS FROM
THE MAN TAUGHT GUITAR BY LOU REED! STRANGE EARLY COUNTRY MEETS
ROCK 'N' ROLL AND PROTO PUNK WITH A DECIDED TWIST... LIMITED EDITION
VINYL.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34737">LENNY =
BRUCE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34737">WHAT I =
WAS ARRESTED FOR</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34737">GETBACK</A>=
- LP (GET425LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS LEGENDARY COMEDIAN GIVES THE PERFORMANCE THAT LEAD =
TO HIS
ARREST. NUFF SAID.........</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34615">MESCALITO<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34615">VOODOO =
GOLD / RELIANCE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34615">TUMMY =
TOUCH</A>
- 7" (TUCH028)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ANOTHER 7" FROM THE TUMMY TOUCH ARCHIVE. ONE SIDE IS =
SLIGHTLY
FOLKY AND SPANISH INFLUENCED ELECTRONICS - SLIGHTLY KITSCH AND
VAGUELY REMINISCENT OF SPAGETTI WESTERNS. FLIP FOR A MORE STRAIGHT
PIECE OF MELANCHOLIC GUITAR AND VOCALS. ALL VERY LAID BACK AND
RATHER NICE...</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34641">MICAH P. =
HINSON & THE GOSPEL OF PROGRESS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34641">BENEATH =
THE ROSE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34641">SKETCHBOOK<=
/A>
- 7" (SKETCHXX4)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MORE GORGEOUS AMERICANA / COUNTRY-NOIR FROM ONE OF THE =
SINGER/SONGWRITER
DISCOVERIES OF THE YEAR. "BENEATH THE ROSE" CAN BE FOUND ON HIS
(RIGHTLY) HIGHLY ACCLAIMED DEBUT LP BUT THE REAL REASON TO BUY
THIS IS THE B-SIDE - AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, PIANO-LED TRACK
PRODUCED BY THE EARLIES (INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH). SUPERB.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"FalseTrue6">Guitar Based (Restocks, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D12756">GRAHAM =
COXON</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D12756">THANK =
GOD FOR THE RAIN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D12756">TRANSCOPIC<=
/A>
- 7" (TRAN011)
<BLOCKQUOTE> EXCELLENT NEW SINGLE AS A PRELUDE TO THE FORTHCOMING =
ALBUM. THE
A-SIDE IS AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR FEST WITH GRAHAM'S TYPICALLY QUIRKY
LYRICS SHINING THROUGH, WHILST THE FLIP HAS A MORE PUNK ORIENTATED
SOUND. LIMITED RED VINYL.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D18964">JON =
SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION, THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D18964">SWEET N =
SOUR</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D18964">MUTE</A>
- 7" (MUTE271)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ABSOLUTELY ROCKING SINGLE TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM, WITH A =
SUPERB
LIVE VERSION OF 'SHAKIN' ROCK 'N' ROLL TONIGHT' ON THE FLIP. ELVIS
SOUNDALIKE, SPENCER HAS A ROLLICKINGLY GOOD TIME IN FRONT OF A
LIVELY AUDIENCE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D14793">WHITE =
STRIPES, THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D14793">HOTEL =
YORBA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D14793">XL</A>
- 7" (XLS139)
<BLOCKQUOTE> QUIRKY MUSIC INDEED FROM THIS BROTHER SISTER COMBO. =
FOLKY / COUNTRY
INFLUENCED TRACKS, THAT VEER HEAVILY TOWARD THE TONGUE IN CHEEK.
NICE AMUSING STUFF! </BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueTrue7">Funk / Jazz / Soul (New Releases, Vinyl)</A> =
(<A HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34677">101 =
STRINGS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34677">ASTRO =
SOUNDS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34677">LICORICE =
SOUL</A>
- LP (LSD006LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SPACED OUT EASY LISTENING THAT AT TIMES IS ANYTHING BUT. =
A GLORIOUSLY
KITSCH LP THAT USED ALL THE STUDIO TRICKS OF THE TIME THE LATE
60'STHAT IS) TO PRODUCE A CLASSIC LP. HIGHLY =
RECOMMENDED....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34733">BOBBY =
WOMACK</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34733">MY =
PRESCRIPTION</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34733">GET =
BACK</A>
- LP (GET8051LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 180 GM VINYL REISSUE OF THIS EARLY WOMACK LP WHICH NOT =
ONLY FEATURES
SOME FINE BALLADS BUT ALSO HAS A COUPLE OF FUNKY MOMENTS. SOME
GREAT COVERS HERE; FLY ME TO THE MOON, I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN
FRANCISCO AND MORE. GIVE IT A SPIN.....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34736">BT =
EXPRESS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34736">EXPRESS</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34736">PLAZA</A>
- 12" (PLG2008)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ANOTHER FINE BT EXPRESS RE-EDIT BY SIR KENNETH OF =
DOPESHIRE HERE.
KEEP 'EM COMING BOYS, AND WE'LL KEEP ON SELLING =
'EM.......</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34735">BT =
EXPRESS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34735">PEACE =
PIPE - REMIX</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34735">PLAZA</A>
- 12" (PLG2007)
<BLOCKQUOTE> KENNY DOPE RE-EDIT OF THIS DISCO CLASSIC HERE. RECOGNISE =
WHO SAMPLED
IT? THAT'S RIGHT, EVERYONE AND THEIR NAN.....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34694">ELMORE =
JUD</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34694">LEMONADE =
/ YOU SAID YOU WERE DIFFERENT</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34694">ABOVE THE =
CLOUDS</A>
- 7" (ATC004)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NICE POPISH 7" WITH A SOUL/FUNK FLAVOUR TOO IT, ALTHOUGH =
MUCH
IN THE PRINCE VEIN OF THINGS. PROGRAMMED DRUMS WITH FUNKY GUITAR
LICKS AND A VOCAL MUCH LIKE THE AFOREMENTIONED PRINCE. ON THE
FLIP IS AND INSTRUMENTAL TRACK. HAVE A LISTEN.....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34637">LEE =
FIELDS & THE EXPERSSIONS</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34637">DO =
YOU LOVE ME (LIKE YOU SAY YOU DO)</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34637">TRUTH & =
SOUL</A>
- 7" (TS004)
<BLOCKQUOTE> PURE FUNK SOUNDS FROM ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEN OF THIS =
SOUND. ONE
OF HIS BETTER RECORDS OF LATE, HAVE A LISTEN...</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34695">NATURAL =
SELF</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34695">THE =
SOUND</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34695">BREAKIN =
BREAD</A>
- 7" (BNB015)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NICE LITTLE FUNK NUMBER HERE. NOTHING AMAZINGLY ORIGINAL =
BUT THEN
THATS NOT THE POINT OF THE EXERCISE IS IT? HAVE A LISTEN AND SEE
WHAT YOU THINK.......</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34689">ROUNDTABLE=
, THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34689">ELI'S =
COMIN'</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34689">LICORICE =
SOUL</A>
- 12" (LSD004)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 2 CUTS TAKEN FROM THIS BANDS ONLY LP RELEASED ON JAYBOY =
IN 1969.
ALTHOUGH THEY SOUND LIKE THEY WERE RECORDED IN AN OLD GARAGE THEY
ARE BOTH PRETTY GOOD, BALLSY, KITSCHY CUTS THAT ROCK. LIMITED
TO 100 SO HAVE ALISTEN AND IF YOU LIKE IT, SNAP IT =
UP......</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34734">SAM =
COOKE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34734">ENCORE</A=
>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34734">GET =
BACK</A>
- LP (GET8052LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SUPER SWEET SOUL FROM ONE THE FINEST VOICES IT HAS =
SPAWNED. HAILING
FROM 1958 THIS IS IRRESISTABLE TO THOSE WHO LIKE TO HEAR A CLASSIC
BALLAD KNOCKED OUT BY ONE OF THE BEST. LOVELY.......</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34693">STUDIO G =
BEAT GROUP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34693">HI, =
BIRD</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34693">LICORICE =
SOUL</A>
- 7" (LSD005)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 2 KITSCHY FUNKY ORGAN LEAD NUMBERS HERE TAKEN FROM THE =
RARE AND
SOUGHTAFTER STUDIO G LIBRARY LP "BEAT GROUP". VERY MUCH LIKE THE
KPM BIG BEATS TO THESE EARS, ALTHOUGH THE HAWKSHAQW MATERIAL
PIPS IT FOR ME. STILL, THESE ARE NO MEAN TRACKS, LIMITED TO 1000
SO GET IN QUICK........</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34681">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34681">FUNK =
45'S</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34681">WARNER =
BROTHERS</A>
- 7" BOXSET (FUNK.BS)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WICKED LITTLE BOXSET WITH 10 7" WITH THE FOLLOWING =
ARTISTS: TONY
AVALON, UNITED 8, COMMODORES, FABULOUS COUNTS, THE METERS, STOVALL
SISTERS, CLARENCE REID, MIGHTY HANNIBAL AND EVEN MORE. NICE MIX
OF THE WELL KNOWN AND THE OBSCURE. HIGHLY =
RECOMMENDED.......</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34634">WELDON =
IRVINE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34634">THE =
SISTERS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34634">SAUCERMAN</=
A>
- LP (SM9801LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NOT TO SURE IF THIS WAS EVR RELASED WHEN IT WAS RECORDED =
IN 1979
BUT THIS IS A SILKY LP OF JAZZ INFECTED SOUL & BOOGIE WITH SOME
NICE CUTS AND GRAT MOMENTS FOR THOSE WITH A SAMPLER! CHECK IT
OUT...</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"FalseTrue7">Funk / Jazz / Soul (Restocks, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33802">BREAKESTRA=
</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33802">YOU =
DON'T NEED A DANCE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33802">UBIQUITY</A=
>
- 12" (UR12159)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TOUGH FUNK FROM THIS GREAT BAND WHO FOR ME ARE A BETTER =
LIVE THAN
ON VINYL. THAT SAID, THIS IS A BALLSY TRACK THAT REALLY WORKS
WELL. </BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueTrue8">Reggae / Dub (New Releases, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34715">COUNT =
MATCHUKI & THE DESTROYERS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34715">MOVEMENTS=
(THE JOE GIBBS WAY)</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34715">AMALGAMATED=
</A>
- 7" (TJGSE022)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 2 GREAT SKA CUTS HERE. NO PRETENTIONS, NO FUSS, JUST THE =
PERFECT
RHYTHMS. I JUST LOVE THAT ORGAN SOUND! RECOMMENDED....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34611">DERRICK =
PITTER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34611">KING =
PHAROAH ARMY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34611">WAMBESI</A>=
- 7" (TWDV669)
<BLOCKQUOTE> DEEP REGGAE FROM DERICK PITTER. VOCAL (A BIT WEAK IF =
YOU ASK
ME) AND DUB (WHERE MY MONEY IS). </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34610">EARL =
16</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34610">JULIA</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34610">WAMBESI</A>=
- 7" (TWDV505)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE VOCAL BY EARL 16 IS PRETTY DREADFUL, BUT THE FLIP =
HAS A LOVELY
DUB VERSION THAT IS REALLY WHAT THIS RECORD IS ABOUT. OLD JAMAICAN
PRESSINGS WITH THAT FAMILIAR CRACKLE PRESENT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34608">JAH =
WOOSH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34608">SATTALAND=
</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34608">ORIGINAL =
MUSIC</A>
- 7" (OMS002)
<BLOCKQUOTE> HEAVY WEIGHT DUB RHYTHM WITH JAH WOOSH IN AN ALMOST =
DJ-STYLED
VOCAL. FLIP FOR THE DUB, COMPLETE WITH ECHOES AND EFFECTS. =
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34609">JAH =
WOOSH AND HORACE ANDY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34609">SERIOUS =
THINGS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34609">ORIGINAL =
MUSIC</A>
- 7" (OMS009)
<BLOCKQUOTE> HORACE ANDY'S SWEET VOICE PITTED AGAINST THE ROUGH =
TOASTING OF
JAH WOOSH OF THIS CLASSIC TUNES. FLIP FOR THE "SERIOUS =
VERSION".</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"FalseTrue8">Reggae / Dub (Restocks, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D22853">THE =
HURRICANES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D22853">YOU CAN =
RUN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D22853">BLACK =
ART</A>
- 7" (ART27)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE HURRICANES COME WITH SOME SUPER DUB ACTION ON THE =
FLIP.LEE
PERRY SETTING FIRE TO THE MIX YET AGAIN, CHECK IT OUT =
BREDRIN..................</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueFalse0">Electronica (New Releases, CD)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34616">BOLA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34616">GNAYSE</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34616">SKAM</A>
- CD (SKALD015)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AT LONG LAST THE THIRD BOLA ALBUM LANDS UPON THE DREAMY =
SHORES
OF MOUNT SMALLFISH. THIS MARKS MORE OF AN EVOLUTION THAN A =
REVOLUTION
IN HIS SOUND BUT MANAGES TO REMAIN A DELECTABLE SLICE OF =
CONTEMPORARY
ELECTRONICA PAR EXCELLENCE. HARKING BACK TO THE DAYS OF EARLY
AUTECHRE, MID PERIOD BLACK DOG AND HIS OWN UNIQUE BOLA SOUND,
DARRELL CONSTRUCTS INTRICATE SOUNDSCAPES OF QUITE BEAUTIFUL NOISE
COMPLETE WITH LUSH SOUNDS AND MELODIC TOUCHES ALONGSIDE A VARIED
ARRAY OF RHYTHMIC PROGRAMMING. YOU MAY WELL HAVE GUESSED THAT
I RATHER LIKE IT. RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34648">ERAST</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34648">MINIMISSI=
NG</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34648">LABORATORY =
INSTINCT</A>
- CD (LI003CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ABOVE-AVERAGE ELECTRONICA, AT TIMES QUITE REMINISCENT OF =
U-ZIQ,
I THOUGHT, AS SEVERAL OF HIS TRADEMARK ELEMENTS SEEM TO BE BEING
REPLICATED (HIS LOVE OF ANALOGUE/LIBRARY-ESQUE SOUNDS, PIZZICATO
STRINGS AND RUSHING BEATS, FOR INSTANCE) BUT DON'T TAKE THAT AS
A CRITICISM - THIS IS WARM, MELODIC, DIVERSE AND HOLDS YOUR =
ATTENTION
FROM START TO FINISH. THIS IS THE FULL, 12-TRACK CD ALBUM, WHICH
INCLUDES REMIXES FROM ATOM HEART AND FREEFORM.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34727">ILKAE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34727">BOVINE =
REARRANGEMENT</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34727">MERCK</A>
- CD (MERCK032)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS SOUNDS LIKE A PIECE OF ART THAT DAMIEN HURST MIGHT =
KNOCK
TOGETHER. BUT NO. NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHERE THE BOVINE COMES IN,
BUT THIS COULD MORE ACURATELY BE CALLED ELECTRONIC REARRANGEMENTS
- BEING AS IT IS AN ALBUM OF REMIXES. 19 TRACKS BY AN ALLSTAR
CAST OF ELECTRONIC MUSICIANS. THE OVERWHELMING FEELING IS QUITE
LOVELY ELECTRONICA, BUT IT IS VERY DIVERSE: OFTEN VERY SWEET =
MELODIES,
OCCASIONALLY WITH A REAL POP FEEL, SOME CUT UP AND MORE ABSTRACT,
COMPLICATED AND GENTLE BEATS ABOUND, TEXTURE AND GLITCH GET A
LOOK IN - YOU GET THE PICTURE. THIS IS A GOOD ALBUM, FEATURING
THE TALENTS OF SECEDE, SHEX, DAEDELUS, SETZER, TIM KOCH, VIM,
CARRIER TWO, JOSEPH NOTHING, ISAN, OCTOPUS INC, 09, MACHINEDRUM,
LACKLUSTER, MD, HELIOS, POREM AND PROSWELL. </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34730">MERZBOW</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34730">MERZBIRD<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34730">IMPORTANT</=
A>
- CD (IMPREC040CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MORE SONIC ASSAULT / GBH FROM MERZBOW / MASAMI AKITA. =
THIS FOLLOWS
ON FROM MERZBEAT, AND THE INTENSE ANOLOGUE BEATS, OPPRESSIVE NOISES
AND MIND-NUMBINGLY COMPLICATED COMPLEXITY CARRYS ON FROM WHERE
THE LAST ALBUM LEFT OFF. NOISE INTENSITY THAT IS ACTUALLY BOTH
FRIGHTENING AND DISTURBING. NOT FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH NERVOUS
DISPOSITIONS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34704">OCTOBER =
MAN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34704">CYNICAL =
DAYS EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34704">CLICKCLICKD=
RONE</A>
- CD (CLICK06)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WE LIKE CLICKCLICKDRONE AND AS I KEEP SAYING, YOU SHOULD =
DEFINITELY
KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR SOME OF THESE ARTISTS. FOLLOWING ON FROM THE
EP EARLIER THIS MONTH FROM SHIRASE COMES ANOTHER ELECTRONICA GEM
WHICH DEFIES SIMPLE CATEGORISATION. THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF ALL
YOUR FAVOURITE SOUNDS IN THERE FROM CRUNCHY AND MELODIC, TO TEXTURAL
AND SCULPTURAL ALL MIXED UP WITH A KIND OF DETROITY EDGE WHICH
IS MOST PLEASING TO THESE EARS. FIVE TRACKS, EACH WORKING NICELY
WITH THE OTHERS AND AT THIS PRICE, YOU'LL WANT TO SNAP IT UP AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34739">PHONOPHANI=
</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34739">OAK OR =
ROCK</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34739">RUNE =
GRAMMOFON</A>
- CD (RCD2038)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ANOTHER STUNNING RELEASE FROM PHONOPHANI ON THE ALWAYS =
EXCELLENT
RUNE GRAMMOFON LABEL - PLUS AN EXCEPTIONALLY NICE DESIGN BY KIM
HIORTHOY (AS USUAL). ENOUGH PRAISE, AND ON TO THE MUSIC. =
ELECTRONICS
AND LIVE SOUNDING INSTRUMENTATION MIXED AND MERGED TOGETHER TO
CREATE BEAUTIFUL PIECES. THEY MANAGE TO BE QUITE ABSTRACT IN
STRUCTURE BUT REALLY HAUNTING AND EVOCATIVE IN TONE. IF OTHER
ORGANIC ELECTRONIC MUSIC IS MDF OR CONCRETE THIS REALLY IS OAK
OR ROCK. RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34179">SHIRASE</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34179">NEROUS =
FLIGHT CAPITAL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34179">CLICKCLICKD=
RONE</A>
- CDR (CLICK05)
<BLOCKQUOTE> CLICKCLICKDRONE REALLY IS TURNING INTO A SPLENDID LITTLE =
HOMEGROWN
LABEL AND THIS NEW SIX TRACK EP FROM SHIRASE IS YET ANOTHER STRING
TO THEIR BOW ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT LABEL OWNER BOC SCADET HAS
JUST HAD A TRACK ON THE TOYTRONIC COMPILATION. DELIGHTFULLY MELODIC,
AS ALWAYS, WITH A MID '90'S ELECTRONICA FEEL THAT IS TRULY KEEPING
THE 'ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE' STYLE ALIVE. THE FINAL TRACK IS
A GORGEOUS SLICE OF SOUNDSCAPE ELECTRONICA WHICH HAS A CERTAIN
GAS-LIKE QUALITY TO IT. YOU'LL FIND THIS TO BE A MOST EXCELLENT
RELEASE AND, AS SUCH, IT COMES HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34729">SICKBOY</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34729">SHAKE =
HANDS WITH A CLENCHED FIST</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34729">TIGERBEAT</=
A>
- CD (MEOW106)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SPLICE-TASTIC CUT AND PASTE NOISY AND ENTERTAINING =
BUSINESS FROM
THE SICKBOY - KIND OF A VERY MASHED UP VERSION OF 3 FEET HIGH
AND RISING BUT WITH THE HIP HOP REPLACED WITH FRENETIC BEATS /
HARDCORE AND DRUM AND BASS! OH YES... </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34738">STRONEN / =
STORLOKKEN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34738">HUMCRUSH<=
/A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34738">RUNE =
GRAMMOFON</A>
- CD (RCD2039)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FROM PLAYING KEYBOARDS FOR SUPERSILENT AND DRUMS FOR =
FOOD, THESE
TWO HAVE PRODUCED A VERY LISTENABLE AND ENJOYABLE ALBUM. LOTS
OF DELICATE AND FRAGILE PERCUSSION, INTRICATE MELODIES AND A SORT
OF INNOCENCE PERVADING THE WHOLE THING. THINK OF TONY OXLEY JAMMING
WITH CONTEMPORARY ELECTRONICS. STRANGELY COMPELLING AND STRANGELY
BEAUTIFUL. RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34705">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34705">POP =
AMBIENT 2005</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34705">KOMPAKT</A>=
- CD (KOMCD37)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS YEARS INSTALLMENT OF THE WONDEROUS POP AMBIENT =
SERIES IS
AN ABSOLUTE WHIRLPOOL OF BLISS. 12 TRACKS OF THE MOST DELIGHTFULLY
ATMOSPHERIC AMBIENT ELECTRONICA FROM SUCH HOUSEHOLD NAMES AS (WELL,
THEY'RE HOUSEHOLD NAMES AROUND MY HOUSEHOLD ANYWAY!) THE ORB,
GAS, TRIOLA, KLIMEK, ANDREW THOMAS, ULF LOHMANN, THOMAS FEHLMANN,
DJ KOZE, PETER GRUMMICH, POPNONAME AND PASS INTO SILENCE. TEXTURAL
HEAVEN. ESSENTIAL.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33379">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33379">EM:T0004<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33379">EM:T</A>
- CD (EM:T0004)
<BLOCKQUOTE> LOVELY COMPILATION FROM THE NEWLY REFORMED AND =
REVITALISED EM:T
LABEL. TEN TRACKS OF PURE AMBIENCE AND ELECTRONICA THAT GIVES
A NOD TO THE MID '90'S SOUNDS THAT THEY BECAME FAMOUS FOR BUT
MANAGES TO RETAIN COMPLETELY CONTEMPORARY AT THE SAME TIME. FRESH,
MELODIC, DRIFTING TRACKS FROM INTERNATIONAL PEOPLES GANG, PUEBLO
BONITO, RED LEB, SUB AND LOADS MORE. A RECOMMENDED ALBUM FOR THOSE
OF YOU THAT LIKE TO TAKE IT EASY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34660">ZORN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34660">ALL WE =
CAN DO IS ENJOY THE RIDE</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34660">LUX =
NIGRA</A>
- CD (LNP30)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ZORN'S FIRST RELEASE IN OVER A YEAR SEES HIM HEADING =
DOWN A DARKER,
HEAVIER, ALMOST SCI-FI / NOIR-ISH ROUTE AT TIMES. DENSELY PACKED
YET EQUALLY FULL OF BEAUTY AND INTRICACY, THIS IS DEEP, THROBBING,
MELODIC, GENTLE ELECTRONICA AND A SERIOUSLY CAPTIVATING LATE-NIGHT
LISTEN, I DARE SAY. ABSOLUTELY ON A PAR WITH ANYTHING ON CCO,
EXPANDING, MERCK ETC RECENTLY - A MUST, IN FACT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"FalseFalse0">Electronica (Restocks, CD)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33639">CHRONOMAD<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33639">SOKUT</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33639">ALIEN =
TRANSISTOR</A>
- CD (ALIENTRANSISTORN07)
<BLOCKQUOTE> IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE JUST HOW SUPERB THIS ALBUM IS AND =
I HOPE
THAT IT IT DOESN'T GET LOST IN THE QUAGMIRE OF ELECTRONICA RELEASES
BECAUSE BELIVE ME, THIS IS SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL. CHRONOMAD
FOLLOWS UP THE SUPERB DEBUT SINGLE WITH THIS FULL LENGTH ALBUM
OF UNIQUE SOUNDS. TAKING CUES FROM POST-ROCK, ELECTRONICA, MIDDLE
EASTERN BEATS AND MANY OTHER EECLECTIC STYLES. THE FUSION THAT
IT CREATES IS PRETTY MUCH UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S AROUND AND
YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF ENGAGED AND MOVED BY THE EMOTIVE, EVOCATIVE
TRACKS ON OFFER. DANCEFLOOR FRIENDLY AT TIMES AND THOUGHT =
PROVOKINGLY
MELANCHOLY AT OTHERS... ESSENTIALLY YOU JUST NEED TO CHECK IT
OUT AS IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE UNSUNG ALBUMS OF
THE YEAR. AS YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED I'M REALLY TAKEN WITH IT. HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33574">INTRICATE<=
/A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33574">IN =
PECTRA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33574">SPEZIAL =
MATERIAL</A>
- CD (SM014CD009)
<BLOCKQUOTE> INTRICATE REALLY IS GOOD. THERE IS A REAL DEPTH TO THIS =
COLLECTION
OF ELECTRONIC TRACKS. MELODY, TEXTURE, GLITCH AND BEATS WEAVE
IN AND OUT OF EACH OTHER TO PRODUCE REALLY ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDS.
THERE IS A SUBTLETY ABOUT THE INTRICACY (SORRY!) - TRACKS THAT
MIGHT HAVE FELT OVER-PROGRAMMED AND OVER-COMPLICATED ACTUALLY
FEEL JUST RIGHT. SPEZIAL MATERIAL, SPEZIAL AS USUAL.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D29916">MANYFINGER=
S</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D29916">MANYFINGE=
RS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D29916">MOTEER</A>
- CD (MOTEER002CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NOW THIS IS A GEM. CHRIS COLE DELIVERS THE SECOND =
RELEASE FOR
MOTEER RECORDS AND IT'S A SUBLIME SLICE OF ORGANIC, MELODIC, =
BEAUTIFUL
ELECTRONICA. USING SAMPLES OF LIVE INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER ORGANIC
SOUNDS, THEN PUTTING THROUGH THE PROCESSING MACHINE, YOU HAVE
A WARM, FRIENDLY, DELECTABLY ENGAGING SOUND THAT GETS RHYTHMIC
AT TIMES AND LUSHLY AMSBIENT AT OTHERS. I CAN'T RECOMMEND THIS
HIGHLY ENOUGH AS IT'S WONDERFUL. PROPS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D32780">OPTO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D32780">2ND</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D32780">HOBBY =
INDUSTRIES</A>
- CD (HI016CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> OPTO AKA CARSTEN NICOLAI AND THOMAS KNAK AKA OPIATE =
DELIVER THIS
SUBLIME ALBUM OF STARK, MINIMAL ELECTRONICA. FANS OF RASTER NOTON
AND, INDEED, SOME OF THE OPIATE AND HOBBY RELEASES ARE SERIOUSLY
GONNA GO FOR THIS IN A BIG WAY. IN SOME WAYS THIS REMINDED ME
OF ALVA NOTO, ONLY THERE IS A LOT MORE WARMTH AND EMOTION BEHIND
JUST THE USUAL HIGH FREQUENCIES, TONES AND CLICKS. VERY HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D32874">SWOD</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D32874">GEHEN</A>=
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D32874">CITY =
CENTRE OFFICES</A>
- CD (TOWERBLOCKCD021)
<BLOCKQUOTE> OH MY GOSH! THIS IS A SUPREMELY BEAUTIFUL RELEASE. CITY =
CONTRE
OFFICES DELIVER A DELICIOUS COCKTAIL OF GENTLE PIANOS, LUSCIOUS
ELECTRONICS AND DEEP, DEEP ATMOSPHERES. BEAUTIFULLY PUT TOGETHER
AND WONDERFULLY PRODUCED, THIS IS AN ALBUM THAT SHOULD APPEAL
TO FANS OF THE EQUALLY WONDERFUL 'VRIOON' ALBUM BY CARSTEN NICOLAI
AND RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, BUT ALSO ANYONE WITH AN EAR FOR MELODIC,
GORGEOUS MUSIC. UTTERLY RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34383">TONNE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34383">LILIUM</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34383">KLITEKTURE<=
/A>
- CD (KLK005CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A WHILE AND, BOY, WAS IT =
WORTH
IT! AUDIO-VISUALIST TONNE, WHO'S PREVIOUSLY RECORDED FOR BIP HOP,
DELIVERS A STAGGERINGLY DEEP SELECTION OF PURE ELECTRONICA AND
TECH SOUNDS WITH A WONDERFUL SENSE OF DUBBINESS COUPLED WITH =
DELICATE,
INTRICATE GLITCH BASED SOUNDS AND RHYTHMS. FITS IN NICELY WITH
THE OTHER RELEASES ON KLITEKTURE FROM SUTEKH, STAVOSTRAND ETC,
BUT ADDS AN EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL AND LOW-KEY WARMTH TO THE =
PROCEEDINGS.
THIS ONE COMES HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR FANS OF JAN JELINEK AND
CLASSIC MILLE PLATEAUX, AMONGST OTHER THINGS. =
BRILLIANT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D27530">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D27530">SM03: A =
SPEZIAL MATERIAL COMPILATION</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D27530">SPEZIAL =
MATERIAL</A>
- CD (SM010CD006)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE MY ALBUM OF THE WEEK AS =
WELL AS
YOURS (JUDGING BY THE NUMBER OF ENQUIRIES WE'VE HAD). IN THE SPEZIAL
MATERIAL CORNER, THE LIKES OF INTRICATE, PERSON AND SOLOTEMPO
PUTTING IN FIRST CLASS, DENSELY LAYERED, HUGELY ATMOSPHERIC, OFTEN
CRUNCHY-BEAT DRIVEN YET VERY MELODIC ELECTRONICA. IN THE REMIX
CORNER, BITSTREAM, SKANFROM, TEAM DOYOBI, PLASTIQUE DE REVE, PLAID,
AD VANZ (REMEMBER THE CLASSIC VS GESCOM 12" ON FATCAT?), E.STONJI
AND PHONEM - 'NUFF SAID!!!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D21798">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D21798">TRIPLE R =
FRIENDS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D21798">KOMPAKT</A>=
- CD (KOMCD21)
<BLOCKQUOTE> COOL MIX CD FROM KOMPAKT. TRACKS FROM DIALOGUE, =
PROCESS, BROKER
/ DEALER, JEFF SAMUEL, PWOG, DNTEL, OXTONGUE, ADA, METABOMAN,
LUCIANO, SAMI KOIVIKKO AND SCHAEBEN UND VOSS. SELECTION OF LAID
BACK DUBBY TECHNO GROOVES.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"FalseFalse1">Techno / Electro (Restocks, CD)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D32800">FRIVOLOUS<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D32800">SOMEWHERE=
IN THE SUBURBS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D32800">KARLOFF =
RECORDINGS</A>
- CD (KLFCD-01)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE FULL LENGTH CD FROM FRIVOLOUS IS A BONUS SELECTION =
OF QUALITY,
QUIRKY, ELECTRONICA BASED TECHNO SOUNDS WITH A CUNNING AMOUNT
OF SKILLFUL TRICKERY AND PROGRAMMING AND A HEALTHY DOSE OF EXTREMELY
FUNKY TRACKS. BALANCE THAT WITH SOME GREAT DOWNBEAT MOMENTS AND
A COUPLE OF NICE INTERLUDES AND YOU'VE GOT A FINE, FINE PIECE
OF WORK THAT SHOULD HAPPY GRACE MANY A CD PLAYER COUNTRY WIDE.
SUPERB STUFF.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D29057">LAWRENCE</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D29057">THE =
ABSENCE OF BLIGHT</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D29057">DIALREC</A>=
- CD (DIALCD04)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ABSOLUTELY ONE OF MY FAVOURITE RELEASES OF THE YEAR. =
KILLER, WONDERFUL,
'SLEEPY HOUSE' GROOVES WITH INTRICATE ATTENTION TO DETAIL, YET
A RELAXED, EASY GOING ATTITUDE. FRESH SOUNDS, LAWRENCES USUAL
ROLLING BEATS AND A CREEPING LUSHNESS WHICH CATCHES YOU UNAWARES.
DEEPLY BEAUTIFUL AT TIMES AND DEEPLY FUNKY AT OTHERS. THIS IS
HIGHLY, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. FABULOUS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D30095">PANTHA DU =
PRINCE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D30095">DIAMOND =
DAZE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D30095">DIALREC</A>=
- CD (DIALCD05)
<BLOCKQUOTE> DIAL CONTINUE TO RELEASE HIGH QUALITY TECHNO. THIS TIME =
PANTHA
DU PRINCE MANAGES TO COMBINE FRAGILITY WITH DEEP DRIVEN BEATS.
DUBBY IN THE EXTREME, THIS ALBUM HAS EVERYTHING FROM FIERCE BASS
HEAVY HYPNOTIC DANCEFLOOR FODDER TO REALLLY RATHER BEAUTIFUL PIECES
THAT MAKE FOR RELAXING LISTENING. IN BETWEEN THOSE EXTREMES THE
WORDF FUNKY LEAPS OUT. EXCELLENT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D32266">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D32266">KOMPAKT =
100</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D32266">KOMPAKT</A>=
- 2xCD (KOMPAKTCD34)
<BLOCKQUOTE> IT'S A DIFFICULT TASK TO STATE JUST HOW INFLUENTIAL =
COLOGNE'S
KOMPAKT LABEL HAS BEEN OVER THE YEARS. SEEMINGLY, THEY STARTED
JUST ABOUT EVERY WORTHWHILE MUTATION OF THE TECHNO SOUNDS WE TAKE
FOR GRANTED EVERY DAY. TO SAY THAT THIS ALBUM IS A MAMMOTH AND
ESSENTIAL BEAST GOES WITHOUT SAYING BUT WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE
TRACKLISTING, WHICH FEATURES ALL THE KEY PLAYERS FROM KOMPAKT'S
HISTORY, BE IT TRACKS OR REMIXES, YOU CAN GUARANTEE THAT THIS
IS ONE VERY SPECIAL DOCUMENT OF A LABEL FIRMLY AT THE FOREFRONT
OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC. QUITE STUPENDOUS AND, OF COURSE, RECOMMENDED
WITHOUT HESITATION. HERE'S TO ANOTHER 100!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D26913">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D26913">TOTAL =
5</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D26913">KOMPAKT</A>=
- CD (KOMCD26)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TOTALLY KOMPAKT - FOR THE FIFTH TIME. UPBEAT DUBBY =
TECHNO FROM
THE LABEL THAT CAN. ARTISTS: SCSI-9, SUPERPITCHER, PHONG SUI,
JUSTUS KOHNKE, REINHARD VOIGT, T. RAUMSCHMIERE, LABEL BOSS - M.
MAYER, JOACHIM SPIETH, THOMAS FEHLMANN, MIKKEL METAL AND JONAS
BERING. DEEPLY KOMPAKT, DEEPLY GROOVY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D19994">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D19994">TOTAL =
4</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D19994">KOMPAKT</A>=
- CD (KOMCD18)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NICE ROUND UP OF RECENT KOMPAKT RELEASES PLUS SOME BRAND =
NEW GEAR
WHICH I'VE NOT HEARD BEFORE. AS EVER, A QUIRKY SELECTION OF =
DUB-TECH,
POPPY GEAR AND SOME PROPER KOMAPKT STYLE MATERIAL FROM REINHARD
VOIGT, SUPERPITCHER, FREILAND, M. MAYER AND MORE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueFalse6">Guitar Based (New Releases, CD)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34618">AUTISTIC =
DAUGHTERS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34618">JEALOUSY =
AND DIAMOND</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34618">KRANKY</A>
- CD (KRANK076)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AUTISTIC DAUGHTERS ARE DEAN ROBERTS, MARTIN BRANDLMAYR =
AND WERNER
DAFELDECKER AND TOGETHER THEY'VE CREATED A MAJESTICALLY BEAUTIFUL
SELECTION OF GUITAR BASED TRACKS WITH LUSH INSTRUMENTATION AND
WONDERFUL VOCALS FROM DEAN HIMSELF AND VAERIO TRICOLI. FOLKY AT
TIMES, EXPERIMENTAL AND TEXTURAL AT OTHERS. LOVELY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34619">ELIZABETH =
HARPER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34619">ELIZABETH=
HARPER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34619">ANGULAR =
RECORDING CORPORATION</A>
- CD (ARC005)
<BLOCKQUOTE> STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE GUITAR BASED SONGS FROM =
ELIZABETH HARPER
WHICH HAVE A NICE, HOMELY FEEL AND A FEW SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS AT
VARIOUS DIFFERENT STYLES OF SINGER / SONGWRITER TUNES. HAVE A
LISTEN.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34669">JARBOE</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34669">ANHEDONIA=
C</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34669">ATAVISTIC</=
A>
- CD (ALP154CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> DEFINITIVE REMASTERED VERSION OF FORMER SWAN JARBOE'S =
1998 SOLO
ALBUM, INCLUDING BONUS TRACKS. I WAS INTRIGUED TO NOTICE MIKA
VAINIO LISTED AMONGST THE STUDIO ENGINEERS/PRODUCERS WHO WORKED
ON THIS ALBUM. ONE FOR THE HEADS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34620">KAADA =
PATTON</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34620">ROMANCES<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34620">IPECAC</A>
- CD (IPC-58)
<BLOCKQUOTE> JOHN KAADA AND MIKE PATTON ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS =
EXCELLENT
CD WHICH HAS AN EXPERIMENTAL, DRONE BASED SOUND WITH ALMOST =
CLASSICAL
OVERTONES AT TIMES. DEEP AND DARK AND FULL OF ENGAGING BITS, THIS
IS WELL WORTH CHECKING OUT IF YOU'RE INTO EDGY MUSIC.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34676">LAST =
TOWN CHORUS, THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34676">THE LAST =
TOWN CHORUS</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34676">THE =
LAST TOWN CHORUS</A>
- CD (TLTC001)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS ALL SOUNDS RATHER NICE. TWANGY, MELLOW ALT-COUNTRY =
THAT REMINDS
ONE OF MAZZY STAR, LAURA VEIRS, INNOCENCE MISSION, RED HOUSE =
PAINTERS,
MOJAVE 3 ETC. THINK I'LL COME BACK TO THIS ONE (PREFERABLY LATE
AT NIGHT).</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34672">LYDIA =
LUNCH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34672">SMOKE IN =
THE SHADOWS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34672">ATAVISTIC</=
A>
- CD (ALP157CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NEW ALBUM FROM THE ORIGINAL AND BEST RIOT GRRRL, LYDIA =
LUNCH.
A DECEPTIVELY SEDUCTIVE SET, WITH LYDIA DOING HER THANG OVER A
SLEAZY JAZZ / BAR ROOM SOUNDTRACK. THE LIKES OF TERRY EDWARDS,
NELS CLINE AND ADELE BERTEI MAKE GUEST APPEARANCES. ALL IN ALL,
A PRETTY CAPTIVATING ALBUM.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34680">MY =
MORNING JACKET</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34680">CH. 2: =
LEARNING</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34680">DARLA</A>
- CD (DRL154CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> VOLUME TWO OF THIS TWO VOLUME SET OF EARLY RECORDINGS, =
B-SIDES,
COMPILATION TRACKS, DEMOS ETC. IF YOU DON'T KNOW MY MORNING JACKET,
THIS ACTUALLY ISN'T A BAD PLACE TO START - THINK WILL OLDHAM,
SONGS: OHIA, NEIL YOUNG, GALAXIE 500 ETC. VOL. 2 INCLUDES HIGHLY
UNUSUAL YET QUITE REMARKABLE RENDITIONS OF "TAKE MY BREATH AWAY",
"WEST END GIRLS" AND "DREAM A LITTLE DREAM", BELIEVE IT OR =
NOT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34679">MY =
MORNING JACKET</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34679">CH. 1: =
THE SANDMAN COMETH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34679">DARLA</A>
- CD (DRL150CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> VOLUME ONE OF THIS TWO VOLUME SET OF EARLY RECORDINGS, =
B-SIDES,
COMPILATION TRACKS, DEMOS ETC. IF YOU DON'T KNOW MY MORNING JACKET,
THIS ACTUALLY ISN'T A BAD PLACE TO START - THINK WILL OLDHAM,
SONGS: OHIA, NEIL YOUNG, GALAXIE 500 ETC. THIS VOLUME INCLUDES
A PARTICULARLY HAUNTING COVER OF JEFFERSON AIRPLANE'S "WHITE =
RABBIT".</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34731">REFRIGERAT=
OR</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34731">UPSTAIRS =
IN YOUR ROOM</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34731">SHRIMPER</A=
>
- CD (SHR144CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> APPARENTLY THIS IS TO BE GIVEN AWAY FREE WITH EVERY =
REFRIGERATOR,
BUT WE HAVEN'T THE STORAGE FACILITIES FOR ANY BOSCHES OR SMEGS,
SO I'M AFRAID WE'LL HAVE TO CHARGE YOU. TOTAL RUBBISH ASIDE,
REFRIGERATOR ARE RUDY VALENTINO, JOHNNY BLAZE AND PARIS AND THEY
HAVE A SOUND THAT DEFINITELY IS INFLUENCED BY THE LIKES OF BOWIE
AND PAVEMENT, AND ACCORDINGLY ARE RATHER GOOD.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34719">REVERBAPHO=
N</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34719">OUR =
HEART BEATS WITH JOY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34719">BENBECULA</=
A>
- CD (BEN026CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WONDERFUL COMPOSITIONS OF ACOUSTIC/ELECTRICS. A GREAT =
ADDITION
TO ANY "FOLKTRONICA" COLLECTION. NOW THAT I HAVE USED THE 'F'
WORD IT IS ONLY FAIR THAT I TAKE MY OWN LIFE IN DEBT OF THIS GRAVE
INJUSTICE. HA DE HA DE HA HA HA. ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE THIS IS
A LOVELY MIX OF SWEET AND DARK MELODIES WITH SOME SUBTLE VOCALS
IN PLACES.........</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34740">SCORCH =
TRIO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34740">LUGGUMT</=
A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34740">RUNE =
GRAMMOFON</A>
- CD (RCD2040)
<BLOCKQUOTE> A BIT OF AN ODDITY THIS ONE - IT'S KIND OF ROCK MUSIC =
DONE TO
FREEFORM JAZZ TIME SIGNATURES ALA ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE ET AL..
NOW, I KNOW SO LITTLE ABOUT THIS SORT OF THING, BUT MY VIEW IS
THAT IT'S QUITE FIERCE AND INTENSE - MANY PLECTRUMS WERE INJURED
IN THE MAKING OF THIS ALBUM. HAVE A LISTEN... </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34674">SILVER =
RAY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34674">HUMANS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34674">BROKEN =
HORSE</A>
- CD (BKHCD006)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS A NEW SILVER RAY ALBUM IN THIS =
BOX WHEN
I WROTE ABOUT THE SOUVARIS CD, BUT THERE'S NO DENYING THESE TWO
RELEASES COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER PERFECTLY. EPIC, EXPANSIVE AND
SEEMINGLY INSPIRED BY THE DESOLATE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE IN THE SAME
WAY AS SCENIC, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL, DETAILED MUSIC MAKING USE OF
ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC PIANO AND KEYBOARDS AS MUCH AS GUITAR AND
DRUMS. AGAIN, EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE AND HIGHLY =
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34667">SOPHIA</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34667">FIXED =
WATER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34667">FLOWER =
SHOP</A>
- CD (FLOWCD004)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ROBIN PROPER-SHEPPARD REISSUES HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM. =
ORIGINALLY
RELEASED IN 1996 AFTER THE SAD BREAK-UP OF THE GOD MACHINE, THIS
SELECTION OF BEAUTIFUL, MOURNFUL, HEARTBROKEN ACOUSTIC SONGS =
CONTINUES
TO IMPRESS TO THIS DAY. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS, MAKE AMENDS =
FORTHWITH.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34668">SOPHIA</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34668">THE =
INFINITE CIRCLE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34668">FLOWER =
SHOP</A>
- CD (FLOWCD008)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE SECOND SOPHIA ALBUM LIVED UP TO EVERYONE'S =
EXPECTATIONS AFTER
SUCH AN IMPRESSIVE SOLO DEBUT. ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1998, THIS
GETS A WELCOME REPRESS, STILL SOUNDING JUST AS GOOD AS IT DID
THEN, IF NOT BETTER. TEN MORE INTIMATE, WONDERFUL, DOWNTRODDEN
SONGS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D14592">SOPHIA</A>=
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D14592">DE =
NACHTEN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D14592">FLOWER =
SHOP</A>
- CD (FLOWERCD011)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SOPHIA CAPTURED LIVE AT THE DE NACHTEN FESTIVAL, =
AMSTERDAM AND
AT DE SINGLE, ANTWERP ON CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS IN JANUARY 2001. =
BEAUTIFUL,
MOURNFUL SONGS WITH STRINGS, INCLUDING A COVER OF JOHN LENNON'S
"JEALOUS GUY".</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34671">SOPHIA</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34671">COLLECTIO=
NS: ONE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34671">FLOWER =
SHOP</A>
- CD (FLOWCD019)
<BLOCKQUOTE> COMPILATION OF RARE BUT ESSENTIAL TRACKS FROM ROBIN =
PROPER-SHEPPARD'S
COLLECTIVE. NINE TRACKS DATING FROM 1996-2004, INCLUDING A COUPLE
OF LUSH INSTRUMENTALS AND AN AMAZING VERSION OF THE PET SHOP BOYS'
"YOU ONLY TELL ME YOU LOVE ME WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK" SUNG AS A DUET
WITH ADELE BETHEL OF SONS & DAUGHTERS, BACKED BY A STRING QUARTET.
LIMITED EDITION OF 3000 NUMBERED COPIES.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34673">SOUVARIS</=
A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34673">I =
FELT NOTHING AT ALL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34673">BEAROS</A>
- CD (BEAROS049CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> QUITE GENUINELY AN EXCEPTIONAL RELEASE, THIS - IT'S NOT =
EVERY
DAY WE GET A NEW ALBUM FROM BEAROS BUT WHEN WE DO, YOU KNOW IT'S
GONNA BE VERY GOOD (THE LAST TO MY KNOWLEDGE WAS THE EXCELLENT
WORKHOUSE LP). FOUR VERY LONG POST ROCK TYPE INSTRUMENTALS THAT
UTILISE SPACE AS MUCH AS DETAILED MUSICIANSHIP. TRACKS THAT VERY
SUBTLY BUILD TO EVENTUALLY BECOME ALL-ENCOMPASSING. FANS OF STATE
RIVER WIDENING (PARTICULARLY THEIR EARLIER MATERIAL), SILVER RAY,
DO MAKE SAY THINK, STAFRAENN HAKON ETC LOOK NO FURTHER. ABSOLUTELY
SUPERB, AND VERY NICELY PACKAGED TOO.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueFalse7">Funk / Jazz / Soul (New Releases, CD)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34741">FOOD</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34741">LAST =
SUPPER</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34741">RUNE =
GRAMMOFON</A>
- CD (RCD2041)
<BLOCKQUOTE> HIGHLY DETAILED SOFT JAZZ WITH PLENTY OF ATMOSPHERICS. A =
LOVELY
LATE-NIGHTER THAT HAS A FRESH, IMPROVISED SOUND WITHOUT IN ANY
WAY BEING INACCESSIBLE OR NOODLEY. ANOTHER RECOMMENDED RELEASE
FROM RUNE (HAS A CERTAIN RING TO IT, THAT, DOESN'T =
IT?).</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34711">ON =
FILLMORE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34711">SLEEPS =
WITH FISHES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34711">QUAKEBASKET=
</A>
- CD (QB21CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WONDERFUL SOFT SOUNDSCAPES OF THAT STUFF THAT THEY DO =
WHEN THEY
RUB GLASSES AND THAT (I LIVE IN ESSEX). UNDERPINNED WITH A LOVELY
DOUBLE BASS PLAYING AND AN OVERALL JAZZ FEEL TO THE PROCEEDINGS.
WHILST PLAYING IT IN THE SHOP EVERYONE COMMENTED ON HOW LOVELY
IT WAS, A GOOD SIGN !!!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueFalse8">Reggae / Dub (New Releases, CD)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34708">KEITH =
HUDSON</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34708">THE =
HUDSON AFFAIR</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34708">TROJAN</A>
- 2xCD (TJDDD221)
<BLOCKQUOTE> A TOTAL OF 55 WHOPPING GREAT TRACKS SPAN THIS DOUBLE CD =
COMPILATION
OF CLASSIC KEITH HUDSON PRODUCTIONS. KEN BOOTHE, U ROY, DELROY
WILSON, ALTON ELLIS, AUGUSTUS PABLO, KING TUBBY ETC ETC ALL FEATURE.
ANOTHER GOOD JOB DONE BY THOSE TROJAN TYPES.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34706">RANKING =
JOE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34706">DUB IT =
IN A DANCE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34706">TROJAN</A>
- CD (TJCCD224)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I AM GOING FOR THE EASY OPTION HERE AND TELLING YOU =
WHATS ON THE
STICKER "SEMINAL 1980 ALBUM FROM THE LEGENDARY SOUND SYSTEM MC".
I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE 5 EXTRA TRACKS ON THIS CD. ALL
THE INFO A PERSON COULD WANT......</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueFalse11">Experimental (New Releases, CD)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34683">ANNIE =
GOSFIELD</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34683">LOST =
SIGNALS AND DRIFTING SATELLITES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34683">TZADIK</A>
- CD (TZA8007)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ANOTHER FUN TRIP INTO THE IMAGINATIVE WORLD OF COMPOSER =
ANNIE
GOSFIELD, BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN MUSIC AND NOISE WITH
PASSION, WIT AND HUMOUR. HIGHLY ORIGINAL CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL
UTILISING RENOWNED CELLIST JOAN JEANRENAUD AND THE NEW YORK BASED
FLUX STRING QUARTET, AS WELL AS SATELLITE SOUNDS, STATIC, MACHINE
NOISE ETC.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34684">CHARMING =
HOSTESS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34684">SARAJEVO =
BLUES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34684">TZADIK</A>
- CD (TZA7197)
<BLOCKQUOTE> INCORPORATING JEWISH, BALKAN AND SUFI MUSICAL =
INFLUENCES, JEWLIA
EISENBERG'S VOICE WEDS THE SEXY, SOULFUL SOUND OF 60'S GIRL GROUPS
TO THE AMBITION AND SCOPE OF 21ST CENTURY CLASSICAL MUSIC SCORED
FOR VOICES, BEATBOX AND STRING TRIO.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34728">HAFLER =
TRIO, THE</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34728">I =
NEVER KNEW THATS WHO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34728">IMPORTANT</=
A>
- CD (IMPREC039CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ONE TWENTY MINUTE TRACK OF ULTRA DEEP AND MINIMAL SOUNDS =
FROM
THE WONDERFUL HAFLER TRIO. PART THREE OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS
SERIES. EVOLVING SOUNDSCAPES THAT SEEM ALL THE MORE POWERFUL
WITH THE CRESCENDO OF SOUNDS FROM NOTHING TO INTENSITY AND THEN
BACK AGAIN. THE AURAL BACKDROP TO SOMETHING OF CONSEQUENCE, EVEN
SPIRITUAL... STUNNING - QUITE LITERALLY. (OH, AND BEAUTIFULLY
PACKAGED TOO).</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34687">JOHN =
ZORN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34687">THE =
CLASSIC GUIDE TO STRATEGY VOL. 3</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34687">TZADIK</A>
- CD (TZA5009)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SUBTITLED "THE FIRE BOOK", THIS (VOLUME 9 OF THE THEMED =
RELEASES
CELEBRATING JOHN ZORN'S 50TH BIRTHDAY MONTH) IS OUR HERO DOING
WHAT HE DOES BEST - RAW, WILD, UNTAMED ALTO SAX. NICE BLUE STRIPES
ON THE COVER, TOO, I THOUGHT!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34685">LESLI =
DALABA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34685">TIMELINES=
</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34685">TZADIK</A>
- CD (TZA7713)
<BLOCKQUOTE> LESLI DALABA'S SOULFUL TRUMPET HAS GRACED RECORDINGS BY =
THE LIKES
OF WAYNE HORVITZ, ELLIOTT SHARP AND FRED FRITH. THIS IS AN AMBITIOUS
(YOU MIGHT SAY) MUSICAL RENDERING OF FIVE BILLION YEARS OF HISTORY
AND EVOLUTION - FROM THE ICE AGE TO THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE TO
MAJOR EXTINCTIONS. MOST INTRIGUING.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34688">LUKAS =
LIGETI</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34688">MYSTERY =
SYSTEM</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34688">TZADIK</A>
- CD (TZA7099)
<BLOCKQUOTE> REPETITIVE PATTERNS, COMPLEX CROSS RHYTHMS AND SLY =
HUMOUR PERMEATE
THIS RELEASE COMBINING THE SOUNDS OF STRING QUARTETS, PERCUSSION
ENSEMBLES, MARIMBAS, DRUM MACHINES AND PLENTY MORE BESIDES. =
ADVENTUROUS
STUFF.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34617">MU</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34617">BBBUNNY!B=
BUNNY!BUNNY!</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34617">V/VM =
TEST</A>
- CD (VVMTCD23)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I THOUGHT, FOR SOME BIZARRE REASON, THAT THIS WAS GOING =
TO BE
AN EASIER LISTEN THAN SOME OF THE OTHER V/VM RELEATED MATERIAL.
OH, HOW WRONG I WAS. ABRASIVE TEXTURES, DARK SOUNDS, HEAVY =
PROCESSING
THROUGH A VAST ARRAY OF SONIC DECIMATOR TYPE PLUG-INS. DEVASTATING
AND HEAVY ON THE EARS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34726">NOAM =
CHOMSKY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34726">WAR =
CRIMES AND IMPERIAL FANTASIES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34726">IMPORTANT</=
A>
- 2xCD (IMPREC041)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TAKEN FROM A RECORDING MADE BY DAVID BARSAMIAN, FROM THE =
AMERICAN
"ALTERNATIVE RADIO" STATION, OF NOAM CHOMSKY IN HIS M.I.T. OFFICE,
THIS INTERVIEW OUTLINES THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES' PURSUAL
OF IMPERIALISM AND THE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY COMMITTED ALONG
THE WAY. HIS ALARMING AND PIERCING INSIGHTS ARE DELIVERED IN
HIS FAMILIARLY SOOTHING DRAWL. BASICALLY HE OUTLINES THE HYPOCRACY
OF THE USA - THE RULES THEY APPLY TO OTHER STATES THAT NEVER APPLY
TO THEMSELVES. A VOICE OF SANITY THAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD, ESPECIALLY
IN THE CONTEXT OF SO LITTLE SANITY COMING OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF
THOSE WHO OCCUPY THE OVAL OFFICE. (SO, A VERY PARTIAL REVIEW,
BUT HEY, I REALLY LIKE NOAM...)</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34690">RICHARD =
CRANDELL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34690">MBIRA =
MAGIC</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34690">TZADIK</A>
- CD (TZA8005)
<BLOCKQUOTE> HYPNOTIC, ENTRANCING MUSIC FOR MBIRA FROM AN AMERICAN =
MAVERICK
IN THE TERRY RILEY / HARRY PARTCH TRADITION. MINIMALISM MEETS
WORLD MUSIC ON THIS CHARMING, DELICATE RELEASE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34682">SCOTT =
JOHNSON</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34682">JOHN =
SOMEBODY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34682">TZADIK</A>
- CD (TZA8009)
<BLOCKQUOTE> A COMPILATION OF PIECES RECORDED BETWEEN 1979-87 MAKING =
USE OF
SPEECH PATTERNS AND TRANSFORMING THEM INTO INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
A HIGHLY ORIGINAL HYBRID OF DISTINCTIVE VOCALS AND THE AVANT-GARDE
END OF ROCK.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34686">SEPTETO =
ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34686">BAILA! =
GITANO BAILA!</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34686">TZADIK</A>
- CD (TZA7189)
<BLOCKQUOTE> CELEBRATING THE ELUSIVE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF CUBA, =
ROBERTO HAS
FASHIONED AN EXOTIC NEW MUSIC THAT BLENDS BOTH JEWISH AND LATIN
TRADITIONS. CHARMING STUFF.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34692">WADADA =
LEO SMITH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34692">LAKE =
BIWA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34692">TZADIK</A>
- CD (TZA8008)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FOUR AMBITIOUS NEW ORCHESTRAL PIECES. LYRICAL AND =
POWERFUL, WILD
SOLOS AND SEARING TRUMPET PLAYING ABOUNDS. OTHER PLAYERS INCLUDE
MARC RIBOT, CRAIG TABORN AND (NATCH) THE BOY ZORN.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34670">WOLF =
EYES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34670">F*CK =
PETE LARSEN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34670">UNKNOWN</A>=
- CD (ORE040CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> EDGY EXPERIMENTAL SOUNDSCAPISM, PRETTY HARSH AND DARK =
YET WITHOUT
BEING TOTALLY CLAUSTROPHOBIC AND INTENSE - THERE'S AT LEAST SOME
SPACE TO MOVE AROUND IN. THINK THROBBING GRISTLE WITHOUT THE =
LAUGHS(!)
- SEE WHAT YOU THINK.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34691">YAMATAKA =
EYE & JOHN ZORN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34691">NANINANI =
II</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34691">TZADIK</A>
- CD (TZA7250)
<BLOCKQUOTE> "A WILD AND CRAZY COMPENDIUM OF FRAGILE SCREAMS AND =
TENDER FIRE",
IT SAYS HERE, WHICH IN FAIRNESS IS A GOOD A WAY TO DESCRIBE A
JOHN ZORN RELEASE AS ANY, I RECKON. ANOTHER RATHER DERANGED RELEASE
FROM THESE LONG-TERM COLLABORATORS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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