[Smallfish-releases-html] Smallfish Mailout 13/06/05
justusfish
justusfish@smallfish.co.uk
Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:31:06 +0100
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Smallfish Release Mail-out - Monday 13th June
Welcome one and all to an exciting new week of music, fun and games... =
not *that* sure where the games are going to be coming from, mind you. =
Anyway, there are a few things to report this week so I'll plough on =
without any further ado.
12k / L-ne T-shirts
OK, so the T-shirts we got from 12k / L-ne were in fact L-ne website =
design shirts, NOT the 12k logo. Sorry about that. No doubt you may have =
seen them on the website already, so I won't go on about them too much. =
Suffice to say that they are (unsurprisingly) ultra-minimal in style. =
White T-Shirts with the front page releases design from the gorgeous =
website. I think the idea is that the Pantone and CMYk numbers are =
printed in the slots so that, if you should feel like it, you could =
paint the colours in yourself. As it stands, the design is beautifully =
simple anyway so, personally, I wouldn't bother. Unless, of course, =
you're particularly artistic (I wouldn't have even a vague chance of =
getting the paint in the right place as I struggled with Disney =
paint-numbers-books when I was a kid!).
Noble Label releases
As if there wasn't already enough good music at Smallfish (and believe =
me it's hard to keep up with the amount of releases at the moment) we've =
just received a batch of wonderfully musical and atmospheric albums from =
the Japanese label Noble. Responsible for releasing albums by Natsume, =
Suomi, Cinq, Worlds End Girlfriend, Eisi and more, their blend of gentle =
electronics mixed with flowing folky guitar sounds is really rather =
gorgeous. Even the members of staff that aren't really feeling the =
guitar music were taken with the CDs that I played and actually =
commented on how good they were. Praise indeed! The most recent release =
is by Taylor Deupree + Eisi and it's a real treat. Deupree delivers =
tight guitar based tracks with a surprisingly small amount of electronic =
manipulation and coupled with Eisi's vocals it makes for a beautiful =
piece of work. Yet another string to the bow of 12k and L-ne's owner (as =
if he needed any more!). Check the website for a complete listing.
Selected charts
=20
Here's a selection of current charts from the Smallfish crew:
=20
Mike
=20
Rod Modell - Vibrasound (The Deepchord Years) - Silentes - CD
New World Aquarium - Trespassers (Repress) - Delsin - 12"
Murmur - Boundary EP - Meanwhile - 12"
Microboss - Mesosound - Pro-tez - 12"
Various - Elektronische Musik Interkontinental 4 - Traum - LP/CD
Taylor Deupree + Kenneth Kirschner - Post_Piano 2 - 12k - CD
Boca Raton - Enzo/Further - Spekk - CD
Andrey Kiritchenko - True Delusion - Spekk - CD
Michael Mantra - Sonic Alter (Deepchord Remix) - Silentes - CD
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Insen - Raster Noton - LP/CD (yep, still =
in my chart!)
Rod Modell w/ Kevin Hanton - Illuminati Audio Science - Silentes - CD
=20
=20
=20
Jez + Riz
=20
Olvis - The Blue Sound - Resonant - CD
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois - Asthmatic Kitty - LP/CD
Fourtet - Everything Ecstatic - Domino - LP+CD/CD
Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth - Domino - LP
Malcolm Middleton - Loneliness Shines - Chemikal Underground - 7"
Electrelane - Axes - Too Pure - LP/CD
Hrsta - Stem Stem In Electro - Constellation - LP/CD
Animal Collective & Vashti Bunyan - Prospect Hummer EP - Fatcat - CD
Gang Gang Dance - God's Money - The Social Registry - CD
Smog - A River Ain't Too Much To Love - Domino - LP/CD
Madvillain - Koushik & Fourtet Remix EPs - Stonesthrow - 12"
0 - Kantamoinen on Sahko finally due in stock
=20
After what seems like an aeon, we've finally secured some copies of Mika =
Vainio's new album as 0 (and no, I don't know how to get the correct =
character up on the screen, so apologies for that!). Due in in the next =
couple of days we'll also be receiving copies of both of Mika's other =
CDs for Sahko plus a restock on all the available Jazz-Puu releases =
(including the stunning Olli Avenlahti and Erro Koivistonen 12"s). Keep =
an eye on the site for those.
=20
=20
Analord 9 & 11 in stock
=20
I'd be amazed if any of you didn't know that these two 12"s were out =
this week, but I'll just remind you anyway. By all accounts they're =
jolly good and I know I'll be picking up a copy of each for the old =
collection. Limited? Who knows, but it's probably worth getting them =
sooner rather than later!
=20
=20
That wraps it up for this week, then.
=20
Have a good one!
=20
Peace.
=20
The Fish.
=20
Smallfish Records | 329 Old Street | London | EC1V 9LE | +44 [0] 20 7739 =
2252 | www.smallfish.co.uk
PS. I just heard Analord 11 and it's banging!
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size=3D1>Welcome one and all to an exciting new week of music, fun and =
games...=20
not *that* sure where the games are going to be coming from, mind you. =
Anyway,=20
there are a few things to report this week so I'll plough on without any =
further=20
ado.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: =
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: =
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size=3D1>OK, so the T-shirts we got from 12k / L-ne were in fact L-ne =
website=20
design shirts, NOT the 12k logo. Sorry about that. No doubt you may have =
seen=20
them on the website already, so I won't go on about them too much. =
Suffice to=20
say that they are (unsurprisingly) ultra-minimal in style. White =
T-Shirts with=20
the front page releases design from the gorgeous website. I think the =
idea is=20
that the Pantone and CMYk numbers are printed in the slots so that, if =
you=20
should feel like it, you could paint the colours in yourself. As it =
stands, the=20
design is beautifully simple anyway so, personally, I wouldn't bother. =
Unless,=20
of course, you're particularly artistic (I wouldn't have even a vague =
chance of=20
getting the paint in the right place as I struggled with Disney=20
paint-numbers-books when I was a kid!).</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt"><STRONG><U><FONT=20
size=3D1>Noble Label releases</FONT></U></STRONG></SPAN></P><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-size: =
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<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3D1>As =
if there=20
wasn=92t already enough good music at Smallfish (and believe me it=92s =
hard to keep=20
up with the amount of releases at the moment) we've just =
received a=20
batch of wonderfully musical and atmospheric albums from the Japanese =
label=20
Noble. Responsible for releasing albums by Natsume, Suomi, =
Cinq, Worlds End=20
Girlfriend, Eisi and more, their blend of gentle electronics mixed with =
flowing=20
folky guitar sounds is really rather gorgeous. Even the members of staff =
that=20
aren=92t really feeling the guitar music were taken with the CDs that I =
played and=20
actually commented on how good they were. Praise indeed! The most recent =
release=20
is by Taylor Deupree + Eisi and it=92s a real treat. Deupree delivers =
tight guitar=20
based tracks with a surprisingly small amount of electronic manipulation =
and=20
coupled with Eisi=92s vocals it makes for a beautiful piece of work. Yet =
another=20
string to the bow of 12k and L-ne=92s owner (as if he needed any more!). =
Check the=20
website for a complete listing.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
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<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><U><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1>Selected=20
charts<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></U></B></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><U><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT=20
size=3D1></FONT></o:p></SPAN></U></B> </P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1>Here=92s a=20
selection of current charts from the Smallfish=20
crew:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1>Mike<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3D1>Rod =
Modell =96=20
Vibrasound (The Deepchord Years) =96 Silentes =96 =
CD<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3D1>New =
World=20
Aquarium =96 Trespassers (Repress) =96 Delsin =96 =
12=94<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1>Murmur =96=20
Boundary EP =96 Meanwhile =96 12=94<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1>Microboss =96=20
Mesosound =96 Pro-tez =96 12=94<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1>Various =96=20
Elektronische Musik Interkontinental 4 =96 Traum =96=20
LP/CD<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1>Taylor Deupree +=20
Kenneth Kirschner =96 Post_Piano 2 =96 12k =96 =
CD<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3D1>Boca =
Raton =96=20
Enzo/Further =96 Spekk =96 CD<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1>Andrey=20
Kiritchenko =96 True Delusion =96 Spekk =96 =
CD<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1>Michael Mantra =96=20
Sonic Alter (Deepchord Remix) =96 Silentes =96 =
CD<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3D1>Alva =
Noto +=20
Ryuichi Sakamoto =96 Insen =96 Raster Noton =96 LP/CD (yep, still in my=20
chart!)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3D1>Rod =
Modell w/=20
Kevin Hanton =96 Illuminati Audio Science =96 Silentes =96=20
CD<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3D1>Jez =
+=20
Riz<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1>Olvis =96 The Blue=20
Sound =96 Resonant =96 CD<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1>Sufjan Stevens =96=20
Illinois =96 Asthmatic Kitty =96 LP/CD<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1>Fourtet =96=20
Everything Ecstatic =96 Domino =96 LP+CD/CD<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1>Stephen Malkmus=20
=96 Face The Truth =96 Domino =96 LP<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1>Malcolm=20
Middleton =96 Loneliness Shines =96 Chemikal Underground =96=20
7=94<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1>Electrelane =96=20
Axes =96 Too Pure =96 LP/CD<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1>Hrsta =96 Stem=20
Stem In Electro =96 Constellation =96 LP/CD<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1>Animal=20
Collective & Vashti Bunyan =96 Prospect Hummer EP =96 Fatcat =96=20
CD<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3D1>Gang =
Gang Dance=20
=96 God=92s Money =96 The Social Registry =96 =
CD<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3D1>Smog =
=96 A River=20
Ain=92t Too Much To Love =96 Domino =96 =
LP/CD<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1>Madvillain =96=20
Koushik & Fourtet Remix EPs =96 Stonesthrow =96 =
12=94</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1></FONT></SPAN> </P>
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1></FONT></SPAN> </P>
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1><STRONG><o:p><U>0 - Kantamoinen on Sahko finally due in=20
stock</U></o:p></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1><STRONG><o:p><U></U></o:p></STRONG></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1><o:p>After what=20
seems like an aeon, we've finally secured some copies of Mika Vainio's =
new album=20
as 0 (and no, I don't know how to get the correct character up on the =
screen, so=20
apologies for that!). Due in in the next couple of days we'll also be =
receiving=20
copies of both of Mika's other CDs for Sahko plus a restock on all the =
available=20
Jazz-Puu releases (including the stunning Olli Avenlahti and Erro =
Koivistonen=20
12"s). Keep an eye on the site for those.</o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1><o:p><STRONG><U>Analord 9 & 11 in=20
stock</U></STRONG></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1><o:p><STRONG><U></U></STRONG></o:p></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1><o:p>I'd be=20
amazed if any of you didn't know that these two 12"s were out this week, =
but=20
I'll just remind you anyway. By all accounts they're jolly good and I =
know I'll=20
be picking up a copy of each for the old collection. Limited? Who knows, =
but=20
it's probably worth getting them sooner rather than=20
later!</o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1><o:p>That wraps=20
it up for this week, then.</o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1><o:p>Have a good=20
one!</o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1><o:p>Peace.</o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1><o:p>The=20
Fish.</o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText style=3D"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1><o:p>Smallfish=20
Records | 329 Old Street | London | EC1V 9LE | +44 [0] 20 7739 2252 | <A =
href=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk">www.smallfish.co.uk</A></o:p></FONT><=
/SPAN></P>
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT=20
size=3D1><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN> </P>
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style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT =
size=3D1><o:p><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p><FONT =
size=3D1>PS. I just=20
heard Analord 11 and it's=20
banging!</FONT></o:p></SPAN></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><=
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<H1><A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk">Smallfish Weekly Releases</A> =
(13/06/2005)</H2>
<H2><A NAME=3D"navigation">Categories</A></H1>
<UL>
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue0">Electronica (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 15
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue0">Electronica (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 5
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue1">Techno / Electro (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 22
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue1">Techno / Electro (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 16
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue2">US Techno / Electro (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 4
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue2">US Techno / Electro (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 4
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue3">House (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 5
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue3">House (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 4
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue4">Hip Hop (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 9
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue4">Hip Hop (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 4
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue5">Eclectic Beats (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 2
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueTrue6">Guitar Based (New Releases, Vinyl)</A>
x 7
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue6">Guitar Based (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 12
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseTrue7">Funk / Jazz / Soul (Restocks, Vinyl)</A>
x 4
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse0">Electronica (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 15
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseFalse0">Electronica (Restocks, CD)</A>
x 9
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse1">Techno / Electro (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 6
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseFalse1">Techno / Electro (Restocks, CD)</A>
x 1
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse4">Hip Hop (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 2
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseFalse4">Hip Hop (Restocks, CD)</A>
x 1
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse5">Eclectic Beats (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 1
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse6">Guitar Based (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 8
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseFalse6">Guitar Based (Restocks, CD)</A>
x 11
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse7">Funk / Jazz / Soul (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 1
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseFalse7">Funk / Jazz / Soul (Restocks, CD)</A>
x 2
<LI><A HREF=3D"#TrueFalse11">Experimental (New Releases, CD)</A>
x 6
<LI><A HREF=3D"#FalseFalse11">Experimental (Restocks, CD)</A>
x 2
</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=3D37702">AFX</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37702">ANALORD =
11</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37702">REPHLEX</A>=
- 12" (ANALORD11)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WITH ANALORD 10 EXCLUSIVE TO THE BINDER, IT'S STRAIGHT =
ON EPISODE
11 WE GO. ARE YOU READY TO GO ANOTHER TEN ROUNDS? MORE IMPORTANTLY,
ARE YOUR WALLETS?! SIDE ONE IS TAKEN UP BY AN EXTENDED, SLIGHTLY
EERIE, OFF-KILTER PIECE OF HIGH END, SUPER COMPRESSED RELECTRO
(AS I'M NOW CALLING IT) THAT COULD EASILY DATE FROM 1981, AND
FOR ALL I KNOW DOES. SIDE TWO IS A MOST SCHIZOPHRENIC AFFAIR -
DISTORTED, ENERGETIC DISCO, FOLLOWED BY DOOMY, BROKEN, HYPNOTIC
EXPERIMENTALISM. CLASSY STUFF, YOU HAVE TO ADMIT AND JUSTIFYING
THE HYPE ONCE AGAIN. RELEASED ON MONDAY 13TH JUNE BUT WE CAN SEND
IT MAILORDER TO ARRIVE ON MONDAY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37701">AFX</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37701">ANALORD =
09</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37701">REPHLEX</A>=
- 12" (ANALORD09)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AFTER A BRIEF HIATUS, THE ANALORD SERIES CONTINUES WITH =
TWO SEPARATE
INSTALLMENTS THIS WEEK. THE FIRST TRACK ON 09 IS A RIGHT LIVELY
L'IL ACID BLEEDER THAT SHOULD GENERATE SERIOUS EXCITEMENT AND
GETS BUTTS A-ROCKIN'. THE BPM STAYS HIGH FOR TRACK 2, AND THE
ACID LINES WIGGLY. LIKEWISE "W32.APHEX@MM" WITH ITS SERIOUSLY
DEEP YET FRANTIC RETRO ELECTRO STYLINGS AND TRADEMARK AFX EFFECTS.
FINALLY ANALORD 9.4 IS JUST A PRIME SLICE OF TRADEMARK RICHARD
JAMES. ONE OF MY FAVOURITES IN THE SERIES SO FAR, AND CERTAINLY
ONE OF THE MORE UPBEAT! RELEASED ON MONDAY 13TH JUNE BUT WE CAN
SEND IT MAILORDER TO ARRIVE ON MONDAY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37696">BONG-RA</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37696">COLONY =
OF ELECTRIC MACHINES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37696">VYNALOGICAL=
</A>
- 12" (CEM10)
<BLOCKQUOTE> STUPIDLY HARD BREAKCORE GEAR FROM BROKLYN'S BONG-RA. =
PROBABLY
THE MOPST AGGRESSIVE STUFF I'VE HEARD HIM DO AND EASILY THE MOST
CHALLENGING RELEASE ON VYNALOGICA TO DATE. A DENSE WALL OF NOISE
PROVIDES A SUITABLE CACOPHANY TO GET YOUR ROCKS OF TO. VERY =
INTRIGUING
INDEED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37765">BUS =
FEAT. MC SOOM-T</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37765">FEELIN' =
DANK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37765">SCAPE</A>
- 2xLP (SC28LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NEW ALBUM OF DEEP, GLITCHY DUB HOP AGAIN FEATURING MC =
SOOM-T ON
VOCALS. ONE FOR FANS OF POLE'S LAST ALBUM, CYNE, MUSH, MERCK,
OR MAYBE EVEN SOME OF THE GRIME RELEASES ON PLANET MU AND/OR =
REPHLEX.
PAUL PM (WHO I REMEMBER FROM WORDSOUND) ALSO MAKES A COUPLE OF
GUEST APPEARANCES.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37755">CHRIS & =
COSEY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37755">PASSION</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37755">WORLD =
SERPENT</A>
- 7" (WS7004)
<BLOCKQUOTE> EXTREMELY PRICEY BUT SOMEWHAT RARE SINGLE-SIDED / ETCHED =
7" FROM
THIS MOST INFLUENTIAL OF DUOS. FUTURISTIC ELECTRO/NICA SOUNDS
FROM THE REAL TALENT BEHIND THROBBING GRISTLE DATING FROM 1991.
GO ON, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37698">DIJF =
SANDERS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37698">SWAMP =
BOULEVARD</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37698">DUB</A>
- 12" (DUB31)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BIZARRE SOUNDS FROM DIJF. FOUR TRACKS ON DELICIOUS RED =
VINYL WITH
A SWAMPY, BLUESY FEEL. MIX THAT WITH A NICELY BIT REDUCED FEEL
AND A CRUNCHY SET OF BACKING SOUNDS. THE FLIP IS MORE ABSTRACT
AND DEFINITELY MORE ELECTRONIC SOUNDING IN A VERY WEIRD ORGANIC
SORT OF WAY. ODDBALL MUSIC ALL ROUND. THAT A-SIDE COULD BE HUGE.
TOP.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37720">INTRICATE<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37720">DORI =
DOREAU ON</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37720">SPEZIAL =
MATERIAL</A>
- 12" (SM020EP008)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AFTER THE LAST COUPLE OF CRUNK-HEAVY EP'S FROM SPEZIAL =
MATERIAL,
IT'S GOOD TO SEE INTRICATE BACK ON A SLIGHTLY MORE TRADITIONAL
'ELECTRONICA' TIP. I SAY SLIGHTLY MORE BECAUSE THERE'S ONE =
CONCESSION
TO A DIRTY, HARD, FAST AND BANGING TECHNO / BREAKS SOUND THAT'S
LIABLE TO GET PEOPLE JUMPING AROUND LIKE IDIOTS. THE REST OF THE
EP IS SUPREMELY PROCESSED, DEEPLY WELL PROGRAMMED AND QUITE MELODIC
AT TIMES, ALTHOUGH IT DOES HAVE THAT SLIGHTLY ODDBALL FEEL THAT
WE ALL LIKE ABOUT SM SO MUCH. IN SUMMARY... IT'S VERY GOOD. NICE
ARTWORK TOO.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37722">JOHN =
YOKO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37722">PAPA WAS =
A RODEO / THE MORNING PAPER</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37722">MORR =
MUSIC</A>
- 7" (ANOST006)
<BLOCKQUOTE> A VERY LIMITED LITTLE 7" HERE WHICH SEES VALERIE AND =
MICHA FROM
LALI PUNA ADOPTING THE 'JOHN YOKO' MONIKER AND INDULGING IN A
SPOT OF COVER VERSIONAGE. MAGNETIC FIELDS' 'PAPA WAS A RODEO'
AND SMOG'S 'THE MORNING PAPER' GET THE TREATMENT AND, GUESS WHAT?
IT'S A LUSCIOUS PIECE OF WORK. HEARING THE ORIGINALS TRANSFORMED
INTO LOVELY ELECTRONIC / ORGANIC TRACKS IS REALLY RATHER NICE.
YOU'D BE WISE TO SNAP THIS UP QUICK-SHARP AS THEY SHOULD FLY OUT
I RECKON. TOP STUFF. </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37763">KK =
NULL / EARTH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37763">SPLIT =
LIVE LP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37763">AUTOFACT</A=
>
- LP (FACT08)
<BLOCKQUOTE> PRIME SONIC MANIPULATION COURTESY OF THESE TWO =
PROPONENTS OF THE
EXPERIMENTAL NOISECORE GENRE, RECORDED LIVE IN TOKYO AND SEATTLE.
AURAL S&M FOR THOSE THAT LIKE TO BE TIED UP AND SOUNDLY SPANKED
BY THEIR RECORD COLLECTION. COLOURED VINYL, TOO FOR THAT EXTRA
FETISHISTIC TOUCH.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37719">LALI =
PUNA</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37719">I =
THOUGHT I WAS OVER THAT - RARE, REMIXED AND B-SI</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37719">MORR =
MUSIC</A>
- 2xLP (MORR056)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NICE DOUBLE LP PACKAGE OF LOTS OF GREAT LALI PUNA =
B-SIDES, RARITIES
AND REMIXES. NINETEEN TRACKS TO GET YOUR TEETH INTO AND PLENTY
OF NICE TRACKS THAT RANGE FROM THEIR OWN VERSIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE
TO OTHER ARTISTS REMIXING THEM. TO ROCOCO ROT, BOMB THE BASS,
ALIAS, TWO LONE SWORDSMEN, BOOM BIP, FLOWCHART AND SIXTOO ARE
JUST SOME OF THE ARTISTS ON HERE AND IF YOU ADD THAT TO THE RARITIES
THAT ARE ALSO INCLUDED YOU'VE GOT A GREAT PACKAGE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37760">MANUAL</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37760">AZURE =
VISTA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37760">STATIC =
CARAVAN</A>
- LP (VAN95LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THAT NICE STATIC CARAVAN LABEL BRING FORTH THE VINYL =
RELEASE OF
THE RECENT MANUAL LP (PREVIOUSLY ONLY AVAILABLE ON CD ON DARLA),
AND IT'S A CASE OF MORE BLISSED-OUT SHOEGAZE-TRONIC SOUNDS FROM
THE MASTERFUL JONAS MUNK. FANS OF ULRICH SCHNAUSS (OF WHOM THIS
PARTICULAR ALBUM IS EXTREMELY REMINISCENT INDEED!), DURUTTI COLUMN,
ROBIN GUTHRIE ETC WILL BE IN THEIR ELEMENT HERE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37756">MEAT =
BEAT MANIFESTO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37756">RADIO =
FREE REPUBLIC / LOVEFINGERS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37756">BRAINWASHED=
</A>
- 7" (BRAIN009)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NUMBER 9 IN THIS SERIES OF 7"S FROM BRAINWASHED FEATURES =
THE WORK
OF A CERTAIN JACK DANGERS. TWO TRACKS, RECORDED ALMOST A DECADE
APART (2005 AND 1996), ONE OF WHICH (I THINK, I COULD BE WRONG)
SAMPLES THE SILVER APPLES. VERY MUCH WHAT I EXPECTED, IN TERMS
OF SOUND AND QUALITY. GREY VINYL, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37697">MUSIC FOR =
SPEAKERS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37697">UMMA =
GUMMO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37697">VYNALOGICAL=
</A>
- 12" (CEM08)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS IS OH-SO-DEEP AND VERY, VERY WIERD. THE COMBINATION =
OF SANDOR
CARON, DAVID CARON, AARDVARCK AND THE REST OF THE CREW HAVE =
CONCOCTED
THEIR MOST ELECTRONIC RECORD FOR AGES AND IT REALLY REACHES THE
PLACES THAT OTHER RECORDS DON'T GET TO. OFFBEAT RHYTHMS, CRUNCHY
SOUNDS, TOUCHES OF MELODY AND AN OVERRIDING ODDNESS THAT MAKES
IT VERY COMPELLING. DEFINITELY WORTH A LISTEN.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D3225">MUSIK =
AUS STROM</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D3225">12</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D3225">ACID =
PLANET</A>
- 12" (MZE 3331)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ANOTHER OF THESE STRANGE OBSCURE RELEASES FROM FUNK =
SCHTURUM...........
LOTS OF STRANGE TWISTED ACID BIZNESS... FROM THE =
LEFTSIDE!!!..................................</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37721">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37721">4 =
WOMEN NO CRY VOL. 1</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37721">MONIKA</A>
- 2xLP (MONIKA42)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TAKE FOUR CONTEMPORARY ELECTRONICA BASED FEMALE ARTISTS =
AND WHAT
DO YOU GET? AN EXTREMELY INTERESTING COLLECTION OF TRACKS WITH
A WIDE AND EXTREMELY VARIED SOUND. FOLK, ELECTRONICS, EXPERIMENTAL
AND POP ALL COLLIDE TO MAKE AN ENGAGING ROMP THAT HAS EMOTION,
WARMTH AND PLENTY MORE BESIDES. I'VE GOT TO SAY THAT THESE ORIGINALS
ARE INFINTELY BETTER THAN THE REMIXES WHICH CAME OUT A COUPLE
OF WEEKS BACK. DEFINITELY WORTH HEARING.</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=3D25392">FOURTET</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D25392">ROUNDS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D25392">DOMINO</A>
- 2xLP (WIGLP126)
<BLOCKQUOTE> KIERAN HEBDEN'S FOURTET PROJECT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AND =
GROW APACE.
TEN TRACKS OF SUBLIME ELECTRONICA WITH HIS UNIQUE FEEL FOR USING
LIVE, MANIPULATED INSTRUMENTS SHINING THROUGH. DEEP, MELODIC,
ALMOST (BUT NOT QUITE) ABSRACT. GENERALLY AN ABSOLUTE MUST AND
AN ESSENTIAL RELEASE OF THE YEAR. KILLER.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36508">INFINITE =
SCALE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36508">SOUND =
SENSOR</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36508">TOYTRONIC</=
A>
- LP (TOY20LPX)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WITHOUT WISHING TO APPEAR OVER-CRITICAL, AREN'T ALL =
THESE TOYTRONIC
RELEASES STARTING TO MELT INTO ONE? MUSICALLY THIS IS PLEASANT
ENOUGH BUT ESSENTIALLY THE TOYTRONIC SOUND SEEMS TO BE BECOMING
QUITE GENERIC AND UNINSPIRED, WHICH IS A SHAME CONSIDERING HOW
ABSOLUTELY ON THE CASE THE LABEL USED TO BE. LABELS SUCH AS NEO
OUIJA, EXPANDING AND TYPE SEEM A LOT MORE FORWARD-THINKING THESE
DAYS. PLEASE NOTE.. ALL THE COLOURED VINYL COPIES HAVE GONE...
YOU CAN HAVE ANY COLOUR YOU LIKE AS LONG AS IT'S =
BLACK....</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=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>
<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=3D37730">ADA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37730">BLONDIX =
2</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37730">AREAL</A>
- 12" (AREAL30)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SECOND VOLUME OF REMIXES TAKEN FROM THE THE 'BLONDIE' =
ALBUM SEES
MICHAEL MAYER AND TOBIAS THOMAS DELIVERING A SPLENDID, VERY KOMPAKT
SOUNDING VERSION. TAKING SNIPPETS OF THE ORIGINAL AND GIVING IT
A NEW LEASE OF LIFE. WEIRDLY ON THE B-SIDE YOU GET A VERSION FROM
ERLEND OYE WHICH IS SO FAR REMOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL AS TO BE
UNRECOGNISABLE. GOOD A-SIDE THOUGH,</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37740">ALAN =
BRAXE & FRIENDS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37740">UPPER =
CUTS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37740">VULTURE</A>=
- 2xLP (DIFB1041DLP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WELCOME COMPILATION BRINGING TOGETHER TWELVE OF ALAN =
BRAXE'S MOST
LOVED WORKS. FROM PAUL HARDCASTLE-ESQUE SYNTH ELECTRO TO THE SORT
OF SOUND THAT INSPIRED AIR TO THE CLASSIC "RUBICON" TO "MUSIC
SOUNDS BETTER WITH YOU" BY STARDUST (HAVE A LISTEN AND YOU'LL
HEAR WHY THIS MAKES AN APPEARANCE), THIS IS CLASSY STUFF FROM
BEGINNING TO END.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37757">ALDEN =
TYRELL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37757">DISCO =
LUNAR MODULE (MORE REMIXES!)</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37757">CLONE</A>
- 12" (MOGS02)
<BLOCKQUOTE> HELL'S TEETH, OUR ALDEN'S MILKING HIS DISCO LUNAR MODULE =
FOR ALL
IT'S WORTH, ISN'T HE? THESE ARE THE "U4RIA SUPERDUNKEL" REMIXES
(VERSION 1.0 AND 1.25, MIND) BUT TO BE FAIR THEY ARE AN ABSOLUTELY
SUPER PAIR OF DRAMATIC ELECTRO TRACKS (ALBEIT BOTH QUITE SIMILAR)
ON A PAR WITH ANY OF THE CLONE OR VIEWLEXX GEAR.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37768">ALEXANDER =
KOWALSKI</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37768">CAN'T =
HOLD ME BACK / SHE'S WORTH IT</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37768">KANZLERAMT<=
/A>
- 12" (KA121)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ALEXANDER KOWALSKI COLLABORATES WITH FUNK D'VOID ON THE =
A-SIDE
FOR THE TRADITIONAL BANGING TECH/BREAKS CROSSOVER AFFAIR. MUCH
MORE INTERESTING IS WHEN HE TEAMS UP WITH JORIS VOORN ON SIDE
TWO, FOR A CLASSY SYNTH/STRING DRIVEN TRACK THAT COULD EASILY
PASS OFF AS A KOMPAKT EXTRA RELEASE. </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37737">ANDRE =
KRAML</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37737">DIRTY =
FINGERNAILS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37737">FIRM</A>
- 12" (FIRM15)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FIRM ARE STILL DOING IT. ANDRE KRAML GETS LOWDOWN, TECHY =
AND GROOVY
WITH THIS FOUR TRACKER THAT RANGES FROM THE OBLIGATORY FUNKY ELECTRO
/ HOUSE CUTS WITH EXCELLENT BASSLINES, TO A MORE CONSIDERED AND
MINIMAL SOUND ON THE B-SIDE WHICH HAS SOME VERY DETROITY ELEMENTS,
PARTICULARLY THE STRINGS. VERY GOOD.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37728">COLDER</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37728">WRONG =
BABY (PROMO)</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37728">OUTPUT</A>
- 12" (OPR79P)
<BLOCKQUOTE> LIMITED QUANTITIES NOW AVAILABLE OF THIS EXTREMELY HOT =
NEW PROMO
(IN THAT USUAL GENERIC OUTPUT HOUSEBAG) FROM THIS JOY DIVISION
COVERS BAND. FOR MY MONEY, THE HIGHLIGHT(S) HERE IS/ARE THE SLEAZY,
STRIPPED BARE MINIMAL TECHNO STYLINGS OF THE TWO PLAYGROUP MIXES.
ACTUALLY, IN FAIRNESS THE ORIGINAL ISN'T THAT BAD, JUST VERY MUCH
IN AWE OF FACTORY'S FINEST.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37694">DROYDS, =
THE</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37694">EP =
1</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37694">NEW =
RELIGION</A>
- 12" (REG117)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WELL HELLO THERE. THIS IS A CHEEKY ONE. FOUR TRACKS OF =
WHAT CAN
ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS ELECTRO / HOUSE IN A VERY KOMPAKT / FIRM
STYLE. IN FACT, IF YOU WERE LISTENING TO THIS BLINDFOLDED YOU'D
BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING THAT IT HAD COME STRAIGHT OUT OF COLOGNE.
THAT SAID, IT'S EXTREMELY GOOD QUALITY ALL ROUND WITH SOME GREAT
VOCAL MOMENTS AND VERY GROOVY BEATS. TECHNICAL, YET FUNKY, THIS
ONE IS WELL WORTH A CHECK.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37744">FIVE =
GREEN CIRCLE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37744">TRAPEZ =
LIMITED 33</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37744">TRAPEZ</A>
- 12" (TRAPEZLTD33)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TRAPEZ LIMITED GIVE FIVE GREEN CIRCLE A GO AND HE VERY =
MUCH REPRISES
THE SOUND THAT WE ALL LIKED SO MUCH ON HIS TRAUM 12". FUNKY, =
TECHNICAL
SOUNDS THAT HOVER NEATLY BETWEEN THE REALMS OF TECHNO AND HOUSE.
PERKY, LIVELY STUFF THAT FITS IN VERY NICELY WITH THE OTHER EPS
ON THE LABEL. CHECK.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37743">FUNKSTORUN=
G PRESENTS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37743">RETURN =
TO THE ACID PLANET</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37743">STUDIO =
K7</A>
- 2xLP (K7186LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> HOW'S ABOUT THIS THEN? FUNKSTORUNG RETURN TO THEIR ACID =
PLANET
ROOTS WITH A NEW LP (I THINK) OF GROOVING, GRITTY, UPFRONT, =
UPLIFTING
ACID. ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE AS ABRASIVE AS THE OLD DAYS, THOSE THESE
DAYS (WHO DON'T REMEMBER ACID PLANET) INTO THE AFX ANALORD SERIES,
LUKE VIBERT ETC COULD DO A LOT WORSE THAN THIS. WICKED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37700">ISOLEE</A>=
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37700">WE =
ARE MONSTER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37700">PLAYHOUSE</=
A>
- 3xLP (PLAY115)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE TRIPLE VINYL LP, HERE AT LAST. WITH EVERYONE FROM =
TREVOR JACKSON
TO EWAN PEARSON TO DJ KOZE TO LUCIANO TO DJ HELL TO LAURENT GARNIER
TIPPING THIS, YOU KNOW YOU'RE IN FOR SOMETHING PROBABLY FAR TOO
TRENDY FOR ITS OWN GOOD... SORRY, I MEANT HIGHLY DANCEABLE MINIMAL
TECH-HOUSE OF THE HIGHEST ORDER, OF COURSE! COME ON, IT'S THE
NEW ISOLEE ALBUM ON PLAYHOUSE, WHAT MORE DO I NEED TO SAY? RELEASED
ON MONDAY 13TH JUNE BUT WE CAN SEND IT MAILORDER TO ARRIVE ON
MONDAY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37731">JAMIE =
LIDELL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37731">MULTIPLY<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37731">WARP</A>
- 2xLP (WARPLP131)
<BLOCKQUOTE> POUND FOR POUND, THIS HAS TO BE THE MOST DOWNRIGHT =
ENTERTAINING
RELEASE ON WARP FOR MANY A YEAR. FOR SHEER SHOWMANSHIP, IT'S HARD
TO BEAT JAMIE LIDELL, ESPECIALLY ON THIS KIND OF FORM. SO MANY
INFLUENCES FROM SOUL TO FUNK TO ROCK TO ELECTRO TO ELECTRONICA
TO YOU NAME IT... THINK MICHAEL JACKSON AT HIS PEAK (NOT IN HIS
CURRENT PREDICAMENT, OBVIOUSLY), OUTKAST, JIMMY EDGAR, HAR MAR
SUPERSTAR, DMX CREW, BECK, JAMES BROWN, CURTIS MAYFIELD. POTENTIALLY
MASSIVE AND SURELY THE PARTY ALBUM OF THE SUMMER.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37759">LEGOWELT</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37759">BEYOND =
THE CONGO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37759">BUNKER</A>
- 12" (B3044)
<BLOCKQUOTE> JUST WHAT THE SMALLFISH ELECTRO DOCTOR ORDERED - A NEW =
SIX TRACK
EP FROM THE MIGHTY LEGOWELT. IN ALL HONESTY, THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE
BELTER AND AS STRONG AS ANY ELECTRO RECORD I'VE HEARD ALL YEAR.
THE PRODUCTION IS ULTRA DEEP, AND A CUT ABOVE THE REST. THROBBING,
PULSATING, ROUGH AND SLEAZY JUST THE WAY I LIKE IT (AND MY ELECTRO,
AHEM).</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37695">LIKE =
A TIM</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37695">LIKE =
7</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37695">LIKE</A>
- 12" (LIKE7)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TIM STILL DOES IT LIKE NO ONE ELSE CAN. I DON'T KNOW =
WHETHER HE'S
GOT SOME PORTAL THAT CAN SEE INTO THE DISTANT FUTURE OR WHETHER
HE'S JUST STUCK IN THE PAST, BUT THIS HAS A TOUGH, ROMPING 4/4
SOUND THAT COULD ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS MID '90'S. ADD TO THAT SOME
ACID TOUCHES AND AN AMUSING VOCAL LINE PROVIDED BY ALDEN TYRELL
AND YOU'VE GOT A FUN PACKED FOUR TRACKER.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37738">MATTHIAS =
SCHAFFHAUSER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37738">ALTERNATI=
VES (TRENTMOLLER REMIX)</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37738">WARE</A>
- 12" (WARE54)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SCHAFFHAUSER DELIVERS A FAIRLY ORDINARY TECHNO / HOUSE =
CUT TO
BE FAIR. THANKFULLY A CERTAIN TRENTMOLLER IS ON HAND TO SAVE THE
DAY. HE ABSOLUTELY FATTENS IT UP WITH HIS TRADEMARK GROOVING TECH
SOUNDS AND A NICELY MOODY ATMOSPHERE. EXCELLENT. ADD TO THAT A
TWISTED, YET VERY FUNKY VERSION FROM KARLOFF'S DAPAYK AND YOU'VE
GOT A TASTY LITTLE EP (EXCEPT FOR THE ORIGINAL, OF COURSE). SOLID
STUFF.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37739">MOTIIVI:TU=
NTEMATON</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37739">1939</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37739">FREUNDINNEN=
</A>
- 12" (FREUNDINNEN)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NOW, THIS IS JUST A STRANGE RELEASE. YOU EXPECT A MORE =
DANCEFLOOR
SOUND FROM FREUNDINNEN, BUT THIS IS JUST PLAIN ODD. HEAVY, DARK,
DIRTY, AGGRESSIVE TECHNO-ISH TRACKS WHICH I FIND IT DIFFICULT
TO WORK OUT WHO THEY'RE GOING TO APPEAL TO. HAVE A LISTEN AND
MAYBE YOU CAN ENLIGHTEN ME?</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37769">PETER =
GRUMMICH</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37769">A =
ROBOTER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37769">SHITKATAPUL=
T</A>
- 12" (STRIKE60)
<BLOCKQUOTE> CRUNCHY, BASS-HEAVY, RUMBLING, EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRO FROM =
PETER
GRUMMICH WHICH SEES HIM GOING OFF ON A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TIP
TO THAT WE KNOW FROM HIS RELEASES ON KOMPAKT, SENDER AND SPECTRAL.
THE REMIX FROM JAY HAZE IS AN ABSOLUTE WINNER FOR ME, BEING SLIGHTLY
MORE APPROACHABLE, STRIPPED AND DANCEFLOOR FRIENDLY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37767">PHON.O</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37767">COMPACT =
5: PHON.O'S SHORTCUTS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37767">NORMOTON</A=
>
- LP (NORMOTON14)
<BLOCKQUOTE> PHON.O (SHITKATAPULT, CYTRAX) RETURNS TO PRODUCE ANOTHER =
ALBUM
OF LOCKED GROOVES FOR THIS LABEL. CRUNCHY, MINIMAL GLITCH TECHNO
LOOPS A PLENTY FOR ALL YOU FANS OF AKUFEN / BOXER SPORT / MBF
/ TRAPEZ / TRAUM / INSERT NAME OF RESPECTABLE CONTEMPORARY TECHNO
LABEL HERE. AN EXCELLENT DJ TOOL.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37734">REPAIR</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37734">CONVENIEN=
T ARRANGEMENTS</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37734">SUB =
STATIC</A>
- 12" (SUS_99)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TREAT THIS AS A TYPICAL SUB STATIC DANCEFLOOR =
FLOOR-FILLER AND
YOU'LL PROBABLY BE DISAPPOINTED. TREAT IT AS AN EXCEPTIONALLY
WELL PUT TOGETHER MINI ALBUM OF TECHNO, ELECTRO AND VOCAL TRACKS
WITH HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTION AND YOU'LL BE IN FOR A TREAT. TO
HEAR THEM DOING SONGS IS VERY INTERESTING AND IT WORKS REALLY
WELL. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CLUBBIER NUMBERS AS WELL, SO IN REALITY
IT'S A VARIED AND PLEASING BUNCH. NICE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37703">ROGER =
23</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37703">IN =
STRICT TEMPO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37703">PLAYHOUSE</=
A>
- 12" (PLAY112)
<BLOCKQUOTE> GOES QUITE WELL WITH THE NEW ANALORDS, THIS! THE A-SIDE =
IS A STRIPPED-DOWN,
TOTALLY UNCOMPLICATED PIECE OF DANCEFLOOR ELECTRO/TECHNO THAT'S
UPBEAT AND EFFECTIVE. STRANGENESS ABOUNDS ON SIDE TWO, HOWEVER
- HYPNOTIC, DREAMY, BORDERLINE EXPERIMENTAL DEEP HOUSE FOLLOWED
BY SOMETHING RESEMBLING A CHILLED-OUT DUB/GRIME TRACK (YES, WE
ARE PLAYING THIS AT THE RIGHT SPEED, BEFORE YOU ASK). ONE OF THE
MORE INTERESTING PLAYHOUSES OF RECENT, I'D SAY. RELEASED ON MONDAY
13TH JUNE BUT WE CAN SEND IT MAILORDER TO ARRIVE ON =
MONDAY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37758">RUDE =
66</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37758">BLACK =
SABBATH (THE THREE FACES OF FEAR)</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37758">CREME =
ORGANISATION</A>
- 12" (CR1220)
<BLOCKQUOTE> RUDE 66 WE KNOW FROM THEIR RELEASES ON BUNKER, AND THIS =
FIVE-TRACKER
CONTINUES NICELY FROM THOSE BUT (AS YOU'D EXPECT FROM THE TITLE)
THIS IS SHOWCASING THE DARKER END OF THE ELECTRO SPECTRUM. FOR
ALL YOU PROPER RETRO ELECTRO HEADS OUT THERE INTO THE WHOLE CLONE
/ CREME / BUNKER / VIEWLEXX SOUND.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37729">SECONDO</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37729">THE =
NIGHT V4</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37729">DRECK</A>
- 12" (DRK-09)
<BLOCKQUOTE> CUT-UP MASTER SECONDO DELIVERS ANOTHER KILLER GROOVE ON =
HIS WON
DRECK LABEL. IN MY OPINION IT KIND OF OUT-SOUND STREAMS SOUND
STREAM. FUNKY LICKS ALL EDITED TOGETHER WITH A TRULY DANCEFLOOR
GROOVE. IRRESISITABLY GOOD STUFF THAT'S DEFINITELY =
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37732">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37732">SEVEN-INC=
H COLLECTION VOL. 1</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37732">DJUNGLE =
FEVER</A>
- 12" (DJUNGLEFEVER2005.02)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AAH, THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF BLISTERING ACID AND POUNDING =
TECHNO!
IT SOUNDS LIKE THESE SIX TRACKS HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL
LIMITED 7" RELEASES AND THEN TWEAKED SLIGHTLY TO GIVE THEM A 2005
FACELIFT. SPRINGY ACID SOUNDS, BANGING BEATS... GREAT FUN ALL
ROUND AS LONG AS YOU DON'T TAKE IT TOO SERIOUSLY. NICE COLOURED
VINYL TOO.</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=3D37228">ALEX =
UNDER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37228">SORBERE =
CEREBROS EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37228">TRAPEZ</A>
- 12" (TRAPEZ051)
<BLOCKQUOTE> STRONG AND SOLID UP TO 'LA BICACLETAS' FROM ALEX UNDER. =
DEEP,
MINIMAL, YET VERY FUNKY TECHNO SOUNDS WITH A VERY PLAYABLE, MIXABLE
FEEL. VERY TRAPEZ, VERY GOOD. GO GET IT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37466">ALTER =
EGO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37466">BEAT THE =
BUSH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37466">KLANG</A>
- 12" (KLANG94)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 9000TH SINGLE (AND THAT INCLUDES 8998 REISSUES/REMIXES =
OF "ROCKER")
TAKEN FROM THE ALTER EGO ALBUM. REMIXES OF "BEAT THE BUSH" FROM
TIEFSCHWARZ (DEFINITELY THE HIGHLIGHT HERE) AND EWAN PEARSON,
WITH A REVAMP OF "TUBEACTION" BY RITON. TIME TO MOVE ON, ME =
THINKS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37620">AS =
ONE (KIRK DEGIORGIO)</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37620">ELEGANT =
SYSTEMS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37620">VERSATILE</=
A>
- LP (VERLP014)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I WASN'T REALLY SURE WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS ALBUM BUT =
I'M REALLY
RATHER IMPRESSED WITH IT. KIRK HAS MANAGED TO BLEND HIS CLASSIC
TECHNO SOUND WITH HIS MORE JAZZ ORIENTATED STUFF TO FINE EFFECT.
SOLID 4/4 RHYTHMS ABOUND THROUGHOUT AND COUPLED WITH AN ALMOST
IAN O'BRIEN-ESQUE KNACK OF GETTING DEEP CHORD PRGRESSIONS TOGETHER
YOU GET A MELODIC BUT VERY GROOVY SELECTION. ABSOLUTELY WORTH
A LISTEN, I'D SAY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37204">BANGKOK =
IMPACT</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37204">DO =
IT</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37204">CREME =
ORGANISATION</A>
- 12" (CR12-18)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BANG ON, THIS. SUPER-FINE ELECTRO / ITALO / DISCO FUN =
AND GAMES
FROM PROBABLY THE MOST CONSISTENTLY FUNKY ARTIST ON CREME. THREE
TRACKS TO GET YOUR TEETH INTO, EACH OF WHICH HAS A MASSIVELY =
DANCEFLOOR
FLAVA. KASSEN (FROM CREME ECLIPSE) DELIVERS A MORE STRIPPED DOWN,
MINIMALISTIC VERSION ON THE FLIP FOR THOSE WHO LIKE IT LOWDOWN!
QUALITY GEAR.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D35273">CAULFIELD<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D35273">SQUEEZE</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D35273">DIAT</A>
- 12" (DIAT3)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I LOVE THESE RECORDS THAT CAULFIELD AND JAMES DIN COME =
UP WITH.
DEEP, FUNKY, SIMPLE TECHNO AND HOUSE TRACKS WITH LOADS OF WARMTH
AND IRRESISTABLE GROOVES. THIS ONE DOES EXACTLY WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED
TO... WITH A GREAT DEAL OF STYLE. QUALITY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<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=3D37643">ELLEN =
ALLIEN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37643">THRILLS</=
A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37643">B =
PITCH CONTROL</A>
- 2xLP (BPC106LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ELLEN ALLIEN (MUCH LIKE ISOLEE, FOR EXAMPLE) IS ONE OF =
THOSE ACTS
CURRENTLY BEING NAMED-DROPPED BY ALL THOSE OF A SHOREDITCH/HOXTON
PERSUASION (WHICH IS ENOUGH TO PUT ANYONE OFF) BUT THERE'S NO
DENYING THIS HAS ITS OWN MERITS AND ENOUGH CHARM TO SEE OFF THE
DETRACTORS. QUIRKY, ROBOTIC ELECTRO MAYHEM THAT SHOULD WORK WONDER
ON THE FLOOR AND AT HOME ALIKE. CHECK.</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=3D37049">JAMES =
TAYLOR (AKA SWAYZAK)</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37049">JACKFLAP =
EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37049">LOGISTICS</=
A>
- 12" (LOG43)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I REALLY DO PREFER THIS NEW SWAYZAK MATERIAL (AS JAMES =
TAYLOR)
TO HIS RECENT K7 RELEASES (WHICH, ON THE WHOLE, DID LITTLE FOR
ME). THIS EP (AS DOES THE ALBUM) REALLY HARKS BACK TO THE EARLIER
STUFF AND AS SUCH HAS A WARMTH, DEPTH AND FUNK THAT MAKES IT =
GLISTEN.
BEAUTIFUL TECHNO THAT GETS BETTER WITH EACH LISTEN. =
WICKED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37545">PHIL =
QUENUM / ANDRES GARCIA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37545">SODIUM & =
PODIUM EP</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37545">TOYS =
FOR BOYS</A>
- 12" (TFBR03)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WICKED MINIMALISTIC TRACK FROM PHIL QUENUM WHICH HAS A =
DEFINITE
CADENZA VIBE TO THE SOUND. GRAINY, LOW-KEY GROOVES WITH SOME =
EXCELLENT
CUT UP SOUNDS AND MELLOW CHORD STABS. THE FLIP FROM ANDRES GARCIA
IS MORE FUNKED UP AND OVERTLY DANCEFLOOR (NOT THAT THE OTHER SIDE
ISN'T, OF COURSE). CHECK.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D29966">STINKWORX<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D29966">LOS =
GATOS LLOROS EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D29966">DELSIN</A>
- 12" (43DSR/STW2)
<BLOCKQUOTE> IT'S NOT MUCH OF A SECRET THAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE =
STINKWORX, SO
YOU'LL BE UNSURPRISED TO HEAR THAT I THINK THIS IS A BOMB EP.
FOUR TRACKS OF LOVELY TECHNO / DISCO / ELECTRO THAT COMES STRAIGHT
FROM THE HEART, VIA DETROIT, OF COURSE. LUSH CHORDS AND QUIRKY
PROGRAMMING GIVE IT A FUNKED UP FEEL WITH ENOUGH SHUFFLE AND GROOVE
TO MAKE EVEN THE COLDEST OF HEARTS WANT TO WIGGLE. IT COMPLETE
WITH A PUTSCH 79 MIX WHICH UPS THE ELECTRO BUT KEEPS THE WARMTH
INTACT. VERY, VERY, AND THRICE, VERY GOOD!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37467">TODD =
BODINE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37467">LIFE =
SIGNS EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37467">TRESOR</A>
- 12" (TRESOR210)
<BLOCKQUOTE> A RETURN TO FORM FROM TRESOR, IN AS MUCH AS THIS IS =
EXACTLY WHAT
CONTEMPORARY TECHNO (IN 2005) SHOULD BE SOUNDING LIKE. STARK,
PULSATING RHYTHMS, OFF-THE-WALL EFFECTS, WARM CHORDS AND SOLID
BEATS, DEMONSTRATED TO EQUALLY FINE FORM ON THE JOHN TEJADA REMIX
INCLUDED HERE. DEFINITELY ONE FOR FANS OF MORRIS AUDIO, VINTAGE
SUTEKH / CONTEXTERRIOR / VILLALOBOS ETC. =
QUALITY."C333333=8F3=8F</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D20863">TOM =
CHURCHILL VS. DENNIS DESANTIS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D20863">SPACES / =
LEISURE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D20863">HEADSPACE</=
A>
- 12" (HS011)
<BLOCKQUOTE> HEADSPACE ARE BACK AND NOT BEFORE TIME! AND WHAT A WAY =
TO KICK
IT OFF. FOUR OF THE MOST DELECTABLE SLICES OF HOUSE INFLUENCED
TECHNO. WARM STRINGS, FUNKY BEATS, LOVELY LITTLE TOUCHES OF MELODY,
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, ACRES OF GROOVE. EACH ARTIST TURNS IN A
MIX OF THE OTHERS TRACK AND THEY WORK TOGETHER LIKE A DREAM. AN
ESSENTIAL RELEASE!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33369">ULTRADYNE<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33369">CITIES =
OF RETRO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33369">BLACK =
LABEL</A>
- 12" (BLXXX)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FIRST LIMITED RELEASE FROM THE EXCELLENT BLACK LABEL =
IMPRINT COMES
FROM ULTRADYNE AND IS A SERIES OF FOUR TRACKS UNEARTHED FROM QUITE
A FEW YEARS BACK. ROCKING ELECTRO OF THE PUREST VARIETY WITH DETROIT
LED SOUNDS AND BEATS PLUS A HEAVY, UNDERGROUND FEEL ALL ROUND.
SOUNDS AS FRESH AS THE DAY AS IT WAS WRITTEN! =
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37393">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37393">ELEKTRONI=
SCHE MUSIK - INTERKONTINENTAL 4</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37393">TRAUM</A>
- 2xLP (TRAUMV59)
<BLOCKQUOTE> HUGELY IMPRESSIVE FOURTH INSTALLMENT OF THIS FIRMLY =
ESTABLISHED
SERIES THAT SEES THE LIKES OF OLIVER HACKE, PETER SCHUMANN, =
SWAT-SQUAD,
DOMINK EULBERG, JESSE SOMFAY, STEVE BARNES & RILEY REINHOLD, OFF
POP AND POPNEBO ALL DELIVERING SUPERBLY WICKED TECHNO TRACKS.
TAKE MY WORD FOR IT... THIS IS BRILLIANT STUFF AND COMES HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37465">VIRUS =
SYNDICATE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37465">THE WORK =
RELATED ILLNESS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37465">PLANET =
MU</A>
- 3xLP (ZIQ120LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SIX SIDES / ELEVEN TRACKS OF FULL-ON GRIME AND ALL ITS =
SUB-GENRES
WITH THIS R&B / HIP HOP GRIMY HYBRID. SHAME ABOUT ALL THE GUY
RITCHIE-ESQUE PSEUDO-GANGSTERISM ON THE ARTWORK, BUT MUSICALLY,
THIS IS WELL ON THE MONEY (TO COIN A PHRASE).</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=3D37675">CONVEXTION=
</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37675">CONVEXTIO=
N EP 2</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37675">DOWNLOW</A>=
- 12" (DL-VEXT2)
<BLOCKQUOTE> OH, MAN! WAS THIS EVER WORTH THE WAIT! IT'S SEEMED TO =
TAKE FOREVER
FOR THIS SECOND CONVEXTION RELEASE TO SURFACE ON DOWNLOW AND NOW
THAT IT HAS I CAN REPORT THAT IT'S AN ABSOLUTE BEAUTY! THE DEEPEST
ELECTRO / TECHNO WITH A SUBLIME DETROIT FEEL TO THE STRINGS AND
SOUNDS COUPLED WITH AN ALMOST DREXCIYA-ESQUE RHYTHM COLLECTION.
THINK B12, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CARL CRAIG OR LIKEMIND AND
YOU'RE THERE. WARM, LUSH AND CLEARLY DESTINED FOR GREAT THINGS...
YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST CHECK THIS OUT! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37692">K1</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37692">MACHINE =
SOUL EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37692">PUZZLEBOX</=
A>
- 12" (PBX-9)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS WEEKS ELECTRO BOMB COMES FROM KEITH TUCKER WITH =
THIS FURIOUSLY
GOOD THREE TRACK EP. TECHNICAL, FUTURISTIC ELECTRO WITH A SUPERBLY
MINIMAL FEEL THAT HAS ALL POWER TO MOVE PEOPLE ON THE FLOOR. =
FLIPSIDE
IS JUST AS AMAZING AND COMES COMPLETE WITH AN AWESOME REMIX FROM
MICROTHOL. SERIOUSLY GOOD S**T WHICH COMES HIGHLY =
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37690">SENTINEL, =
THE & MISS MEMORY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37690">ELECTRIC =
SHOCK EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37690">SOUTHERN =
OUTPOST</A>
- 12" (SO-009)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE SOUTHERN OUTPOST CREW PROVE ONCE AGAIN THAT THERE'S =
LIFE DOWN
UNDER. THREE SOLID ELECTRO TRACKS WITH CRISP SOUNDS, PHAT BASSLINES
AND DANCEFLOOR BEATS. KIND OF THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN U.R. AND
PUZZLEBOX. RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37691">VIDRIO</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37691">GLASS =
SLAVERY</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37691">PI =
GAO MOVEMENTS</A>
- 12" (PGM-006)
<BLOCKQUOTE> CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ULTRADYNE PEOPLE, =
THIS IS ONE
DARK BEAST OF A RECORD. FOUR TRACKS THAT SURF THE LINE BETWEEN
TECHNO, ELECTRO AND NOISE WITH A GREAT DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE. DON'T
EXPECT AN EASY RIDE, BUT FOR THE MORE ADVENTUROUS OF YOU OR IF
YOU JUST WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND PURE SOUNDING, THIS COULD
BE FOR YOU. SEETHINGLY EVIL STUFF.</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=3D36546">COBBLESTON=
E JAZZ</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36546">LIVE =
EP</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36546">IT =
IS WHAT IT IS</A>
- 12" (IIWII011)
<BLOCKQUOTE> COBBLESTONE JAZZ WILL I GUESS HAVE A LOT TO LIVE UP TO =
AFTER THE
STRING OF RELEASES FROM MATHEW JONSON. DON'T, WHATEVER YOU DO,
IGNORE THIS THOUGH AS IT'S A SPLENDID MIXTURE OF HYPNOTIC DETROIT
TECHNO MIXED WITH A SUBTLE JAZZY APPROACH TO THE CHORDS AND SOUNDS.
A SOLID AND VERY PLAYABLE EP THAT VERY MUCH DESERVES YOUR ATTENTION.
QUALITY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37422">JEFF =
MILLS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37422">SUSPENSE =
/ DRAMATIZED</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37422">AXIS</A>
- 12" (AX041)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I DON'T ACTUALLY RECOGNISE EITHER OF THESE TRACKS, BUT =
THEY DEFINITELY
USE THE SAME SOUNDS THAT HE USED FOR THE EARLY AXIS RELEASES -
MUCH MORE RAW AND STRIPPED BACK THAN HIS LATER WORK AND AIMED
AT THE MIDDLE OF THE DANCEFLOOR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. KIND
OF SCARY WHAT THIS MUSIC REMINDS ME OF - A MEMORY THAT IS SHORT
ON DETAIL BUT FULL OF FEELING IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37622">LOS =
HERMANOS</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37622">ON =
ANOTHER LEVEL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37622">SUBMERGE</A=
>
- 2xLP (SUBLP-3009)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SO, THE LONG AWAITED LOS HERMANOS ALBUM DROPS (I ALMOST =
PUT 'DROOPS'
BY MISTAKE THEN, BUT THAT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN FAIRLY =
APPROPRIATE)
AT LAST. WHAT YOU MAKE YOU MAKE OF IT IS GOING TO DEPEND ENTIRELY
ON HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THE UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE SOUND OF LATE.
IT REALLY HAS GOT SOME GOOD MOMENTS BUT IS PERHAPS LET DOWN A
WEE BIT TOO OFTEN BY SLIGHTLY UNDERWHELMING PRODUCTION. WHATEVER
I THINK IS IRRELEVANT AT THE END OF THE DAY, SO YOU'D BETTER CHECK
IT FOR YOURSELF AND MAKE UP YOUR OWN MINDS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37617">MATHEW =
JONSON</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37617">THE =
GEMINI EP</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37617">IT =
IS WHAT IT IS</A>
- 12" (IIWII012)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WELL, WELL. THIS ONE SLIPPED UNDER THE RADAR A BIT SO =
APOLOGIES
IF YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR US TO GET HOLD OF THIS. IT'S A NEW
IT IS WHAT IT IS, IT'S BY MATHEW JONSON AND, AS YOU'D PROBABLY
IMAGINE, IT'S REALLY RATHER GOOD. A PROPER TECHNO BUILDER IN HIS
UNIQUE STYLE THAT REFERENCES DETROIT AND ELECTRO IN EQUAL MEASURES
AND ADDS THE MAGIC JONSON TOUCH. ROCKING STUFF.</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=3D37677">AARDVARCK<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37677">CULT =
COPY PT 3</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37677">RUSHHOUR</A=
>
- 12" (RH-LTD005)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE ONE MAN RECORD RELEASING MACHINE THAT IS AARDVARCK =
TURNS OUT
YET ANOTHER STOMPING SLICE OF PURE CLASS. THE THIRD PART IN THE
CULT COPY SERIES IS FRESH, FUNKY AND DOWNRIGHT DANCEFLOOR ORIENTATED
WITH ITS HUGE, GAINED UP KICK DRUM, WARM DETROIT-ESQUE CHORDS
AND WICKED FILTERED SAMPLES. BASSLINE WISE, THIS ABSOLUTELY ROCKS
AND HAS A DECIDEDLY LOW END FEEL WITH A SLIGHT GARAGEY TWIST.
SERIOUSLY GOOD STUFF AND DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED. IN FACT, THYIS
MAY EVEN BE BETTER THAN CARL CRAIG'S REMIX ON PART 2!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37693">DRUNK, =
THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37693">PT. =
2</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37693">RONG =
PROMO</A>
- 12" (RPR55)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THOSE RONG BOYS SURE KNOW HOW TO PUT TOGETHER A CHEEKILY =
GOOD
EP OF SAUCY RE-EDITS. THIS ONE COMES WITH THREE RECOGNISABLE TRACKS
ON THE FUNK / DISCO TIP. THE A-SIDE IS GOING TO SLIP VERY HAPPILY
INTO YOUR HOUSE SET WHILST THE FLIP IS JUST DOWNRIGHT FUNKY. =
CHECK.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37618">HANNA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37618">METROPOLI=
TAN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37618">SOUND =
SIGNATURE</A>
- 12" (SS020)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WELL, YOU'VE ALL BEEN BANGING ON ABOUT HOW GOOD THIS NEW =
SOUND
SIGNATURE RECORD IS AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO BACK THAT UP
BY COMING AND BUYING IT! IT'S THE MOST OVERTLY SOULFUL AND VOCAL
RELEASE SO FAR FROM THEO PARRISH AND CO, BUT ON EACH LISTEN IT
SEEMS TO GROW IN STATURE. 'COTTAGE' IS A PARTICULARLY NICE TUNE
WITH LOVELY LEAD SOUNDS AND A SUBTLE USE OF HANNA'S VOCALS WHICH
IS VERY PLEASING TO THE EAR. GREAT QUALITY, DEEP HOUSE SOUNDS
WITH LUSH PRODUCTION... WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED?</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37679">NEWHSOUL</=
A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37679">I =
SMILE / SUGAR</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37679">HOUSE =
RULES</A>
- 12" (RULE2)
<BLOCKQUOTE> DELICIOUSLY DEEP AND VERY AUTHENTIC SOUNDING HOUSE CUTS =
ON THE
A-SIDE... VERY '87 VOCALS-WISE WITH A NICELY ANALOGUE BASSLINE.
THE FLIP HAS A MORE CONTEMPORARY, BROKEN BEAT FEEL, BUT OBVIOUSLY
IT'S AT HOUSE SPEED, SO IS EMINENTLY MIXABLE. VERY =
NICE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37699">UNKNOWN</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37699">UNDERDOG =
EDITS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37699">UNKNOWN</A>=
- CD (UDET001)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TWO VERY GROOVY FUNK / DISCO RE-EDITS HERE. AS YOU'D =
IMAGINE,
THEY'RE VERY FAMILIAR SOUNDING AND THE A-SIDE IN PARTICULAR IS
A TRACK THAT EVEN I KNOW! SOLID STUFF THAT'LL SLIP NEATLY INTO
MOST HOUSE MIXES.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"FalseTrue3">House (Restocks, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D21946">AARDVARCK<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D21946">CULT =
COPY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D21946">RUSHHOUR</A=
>
- 12" (RH-LTD001)
<BLOCKQUOTE> A NEW RUSHHOUR LIMITED RELEASE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO =
SAVOUR AND
AARDVARCK DOESN'T DISAPPOINT. TWO QUITE SUPERB TRACKS WHICH SIT
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HOUSE BUT WITH DELICIOUS ELECTRONIC TOUCHES.
FLOWING HOUSE GROOVES WITH SNIPPETS OF SAMPLES AND A STRONG, GROOVY,
DEEP FEEL. BRILLIANT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D31609">KID =
SUBLIME</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D31609">BASEMENT =
WORKS VOLUME 2</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D31609">JAHWELL</A>=
- 12" (RHJW002)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SECOND PART OF KID SUBLIMES BASEMENT WORKS SERIES =
FOLLOWS ON FROM
THE FIRST WITH A DEEPLY GOOD HOUSE CUT THAT'S PACKED FULL OF =
GORGEOUS
RHODES PIANO LICKS AND A LO-FI, DETROIT-ESQUE SOUND. THE FLIP
IS A GREAT HYBRID OF KOMPAKT STYLE SCHAFFEL BEATS AND A HOUSEY
OVERTONE. WICKED STUFF.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D31251">KID =
SUBLIME</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D31251">BASEMENT =
WORKS VOLUME 1</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D31251">JAHWELL</A>=
- 12" (RHJW001)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WICKED SLICE OF DEEP FUNKY HOUSE FROM THIS RUSHHOUR =
OFFSHOOT.
GROOVY STUFF WITH A SLOW, THEO PARRISH STYLE FEEL, SOME WONDERFUL
CHORDS AND LOVELY LITTLE VOCAL EDITS. THE FLIP TAKES A MORE BROKEN
BEAT / SOULFUL APPROACH TO FINE, FINE EFFECT. KILLER.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D21950">UNKNOWN</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D21950">TABULATOR=
</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D21950">MOXIE</A>
- 12" (MX001)
<BLOCKQUOTE> PRIMO THREE TRACKER FEATURING SOME OF THE FINEST =
RE-EDITS OF DISCO
TRACKS I'VE HEARD IN A WHILE. PHAT, FRESH, VERY DANCEFLOOR, THIS
IS HIGH CLASS GEAR. YOU'LL NEED TO ASK A CERTAIN OTHER MEMBER
OF STAFF EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE BECAUSE I'M NOT TOO SURE. WICKED,
THOUGH.</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=3D37684">DIMPLES =
D.</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37684">SUCKER =
D.J.'S</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37684">STREETWISE<=
/A>
- 12" (PT-101)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AAHH. WHAT A CLASSIC. DIMPLES D.'S WONDE4RFUL OLD SCHOOL =
HIP HOP
TRACK FROM '83 GETS A REISSUE. THREE MIXES INCLUDING AN ACAPELLA
FOR YOUR MONEY. TOP STUFF...........</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D8366">DJ =
BABU</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D8366">SUPERDUCKB=
REAKS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D8366">STONESTHROW<=
/A>
- LP (STH2004)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS IS (TO MY KNOWLEDGE) AROUND 8 OR 9 YEARS OLD NOW, =
BUT IT
IS STILL ONE OF THE BEST BATTLE BREAK LPS TO EVER BE RELEASED.
IF YOU MISSED OUT AT THE TIME (OR EVEN WHEN IT WAS REPRESSED A
COUPLE OF YEARS BACK), DON'T LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37764">DJ =
ROB</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37764">CARTOON =
BREAKS AND SOUND EFFECTS VOL. 2</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37764">YOSUMI</A>
- 2xLP (YSJ009LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ABSOLUTELY WICKED DOUBLE PACK OF DIALOGUE, STINGS, THEME =
TUNES
ETC FROM REN & STIMPY, TOM & JERRY, THE JETSONS, SPONGEBOB, THE
SIMPSONS, SOUTH PARK AND SO ON. THE 7.24 MINS WORTH OF FAMILY
GUY WENT DOWN A STORM HERE, I CAN TELL YOU!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37686">DJ =
SWAMP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37686">TONS OF =
TONES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37686">DECADENT</A=
>
- LP (DEC-037)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AN INVALUABLE TOOL HERE FROM DJ SWAMP. ANY BATTLING, =
SCRATCHING
DJ'S WILL FIND A WEALTH OF TONES HERE THAT ARE LOOPED UP AND READY
TO MIX. A STAGGERING ARRAY OF DIFFERENT BITS AND BOBS FOR YOU
TO GET YOUR TEETH INTO.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37762">FATLIP =
FEAT. CHALI 2NA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37762">TODAY'S =
YOUR DAY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37762">DELICIOUS =
VINYL</A>
- 12" (DV9021)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MORE UPFRONT BEATS AND RHYMES FROM DELICIOUS VINYL, BEST =
KNOWN
FOR ALL THOSE HIGHLY RESPECTED PHARCYDE RELEASES.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37687">HIGH =
& MIGHTY, THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37687">12TH =
MAN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37687">EASTERN =
CONFERENCE</A>
- 2xLP (ECLP1013)
<BLOCKQUOTE> CRACKING ALBUM FROM EASTERN CONFERENCE. THE HIGH & =
MIGHTY GET
HEAVY WITH SOME FRESH BEATS AND A SELECTION OF GUESTS INCLUDING
PRINCESS SUPERSTAR (!), TAME ONE, RUCK AKA SEAN PRICE AND REEF
THE LOST CAUSE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37683">J.V.C. =
FORCE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37683">INTRO 2 =
DANCE / IT'S A FORCE THING</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37683">IDLERS</A>
- 12" (WAR-082)
<BLOCKQUOTE> EXCELLENT REISSUE OF THIS TIMELESS CLASSIC FROM THE =
J.V.C. FORCE.
OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP VIBES ALL ROUND FOR THE HEADS. =
CHECK............</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37761">LMNO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37761">INDUSTRY =
REVIVAL</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37761">UP =
ABOVE</A>
- 12" (UA3091)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TASTY, SLIGHTLY OFF KILTER WEST COAST INDIE ACTION, AS =
PRODUCED
BY LD. SAY LO TO LMNO (SORRY, BUT I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE
TO SAY ABOUT THIS).</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37685">LORD =
SHAFIYQ, THE</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37685">MY =
MIC IS ON FIRE / KOOL KAT</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37685">UNKNOWN</A>=
- 12" (AZ-007)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ANOTHER OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP CLASSIC GETS A REISSUE. THIS =
TIME LORD
SHAFIYQ'S 'MY MIC IS ON FIRE' IS UP FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND ITS
BLEND OF '87 BEATS AND ATTITUDE STILL ROCKES IT TODAY. =
WICKED.............</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"FalseTrue4">Hip Hop (Restocks, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37115">MADVILLIAN=
</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37115">KOUSHIK =
REMIXES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37115">STONESTHROW=
</A>
- 12" (STH2102)
<BLOCKQUOTE> HAS HIP HOP FINALLY REACHED THE 21ST CENTURY? I ASK THAT =
BECAUSE
THESE TWO RECORDS (THIS AND THE SET OF FOURTET MIXES) HAVE TO
BE THE MOST EXCITING HIP HOP RECORDS I'VE HEARD IN AGES! KOUSHIK'S
BITS AND PIECES PRODUCTION STYLE REMINDS ONE OF DJ SHADOW ONLY
MUCH MORE LO-FI (CERTAINLY COMPARED TO THESE DAYS) - THINK ALSO
PREFUSE 73 AND SOME OF THE MUSH/ANTICON ARTISTS. PERSONALLY I
THINK THERE'S NOTHING TO CHOOSE QUALITY-WISE BETWEEN THIS AND
THE FOURTET EP (THERE'S 15 TRACKS ON THIS 12"!), SO YOU'RE JUST
GONNA HAVE TO GET BOTH!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D32586">PETE =
ROCK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D32586">SOUL =
SURVIVOR II - INSTRUMENTALS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D32586">BBE/RAPSTER=
</A>
- 2xLP (RR0032LPI)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AT LONG LONG LAST - HERE'S THE MUCH-NEEDED INSTRUMENTAL =
VERSION
OF THIS ALREADY CLASSIC LP. THE FIRST SOUL SURVIVOR WAS A =
MASTERPIECE
AND VOL 2 IS EQUAL TO THAT, BUT WITH A SLIGHTLY RAWER EDGE TO
THESE EARS. THE ALBUM IS MUSICALLY SUPERB - THE PRECISELY CRAFTED
BEATS REALLY SHOW THAT PETE ROCK IS ONE OF (IF NOT THE!) GREATEST
PRODUCERS THAT HIP HOP HAS SPAWNED. I KNOW THAT HE DOES NOT HAVE
THE PROFILE OF DRE, OR THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL OF THE NEPTUNES,
BUT IN THE TRADITION OF THE TURNTABLE AND THE SAMPLER, HE IS PRETTY
MUCH UNTOUCHABLE. ANYWAY, ENOUGH OF MY HERO WORSHIPPING, THIS
LP IS THE DON. NOW LISTEN AND ENJOY.....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36956">QUASIMOTO<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36956">THE =
FURTHER ADVENTURES OF LORD QUAS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36956">STONESTHROW=
</A>
- 2xLP (PIASX055DLP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> PLENTY OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT THIS MADLIB =
PRODUCED LP.
FEATURING MF DOOM (MADVILLIAN) AND M.E.D., THIS FOLLOW-UP TO "THE
UNSEEN" LOOKS LIKE DOING THE BUSINESS. A LARGE ONE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36836">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36836">ELECTRO =
1</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36836">STREET =
SOUNDS</A>
- LP (ELECST1LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NOT AN ENTIRELY LEGITIMATE REISSUE, ONE SUSPECTS, BUT =
ANY REISSUE
OF CLASSIC MATERIAL SUCH AS THIS IS BETTER THAN NONE AT ALL (AND
IN THIS INSTANCE, A GRAND JOB HAS BEEN DONE). STREET SOUNDS ELECTRO
1, THEN: THE PACKMAN, NEWCLEUS, WEST STREET MOB, C-BANK, K-9 CORP,
G-FORCE, PROJECT FUTURE AND CAPT. ROCK. AS GOOD A DOCUMENT OF
THE EARLY DAYS OF THIS GENRE AS IT'S POSSIBLE TO FIND.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"TrueTrue5">Eclectic Beats (New Releases, Vinyl)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37678">DJ =
GRINCH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37678">SOLIDO =
VOLUME ONE: NIGHTINGALE + CUBANO CHANT REMI</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37678">ESCAPISM</A=
>
- 12" (ESC003)
<BLOCKQUOTE> DJ GRINCH GETS HIS MITTS ON TWO CLASSICALLY GROOVY LATIN =
FUNK
/ JAZZ TRACKS BY DEE FELICE TRIO AND CAL TJADER AND TURNS THEM
INTO A PAIR OF STORMING NU-JAZZ CUTS WITH AMAZINGLY GROOVY BEATS,
A FULL RANGE OF JAZZINESS AND A NICE ATTENTION TO DETAIL. ON THE
FLIP HE PROVIDES A TRACK OF HIS OWN WHICH IS ANOTHER GREAT SLICE
OF CONTEMPORARY JAZZED UP BUSINESS. DON'T IGNORE THIS AS IT'S
REALLY VERY GOOD.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37676">KID =
SUBLIME</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37676">BASEMENT =
SOUL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37676">KINDRED =
SPIRITS</A>
- 2xLP (KS010LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> HUGELY IMPRESSIVE LONG PLAYER FROM REDNOSE DISTRIKT MAN, =
KID SUBLIME.
HERE HE DISPLAYS AN INCREDIBLE ATTENTION TO DETAIL WITH A SERIES
OF FUNKED-UP, DOWNBEAT TRACKS RANGING FROM BROKEN BEAT TO JAZZY
BEATS TO HIP HOP VIA SOME HOUSIER MOMENTS. NOT A DUFF MOMENT =
ANYWHERE
ON THIS ALBUM THAT'S PACKED FULL OF WARMTH AND SOUL. GUESTS INCLUDE
JNEIRO JAREL, LADY ALMA, MELODEE, AFROKOSMETICS AND MORE. =
SUPERB.</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=3D37704">ESMERINE</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37704">AURORA</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37704">MADRONA</A>=
- LP (MADA002LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 1) DOES IT CONTAIN MEMBERS OF GOTHSPEED? TICK! 2) IS IT =
EXTREMELY
MOURNFUL AND DEPRESSING? TICK! 3) ARE THE TRACKS ALL QUITE LONG
AND MEANDERING? TICK! 4) VIOLINS? TICK. PIANO? TICK. OCCASIONALLY
EPIC DRUMS? OH YEAH. 5) IS IT ON CONSTELLATION? ER, NO, ACTUALLY
BUT IT DOES HAVE A CARDBOARD GATEFOLD SLEEVE AND LOOK *EXACTLY*
LIKE A CONSTELLATION RELEASE! 6) ANY THREE MINUTE POP SONGS? CROSS!
7) WELL, IF IT'S NOT GYBE, FLY PAN AM, SILVER MT. ZION, 1 SPEED
BIKE, SACKVILLE, MOLASSES OR GIRLS ALOUD IT MUST BE... ESMERINE!
TICK, AND A GOLD STAR! REVIEW FOR THOSE IN A HURRY: IT'S A BIT
LIKE RACHELS, ONLY NOT QUITE AS GOOD. RELEASED ON MONDAY 13TH
JUNE BUT WE CAN SEND IT MAILORDER TO ARRIVE ON MONDAY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37673">GO-BETWEEN=
S, THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37673">OCEANS =
APART</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37673">YEP =
ROC</A>
- LP (YP2105LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MOST OF US WEREN'T EXPECTING MESSRS FORSTER AND MCLENNAN =
TO REFORM
THE GO-BETWEENS AND MAKE ONE GREAT ALBUM, LET ALONE THREE. =
BRISBANE'S
FINEST EXPORT RETURN FOR TEN MORE HEARTFELT WORKS OF LOW-KEY GENIUS
UP THAT ARE UP THERE WITH ALL THEIR EIGHTIES CLASSICS WITHOUT
A DOUBT. DELUXE 180GM VINYL BLAH BLAH BLAH.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36203">JOANNA =
NEWSOM</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36203">THE =
MILK-EYED MENDER</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36203">DRAG =
CITY</A>
- LP (DC263LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BACK IN STOCK AT LAST, MY PERSONAL FAVOURITE ALBUM OF =
2004. HOW
TO EXPLAIN THE MAGIC OF HARPIST / PIANIST / EXTRAORDINARY VOCALIST
JOANNA NEWSOM? ALL I CAN SAY IS YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM
- AND KEEP LISTENING TO IT. AT FIRST, IT ALMOST SEEMED TOO MUCH
BUT SOMETHING KEPT DRAWING ME BACK IN - MAYBE BECAUSE IT WAS QUITE
UNLIKE ANYTHING I'D EVER HEARD. AN ALBUM THAT THOROUGHLY DESERVES
THE HUGELY POSITIVE REACTION IT'S HAD THUS FAR, AND I FOR ONE
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT MS. NEWSOM DOES NEXT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37707">LORENZO =
FRAGIACOMO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37707">KIRBY / =
LITTLE POPPY FARMER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37707">LUCKY =
DOG</A>
- 7" (LUCKYDOG01)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS IS THE DEBUT RELEASE FROM A NEW LABEL SET UP BY =
TINDERSTICKS
FRONTMAN STUART STAPLES. EXACTLY WHO LORENZO IS WE'RE NOT SURE,
BUT THIS IS A CRACKING 7" OF MEXICAN / LATIN AMERICAN / SPANISH
GUITARS (AT LEAST ON THE A-SIDE) WITH SOME QUIRKY ORGAN, CHARMING
VOCALS (AT LEAST ON THE B-SIDE!) AND AN ALL-ROUND D.I.Y. AESTHETIC.
IT DOESN'T SOUND MUCH LIKE THE TINDERS, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY STILL
WORTH INVESTIGATING. RELEASED ON MONDAY 13TH JUNE BUT WE CAN SEND
IT MAILORDER TO ARRIVE ON MONDAY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37726">MAGIC =
NUMBERS, THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37726">THE =
MAGIC NUMBERS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37726">HEAVENLY</A=
>
- 2xLP + 7" (HVNLP53)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE MAGIC NUMBERS HAVE OBTAINED A SERIOUSLY LARGE =
FOLLOWING IN
A SOMEWHAT SHORT SPACE OF TIME, SO HERE'S HOPING THIS ALBUM GETS
THE SALES IT DESERVES. COMIN' ON KINDA LIKE A MAMAS & PAPAS OR
FREE DESIGN FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, THEIR DEBUT LP IS A GORGEOUS,
RELAXED, STRAIGHTFORWARD SET OF SONGS GUARANTEED TO WARM THE HEART.
HEAVYWEIGHT DOUBLE VINYL PLUS A BONUS 7", IN A THICK GATEFOLD
SLEEVE - VERY NICE....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37708">PATRICK =
WOLF</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37708">WIND IN =
THE WIRES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37708">TOMLAB</A>
- 7" (TOM48S)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SECOND SINGLE FROM MR. WOLF'S MUCH APPLAUDED CURRENT LP. =
THINK
MARC ALMOND, STRANGELOVE, MARIANNE FAITHFUL. CURIOUSLY, THE B-SIDE
IS PURE, UNDILUTED MOURNFUL STRINGS FOR FIVE MINUTES A LA =
CONSTELLATION.
GOOD WORK. RELEASED ON MONDAY 13TH JUNE BUT WE CAN SEND IT MAILORDER
TO ARRIVE ON MONDAY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37674">WALKMEN, =
THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37674">BOWS & =
ARROWS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37674">RECORD =
COLLECTION</A>
- LP (RCT48680)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 2004 ALBUM THAT RECEIVED NUMEROUS ACCOLADES. THE WALKMEN =
(TO THESE
EARS) SOUND VERY MUCH LIKE THE MID-GROUND BETWEEN INTERPOL AND
THE STROKES (A BIT NEW YORK, A BIT SHOEGAZY). GOOD STUFF THAT
ROCKS OUT JUST THE WAY WE LIKE IT - INVESTIGATE.</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=3D36212">BECK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36212">GHETTOCHI=
P MALFUNCTION (HELL YES)</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36212">INTERSCOPE<=
/A>
- 12" (415611)
<BLOCKQUOTE> CRACKING NEW EP FROM BECK. A SET OF REMIXES (PRESUMABLY =
FROM THE
NEW LP) THAT SEE HIM UNDERTAKE A RETURN TO THE FORM OF "MIDNIGHT
VULTURES". MIXES BY 8-BIT AND PAZA (THE X-DUMP - THESE ARE VERY
C64 SID CHIP!) THAT ARE NOT ONLY HIGHLY INFECTIOUS BUT MAKE A
MOCKERY OF 99% OF ELECTRO POP THAT COMES THRU THESE =
DOORS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36732">CARIBOU =
(FORMERLY MANITOBA)</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36732">THE MILK =
OF HUMAN KINDNESS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36732">LEAF</A>
- LP (BAY42V)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ONE OF THOSE RECORDS THAT YOU JUST KNOW IS GONNA GO DOWN =
VERY
NICELY INDEED. DAN SNAITH'S NEW LP IS THE PERFECT PROGRESSION
FROM "UP IN FLAMES" - THE SONGS, OFTEN IN SEVERAL PARTS, FLOW
WONDERFULLY. HE'S CLEARLY IN AWE OF THE WHOLE SHOEGAZING THING,
BUT HE'S DEFINITELY STAMPING HIS OWN TAKE ON THE GENRE. RECOMMENDED
INDEED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D19855">EGG</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D19855">THE =
POLITE FORCE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D19855">DERAM</A>
- CD (POCD1844)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS HAS TO BE SOME OF THE MOST COMPLEX MUSIC RECORDED. =
ON THE
FACE OF IT IT DOES NOT SOUND SO, BUT THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE =
CONFIDENCE
AND EXTREME PLAYING ABILITY OF THE MUSICIANS, ALL OF WHOM ARE
LINKED WITH THE CANTERBURY SCENE. JAZZ ROCK OF THE HIGHEST ORDER
WITH SOME VERY TRICKY TIME SIGNATURES AND CHANGES. BEAUTIFUL =
MUSIC!!!!!!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37096">ELECTRELAN=
E</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37096">AXES</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37096">TOO =
PURE</A>
- 2xLP (PURE162LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I ENDED UP LOVING ELECTRELANE'S LAST ALBUM, DESPITE NOT =
BEING
TOO SURE (GET IT?) AT FIRST, AND I THINK I'M GONNA END UP FEELING
THE SAME WAY ABOUT "AXES". IT'S A LOT TO TAKE IN AT FIRST, THEIR
SOUND HAVING PROGRESSED SEVERAL STAGES ONCE AGAIN. PRODUCED /
ENGINEERED BY STEVE ALBINI AND SEQUENCED (WITHOUT ANY NOTICABLE
GAPS BETWEEN TRACKS) TO BE LISTENED TO AS ONE LONG PIECE (SO I'M
INFORMED), THIS IS THE SOUND OF A BAND REALLY GETTING INTO GEAR,
FULLY CONFIDENT AND UTTERLY COMFORTABLE IN THEIR OWN SKIN. DO
NOT MISS OUT. RELEASED MONDAY 9TH MAY ALTHOUGH WE CAN SEND IT
MAILORDER TO ARRIVE ON MONDAY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36841">ELLEN =
MCILWAINE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36841">HONKY =
TONK ANGEL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36841">POLYDOR</A>=
- LP (POL5021)
<BLOCKQUOTE> HERE'S A RECORD OUR GEORGE WILL BE VERY PLEASED HAS MADE =
AN APPEARANCE
AT SMALLFISH - BUT WILL HE BE DEMURE ABOUT IT? I'LL TELL YOU NEXT
WEEK. ENERGETIC FOLKY FUNK ROCK (WELL, I THOUGHT SO), TOO DAMN
GROOVY TO BE FOLK, TOO MUCH STRUMMING TO BE FUNK! HAS TO BE =
HEARD....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33740">ELLIOTT =
SMITH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33740">FROM A =
BASEMENT ON THE HILL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33740">DOMINO</A>
- 2xLP (WIGLP147)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WELL, IT'S WITH A SOMEWHAT HEAVY HEART I WRITE THIS =
DESCRIPTION
BUT WHAT MATTERS IS THE MUSIC, AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE ANGLE
DOMINO AND ELLIOTT'S ESTATE ARE TAKING (THERE'S NO MENTION OF
HIS SAD DEATH LAST YEAR IN THE SLEEVENOTES - JUST LYRICS - AND
ALL IN ALL, YOU HAVE TO SAY THIS RELEASE HAS BEEN HANDLED WITH
MUCH SENSITIVITY AND INTELLIGENCE). THE HEAVIER TRACKS ON HERE
CERTAINLY HAVE A MORE RAW SOUND THAN "FIGURE 8", FOR EXAMPLE,
BUT THE MORE ACOUSTIC, INTROVERTED TRACKS ARE PURE, TRADEMARK
ELLIOTT SMITH. WHAT MORE CAN ONE SAY, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL RECORD
AND THERE ARE SOME REAL LUMP IN THROAT MOMENTS, BUT THEN WASN'T
THAT ALWAYS THE CASE? A FITTING TRIBUTE TO AN ARTIST WHO WILL
BE MASSIVELY MISSED AND HUGELY REVERED IN YEARS TO =
COME.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37258">JOHN =
FAHEY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37258">SELECTION=
S BY JOHN FAHEY & BLIND JOE DEATH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37258">TAKOMA</A>
- LP (4447H)
<BLOCKQUOTE> OH YES. THIS IS LOVELY 180GM AUDIOPHILE REPRESSING OF =
WHAT'S GENERALLY
REGARDED AS ONE OF JOHN FAHEY'S VERY FINEST LP'S (AND HE CERTAINLY
MADE A FEW OF THOSE IN HIS TIME). ABSOLUTELY KNOCKOUT STUFF TO
THIS DAY, AND AN ESSENTIAL PURCHASE TO, WELL, ANYONE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37195">SHELLAC / =
MULE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37195">THE =
RAMBLER SONG / BEAUTEOUS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37195">TOUCH & =
GO</A>
- 7" (TG171)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BACK IN PRINT! ONE OF THOSE RECORDS THAT STILL NOT EVERY =
SHELLAC
FAN (OBSESSIVE AS THEY ARE) OWNS. AGAIN, YOU WON'T FIND THE =
BROODING,
ACOUSTIC "RAMBLER SONG" ANYWHERE ELSE. THE SADLY FORGOTTEN MULE
PUT IN A DECENT TRACK ON THIS SPLIT 7", TOO. A GOTTA-HAVE, =
REALLY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37249">SMOG</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37249">JULIUS =
CAESAR</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37249">DRAG =
CITY</A>
- LP (DC31LP)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ONE OF SEVERAL U.S. VINYL REPRESSES THIS WEEK TO WET OUR =
APPETITES
FOR THE FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUM. ONE OF BILL'S EARLIER RELEASES
AND ONE THAT'S GENERALLY SEEN AS A BIT OF TURNING POINT IN HIS
CAREER. CHECK THIS OUT IF YOU WANNA HEAR WHERE GRAHAM COXON STOLE
ALL HIS IDEAS FROM FOR HIS EARLY SOLO ALBUMS!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37323">STEPHEN =
MALKMUS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37323">FACE THE =
TRUTH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37323">DOMINO</A>
- LP (WIGLP156)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS, HIS THIRD SOLO ALBUM, HAS JUST CONFUSED THE HELL =
OUT OF
ME ON FIRST LISTEN! WITHOUT A DOUBT ALREADY BETTER THAN THE FLAKY
"PIG LIB", THIS SOUNDS SO UNLIKE PAVEMENT (OR, INDEED, ANY OF
MR. MALKMUS'S PREVIOUS SOLO OUTINGS) IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT TO
MAKE OF IT AT FIRST. CHOCK FULL OF IDEAS, IT'S ACTUALLY RATHER
REMINISCENT OF BECK. OH, JUST TO CONTRADICT WHAT I'M SAYING, HERE'S
A BIT THAT SOUNDS LIKE PAVEMENT! GOOD CALL. RETURN TO FORM BY
THE SOUNDS OF IT, THEN!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37648">TODD</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37648">VVITCH =
EP</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37648">RIOT =
SEASON</A>
- 7" (REPOSE704)
<BLOCKQUOTE> EASILY THE BEST TODD RECORD I'VE HEARD TO DATE. AN =
ABSOLUTELY
FEROCIOUS, FORMIDABLY HEAVY (PRESUMABLY LIMITED) FOUR-TRACK 7"
THAT SOUNDS NOT UNLIKE MERZBOW, NOXAGT, EARTH AND V/VM HAVING
A RATHER BLOODY FIGHT TO THE DEATH. THOROUGHLY HELLISH, THOROUGHLY
ENJOYABLE. PROPS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D3330">WILL =
OLDHAM</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D3330">ODE =
MUSIC</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D3330">DRAG =
CITY</A>
- LP (DC183)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FINALLY REPRESSED! GORGEOUS, INSTRUMENTAL MINIMAL =
COUNTRY TINGED
SOUNDTRACK (TO WHICH FILM, I FORGET) ODES FROM THE MAN OTHERWISE
KNOWN AS PALACE, PALACE BROTHERS AND BONNIE PRINCE BILLY.... HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED.</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=3D20842">DOROTHY =
ASHBY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D20842">THE =
RUBAIYAT OF.... ......</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D20842">CADET</A>
- LP (CAD841)
<BLOCKQUOTE> DOROTHYS SECOND STUNNING LP ON CADET. DEEP AND FUNKY =
JAZZ FULL
OF MYSTIQUE AND SPIRITUALISM. DOROTHY PLAYS FLUTE, HARP, KALIMBA,
KOTO AND MANY OTHER EXOTIC EASTERN INSTRUMENTS. BEAUTIFUL LP,
SHOULD BE IN EVERYONES HOUSEHOLD....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36951">TRAVIS =
BIGGS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36951">CHALLENGE=
</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36951">SOUL =
JAZZ</A>
- LP (USLP28)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDING MADE BY TRAVIS BIGGS, =
ORIGINALLY RELEASED
ON A TINY INDEPENDENT DETROIT LABEL IN 1976. CLASSIC SOUL / BOOGIE
/ JAZZ WITH COVERS OF STEVIE WONDER'S "I WISH" AND "FLY LIKE AN
EAGLE". TRAVIS WAS BEST KNOWN AS THE MUSICAL DIRECTOR AT MOTOWN
FOR THE SUPREMES AS WELL AS A SESSION MUSICIAN FOR ISAAC HAYES
AND HAMILTON BOHANNON. ONE OF THREE EXCELLENT SOUL JAZZ RELEASES
THAT COINCIDE WITH THEIR "NEW THING - THE STORY OF DEEP JAZZ IN
THE USA" ALBUM.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37339">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37339">BREAK =
BEATS VOL.4</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37339">UNKNOWN</A>=
- 7" (BBVOL4)
<BLOCKQUOTE> CHEEKY LITTLE TWO TRACKER IN THIS SERIES THAT'S NEW TO =
ME. YOU'LL
KNOW THE TRACKS STRAIGHT AWAY AND YOU'RE SURE TO RECOGNIZE THE
BREAKS ON THESE TWO CLASSIC FUNK TRACKS. GREAT FUN.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37338">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37338">BREAK =
BEATS VOL.9</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37338">UNKNOWN</A>=
- 7" (BBVOL9)
<BLOCKQUOTE> CHEEKY LITTLE TWO TRACKER IN THIS SERIES THAT'S NEW TO =
ME. YOU'LL
KNOW THE TRACKS STRAIGHT AWAY AND YOU'RE SURE TO RECOGNIZE THE
BREAKS ON THESE TWO CLASSIC FUNK TRACKS. GREAT FUN.</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=3D37682">BOC =
SCADET</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37682">VESSEL =
IN JUNE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37682">CLICKCLICKD=
RONE</A>
- CD (CLICK09)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ONCE AGAIN CLICKCLICKDRONE HAVE PRODUCED A LITTLE =
SPARKLING GEM
IN THE CURRENT WILDERNESS OF MELODIC UK ELECTRONICA. LABEL OWNER
BOC SCADET PROVIDES ELEVEN SUBLIMELY, SOOTHINGLY EXCELLENT =
ELECTRONICA
CUTS WITH A BEAUTIFULLY DELICATE FEEL. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT
HAS A SLIGHTLY DEEPER, MORE ABSTRACT FEEL AT TIMES THAN SOME OF
THE PREVIOUS RELEASES, BUT THIS ONLY SERVES TO HEIGHTEN THE PLEASURE
INVOLVED WITH DRIFTING ALONG ON A WAVE OF TEXTURALLY WONDERFUL
MUSIC. RHYTHMICALLY TIGHT AND JUST GENERALLY ACE... THIS ONE COMES
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37766">BUS =
FEAT. MC SOOM-T</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37766">FEELIN' =
DANK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37766">SCAPE</A>
- CD (SC28CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NEW ALBUM OF DEEP, GLITCHY DUB HOP AGAIN FEATURING MC =
SOOM-T ON
VOCALS. ONE FOR FANS OF POLE'S LAST ALBUM, CYNE, MUSH, MERCK,
OR MAYBE EVEN SOME OF THE GRIME RELEASES ON PLANET MU AND/OR =
REPHLEX.
PAUL PM (WHO I REMEMBER FROM WORDSOUND) ALSO MAKES A COUPLE OF
GUEST APPEARANCES.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37715">CINQ</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37715">SKETCH</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37715">NOBLE</A>
- CD (CXCA-1094)
<BLOCKQUOTE> DEEPLY WARM AND BEAUTIFUL TRACKS OF A GUITARY NATURE. =
COUPLED
WITH SOME DELICIOUSLY STRANGE MOMENTS OF ELECTRONICA YOU END UP
WITH AN ENGAGING BLEND OF MOSTLY INSTRUMENTAL TRACKS WITH SOME
GREAT CRUNCHY BEATS. LILTING GUITAR LICKS, GENTLE PROCESSING AND
A STUNNING SENSE OF MELODY ARE ALL HALLMARKS OF THIS FABULOUS
RELEASE. RECOMMENDED WITHOUT HESITATION.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37714">CINQ</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37714">DAY =
OFF</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37714">NOBLE</A>
- CD (CXCA-1157)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THESE NOBLE CD'S REALLY ARE WONDERUL. SUCH A BEAUTIFULLY =
GENTLE,
WARM AND SUMMERY SOUND. MIXING UP GUITARS AND OTHER ORGANIC =
INSTRUMENTATION
WITH A GENTLE ELECTRONIC FEEL AND ADDING IN A SPOT OF STATE RIVER
WIDENING STYLE POST-ROCKYNESS THAT'S IRRESISTABLE. DELECTABLY
DEEP AND THOROUGHLY GORGEOUS ALL ROUND. NOT A DUFFER IN SIGHT,
AND THAT'S THE TRUTH.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37723">DAMON =
AARON</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37723">BALLAST</=
A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37723">PLUG =
RESEARCH</A>
- CD (PLG63CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS MAN HAS BEEN A COLLABORATOR WITH THE CHICAGO AND =
SAN FRANCISCO
CREWS FOR A LONG TIME, SO IT'S SURPRISING TO SEE THAT IT'S TAKEN
SO LONG FOR THIS FULL ALUM TO COME OUT. IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT
THOUGH AND, IN MY OPINION, THIS COULD WELL BE DESTINED FOR BIG
THINGS. MIXING UP SINGER/SONGWRITER, GUITAR BASED ELEMENTS WITH
A DOWNBEAT, FUNKED-UP HIP HOP SOUND YOU GET A WONDERFULLY DEEP
HYBRID THAT GETS BETTER WITH EACH LISTEN (AND, BELIEVE ME, I'VE
LISTENED TO IT QUITE A FEW TIMES). IT DEFINITELY HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO CROSS OVER INTO A SLIGHTLY MORE MAINSTREAM AUDIENCE, ALTHOUGH
POSSIBLY NOT QUITE AS COMMERICAL AS MIA DOI TODD. ANYWAY, IT'S
GREAT AND YOU SHOULD GIVE IT A LISTEN.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37711">EISI</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37711">AWAAWA</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37711">NOBLE</A>
- CD (CXCA-1145)
<BLOCKQUOTE> EISI'S BRAND OF HEARTFELT, MELODIC SINGER/SONGWRITER =
MUSIC IS
REALLY RATHER BEAUTIFUL. THERE'S SOMETHING GENUINELY HONEST ABOUT
HER VOCALS WHICH DON'T SEEM TO BE TREATED IN A NY AT ALL AND HAVE
A SOOTHING, DREAMY QUALITY TO THEM. MUSICALLY IT'S GENTLE AND
LILTING AND VERY MUCH ONE FOR FANS OF FOLK AND AMERICANA, ALBEIT
WITH A JAPANESE TWIST. GREAT LABEL, NOBLE... DEFINITELY WORTH
CHECKING OUT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37718">LALI =
PUNA</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37718">I =
THOUGHT I WAS OVER THAT - RARE, REMIXED AND B-SI</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37718">MORR =
MUSIC</A>
- CD (MORR056CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NICELY DOUBLE CD PACKAGE OF LOTS OF GREAT LALI PUNA =
B-SIDES, RARITIES
AND REMIXES. NINETEEN TRACKS TO GET YOUR TEETH INTO AND PLENTY
OF NICE TRACKS THAT RANGE FROM THEIR OWN VERSIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE
TO OTHER ARTISTS REMIXING THEM. TO ROCOCO ROT, BOMB THE BASS,
ALIAS, TWO LONE SWORDSMEN, BOOM BIP, FLOWCHART AND SIXTOO ARE
JUST SOME OF THE ARTISTS ON HERE AND IF YOU ADD THAT TO THE RARITIES
THAT ARE ALSO INCLUDED YOU'VE GOT A GREAT PACKAGE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37736">MINOTAUR =
SHOCK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37736">MARITIME<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37736">4AD</A>
- CD (CAD2511CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TO BE HONEST, I WASN'T REALLY TOO SURE ABOUT THE RECENT =
12" AND
NEITHER WERE YOU JUDGING BY ITS RATHER DISMAL SALES, BUT TRUST
ME, THE ALBUM WORKS A LOT BETTER, GENERALLY BEING MORE DIVERSE,
CHALLENGING AND CAPTIVATING. IT'S NOT JUST FOLKTRONICA - THERE
ARE SOME LOVELY, MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD ELECTRONIC TUNES ON HERE
AND A REAL ATTEMPT TO PUSH THE WHOLE SOUND ON A NOTCH. FOR THOSE
OF YOU INTO PEDRO/MELODIC, LEAF ETC THIS IS SURELY A =
MUST.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37713">NATSUME</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37713">MARAKESHI=
NO HANA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37713">NOBLE</A>
- CD (CXCA-1126)
<BLOCKQUOTE> POSSIBLY THE MOST TRADITIONAL SOUNDING RELEASE ON NOBLE =
COMES
FROM NATSUME. A MORE ACCESSIBLE, SONGY SOUND WITH A PSYCHEDELIC
INFLUENCE AND SPLENDIDLY BUILDING MOMENTS. STILL PRETTY FOLKY
AT TIMES AND FEATURING THE HALLMARK ELECTRONIC TWISTS THAT NOBLE
SEEM HAVE AS THEIR SIGNATURE. INTERESTING STUFF THAT YOU SHOULD
DEFINITELY CHECK OUT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37712">SUOMI</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37712">GUTEVOLK<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37712">NOBLE</A>
- CD (CXCA-1140)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SUOMI IS FINNISH FOR FINLAND. JUST THOUGHT I'D POINT =
THAT OUT
FOR YOU IN CASE YOU WEREN'T AWARE OF IT. THIS, HOWEVER, HAILS
FROM JAPAN'S NOBLE LABEL WHICH IS, AS YOU MAY HAVE GATHERED FROM
MY ENTHUSIASTIC RANTING, IS A LABEL THAT I RATHER LIKE. SUOMI
BLEND EASY LISTENING, POST-ROCK, TRADITIONAL SINGER/SONGWRITER
SOUNDS AND A VERY BRITISH SOUNDING JAZZY FEEL TO AMAZING EFFECT.
DEEP, BEAUTIFULLY MELODIC AND VERY ENGAGING, IT SOUNDS LIKE AN
OLD SOUNDTRACK ALBUM AT TIMES WITH ITS RETRO FEEL. GORGEOUS, LOVELY
AND HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37709">TAYLOR =
DEUPREE + EISI</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37709">EVERY =
STILL DAY</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37709">NOBLE</A>
- CD (CXCA-1164)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ANOTHER STRING TO TAYLOR DEUPREE'S BOW HERE WITH THIS =
SUBLIME
PIECE OF WORK FOR JAPANESE LABEL, NOBLE. MATCHING UP HIS CONSUMATE
SKILL WITH ELECTRONICS TO A CLEAR EAR FOR GUITARS WITH EISI'S
LOVELY, HONEST VOCAL STYLE YOU GET A DELICIOUSLY WARM ALBUM OF
THOUGHTFULLY PUT TOGETHER SONGS AND EMOTIONAL LYRICS. I'VE BEEN
WANTING TO GET THIS LABEL FOR AGES AND THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO
START. RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37716">TENNIS =
COATS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37716">THE =
ENDING THEME</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37716">NOBLE</A>
- CD (CXCA-1096)
<BLOCKQUOTE> LOVELY STUFF FROM TENNIS COATS. A BLEND OF FOLKY SOUNDS =
AND A
MORE POST-ROCKY APPROACH TO THE ARRANGEMENTS COUPLED WITH DELIGHTFUL
FEMALE VOCALS. VERY MATURE SOUNDING, VERY GENTLE AND BEAUTIFUL
AND ABSOLUTELY ONE TO HAVE A GOOD THOROUGH LISTEN TO IF YOU'RE
INTO GUITAR MUSIC WITH A DELICATE HINT OF ELECTRONICS OCCASIONALLY.
SPLENDID.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37724">VARIOUS</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37724">SONAR =
2005</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37724">SONAR =
MUSIC</A>
- 2xCD (SM011-DCD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AN ALL-STAR LINE UP FOR THIS YEAR'S SONAR COLLECTION =
INCLUDES
THE DURUTTI COLUMN, JAMIE LIDELL, SUBTLE, HOOD, M.I.A., MARK ONE,
THE SOFT PINK TRUTH, JORIS VOORN, F.S. BLUMM, HOT CHIP, MOCKY,
DE LA SOUL, ADA, ATOM HEART, LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, SOULWAX, KHONNER
AND LOADS MORE. NEED I GO ON? DOUBLE CD PRESSURE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37717">WORLD'S =
END GIRLFRIEND</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37717">THE LIVE =
LAY LAND</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37717">NOBLE</A>
- CD (CXCA-1160)
<BLOCKQUOTE> MORE WORLD'S END GIRFRIEND GOODNESS HERE WITH A 10 TRACK =
ALBUM
OF HIS UNIQUE SOUNDS. WHILE HE KEEPS HIS EPIC, BUILDING TRACKS
FIRMLY IN THE PICTURE, THERE'S A CONSIDERABLY MORE TEXTURAL SOUND
TO SOME OF THE WORK AND THE BEATLESS PIECES ARE REALLY QUITE =
BRILLIANT.
DENSE AND LAYERED AND FEATURING SOME AWESOME STRING WORK AND =
BLISTERING
NOISE ATTACKS, THIS BEARS REPEATED LISTENING TO FULLY GET THE
BENEFIT OF HIS SKILLS. SUPERB, THEN AND DEFINITELY =
RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37710">WORLD'S =
END GIRLFRIEND</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37710">DREAM'S =
END COME TRUE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37710">NOBLE</A>
- CD (CXCA-1118)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WE LOVE WORLD'S END GIRLFRIEND. THEY'RE GREAT. THE ALBUM =
ON THIRD
EAR WAS A BIT OF A SELLER AT SMALLFISH, SO IT'S VERY PLEASING
TO GET HOLD OF SOME MATERIAL WE'VE NOT HAD BEFORE. THIS DOES EXACTLY
WHAT YOU'D EXPECT IT DO... I.E. IT BUILDS UP FROM SOME OF THE
MOST LUSH GUITAR AND ELECTRONIC SOUNDS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME
UNTIL IT'S A FRENZY OF MASHED UP BREAKS AND BEATS AND WONDERFULLY
DENSE SOUNDS. ALWAYS STAYS STRANGELY MELODIC, MIND YOU, AND IS
AN INCREDIBLY INTRIGUING BLEND OF STYLES. THIS ONE MAN SHOW IS
AWESOME AND I SERIOUSLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU CHECK OUT HIS UNIQUE
STYLE.</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=3D37348">BENGE</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37348">I =
AM 9</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37348">EXPANDING</=
A>
- CD (ECD20:04)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BENGE APPEARS TO HAVE BECOME OBSESSED WITH CARS ON THIS =
RELEASE.
FROM THE MODEL KIT LAMBORGHINI ON THE COVER TO THE TRACK TITLES
SUCH AS 'JENSEN' AND 'SCIMITAR' THERE'S AN AUTOMOTIVE THEME =
THROUGHOUT.
THE MUSIC, HOWEVER, IS AS FAR REMOVED FROM THE IDEA OF BOYRACERS
AS IT'S POSSIBLE TO BE. DEEP, MELODIC, BEAUTIFULLY GENTLE =
ELECTRONICA
WHICH HAS BEEN CRAFTED WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL ATTENTION TO DETAIL.
CLEARLY A LABOUR OF LOVE, AND ONE THAT YOU WILL PROBABLY ADORE
AS WELL. AS EVER, A QUALITY RELEASE FROM EXPANDING.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D2501">BOARDS OF =
CANADA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D2501">HIGH =
SCORES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D2501">SKAM</A>
- CDS (SKA008CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> CLASSIC DEBUT SINGLE. A LITTLE LESS SUBTLE THAN THE LP =
PERHAPS,
BUT AMAZING NONETHELESS... A MUST BUY...</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34616">BOLA</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34616">GNAYSE</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34616">SKAM</A>
- CD (SKALD015)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AT LONG LAST THE THIRD BOLA ALBUM LANDS UPON THE DREAMY =
SHORES
OF MOUNT SMALLFISH. THIS MARKS MORE OF AN EVOLUTION THAN A =
REVOLUTION
IN HIS SOUND BUT MANAGES TO REMAIN A DELECTABLE SLICE OF =
CONTEMPORARY
ELECTRONICA PAR EXCELLENCE. HARKING BACK TO THE DAYS OF EARLY
AUTECHRE, MID PERIOD BLACK DOG AND HIS OWN UNIQUE BOLA SOUND,
DARRELL CONSTRUCTS INTRICATE SOUNDSCAPES OF QUITE BEAUTIFUL NOISE
COMPLETE WITH LUSH SOUNDS AND MELODIC TOUCHES ALONGSIDE A VARIED
ARRAY OF RHYTHMIC PROGRAMMING. YOU MAY WELL HAVE GUESSED THAT
I RATHER LIKE IT. RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D33949">EFTERKLANG=
</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D33949">TRIPPER</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D33949">LEAF</A>
- CD (BAY40CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> EFTERKLANG ARE A TEN-PIECE DANISH OUTFIT, FEATURING =
STRINGS (THE
PLAYERS BORROWED FROM SIGUR ROS!), BRASS, PIANO, PERCUSSION, =
ELECTRONICS
AND A CHOIR FROM GREENLAND. INTIMATE, YET IN A STRANGE WAY EPIC
MUSIC WITH A REAL SCANDINAVIAN FEEL - THINK 50% MUM, 25% SILVER
MT ZION, 10% MUSIC A.M., 10% SIGUR ROS, 5% MAX RICHTER (IT'S AN
EXACT SCIENCE, THIS DESCRIPTION LARK, YOU KNOW)....</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37320">FOURTET</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37320">EVERYTHIN=
G ECSTATIC</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37320">DOMINO</A>
- CD (WIGCD154)
<BLOCKQUOTE> IF THERE'S ONE ARTIST AROUND RIGHT NOW WHO CONSISTENTLY =
DELIVERS
THE GOODS, IT'S KIERAN HEBDEN. "ROUNDS" WAS A TRULY MARVELLOUS
PIECE OF WORK THAT I THOUGHT COULDN'T BE TOPPED, BUT MY GOD, HE'S
GONE AND DONE IT. THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT HIS HEAVIEST AND =
HARDEST-HITTING
PRODUCTION TO DATE, WITH SOME MINDBLOWING DRUMS AND RHYTHMS IN
THE MIX BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY MELLOWER MOMENTS MAKING THIS WHAT
HAS TO BE THE ALBUM OF THE SUMMER (ALREADY!). IS IT JAZZ? LEFTFIELD
INSTRUMENTAL HIP HOP? ELECTRONICA? FOLKTRONICA? WHO CARES, IT'S
JUST BLOODY GREAT MUSIC AND IF YOU DON'T BUY THIS YOU ARE SERIOUSLY
GONNA BE MISSING OUT. LOVELY ARTWORK TOO.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37603">KRAFTWERK<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37603">MINIMUM =
MAXIMUM</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37603">EMI</A>
- 2xCD (5606112)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE EXCITEMENT LEVELS HAVE BEEN RAISED AT SMALLFISH HQ =
COMMEMORATING
THE ARRIVAL OF THE VERY FIRST OFFICIAL LIVE ALBUM FROM THIS MOST
ICONIC AND INFLUENTIAL OF BANDS. AS MUCH A KRAFTWERK "BEST OF"
AS ANYTHING ELSE, THE SOUND QUALITY (AS YOU'D EXPECT) IS ABSOLUTELY
PEERLESS, THE MUSIC AND REWORKED VERSIONS OF ALL THE CLASSIC TRACKS
(RECORDED AT VARIOUS VENUES DURING LAST YEAR'S TOUR DATES, INCLUDING
LONDON - WERE YOU THERE?) MINDBLOWING. UTTERLY =
ESSENTIAL.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D35688">MARSEN =
JULES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D35688">HERBSTLAU=
B</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D35688">CITY =
CENTRE OFFICES</A>
- CD (TOWERBLOCKCD023)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I WONDERED HOW LONG IT WOULD BE BEFORE SOMEONE PICKED UP =
MARTIN
JUHLS MOST WONDERFUL MUSIC UNDER THE MARSEN JULES PSEUDONYM. AFTER
A SERIES OF AMAZING RELEASES FOR SEVERAL INTERNET LABELS (AS BOTH
MARSEN JULES AND KRILL.MINIMA) CITY CENTRE OFFICES HAVE SEEN FIT
TO RELEASE THIS STAGGERINGLY BEAUTIFUL ALBUM. DIFFICULT TO CLASSIFY
MUSICALLY, IT IS A BLEND OF THE FINEST SCULPTURAL ELECTRONICA
MIXED WITH AN OVERTLY CLASSICAL, CHAMBER MUSIC SOUND. TO SIMPLY
DESCRIBE IT AS 'CLASSICAL GAS' IS TO DO IT A SEVERE INJUSTICE.
THIS IS ORIGINAL MUSIC, LOVINGLY CREATED AND BEAUTIFULLY PRODUCED
THAT'S EXPANSIVE, ENGAGING AND JUST PLAIN WONDERFUL. ALBUM OF
THE WEEK, MONTH AND PROBABLY YEAR. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37638">OLVIS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37638">THE BLUE =
SOUND</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37638">RESONANT</A=
>
- CD (RESCD014)
<BLOCKQUOTE> NOW HERE'S ONE I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO TELLING YOU =
ABOUT
FOR A LONG TIME AS IT'S GENUINELY ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS TO BE
RELEASED IN 2005 THUS FAR. ANYONE THAT HEARD THE FIRST OLVIS ALBUM
WILL REMEMBER HIS HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE, ORIGINAL BLEND OF CLASSIC
EASY LISTENING AND CONTEMPORARY ELECTRONICA STYLES AKIN TO TORTOISE
OR STEREOLAB JAMMING WITH BERT KAEMPFERT (THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT,
ANYWAY) BUT MY GOODNESS, HAS HE TAKEN THAT IDEA 1000 STAGES FURTHER
WITH "THE BLUE SOUND" OR WHAT? ALTHOUGH THIS CONTAINS MEMBERS
OF SIGUR ROS (AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THEIR STRING SECTION), IT
(THANKFULLY THESE DAYS) SOUNDS NOTHING LIKE THEM - EXPECT INSTEAD
A BEAUTIFULLY LAID BACK, SUMMERY SOUND, SOME GORGEOUSLY WARM =
ICELANDIC
VOCALS (TRUST ME, THIS GUY CAN SING), STUNNING ARRANGEMENTS, TONS
OF IDEAS, AMBITION, EMOTION AND TALENT. I HONESTLY CANNOT FIND
SUPERLATIVES ADEQUATE ENOUGH TO DESCRIBE THIS MAGNIFICENT PIECE
OF WORK. BUY NOW, FALL IN LOVE, ASK QUESTIONS LATER.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37610">RICHARD =
DEVINE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37610">CAUTELLA<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37610">SUBLIGHT</A=
>
- CD (SLR601)
<BLOCKQUOTE> RICHARD DEVINE HAS ALWAYS RESIDED AT THE HEAVIER, LESS =
ACCESSIBLE
END OF THE ELECTRONICA SPECTRUM AND THIS ALBUM IS THE NATURAL
EXTENSION OF THAT. HARSH, INTENSE TRACKS WITH AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT
OF DETAIL IN THE PROGRAMMING. MOODY SOUNDS AND BREAKCORE MOMENTS
PLUS A COLLABORATION WITH OTTO VON SCHIRACH AND A REMIX BY =
FUNKSTORUNG.</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=3D37742">ALAN =
BRAXE & FRIENDS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37742">UPPER =
CUTS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37742">VULTURE</A>=
- CD (DIFB1041CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> WELCOME COMPILATION BRINGING TOGETHER TWELVE OF ALAN =
BRAXE'S MOST
LOVED WORKS. FROM PAUL HARDCASTLE-ESQUE SYNTH ELECTRO TO THE SORT
OF SOUND THAT INSPIRED AIR TO THE CLASSIC "RUBICON" TO "MUSIC
SOUNDS BETTER WITH YOU" BY STARDUST (HAVE A LISTEN AND YOU'LL
HEAR WHY THIS MAKES AN APPEARANCE), THIS IS CLASSY STUFF FROM
BEGINNING TO END.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37745">AS =
ONE (KIRK DEGIORGIO)</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37745">ELEGANT =
SYSTEMS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37745">VERSATILE</=
A>
- CD (VERCD014)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I WASN'T REALLY SURE WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS ALBUM BUT =
I'M REALLY
RATHER IMPRESSED WITH IT. KIRK HAS MANAGED TO BLEND HIS CLASSIC
TECHNO SOUND WITH HIS MORE JAZZ ORIENTATED STUFF TO FINE EFFECT.
SOLID 4/4 RHYTHMS ABOUND THROUGHOUT AND COUPLED WITH AN ALMOST
IAN O'BRIEN-ESQUE KNACK OF GETTING DEEP CHORD PRGRESSIONS TOGETHER
YOU GET A MELODIC BUT VERY GROOVY SELECTION. ABSOLUTELY WORTH
A LISTEN, I'D SAY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37746">JAMES =
TAYLOR (SWAYZAK)</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37746">CARTHAGE =
MILK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37746">LOGISTICS</=
A>
- CD (LOG042CD)
<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=3D37733">JAMIE =
LIDELL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37733">MULTIPLY<=
/A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37733">WARP</A>
- CD (WARPCD131)
<BLOCKQUOTE> POUND FOR POUND, THIS HAS TO BE THE MOST DOWNRIGHT =
ENTERTAINING
RELEASE ON WARP FOR MANY A YEAR. FOR SHEER SHOWMANSHIP, IT'S HARD
TO BEAT JAMIE LIDELL, ESPECIALLY ON THIS KIND OF FORM. SO MANY
INFLUENCES FROM SOUL TO FUNK TO ROCK TO ELECTRO TO ELECTRONICA
TO YOU NAME IT... THINK MICHAEL JACKSON AT HIS PEAK (NOT IN HIS
CURRENT PREDICAMENT, OBVIOUSLY), OUTKAST, JIMMY EDGAR, HAR MAR
SUPERSTAR, DMX CREW, BECK, JAMES BROWN, CURTIS MAYFIELD. POTENTIALLY
MASSIVE AND SURELY THE PARTY ALBUM OF THE SUMMER.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37741">REPAIR</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37741">CONVENIEN=
T ARRANGEMENTS</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37741">SUB =
STATIC</A>
- CD (SUS_99CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TREAT THIS AS A TYPICAL SUB STATIC DANCEFLOOR =
FLOOR-FILLER AND
YOU'LL PROBABLY BE DISAPPOINTED. TREAT IT AS AN EXCEPTIONALLY
WELL PUT TOGETHER ALBUM OF TECHNO, ELECTRO AND VOCAL TRACKS WITH
HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTION AND YOU'LL BE IN FOR A TREAT. TO HEAR
THEM DOING SONGS IS VERY INTERESTING AND IT WORKS REALLY WELL.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CLUBBIER NUMBERS AS WELL, SO IN REALITY
IT'S A VARIED AND PLEASING BUNCH. NICE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37706">VIRUS =
SYNDICATE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37706">THE WORK =
RELATED ILLNESS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37706">PLANET =
MU</A>
- CD (ZIQ120CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ELEVEN TRACKS OF FULL-ON GRIME AND ALL ITS SUB-GENRES =
WITH THIS
R&B / HIP HOP GRIMY HYBRID. SHAME ABOUT ALL THE GUY RITCHIE-ESQUE
PSEUDO-GANGSTERISM ON THE ARTWORK, BUT MUSICALLY, THIS IS WELL
ON THE MONEY (TO COIN A PHRASE). RELEASED ON MONDAY 13TH JUNE
BUT WE CAN SEND IT MAILORDER TO ARRIVE ON MONDAY.</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=3D37166">LAWRENCE</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37166">THE =
NIGHT WILL LAST FOREVER</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37166">NOVA =
MUTE</A>
- CD (NOMU155CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS REALLY IS AN EXCEPTIONAL FOLLOW-UP TO "THE ABSENCE =
OF BLIGHT",
BEING EVERYTHING YOU COULD REALISTICALLY HAVE HOPED FOR AND A
WHOLE LOT MORE. STARTING OFF IN A SIMILAR STYLE TO AROVANE'S "TIDES"
THIS SOON MOVES INTO MORE FAMILIAR TERRITORY, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE
HOW PETER KERSTEN HAS DEVELOPED SINCE THAT LAST ALBUM. THE DEPTH
OF HIS PRODUCTION AND THE SUBTLETY, WARMTH AND MUSICALITY OF THIS
VERY FINE PIECE OF WORK WILL SEE THIS WINNING HIM EVEN MORE FANS
AT SMALLFISH THAN LAST TIME. ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL RELEASES OF
THE YEAR SO FAR FROM ONE OF THE FINEST MINIMAL TECHNO ARTISTS
AROUND. BRILLIANT. RELEASED MONDAY 16TH MAY ALTHOUGH WE CAN SEND
IT MAILORDER TO ARRIVE ON MONDAY.</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=3D37725">HERBALISER=
, THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37725">TAKE =
LONDON (WITH BONUS DISC)</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37725">NINJA =
TUNE</A>
- 2xCD (ZENCD98X)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE HERBALISER HAVE STILL GOT IT! THIS DELUXE DOUBLE =
DISC PACKAGE
IS PACKED FULL OF DEEP, INFURIATINGLY GREAT HIP HOP AND BEATS
WITH A HOST OF GUEST APPEARANCES FROM THE LIKES OF JEAN GRAE,
ROOTS MANUVA, CAPPO AND MORE. COMES WITH A LIMITED CD OF NON ALBUM
TRACKS. EXCELLENT STUFF ALL ROUND. </BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37735">SCRATCH =
PERVERTS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37735">FABRICLIV=
E 22</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37735">FABRIC</A>
- CD (FABRIC44)
<BLOCKQUOTE> OK, SO WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR OWN MUSIC THEY AIN'T AS =
RELEVANT
AS THEY USED TO BUT THEY STILL DO GOOD MIX ALBUM. PREDOMINANTLY
HIP HOP (TY, SKINNYMAN, MASTA ACE, ROOTS MANUVA, THE ROOTS, DILATED
PEOPLES FT. KANYE WEST, DEAD PREZ, DJ SHADOW) BUT WITH OCCASIONAL
OUTBURTS OF DRUM & BASS (DIE & SKITZ, ED RUSH & OPTICAL, NIGHTBREED)
AND OTHER STUFF (MR SCRUFF, ALTER EGO, IAN BROWN, RADIOHEAD),
THIS IS QUITE A JOURNEY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"FalseFalse4">Hip Hop (Restocks, CD)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37628">STRETCH =
ARMSTRONG AND BOBBITO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37628">89.9FM =
NEW YORK 11/11/93</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37628">N/A</A>
- 2xCD (NA89.9)
<BLOCKQUOTE> "VINTAGE RADIO FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION FROM 89.9 FM =
NEW YORK
- FROM 11/1//93. IT'S SUCH A SHAME THAT NON LEGITIMATE COPIES
OF GREAT MUSIC IS SO BADLY PACKAGED AND PUT TOGETHER. ANYWAY
- THIS IS A GREAT DOUBLE CD OF MIXED HIP HOP BY THESE TWO STALWARTS
- MIXING EXCLUSIVE FREE STYLES - WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM KOOL
KEITH, O.C. LARGE PROFESSOR, MONCH AND OTHERS. OH, IF ONLY HIP
HOP WAS AS GOOD AND FRESH AND INNOVATIVE NOW AS IT WAS THEN, BUT
IT ISN'T, SO BUY THIS INSTEAD (AND PUT UP WITH THE DREADFUL =
PACKAGING...)</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=3D37680">KID =
SUBLIME</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37680">BASEMENT =
SOUL</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37680">KINDRED =
SPIRITS</A>
- CD (KS010CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> HUGELY IMPRESSIVE LONG PLAYER FROM REDNOSE DISTRIKT MAN, =
KID SUBLIME.
HERE HE DISPLAYS AN INCREDIBLE ATTENTION TO DETAIL WITH A SERIES
OF FUNKED-UP, DOWNBEAT TRACKS RANGING FROM BROKEN BEAT TO JAZZY
BEATS TO HIP HOP VIA SOME HOUSIER MOMENTS. NOT A DUFF MOMENT =
ANYWHERE
ON THIS ALBUM THAT'S PACKED FULL OF WARMTH AND SOUL. GUESTS INCLUDE
JNEIRO JAREL, LADY ALMA, MELODEE, AFROKOSMETICS AND MORE. =
SUPERB.</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=3D37689">DAVID-IVAR=
& HERMAN DUNE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37689">NOVAS =
COTIA RUNS FOR GOLD W/ LISA LI-LUND</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37689">SMOKING =
GUN</A>
- CD (GUN4CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> LO-FI INDIE SINGER SONG WRITER FOLK... WELL THATS NAILED =
IT ON
THE HEAD. SOME QUIRKY BANJOS GOING ON TOGETHER WITH SOME NICE
FEMALE BACKING MAKES THIS QUITE AN ENJOYABLE LISTEN... SO LISTEN
AND CHECK CHECK CHECK IT OUT!!!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37705">ESMERINE</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37705">AURORA</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37705">MADRONA</A>=
- LP (MADA002CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> 1) DOES IT CONTAIN MEMBERS OF GOTHSPEED? TICK! 2) IS IT =
EXTREMELY
MOURNFUL AND DEPRESSING? TICK! 3) ARE THE TRACKS ALL QUITE LONG
AND MEANDERING? TICK! 4) VIOLINS? TICK. PIANO? TICK. OCCASIONALLY
EPIC DRUMS? OH YEAH. 5) IS IT ON CONSTELLATION? ER, NO, ACTUALLY
BUT IT DOES HAVE A CARDBOARD GATEFOLD SLEEVE AND LOOK *EXACTLY*
LIKE A CONSTELLATION RELEASE! 6) ANY THREE MINUTE POP SONGS? CROSS!
7) WELL, IF IT'S NOT GYBE, FLY PAN AM, SILVER MT. ZION, 1 SPEED
BIKE, SACKVILLE, MOLASSES OR GIRLS ALOUD IT MUST BE... ESMERINE!
TICK, AND A GOLD STAR! REVIEW FOR THOSE IN A HURRY: IT'S A BIT
LIKE RACHELS, ONLY NOT QUITE AS GOOD. RELEASED ON MONDAY 13TH
JUNE BUT WE CAN SEND IT MAILORDER TO ARRIVE ON MONDAY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37671">JOANNA =
NEWSOM</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37671">THE =
MILK-EYED MENDER</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37671">DRAG =
CITY</A>
- CD (DC263CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BACK IN STOCK AT LAST, MY PERSONAL FAVOURITE ALBUM OF =
2004. HOW
TO EXPLAIN THE MAGIC OF HARPIST / PIANIST / EXTRAORDINARY VOCALIST
JOANNA NEWSOM? ALL I CAN SAY IS YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM
- AND KEEP LISTENING TO IT. AT FIRST, IT ALMOST SEEMED TOO MUCH
BUT SOMETHING KEPT DRAWING ME BACK IN - MAYBE BECAUSE IT WAS QUITE
UNLIKE ANYTHING I'D EVER HEARD. AN ALBUM THAT THOROUGHLY DESERVES
THE HUGELY POSITIVE REACTION IT'S HAD THUS FAR, AND I FOR ONE
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT MS. NEWSOM DOES NEXT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37727">MAGIC =
NUMBERS, THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37727">THE =
MAGIC NUMBERS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37727">HEAVENLY</A=
>
- CD (HVNLP53CDX)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE MAGIC NUMBERS HAVE OBTAINED A SERIOUSLY LARGE =
FOLLOWING IN
A SOMEWHAT SHORT SPACE OF TIME, SO HERE'S HOPING THIS ALBUM GETS
THE SALES IT DESERVES. COMIN' ON KINDA LIKE A MAMAS & PAPAS OR
FREE DESIGN FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, THEIR DEBUT LP IS A GORGEOUS,
RELAXED, STRAIGHTFORWARD SET OF SONGS GUARANTEED TO WARM THE =
HEART.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D30021">MAX =
RICHTER</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D30021">THE BLUE =
NOTEBOOKS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D30021">FATCAT</A>
- CD (CD1304)
<BLOCKQUOTE> BACK IN STOCK AFTER MANY MONTHS! AN AWESOME COLLECTION =
OF VERY
SUBTLY ELECTRONICALLY TREATED PIECES FOR PIANO, VIOLIN, VIOLA
& CELLO, WITH OCCASIONAL, UNOBTRUSIVE SPOKEN WORD VOCALS BY TILDA
SWINTON, ADDING PERFECTLY TO THE CHILLING ATMOSPHERE. THE ALBUM
HAS A MOOD AND INTENSITY TOTALLY OF ITS OWN AND QUITE HONESTLY
MAKES THE LIKES OF RACHELS AND SILVER MT. ZION (BY MEANS OF A
LAZY COMPARISON) SOUND AS ARTISTICALLY REDUNDANT AS U2. YOU NEED
TO HEAR THIS, IT WILL BLOW YOU AWAY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37688">MIKE =
TAMBURO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37688">BEATING =
OF THE REWOUND SON</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37688">MUSIC =
FELLOWSHIP</A>
- CD (MF16CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I LIKE MUSIC FELLOWSHIP AS A LABEL. THEY PUT OUT LOVELY =
UNDERSTATED
MUSIC WITH A SLIGHTLY EXPERIMENTAL TWIST THAT REALLY APPEALS TO
ME. THIS ALBUM IS A BLEND OF ORGANIC / ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS AND
ELECTRONICS USES GORGEOUS GUITAR LICKS AND GENTLE MANIPULATIONS
TO CREATE A TUNEFUL AND MELODIC SOUND THAT OCCASIONALLY DRIFTS
INTO A LAYERED, TEXTURAL SOUND. TRULY DELIGHTFUL AND VERY MUCH
REEOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37749">OLIVIA =
TREMOR CONTROL, THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37749">DUSK AT =
CUBIST CASTLE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37749">CLOUD =
RECORDINGS</A>
- CD (CLD003CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE OTC'S DEBUT ALBUM (FROM 1996) GETS REPRESSED AT =
LAST. PROBABLY
STILL THEIR MOST LOVED WORK TO THIS DATE, THIS ALBUM INCORPORATES
A SLEW OF INFLUENCES AND TEXTURES (INCLUDING BEACH BOYS-FLAVOURED
POP, PSYCHEDELIA, KRAUTROCK, NOISE AND FOLK-ROCK) AND SYNTHESISES
THEM INTO A DISTINCT HOMEBREW OF SHIMMERING HARMONIES, GUITAR
DRONES, TAPE LOOPS AND INVENTIVE NOISE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37754">TARENTEL</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37754">GHOST =
WEIGHT</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37754">ACUARELA</A=
>
- CD (NOIS043CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> TARENTEL HAVE BEEN PRETTY DARN PROLIFIC OF RECENT, BUT =
THANKFULLY
HAVE KEPT UP THEIR HIGH STANDARDS. SLIGHTLY MOURNFUL, SLIGHTLY
EXPERIMENTAL, HIGHLY DETAILED POST ROCK SOUNDS THAT ARE EMOTIVE,
EXPANSIVE AND AN IDEAL LATE NIGHT LISTEN. LOVELY STUFF.</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=3D31058">ANIMAL =
COLLECTIVE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D31058">SUNG =
TONGS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D31058">FATCAT</A>
- CD (FATSP08)
<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=3D37173">ANIMAL =
COLLECTIVE & VASHTI BUNYAN</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37173">PROSPECT =
HUMMER EP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37173">FATCAT</A>
- CD (FATSP09)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE GODMOTHER OF THE CURRENT NEW ECCENTRIC / NEO-FOLK =
SCENE (ACKNOWLEDGED
AS A MAJOR INFLUENCE BY THE LIKES OF DEVENDRA BANHART AND JOANNA
NEWSOM), NOT PERHAPS AS RECLUSIVE AS SHE ONCE WAS (RUMOUR HAS
IT SHE'S RECORDING A NEW ALBUM WITH MAX RICHTER - CAN YOU WAIT
FOR THAT?!), TEAMS UP WITH THE BRILLIANT ANIMAL COLLECTIVE FOR
AN ABSOLUTELY ASTONISHING FOUR-TRACK EP. QUITE SIMPLY THE RELEASE
OF THE YEAR, IT HONESTLY SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS BEAMED DOWN FROM ANOTHER
PLANET COMPARED TO MOST OF THE MUSIC I'VE HEARD SO FAR IN 2005.
DON'T GET ME WRONG... ALL THIS MINIMAL TECHNO AND ELECTRONICA
TYPE STUFF WE'RE BEST KNOWN FOR SPECIALISING IN IS ALL WELL AND
GOOD, BUT ARE THE LIKES OF... I DUNNO... INSERT NAME OF GENERIC
TECHNO ARTIST HERE, I DON'T WISH TO SINGLE ANYONE OUT... GONNA
RELEASE ANYTHING AS ORIGINAL, UNUSUAL, CAPTIVATING OR OTHER-WORLDLY
AS THIS IN THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE? IF THEY ARE, PLEASE GUYS, DO
IT SOON COS WHEN THERE ARE RECORDS AS AWESOME AS *THIS* BEING
RELEASED, YOU ARE REALLY STARTING TO PALE BY COMPARISON! MY ONLY
GRIPE - WHERE'S THE VINYL? AND HOW GOOD WOULD A FULL ALBUM HAVE
BEEN? NEVER SATISFIED, THAT'S ME.... RELEASED MONDAY 16TH MAY
ALTHOUGH WE CAN SEND IT MAILORDER TO ARRIVE ON MONDAY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36969">BOOKS, =
THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36969">LOST AND =
SAFE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36969">TOMLAB</A>
- CD (TOM50CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AN ALBUM THAT IS QUITE POSSIBLY DESTINED FOR BIG THINGS. =
AFTER
TWO SUPERB, YET LOW-KEY ALBUMS ALREADY UNDER THEIR BELT, THE BOOKS
THIRD LONGPLAYER CARRIES ON IN A VERY SIMILAR VEIN... WHICH IS
GREAT NEWS AS THEY HAVE A DELICIOUS SOUND THAT'S FULL OF PERSONALITY
AND WARMTH. MIXING FOLK, BLUES AND ELECTRONICA TO VERY FINE EFFECT
YOU END UP WITH AN ALBUM THAT YOU'LL WARM TO IN NO TIME AND CONTINUE
ENJOYING LONG AFTER THE LATEST GRIME RECORD HAS BEEN CONSIGNED
TO THE DUSTBIN. IN SHORT THIS IS A WONDERFULLY PUT TOGETHER ALBUM
OF WARM AND SOULFUL MUSIC TO GENTLY SOOTHE AWAY YOUR UNHAPPINESS.
EXPECT THE BROADSHEETS TO BE ALL OVER THIS IN THE NEAR =
FUTURE.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37627">CURRENT =
93</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37627">SIXSIXSIX=
: SICKSICKSICK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37627">DURTRO</A>
- CD (DURTO100CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SEMI-INDUSTRIAL SOUNDING GUITARS FROM STALWARTS, CURRENT =
93. VERY
MUCH IN THE COIL CAMP WITH A DEFINITE HINT OF OLD SCHOOL MUTE
/ GREY AREA AS WELL. WELL CONSTRUCTED AND DENSE GUITAR LAYERS
AND A COUPLE OF LIGHTER MOMENTS TO BOOT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37415">DIRTBOMBS<=
/A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37415">IF =
YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE A LOOK</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37415">IN =
THE RED</A>
- CD (ITR127CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THE DEFINITIVE DIRTBOMBS 7" COLLECTION FROM 1995 TO =
TODAY - TWO
CDS; THE FIRST HAS 29 ORIGINAL TRACKS (SOME PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED),
THE SECOND HAS 23 COVERS OF SOUL/ROCK/SKA/NU WAVE/FUNK/ETC .=20
GARAGE ROCK WITH A BIT OF PUNK THROWN IN. NO EXPLANATION NEEDED
FOR THOSE WHO KNOW THEM, AND IF YOU DON'T ALREADY, HAVE A LISTEN!
S U P E R B !!!!!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37629">DOLIUM</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37629">KISSES =
FRACTURES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37629">PARLOUR =
9</A>
- CD (P9004CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> RAUCOUS AND PUNKY GUITAR SOUNDS WITH A FRANZ-ISH FEEL AT =
TIMES.
IT'S NOT QUITE POST PUNK AND IN FACT HAS A STRONGER INDIE ROCK
FEEL. CHECK.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36283">EGG</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36283">S/T</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36283">ECLECTIC</A=
>
- CD (ECLCD1014)
<BLOCKQUOTE> SUPER PRETENTIOUS, COMPLEX JAZZROCKPROG. SUPERB I HAVE =
TO SAY.
COME ON ALL YOU POMPOUS CHIN STROKERS, WHERE ARE YOU WHEN WE NEED
YOU?....??...?</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37097">ELECTRELAN=
E</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37097">AXES</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37097">TOO =
PURE</A>
- CD (PURE162CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> I ENDED UP LOVING ELECTRELANE'S LAST ALBUM, DESPITE NOT =
BEING
TOO SURE (GET IT?) AT FIRST, AND I THINK I'M GONNA END UP FEELING
THE SAME WAY ABOUT "AXES". IT'S A LOT TO TAKE IN AT FIRST, THEIR
SOUND HAVING PROGRESSED SEVERAL STAGES ONCE AGAIN. PRODUCED /
ENGINEERED BY STEVE ALBINI AND SEQUENCED (WITHOUT ANY NOTICABLE
GAPS BETWEEN TRACKS) TO BE LISTENED TO AS ONE LONG PIECE (SO I'M
INFORMED), THIS IS THE SOUND OF A BAND REALLY GETTING INTO GEAR,
FULLY CONFIDENT AND UTTERLY COMFORTABLE IN THEIR OWN SKIN. DO
NOT MISS OUT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D34833">ELLIOTT =
SMITH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D34833">ROMAN =
CANDLE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D34833">DOMINO</A>
- CD (REWIGCD002)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ELLIOTT'S DEBUT SOLO ALBUM CONSISTS OF NINE LOW-KEY, =
LO-FI, UNBELIEVABLY
INTIMATE, UNDERSTATED, WONDERFUL SONGS. THERE'S SEVERAL MOMENTS
ON THIS ALBUM THAT HAVE ALWAYS BROUGHT A LUMP TO MY THROAT =
(PARTICULARLY
THE FIRST AND LAST TWO TRACKS - THE ALBUM CLOSES WITH ONE OF THE
MOST SIMPLE, BEAUTIFUL INSTRUMENTALS YOU COULD EVER WISH TO HEAR)
AND (AS YOU CAN IMAGINE) IT HASN'T EXACTLY BECOME ANY LESS POIGNANT
FOR ME AS TIME HAS GONE BY. UTTERLY ESSENTIAL BEYOND =
WORDS.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37324">STEPHEN =
MALKMUS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37324">FACE THE =
TRUTH</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37324">DOMINO</A>
- CD (WIGCD156)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS, HIS THIRD SOLO ALBUM, HAS JUST CONFUSED THE HELL =
OUT OF
ME ON FIRST LISTEN! WITHOUT A DOUBT ALREADY BETTER THAN THE FLAKY
"PIG LIB", THIS SOUNDS SO UNLIKE PAVEMENT (OR, INDEED, ANY OF
MR. MALKMUS'S PREVIOUS SOLO OUTINGS) IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT TO
MAKE OF IT AT FIRST. CHOCK FULL OF IDEAS, IT'S ACTUALLY RATHER
REMINISCENT OF BECK. OH, JUST TO CONTRADICT WHAT I'M SAYING, HERE'S
A BIT THAT SOUNDS LIKE PAVEMENT! GOOD CALL. RETURN TO FORM BY
THE SOUNDS OF IT, THEN!</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37614">VETIVER</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37614">BETWEEN</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37614">DICRISTINA<=
/A>
- CD (STEP05)
<BLOCKQUOTE> FIVE TRACK EP FROM THE MIGHTY VETIVER. A TAD MORE ROCKY =
THAN THE
FULL ALBUM OF LAST YEAR, BUT WITH ENOUGH FOLKY REFERENCES TO EASILY
APPEAL TO FANS OF THEIR SOUND. TOP QUALITY.</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=3D37672">EUGENE =
MCDANIELS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37672">HEADLESS =
HEROES OF THE APOCALYPSE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37672">WATER</A>
- CD (WATER150CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> AN LP SAMPLED BY EVERYONE AND THEIR NAN, AND BY THEIR =
NAN'S NEIGHBOURS
.AND THEIR RELATIONS. THAT ASIDE, IT'S A STUNNING PIECE OF WORK
FULL OF SO MUCH DEEP MUSIC WITH DIRECT, SOCIALLY CONSICIOUS LYRICS
LAID OVER NASTY, FUNKY SOUL-JAZZ WITH NO OVERDUBS. THE ULTIMATE
RARE-GROOVE ALBUM.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"FalseFalse7">Funk / Jazz / Soul (Restocks, CD)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D30135">EAST =
NEW YORK ENSEMBLE DE MUSIC</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D30135">AT =
THE HELM</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D30135">IKEF</A>
- CD (IKEF07)
<BLOCKQUOTE> LICENCED FROM THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE - THIS DATES =
FROM THE
EARLY 1970S. REFLECTING THE DIVERSE MAKE UP OF THE ENSEMBLE,
THIS IS A FUSION OF NEW YORK JAZZ WITH STRAINS OF AMONG OTHER
ARAB, CHINESE, TURKISH AND INDIAN MUSIC. THINK A MORE "ETHNIC"
VERSION OF MICE PARADE MEETS A LAID BACK JAZZ OUTFIT. BEAUTIFUL,
ATMOSPHERIC - LISTEN...</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D36952">TRAVIS =
BIGGS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D36952">CHALLENGE=
</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D36952">SOUL =
JAZZ</A>
- CD (USCD28)
<BLOCKQUOTE> THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDING MADE BY TRAVIS BIGGS, =
ORIGINALLY RELEASED
ON A TINY INDEPENDENT DETROIT LABEL IN 1976. CLASSIC SOUL / BOOGIE
/ JAZZ WITH COVERS OF STEVIE WONDER'S "I WISH" AND "FLY LIKE AN
EAGLE". TRAVIS WAS BEST KNOWN AS THE MUSICAL DIRECTOR AT MOTOWN
FOR THE SUPREMES AS WELL AS A SESSION MUSICIAN FOR ISAAC HAYES
AND HAMILTON BOHANNON. ONE OF THREE EXCELLENT SOUL JAZZ RELEASES
THAT COINCIDE WITH THEIR "NEW THING - THE STORY OF DEEP JAZZ IN
THE USA" ALBUM.</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=3D37750">CURRENT =
93</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37750">THUNDER =
PERFECT MIND</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37750">DURTRO</A>
- 2xCD (DURTROJNANA1979CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ONE OF A HOST OF CURRENT 93 REISSUES CURRENTLY DOING THE =
ROUNDS.
THIS FULL-LENGTH DOUBLE-CD INCLUDES A COMPANION DISC ENTITLED
"THE THUNDER: PERFECT MIND"! ONE FOR THE OLD GUARD, IE. FANS OF
COIL, THE MORE EXPERIMENTAL END OF MUTE / GREY AREA ETC, THROBBING
GRISTLE AND SO ON. EXPENSIVE, BUT IF YOU'RE A FAN, VERY MUCH WORTH
IT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37751">HAFLER =
TRIO, THE</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37751">EXACTLY =
AS I DO</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37751">IMPORTANT</=
A>
- 2xCD (IMPREC051CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE, HAUNTING, INTENSE, CAPTIVATING, =
UNIQUE SOUNDSCAPE
FROM THE HAFLER TRIO, THIS TIME UTILISING THE TALENTS OF JONSI
BIRGISSON, LEAD VOCALIST AND GUITARIST WITH SIGUR ROS. HIGHLY
ATTRACTIVE PACKAGING AS EVER. RECOMMENDED.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37748">HENRY =
JACOBS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37748">THE WIDE =
WEIRD WORLD OF</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37748">IMPORTANT</=
A>
- CD + DVD (IMPREC054CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> A COLLECTION OF LOST, FOUND AND RESTORED EXPERIMENTAL =
TAPE MUSIC,
IMPROVISED HUMOUR AND POLYRHYTHMIC MUSIQUE CONCRETE, RECORDED
1950-1970. "THE FINE ART OF GOOFING OFF" DVD FEATURES THREE =
BEAUTIFULLY
TRANSFERRED HALF-HOUR ANIMATED FILMS THAT INCLUDE STOP-ACTION
PHOTOGRAPHY, CLAYMATION, COLLAGE, CUT-OUTS AND CONTINUOUS DRAWING
ALL RENDERED WITH THE SPIRIT OF CREATIVE POINTLESS PLAY, ORIGINALLY
BROADCAST ON SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC TV IN 1972 AND UNSEEN SINCE.
VERY MUCH AHEAD OF HIS TIME, ANYONE INTO AVANT-GARDE ELECTRONICS
SHOULD EDUCATE THEMSELVES FORTHWITH.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37752">MERZBOW</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37752">RATTUS =
RATTUS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37752">SCARCELIGHT=
</A>
- CD (SLR40CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> YOU CAN'T BEAT A BIT OF MERZBOW ON A SUNDAY MORNING TO =
WAKE YOU
UP (THAT'S WHAT I CALL A RUDE AWAKENING). A FURIOUS RACKET, TRULY
THE SOUND OF HELL OPENING UP AND ALL THAT, BUT WHAT WERE YOU =
EXPECTING?
CLEO LAINE?</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37753">MERZBOW / =
ELLIOTT SHARP</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37753">TRANZ</A>=
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37753">CAMINANTE</=
A>
- CD (CAMI002CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> STARTS OFF DECEPTIVELY QUIET, BUT THAT (FAIRLY =
PREDICTABLY) DOESN'T
LAST. "AN IDEAL CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR ALL THE FAMILY", AS DAVE LEE
TRAVIS DIDN'T SAY.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37747">ROBERT F. =
WILLIAMS</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37747">SELF-DEFE=
NCE, SELF-RESPECT AND SELF-DETERMINATION</A>
- <A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37747">AK =
PRESS</A>
- CD (VIRUS332CD)
<BLOCKQUOTE> A CONTEMPORARY OF MALCOLM X AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, =
ROBERT F.
WILLIAMS WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND CONTROVERSIAL LEADERS
OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT, ALTHOUGH HIS WORK, WORDS AND INFLUENCE
ARE ABSENT IN MOST HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS. THIS CD TELLS HIS STORY
THROUGH AN INTERVIEW WITH HIS WIDOW, AS WELL AS RARE SPEECHES,
INTERVIEWS AND RADIO BROADCASTS. FOR THOSE WANTING TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT THE STRUGGLE FOR BLACK LIBERTATION IN THE UNITED STATES
DURING THE SIXTIES.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<h2><A NAME=3D"FalseFalse11">Experimental (Restocks, CD)</A> (<A =
HREF=3D"#navigation">top</A>)</h2>
<A HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37631">DEAD =
MACHINES</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37631">FUTURES</=
A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37631">TROUBLEMAN =
UNLIMITED</A>
- CD (TMU151)
<BLOCKQUOTE> EARSPLITTINGLY GOOD NOISE FROM DEAD MACHINES (WHICH I =
THINK IS
A GREAT NAME). POWERFUL STUFF WITH DENSE LAYERS OF DISTORTION
AND WHITE NOISE, TEMPERED EVERY NOW AND AGAIN WITH A SLIGHTLY
LESS ABRASIVE TOUCH. FOR FANS OF LOAD, WOLF EYES AND LIGHTNING
BOLT.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?artist=3D37630">WHITE =
ROCK</A>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?release=3D37630">TARPIT</A=
>
- <A =
HREF=3D"http://www.smallfish.co.uk/default.asp?label=3D37630">TROUBLEMAN =
UNLIMITED</A>
- CD (TMU147)
<BLOCKQUOTE> ROUGH SOUNDS ALONG THE LINES OF WOLF EYES OR LIGHTNING =
BOLT. ABRASIVE
AS HELL AND FEATURING A HEAVY LINE IN WHITE NOISE AND DENSE TEXTURAL
LAYERS OF GUITAR. THERE IS, HOWEVER, ONE GORGEOUS TRACK THAT ESCHEWS
THE NOISE ALMOST COMPLETELY. WORTH A LISTEN.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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