[Smallfish-releases-html] Smallfish Release Mailout - 21/04/05
justusfish
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Smallfish Release Mailout - Thursday 21/04/05
Hi there.
Another week flies by here at Smallfish and another chunk of releases =
and restocks hits the shelves. As ever, there are plenty of good bits =
and bobs to peruse and it's probably worth briefly mentioning the fact =
that Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Insen on Raster Noton is back in =
stock.
I'd also quickly like to point out the fact that we have what could =
conceivably be the last copies of Shuttle358's wonderfully wonderful =
Understanding Wildlife CD on Mille Plateaux. Everything from the back =
catalogue has now been deleted so, if like me, you're a fan of Chessa on =
12k you'll absolutely want to check out this gem of an album.
Take good care.
Peace.
The Fish.
Smallfish Records | 329 Old Street | London | EC1V 9LE | +44[0] 20 7739 =
2252 | www.smallfish.co.uk
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>Hi there.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>Another week flies by here at =
Smallfish and=20
another chunk of releases and restocks hits the shelves. As ever, there =
are=20
plenty of good bits and bobs to peruse and it's probably worth briefly=20
mentioning the fact that <STRONG>Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto -=20
Insen</STRONG> on <STRONG>Raster Noton</STRONG> is back in=20
stock.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>I'd also quickly like to point out the =
fact that=20
we have what could conceivably be the last copies of=20
<STRONG>Shuttle358</STRONG>'s wonderfully wonderful =
<STRONG>Understanding=20
Wildlife</STRONG> CD on <STRONG>Mille Plateaux</STRONG>. Everything from =
the=20
back catalogue has now been deleted so, if like me, you're a fan of=20
<STRONG>Chessa</STRONG> on <STRONG>12k</STRONG> you'll absolutely want =
to check=20
out this gem of an album.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>Take good care.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>Peace.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2>The Fish.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D1><FONT face=3DTahoma>Smallfish Records | </FONT><FONT =
face=3DTahoma>329 Old Street | London | EC1V 9LE | +44[0] 20 7739 2252 | =
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<H1><A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk">Smallfish Weekly Releases</A> =
(21/04/2005)</H2>
<H2><A NAME=3D"navigation">Categories</A></H1>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue0">Electronica (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 6
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue0">Electronica (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 12
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue1">Techno / Electro (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 32
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue1">Techno / Electro (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 13
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue2">US Techno / Electro (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 3
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue2">US Techno / Electro (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 2
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue3">House (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 3
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue4">Hip Hop (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 2
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue6">Guitar Based (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 1
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue6">Guitar Based (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 3
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue7">Funk / Jazz / Soul (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 1
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse0">Electronica (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 11
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseFalse0">Electronica (Restocks, CD)</A>
x 22
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse1">Techno / Electro (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 3
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseFalse1">Techno / Electro (Restocks, CD)</A>
x 5
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse2">US Techno / Electro (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 8
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseFalse2">US Techno / Electro (Restocks, CD)</A>
x 2
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse3">House (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 1
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse4">Hip Hop (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 3
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse5">Eclectic Beats (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 5
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse6">Guitar Based (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 9
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseFalse6">Guitar Based (Restocks, CD)</A>
x 8
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse7">Funk / Jazz / Soul (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 1
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse11">Experimental (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 6
</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=3D36792">KARINA =
ESP / FROXEL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36792">LIGHTFALL=
/ TURBINE WARS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36792">EVELYN =
RECORDS</A>
- 8" (EVE25)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WE BUY RECORDS FROM SELF-DISTRIBUTED LABELS OVER THE =
COUNTER ALL
THE TIME, BUT VERY RARELY ARE THEY AS GOOD AS THIS, MY FRIENDS!
THIS LATHE CUT 8" SINGLE (PRESSED IN NEW ZEALAND) CONTAINS TWO
STUNNING AMBIENT DRONE-BASED TRACKS TOTALLY UP THERE WITH FENNESZ
/ TOUCH RECORDS, THOMAS KONER, THE ROOM 40 LABEL OR CHRIS SMITH'S
SIDE OF THE RECENT FATCAT "SPLIT SERIES 17" EP. DEFINITELY GIVE
IT A LISTEN, OR JUST BUY IT ALREADY COS IT'S TOP NOTCH. RAISES
THE BAR FOR ALL YOU OTHER HOME-GROWN LABELS OUT THERE, I =
RECKON!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36803">ORCOP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36803">DIABLO =
AND DRUM</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36803">MACHINE.REC=
ORDS</A>
- 12" (MR05V001)
<BLOCKQUOTE> A FOUR-TRACK EP THAT DRAWS FROM ALL MANNER OF RETRO =
ELECTRONICA
INFLUENCES, BE THEY WARP, NINJA TUNE OR MO-WAX. WELL, THAT'S WHAT
I THOUGHT, ANYWAY. I GUESS THOSE INTO THE LIKES OF SCHEMATIC,
BENBECULA AND MAYBE EVEN SKAM (NOT TO MENTION THE ABOVE) SHOULD
GIVE THIS A LISTEN AS IT REALLY DOES COVER ALL BASES.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36775">REMOTE =
VIEWER, THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36775">LET YOUR =
HEART DRAW A LINE</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36775">CITY =
CENTRE OFFICES</A>
- LP (TOWERBLOCK024)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS ONE SURPRISED ME BY COMING OUT WITH NAIRY A WHISPER =
OF PUBLICITY.
THAT ACTUALLY SUITS THE STYLE OF THE ALBUM AS IT'S A BEAUTIFULLY
LOW-KEY AFFAIR WITH GENTLY RIPPLING SONGS MADE UP OF ORGANIC =
INSTRUMENTS
AND CLEVER SONGWRITING SKILLS WITH THE OCCASIONAL TOUCH OF =
ELECTRONIC
MANIPULATION. SOULFUL, LUSH, DEEP... EVERYTHING YOU'D EXPECT FROM
A REMOTE VIEWER ALBUM AND SO MUCH MORE. ABSOLUTE CLASS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36382">SUBTITLE</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36382">YOUNG =
DANGEROUS HEART</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36382">GOLD =
STANDARD LABORATORIES</A>
- 2xLP (GSL98LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WITH PRODUCTION BY THAVIUS BECK, ALIAS, OCTAVIUS AND =
OMID (AS
WELL AS, OBVIOUSLY, SUBTITLE) AND GUEST APPEARANCES FROM ACEYALONE,
MURS, BUSDRIVER AND MEMBERS OF VISIONARIES, YOU KNOW YOU'RE ONTO
A WINNER. FANS OF MUSH, ANTICON, LEX ETC LOOK NO FURTHER.... ON
VERY ATTRACTIVE PSYCHEDELIC MULTI-COLOURED (DOUBLE) VINYL, =
TOO!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D26910">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D26910">NEW =
TOWN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D26910">A.I.</A>
- 2xLP (AILP005)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BACK IN STOCK! AFTER A STRING OF FINE 12" RELEASES AI =
COME GOOD
WITH A SELECTION OF ELECTRONICS. TRACKS FROM ANDY FREER, ADJ,
CLARO INTELLECTO, SWF, FZV, JOE FRANKS AND TRIP. FROM THE DEEP
AND DARK, TO THE MELODIC AND FRIENDLY. THIS IS ABOUT AS ECLECTIC
AS IT GETS - FROM OVERT DANCEFLOOR ELECTRO, THROUGH TO DETROIT
INFLUENCED TECHNO, AND THEN ONTO DOWN-TEMPO ELECTRONICS - MELODIC
TO COLD AND CLINICAL. EQUALLY AT HOME OR THROUGH A BIG BOOMING
SYSTEM, THIS IS A NICELY PACKAGED NICE PACKAGE. TOP.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33578">YELLOTONE<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33578">TAR FILE =
JUNCTION</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33578">A.I.</A>
- LP (AILP009)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BACK IN STOCK! DEBUT LONG PLAYER FROM YELLOTONE - OOZING =
ATMOSPHERE
- ELECTRONIC AND LIVE SOUNDS. RANGING FROM REALLY PACEY, BEAT
DRIVEN TRACKS TO MORE DOWN BEAT AND REFLECTIVE NUMBERS. THERE
IS A DARKNESS AND SINISTER FEEL TO MUCH OF THIS ALBUM, WHICH GIVES
IT A WEIGHTINESS, BUT YELLOTONE MANAGES TO LIGHTEN IT WITH SOME
LOVELY MELODIES AND GOOD USE OF ECLECTIC STYLES AND INSTRUMENTS
- THE WHOLE AFFECT BEING THEREFORE INTENSE, BUT VERY LISTENABLE.
GOOD ALBUM. RECOMMENDED.</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=3D36499">BLACK =
DOG, THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36499">BITE =
THEE BACK EP</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36499">DUST =
SCIENCE</A>
- 12" (DUSTV001)
<BLOCKQUOTE> COULD THIS BE THE RETURN TO FORM THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN =
WAITING FOR
FROM THE BLACK DOG? GENERALLY IT WOULD SEEM TO BE SO. FOUR TRACKS
OF WHICH THREE ARE LOVELY ELECTRONICA PIECES OF VARYING STYLES
AND SOUNDS. THERE'S A REAL OLD SCHOOL BLACK DOG FLAVOUR AT TIMES
WHICH MAKES THIS A MOST SATISFYING EP AND, IF YOU CAN IGNORE THE
LAST TRACK, IT'S A WELL WORTHY PIECE. DEFINITELY ONE TO =
CHECK.</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=3D28557">EINOMA</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D28557">MILLI =
TONVERKA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D28557">VERTICAL =
FORM</A>
- LP (VFORM031LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS SURPASSES THE FIRST EINOMA ALBUM BY SOME DISTANCE =
AS, ALTHOUGH
THAT WAS A SUPERB PIECE OF WORK, THIS IS TRULY STUNNING. STARK,
CRISP, HAUNTINGLY DARK ELECTRONICA OF THE HIGHEST ORDER WITH SOME
WONDERFULLY DESNSE TEXTURES AND AWESOME CRUNCHY RHYTHMIC =
PROGRAMMING,
COUPLED WITH SOME FRAGILE, LUSH MELODIES. TRULY BEAUTIFUL AND
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33576">INTRICATE<=
/A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33576">IN =
PECTRA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33576">SPEZIAL =
MATERIAL</A>
- 12" (SM014LP004)
<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. (THIS HAS
6 TRACKS COMPARED TO 10 TRACKS ON THE CD)</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D32357">MAPS =
AND DIAGRAMS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D32357">TACTILE =
LOVE EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D32357">ARABLE</A>
- 12" (ARABLE3)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ROBIN 'ISAN' SAVILLE'S ARABLE LABEL IS ONLY THREE =
RELEASES OLD
AND YET THE QUALITY OF THOSE RELEASES TELLS YOU ALL YOU NEED TO
KNOW. SO FAR PSAPP AND FLOTEL HAVE PROVIDED SUPER DEEP, SUPER
BEAUTIFUL ELECTRONIC MOMENTS AND NOW IT'S THE TURN OF MAPS + =
DIAGRAMS.
EIGHT TRACKS TAKING THE FORM OF FOUR MAIN TRACKS AND FOUR SHORTER
INTERLUDE PIECES. EVERY SINGLE MOMENT ON THIS EP IS A JOY WITH
A DELICATELY PUT TOGETHER SELECTION OF MELODIC ELECTRONICS PAR
EXCELLENCE. SUBTLE RHYTHMIC SHIFTS, BEATLESS MOMENTS OF PURE AMBIENT
PLEASURE... THE LIST GOES ON. A TREMENDOUS PIECE OF WORK THAT
COMES HIGHLY, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33066">NOTWIST, =
THE / CONSOLE / KLIMEK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33066">SOLO =
SWIM</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33066">ALIEN =
TRANSISTOR</A>
- 12" (N05)
<BLOCKQUOTE> A SUBLIME PIECE OF WORK THAT CONCENTRATES ON THE =
DEEPEST, LUSHEST
ELECTRONICA AND ORGANIC SOUNDS. THE NOTWIST TURN IN TWO SUPERB
VERSIONS OF THE TITLE TRACK THAT USE A GENTLY FOLKY FEEL BUT WITH
ACRES OF ATMOSPHERE AND ELECTRONIC TEXTURE. THE FLIP SEES CONSOLE
AND KLIMEK DELIVERING EQUALLY SUPERB PIECES WITH AN UNDERSTATED,
LOW-KEY BUT BEAUTIFULLY WARMN SOUND. A SUPERB EP. HIGHLY =
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D35411">OCHRE</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D35411">A =
MIDSUMMER NICE DREAM</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D35411">TOYTRONIC</=
A>
- 2xLP (TOY19LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> CLASSIC TOYTRONIC, NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL. THEY'VE =
DELIVERED YET
ANOTHER BEAUTIFULLY PUT TOGETHER COLLECTION OF ELECTRONICA TRACKS
PAR EXCELLENCE. DELIGHFULLY MELODIC AND BRIMMING WITH ATMOSPHERE
AND WARMTH. EACH CUT HAS A WELL PRODUCED SOUND WITH EXCELLENT
ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND, GENERALLY, IF YOU'RE A FAN OF THE LABEL
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ADORE THIS LP. =
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36313">PREFUSE =
73</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36313">SURROUNDE=
D BY SILENCE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36313">WARP</A>
- 2xLP (WARPLP129)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE NEW PREFUSE 73 LP IS FINALLY HERE, AND IS ARGUABLY =
HIS FINEST
WORK TO DATE. THE PRODUCTION IS ABSOLUTELY ON IT, THE TUNES PHAT
AND MEMORABLE, THE COLLABORATIONS NUMEROUS (AS WELL AS THE SINGLE
FEATURING GHOSTFACE & EL-P, YOU'LL ALSO HEAR FROM THE BOOKS, TYONDAI
BRAXTON, CAMU, PEDRO, KAZU FROM BLONDE REDHEAD, AESOP ROCK, MASTA
KILLA & GZA, DJ NOBODY, BEANS AND BROADCAST). COULD END UP ONE
OF THE ALBUMS OF THE (EARLY) SUMMER, THIS. AN INSTRUMENTAL VERSION
WOULD BE MOST WELCOME, TOO - WONDER IF THAT'S IN THE PIPELINE?
WICKED STUFF.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36098">SQUAREPUSH=
ER VS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36098">VARIOUS</=
A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36098">ROCK =
BOTTOM</A>
- 12" (RBR005)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 4 CUTS OF HYPER CHOPPED AND CLIPPED DRUM N' BASS =
MENTALISM FROM
THE MAN WHO TO MY MIND ORIGINATED THIS SOUND. IF YOU CAN FIND
IT, GRAB YOURSELF A COPY OF ALROY ROAD TRACKS BY "THE DUKE OF
HARINGAY" (A PSEUDONYM FOR TOM JENKINSON) ON SPYMANIA FROM 1995.
THEN YOULL SEE WHERE THIS SOUND COMES FROM......</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34805">THOMAS =
FEHLMANN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34805">LOWFLOW</=
A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34805">PLUG =
RESEARCH</A>
- 2xLP (PLG58LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THOMAS FEHLMANN IS ONE OF THOSE ARTISTS WHO SEEMS TO =
HAVE BEEN
AROUND FOREVER AND HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
PROJECTS OVER THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS. 3 PHASE, SUN ELECTRIC, THE
ORB, MARATHON AND LOTS OF HIS OWN PROJECTS, NOTABLY ON KOMPAKT.
THIS ALBUM DISTILLS EVERYTHING THAT I LOVE ABOUT HIS WORK INTO
ONE SPECTACULAR LISTENING EXPERIENCE. DUB, TECHNO, HIP HOP, =
ELECTRONICA,
R&B AND MANY OTHER INFLUENCES COLLIDE TO PROVIDE AN INTENSE =
SELECTION
OF WONDERFULLY DEEP TRACKS, EVERY ONE OF WHICH IS A GEM. THREE
TRACKS ARE CO-WRITTEN WITH GHOSTLY'S DABRYE, AND YOU CAN TELL
WHICH ONES THEY ARE. SIMPLY UNMISSABLE AND ESSENTIAL AND GENERALLY
WONDERFUL. BUY IT!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D27531">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D27531">SM03: A =
SPEZIAL MATERIAL COMPILATION</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D27531">SPEZIAL =
MATERIAL</A>
- 2xLP (SM010LP002)
<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=3D30192">XELA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D30192">TANGLED =
WOOL</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D30192">CITY =
CENTRE OFFICES</A>
- LP (TOWERBLOCK18)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FOLLOWING THE WONDERFUL DEBUT ALBUM ON NEO OUIJA, THEN =
THE SUPERB
YASUME COLLABORATION ON CITY CENTRE OFFICES COMES THE SECOND XELA
ALBUM PROPER. IT'S ABSOLUTELY LUSCIOUS. I KID YOU NOT. DEEP, GUITAR
LACED TRACKS THAT HAVE A GENTLE, MELANCHOLY WARMTH WITH AN ALMOST
CHILDLIKE SENSE OF WONDER. ELECTRONIC PRODUCTION AND MANIPULATION
GIVES IT THE CONTEMPORARY EDGE, BUT REALLY IT'S ALL ABOUT THE
ORGANIC SOUNDS. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.</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=3D36834">CHOK =
ROCK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36834">BIG CITY =
LOSER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36834">WARP</A>
- 12" (WAP188)
<BLOCKQUOTE> A GREAT RECORD IN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN SING ANY EIGHTIES =
POP HIT
OVER IT AND IT WORKS! RUMBLING, EDGY, EXTREMELY DANCEABLE ELECTRO
FUNK - JUST YOU TRY KEEPING STILL! THINK GONZALES MEETS APHEX
MEETS JIMMY EDGAR - SERIOUSLY. COOL AS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D30947">CLARO =
INTELECTO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D30947">NEUROFIBR=
O</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D30947">A.I.</A>
- 2xLP (AILP008)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BACK IN STOCK! I DON'T THINK IT WOULD OVERSTATING IT IF =
I SAID
THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF LAST YEAR,
AND IT DIDN'T DISAPPOINT IN ANY WAY AT ALL - IN FACT IT ACTUALLY
SURPASSED MY EXPECTATIONS. AN ELEVEN TRACK SELECTION OF THE FINEST,
DEEPEST AND WARMEST GROOVES YOU'RE LIABLE TO HEAR FOR SOME TIME.
TAKING IN THE TRADEMARK ELECTRO SOUND THAT HE'S BECOME KNOWN FOR
VIA A MULTITUDE OF FUNKY TECHNO AND HOUSE INFLUENCED CUTS, ONCE
AGAIN WITH THOSE TRADEMARK BASS SOUNDS (A LA 'CHICAGO') IT TRULY
IS A BEAUTIFUL SELECTION OF TRACKS. TOTALLY ESSENTIAL... BUT THEN
YOU KNOW THAT ALREADY!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36760">DJ =
GLOW</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36760">WISE TO =
THE SYSYTEM</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36760">TRUST</A>
- 12" (TRUST08)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WITHOUT A DOUBT, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST ELECTRO LABELS =
AROUND
AND IS EASILY UP THERE WITH THE LIKES OF SATAMILE AND SCSI. CHECK
OUT THIS BLISTERING FOUR TRACKER FROM DJ GLOW THAT HAS WICKED
BEATS, FRESH AS HELL BASSLINES AND SOME BEAUTIFULLY DETROITY CHORDS.
AWESOME AND ROCKING. RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36790">EL =
UNICO ENEMIGO</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36790">EL =
UNICO ENEMIGO</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36790">NINE =
RECORDS</A>
- 12" (9.4)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NINE ARE A VERY LOW PROFILE LABEL, BUT TO IGNORE THEM =
WOULD BE
YOUR LOSS. THREE QUALITY, FIERCE TECHNO TRACKS. ONE HAS A HEAVY,
METALLIC FEEL, ANOTHER IS VERY REMINISCENT OF THE SUBURBAN KNIGHT
(PRAISE INDEED), A THIRD A PURE TRIBAL ROMP. A BEAST.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36793">FRANK =
MARTINIQ</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36793">LITTLE =
FLUFFY CROWDS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36793">BOXER =
SPORT</A>
- 2xLP (BOXER026LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ABSOLUTELY ROCK SOLID COLLECTION OF EIGHT TRACKS THAT =
ARE BOUNCY,
INTIRCATE, SEETHING WITH FUNK AND FLAVA AND GENERALLY JUST HAVE
THAT X-FACTOR THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO GROOVE. BOXER AND FRANK ON
STORMING FORM. GET IT! </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36794">FRIVOLOUS<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36794">BUFFET =
HARAJA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36794">KARLOFF =
RECORDINGS</A>
- 12" (KLF-12)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS IS AN UTTERLY BIZARRE PIECE OF WORK THAT CARRIES =
WITH IT
A FURIOUSLY FUNKY AND ODDBALL HOUSE NATURE COUPLED WITH A COLOGNE
STYLE TECH FUNK THAT'S VERY APPEALING. OLD SCHOOL SOUNDS, CHEEKY
VOCALS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND SOME MUTANT 4/4 BEATS MAKE FOR A
FUN ROMP. CHECK.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36807">GEORGE =
THOMSON</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36807">LAID =
BACK SNACK ATTACK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36807">CROSSTOWN =
REBELS</A>
- 12" (CRM0136)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS TRACK WAS RECORDED IN 2001. UPON A REQUEST FOR SOME =
HOUSE
MUSIC FROM CROSSTOWN, GEORGE SEARCHED HIS OLD D.A.T.'S & FOUND
THIS TRACK IN AMONGST HIS OLDIES. TURNED DOWN AT THE TIME BY ALL
& SUNDRY, IT SEEMS FITTING NOW IN 2005. THE FIRST TRACK TO FEATURE
HIS VOCALS (VERY GARY NUMAN) IT ALSO FEATURES CLUB MIXES FROM
ELLEN ALLIEN AND MUGWUMP (& A STONKING ACCAPELLA). F A N T
A S T I C ! ! !</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36801">JAMES DIN =
A4</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36801">LIVE AT =
ROYAL ALBERT HALL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36801">ESEL</A>
- LP (ESEL25)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THERE IS AN ARGUMENT TO MADE THAT JAMES DIN A4 RELEASES =
FAR TOO
MANY RECORDS. HOWEVER, WHEN THEY'RE OF SUCH EXCEEDINGLY GOOD
QUALITY THEN IT'S REALLY NOT TO BE SNIFFED AT, IN MY OPINION.
THIS IS AN ALBUM OF FOURTEEN QUIRKY, GROOVY, BEAUTIFULLY PUT =
TOGETHER
TRACKS THAT USE HOUSE, ELECTRONICA, TECHNO AND DOWNBEAT ODDS AND
ENDS TO CREATE A VARIED AND EXTREMELY SATISFYING SELECTION OF
TUNES. DON'T BE PUT OFF BY THE FACT THAT HE'S PROLIFIC... IT'S
JUST GOOD MUSIC ALL ROUND. RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36766">JAMES =
TAYLOR</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36766">CARTHAGE =
MILK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36766">LOGISTICS</=
A>
- 2xLP (LOG42LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SWAYZAK'S JAMES TAYLOR HAS REALLY OUTDONE HIMSELF HERE =
FOR LOGISTICS.
CONSIDERABLY MORE INTERESTING THAN THE RECENT SWAYZAK GEAR =
(SNOWBLIND
EEXCEPTED, AS THAT'S MOST EXCELLENT) AND A MUCH MORE PERSONAL
AND INTROSPECTIVE SOUND. IT REALLY HARKS BACK TO THE EARLIER =
RELEASES
ON THEIR OWN LABEL AND AS SUCH IT HAS A WARMTH, DEPTH AND FUNK
THAT MAKE IT GLISTEN. BEAUTIFUL TECHNO THAT GETS BETTER WITH EACH
LISTEN. WICKED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36797">JANOVSKY =
/ BREITBARTH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36797">TREIBSTOF=
F #50</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36797">TREIBSTOFF<=
/A>
- 12" (TREIBSTOFF50)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TREIBSTOFF CELEBRATE THEIR HALF CENTURY WITH A TASTY =
WHITE VINYL
12" FROM LABEL OWNER MARCEL JANOVSKY AND RENE BREITBARTH ON THE
FLIP. ONE OF THEIR BEST RELEASES FOR A WHIL ACTUALLY WITH ITS
ULTRA-MINIMAL, ULTR-STRIPPED FLAVA. TECHNICAL SOUNDS AND ROLLING
BASSLINES MAKE THIS A BIT OF A DANCEFLOOR STORMER. CONGRATULATIONS
TREIBSTOFF. RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36781">JEFF =
SAMUEL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36781">TRAPEZ =
LIMITED 31</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36781">TRAPEZ</A>
- 12" (TRAPEZLTD31)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE HARDEST WORKING MAN IN TECHNO GETS A REPRISE ON =
TRAPEZ WITH
THIS TOUGH, MINIMAL, GROOVING LITTLE NUMBER. SIMILAR IN STYLE
TO DOUBLEE YUM, BUT WITH A SLIGHTLY HARDER EDGE... THAT'S NO BAD
THING, OF COURSE, AND THIS IS DEFINITELY A TOP QUALITY TRAPEZ
RELEASE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36809">JENNIFER =
CARDINI & HO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36809">STAY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36809">CROSSTOWN =
REBELS</A>
- 12" (CRM0166)
<BLOCKQUOTE> OK. I KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE ON PAPER, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE =
THERE
FOR ME. COULD BE THE WEATHER. VERY HOXTON, VERY 'DITCH. ANDROGENOUS,
UNEMOTIONAL GERMANIC VOCALS OVER A MINIMAL HOUSE GROOVE. REMIX
BY ROMAN FLUGEL.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36813">JOHN =
DAHLBACK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36813">DANCER / =
WHO'S YOUR DADDY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36813">MUTEKKI =
GERMANY</A>
- 12" (MUT0236)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TWO PEAK TIME CLUB MONSTERS. GET THE POPPERS, I'M =
RUSHING, WHOOOOOOO.....
TELL ME MUM I'LL NOT BE THERE FOR SUNDAY LUNCH, HELLO SAILOR,
ETC ETC ETC... DAHLBACK ONCE AGAIN HITS THE SPOT WITH THESE QUALITY
ELECTRO HOUSE GROOVERS. CHECKIE CHECKIE CHECKIE CHECK IT OUT....
WHAT D'YA MEAN I SOUND WEARY ?!!!!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36758">JOHN =
TEJADA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36758">PARANOIA =
/ DEEP IN THE FUNK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36758">PALETTE</A>=
- 12" (PAL-34)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS IS A MONSTER TRACK AND CLEARLY THE BEST THING TO =
COME TOUT
OF THE, ALREADY EXTREMELY CONSISTENT, WALLS OF CHEZ TEJADA. ULTRA
GROOVING, MINIMAL TECHNO WITH ACID, SAUCY SPOKEN VOCALS, WICKED
BEATS AND OH-SO-MUCH MORE. DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT DELAYING AS
THIS IS AWESOME.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36812">JUSSIPEKKA=
</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36812">HARMONY =
E.P.</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36812">FROZEN =
NORTH RECORDINGS</A>
- 12" (FRZN001)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THREE MID TEMPO ELECTRO HOUSERS HERE. VERY MOODY WITH =
SUBTLE SPOKEN
WORD. MOST INTERESTING CUT HERE IS 'NITKU' WHICH BOUNCES BETWEEN
REGULAR 4/4 AND TRIPLETS TO VERY GOOD EFFECT. VERY WORTH A =
LISTEN........</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36799">KAMUEFLASH=
& BEE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36799">DISKOKNIG=
GE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36799">RINGEL =
BEATZ</A>
- 12" (RINGELBEATZ014)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAYS, I STILL LIKE RINGELBATZ, =
EVEN IF NONE
OF YOU LOT DO. THIS IS A FUNKY, VERY MELODIC AND STRANGELY TRANCEY
RECORD WITH LITTLE SNIPPETS OF VOCALS AND COOL ELECTRO INFLUENCED
4/4 TECHNO BEATS. ESSENTIALLY IT'S VERY COLOGNE AND IF THAT'S
A BAD THING, I'M A MONKEYS UNCLE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36810">LO/REZ</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36810">YOU =
DON'T WIN FRIENDS WITH SALAD</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36810">FLAT =
& ROUND</A>
- 12" (FAR0116)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FOUR TRACK HOUSE E.P. OF A VERY AVERAGE STANDARD. SURE =
TO SOUND
GOOD LOUD IN A CLUB, INOFFENSIVE, AVERAGE... D U L L !</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36791">MARK =
WILLIAMS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36791">TOKYO =
NIGHTS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36791">MACUMBA</A>=
- 12" (BDMC004)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MARK "KENNETH" WILLIAMS RETURNS ON HIS OWN (?) MACUMBA =
LABEL.
DECENT ENOUGH THOUGH IT IS, THIS RECORD SIMPLY WOULD NOT EXIST
HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE! THIS ALMOST COPIES
ALL THEIR STYLES OVER THE YEARS (QUITE A FEAT ON ONE RECORD, I
SUPPOSE) BUT FAIR PLAY, IT DOES THE JOB AND WILL GET FOLK =
A-MOVIN'....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36811">MAS =
2008</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36811">PRETTY =
IN PLASTIQUE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36811">ELECTRONIC =
CORPORATION</A>
- 12" (ELCO0126)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FOUR TRACK E.P. HERE. ALL TRACKS QUITE SIMILAR IN THEIR =
PRODUCTION
& STRUCTURE. THE INFLUENCES SMACK YOU IN THE FACE LIKE A WET =
KIPPER....
MORODER, JOY DIVISION, SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES, GREEN VELVET,
WESTLIFE.. OK, SO I WAS KIDDING ABOUT THE LAST ONE. THE VOCALS
COULD DO WITH BEING A BIT LOUDER BUT THATS JUST ME I GUESS. NOT
BAD IF IT'S YOUR BAG, NOT BAD AT ALL...........</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36835">MOTOR</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36835">STUKA =
STUNT / JUNKER</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36835">NOVA =
MUTE</A>
- 12" (12NOMU145)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TWO UTTERLY INSANE SLABS OF MENTAL BANGING TECHNO, =
TOTALLY OFF
THE WALL AND COMPLETELY HAVING IT. LEFTFIELD GERMANIC VOMIT TECHNO.
NUTS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36815">NORWEGIAN =
LADY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36815">DANCE =
CHAMPION</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36815">DELTA =
B</A>
- 12" (DB004)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE BEST RELEASE ON THE LABEL TO DATE, FOR MY MONEY. THE =
ORIGINAL
IS BRIEF, UNHINGED AND SHOUTY BUT LUKE EARGOGGLE (ON LOAN FROM
BUNKER) PUTS IN A TOP NOTCH REMIX - HIS TRADEMARK SMOOTH, PROCESSED
SOUND WORKS A TREAT HERE. THE PROFOUNDLY INSANE VICIOUS PINK GOO
(NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH VICIOUS PINK, GOOD LORD NO!) PUT IN A
REWORKING THAT WILL CERTAINLY APPEAL TO FANS OF WHITEY ET AL (AS
WILL THE REST OF THIS RECORD, NO DOUBT).</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36800">PABLO =
BOLIVAR / SWAT SQUAD / SERGEI</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36800">MI =
AMIGO PULSEWITH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36800">REGULAR</A>=
- 12" (REGULAR13)
<BLOCKQUOTE> INTERESTING LITTLE VARIOUS EP HERE WITH TWO TRACKS GOING =
FOR THE
MINIMAL, DUBBY SOUND WE'VE COME TO EXPECT FROM REGULAR AND THE
OTHER GOING FOR A MORE ELECTRO-ISH SOUND WITH A MORE ACCESSIBLE
FEEL. THE PABLO BOLIVAR TRACK IS, UNSURPRISINGLY, MY FAVOURITE.
TOP STUFF.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36788">PAUL =
MAC</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36788">C-SIDE =
009</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36788">C-SIDE</A>
- 12" (CSIDE009)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SERIOUSLY HEAVY, BANGING CLUB TECHNO (LOST, =
INPARTICULAR), SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN STEVE BICKNELL AND THE MORE AGGRESSIVE OF THE CURRENT
NOVA MUTE STABLE. SOME FEROCIOUS PERCUSSION SOUNDS - CHECK IT
OUT IF YOU LIKE IT HARD, HEAVY AND OCCASIONALLY TRIBAL.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36814">PUNX =
SOUNDCHECK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36814">THE =
HELLFIRE CLUB EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36814">DELTA =
B</A>
- 12" (DB005)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I ALWAYS THOUGHT TWO TRACKS WAS A SINGLE, NOT AN EP. OH =
WELL.
NITPICKING ASIDE, THIS IS ACIDIC ELECTRO POP, VERY HOXTON =
DANCEFLOOR,
VERY MUCH IN THE GIGOLO / KLEIN KINDA MOULD. THE RUN-OUT GROOVE
TELLS US "WE ARE PUNX", BUT I ALWAYS THOUGHT PUNK WAS ABOUT DOING
SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO EVERYBODY ELSE? OH, I SEE, YOU'RE SPELLING
IT WITH AN "X". RIGHT... MY MISTAKE. SORRY, I'M AT IT AGAIN, AREN'T
I?</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36774">SONAR =
BASE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36774">EPISODE =
II: TRANSMISSIONS FROM BEYOND HOAG'S OBJEC</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36774">SCSI</A>
- 12" (SCSIID015)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MONSTER EP FROM THE SCSI CREW. SONAR BASE DELIVER =
SOMETHING OF
A DANCEFLOOR SMASHER IN THE SHAPE OF THIS EPIC SIX TRACK EP THAT
HAS IT ALL... HEAVY BASS, ELECTROID FUNK, MUTANT BEATS AND SO
MUCH MORE. EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY AND GENERALLY PRETTY MUCH UNMISSABLE.
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36808">TANZMANN =
& STEFANIK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36808">LIKE =
SHRUBBERY?</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36808">MOON =
HARBOUR</A>
- 12" (MHR018)
<BLOCKQUOTE> VERY SLICK, DEEP HOUSE HERE FROM THESE TWO. AND HOW WELL =
THEY
WORK TOGETHER. MINIMAL, SUB BASS, GORGEOUS AND, ALTHOUGH =
UNDERSTATED,
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT... R E C O M M E N D E D !
! ! </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36796">THOMAS =
BRINKMANN / NATALIE BERIDZE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36796">ANNULE</A=
>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36796">MAX =
ERNST</A>
- 12" (MAX.E.18)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NICE TO SEE THOMAS BRINKMANN BACK AGAIN AFTER SOMETHING =
OF A HIATUS.
IT'S A FUNNY OLD MIXTURE OF TRACKS THOUGH AND I'M NOT CONVINCED
ABOUT THE SOUND. BRINKMANN FANS WILL LOVE IT, I'M SURE, BUT IT
SEEMS TO BE A BIT MORE ELECTRO-ISH THAN USUAL WITH ONLY ONE OF
HIS TRADEMARK MINIMAL GROOVERS. I'M PROBABLY WRONG THOUGH, SO
YOU'D BEST JUST CHECK IT OUT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36795">UND</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36795">MAXFIELD<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36795">DEFRAG =
SOUND PROCESSING</A>
- 12" (DFRG_08)
<BLOCKQUOTE> HAVING PREVIOUSLY APPEARED ON TRAPEZ, UND NOW TURN THEIR =
HAND
TO A THREE TRACK EP ON DEFRAG. THE TRACK ON THE B-SIDE IS JUST
FABULOUS... LONG, DEEP, HYPNOTIC, BUT STILL PRETTY MUCH A =
'HEADS-DOWN-LOCK-IN'
SORT OF TECHNO AFFAIR. THE MAIN TRACKS ARE MUCH MORE ACCSSIBLE
AND FEATURE GREAT PRODUCTION AND EVEN A CHEEKY COUPLE OF VOCAL
MOMENTS. GOOD TECHNO FROM THEI GOOD LABEL.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36767">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36767">PAPAYE =
CUBE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36767">SAFARI =
ELECTRONIQUE</A>
- 12" (SAF-001)
<BLOCKQUOTE> USEFUL FOUR TRACKER ON THIS OFFSHOOT OF ATCHA RECORDS =
THAT IS
AT ONCE GROOVY, DUBBY, GLITCHY AND ELECTRO-ESQUE AS WELL. FRESH
SOUNDS THAT SHOULD QUITE EASILY MAKE PEOPLE DANCE AND LEAP ABOUT,
BUT IN A SUBTLE WAY. CHECK IT IMMEDIATELY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36798">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36798">RAUM =
COMPILATION 2005</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36798">RAUM =
MUSIK</A>
- 2xLP (MUSIK046)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FIVE TRACK DOUBLE PACK FROM FIVE GREAT ARTISTS. DOMINIK =
EULBERG,
DUB CULT, SWEET N CANDY, CHARDRONNET AND D&S ALL PROVIDE SOLID,
PLAYABLE, FABULOUSLY GRROVY COLOGNE STYLE TECHNO TRACKS WITH A
MINIMAL, DUBBY FLAVA. QUALITY STUFF. RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36832">VITALIC</A=
>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36832">OK =
COWBOY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36832">DIFFERENT</=
A>
- 2xLP (DIFB1045DLP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE VITALIC ALBUM HAS DROPPED, AND IT'S CERTAINLY =
ENTERTAINING.
COMBINING DRIVING, PULSATING RETRO ELECTRO/TECHNO WITH SHAMELESS
PLUNDERING OF ALL THINGS EIGHTIES (FROM POP TO PROG TO JEAN MICHEL
JARRE), THIS IS BUTT-SHAKING MADNESS. THINK M83 MEETS SOULWAX
(YES, REALLY). TOP DRAWER.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36789">WANDERING =
SOUL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36789">SLOW =
MOTION EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36789">WANDERING =
SOUL</A>
- 12" (WANDERINGSOUL2)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SECOND RELEASE ON THE LABEL, FIRST THAT WE'VE HAD. I =
ALSO PRESUME
WANDERING SOUL IS THE ARTIST, AS IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE. ANYWAY,
WHAT WE HAVE HERE ARE FOUR TRACKS ON A THEME, THAT THEME BEING
KINDA PLASTIKMAN DOING DETROIT. MINIMAL DEEP TECHNO WITH A SLIGHT
RETRO ELECTRO LEANING, BUT PREDOMINANTLY U.R. INFLUENCED (DESPITE
ITS SLOW TEMPO).</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=3D33548">808 =
STATE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33548">PREBUILD<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33548">REPHLEX</A>=
- 2xLP (CAT807LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE THUNDEROUS 1988 NEW ORDER MIXES =
COMES THIS
HIGHLY WELCOME COMPILATION OF "LOST ACID TRACKS" DATING FROM =
1987-88.
A COLLECTION OF HARD-TO-FIND SINGLES, UNRELEASED ROUGH DEMOS FROM
CASSETTES (BOY, DO THEY PACK A PUNCH) AND LIVE TRACKS FROM THE
DAYS WHEN A GUY CALLED GERALD WAS PART OF THIS INFLUENTIAL TRIO.
THIS IS *PROPER* ACID THAT'S CLEARLY TAUGHT THE LIKES OF APHEX,
SQUAREPUSHER, CEEPHAX ACID AND SO MANY OTHERS A THING OR TEN.
A GREAT ALBUM TO CRANK UP AND THOROUGHLY ENJOY AS WELL AS AN =
IMPORTANT
HISTORY LESSON.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D31391">ALTER =
EGO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D31391">TRANSPHOR=
MER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D31391">KLANG</A>
- 3xLP (KLANG85)
<BLOCKQUOTE> HERE IT IS THEN. THE HOTLY TOUTED ALTER EGO ALBUM IS A =
PURE DANCEFLOOR
FRENZY OF BLISTERING TECHNO GROOVES THE LIKE OF WHICH I'VE NOT
HEARD FOR SOME TIME. NO CONCESSIONS TO ANYTHING BUT MAKING YOU
MOVE WITH A SELECTION OF MONSTROUS CLUB TRACKS THAT SHOULD BE
SMASHING IT ALL OVER THE PLACE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. QUITE
SIMPLY A MASSIVE ALBUM. RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36495">DUPLEX =
100</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36495">DUPLEXITY=
</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36495">MORRIS =
AUDIO</A>
- 12" (MORRIS40)
<BLOCKQUOTE> DUPLEX 100 GET ALL FUNKED UP ON US HERE WITH AN =
IMMCULATE THREE
TRACKER OF COLGNE TECHNO THAT UTILISES A HOUSE FEEL AND SOME POPPY
SOUNDS. COMBINED WITH A FRESH SET OF ELEASTIC BASSLINES THIS MAKES
FOR AN ESSENTIAL EP FOR FANS OF KOMPAKT AND SUBSTATIC. =
WICKED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33550">HORROR =
INC.</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33550">I =
PLEAD GUILTY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33550">PERLON</A>
- 12" (PERLON42)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MR. AKUFEN IS BACK! BACK! BACK! WITH TWO BRAND NEW =
TRACKS! TRACKS!
TRACKS! A RIGHT PAIR OF MOODY MOTHERS THEY ARE, TOO. THE A-SIDE
COMES ACROSS ALMOST LIKE A FUNKED-UP MURCOF GONE 4/4, REPLETE
WITH EERIE PIANO. FLIP OVER FOR A PIECE OF SERIOUSLY BEEFY =
GLITCH-HOUSE
WITH SOME NICE SYNTH TONES AND BUSLOADS OF BOTTOM END. YOU WILL
WANT THIS!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D29052">JEFF =
SAMUEL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D29052">THROATWOB=
BLER MANGROVE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D29052">KARLOFF =
RECORDINGS</A>
- 12" (KLF-03)
<BLOCKQUOTE> QUITE SIMPLY, A SUPERB SLICE OF FUNKED UP TECHNO FROM =
THIS PROLIFIC
MAN OF THE MOMENT. FOLLOWING THE 'LYA' EP ON TRAPEZ, I WOULD SUGGEST
THAT THIS IS EVEN BETTER. LITTLE LICKS OF SOUND, CLICKS, GLITCHES
AND FABULOUSLY SIMPLE, BUT ROLLING BASSLINES ALONG WITH JERKY,
SCRUMPTIOUS BEATS. TOP NOTCH GEAR FOR MAKING PEOPLE GROOVE. =
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D30612">LUCAS =
RODENBUSH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D30612">KINETIC =
PROGRESSIONS EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D30612">AFFECTED</A=
>
- 12" (AFF012)
<BLOCKQUOTE> IMMIGRANT'S LUCAS RODENBUSH DELIVERS A USEFULLY =
DANCEFLOOR ORIENTATED
EP OF GROOVING TECHNO SOUNDS. FRESH PRODUCTION AND A LOOSELY TRIBAL
FEEL PREVAIL AND THERE'S EVEN A CHUNKY LITTLE ELECTRO TRACK FOR
YOU TO ENJOY. QUALITY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D35953">MORANE</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D35953">THE =
BEACH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D35953">PERLON</A>
- 12" (PERL44)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AT LAST, A SECOND RELEASE FOR THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT =
BETWEEN
THEO KRIEGER AND MARKUS NIKOLAI. FIRM, FRUITY, BOUNCY, QUIRKY
TECH-HOUSE SHAPES ACROSS THE A-SIDE, WITH THE B-SIDE HEADING DOWN
A MORE MUSICAL, RELAXED, LOW-KEY PATH (WITH SOME SURPRISINGLY
MELANCHOLIC LIVE SOUNDS IN THE MIX). NOT WHAT ONE WOULD NECESSARILY
100% EXPECT FROM A NEW PERLON RELEASE, BUT ALL THE MORE INTERESTING
FOR IT.</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=3D36695">RA-X</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36695">REMIXXES<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36695">ANGELMAKER<=
/A>
- 12" (AMR018)
<BLOCKQUOTE> RUUUFFF REMIXES BY CHRIS CLARK, KETTEL, DOORMOUSE AND =
THE DMX
KREW. BASS HEAVY, BROKEN AND VERY SUITED TO LUCKY OLD RA-X. TOP
NOTCH AND ON LTD WHITE VINYL... WHOOOPEEEE ! !</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36301">STEWART =
WALKER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36301">TRAVEL =
PLAZA EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36301">PERSONA</A>=
- 12" (PRS013)
<BLOCKQUOTE> IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HEARD A NEW STEWART WALKER =
RECORD.=20
HE MAINTAINS THE TIGHT CRISP SOUND WHILST MANAGING TO HAVE A REAL
DEPTH AND FUNKINESS TO HIS TECHNO MUSIC. PERHAPS PEOPLE WILL
COMPLAIN THAT IT IS A BIT TECHIE, BUT I THINK THAT IS KIND OF
THE POINT. VERY NICE. </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D31664">VILLALOBOS=
</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D31664">ALCACHOFA=
REMIXES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D31664">PLAYHOUSE</=
A>
- 2x12" (PLAYHOUSE93)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FABULOUS SELECTION OF REMIXES FROM VILLALOBOS'S ALBUM. =
TWO LONE
SWORDSMEN, SOUL CAPSULE (AKA BABY FORD AND THOMAS MELCHIOR), CATHRIN
BRITTON & TOBIAS FREUND AND JAY HAZE ALL DELIVER WICKED =
INTERPRETATIONS
OF (FOR THE MOST PART) 'EASY LEE'. SWORDSMEN HAS A LIVE, ORGANIC
ELECTRO FEEL WHILST JAY HAZE OPTS FOR SOME DEEP GLITCH BASED TECHNO.
SOUL CAPSULE'S VERSIONS ARE STRIPPED AND FUNKY TO THE MAX AND
LAST BUT BY NO MEANS LEAST IS THE SUPERB VOCALS ONLY PIECE BY
BRITTON AND FREUND. QUALITY GEAR.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36493">VINCE =
WATSON</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36493">INTUITION=
S - PART ONE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36493">BIO</A>
- 12" (BIO014)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WITH HIS FORTHCOMING ALBUM FOR HEADSPACE ABOUT TO DROP, =
THIS SERVES
AS A VERY NICE LITTLE TASTER INDEED. THREE TRACKS OF UPBEAT, =
MELODIC,
DETROIT INFLUENCED TECHNO WITH LOVELY DENSE PRODUCTION AND A COUPLE
OF TO REMIXES FROM JORIS VOORN AND JOEL MULL. GOOD =
STUFF.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D35293">VLAD =
& ARDISSON / KANSAS CITY PROPHETS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D35293">SID =
SONAR / DETRAFFEC</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D35293">SEED</A>
- 12" (SEED1208)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SOMETHING OF A STORMER HERE FROM THE SEED CAMP. VLAD & =
ARDISSON
PROVIDE A BASS HEAVY, FUNKED UP TRACK THAT'S HALF ELECTRO AND
HALF TWO STEP, COMPLETE WITH FLOOR DEVASTATING BASS SOUNDS. =
ABSOLUTELY
KILLER SH*T. KANSAS CITY PROPHETS OPTS FOR A MOR STRAIGHT UP,
YET EQUALLY JUMP-AROUND ELECTRO SOUND THAT'S SURE TO GET PEOPLE
LEAPING ABOUT IN A MAD STYLE. MASSIVE BEATS, MASSIVE BASS, QUALITY
PRODUCTION. GREAT START TO 2005. RECOMMENDED.</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=3D36763">GEOFF =
WHITE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36763">ETSCHE</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36763">SPECTRAL</A=
>
- 12" (SPC-29)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SOLID THREE TRACKER FROM THE MAN OTHERWISE KNOWN AS =
AEROC. THIS
IS AN EXCELLENT SELECTION OF DEEP, YET EMININENTLY CLUBBY TECHNO
WITH A DEEP, HIGHLY PRODUCED AND PROCESSED SOUND THAT DOESN'T
DETRACT IN ANY AWAY AT ALL FROM THE FUNKINESS. IT'S ON SPECTRAL
SO YOU'VE INSTANTLY GOT A GUARANTEE OF QUALITY. =
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36826">NUMBER =
ONE SON</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36826">THE =
POP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36826">MATTER/FORM=
</A>
- 12" (MATTER001)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FIRST RELEASE FROM THIS LABEL OUT OF BROOKLYN AND IT'S A =
FUNNY
OLD BEAST. ON ONE HAND IT'S TECHNO, YET ON THE OTHER IT'S ELECTRO
AND THROUGHOUT IT HAS A HOUSEY VIBE. VERY TECHNICAL SOUNDING AND
A THERE'S A WICKED ACID LINE ON THE B-SIDE CUT... MY ADVICE IS
CHECK IT OUT AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36765">SOLVENT</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36765">THINK =
LIKE US</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36765">GHOSTLY =
INTERNATIONAL</A>
- 12" (GI-38)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MONSTER FOLLOW UP TO THE APPLES & SYNTHESIZERS ALBUM =
FROM SOLVENT.
HARD HITTING ELECTRO SOUNDS WITH AN AUTHENTICALLY OLD SCHOOL,
VOCODERED UP STYLE THAT COMES COMPLETE WITH MIXES FROM THE BRILLIANT
ECTOMORPH AND A STORMING FOUR TO THE FLOOR VERSIOPN BY ALTER EGO.
MASSIVE STUFF FROM GHOSTLY.</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=3D36076">EGYPTIAN =
LOVER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36076">PARTY</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36076">EGYPTIAN =
EMPIRE</A>
- 12" (DMSR2221)
<BLOCKQUOTE> IS THIS NEW. IS THIS OLD. DO WE CARE. ITS GOOD AND THATS =
WHAT
MATTERS. A DARKISH TUNE THAT REALLY ROCKS. ITS THE FLIP THAT IS
DOING IT IN TRUTH. "PARTY" IS SUPERB. HIGHLY =
RECOMMENDED.....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D4025">HASHIM</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D4025">AL-NAAFIYS=
H (THE SOUL)</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D4025">CUTTING</A>
- 12" (CR200)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREAT ELECTRO 12"S - FIRST BROUGHT =
TO US WAY
BACK IN 1983... STILL SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS MADE- =
YESTERDAY!!!</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=3D36771">CRAIG =
ALEXANDER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36771">THE =
EXHIBIT A EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36771">TRACKMODE</=
A>
- 12" (TM055)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I'M JUST NOT SURE ABOUT THE TRACKMODE STUFF THESE DAYS. =
THERE'S
NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT CRAIG ALEXANDER IS A GREAT PRODUCER,
BUT AFTER THE INTRO'S OF THE TRACKS (WHICH ARE USUALLY ULTRA DEEP)
THEY JUST GET A BIT JAZZY OVERALL. WELL WORTH LISTENING TO THOUGH
AND MAKING UP YOUR OWN MIND.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36787">CRAIG =
WILSON</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36787">CREDIT =
TO THE EDIT - VINYL ONE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36787">TIRK</A>
- 12" (TIRK006)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TIRK RECORDS WITH THE FIRST PART OF THEIR RE-EDIT =
SERIES, COMPILED,
ARRANGED, SPLICED AND GENERALLY TREATED BY CRAIG WILSON OF HACIENDA
FAME. MOST INTERESTING BIT ON THIS IS THE RAW DMX TRACK, WHICH
RESPECTFULLY BLENDS A SYNHTY GROOVE FROM THE DMX CREW WITH THE
ALLSTAR CLASSIC DO IT TO THE MUSIC BY RAW SILK. ALSO ON THIS FIRST
12" IN THE SERIES ARE RE-EDITS BY KOOL AND THE GANG AND MIKE T.
COOL STUFF, WELL DONE, AND ACTUALLY GIVING THE PEOPLE WHO DID
THE ORIGINALS THE DESERVED CREDIT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36762">JAMES =
DUNCAN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36762">PEOPLES =
ARE PEOPLES</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36762">REAL =
SOON</A>
- 12" (RS-005)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I'LL TELL YOU THIS MUCH... REAL SOON KEEP ON PUTTING OUT =
SUPERB
QUALITY HOUSE RECORDS OF THE HIGEST CALIBRE AND THIS THREE TRACKER
FROM THE BRILLIANT JAMES DUNCAN IS ACHINGLY GOOD. DEEP, YET FUNKY,
DETROITY, YET DISCO STYLED, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR FANS
OF GOOD HOUSE. RECOMMENDED MOST HIGHLY.</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=3D2644">PETE =
ROCK & CL SMOOTH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D2644">LOTS OF =
LOVIN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D2644">ELEKTRA</A>
- 12" (7559 66338 0)
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D2485">PRIMAL =
SCREAM</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D2485">EXTERMINAT=
OR SAMPLER 2</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D2485">CREATION</A>=
- 12" (CX239)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SAMPLER 12" FROM THE PRIMAL'S NEW LP.... CHECK OUT THE =
TRACK
"SHOOT SPEED / KILL LIGHT" ... PRODUCED BY KEVIN SHILEDS (MBV)
AND DAVID HOLMES...THIS TRACK IS A SONIC JOURNEY THAT MIXES FREE
JAZZ WITH SOME VERY LO-FI BREAKS AND DISTORTION...A TOTAL =
MUST.......</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=3D33769">ARIEL =
PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33769">THE =
DOLDRUMS</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33769">PAW =
TRACKS</A>
- LP (PAW4)
<BLOCKQUOTE> REPROMOTED DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF PROPS BEING GIVEN TO THE =
FORTHCOMING
NEW ALBUM. I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING NEW MUSIC ON PAW TRACKS.
LOOKING AT THE COVER AND SEEING THE TITLE - YOU KNOW THAT IT'S
GOING TO BE A BIT DIFFERENT. IT DOESN'T DISAPPOINT - SOUNDING
LIKE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A LATE 60'S DEMO TAPE, A MENTALLY DERANGED
VERSION OF ELVIS COSTELLO, A CONTEMPORARY BEEFHEART AND A FALSETTO
DYLAN! WHETHER TONGUE IN CHEEK OR SIMPLY MAD - THIS IS =
ENTERTAINING...</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=3D31057">ANIMAL =
COLLECTIVE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D31057">SUNG =
TONGS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D31057">FATCAT</A>
- 2xLP (FATSP08LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> YOU CAN ALL STOP ASKING ABOUT THIS NOW, COS HERE IT IS =
YOU ANTI-FOLK
FOLK! IT'S INTERESTING JUST HOW MANY BANDS THERE ARE COMING OUT
OF THE WOODWORK RIGHT NOW BEING COMPARED TO ANIMAL COLLECTIVE,
BUT TAKE ONE LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM AND YOU'LL HEAR HOW THE AGENDA
HAS BEEN RESET ONCE AGAIN. THIS IS THEIR MOST APPROACHABLE ALBUM
TO DATE, WITH MORE EMPHASIS PLACED ON SONGWRITING AS OPPOSED TO
DERANGED IMPROV. TO CALL IT NEU-FOLK IS TO ALMOST DO IT A DISSERVICE
- SOME OF THE INSTRUMENTATION MIGHT BE SIMILAR BUT THIS REALLY
IS A LOT MORE INTRICATE AND CREATIVE THAN THAT MIGHT SUGGEST.
THIS ABSOLUTELY DEMANDS YOUR ATTENTION - GET TO IT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D35235">HOOD</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D35235">OUTSIDE =
CLOSER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D35235">DOMINO</A>
- LP (WIGLP148)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BACK IN STOCK AND REPROMOTED DUE TO LEEDS' FINEST =
PLAYING INSTORE
AT SMALLFISH THIS COMING WEDNESDAY (23RD FEBRUARY 2005). HOOD
ARE A BAND THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS BUT QUITE FRANKLY HAVE
NEVER BEEN ON BETTER FORM. THEIR SOUND HAS BEEN FLESHED OUT WITH
DISCRETE SAMPLES AND ELECTRONIC TOUCHES, AS WELL AS EXCELLENT
STRING ARRANGEMENTS. IT HELPS THAT THE SONGS ARE TOP NOTCH TOO,
OF COURSE. WHETHER YOU'RE NEW TO THE BAND, A LONG TERM FAN OR
PERHAPS SOMEONE WHO'S NEVER GOT TO GRIPS WITH THEM, THIS ALBUM
SHOULD DO THE TRICK. A MIGHTY PIECE OF WORK.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36527">TOM =
VEK</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36527">WE =
HAVE SOUND</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36527">TUMMY =
TOUCH</A>
- LP (TUCH116LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ONE FOR THOSE INTO LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, THE RAPTURE, =
ANYTHING ON OUTPUT
ETC. VERY EIGHTIES-STYLE PRODUCTION, SOME OF IT ISN'T TOO BAD,
OTHER TRACKS JUST GO NOWHERE IT HAS TO BE SAID. VERY FASHIONABLE
THOUGH!</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=3D36704">MAULAWI =
NURURDIN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36704">MAULAWI</=
A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36704">SOUL =
JAZZ</A>
- LP (USLP26)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDING OF MAULAWI AND HIS GROUP. =
ORIGINALLY
RECORDED IN CHICAGO, 1973 AND RELEASED BY A SMALL, DETROIT-BASED
INDEPENDENT LABEL THE FOLLOWING YEAR, THE LP BLENDS DEEP JAZZ,
HEAVYWEIGHT STREET FUNK AND LATIN. SOUL JAZZ FOLLOW IN THEIR =
TRADITION
OF UNEARTHING LONG LOST DEEP JAZZ CLASSICS (BY THE LIKES OF SUN
RA, ALICE COLTRANE AND THE ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO) WITH THIS
ABSOLUTE WINNER FROM OVER 30 YEARS AGO. CHECK IT OUT.</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=3D36806">CURTIS =
ROADS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36806">POINT =
LINE CLOUD</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36806">ASPHODEL</A=
>
- CD + DVD (ASP3000)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ASPHODEL HAVE UNEARTHED SOME HIGHLY UNUSUAL, ORIGINAL =
AND INTERESTING
MATERIAL OVER THE YEARS, AND THIS IS ANOTHER GENUINELY FASCINATING
RELEASE. THE INDEPTH SLEEVE NOTES WILL EXPLAIN THIS A LOT MORE
CONCISELY THAN I COULD, BUT THIS IS ALL TO DO WITH THE NATURE
OF SOUND PARTICLES AND ACOUSTIC THEORY. COMING IN TWO RADICALLY
DIFFERENT VERSIONS (ON CD AND DVD), THIS IS ONE THOSE INTO SONIC
RESEARCH (ORIGINALLY DATING FROM 1974) AND EXPERIMENTATION (FOR
EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE SUB ROSA RELEASES) WILL LOVE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36755">DOORMOUSE<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36755">STANLEY =
YERSHONOWSKI PRESENTS...</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36755">COCK =
ROCK DISCO</A>
- CD (CROCK003)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ...XYLOPHONE JISM AS THE RIDICULATOR, TO GIVE THIS PIECE =
IT'S
FULL NAME. THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW DOORMOUSE WILL NOT BE SUPRISED
BY THIS (THOUGH IT IS NICE AND PITCHED DOWN FOR DOORMOUSE), AND
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T, THINK OF A MASH UP OF EVERY STYLE
OF MUSIC MIXED WITH MILLIONS OF SAMPLES AND GIVEN SOME A HEALTHY
DOSE OF BEATS - FUNKY AND FRENETIC. PROPER ENTERTAINMENT, AND
I MUST ADMIT I HAVE ENJOYED </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36770">EARLY =
MAN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36770">EARLY =
MAN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36770">MONITOR</A>=
- CD (MON022)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS SOUNDS MORE LIKE A TRIBUTE TO BLACK SABBATH THAN =
THE TRIBUTE
TO BLACK SABBATH ALBUM THAT ARRIVED LAST WEEK. WITH MANY A NOD
TO OLD SCHOOL HEAVY METAL (EVERYTHING FROM AC/DC TO THE ORIGINAL
NEW WAVE OF BRITISH HEAVY METAL THAT INSPIRED THE LIKES OF =
METALLICA,
ETC) THIS IS A CASE OF MOSH AND (PO)GO (THAT'S IT, YOU'RE FIRED
- ED.)</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D31333">FZV</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D31333">PRECEDENT=
</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D31333">A.I.</A>
- CD (AILP006CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BACK IN STOCK! FZV'S DEBUT LONG PLAYER SUCCESSFULLY =
MANAGES TO
MELD HIS FUNKIER, HEAVIER ELECTRO AND ELECTRO / BREAKS SOUNDS
AND MIX IT UP WITH SOME PRIME QUALITY ELECTRONICA SOUNDS. BY TURNS
CRUNCHY, MELODIC, ABSTRACT AND PHAT, THE WHOLE THING HANGS TOGETHER
REALLY WELL AND MAKES YET ANOTHER AI RELEASE A TRUE ESSENTIAL.
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36784">REMOTE =
VIEWER, THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36784">LET YOUR =
HEART DRAW A LINE</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36784">CITY =
CENTRE OFFICES</A>
- CD (TOWERBLOCKCD024)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS ONE SURPRISED ME BY COMING OUT WITH NAIRY A WHISPER =
OF PUBLICITY.
THAT ACTUALLY SUITS THE STYLE OF THE ALBUM AS IT'S A BEAUTIFULLY
LOW-KEY AFFAIR WITH GENTLY RIPPLING SONGS MADE UP OF ORGANIC =
INSTRUMENTS
AND CLEVER SONGWRITING SKILLS WITH THE OCCASIONAL TOUCH OF =
ELECTRONIC
MANIPULATION. SOULFUL, LUSH, DEEP... EVERYTHING YOU'D EXPECT FROM
A REMOTE VIEWER ALBUM AND SO MUCH MORE. ABSOLUTE CLASS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36804">SHAPESHIFT=
ER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36804">RETICULUM=
FLUX</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36804">SCHEMATIC</=
A>
- CD (SCH038CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ONE FOR THOSE INTO THE MORE ABSTRACT (SOME MIGHT SAY =
TUNELESS!)
END OF THIS GENRE. TEN TRACKS OF SEEMINGLY RANDOM GLITCHES, EFFECTS,
BURSTS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC SOUNDS WHILST NOT AMBIENT CERTAINLY
AREN'T OBTRUSIVE. EXPERIMENTAL, YES BUT PERVERSELY ENJOYABLE.
THOSE INTO THE EARLIER, MORE OUT-THERE PLANET MU RELEASE MIGHT
GO FOR THIS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36383">SUBTITLE</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36383">YOUNG =
DANGEROUS HEART</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36383">GOLD =
STANDARD LABORATORIES</A>
- CD (GSL98CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WITH PRODUCTION BY THAVIUS BECK, ALIAS, OCTAVIUS AND =
OMID (AS
WELL AS, OBVIOUSLY, SUBTITLE) AND GUEST APPEARANCES FROM ACEYALONE,
MURS, BUSDRIVER AND MEMBERS OF VISIONARIES, YOU KNOW YOU'RE ONTO
A WINNER. FANS OF MUSH, ANTICON, LEX ETC LOOK NO =
FURTHER....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D32824">SUSANNA & =
THE MAGICAL ORCHESTRA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D32824">LIST OF =
LIGHTS AND BUOYS</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D32824">RUNE =
GRAMMOFON</A>
- CD (RCD2034)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BACK IN STOCK AFTER A LONG ABSENCE! DEEP, MELODRAMATIC =
ELECTRONIC
POP SONGS, HEARTILY SUNG, OCCASIONALLY REMINISCENT OF BJORK. =
MELANCHOLIC
AND EMOTIVE, IN A SENSIBLE THINKING WORLD, DIDO AND SUSANNA HAVE
SWAPPED PLACES. INCLUDES A REMARKABLE COVER OF DOLLY PARTON'S
"JOLENE".</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D30009">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D30009">STATION</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D30009">A.I.</A>
- CD (AILP007CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BACK IN STOCK! AI FOLLOW UP THE NEW TOWN COMPILATION AND =
RECENT
RUN OF SINGLES WITH ANOTHER FINE AND FRUITY SELECTION FROM ARTISTS
KNOWN AND UNKNOWN. LABEL STALWARTS NORMAL, YELLOTONE AND MICHAEL
MANNING ARE JOINED BY A HOST OF OTHER PEOPLE SUCH AS PRAVEEN,
ASCOLTARE, SUBSIDE, TRAJECT, SOFALOFA, SINNER DC AND MORE AND
PROVIDE A STUNNING COLLECTION OF ELECTRONICA BASED TRACKS THA
RANGE FROM GENTLE AND MELODIC TO MORE UPBEAT AND GROOVING ELECTRO
STYLED CUTS. THE PRESENTATION IS IMMACULATE AND AS YOU'D EXPECT
THE PRODUCTION IS SUPERB. IT'S ON AI... YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT.
ESSENTIAL.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D26911">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D26911">NEW =
TOWN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D26911">A.I.</A>
- CD (AILP005CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BACK IN STOCK! AFTER A STRING OF FINE 12" RELEASES AI =
COME GOOD
WITH A SELECTION OF ELECTRONICS. TRACKS FROM ANDY FREER, ADJ,
CLARO INTELLECTO, SWF, FZV, JOE FRANKS AND TRIP. FROM THE DEEP
AND DARK, TO THE MELODIC AND FRIENDLY. THIS IS ABOUT AS ECLECTIC
AS IT GETS - FROM OVERT DANCEFLOOR ELECTRO, THROUGH TO DETROIT
INFLUENCED TECHNO, AND THEN ONTO DOWN-TEMPO ELECTRONICS - MELODIC
TO COLD AND CLINICAL. EQUALLY AT HOME OR THROUGH A BIG BOOMING
SYSTEM, THIS IS A NICELY PACKAGED NICE PACKAGE. TOP.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33572">YELLOTONE<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33572">TAR FILE =
JUNCTION</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33572">A.I.</A>
- CD (AILP009CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BACK IN STOCK! DEBUT LONG PLAYER FROM YELLOTONE - OOZING =
ATMOSPHERE
- ELECTRONIC AND LIVE SOUNDS. RANGING FROM REALLY PACEY, BEAT
DRIVEN TRACKS TO MORE DOWN BEAT AND REFLECTIVE NUMBERS. THERE
IS A DARKNESS AND SINISTER FEEL TO MUCH OF THIS ALBUM, WHICH GIVES
IT A WEIGHTINESS, BUT YELLOTONE MANAGES TO LIGHTEN IT WITH SOME
LOVELY MELODIES AND GOOD USE OF ECLECTIC STYLES AND INSTRUMENTS
- THE WHOLE AFFECT BEING THEREFORE INTENSE, BUT VERY LISTENABLE.
GOOD ALBUM. RECOMMENDED.</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=3D18419">AOKI =
TAKAMASA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D18419">SILICOM</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D18419">PROGRESSIVE=
FORM</A>
- CD (PFC_1CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FIRST INSTALLMENT OF THIS IMPRESSIVE SERIES FROM AOKI. =
WONDERFULLY
OBTUSE, YET VERY LISTENABLE ELECTRONICS WITH COOL MANIPULATIONS
AND WICKED RHYTHMIC STRUCTURES. THE MELODIC ELEMENTS ARE THERE
AND JUST AS STRONG AS THE SECOND PART. THOROUGHLY BRILLIANT, QUITE
FRANKLY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D35694">AOKI =
TAKAMASA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D35694">SIMPLY =
FUNK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D35694">PROGRESSIVE=
FORM</A>
- CD (PFCD11)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE RETURN OF PROGRESSIVE FORM IN THE GUISE OF A SUBLIME =
AOKI
TAKAMASA FULL LENGTH ALBUM. TEN TRACKS OF DELICATELY PUT TOGETHER
ELECTRONICS WITH A FINE BALANCE BETWEEN SUBTLE MELODY AND GLITCHY,
RHYTHMIC SOUNDS. EXPREIMENTAL, BUT NOT TOO MUCH, AND VERY ENGAGING
THROUGHOUT. I MUST ADMIT THAT TIME JUST FLEW BY WHILE I WAS =
LISTENING
TO THIS, AND THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD SIGN. HIGHLY =
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D24215">APHEX =
TWIN</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D24215">26 =
MIXES FOR CASH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D24215">WARP</A>
- 2xCD (WARPCD102)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE MUCH ANTICIPATED REMIX COLLECTION LANDS AND IT'S AN =
INCREDIBLY
SATISFYING SELECTION OF TRACKS. WHETHER THERE'S ANYTHING LEFT
OF THE ORIGINAL TRACKS IN THE MIXES AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
IT WAS ONE OF HIS HASTY 'SEND IN ANY OLD TRACK BECAUSE THE DEADLINE
IS LOOMING' ROUTINES, THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF CLASSIC MATERIAL
ON HERE. THE VERSIONS ARE TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION BUT THERE ARE
ALSO SOME EXCLUSIVES INCLUDING THE BRILLIANT SAW TRACK 2 ORIGINAL
MIX. AN ESSENTIAL DOCUMENT OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTRONIC
ARTIST OF THE LAST DECADE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33442">BOATS, =
THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33442">SONGS BY =
THE SEA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33442">MOTEER</A>
- CD (MOTEER003CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AS IF RELEASING THE AWESOME MANYFINGERS ALBUM EARLIER IN =
THE YEAR
WASN'T ENOUGH, MOTEER NOW COME WITH A DELICIOUS ALBUM FROM ONE
HALF OF THE REMOTE VIEWER AS 'THE BOATS'. THE TITLE SAYS IT ALL
REALLY AS IT'S A DIVINE SELECTION OF GENTLE, FOLK INFUSED GUITAR
AND ELECTRONICA PIECES THAT EVOKE LITTLE HARBOURS, FISHERMEN AND
LOCAL PUBS WITH ROARING FIRES. THAT'S NOT TO SAY IT SOUNDS OLD
AS IT HAS A CONTEMPORARY ORGANICNESS THATSUITS THE SOUND DOWN
TO THE GROUND. MY ADVICE? HAVE A LISTEN AND BE ENCHANTED YOURSELF.
LUSH!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<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=3D30449">DEADBEAT</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D30449">SOMETHING=
BORROWED SOMETHING BLUE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D30449">SCAPE</A>
- CD (SC21CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AFTER THE SUPERB WILDLIFE DOCUMENTARIES ALBUM, DEADBEAT =
HAD TO
COME UP WITH SOMETHING PRETTY DARN GOOD TO KEEP US INTERESTED.
YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED. ELECTRONICS OF THE DEEPEST AND MOST
TEXTURAL VARIETY. THINK CHAIN REACTION, BASIC CHANNEL AND EVEN
RHYTHM AND SOUND WITH ADDED GLITCH. HAVE A LISTEN TO THIS EXCELLENT
ATMOSPHERIC RECORD...</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D22559">DEADBEAT</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D22559">WILD =
LIFE DOCUMENTARIES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D22559">SCAPE</A>
- CD (SCAPE15CD / 27115-2)
<BLOCKQUOTE> APART FROM THE FACT THAT THERE'S A TRACK CALLED 'A DUB =
FOR AKUFEN',
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING PIECE OF WORK. DEADBEAT IS BETTER
KNOWN FOR DEEP, MINIMAL TECHNO BUT HE'S REALLY FOUND HIS FEET
HERE. INCREDIBLY DENSE ELECTRONIC DUB SOUNDS WITH A BEAUTIFUL
ABSTRACT FEEL. LOADS OF HISS ACCOMPANIES THE TRACKS AND SOME OF
THE PROGRAMMING AND MANIPULATION IS MAGNIFICENT. SCAPE ON TOP,
TOP FORM.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D30327">DEAF =
CENTER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D30327">NEON =
CITY EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D30327">TYPE</A>
- CD (TYEP001CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I'LL TELL YOU THIS MUCH MY FRIENDS, TYPE IS ON IT AT THE =
MOMENT!
THREE RELEASES IN AND NOT A DUFFER IN SIGHT. CONSISTENCY IS ONE
THING BUT WHEN YOUR RELEASES ARE THIS STUNNING, Y0OU'RE ONTO A
WINNER. DEAF CENTER IS THE NORWEGIAN DUO OF ERIK K. SKODVIN AND
OTTO A. TOTLAND AND, BY GUM, THEY'VE COME UP WTH A BEAUTY. SIX
TRACKS OF LUSH, MEANDERING, SUPERBLY PRODUCED ELECTRONICA THAT
TAKES CUES FROM SHOEGAZING BANDS AND DELICATE ELECTRONIC ARTISTS
TO COME UP WITH AS SUPER HYBRID. TASTY TEXTURES AND SOUNDS COUPLED
WITH INTRICATE RHYTHMIC STRUCTURES THAT REMAIN SUBTLE AND =
REFRESHING.
LIVE INSTRUMENTS ADD LAYERS OF ORGANIC, ALMOST CLASSICAL SOUND
AS WELL WHILST HELIOS CHIPS IN WITH A BEAT HEAVY, DOWNTEMPO VERSION
THAT TOPS THE PACKAGE OFF WITH A GREAT DEAL OF STYLE. DON'T =
HESITATE.
JUST GET IT. AWESOME.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D11484">FOURTET</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D11484">PAUSE</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D11484">DOMINO</A>
- CD (WIGCD094)
<BLOCKQUOTE> VERSATILE SET OF TRACKS FROM KEIRON HEBDEN WHICH PROVE =
WHAT A
TALENTED MUSICIAN HE IS. LIVE BASED WITH A HINT OF ELECTRONIC
MANIPULATION AT TIMES. ALWAYS ENCHANTING AND THOROUGHLY GROOVY
(IN A DOWNBEAT KIND OF WAY!).</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33331">I'M =
NOT A GUN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33331">OUR =
LIVES ON WEDNESDAYS</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33331">CITY =
CENTRE OFFICES</A>
- CD (TOWERBLOCKCD022)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE SECOND ALBUM FROM JOHN TEJADA AND TAKESHI NISHIMOTO =
AS I'M
NOT A GUN IS A TRUE FOLLOW UP TO THE SUPERB FIRST ALBUM. TAKING
OVER WHERE IT LEFT OFF WITH A DELICIOUS COCKTAIL OF PAST ROCK
STYLE GUITARS, LIVE DRUMMING AND SUBTLE ELECTRONICS, IT MANAGES
TO CAPTURE A MAGICAL FEEL THAT'S FULL OF PERSONALITY AND REMAINS
TRULY FRESH. A BRILLIANT PIECE OF WORK AND SOMETHING THAT I'D
RECOMMEND WHOLE HEARTEDLY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D2298">LIVE =
HUMAN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D2298">MONOSTEREO=
SIS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D2298">FATCAT</A>
- CD (FATCD003)
<BLOCKQUOTE> EXCELLENT STUFF FROM LIVE HUMAN, WHO WERE A BIT AHEAD OF =
THEIR
TIME IN BLENDING LIVE INSTRUMENTATION, ELECTRONICA AND LEFTFIELD
HIP-HOP (A LITTLE MORE FASHIONABLE NOW THAN IT WAS IN 1998!).
VERGING FROM DOWNTEMPO TO OUTRIGHT BALLSY, IT ALWAYS WORKS. WONDER
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D35655">LUCKY =
PIERRE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D35655">TOUCHPOOL=
</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D35655">MELODIC</A>=
- CD (MELO27CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE FIRST TRULY ESSENTIAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR? YES, I =
THINK SO.
THIS IS A TRULY WONDERFUL PIECE OF WORK FROM AIDAN MOFFAT, USING
A BROAD ARRAY OF DELIGHTFUL SAMPLES TO CREATE A WARM, ATMOSPHERIC
SOUNDTRACK TO ALL MANNER OF LATE NIGHT ACTIVITIES, I DARE SAY.
EMOTIVE AND FULL OF LIFE AND DETAIL, THIS IS QUITE GENUINELY AN
ABSOLUTE MUST IN ANYONE'S LIFE. I'M SERIOUS - BUY IT!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36641">MARC =
LECLAIR</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36641">MUSIQUE =
POUR 3 FEMMES ENCEINTES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36641">MUTEK</A>
- CD (MTK_FAB04)
<BLOCKQUOTE> PERHAPS BETTER KNOWN AS AKUFEN, MR LECLAIR HAS PRODUCED =
A REALLY
BEAUTIFUL ALBUM OF GENTLE ELECTRONIC MUSIC. GET RID OF ALL YOUR
PRECONCEPTIONS ABOUT HIS STYLE OF CUT-UP, FREAKED OUT HOUSE AND
TECHNO AND BE PREPARED TO BE LULLED BY IN INTIMATE SET OF GENTLE,
LUSH AND VERY TUNEFUL DOWNBEAT ELECTRONICA. STILL HAS THE TRADEMARK
CLICKS AND POPS AND WONDERFULLY INTRICATE PROGRAMMING, BUT IT'S
CENTRED AROUND A MORE LISTENING THEME WITH DENSE TEXTURES AND
OVERLAPPING LAYERS. SIMPLY PUT, THIS IS ONE THAT FANS OF 12K AND
THE CLASSIC MILLE PLATEAUX STUFF (THINK SHUTTLE358 MIXED WITH
ELECTRIC BIRDS) ARE GOING TO ABSOLUTELY ADORE. DO... NOT... =
MISS...!!
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D31498">MOLE =
HARNESS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D31498">ALL YOUR =
MEMORIES RETURN AT ONCE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D31498">FLOAT</A>
- CD (FLR07)
<BLOCKQUOTE> COMING TO YOU FROM THE LABEL THAT BROUGHT US THE =
WONDERFUL ASTEROTH
CD, IT'S NO SURPRISE TO FIND THAT THIS IS A GORGEOUS SLICE OF
ORGANIC ELECTRONICA PAR EXCELLENCE. STARTING OFF WITH A LUSH BLEND
OF GUITARS AND UPLIFTING SYNTHS COUPLED WITH SUBTLE ELECTRONIC
RHYTHMS IT SOON DEVELOPS INTO A BEAUTIFUL SELECTION OF TRACKS
WITH AN ALMOST NEW ORDER STYLE FEEL TO THE SOUND. QUITE POPPY
AT TIMES (IN A GOOD WAY), EVERY TRACK SOOTHES AND ENCHANTS AND
THE OVERALL FEEL IS VERY POLISHED AND PROFESSIONAL. THE HANDMADE
MATERIAL PACKAGING IS A VERY NICE TOUCH AS WELL. HIGHLY =
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D35302">MOLE =
HARNESS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D35302">STRAY =
DOG ARMY EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D35302">STRAY DOG =
ARMY</A>
- CD (STRAYDOGARMY01)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS NEW EP FROM MOLE HARNESS, PREVIOUSLY =
KNOWN
FOR THE DELICIOUS MINI ALBUM ON BRISTOL'S FLOAT RECORDS. THIS
WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN JAPAN AND NOW FORMS THE FIRST RELEASE
HIS OWN STRAY DOG ARMY LABEL. MUSICALLY IT'S A DELIGHTFULLY LIGHT
AND AIRY FIVE TRACK COLLECTION OF FOLK INFLUENCED ELECTRONIC SOUNDS
WITH AN INCREDIBLY MELODIC FEEL. DRAWN OUT STRINGS AND REVERSED
SAMPLES COUPLED WITH A GENUINELY MAGICAL SENSE OF WARMTH CREATE
A MELANCHOLIC PIECE OF WORK THAT SHOULD GARNER MUCH ENTHUSIASM
ALL ROUND. I'M A BIG FAN, OF COURSE, AND WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND
IT. P.S. I THOUGHT I'D QUICKLY ADD THAT THE MORE YOU LISTEN TO
THIS THE BETTER IT GETS. I JUST KEEP ON GOING BACK TO IT AND IT
KEEPS ON ENCHANTING ME. TOTAL WINNER!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36314">PREFUSE =
73</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36314">SURROUNDE=
D BY SILENCE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36314">WARP</A>
- CD (WARPCD129)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE NEW PREFUSE 73 LP IS FINALLY HERE, AND IS ARGUABLY =
HIS FINEST
WORK TO DATE. THE PRODUCTION IS ABSOLUTELY ON IT, THE TUNES PHAT
AND MEMORABLE, THE COLLABORATIONS NUMEROUS (AS WELL AS THE SINGLE
FEATURING GHOSTFACE & EL-P, YOU'LL ALSO HEAR FROM THE BOOKS, TYONDAI
BRAXTON, CAMU, PEDRO, KAZU FROM BLONDE REDHEAD, AESOP ROCK, MASTA
KILLA & GZA, DJ NOBODY, BEANS AND BROADCAST). COULD END UP ONE
OF THE ALBUMS OF THE (EARLY) SUMMER, THIS. AN INSTRUMENTAL VERSION
WOULD BE MOST WELCOME, TOO - WONDER IF THAT'S IN THE PIPELINE?
WICKED STUFF.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36463">PRHIZZM</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36463">PRHIZZM =
EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36463">BENBECULA</=
A>
- CD (BEN028CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> GORGEOUS EP OF ELECTRONIC BEAUTY FROM THIS EXCELLENT =
SCOTTISH
LABEL. SIX TRACKS THAT DELVE INTO THE MELODIC, CRUNCHY END OF
THINGS WITH LOADS OF ATMOSPHERE AND PANACHE. REFERENCE POINTS
INCLUDE BOARDS OF CANADA, PLAID AND EARLIER SKAM RELEEASES. JUST
AS GOOD AND WELL WORTH CHECKING OUT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36465">SIGNALDRIF=
T</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36465">GIRL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36465">AUDRAGLINT<=
/A>
- CD (AG110)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BEAUTIFUL ALBUM FROM SIGNALDRIFT WHO SEEM TO BE TAKING =
THE AFTERNOON
OFF FROM WOBBLYHEAD. THIRTEEN BEAUTIFUL EELECTRONICA TRACKS WITH
A WISTFUL AND MELANCHOLY FEEL THAT WILL REALLY GET YOU IN THE
MOOD (FOR SOMETHING... I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT!). SIMPLE TUNES
THAT ARE AS EFFECTIVE AS THEY ARE ENGAGING. FANS OF STATIC CARAVAN
AND CASINO VERSUS JAPAN SHOULD REALLY HAVE A GOOD LISTEN TO =
THIS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D25697">ULRICH =
SCHNAUSS</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D25697">A =
STRANGELY ISOLATED PLACE</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D25697">CITY =
CENTRE OFFICES</A>
- CD (BLOCK13CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> LONG AWAITED AND MUCH PRAISED ALBUM BY MR SCHNAUSS, =
FOLLOWING
UP THE CRITICALLY ACLAIMED "FARAWAY TRAINS PASSING BY". DEEP
AND MELODIC ELECTRONICS, THAT ARE DESIGNED TO WASH OVER YOU, AS
THE MUSIC DRIFTS ALONG IN THE BACKROUND. NOT A SINGLE AGGRESSIVE
BEAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE GENTLE AND VERY SOUNDSCAPEY AMBIENCE.
FANS OF BOLA, THE GENTLE END OF LACKLUSTER, THE BEATLESS END
OF BOARDS, TANGERINE DREAM, COCTEAU TWINS / THIS MORTAL COIL ETC
WILL BE DELIGHTED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D1515">VARIOUS</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D1515">KOLN =
KOMPAKT</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D1515">KOMPAKT</A>
- CD (KOMCD01)
<BLOCKQUOTE> CLASSIC FIRST COMPILATION ON KOMPAKT WHICH FEATURES SOME =
OF COLOGNE'S
FINEST SUCH AS STUDIO 1, THE MODERNIST, MICHAEL MAYER, DR. WALKER,
PENTAX, THOMAS BRINKMANN AND MORE. FROM MINIMAL TECHNO TO BOUNCY
GALLOPY TECHNO. ESSENTIAL.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D30763">VLADISLAV =
DELAY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D30763">DEMO (N) =
TRACKS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D30763">HUUME</A>
- CD (HUUMECD01 / MDM20512)
<BLOCKQUOTE> LONG AWAITED ALBUM PROJECT FROM VLADISLAV DELAY. I =
THOUGHT HE
WOULD JUST DO LUOMO MATERIAL FROM NOW ON, SUCH IS THE SUCCESS
OF THAT PROJECT. THANKFULLY THIS IS A WHOLE WORLD AWAY FROM LUOMO
WITH DEEP, CHAIN REACTION STYLE TEXTURES, ICY COLD STABS AND SOUNDS
AND MINIMALISTIC RHYTHM STRUCTURES. THE SOUNDS PENETRATE YOUR
MIND AND CARRY YOU AWAY ON A JOURNEY THAT'S FULL OF INTRICATE
DISCOVERY. A WONDERFUL PIECE OF WORK. HIGHLY =
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D23034">YOSHIHIRO =
HANNO</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D23034">9 =
MODULES +</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D23034">PROGRESSIVE=
FORM</A>
- CD (PFCD4)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MINIMAL, PERCUSSION-LESS GLITCHATHON - THE SOUND OF =
LAPTOPS CHATTERING
IN THE NIGHT, OR SOMETHING EQUALLY PRETENTIOUS! WITH SOME =
OCCASIONALLY
VERY PLEASANT BACKGROUND ATMOSPHERICS, THIS MAKES FOR AN INTRIGUING
LISTEN - SEE WHAT YOU THINK.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueFalse1">Techno / Electro (New Releases, CD)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36802">FRANK =
MARTINIQ</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36802">LITTLE =
FLUFFY CROWDS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36802">BOXER =
SPORT</A>
- CD (BOXER026CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ABSOLUTELY ROCK SOLID COLLECTION OF ELEVEN TRACKS THAT =
ARE BOUNCY,
INTIRCATE, SEETHING WITH FUNK AND FLAVA AND GENERALLY JUST HAVE
THAT X-FACTOR THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO GROOVE. BOXER AND FRANK ON
STORMING FORM. GET IT! </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36805">MARKUS =
KIENZL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36805">PRODUCT</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36805">KLEIN</A>
- CD (KLCD068)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MARKUS KIENZL (OF SOFA SURFERS) DELIVERS HIS DEBUT SOLO =
ALBUM
ON KLEIN, FOLLOWING ON PERFECTLY FROM HIS 12" A WEEK OR TWO BACK,
SLOTTING IN JUST NICE TO THE WHOLE KLEIN SOUND.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36833">VITALIC</A=
>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36833">OK =
COWBOY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36833">DIFFERENT</=
A>
- CD (DIFB1045CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE VITALIC ALBUM HAS DROPPED, AND IT'S CERTAINLY =
ENTERTAINING.
COMBINING DRIVING, PULSATING RETRO ELECTRO/TECHNO WITH SHAMELESS
PLUNDERING OF ALL THINGS EIGHTIES (FROM POP TO PROG TO JEAN MICHEL
JARRE), THIS IS BUTT-SHAKING MADNESS. THINK M83 MEETS SOULWAX
(YES, REALLY). TOP DRAWER.</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=3D35491">JUSTUS =
KOHNCKE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D35491">DOPPELLEB=
EN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D35491">KOMPAKT</A>=
- CD (KOMPAKTCD38)
<BLOCKQUOTE> DEFINITELY COMING FROM THE MORE KOMPAKT POP END OF THE =
LABEL,
THIS ONE, ALTHOUGH THOSE INTO THE DEEP SYNTHY SOUND OF THE LAST
SINGLE WILL FIND MUCH TO ENJOY HERE, TOO. QUIRKY AND UPBEAT, WITH
ITS TONGUE FIRMLY IN ITS CHEEK, JUSTUS HAS PRODUCED A SLICK, GROOVY,
MODERN YET RETRO / PET SHOP BOYS-ESQUE DANCE POP LP WITH OCCASIONAL
MORE DOWNBEAT MOMENTS. I MUST SAY I PREFER THIS TO THE MICHAEL
MAYER ALBUM ANY DAY.</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=3D35489">MIKKEL =
METAL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D35489">CLOSE =
SELECTIONS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D35489">ECHOCORD</A=
>
- CD (ECHOCORDCD1)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS IS AN EXTREMELY WELCOME COMPILATION, BRINGING =
TOGETHER ELEVEN
TRACKS FROM MR. METAL'S FIVE PREVIOUS 12"S ON ECHOCORD ALONG WITH
THREE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED COMPOSITIONS. QUITE SIMPLY, THIS IS
CONTEMPORARY MINIMAL TECHNO AT ITS FINEST - DEEP, DUBBY, WARM,
CRISP, FULL OF DETAIL AND LIFE. FOR THOSE INTO BASIC CHANNEL /
CHAIN REACTION, THIS IS BEYOND ESSENTIAL. ABSOLUTELY FIRST =
CLASS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36645">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36645">KOMPILATI=
ON 2005</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36645">NOVA =
MUTE</A>
- CD (NOMU147CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> STUPIDLY PRICED CD SHOWCASING THE CURRENT NOVAMUTE =
ROSTER. TRACKS
FROM PLASTIKMAN, MELOBOY (DJ KOZE MIX), T.RAUMSCHMIERE, MISS KITTIN,
LUKE SLATER, CRISTIAN VOGEL, WOODY MCBRIDE AND MOTOR. THE PERFECT
COMPANION TO THE RECENT MINUS "MINIMIZE TO MAXIMIZE" COMPILATION,
YOU MIGHT SAY.</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"TrueFalse2">US Techno / Electro (New Releases, CD)</A> =
(<A HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36817">ADAM =
JAY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36817">SELF =
EXILE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36817">AZURE</A>
- CD (AZRCD01)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FIRST FULL LENGTH ALBUM FROM ADAM JAY AND IT'S A FAIRLY =
STORMING
COLLECTION OF TECHNO TRACKS WITH THAT EAST COAST U.S. FLAVA. =
DANCEABLE,
GROOVY, TECHNICAL SOUNDING BUT WITH HINTS OF DETROIT IN THE STRINGS
AND THE OCCASIONAL HOUSEY TOUCH. MANAGES TO KEEP IT INTERESTING
FOR THE WHOLE DURATION WHICH, FOR AN ALBUM OF THIS STYLE, IS =
SOMETHING
OF RESULT. WELL WORTH CHECKING.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36822">HONG =
KONG COUNTERFIET</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36822">COUNTERPA=
RTS LP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36822">KINETIK =
MEDIA</A>
- CD (KM111)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ABSOLUTELY RUBBISH BUNCH OF ELECTRO CLASH/TRASH FROM =
PEOPLE WHO
SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW BETTER. SORRY, BUT THIS SUCKS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36821">KITBUILDER=
S</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36821">WAKE =
UP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36821">KINETIK =
MEDIA</A>
- CD (KM511)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS IS KITBUILDERS' FIRST FULL LENGTH ALBUM, IF I'M NOT =
MUCH
MISTAKEN AND IF YOU LIKE IT ELECTRO / TECHNO / CLASH STYLE, YOU'RE
GOING TO VERY MUCH INJOY THIS. SYNTHED OUT TRACKS WITH VOCALS
AND A PERKY EURO FLAVA THROUGHOUT. CHECK.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36823">TOTAL =
MACCHINA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36823">DREAM =
MACHINE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36823">KINETIK =
MEDIA</A>
- CD (KM611)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ABOVE AVERAGE ELECTRO CLASH SILLINESS FROM TOTAL =
MACCHINA. SYNTHS,
VOCALS, ELECTRO BATS... IT'S ALL PRESNT AND CORRECT AND COMES
WITH COMPLIMENTARY SILLY HAIR.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36820">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36820">MIAMI =
RESISTANCE VOL. 1</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36820">KINETIK =
MEDIA</A>
- CD (KM711)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TASTY COMPILATION OF TRACKS PLAYED BY DJS CARLOS ATOMIC =
AND DJ
VAJIRA AT THEIR VERY POPULAR CLUB NIGHTS ON MIAMI'S WEST BEACH.
ELECTRO TECHNO IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY AND YOU CUTS FROM HONG
KONG COUNTERFEIT, KITBUILDERS, ALEX STARK, HAKAN LIDBO, NEUROPA
FIGURINE AND LOADS MORE. GOOD FUN PARTY SOUNDS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36819">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36819">PACIFIC =
TECHNICS CD1</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36819">PACIFIC =
TECHNICS</A>
- CD (PACIFICTECHNICSCD1)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NOAH PRED GETS DOWN TO SOME SERIOUS MIXING ON THIS CD =
WHICH IS
SUPPOSEDLY A BENFIT COMPILATION FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. IT
FEATURES US TECHNO CUTS FROM TIM XAVIER, NOAH HIMSELF, BEN NEVILLE,
MATEO MURPHY, MIKE SHANNON, ADAM JAY AND MORE SO YOU'LL GET THE
IDEA THAT IT'S MINIMAL BASED BUT PRETTY GROOVY AT THE SAME TIME.
FUN STUFF.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36818">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36818">PSYCHOACO=
USTICS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36818">APHRODISIA<=
/A>
- CD (UNKNOWN)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BEAUTIFULLY MIXED COMPILATION OF MINIMAL, ATMOSPHERIC =
TECHNO SOUNDS
FROM A HOST OF QUALITY NAMES. STEWART WALKER, BEN NEVILLE, =
ALGORITMO,
NBUG VS HAWTIN, HARDTRAX, TERRENCE DIXON, THOMAS BRINKMANN, DAVE
MILLER AND MORE ARE SEAMLESSLY SEGUED TO FORM A WONDERFULLY COHERENT
CD. RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36816">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36816">INTRINSIC=
QUALITIES VOL. 1</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36816">INTRINSIC =
DESIGN</A>
- CD (IDCD001:2)
<BLOCKQUOTE> INTRINSIC DESIGN IS ONE OF THOSE QUALITY TECHNO LABELS =
THAT KEEPS
IT LOW-KEY, BUT ALWAYS GROOVING. THIS IS A RUNDOWN OF TRACKS FROM
THE VINYL ONLY RELEASES ALL MIXED TOGETHER BY MIKE BRYANT AND
IT'S A REALLY TIGHT SELECTION. HAKAN LIDBO, MAETRIK, SEAN BYRD,
JEFF BENNETT, KENNETH GRAHAM, NOAH PRED, CASEY HOGAN AND MORE
ALL PROVIDE DEP, CLUBBY, FUNKY TECHNO SHENANIGANS. =
CLASS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"FalseFalse2">US Techno / Electro (Restocks, CD)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D26520">JOHN =
TEJADA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D26520">MORE =
BACKSTOCK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D26520">PALETTE</A>=
- CD (PAL-CD2)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I MUST ADMIT THAT I NEVER GET TIRED OF HEARING JOHN =
TEJADA'S MUSIC.
AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A MIXED CD FULL OF HIS GROOVIEST TUNES
FROM THE LAST TEN OR SO PALETTE RELEASES. FUNKY, HOUSE TINGED
TECHNO SOUNDS WITH ACRES OF FUNK AND LOADS OF MELODY. =
BRILLIANT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D14463">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D14463">BACKSTOCK=
- PALETTE COMPILATION</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D14463">PALETTE</A>=
- CD (PAL-CD1)
<BLOCKQUOTE> EXCELLENT COMPILATION COMILED AND MIXED BY LABEL OWNER =
JOHN TEJADA
AND FEATURING AN AWESOME SELECTION OF SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF
HIS LABEL. GROOVY, FUNKY, STRING LADEN TECHNO WITH THAT FAMILIAR
DETROIT EDGE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueFalse3">House (New Releases, CD)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36825">MARVIN =
BELTON</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36825">ANY DAY =
NOW</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36825">FERRIS =
PARK</A>
- 12" (FPR-009)
<BLOCKQUOTE> DEEP, SOULFUL HOUSE VIBES FROM THIS MICHIGAN LABEL. =
MARVIN GETS
SMOOTH IN THE MIX WITH SOME LOVELY KEYS AND SNIPPETS OF VOCALS
TO GIVE IT A WARM, HUMAN FEEL. THE ELECTRO DUB IS PROBABLY THE
BEST MIX WITH ITS SLIGHTLY TECHNICAL ANGLE AND ROLLING, MID PACED
BEATS. CHECK.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueFalse4">Hip Hop (New Releases, CD)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36761">DIPLO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36761">LIVE IN =
MONTREAL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36761">MONEY =
STUDIES</A>
- CD (MS-013)
<BLOCKQUOTE> DIPLO. LIVE IN MONTREAL. AN ENTICING PROSPECT! IF YOU =
MISSED IT
(NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF), YOU CAN CATCH UP ON THE ACTIVITIES
OF OUR LEFTFIELD / INSTRUMENTAL HIP HOP HERO ON THIS HERE CD.
ONE OF THE BETTER ARTISTS AROUND IN THIS GENRE TODAY, FANS OF
SIXTOO, DJ SHADOW, ANTICON, MUSH AND EVEN FOURTET SHOULD CHECK
THIS/HIM OUT IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36764">MF =
DOOM</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36764">LIVE =
FROM PLANET X</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36764">NATURE =
SOUNDS</A>
- CD (NSD113CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SLICK RHYMING AND SCRATHING OVER SOME REALLY DEEP AND =
LUSH BEATS
FROM MF DOOM. VERY NICE...</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36785">PARIS =
ZAX</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36785">UNPATH'D =
WATERS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36785">ALPHA =
PUP</A>
- CD (APR-007CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> STUNNING (AND I MEAN SERIOUSLY AWESOME) SET OF HIP HOP =
TRACKS
FROM PARIS ZAX. NOW, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE INFORMATION I NEED
TO GIVE YOU ABOUT THIS ABOUT WHO'S PLAYING ON IT AND WHO'S DOING
VOCALS BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE, BUT I'LL FILL
YOU ALL IN ON MONDAY. IN THE MEANTIME YOU SERIOUSLY NEED TO CHECK
THIS ABSOLUTELY DOPE CD OUT. DEEP, JAZZY, BEAUTIFULLY PRODUCED...
F**KING AMAZING STUFF.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueFalse5">Eclectic Beats (New Releases, CD)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36768">ARVE =
HENRIKSEN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36768">CHIAROSCU=
RO</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36768">RUNE =
GRAMMOFON</A>
- CD (RCD2037)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NOT SURE WHY WE NEVER GOT THIS WHEN IT WAS RELEASED. =
ETHEREAL
AND ORGANIC MUSIC THAT VERGES ON THE NEW-AGE! COMBINING TRUMPET,
VOICE, ELECTRONICS, SAMPLES, DRUMS AND PERCUSSION. BEAUTIFUL
(PERHAPS TOO MUCH SO AT TIMES) AND VERY SPIRITUAL (AGAIN, PERHAPS
TOO MUCH SO AT TIMES), AND IN THE MORE ABSTRACTED MOMENTS REALLY
GOOD.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36786">BESNARD =
LAKES, THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36786">THE =
BESNARD LAKES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36786">EARWORM</A>=
- CD (EGS003)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I BET QUENTIN TARANTINO LIKES THESE GUYS - BEING AS THEY =
SOUND
LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN A DIRGY POST ROCK OUTFIT AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE
SPENT TOO LONG LIVING IN THE MID-WEST. THE EPIC QUALITY TAKES
AWAY FROM THE BETTER MORE UNDERSTATED AND NONCHALENT MOMENTS.
OK, SO MAYBE A BIT FOPPISH AND INDIE AT TIMES, BUT I LIKE =
IT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36829">JAGA =
(JAZZIST)</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36829">WHAT WE =
MUST</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36829">NINJA =
TUNE</A>
- 2xCD (ZENCD103X)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ARE THEY JUST "JAGA" THESE DAYS, THEN? HAS THE "JAZZIST" =
BECOME
REDUNDANT? THAT WOULD FOLLOW SUIT MUSICALLY - THIS IS THE LEAST
JAZZY ALBUM THEY'VE MADE - BUT I'M THINKING THEY SHOULD PERHAPS
HAVE BECOME "JAGA PROGGIST" (IF YOU GET MY DRIFT). THIS SOUNDS
MORE LIKE A MORE ACCESSIBLE M83 AT TIMES - IT'S ALL VERY EPIC
AND SPACEY BUT IN A SLIGHTLY MORE SUBTLE WAY THAN THAT SUGGESTS.
SEE WHAT YOU THINK, ANYWAY - IT KINDA DIVIDED PEOPLE HERE, I HAVE
TO SAY. THIS LIMITED EDITION VERSION COMES WITH A BONUS CD OF
DEMOS ENTITLED THE "SPYDEBERG SESSIONS".</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36824">LEO =
TARDIN WITH JOJO MAYER AND FERENC NEMETH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36824">GRAND =
PIANORAMAX</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36824">OBLIQ =
SOUND</A>
- CD (OBLIQSOUND009CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS IS A WONDERFUL ALBUM! LEO TARDIN HAS CONSTRUCTED A =
FLOWING,
BEAUTIFULLY PUT TOGETHER ALBUM OF NEW STYLE JAZZ THAT, FOR THE
MOST PART USES LIVE INSTRUMENTS AND SKILLFUL PLAYING TO CREATE
A SUMMERY, LUSH SOUND. ELECTRONICS DO PLAY A PART BUT ONLY IN
AS MUCH AS SOME OF THE TRACKS HAVE BEEN MANIPULATED LIVE AND LAYERS
ADDED. GORGEOUS RHODES PIANOS AND FUNKY BEATS REALLY MAKE THIS
A WINNER. DON'T MISS OUT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36772">ROVA =
:: ORKESTROVA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36772">ELECTRIC =
ASCENSION</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36772">ATAVISTIC</=
A>
- CD (ALP159CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> RECORDED IN 2003, THIS IS A RE-INTERPRETATION OF JOHN =
COLTRANE'S
"ASCENSION". WITH SOMETHING OF AN ALL STAR CAST INCLUDING IKUE
MORI, FRED FRITH AND OTOMO YOSHIHIDE AND MANY OTHERS. THE ORKESTOVA
IS BROKEN DOWN INTO RHYTHM & NOISE / STRINGS AND ROVA :: SAXAPHONES.
MUSICALLY THIS MOVES BETWEEN CHAOTIC SECTIONS AND MORE COHERENT
EPISODES - REMARKABLY SOOTHING FOR SOMETHING SO =
EXPERIMENTAL...</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=3D33773">ARIEL =
PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33773">THE =
DOLDRUMS / VITAL PINK</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33773">PAW =
TRACKS</A>
- CD (PAW4CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> REPROMOTED DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF PROPS BEING GIVEN TO THE =
FORTHCOMING
NEW ALBUM. I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING NEW MUSIC ON PAW TRACKS.
LOOKING AT THE COVER AND SEEING THE TITLE - YOU KNOW THAT IT'S
GOING TO BE A BIT DIFFERENT. IT DOESN'T DISAPPOINT - SOUNDING
LIKE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A LATE 60'S DEMO TAPE, A MENTALLY DERANGED
VERSION OF ELVIS COSTELLO, A CONTEMPORARY BEEFHEART AND A FALSETTO
DYLAN! WHETHER TONGUE IN CHEEK OR SIMPLY MAD - THIS IS =
ENTERTAINING...</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36753">BLACK =
BONED ANGEL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36753">SUPERECLI=
PSE</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36753">20 =
BUCK SPIN</A>
- CD (SPIN001CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> GUITARS AND DRUMS IN THREE PARTS. WITH THE WORDS =
"TRANSENDENCE
CAN ONLY BE REACHED AT MAXIMUM VOLUME", YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN FOR
A SONIC TREAT. DISTORTION DRENCHED DIRGEY SLO-CORE, SOMEWHERE
INBETWEEN EARTH AND ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE. FOR THOSE THAT ABOUT
TO ROCK - SLOWLY!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36773">CRAIN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36773">SPEED</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36773">TEMPORARY =
RESIDENCE</A>
- CD (TRR83CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SOMETHING OF AN EPIC IF YOU LIKE LOUISVILLE ART-PUNK =
CIRCA 1992!
NEVER BEFORE ON CD , AND INCLUDING 4 UNRELEASED TRACKS. MUSICALLY
THIS IS FAST AND FURIOUS WITH SHOUTY VOCALS - THO' MOST DEFINATELY
PUNK BY AMERICAN RATHER THAN BRITISH STANDARDS (HARSH BUT FAIR).
THE ODD TRACK IS MORE SUBDUED AND VAGUELY DIRGEY, BUT REALLY
THESE GUYS ROCK OUT WHEN THEY ARE DOING THE FAST AND =
FURIOUS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36831">DROWSY</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36831">GROWING =
GREEN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36831">FATCAT</A>
- CD (FATCD34)
<BLOCKQUOTE> A LONG TIME AGO THERE WAS A 7" BY DROWSY ON FATCAT, AND =
THEN THERE
WAS NOTHING FOR AGES, BUT SUDDENLY HERE IT IS - THE ALBUM! =
ABSOLUTELY
LOVELY IT IS, TOO. DREAMY, LAZY PSYCHEDELIC FOLK A LA JAMES =
YORKSTON,
ADEM, CAT POWER ETC. AND YES, IT DOES YOU MAKE YOU FEEL A LITTLE
DROWSY. IN A NICE WAY, MIND.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36754">GANG =
GANG DANCE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36754">GOD'S =
MONEY</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36754">THE =
SOCIAL REGISTRY</A>
- CD (TSR019CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> STARTING OFF SOUNDING LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN SOMETHING ON =
PAW TRACKS
AND KITCHEN MOTORS - THE WORDS ODD AND BIZARRE SPRING TO MIND.
CHILD-LIKE VOCALS MEET VARIOUSLY ABTSRACT AND THEN DRAMIC SOUNDS
IN SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS AS MUCH LIKE SOUND THEATRE AS AN ACTUAL
ALBUM. PROPER EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC FROM THIS UNDER RATED =
OUTFIT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36759">HERMAN =
DUNE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36759">NOT ON =
TOP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36759">TRACK AND =
FIELD ORGANISATION</A>
- CD (HEAT33CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SECOND ALBUM ON TRACK AND FIELD BY THESE GUYS. VERY =
EASY AND
PLEASANT (IN A GOOD WAY) KIND OF INDIE SINGER SONG WRITER MATERIAL.
OBVIOUSLY A BOB DYLAN FAN (BUT THAT'S A GOOD THING TOO!). =
NICE...</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36827">JOSE =
GONZALEZ</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36827">VENEER</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36827">AGENDA</A>
- CD (PFG066CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TRUST ME, FOLKS, THIS IS AN AWESOME RELEASE, AND YOU =
NEED IT IN
YOUR COLLECTION. IF YOU'RE A FAN OF EMILIANA TORRINI, SONDRE LERCHE,
KINGS OF CONVENIENCE, ELLIOTT SMITH OR NICK DRAKE (AND I NEVER
USE THOSE LAST TWO COMPARISONS LIGHTLY), AND YOU DON'T LIKE THIS
ALBUM, I WANT A THOUSAND WORD ESSAY ON MY DESK FIRST THING TOMORROW
MORNING EXPLAINING WHY. IT IS A STUNNER - NOT ONLY IS JOSE A =
VIRTUOSO
GUITARIST (WITHOUT EVER BEING FLASH OR MASTURBATORY), THE SONGS
ARE SIMPLY GORGEOUS. BUY AT ONCE, WITH UTTER =
CONFIDENCE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36756">PARLOUR</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36756">HIVES =
FIVES EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36756">TEMPORARY =
RESIDENCE</A>
- CD (TRR82)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FOUR TRACKS FROM THIS SEVEN PIECE OUTFIT, WHO MANAGE TO =
FUSE ELECTRONICS,
GUITARS AND SYNTHS INTO AN ATMOSPHEIC ROCKY AFFAIR - THAT MANAGAGES
TO COMBINE ELEMENTS OF POST ROCK, PSYCH AND FOLK INTO A REFLECTIVE
BUT APPROACHABLE EP WITHOUT BEING TWEE. NOTHING RADICAL, BUT
REALLY PLEASANT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36828">STEREOLAB<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36828">OSCILLONS=
FROM THE ANTI-SUN</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36828">TOO =
PURE</A>
- 3xCD+DVD (PURE160CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> OH YES, I'M A VERY HAPPY CHAPPIE TODAY. THIS GOBSMACKING =
TRIPLE
CD COMPILATION BRINGS TOGETHER PRETTY MUCH EVERY (MID-NINETIES
ONWARDS) STEREOLAB EP TRACK, LOST B-SIDE AND ALTERNATE VERSION
NOW IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND. ALSO INCLUDED - IF THAT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH
FOR YOU - IS A DVD COMPILING A BUNCH OF THE BANDS VIDEOS AND TV
PERFORMANCES. THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER SURPRISE INSIDE THE BOX WHICH
I WON'T SPOIL FOR YOU. EVEN AS A COMMITTED STEREOLAB FAN WHO =
PROBABLY
ALREADY OWNS OVER HALF THESE TRACKS ON EPS ETC, I'M STILL BUYING
ONE OF THESE, MAKE NO MISTAKE. TREMENDOUS BAND.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"FalseFalse6">Guitar Based (Restocks, CD)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34832">ELLIOTT =
SMITH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34832">EITHER / =
OR</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34832">DOMINO</A>
- CD (WIGCD051)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ONE OF MY FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF ALL TIME, AND SINCE =
ELLIOTT'S SAD
DEATH LAST YEAR, JUST LOADED WITH POIGNANCY. TWELVE ACHINGLY =
BEAUTIFUL
SONGS THAT TOTALLY SEALED HIS REPUTATION AS ONE OF THE GREAT =
SONGWRITING
TALENTS TO EMERGE IN THE LAST DECADE. IF YOU DON'T ALREADY OWN
THIS, BUY IT - IT REALLY IS AN UTTERLY BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF =
WORK.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36339">FIELD =
MICE, THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36339">FOR =
KEEPS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36339">LTM</A>
- CD (LTMCD2423)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MY LOVE FOR THE FIELD MICE KNOWS NO BOUNDS, SO IT GIVES =
ME GREAT
PLEASURE TO WELCOME THE THIRD (AND FINAL) CD IN THIS SERIES OF
BACK CATALOGUE REISSUES. BOBBY WRATTEN AND CO'S FINAL ALBUM WAS
PROBABLY THEIR WARMEST, MOST EXPANSIVE, BEST PRODUCED RELEASE.
SOME INCREDIBLY AFFECTING SONGS ON HERE ("THINK OF THESE THINGS",
"WILLOW" & "AND BEFORE THE FIRST KISS" BEING JUST THREE). EVEN
BETTER ARE FIVE BONUS TRACKS FROM THE "MISSING THE MOON" (ONE
OF THE MOST UNDERRATED POP SONGS OF ALL TIME) AND "SEPTEMBER'S
NOT SO FAR AWAY" SINGLES. WHAT A FANTASTIC BAND THEY WERE, AND
WELL DONE LTM FOR DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB WITH THESE ALBUMS. I =
SERIOUSLY
HOPE FURTHER (LONG DELETED) GEMS IN THE SARAH BACK CATALOGUE WILL
GET SIMILAR TREATMENT IN DUE COURSE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D35858">IRON =
& WINE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D35858">WOMAN =
KING</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D35858">SUB =
POP</A>
- CD (SPCD665)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SIX TRACKS OF PURE IRON & WINE BRILLIANCE. SIMPLE AS =
THAT REALLY.
THE VOCALS ARE SPOT ON AND THE COUNTRIFIED, FOLKY GUITARS ARE
WONDERFULLY AUTHENTIC AND LUSH. ANYONE WITH ANY INTEREST IN LOU
BARLOW, NICK DRAKE, DEVENDRA BANHART OR BRIGHT EYES REALLY NEEDS
TO CHECK THIS OUT. BRILLIANT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36518">MARTHA =
WAINWRIGHT</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36518">MARTHA =
WAINWRIGHT</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36518">DROWNED IN =
SOUND</A>
- CD (DIS0011)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NO LONGER CONTENT TO WALLOW IN THE SHADOW OF HER OLDER =
BROTHER,
MARTHA WAINWRIGHT FINALLY RELEASES HER DEBUT FULL-LENGTH ALBUM
TO MUCH ACCLAIM. DON'T GO EXPECTING A CLONE OF RUFUS'S SOUND -
THIS IS A LOT LESS FLAMBOYANT AND MORE SUBTLE A BLEND OF COUNTRY
ROCK SINGER/SONGWRITING. HER VOICE IS QUITE REMINISCENT OF TANYA
DONELLY (PRAISE INDEED) AND THIS IS A SERIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL SET
OF SONGS, ALL TOLD. CLEARLY I'M GETTING OLD AND BORED OF ALL THIS
ELECTRONIC GUBBINS COS THIS IS DEFINITELY MY ALBUM OF THE WEEK.
MARTHA, YOU'RE WELCOME TO PLAY INSTORE ANYTIME!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36434">MIA =
DOI TODD</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36434">MANZANITA=
</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36434">PLUG =
RESEARCH</A>
- CD (PLG61CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FAR AND AWAY THE MOST POTENTIALLY FAR-REACHING RELEASE =
ON PLUG
RESEARCH TO DATE. MIA'S BRAND OF FOLK SINGER/SONGWRITING HAS MASSIVE
CROSSOVER POTENTIAL AND I'M SURPRISED TO NOT SEE THIS ON A BIGGER
LABEL - BUT WHO KNOWS? FOR THOSE INTO EMILIANA TORRINI, MARTHA
WAINWRIGHT AND THE PURE FOLK SOUND OF THE LIKES OF CARA DILLON
AND KATE RUSBY, THIS MAY WELL APPEAL. LOVELY SUMMER =
LISTENING.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36611">NORTHERN =
PICTURE LIBRARY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36611">ALASKA</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36611">LTM</A>
- CD (LTMCD2436)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AFTER THE SUCCESS LTM MADE OF REISSUING THE FIELD MICE =
BACK CATALOGUE
COMES A MUCH NEEDED RE-RELEASE OF THE 1993 POST-FIELD MICE, =
PRE-TREMBLING
BLUE STARS NORTHERN PICTURE LIBRARY MATERIAL (ORIGINALLY RELEASED
ON VINYL JAPAN; NPL WERE BASICALLY 3/5THS OF TFM). "ALASKA" IS
A BEAUTIFUL ALBUM, FRAGILE AND DOWNCAST EVEN BY BOBBY WRATTEN'S
OWN STANDARDS BUT EQUALLY ROMANTIC AND STRANGELY OPTIMISTIC. THE
EP "LOVE SONGS FOR THE DEAD CHE" (LICENCED FROM SARAH) IS TAGGED
ON THE END, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SUBLIME "PARIS EP" (SARAH 96, AS
I RECALL)? BRILLIANT STUFF - MORE SARAH REISSUES PLEASE, LTM,
STARTING WITH BLUEBOY, THEN MAYBE EVEN AS WE SPEAK. GET TO =
IT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36613">PHAROAH =
OVERLORD</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36613">#3</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36613">RIOT =
SEASON</A>
- CD (REPOSECD09)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE FINEST RELEASE TO DATE FROM MR. ANDREW CHUNKY'S =
(OFTEN HIGHLY
EXPERIMENTAL) RIOT SEASON LABEL IS EQUALLY THE MOST APPROACHABLE
THUS FAR. DRIVING KRAUTROCK RHYTHMS GIVE THIS A VERY CAN-ESQUE
FEEL, WITH MORE THAN A HINT OF SOFT MACHINE. HIGHLY =
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36440">ROTHKO / =
CAROLINE ROSS</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36440">A =
PLACE BETWEEN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36440">LO</A>
- CD (LCD50)
<BLOCKQUOTE> A CURIOUS MEETING OF TALENTS. DELICATE FOLK FLAVOURS =
COURTESY
OF THE FLUTE AND VOCALS OF MS ROSS GO HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH THE STARK
MINIMALISM OF ROTHKO'S SONOROUS BASS TONES.</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=3D36830">STROMBA</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36830">TALES =
FROM THE SITTING ROOM</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36830">FATCAT</A>
- CD (FATCD19)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS ALBUM BUT =
THIS HAS
PLEASANTLY SURPRISED ME. J. SAUL KANE (MR. DEPTH CHARGE) RETURNS
UNDER HIS STROMBA GUISE WITH A LAID-BACK AND ECLECTIC ALBUM =
SHOWCASING
HIS JAZZ, REGGAE, FUNK AND SOUNDTRACK INFLUENCES. NOT SO MUCH
DISCO, MORE ALONG THE LINES OF JAGA JAZZIST (AS WAS) MEETS HARMONIC
33. RECOMMENDED.</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=3D36779">CHRIS =
BROWN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36779">ROGUE =
WAVES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36779">TZADIK</A>
- CD (TZ8014)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FIRST RELEASE FOR CHRIS BROWN FOR NEARLY A DECADE - THIS =
ALBUM
IS A KIND OF RETROSPECTIVE, WITH WORK DATING FROM 1984 TO 2004.
SOME OF THE PIECES ARE PURE ELECTRONICS, THE OTHERS INCLUDE=20
VARIOUSLY PIANOS, TURNTABLES, STRINGS, PERCUSSION AND A FEW OTHER
HOMEMADE INSTRUMENTS TOO. STYLISTICALLY THIS RANGES FROM BEAUTIFUL
AND ANGELIC SOUNDS TO POLYPHONIC NOISE SYMPHONIES</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36757">CONTEMPORA=
RY JAZZ QUINTET</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36757">ACTIONS =
1966-67</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36757">UNHEARD =
MUSIC SERIES</A>
- CD (UMS/ALP250CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ANOTHER LOST ALBUM FROM THE UNHEARD MUSIC SERIES. YOU =
CAN KIND
OF GUESS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, FROM THE NAME OF THIS OUTFIT AND
THE TITLE OF THE MUSIC RECORDED ORIGINALLY IN 1966 AND 1967.=20
TRUMPET, ALTO SAX, SAW, BASS AND DRUMS. SPACED OUT AND VERY
MUCH IN THE VEIN OF A SOUND EXPERIMENT(AL). </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36776">MATTHEW =
WELCH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36776">DREAM =
TIGERS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36776">TZADIK</A>
- CD (TZ8015)
<BLOCKQUOTE> PART OF THE COMPOSER SERIES - THIS THREE TRACK ALBUM HAS =
DISTINCT
STYLES - RANGING FROM MINIMAL DRONES FOR CLARINETS, TO INTRICATE
STRINGS AND FINISHING WITH A BAGPIPE CONCERTO. LOVELY. =
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36783">MR =
DORGON</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36783">GOD IS =
GREATEST</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36783">TZADIK</A>
- CD (TZ7408)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FOUR EXTREME TURNTABLE AND ELECTRONIC COMPOSITIONS FROM =
THIS VIRTUALLY
UNKNOWN ARTIST. MR DORGON IS A MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST AND DESERVES
HIS PLACE AMONGST TZADIK'S LUNATIC FRINGE. </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36780">SYNAPSE</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36780">RAW</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36780">TZADIK</A>
- CD (TZ7254)
<BLOCKQUOTE> EXPERIMENTAL POP (SURELY A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS, ED) =
FROM THIS
FOUR PIECE OUTFIT (HACO ON VOCALS, IKUE MORI ON ELECTRONICS, AKI
ONDA ON CASSETTE, ELECTRONICS AND SAMPLER AND UCHIHASHI ON GUITAR).
WEAVING TOGETHER A REMARKABLE FUSION OF SOUND, LYRIC AND RHYTHM.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36782">TOSHINORI =
KONDO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36782">FUKYO</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36782">TZADIK</A>
- CD (TZ7255)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE TRUMPET AS YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE FROM ONE =
OF JAPAN'S
FOREMOST MUSICIANS. THIS ALBUM SHOWCASES HIS EXTREME TRUMPET
TECHNIQUES OVER FOURTEEN TRACKS. </BLOCKQUOTE>
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