[Smallfish-releases-text] Smallfish Release Mailout - Monday 23rd August 2004
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Hi there folks.
This weeks mail out for you to peruse and enjoy. A surprisingly full =
week of good stuff I reckon, particularly for the time of year, plus =
there are some really great re-stocks on some great labels.
Something for everyone you might say.
Thought I'd quickly mention our live show as well. On Thursday we have =
Holkham and Vessel from Expanding plus Esem from Merck and DeFocus =
playing live in the shop... Our first live show since relocating. It =
starts at 8.00pm and finishes at 10.00pm and it is, of course, free of =
charge. Hope some of you can make it down to the shop for that!
Have a good week.
Peace.
The Fish.
Smallfish Records.
New Releases (Vinyl): Electronica
1-SPEED BIKE - I AM A PRETZEL ON A STEALTH MISSION TO KILL THE PR - =
BROKLYN BEATS - 7" (BB7.5)
WELL, THAT'S CERTAINLY TITLE OF THE WEEK . I FOUND THIS THE BETTER
OF THE TWO RELEASES FROM THIS G!YBE RELATED PROJECT THIS WEEK,
ACTUALLY. FOR A START, THE BAND ARE A LOT MORE MANAGABLE IN SMALL
DOSES. ON TOP OF THAT, THIS JUST HITS YOU A LOT HARDER - IT'S
LESS GENERIC SOUNDING, AND THE PACE AND GENERAL SENSE OF URGENCY
IS HIGHER, SO CHECK THIS ONE OUT FIRST.
1-SPEED BIKE - EL GALLITO - BROKLYN BEATS - LP (BB13)
NEW LP FROM ONE OF THE MORE UNUSUAL GODSPEED! YBE OFFSHOOTS. =
EXPERIMENTAL,
LO-FI BREAKBEAT, CLEARLY (AND, PERHAPS, UNSURPRISINGLY) POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED (JUDGING BY THE TRACK TITLES, ALTHOUGH CONFUSINGLY THERE
SEEMS TO BE A LOT MORE TRACKS ON THE RECORD THAN THE LABEL =
SUGGESTS!).
ONE FOR THE HARDCORE.
ADVENTURE TIME - GLASS BOTTOM BOATS - PLUG RESEARCH - 12" (PLUG0054)
FIVE MORE TRACKS OF CLASSY, FORWARD THINKING LEFTFIELD / ELECTRONIC
HIP HOP FROM THIS ON-THE-CASE LABEL. REMIXES COURTESY OF CAURAL
AND NOBODY (FEATURING VOCAL ASSISTANCE FROM MICROPHONE FLOWS AKA
PIGEON JOHN AND ELLAY KHULE) PLUS TWO NEW ADVENTURE TIME TUNES
PLUS A REMIX OF "SHAKEYFACE" MAKE THIS A PRETTY SERIOUS PRIORITY.
INCREDIBLY DIVERSE AND WELL-PRODUCED, THIS RIVALS ANYTHING ON
CHOCOLATE INDUSTRIES.
B. FLEISCHMANN & HERBERT WEIXELBAUM PRESENT - DUO505 LATE - MORR MUSIC =
- LP (MORR047)
HEAD TO HEAD MAYHEM FROM THE MORR MUSIC LABEL WITH FLEISCHMANN
AND WEIXELBAUM DELIVERING A FULL ON SESSION OF MC505 GROOVEBOX
ACTION. PRESUMABLY RECORDED LIVE IT HAS A LO-FI, SCRUNCHED UP
ELECTRONIC FEEL WITH SOME VERY DANCEABLE MOMENTS AND A FRESH,
INNOCENT SOUND. LOADS OF POPPY MELODY GOING ON AND A NICE LINE
IN LIVE MANIPULATIONS COMBINE TO MAKE A GREAT ALBUM. TOP.
CORKER / CONBOY - SIX FOR FIVE - VERTICAL FORM - 12" (VFORM035)
TWO NEW TRACKS FROM CORKER CONBOY (SHOULD THERE BE A SLASH THERE
OR NOT? IT SEEMS TO HAVE SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED FROM THEIR NAME
ON THE SLEEVE ALTHOUGH I'M LEAVING IT IN!), BACKED WITH REMIXES
FROM XELA, DAVID GRUBBS AND DERAILER (AKA JOHN MATHIAS AND DAVID
PRIOR). AS GOOD AS YOU'D RIGHTLY EXPECT.
DAEDELUS / BOOM BIP - 2806:42:12 - MUSH - 7" (MH027)
LIMITED-EDITION SEVEN-INCH FEATURING INCIDENTAL MUSIC FROM THE
SOUNDTRACK TO DONNIE DARKO REMIXED BY MESSRS DAEDELUS AND BOOM
BIP. I'M PRESUMING AS THIS IS AN OFFICIAL RELEASE ON MUSH, AND
THAT THE COVER FEATURES A CLASSIC STILL FROM THE FILM, THAT IT'S
ALL PERFECTLY ABOVE BOARD. EVEN IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE
FILM AND/OR EITHER ARTIST, THIS STILL COMES WITH OUR TOTAL APPROVAL
- BOTH MIXES ARE HIGHLY MUSICAL AND ATMOSPHERIC AS BEFITS THE
SOURCE MATERIAL. EXCELLENT.
DEXTRO - THE ANIMISM EP - JUMBLEFUNK - 10" (JUMBLE001)
FIRST RELEASE FOR THIS SLIGHTLY MISLEADINGLY NAMED LABEL - PERHAPS
JUMBLETRONICA WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIIATE - I DIGRESS. FOUR TRACKS
OF MELODIC ELECTRONICS VERY MUCH IN THE FOCUS / NEO OUIJA / =
EXPANDING
VEIN OF THINGS. NICE.
HP.STONJI - METIC EP - SPEZIAL MATERIAL - 12" (SM015EP005)
YES, YES! THE SPEZIAL MATERIAL MATERIAL CREW DROPS ANOTHER BOMB
IN THE FORM OF THIS STORMING SLICE OF ELECTRO FUN BY HP. STONJI
(AKA HANS PLATZGUMMER). KILLER GROOVES, PACEY BEATS, PHAT, DARK
BASSLINES MAKE FOR A SLICE OF DANCEFLOOR ACTION THAT'S WELL UP
THERE IN THE TOUGH ELECTRO LEAGUE (IT MAY EVEN BE A CONTENDER
FOR THE PREMIERSHIP AT THIS RATE!). ROCK SOLID, UNMISSABLE STUFF
FROM THE SWISS LABEL THAT CAN, AND REGULARLY DOES. SWEET.
I-SOUND - SWEATING IN THE AGES - BROKLYN BEATS - 7" (BB7.6)
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE HEARD THE SOUND OF I-SOUND, BUT
I CERTAINLY DON'T REMEMBER HIS SOUNDING AS ANGRY AS THIS. REALLY,
THIS COULD COME OUT ON TIGERBEAT AND NO-ONE WOULD BAT AN EYELID.
THE A-SIDE IS BORDERING ON A PLANET MU-ESQUE OLD SKOOL MASH-UP
RAVE TRACK, WHEREAS THE B-SIDE IS JUST AN ALL OUT SONIC ASSAULT.
FULL ON.
OPTO - 2ND - HOBBY INDUSTRIES - LP (HI016)
OPTO AKA CARSTEN NICOLAI AND THOMAS KNAK AKA OPIATE DELIVER THIS
SUBLIME ALBUM OF STARK, MINIMAL ELECTRONICA. FANS OF RASTER NOTON
AND, INDEED, SOME OF THE OPIATE AND HOBBY RELEASES ARE SERIOUSLY
GONNA GO FOR THIS IN A BIG WAY. IN SOME WAYS THIS REMINDED ME
OF ALVA NOTO, ONLY THERE IS A LOT MORE WARMTH AND EMOTION BEHIND
JUST THE USUAL HIGH FREQUENCIES, TONES AND CLICKS. VERY HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED.
PENDLE COVEN - TRIG POINT EP - MODERN LOVE - 12" (LOVE009)
IT'S A BIG ONE! PENDLE COVEN'S SECOND RELEASE DROPS WITH THE FINEST
OF STYLE. SIX CUTS OF PURE ELECTRONIC BLISS THAT OOZES ATMOSPHERE
AND QUALITY. IT MASHES UP A SMOOTH, YET CRUNCHY FEEL WITH SOME
DEEP, DEEP TEXTURES BUT MANAGES TO RETAIN A HARDER EDGE AT TIMES
WHICH IS EXEMPLIFIED BY CLARO INTELECTO'S FIRST EVER REMIX...
ONE WORD... DEVASTATING! YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS.
SCHLAMMPEITZIGER - EVERYTHING WITHOUT ALL INCLUSIVE (REMIXED) - SONIG =
- 12" (SONIG33)
A DIVERSE SET OF SCHLAMMPEITZIGER REMIXES COVERING ALL BASES.
VERT, WEVIE STONDER, ANDREAS DORAU AND ELECTRONICAT ALL PUT IN
STERN WORK. RECOMMENDED.
SH*TMAT - FULL ENGLISH BREAKFEST - PLANET MU - 12" (ZIQ101)
FOUR TRACKS OF STORMING, POLITICALLY CORRECT (IN AN IRONIC KIND
OF WAY) DRILL AND BASS / JUNGLE SHENANIGANS FROM THE MUTANT MASTER
OF BREAKCORE. DEVASTATING BASSLINES, ROLLOUT, CHOPPY OLD BREAKS
AND MROE THAN ENOUGH RAGGA ATTITUDE. ROUGH, READY AND GUARANTEED
TO KICK YOU IN THE HEAD A BIT (AURALLY SPEAKING, THAT IS).
STERLING ROSWELL - VENUS HONEY DEW - MINT - 7" (MINT016)
HERE'S RINGO, SORRY, ROSCOE OUT OF SPACEMEN 3 DOING WHAT QUITE
FRANKLY SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING HE TOSSED OFF DURING DRUG REHAB.
THIS WAS NEVER GOING TO BE ANY GOOD (HARDLY THE MOST ESSENTIAL
MEMBER OF SPACEMEN 3, WAS HE? WHAT DID HE ACTUALLY *DO*?), BUT
THIS REALLY IS POOR - A POOR MAN'S AIR, IN FACT. I MEAN, JUST
LOOK AT THE SLEEVE. STERLING, WE'RE ALL LAUGHING *AT* YOU, NOT
WITH YOU....
SWOD - GEHEN - CITY CENTRE OFFICES - LP (TOWERBLOCK021)
OH MY GOSH! THIS IS A SUPREMELY BEAUTIFUL RELEASE. CITY CONTRE
OFFICES DELIVER A DELICIOUS COCKTAIL OF GENTLE PIANOS, LUSCIOUS
ELECTRONICS AND DEEP, DEEP ATMOSPHERES. BEAUTIFULLY PUT TOGETHER
AND WONDERFULLY PRODUCED, THIS IS AN ALBUM THAT SHOULD APPEAL
TO FANS OF THE EQUALLY WONDERFUL 'VRIOON' ALBUM BY CARSTEN NICOLAI
AND RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, BUT ALSO ANYONE WITH AN EAR FOR MELODIC,
GORGEOUS MUSIC. UTTERLY RECOMMENDED.
Restocks (Vinyl): Electronica
BAURI - SLACKER JOURNAL - NEO OUIJA - 2xLP (NEO15LP)
BAURI'S BRAND OF LOW-KEY MELODIC ELECTRONICA IS SUPER. NICE =
SIMPLISTIC
RHYTHMS MEET GENTLE TUNES WITH A CLEVER SENSE OF ARRANGEMENT.
JUST RIGHT FOR SITTING BACK WITH A CUP OF TEA ON A SUNNY AFTERNOON
AND ENJOYING TO THE MAX.
DERU - PUSHING AIR - NEO OUIJA - LP (NEO19LP)
ANOTHER HIGH QUALITY RELEASE INDEED FROM NEO OUIJA THAT'S GUARANTEED
TO APPEAL TO MANY. FANS OF TOYTRONIC, OPIATE, EARLY PHONEM, BOLA
/ SKAM, PROGRESSIVE FORM, AROVANE OR (AS YOU'VE PROBABLY GATHERED
FROM THE ABOVE LIST!) JUST GREAT, SLIGHTLY GLITCHY, MELODIC =
CONTEMPORARY
ELECTRONICA, YOU AT LEAST NEED TO GIVE THIS A LISTEN!
FEVER - TOO BAD BUT TRUE - DIGITAL HARDCORE - LP (DHRLP19)
POOR OLD DIGITAL HARDCORE - THEY BASICALLY PEAKED ABOUT FIVE YEARS
TOO EARLY. THIS SOUNDS SO FRESH (I'M WRITING THIS IN 2003) -
MASHED UP DIGITAL BEATS AND NOISE MIXED WITH DARK HIP HOP VOCALS.
THINK OF SOME OF TIGERBEATS OUTPUT MIXED WITH SCUD / AMBUSH =
SENSIBILITIES.
MAD, DERRANGED AND RIGHT GOOD FUN!
FUNCKARMA - ELAZTIQ - NEO OUIJA - 12" (NEO014)
THE PROLIFIC FUNKARMA'S DEBUT ON NEO OUIJA (HAVING PREVIOUSLY
RECORDED ON DUB). A LOVELY FOUR TRACK EP OF MELODIC ELECTRONICA
- PLENTY OF MELODY, NICE COMPLICATED BEAT STRUCTURES, AND THE
VERY OCCASIONAL BIT OF GLITCH. FOUR SWEET TRACKS TO SOOTHE YOU!
NICE.
GEIOM - SELLOTAPE FLOWERS - NEO OUIJA - 2xLP (NEO006LP)
WITH NO DATE ON THIS ANYWHERE I CAN'T WORK OUT IF IT IS OLD AND
WE NEVER GOT IT FIRST TIME ROUND, OR WHETHER THIS IS A CASE OF
NEO OUIJA FILLING IN THE MISSING CATALOGUE NUMBERS. WHATEVER,
IT IS A NINE TRACK ALBUM OF QUITE BEAT DRIVEN ELECTRONICS - QUITE
DARK IN OVERAL TONE, WITH MUCH MORE EMPHASIS ON THE RHYTHMS THAN
THE MELODIES. GOOD TOO
HOT BUTTER - POPCORN - COLLECTABLES - 7" (COL3170)
GET YER MOOGS OUT! THE FIRST TRULY ELECTRONIC POP SINGLE? QUITE
POSSIBLY. DARN INFECTIOUS TO THIS DAY. INEXPLICABLY BACKED WITH
"(IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG) I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT" BY SMOOTH
SOUL MERCHANT LUTHER INGRAM - ONLY IN THE WORLD OF U.S. JUKEBOX
7"S!
INFANT - GROWING UP - NEO OUIJA - LP (NEO12LP)
LOVELY NEW LP PROJECT FROM NEO OUIJA. EIGHT TRACKS OF DELIGHTFULLY
PUT TOGETHER ELECTRONICS WHICH USE AN ORGANIC FLAVA T UP THE =
ATMOSPHERE
STAKES. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE GOOD REALLY TO BE ON METAMATICS OWN
LABEL. RECOMMENDED.
KETTEL - RED PEAR EP - NEO OUIJA - 12" (NEO11)
ANOTHER FINE COMPILATION OF DIVERSE ELECTRONICA ON NEO OUIJA.
THIS TIME PRODUCED BY KETTEL, WHO DELIVERS TRACKS, RANGING FROM
THE MORE CHILLED ATMOSPHERICS TO QUITE SINISTER COLLAGES.
LANGUIS - EP - SMALLFISH - 7" (7FISH003)
BRAND NEW SEVEN INCH FROM THE SMALLFISH LABEL AND IT COMES DIRECT
FROM SANFRANCISCO BASED DUO LANGUIS. TWO TRACKS OF LUSH, ORGANIC
ELECTRONICA WITH UNIQUE MUTATING SOUNDS, GORGEOUS ABSTRACT =
FLOURISHES
AND GENUINELLY CHILLED FEEL. THE FLIP SIDE WITH IT'S GENTLE, =
INCREDIBLY
SUBTLE VOCODERED RHYTHM IS PARTICULARLY UNUSUAL. FABULOUS STUFF.
MONOLAKE - CERN / WHITE II - MONOLAKE - 12" (ML012)
IN AN UNUSUAL MOVE FOR MONOLAKE WE CAN PROUDLY PRESENT WHITE VINYL
COPIES OF THE NEW SINGLE WHICH IS TAKEN FROM THE CD ONLY ALBUM.
CERN AND WHITE II ARE GENIUS SLICES OF HARD EDGED ELECTRONICA
WITH A UNIQUE SOUND THAT ONLY ROBERT HENKE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE. THESE ARE LIMITED COPIES SO YOU'LL WANT TO GET IN THERE
QUICKLY. ABSOLUTELY SUPERB SOUNDS. ESSENTIAL.
MONOLAKE - LINEAR / ATOMIUM / REMINISCENCE - MONOLAKE - 12" (MI/I/010)
AT LAST WE ARE ABLE TO BRING YOU THE NEW MONOLAKE SINGLE YOU'VE
ALL BEEN ASKING ABOUT. THREE TYPICALLY CLASSY TRACKS, PERHAPS
A BIT MORE DARK AND TWISTED THAN BEFORE WITH SOME SERIOUSLY HEAVY
BEATS AND DISTORTED ELEMENTS IN THE MIX. SUPERB STUFF - BUY WITH
UTTER CONFIDENCE.
PIMMON - KINETICA - K-RAA-K - CD (K021)
WICKED EXPLORATION THROUGH THE SOUND BARRIER AND BACK... ...PIMMON
ARE AT THE FPREFRONT OF ELECTRONIC SOUND WAVES... ...NOT TO BE
MISSED BY ANYONE THAT CAN THINK FURTHER THAN THE NORM???
POSTHUMAN / CFM - SPLIT - SMALLFISH - 12" (12FISH001)
FIRST TWELVE INCH RELEASE SEES AN EXCITING PAIRING OF TALENTS
IN POSTHUMAN AND CFM. PURE ELECTRONIC SOUNDS IN ABUNDANCE WITH,
IN MY OPINION, ONE OF THE BEST TRACKS FROM POSTHUMAN. KICKING
OFF WITH A SIMPLE, BEAUTIFUL GUITAR LICK IT SOON TURNS INTO AN
EPIC, EVER MUTATING ELECTRO STYLE GROOVE WITH A HEAVY BASS AND
SOME AWESOME INSTRUMENTATION. BRILLIANT. CFM GET ALL OFFKILTER
ON US WITH OBSCURE RHYTHMS, LUSH LITTLE MELODIES AND BEAUTIFULLY
REALISED GLITCH SOUNDS. A SUPER PIECE OF VINYL. FIRST FIFTY COPIES
ARE NUMBERED EDITIONS.
SICA - YOU ARE NOT MILK MACHINES - NEO OUIJA - 12" (NEO 07)
WARM, CRACKLY SOUNDS, WITH LOTS OF LAID BACK ATMOSPHERE ON THIS
7TH NEO OUIJA RELEASE. PRODUCED BY SICA.=20
SOUNDTREE / J. JUNKER - DISTURBED / CAPITAL - SMALLFISH - 7" (CLOWN)
SECOND RELEASE ON THE FISHES OWN LABEL! SOUNDTREE DEVELOPS A DARK
SOUNDSCAPE STYLE WITH AN ACOUSTIC BASS-LINE TO MOVE YOU AND STRINGS
TO DIE FOR. J. JUNKER DELIVERS A SUPER COOL SLICE OF CUT UP DISCO
/ HOUSE FUNK THAT'S SURE TO HAVE YOU SHAKIN' THAT ASS!
STASIS / REMOTE - CLAPPED OUT / SILVERGUN - SMALLFISH - 7" (ANGEL)
THE VERY FIRST RELEASE ON SMALLFISH RECORDS!!! EXCLUSIVE STASIS
TRACK HITS THE MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN HIS ELECTRONICS AND BREAKS
WORK. DARK AND SOUNDSCAPEY, BEATY AND SUB-BASSY! REMOTES DEBUT
TRACK HITS THE DUB FLAVA WITH SUBTLE BEATS AND A DEEP, DEEP BASS.
ALL HISS IS INTENTIONAL! LABELS MISPRESSED FOR COLLECTABILITY!
SUPERSILENT - 6 - RUNE GRAMMOFON - 2xLP (RLP3029)
SUPERSILENT IS A PSEUDONYM FOR DEATHPROD... I THINK, WHATEVER...
THIS LABEL CONTINUES TO RELEASE MUSIC THAT IS BOTH CHALLENGING
AND BEAUTIFUL. COMBINING LIVE INSTRUMENTS WITH ELECTRONICS, THIS
WOULD FIT AS WELL AS AN ATMOSPHERIC FILM SOUNDTRACK AS AN INTENSE
ALMOST-ORCHESTRAL PEICE, AS THE MUSICAL BACKDROP TO AN ART =
INSTALLATION.
IT EVOKES MELANCHOLY AND ELATION IN EQUAL MEASURES - THINK OVAL
MADE BEAUTIFUL? HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
VERBOSE - OBSERVE - NEO OUIJA - LP (NEO20LP)
NICE MELODIC ELECTRONICS FROM METAMATIC'S OWN NEO OUIJA IMPRINT.
GENTLE MELODIES COMBINE WITH LAPTOP BEATS IN VAGUELY LULLABY
STYLED TUNES ON THIS ALBUM. AND CUNNINGLY, VERBOSE IS AN ANAGRAM
OF OBSERVE IS AN ANAGRAM OF VERBOSE... NICE.
VERTICAL CAT / REMOTE - SPLIT - SMALLFISH - 12" (12FISH002)
SECOND TWELVE INCH RELEASE FROM THE FISH AND IT'S A TASTY SPLIT
FROM VERTICAL CAT AND REMOTE_. THE CAT DELIVERS TWO VARIED TRACKS
KICKING OFF WITH THE ROLLING TECHNO DUB OF IN LOVE. SUPERB DELAYED
STABS AND A DEEP, DEEP BASS ENSURE A DANCEFLOOR FEEL, BUT WITHOUT
LOSING ANY SUBTLETY. THE SECOND TRACK IS A PURE SLICE OF ELECTRONICA
WITH RAD DISTORTED BEATS AND A TOTALLY MEMORABLE MELODY. CLASS.
THE REMOTE TRACKS ARE DETROIT INSPIRED WITH LUSH STRINGS AND SOLID
RHYTHMS. THE FIRST CUT HAS A SLIGHTLY HOUSEY FEEL AND A JAZZY
TOUCH OF MELODY WHILST THE SECOND TRACK IS MORE OF A B12 STYLE
ROMP. VERY PLEASING! FIRST FIFTY COPIES ARE NUMBERED EDITIONS.
New Releases (Vinyl): Techno / Electro
DEAD COMBO - YOU DON'T LOOK SO GOOD - OUTPUT - 12" (OPR68)
SOMEONE'S BEEN LISTENING TO SUICIDE, MAYBE EVEN THE MC5. THIS
IS CERTAINLY THE MOST AGGRESSIVE RELEASE ON THIS LABEL I CAN =
REMEMBER.
(TREVOR?) JACKSON PUTS IN A THOROUGHLY STRANGE CUT-UP =
ELECTRO-TRASH-PUNK
REWORK. OTHER MIXES COME COURTESY OF OTHERF*CKER AND LARRY 7.
I-WOLF - FALLIN' - KLEIN - 12" (KL050)
PRETTY BOG-STANDARD FARE HERE FROM KLEIN, IT HAS TO BE SAID, =
ALTHOUGH
REMIXES FROM LOSOUL AND STEREOTYP SHOULD CERTAINLY HELP US SHIFT
A COUPLE. SEE WHAT YOU THINK, ANYWAY....
JOEY BELTRAM - THE BEYONDER - TRESOR - 12" (TRESOR213)
THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT FROM TRESOR - HARD, ENERGETIC, DANCEFLOOR
TECHNO IN A BLUE SLEEVE WITH AN ORANGE STRIPE ACROSS THE TOP.
BIT OF A RETURN TO FORM FOR BELTRAM, TOO, I THOUGHT. BANGIN'!
MYLO - VALLEY OF THE DOLLS - BREASTFED - 7" (BFD010)
HIGHY ACCLAIMED/OVER-RATED SUB DAFT PUNK ATMOSPHERIC HOUSEY =
ELECTRONICA,
DANCE MUSIC FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T DANCE OR GET A BABYSITTER.
PRINCESS HIM - MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS - KLEIN - LP (KL052LP)
PURE ELECTRO DISCO, HEAVEN TO SOME, HELL TO OTHERS - YOU'LL EITHER
LOVE IT OR LOATHE IT, BASICALLY. IT'S ON KLEIN, TO SOME EXTENT
THAT'S A CASE OF "ENOUGH SAID" ALREADY. SEE WHAT YOU THINK....
SCAPE ONE - FUTURE SOUND OF BOGNOR EP - IWARI.COM - 12" (USR06)
IWARI.COM GET BACK INTO THE GROOVE WITH THIS SUPER DELUXE FOUR
TRACKER FROM ELECTRO'S ANSWER TO STOCK AND WATERMAN (PROLIFICNESS
WISE NOT MUSICALLY). QUALITY SOUNDS, ROUGH AND READY 808 BEATS
AND A KILLER SELECTION OF AUTHENTIC SYNTH NOISES. THIS IS ANOTHER
LIMITED RELEASE SO YOU'LL NEED TO SNAP IT UP. RECOMMENDED.
SEELENLUFT - I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW - KLEIN - 12" (KL057)
TIGA'S MIX IS FAIRLY UNIMAGINATIVE, USING THE SOUNDS WE'VE COME
TO EXPECT FROM THE ELECTRO-HOUSE SCENE, WHILE ON THE FLIP RITON'S
MIX HAS THE MOST PERSONALITY, PITCHING JIMS VOCAL UP TO THAT OF
A LADY...
SOULWAX - ANY MINUTE NOW - PIAS - 2xLP (PIASB060DLP)
COMING COMPLETE WITH ARTWORK BY TREVOR JACKSON (WHO'S TRYING TO
BECOME HOXTON'S ANSWER TO BRIDGET RILEY, BY ALL ACCOUNTS), THIS
LONG-AWAITED SOULWAX ALBUM DOES EVERYTHING BAR WHAT YOU EXPECT.
SOME OF IT SOUNDS LIKE IT SHOULD BE ON KOMPAKT, SOME OF IT SOUNDS
LIKE LATTER-DAY JESUS AND MARY CHAIN/PRIMAL SCREAM, SOME OF IT
SOUNDS LIKE ELECTRIC SIX WITH THE DISTORTION PEDALS CRANKED UP.
ONE OF THOSE WHERE YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHETHER YOU WANT TO BUY IT
OR NOT ALREADY, SO WHATEVER JUDGEMENT I PASS IS IRRELEVANT, =
REALLY....
SUPERCOLLIDER - RADIANATIONS ON THE RISE EP - RISE ROBOTS RISE - 12" =
(RRR006)
THE MAIN VERSION IS TYPICAL SUPERCOLLIDER - WEIRD SOUL-ROBOT VOCALS
AND DISLOCATED BEATS, WAGON CHRIST'S MIX IS A MUCH MORE SOPHORIFIC,
DOWNBEAT AFFAIR AND THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EP FOR MANY, I WOULD
SAY....
TRIO CUTTY SARK - SHANTY / CHEESE - UNKNOWN - 7" (APP004)
CUTE LITTLE 7" WITH TWO TRACKS - BOTH WITH A CERTAIN CHARM AND
ECCENTRICITY. CHEESE HAS A SOLID BEAT - FALLING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
HOUSE AND TECHNO - AND SOME NICE LIVE SOUNDING PERCUSSION AND
SOME RAMBLED UNITELLIGIBLE VOCALS IN THE BACKROUND. FLIP FOR
A SIMILAR BEAT, BUT WITH A SLIGHTLY MORE PERKY AND SUMMERY FEEL
AND A KIND OF CROONED SONG BEHIND. ONE OF THOSE RECORDS THAT
I THOUGHT I'D HATE AND ACTUALLY REALLY LIKED.
Restocks (Vinyl): Techno / Electro
GRACE JONES - PULL UP TO THE BUMPER / LA VIE EN ROSE - COLLECTABLES - =
7" (COL2608)
TWO OF THE GODMOTHER OF THE CURRENT ELECTROCLASH/POP REVIVAL'S
MOST LOVED TRACKS - TREVOR HORN AT HIS VINTAGE BEST....
New Releases (Vinyl): US Techno / Electro
JEFF MILLS - THE TOMORROW TIME FORGOT - AXIS - 12" (AX040)
NOT SURE IF THESE ARE TRACKS FROM THE VAULTS OR NOT, BUT EITHER
WAY THIS CERTAINLY SOUNDS LIKE VINTAGE MILLS! TWO ENERGETIC TRACKS
THAT PACK IN ALL HIS TRADEMARK - (HARD, SHUFFLING PERCUSSION,
DEEP CHORDS, CHILLING STRINGS), COUPLED WITH TWO STRIPPED =
DOWN/AMBIENT
PIECES. VERY NICE.
Restocks (Vinyl): US Techno / Electro
MATHEW JONSON - DECOMPRESSION EP - MINUS - 12" (MINUS24)
MATHEW JONSON IS ON TOP FORM AT THE MOMENT AND PEOPLE REALLY DON'T
SEEM TO BE ABLE TO GET ENOUGH OF HIS UNIQUE STRAIN OF TECHNO.
THIS COMES ON IN A VERY UN-MINUS-LIKE FASHION WITH IT'S DARK,
PRETTY MUCH TWISTED BASSLINE WITH AN ED RUCH AND OPTICAL STYLE
RAWNESS TO IT. SUPERB STRINGS FILTER IN THROUGH THE TRACK AND
THE CRISP PERCUSSION DOES ITS JOB WITH A GREAT DEAL OF PANACHE.
THE FLIP IS MELLOWER, DEEPER AND ALTOGETHER THE FLIP SIDE OF MATHEW
JONSON'S COIN, PROVIDING A GROOVESOME YET SUBTLE FLAVA. ABSOLUTELY
BRILLIANT STUFF, BUT THEN, YOU PROBABLY DON'T NEED ME TO TELL
YOU THAT! BUY IT NOW.
New Releases (Vinyl): House
DOMENICO FERRARI VS LUOMO - THE KICK - STRAIGHT AHEAD - 12" (SAR039)
STRAIGHT UP DEEP HOUSE, TASTEFUL, FAIRLY MINIMAL, BUT NOT VERY
EXCITING, THIS WOULD WORK WELL AS ONE OF THOSE 'BRING IT BACK
DOWN' RECORDS MID SET. FEATURES TWO LUOMO MIXES WHICH SHOULD BE
THE MAIN SELLING POINT....
KASKADE - STEPPIN' OUT - OM - 12" (OM160SV)
AN ECLECTIC REMIX PACKAGE HERE, MONKEYBARS KICK THINGS OFF WITH
A FUNKY US HOUSE VERSION, WHILE GREENSKEEPERS VEER TOWARDS A MORE
SHUFFLY, UNDERSTATED OFFERING...AND COULD THE MEMBERS ONLY MIX
BE KING BRITT? A VERY SAN FRANCISCAN SELECTION.
Restocks (Vinyl): House
CARL CRAIG - WONDERFUL LIFE / AS TIME GOES BY - PLANET E - 12" =
(PE65270)
CLASSIC TUNES FROM MR CRAIG. AS TIME GOES BY (SITTING UNDER A
TREE) ORIGINALLY CAME OUT IN 1987 OR THERE ABOUTS, AND IS A SUBLIME
VOCAL HOUSE TUNE. WONDERFUL LIFE ON THE FLIP IS A SUPERB BIT
OF MELODIC DEEP TECHNO - TRADE MARK CARL CRAIG. RECOMMENDED.
DEMARKUS LEWIS - PARALLELS EP - NORDICTRAX - 12" (NT037)
3 DEEP AND FUNKY CUTS HERE FROM DEMARKUS. NOTHING NEW FROM THE
MAN, BUT HIS OUTPUT IS ALWAYS QUALITY ASSURED. HAVE A LISTEN......
DESIGNER MUSIC - GOOD GIRLS - PLANET E - 12" (PE65276)
ANOTHER SINGLE-SIDED 12" FROM MR. CRAIG'S DEEP VAULTS. PREVIOUSLY
A FAN-CLUB ONLY RELEASE, THIS TOTAL CARNIVAL / PARTY TUNE EVENTUALLY
BECAME A HIT WHEN REWORKED BY THE GOODMEN AS "GIVE IT UP". =
PERCUSSIVE,
LIVELY, ENERGETIC, HAVIN' IT!!!!
New Releases (Vinyl): Hip Hop
GURU - CAVE IN - TRAFFIC - 12" (TEG1929)
GURU GETS BUSY OVER A STRAIGHT LOOP OF CAVERN. A HOMEAGE TO LIGUID
LIQUID AS WELL AS MELLE MELS WHITE LINES......
JEAN GRAE - THE BEST OF THE MIXTAPE EXCLUSIVES - N/A - 12" (GRAE3000)
6 TRACKS FROM THE FORTHCOMING LP FROM JEAN DUE OUT SEPT 2004.
VERY MUCH A RAW DEF JUX STYLE TO THE BEATS, ALTHOUGH THERE IS
ONE SOULFUL VOCAL CUT. I MUST SAY I PREFERED THE OLD NATURAL =
RESOURCE
MATERIAL, BUT THERE YOU GO....
J-ZONE - INSTRUMENTALS VOL 6 - OLD MAID ENTERTAINMENT - LP (OME2015LP)
9 MORE ECCENTRIC BEATS FROM J HERE. SOME DECIDEDLY OFF THE WALL
BEATS FOR YOU TO SEE AS YOU SEE FIT.=20
KARL HINDS - HAVE PATIENCE - ILL FLAVA - 2xLP (ILLP003)
RUFF, RUGGED N' RAW UK STYLES FROM KARL. ALMOST ALL SELF PRODUCED
THIS, HAVE A LISTEN AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK...
MASTERS OF CEREMONY - DYNAMITE - STRONG CITY - LP (MC1LP)
NICE REPRESS OF THIS VERY TOUGH TO FIND LP . NICE JAZZY JAY =
PRODUCTION
FOR THE CREW THAT DEBUTED GRAND PUBA. ONE OF MY FAVOURITES OF
THE LATE 80'S THIS, HAVE A LISTEN........
RAW PRODUCE - CYCLES - REMIX - FEMALE FUN - 12" (SCR001)
REMIX OF THIS GREAT INDIE FROM 1995 COMES CURTESY OF GROOVEMAN
SPOT? NICE, BUT THE ORIGINAL IS STILL THE ONE. ALSO FEATURES THE
CUT "FRUITS OF OUR LABOUR" WHICH I THINK IS PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED?
TOP MID NINTIES HIP HOP FROM WHAT MANY REGARD AS THE GOLDEN ERA
(WELL, I DO AT LEAST!)....
RJD2 - 1976 - DEF JUX - 12" (DJX097)
NICE CUT FROM THE SINCE WE LAST SPOKE LP THAT GETS A REMIX FROM
RJ HIMSELF. ON THE FLIP THERE IS A COUPLE OF CUTS THAT I THINK
ARE NOT ON THE LP, BUT I'M NOT 100% ON THAT!!=20
U.N. - UN OR U OUT - WORLD - 2xLP (45642LP)
DEBUT LP FROM THE CREW WHO;'S FIRST 12" WAS WITH PETE ROCK AND
TAKEN FROM THE PETESTRUMENTALS LP. VERY LITTLE INFO PRODUCTION
WISE, BUT I KNOW THAT PETE ROCK & LARGE PRO WERE INVOLVED. A TIGHT,
RAW LP THAT PACKS THAT STREET PUNCH. IF YOU LIKE IT A LITTLE FRAYED
AT THE EDGES, THEN THIS IS FOR YOU......
Restocks (Vinyl): Hip Hop
DAS EFX - HOLD IT DOWN - EAST WEST - 2xLP (618291)
REISSUE OF THIS SUPERB LP FROM DAS EFX. SUCH GREAT CUTS AS REAL
HIP HOP, MICROPHONE MASTER, REPRESENT, THE TITLE CUT AND MANY
MORE. 19 CUTS IN ALL, SERIOUS HIP HOP FROM THE MID 90'S. =
RECOMMENDED........
FAT JON - WAVE MOTION - MUSH - 2xLP (MH205LP)
STUNNING!!! PIPS THE HUMANOID EROTICA LP TO THE POST, JUST. =
ADMITTEDLY
IT FEATURES MOST OF THE TRACKS OF THE TWO EP'S, BUT DONT LET THAT
PUT YOU OFF. THIS IS THE DEEPEST INSTRUMENTAL HIP HOP LP'S OF
ALL TIME. SO SO GOOD, AN ESSENTIAL YOU MIGHT SAY!!!!
JERU THE DAMAJA - WRATH OF THE MATH - PAYDAY - 2XLP (697124119 1)
SECOND LP PICKS UP WHERE THE FIRST ONE LEFT OFF............. SUCH
QUALITY ITS HARD TO OFFER SUPERLATIVES....... SOME OF THE BEST
PRIMO BEATS EVER ,PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!
N/A - FEELIN JAMES - TD - 12" (TD802A)
CLASSIC CUT UP OF JAMES BROWN, KURTIS BLOW, JUICE AND OTHERS.
A LOVELY AND CLASSIC NEW YORK EDIT RECORD CURTESY OF DANNY =
KRIVIT.............
RADIANCE - THIS IS A PARTY - WARE - 12" (W001)
SUPER RARE OBSCURE OLD SCHOOL HERE WITH THAT DISCO BOOGIE FEEL.
NICE TO SEE SOME OF THESE RARE OLD SCHOOL TUNES GETTING REPRESSED.
HAVE A LISTEN....
SKYE / TODD MCKENZIE - SPLIT - SMALLFISH - 7" (7FISH004)
FOURTH SEVEN INCH RELEASE FROM YOUR VERY OWN SMALLFISH AND IT'S
A TASTY SLAB OF HIP HOP. SKYE (AKA STASIS) COMES CORRECT WITH
A DEEP BEAT THAT'S PURE INSTRUMENTAL HIP HOP CLASS. RIPE FOR A
CUTTING AND MAYBE EVEN A BIT OF FREESTYLING. ALL RHODES LICKS
AND PHAT PRODUCTION. THE FLIP SIDE SEES THE DEBUT FROM THE =
INCREDIBLY
TALENTED TODD MCKENZIE. MORE THAN JUST A HIP HOP TRACK, HE PROVIDES
THE VOCALS, ALL THE PRODUCTION AND HIS SONGWRITING SKILLS ARE
CLEARLY BEYOND ANY DOUBT. FABULOUSLY ATMOSPHERIC JAZZY SOUNDS
AND LIVE DRUMS SAMPLED INTO THE MIX. TRULY A BEAUTIFUL TRACK.
SMILEY THE GHETTO CHILD - THE WAKE UP CALL - YEARROUND - 12" (AMOB001)
3RD RELEASE FROM PREMIERS YEAR ROUND LABEL SEES SMILEY BLESS 2
BEATS, ONE FROM PRIMO & ONE FROM SHOW. TOP OF THE DRAW NEW YORK
BEATS & RHYMES HERE. THE PRIMO BEAT IS GREAT AND SHOWS HE CAN
STILL ROCK WITH THE BEST OF 'EM. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED...
SPECIAL G - ROCK THE HOUSE - TD - 12" (TD801)
CLASSIC EDIT TRACK FROM NEW YORK ORIGINAL FROM THE MID 80'S. A
MUST FOR THE PARTY!!!!!
WAAJEED - BPM INSTRUMENTALS - BLING 47 - LP (B47LP1112)
THE 3RD RELEASE FOR JAY-DEES SUPERB BUT DIFFICULT TO TRACK DOWN
LABEL SEES WAJEED GET ALL FUNKY & SPACEY ON US. SUPERBLY SUBTLE
BEATS WITH THAT "DETROIT" SOUND. IF ONLY THERE WAS MORE MUSIC
LIKE THIS, MY WORLD WOULD CERTAINLY BE A BRIGHTER PLACE.....
New Releases (Vinyl): Guitar Based
BONNIE PRINCE BILLY - AGNES, QUEEN OF SORROW - DOMINO - 7" (RUG185)
THE FIRST BONA FIDE BONNIE PRINCE BILLY SINGLE IN SEVERAL YEARS
IS CURIOUSLY A TRACK TAKEN FROM HIS "GREATEST PALACE MUSIC" LP,
NOW SEVERAL MONTHS OLD. HAVING SAID THAT, IT'S A WONDERFUL PIECE
OF PURE COUNTRY, THOROUGHLY DESERVING ITS SINGLE STATUS. COMES
BACKED WITH WHAT I BELIEVE IS A NEW TRACK, "BLOKBUSTER". YOU GOTTA
LOVE THE BOY OLDHAM.
CLINIC - WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL - DOMINO - LP (WIGLP144)
THIS IS NO GREAT RADICAL DEPARTURE IN SOUND FROM CLINIC, BUT STILL
HIGHLY ENJOYABLE. THERE'S A FEW TRACKS ON HERE THAT ROCK OUT LIKE
THEY NEVER HAVE BEFORE, AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF REALLY MOODY, SULTRY,
ATMOSPHERIC TUNES. DUST OFF THAT WHITE SURGICAL OUTFIT, IT'S TIME
TO PLAY DOCTORS AND NURSES ONCE AGAIN.
F*CKING AM, THE - GOLD - DRAG CITY - LP (DC269)
MY GOD, THIS IS SO TONGUE IN CHEEK, IT GOES BEYOND IRONY AND OUT
THE OTHER SIDE! MEMBERS OF THE F*CKING CHAMPS AND TRANS AM TEAM
UP FOR THIS AFFECTIONATE, REMARKABLY ACCURATE TRIBUTE TO THEIR
SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES METAL HEROES. PREDOMINANTLY INSTRUMENTAL,
AND FULL OF OVER-THE-TOP RIFFS, GUITAR WORK AND WIG-OUTS, ONE
KEEPS EXPECTING TOMMY VANCE TO BACK-ANNOUNCE THE TRACKS! THERE'S
EVEN A HINT OF PROG (THINGS DID GO A BIT ELP AT ONE STAGE - YOU
HAVE BEEN WARNED), BUT OVERALL THIS REALLY DOES METAL UP YER ASS.
MAKES THE DARKNESS LOOK, WELL, AS GODAWFUL AS THEY ARE.
HOOD / THEMSELVES - SPLIT PICTURE DISC 7" - ROCKET RACER - 7" (RR23)
A BRILLIANT RECORD, ALBEIT AN EXPENSIVE ONE. THEMSELVES, ON LOAN
FROM ANTICON, PUT IN THE LEAST HIP HOP TRACK OF THEIR CAREER,
RIVALLING CLOUDDEAD IN THE LEFTFIELD HIP POP STAKES. FLIP OVER
FOR ONE OF THE LOVELIEST TRACKS FROM DOMINO'S HOOD IN A LONG TIME
- A REAL RETURN TO THEIR LO-FI FORM OF OLD. TERRIFIC.
HOWLING HEX, THE - THE RETURN OF THE THIRD TOWER - DRAG CITY - LP =
(DC276)
NOT SURE WHY THIS IS SO EXPENSIVE - MAYBE BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO
BE AN ALBUM OF TWO HALVES (OR SIDES?!). THE FIRST HALF IS THE
MORE EXPERIMENTAL - SEMI-SPOKEN WORD VOCALS AND THE SOUND OF AN
ORCHESTRA TUNING UP DOMINATE. PART TWO VEERS BACK TOWARDS MORE
ACCESSIBLE U.S. AVANT-INDIE TERRITORY. A CONFUSING BUT POTENTIALLY
REWARDING LISTEN.
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT / TEENAGE FANCLUB - ASSOCIATION - GEOGRAPHIC - =
7" (GEOG29)
GOOD TO SEE THE RETURN OF THE FANNIES, WHO COVER THE A-SIDE AS
THE B-SIDE. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT'S VERSION IS A REALLY VERY =
PLEASANT
PIECE OF MELLOW, SLIGHTLY BRIAN WILSON-ESQUE GUITAR POP WITH A
LOVELY SCOTTISH LO-FI FEEL ABOUT IT. TFC DON'T ALTER THE FORMULA
MUCH, BUT IT'S NICE TO HEAR THOSE TRADEMARK HARMONY VOCALS AGAIN.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, CERTAINLY AT THIS PRICE.
JOHNNY CASH - GREATEST! - GET BACK - LP (GET7522LP)
ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1959 ON THE LEGENDARY SUN LABEL, THIS LP
IS A MIGHTY DOCUMENT OF JOHNNY CASH'S EARLY COUNTRY/ROCK 'N' ROLL
SOUND. INCLUDED ARE THREE SUPERB HANK WILLIAMS COVERS ("YOU WIN
AGAIN", "HEY GOOD LOOKIN'" AND "I COULD NEVER BE ASHAMED OF YOU")
AND A FEW LESSER KNOWN SINGLES (SUCH AS "KATY TOO" AND "LUTHER'S
BOOGIE").
RADIAN - JUXTAPOSITION - THRILL JOCKEY - LP (THRILL147LP)
A VERY PLEASANTLY MELLOW ELECTRONIC KRAUTROCK LP, AS PRODUCED
BY THE HEAD TORTOISE HIMSELF, JOHN MCENTIRE. OVERALL, THIS DOES
HAVE THAT CHICAGO POST ROCK SOUND GOING ON, BUT MORE WITH A HINT
OF GERMAN ELECTRONICA A LA KUCHEN MEETS MAPSTATION, FOR EXAMPLE.
TOP QUALITY STUFF.
TIM BUCKLEY - SEFRONIA - GET BACK - LP (GET642LP)
DATING FROM 1973, SEFRONIA WAS ANOTHER CHANGE IN DIRECTION FROM
THIS EVER-EVOLVING ARTIST - THIS IS WHITE JAZZ-FUNK / MUTANT FOLK
ROCK BACKED BY BUCKLEY AND HIS ASTONISHING VOCAL TECHNIQUE. INCLUDES
TWO MUCH LOVED TRACKS - "DOLPHINS" AND "MARTHA".
TIMOTHY LEARY - YOU CAN BE ANYONE THIS TIME AROUND - GET BACK - LP =
(GET423LP)
MR. TUNE IN TURN ON DROP OUT'S "ORIGINAL, UNCUT, UNCENSORED =
VISION...
A SHARP THINKER OFTEN EASILY SCORNED FOR HIS IDEAS", IT SAYS HERE.
MIND YOU, CHECK OUT SIDE TWO FOR A REMARKABLE JAM SESSION HAPPENING
IN THE BACKGROUND, THE LINE-UP OF WHICH INCLUDES STEPHEN STILLS,
JOHN SEBASTIAN, BUDDY MILES AND JIMI HENDRIX!
TWISTED CHARM - BROKEN GIRL - 1-2-3-4 - 7" (1234IN01)
THIS FOUR-PIECE SOUND A BIT LIKE FRANZ FERDINAND CROSSED WITH
EARLY EIGHTIES FALL, WITH HINTS OF THE SLITS AND THE POSTCARD
SOUND. IT SAYS 2004 ON THE SLEEVE, BUT IT DON'T SOUND IT! DAMN
CATCHY, THOUGH, I'LL GIVE IT THAT....
WHIRLWIND HEAT - FLAMINGO HONEY - XL - 10" (XLT186)
TEN TRACKS, ONE MINUTE EACH. HIGHLY LIMITED, APPARENTLY, AND WE
ONLY HAVE THE ONE. IT REMINDED ME OF PAVEMENT QUITE A BIT. =
SURPRISINGLY
GOOD, AND CERTAINLY MY FAVOURITE RELEASE FROM THIS BAND. I'D GET
IN ASAP IF I WERE YOU.
WORKSHOP - YOG SOTHOTH - SONIG - 2xLP (SONIG37LP)
A BIZARRE RELEASE, EVEN BY SONIG'S STANDARDS, ALTHOUGH PARADOXICALLY
ONE OF THE MORE ENJOYABLE AND APPROACHABLE OF RECENT. 30TH CENTURY
POP SONGS SUNG AND PLAYED WITH TREATED / VOCODERED VOCALS, FUZZY
GUITARS, DISTORTED BEATS, CUT-UP ELECTRONICS, LO-FI SYNTHS. =
EXPERIMENTAL
POP MUSIC FROM A PARALLEL, SLIGHTLY MORE WARPED UNIVERSE.
Restocks (Vinyl): Guitar Based
KINKS, THE - SUNNY AFTERNOON / 'TIL THE END OF THE DAY - COLLECTABLES =
- 7" (COL0367)
ANYONE THAT NEEDS A DESCRIPTION OF THIS NEEDS A KICK UP THE BOTTY.
LIKEWISE ANYONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE THIS RAY DAVIES' CLASSIC IN
THEIR COLLECTION NEEDS TO AMEND THAT AT ONCE.
KINKS, THE - YOU REALLY GOT ME / A WELL RESPECTED MAN - COLLECTABLES - =
7" (COL0365)
RAY DAVIES INVENTS A) HARD ROCK WITH THE GROUND-BREAKING "YOU
REALLY GOT ME", WHICH INFLUENCED EVERYONE FROM IRON MAIDEN TO
MOTORHEAD AND B) BRITPOP WITH THE CAUSTIC, SATIRICAL "WELL RESPECTED
MAN" - DAMON ALBARN, YOU OWE YOUR CAREER TO THIS SONG! GENIUS.
NEAL HEFTI / VIC MIZZY - BATMAN THEME / THE ADDAMS FAMILY - =
COLLECTABLES - 7" (DPE11068)
THE ORIGINAL VERSIONS OF TWO OF THE BEST KNOWN AND LOVED T.V.
THEMES OF ALL TIME. TRY NOT CLICKING YOUR FINGERS ALONG TO "THE
ADDAMS FAMILY" - IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, I RECKON....
STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK - INCENSE AND PEPPERMINTS - COLLECTABLES - 7" =
(COL90034)
POSSIBLY THE MOST "SIXTIES" RECORD EVER MADE, A PERFECT BUBBLEGUM
PSYCH-POP TUNE THAT SHOT TO NO.1 IN THE U.S. BUT, BIZARRELY, =
COMPLETELY
FAILED TO CHART OVER HERE. USED EXPERTLY IN THE FIRST AUSTIN POWERS
FILM....
New Releases (Vinyl): Funk / Jazz / Soul
CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD - FINDERS KEEPERS VOL. 3 - EARMARK - 2xLP =
(44013LP)
COTB WERE ORIGINALLY A HOLLAND / DOZIER / HOLLAND IN-STUDIO BAND
INTENDED AS A BANK ROLLER FOR A BUNCH OF FORMER MOTOWN PRODUCERS.
INSTEAD THEY BECAME ONE OF THE SMOOTHEST REAL SOUL ACTS TO EMERGE
FROM DETROIT IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES. THIS THIRD AND LAST VOLUME
IN THE FINDERS KEEPERS SERIES PRESENTS THE GROUP'S HITS FROM 1972
TO 1976.
CLOUD ONE - DUST TO DUST - QUEEN CONSTANCE - 12" (LP4545)
WICKED TWO STEP SOUL CUT ON THIS SUPERB AND VERY RARE 12". THE
B SIDE IS A TYPICAL NEW YORK LAID BACK DISCO CUT, BUT IT IS WITHOUT
A DOUBT THE CUT "DUST TO DUST" THAT DOES IT. RECOMMENDED......
CURTIS MAYFIELD - SHORT EYES OST - DAGORED - LP (RED158LP)
SOUNDTRACK TO THE 1977 ROBERT M. YOUNG FILM "SHORT EYES", WRITTEN
AND COMPOSED BY CURTIS MAYFIELD. ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON MAYFIELD'S
CURTOM LABEL, THE GENERAL MESSAGE OF THE FILM AND LP DEMONSTRATES
HIS COMMITMENT TO DELIVERING A STRONG MESSAGE FROM THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN AND LATINO COMMUNITIES.
GOLDEN FLAMINGO ORCHESTRA, THE - THE GUARDIAN ANGEL IS WATCHING OVER =
US - GOLDEN FLAMINGO - 12" (GF2929)
MORE OBSCURE DISCO/BOOGIE/RAP FROM NYC'S LATE 70'S/EARLY 80'S
SCENE HERE. THIS ARE OFFICIAL REPRESSES I AM TOLD COMING FROM
PETER BROWN HIMSELF. PETES HANDFUL OF LABELS (GOLDEN FLAMINGO,
LAND OF HITS, SOUND OF NEW YORK ETC) ARE HIGHLY PRIZED ITEMS THESE
DAYS AND THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR SOME OF THEM TO SEE THE LIGHT OF
DAY ONCE AGAIN. THESE WILL APPEAL TO DISCO HEADS, HIP HOPPERS,
BOOGIE FANS ALIKE, RECOMMENDED.....
JAMES BROWN - SOUL ON TOP - VERVE / A & M - LP (292801LP)
A MIXTURE OF JAMES BROWN STANDARDS ("IT'S A MAN'S MAN'S MAN'S
WORLD", "PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG"...) COMBINED WITH LESSER
KNOWN COVERS ("YOUR CHEATIN' HEART", "SEPTEMBER SONG", "FOR ONCE
IN MY LIFE"...) GRACE THIS REISSUED LP. THAT'S ONE HELLUVA SHIRT
YOU'VE GOT ON THERE, TOO, JB!
NOSTALGIA 77 - SEVEN NATION EP - TRU THOUGHTS RECORDINGS - 12" =
(TRUEP065)
NOT SURE WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS. AS YOU'VE PROBABLY GATHERED FROM
THE EP TITLE, THIS FEATURES A REMAKE OF THE WHITE STRIPES' "SEVEN
NATION ARMY" DONE FUNK STYLE. IT'S ALL A BIT JOSS STONE / AMY
WINEHOUSE TO THESE EARS, BUT OUR ANNETTE LIKED IT, AND SHE USUALLY
HAS SOMETHING APPROACHING REASONABLE TASTE, SO HEY, LET'S GIVE
HER THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT FOR ONCE.
SLY STONE - DANCE TO THE MUSIC - MEDLEY - TD - 12" (TD803)
NICE MEDLEY OF SLY STONE HITS HERE AS WELL AS THE SUPERB BREAK
HEAVY LOVE CITY ON THE FLIP. ALL THESE TD RE-EDITS THAT WERE =
ORIGINALLY
DONE IN THE 80'S WERE BY BIG NAME DJ'S. GREAT PARTY GAR, HAVE
A LISTEN......
Restocks (Vinyl): Funk / Jazz / Soul
AFRICAN MUSIC MACHINE - BLACK WATER GOLD - SOUL PATROL - LP (3317)
THIS IS A MUST FOR ALL FANS OF THAT EARLY SEVENTIES FUNK SOUND.
THE TITLE TRACK IS AWESOME AS IS THE REST OF THE LP. MR BROWN,
THE DAPP, TROPICAL AND MOREW. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED LP........
ASHA PUTHLI - S/T - CBS - LP (S65804)
DEEP SOULFUL/DISCO WITH SOME GREAT PRODUCTION AND GREAT LISTENING
FOR THE SAMPLE SPOTTERS OUT THERE. GREAT LP.
BOOKER T & THE MG'S - TIME IS TIGHT - COLLECTABLES - 7" (COL71002)
PROBABLY THE MG'S BEST KNOWN TUNE (AND, I THINK, BIGGEST HIT IN
THE U.K.), BACKED WITH A VERY FUNKED-UP COVER OF "MRS. ROBINSON".
TASTY!
DONNA MCGHEE - MAKE IT LAST FOREVER - RED GREG - LP (RG1002)
SUPER SOULFUL DISCO SOUNDS HERE FROM 1978. UNBEATABLE FOR ME ON
THE CUTS "MAKE IT LAST FOREVER" & "IT AINT NO BIG THING". THE
STRINGS ON MAKE IT LAST FOREVER ARE SUPERB. MOODY AND YET UPLIFTING.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.....
JO BOYER - ISABELLE & THE RAIN - JOB - 12" (JOB102)
OBSCURE CHEESEY DISCO CUT ON THIS TINY NEW YORK LABEL. REALLY
ESSENTIAL FOR 2 COPIES FOR THE MONSTER BREAK IN THE MIDDLE. COME
AND CHECK IT OUT.........
LUTHER DAVIS GROUP - YOU CAN BE A STAR / TO BE FREE - SOUL CAL - 12" =
(SCR101)
ANOTHER OFFSHOOT FOR STONESTHROW THAT PROMISES SOME OBSCURE &
WONDERFUL SOUL/DISCO/BOOGIE REISSUES. THIS, THIER FIRST RELEASE,
DOES NOT DISAPPOINT. RAW, SOULFUL DOULFUL DISCO THAT IS CHARMING.
WELL WORTH A LISTEN & NO MISTAKE......
MARVA WHITNEY - ITS MY THING - SOUL BROTHER - 2xLP (LP SBCS 6)
CLASSIC OF ALL CLASSICS FROM THE FUNKY SOUL =
WORLD..........................
CRAMMED FULL OF AHRD FUNKY SOULFUL AND WELL SAMPLED =
TUNES.............
ONE EXAMPLE BEING "UNWIND YOURSELF" WHICH WAS THE MEAT OF THE
CLASSIC "900 NUMBER" BY 45 KING AND LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT BY
DJ KOOL................................. =
ESSENTIAL......................................................
MULATU OF ETHIOPIA - S/T - WORTHY - LP (W1020LP)
STUNNING ETHIOPIAN FUNKY JAZZ LP THAT IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM IS
A REAL RARITY. THINK OF A STRAT EAST RELEASE WITH A HINT OF AFRO
AND PLENTY OF FUNK ( LOTS OF SAMPLE POTENTIAL HERE!) HIGHLY =
RECOMMENDED....
PATRICE RUSHEN - PRELUSION - PRESTIGE - LP (P10089)
PATRICE'S FIRST LP IS MUCH MORE ON THE FUSION JAZZ TIP COMPARED
TO HER LATER MORE SOULFUL ALBUMS. A GREAT FUNKY TRACK HERE TITLED
"HAW-RIGHT NOW" AS WELL AS SOME OTHER NICE JAZZ WORKOUTS......
SENOR SOUL - ITS YOUR THING - DOUBLE SHOT - LP (DSS5005)
RAW ORGAN LEAD FUNK SOUNDS HERE WITH SOMNE NICE COVERS OF TRACKS
LIKE ITS YOUE THING, WORKING IN THE COALMINE, BY THE TIME I GET
TO PHEONIX AS WELL AS SOME NICE ORIGINALS.....
SYL JOHNSON - IS IT BECAUSE IM BLACK - TWINIGHT - LP (LPS1002)
RARE AS HENS TEETH SOUL LP WHICH IS NICE TO SEE A REISSUE OFF,
UNLESS YOU FANCY SHELLING OUT =A3500 + FOR THE ORIGINAL!!!!!!
WILLIAM STUCKEY - DISCO FLY - ICA - 12" (ICA006)
SUPERB SYNTHY DISCO CUT WITH AN AWESOME BREAK IN THE MIDDLE THAT
WILL APPEAL TO BOTH DISCO & HIP HOP FANS. FEATURES AND EDIT ON
THE FLIP THAT ELONGATES THE BREAK. RECOMMENDED...
WILLIE HUTCH - FOXY BROWN - MOTOWN - LP (M6811S1LP)
STUNNING AND SUPER SOULFUL SOUNDTRACK TO THIS PAM GRIER =
BLAXPLOITATION
FLICK THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HERE MORE RECENT FILM OF THE
SAME NAME. ONE OF WILLE HUTCH'S FINEST MOMENTS HERE. HAVE A =
LISTEN.......
New Releases (Vinyl): Reggae / Dub
CORNEL CAMPBELL - ORIGINAL BLUE RECORDINGS - MOLL SELEKTA - LP =
(EFA121451)
SIXTEEN TRACKS DATING FROM 1970 - 1979, PRODUCED BY BUNNY LEE,
BACKED BY THE AGGROVATORS, SOUL SYNDICATE AND THE HIGH TIME PLAYERS,
RECORDED AT CHANNEL ONE, HARRY J'S, RANDYS AND DYNAMICS AND MIXED
AT KING TUBBY'S IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA. ANOTHER SOLID MOLL SELEKTA,
ERM, SELECTION....
MIKE BROOKS & FRIENDS - JUST THE VIBES - MOLL SELEKTA - LP (EFA121431)
FOURTEEN TRACKS, DATING FROM 1976 TO 1983, SHOWCASING BROOKS'
POWERFUL ROOTS-STYLE SONGWRITING AND NICELY DOCUMENTING HIS TIME
AS A DEEPLY RELIGIOUS SOCIAL CRITIC OF JAMAICA. THE TRACKS =
THEMSELVES
WERE PRODUCED / MIXED BY HARRY J, JACKIE MITTOO, LEE PERRY, PRINCE
JAMMY, KING TUBBY, SCIENTIST AND BROOKS HIMSELF, RECORDED AT CHANNEL
ONE, BLACK ARK AND EASY STREET AND FEATURE THE LIKES OF BARRY
BROWN, JAH LLOYD, DON CARLOS, CORNEL CAMPBELL AND (YOU GUESSED
IT) MIKE BROOKS ON VOCALS.
Restocks (Vinyl): Reggae / Dub
JIMMY CLIFF - THE HARDER THEY COME / YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALL - =
COLLECTABLES - 7" (COL2601)
OH YES - TWO ABSOLUTELY REGGAE LANDMARKS STAMPED LARGE OVER TWO
SIDES OF SEVEN INCHER. YOU SHOULD GET IT AND REALLY WANT IT!
New Releases (CD): Electronica
B. FLEISCHMANN & HERBERT WEIXELBAUM PRESENT - DUO505 LATE - MORR MUSIC =
- CD (MORR047CD)
HEAD TO HEAD MAYHEM FROM THE MORR MUSIC LABEL WITH FLEISCHMANN
AND WEIXELBAUM DELIVERING A FULL ON SESSION OF MC505 GROOVEBOX
ACTION. PRESUMABLY RECORDED LIVE IT HAS A LO-FI, SCRUNCHED UP
ELECTRONIC FEEL WITH SOME VERY DANCEABLE MOMENTS AND A FRESH,
INNOCENT SOUND. LOADS OF POPPY MELODY GOING ON AND A NICE LINE
IN LIVE MANIPULATIONS COMBINE TO MAKE A GREAT ALBUM. TOP.
DISCO OPERATING SYSTEM - ULTRASONIC BATH - LOTTA CONTINUA - CD =
(LOOC001CD)
DEBUT RELEASE FROM THIS LABEL OF UNKNOWN ORIGINS. SEMI-ABRASIVE
ATMOSPHERIC EXPERIMENTALISM USING ALMOST RANDOM SOUNDS, HIGH PITCHED
TONES, AND GENERAL AMBIENCE. THIS COULD BE THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE
ACTIVITIES OF A DEMONICALLY-POSSESSED CHILD - IF YOU HAVE ONE
OF THOSE HIDDEN AWAY IN THE ATTIC, BUY THIS AND SEE IF YOU AGREE.
ELYSIAN QUARTET, THE - GABRIEL PROKOFIEV STRING QUARTET NO 1 - =
NONCLASSICAL - CD (NONCLCD001)
PURE CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COURTESY OF PROKOFIEV'S GRANDSON,
WHO IS (REMARKABLY) ALSO A MEMBER OF SPEKTRUM. IN A SIMILAR =
CONCEPTUAL
VEIN TO THAT OF PERHAPS MATTHEW HERBERT, PROKOFIEV'S ORIGINAL
OPUS GOES TO HEAD TO HEAD WITH REWORKED VERSIONS FROM ELECTRONICA
ARTISTS SUCH AS MAX DE WARDENER, ED LALIQ AND BOXSAGA. KINDA LIKE
MURCOF WITHOUT ALL THAT GLITCHY STUFF. SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
ILLUMINATI - OCEAN ALMANAC - LOTTA CONTINUA - CD (LOOC002CD)
DARK, INTENSE ELECTRONIC MANIPULATION, BORDERING ON INDUSTRIAL
AT TIMES. CLAUSTROPHOBIC AND SLIGHTLY NIGHTMARISH, ALTHOUGH NOT
IN A MERZBOW SENSE, AS THIS IS MORE SUBTLE AND EVOCATIVE - SOME
OF IT IS ACTUALLY ALMOST QUITE WARM AND PRETTY, BORDERING ON DARK
AMBIENT. THIS IS WHAT THE LAST COUPLE OF ACCELERA DECK RELEASES
SHOULD HAVE SOUNDED LIKE.
LARS HORNTVETH - POOKA - SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND - CD (STS079CD)
SOOTHING, MELODIC, JAZZY ELECTRONICA, QUITE SOUNDTRACKY AND =
CLASSICAL
AT TIMES, IMAGINE YOU ARE SITTING IN A ROW BOAT ON A LAKE IN =
NORWAY....
SECRET MOMMY - HAWAII 5.0 - ACHE - CD (ACHE014CD)
MORE CUT 'N' PASTE TOMFOOLERY AND ORGANISED CHAOS FROM SECRET
MOMMY. GLITCH MELODIES, HUMOROUS SAMPLES AND A SURPRISINGLY WARM
AND PLAYFUL APPROACH PREVAILS. TIGERBEAT WITH A HEART (I'LL LEAVE
YOU TO COME UP WITH THE PLAY ON WORDS I'M STRUGGLING FOR HERE)!
SUSANNA & THE MAGICAL ORCHESTRA - LIST OF LIGHTS AND BUOYS - RUNE =
GRAMMOFON - CD (RCD2034)
DEEP, MELODRAMATIC ELECTRONIC POP SONGS, HEARTILY SUNG, OCCASIONALLY
REMINISCENT OF BJORK. MELANCHOLIC AND EMOTIVE, IN A SENSIBLE =
THINKING
WORLD, DIDO AND SUSANNA HAVE SWAPPED PLACES. INCLUDES A REMARKABLE
COVER OF DOLLY PARTON'S "JOLENE".
SWOD - GEHEN - CITY CENTRE OFFICES - CD (TOWERBLOCKCD021)
OH MY GOSH! THIS IS A SUPREMELY BEAUTIFUL RELEASE. CITY CONTRE
OFFICES DELIVER A DELICIOUS COCKTAIL OF GENTLE PIANOS, LUSCIOUS
ELECTRONICS AND DEEP, DEEP ATMOSPHERES. BEAUTIFULLY PUT TOGETHER
AND WONDERFULLY PRODUCED, THIS IS AN ALBUM THAT SHOULD APPEAL
TO FANS OF THE EQUALLY WONDERFUL 'VRIOON' ALBUM BY CARSTEN NICOLAI
AND RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, BUT ALSO ANYONE WITH AN EAR FOR MELODIC,
GORGEOUS MUSIC. UTTERLY RECOMMENDED.
UPROCK RHIZOME & THE APHASIA GROUP - JUNGLE GREEN MEMES - TIGERBEAT - =
CD (MEOW093CD)
ALTHOUGH THE ACCOMPANYING BOOKLET SEEMS A LITTLE POINTLESS, =
MUSICALLY
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ORIGINAL AND ATTENTION-GRABBING RELEASES
ON TIGERBEAT IN SOME TIME. DEEP, HARD, MINIMAL GLITCH GIVES WAY
TO WARM BUT EERIE MELODIES; BROKEN SOUNDS AND WARPED PERCUSSION
LINES ABOUNDS. THINK DJ WALLY MEETS JEGA. RECOMMENDED.
VARIOUS - LUNCH MONEY SINGLES VOL. 1 - BULLY - CD (NJT8002CD)
THIS CD COMPILES THE FIRST BATCH OF 7"S RELEASED ON THIS LABEL
WITH WHICH RISING STAR SIXTOO IS QUITE HEAVILY INVOLVED. IT ALMOST
GOES WITHOUT SAYING HE APPEARS ON SEVERAL TRACKS, AS DO THE LIKES
OF DJ SIGNIFY (LEX), CONTROLLER 7, MOODSWING 9, P-LOVE AND THE
ABSURDLY NAMED HE DID GLASS MUSIC. MORE ELECTRONICA THAN LEFTFIELD
HIP HOP, CHECK IT OUT.
Restocks (CD): Electronica
ACCELERA DECK - DIGITAL HEADREST - NEO OUIJA - CD (NEO09CD)
LUSH TWELVE TRACK LP FROM THE DECK! BEAUTIFULLY PRODUCED AND =
GORGEOUSLY
MELODIC, YET, AT TIMES, CHALLENGINGLY ABSTRACT. A SUPERB PIECE.
ATOM TM / SMALL ROCKS / THE RIP OFF ARTIST - DUB TRIBUNL - INFLATABL - =
CD (FLAT01CD)
AS YOU MAY EXPECT, THIS IS AN ALBUM FULL OF ELECTRONIC DUB. =
COINSIDER
THE FACT OF WHO'S INVOLVED HOWEVER, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S =
ANYTHING
BUT ORDINARY. GLITCH BASED, FUNK FUELLED, DEEP BASSED TRACKS THAT
SKIP MERRILY FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE SILLY, NEVER LOSING SIGHT
THOUGH OF THE REAL DUB ROOTS. AN ABSOLUTE STORMER OF AN ALBUM.
AUTECHRE - PEEL SESSIONS VOL. 2 - WARP - CD (WAP150CD)
STUNNING RELEASE OF AUTECHRES LAST PEEL SESSION. MENTAL STUFF
WITH AWESOME RHYTHMS AND SOME EXQUISITELY ABSTRACT SOUNDS. IF
YOU DIDN'T HEAR IT, GET THIS... URGENTLY!!!
BAURI - SLACKER JOURNAL - NEO OUIJA - CD (NEO15CD)
BAURI'S BRAND OF LOW-KEY MELODIC ELECTRONICA IS SUPER. NICE =
SIMPLISTIC
RHYTHMS MEET GENTLE TUNES WITH A CLEVER SENSE OF ARRANGEMENT.
JUST RIGHT FOR SITTING BACK WITH A CUP OF TEA ON A SUNNY AFTERNOON
AND ENJOYING TO THE MAX.
BIOSPHERE / DEATHPROD - NORDHEIM TRANSFORMED - RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD =
(RCD2005)
THIS CD SEES GEIR JENSSEN AND DEATHPROD TRANSFORMING TRACKS BY
THE LEGENDARY ARNE NORDHEIM. DEEPLY ETHEREAL, DRIFTING ELECTRONICA
WITH BEAUTIFUL, STARK, ICY TEXTURES AND HINTS OF MELODY WHICH
HAS ALL THE HALLMARKS OF CLASSIC BIOSPPHERE MATERIAL. IF YOU LIKED
SUBSTRATA OR CIRQUE YOU'LL ADORE THIS.
BLACK DICE - LOST VALLEY - TIGERBEAT - CD (MEOW063CD)
INTRIGUING NEW RELEASE FROM THIS DFA ARTIST NOW SIGNED TO FATCAT.
DRONES, FRANTIC PERCUSSION, ATMOSPHERICS - TIGERBEAT COME UP WITH
THE GOODS YET AGAIN. SNAP IT UP NOW AND GET AHEAD OF THE CROWD.
BUG, THE - PRESSURE - REPHLEX - CD (CAT134CD)
BAD BOY ALBUM OF PHAT GROOVES FROM THE BUG. DEEP, RAGGA ORIENTATED
VOCALS COUPLED WITH SOME AWESOME BEATS MAKE FOR A TRULY FUN SOUND.
TWO STEP BEATS, DRUM & BASS AND REGGAE / RAGGA IS THE ORDER OF
THE DAY AND IT ROCKS.
CHAP, THE - THE HORSE - LO - CD (LCD36)
I LIKE THE CHAP. THEIR BLEND OF STYLES IS REALLY WELL PUT TOGETHER
AND NO MATTER IF THEY'RE DOING PUNKY, FUNKY ELECTRO CLASH KIND
OF BITS, DOWNBEAT GUITAR NUMBERS OR PERKY ELECTRONICS THERE'S
A CONFIDENCE AND PANACHE THAT REALLY HOLDS IT TOGETHER. GENERALLY
WELL WORTH CHECKING OUT.
CRACK (WE ARE ROCK) - SILENT FANTASY - TIGERBEAT - CD (MEOW066CD)
THIRD NEW TIGERBEAT IN A WEEK - CRIKEY - AND IT'S ELECTROCLASH
ALERT.... SOUNDING SO MUCH LIKE CHICKS ON SPEED OR (AT TIMES)
LE TIGRE IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S NOT EITHER. THUS ENDETH THE
DESCRIPTION!
DAVID TOOP - SCREEN CEREMONIES - THE WIRE EDITIONS - CD (WIRE9001)
THE EXCELLENT DAVID TOOP ON THE WIRES OWN LABEL. SUPER CHILLED
SOUNDS THAT SEEM TO ENCOMPASS ELECTRONICS, CLASSICAL AND ORGANIC
SOUNDS. NICE.
DEATHPROD - MORALS AND DOGMA - RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD (RCD2035)
DEATHPROD (THE PRODUCER BEHIND THE SUPERSILENT SERIES) DELIVERS
JUST UNDER 50 MINUTES OVER FOUR TRACKS OF DEEP AND SINISTER MUSIC.
DEEP MELODIC SOUNDS COMING FROM THE MELANCHOLIC END OF THE SPECTRUM
- TONES AND TEXTURES LAYERED INTO SOMETHING THAT EVOLVES INTO
BEAUTIFUL AND MOVING PIECES. NOT FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH DEPRESSIVE
TENDENCIES, BUT RECOMMENDED FOR ALL OTHERS. =20
DERU - PUSHING AIR - NEO OUIJA - CD (NEO19CD)
ANOTHER HIGH QUALITY RELEASE INDEED FROM NEO OUIJA THAT'S GUARANTEED
TO APPEAL TO MANY. FANS OF TOYTRONIC, OPIATE, EARLY PHONEM, BOLA
/ SKAM, PROGRESSIVE FORM, AROVANE OR (AS YOU'VE PROBABLY GATHERED
FROM THE ABOVE LIST!) JUST GREAT, SLIGHTLY GLITCHY, MELODIC =
CONTEMPORARY
ELECTRONICA, YOU AT LEAST NEED TO GIVE THIS A LISTEN! YOU GET
5 BONUS TRACKS ON THE CD, TOO....
ELECTRIC COMPANY - IT'S HARD TO BE A BABY - TIGERBEAT - CD (MEOW068CD)
THIS IS HIS FINEST WORK TO DATE - AS WELL AS HIS MOST DIVERSE
AND MOST MUSICAL. THE MOOD IS GENERALLY A BIT MORE DOWNTEMPO /
AMBIENT THAN BEFORE (THE SLOWER TRACKS BEING FULL OF ATMOSPHERE)
THOUGH THERE'S PLENTY OF GLITCH AND RIOTOUS PERCUSSION ON THE
MORE UPBEAT MACHINE DRUM-ESQUE TRACKS. THERE'S EVEN A TRACK PAYING
TRIBUTE TO "THAT JOINT" SEEN IN WITHNAIL & I... SOMETHING FOR
EVERYONE, THEN!
FENNESZ - VENICE - TOUCH - CD (TO:53)
EAGERLY ANTICIPATED NEW LONG PLAYER FROM THE HIGHLY TALENTED =
CHRISTIAN
FENNESZ. COMPARED TO SOME OF HIS MATERIAL IT HAS A MUCH MORE EASY
LISTENING (IN A GOOD WAY) FEEL. LUSH, PROCESSED STRINGS AND CHORDS
ARE THE MAIN BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE TRACKS AND WITHIN THOSE STRONG
BASE STRUCTURES SITS A GORGEOUS ARRAY OF SAMPLES AND SOUNDS. ONE
TRACK EVEN HAS A VOCAL, WHICH IS VERY EFFECTIVE INDEED. REGARDLESS
OF WHAT I THINK, YOU'LL MAKE YOUR OWN MINDS UP, BUT ALLOW ME TO
ASSURE YOU THAT THIS IS A SUPERB PIECE OF WORK AND COMES HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED.
FENNESZ - FIELD RECORDINGS 1995:2000 - TOUCH - CD (TOUCH TONE:16CD)
STUNNING NEW ALBUM FROM FENNESZ WHICH COMPILES AND COLLATES =
UNRELEASED
TRACKS, REMIXES AND VINYL ONLY RELEASES FROM THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.
THERE'S A COHERENCY AND FLUENCY TO THE TRACKS EVEN THOUGH THEY
COME FROM VERY DIFFERENT LABELS. FROM THE BEAUTIFUL TO THE EVEN
MORE BEAUTIFUL, HE USES ACOUSTIC SOUNDS TO PERFECTION AND THE
EVER PRESENT GUITAR IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF HIS SOUND. WONDERFUL.
GEIOM - SELLOTAPE FLOWERS - NEO OUIJA - CD (NEO006CD)
WITH NO DATE ON THIS ANYWHERE I CAN'T WORK OUT IF IT IS OLD AND
WE NEVER GOT IT FIRST TIME ROUND, OR WHETHER THIS IS A CASE OF
NEO OUIJA FILLING IN THE MISSING CATALOGUE NUMBERS. WHATEVER,
IT IS A NINE TRACK ALBUM OF QUITE BEAT DRIVEN ELECTRONICS - QUITE
DARK IN OVERAL TONE, WITH MUCH MORE EMPHASIS ON THE RHYTHMS THAN
THE MELODIES. GOOD TOO.
GOLD CHAINS - GOLD CHAINS - ORTHLORNG - CD (ORTH07CD)
WOW - A BIT OF A DEPARTURE FROM THEIR NORMAL FARE FOR ORTHLORNG
- THE HOME OF KIT CLAYTON, FULL SWING, BLECTUM FROM BLECHDOM AND
OTHERS. LEFT-FIELD HIP HOP WITH A GOODLY AMOUNT OF ELECTRONICS
TO KEEP THOSE OF YOU WITH A LEANING TO CHOCOLATE INDUSTRIES, MUSH,
PREFUSE 73 ETC HAPPY.
INFORMATION - BIOMEKANO - RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD (RCD2024)
THIS ALBUM WAS RECORDED BETWEEN 2000 AND 2002 AS A COLLABORATIVE
PROJECT BETWEEN JORGEN KNUDSEN AND PER HENRIK - AS INFORMATION.
DEEP TEXTURAL AND TONAL ELECTRONICS WITH PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN
THE COMPONENT PARTS. RHYTMIC MELODIES IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
A PERFECT BALANCE OF MINIMALISM AND IN MORE INVOLVING SOUNDS.
RECOMMENDED.
ISO 68 - HERE THERE - HAUSMUSIK - CD (HM63)
DUDE FROM LALI PUNA MEETS UP WITH YOUNG FELLA-ME-LAD FROM VERTICAL
FORM. INTRICATE AND DETAILED WITH PLENTY OF MELODY AND MUSICALITY,
A FINE ARRAY OF LIVE INSTRUMENTATION (DOUBLE BASS, PIANO, SUBTLE
STRINGS) AND SOME GREAT CLICKY PERCUSSION. AN EXCELLENT LATE NIGHT
LISTEN, I'D SAY, AND MORR MUSIC, TO ROCOCO ROT, TARWATER OR EVEN
MELODIC FANS SHOULD DEFINITELY INVESTIGATE THIS VERY REWARDING
ALBUM.
JOHN CHANTLER - MONOKE - ROOM 40 - CD (RM402)
DIVERSE, AND OVERALL QUITE MOODY ELECTRONICA FROM MR. CHANTLER,
AGAIN EXCUISITELY PACKAGED. INTELLIGENT AND SUBTLE USE OF LIVE
INSTRUMENTATION VERY MUCH ADDS TO THE EXPERIENCE. THIS IS DIFFICULT
TO FIND COMPARISONS WITH; MAYBE THINK TORTOISE JAMMING WITH THE
BLACK DOG? WORTH INVESTIGATING.
KETTEL - SMILING LITTLE COW - NEO OUIJA - CD (NEO16CD)
AAH. THIS REALLY IS A VERY LOVELY ALBUM OF MELODIC ELECTRONICA
DONE WITH STYLE AND PANACHE. TWELVE TRACKS TO ENGAGE YOU AS IT
CHANGES FROM ALMOST BEATLESS SWEETNESS TO A MORE CRUNCHY RHYTHMIC
APPROACH. EXCELLENT.
KIT CLAYTON VS SAFETY SCISSORS - PING PONG - CARPARK - CD (CRPK022CD)
ONE VERY LONG TRACK HERE THAT SEES KIT AND MATTHEW PLAYING WITH
A SET OF SAMPLES FROM A PING PONG GAME. BORDERING ON THE ABSURD
AT TIMES IT ALL COMES TOTGETHER NICELY WITH A SET OF CHOPPED UP
RHYTHMS AND SOUNDS AND THE OCCASIONAL MELODIC INTERLUDE. A VERY
INTERESTING PROJECT.
KNIFEHANDCHOP - BLING THE NOISE - IRRITANT - CD (IRRITANT28CD)
A BEAST OF AN ALBUM WITH SOME GREAT, FAST, HARD-HITTING BEATS,
CUT-UP/STOLEN HIP-HOP VOCALS, OCCASIONAL GABBA STABS, A TOUCH
OF BOOTY, RAGGA, R&B, DRUM & BASS, YOU NAME IT - AS LONG AS IT'S
ROUGH, NOISY AND HAS A HIGH BPM, IT'S HERE. ONE CAN ONLY IMAGINE
HOW HYPERACTIVE THEY MUST HAVE BEEN AS CHILDREN IF THIS IS WHAT
THEY'RE LIKE AS ADULTS! VENETIAN SNARES, DJ SCUD, THE BUG V ROOTSMAN
MEETS THE BOOTLEGGERS - MENTAL.
MARUMARI - THE WOLVES HOLLOW - CARPARK - CD (CRPRK004CD)
SECOND LP FROM MARUMARI ON CAR PARK CONSOLIDATES ADVANCES MADE
ON THEIR DEBUT. TEXTURED SOUNDSCAPES ARE MIXED WITH COOL, =
ELECTRONIC
BEATS TO FORM A DIVERSE BUT COHERENT WORK.
METAMATICS & CLATTERBOX - PROJECT UNISON - NEO OUIJA - CD (NEO02CD)
A CRACKING NEW PROJECT ON NEO OUIJA. THEY BOTH PROVIDED TRACKS
FOR EACH OTHER, THEN REMIXED THEM. BASICALLY MOST OF THESE CUTS
ARE WELL THOUGHT OUT ELECTRONICA, BUT THERE ARE SOME SUPERB MOMENTS
OF SLIGHTLY MORE ECLECTIC STUFF. REALLY, REALLY GOOD!
OGURUSU NORIHIDE - MODERN - CARPARK - CD (CRPK25CD)
LIKE HIS OTHER CD WE HAVE HAD IN STOCK THIS IS A LOVELY MIX OF
SOFT SWEET MELODIES FROM PIANO AND GUITAR WITH SOME SUBTLE LAPTOP
MANIPULATIONS RUNNING UNDER SOME TRACKS. GORGEOUS!!!
OVUCA - KING STACEY - REPHLEX - CD (CAT105CD)
HARD CORE MEETS ELECTRONICA FROM OVUCA. FIERCE BEATS AND A GOODLY
AMOUNT OF ACIDIC AND ABRASIVE NOISES. VERY MUCH SOMETHING TO
PLAY TO A CROWD OF KIDS WITH ADHD - THERE BEING NO SHORTAGE OF
FRENETIC SOUNDS. FOUR TRACKS THAT SHOULD ALL FIND FAVOUR ON THE
DANCEFLOOR. SIMPLE AND DEADLY EFFECTIVE. PROMO VERSION (I THINK?)
RICHARD THOMAS AND THE WORMHOLES - SEVEN POINT PLAN TO DESTROY =
ASTROLOGY - LO - CD (LCD10)
WILDLY VARIED SELECTION OF TRACKS FROM MR. THOMAS. FROM DENSE,
TEXTURAL DRONES TO HARSH AND INCREDIBLY ABRASIVE PROCESSED =
ELECTRONICS
VIA SOME MEGA BREAKBEATS. AN ENGAGING PIECE INDEED.
RUSSELL HASWELL - LIVE SALVAGE 1997>2000 - MEGO - CD (MEGO012CD)
NO STOPPING HERE > THE ASSAULT HAS BEGUN AND BARELY LETS GO FROM
START TO FINISH... ...HARDCORE NOISE / DESIGN FOR THE STRONG HEARTS
OF OUR ELECTRONIC GENERATION > ABOVE ALL IT'S VERY GOOD INDEED.
SHADOW HUNTERS - CORRUPT DATA - SKAM - 2xLP (SKALP012)
WITHOUT QUESTION THIS IS THE MOST HIP HOP RELEASE TO DATE ON SKAM,
ONLY FILED UNDER ELECTRONICA BECAUSE IT'S ON SKAM! TOP NOTCH =
LEFTFIELD
BEATS AND RHYMES FROM ONE HALF OF FUNCKARMA THAT REALLY PACK A
PUNCH. FOR FANS OF CANNIBAL OX, LEX, ANTICON, ANTIPOP / BEANS,
CHOCOLATE INDUSTRIES, MUSH, SKAM....
SICA - PARTIALLY FUNCTION STUB - NEO OUIJA - CD (NEO17CD)
ONE OF THE MORE ABSTRACT ALBUMS TO SURFACE ON NEO OUIJA IN RECENT
TIMES. IT'S GLITCH BASED ELECTRONICA WITH DECIDEDLY OFF-KILTER
RHYTHMS AND SOUNDS AND AN ALMOST EXPERIMENTAL EDGE. STI;L MELODIC
AT TIMES, BUT WITH A BIT MORE BITE THAN THE AVERAGE. EXCELLENT.
SIGUR ROS - 492280 - N/A - CD (S-492280)
THIS MAY SIMPLY SAY "S" ON THE COVER, BUT I ASSURE YOU THAT IT
IS THE GENUINE ARTICLE. THIS CD HAS ONLY BEEN AVAILABLE AT LIVE
PERFORMANCES BY SIGUR ROS. IT IS REALLY QUITE DIFFERENT FROM
WHAT I EXPECTED - HARDLY ANY PSYCH / PROG / POST ROCK INFLUENCES,
BUT LOTS OF SUBTLE ELECTRONICS AND SWEET (TO THE POINT OF KITSCH
AT TIMES) LIVE INSTRUMENTS. IT IS VERY REMINISCENT OF SOME OF
MUM'S MUSIC, AND IS A LIGHTER, MORE DELICATE SIDE OF THIS ICELANDIC
BAND. VERY LIMITED, AND VERY GOOD - WE ONLY HAVE A FEW - BE QUICK
SKYPHONE - FABULA - RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD (RCD2033)
TRULY A BEAUTIFUL CD OF ORGANIC ELECTRONICS PAR EXCELLENCE. LUSH
MELODIES AND GENTLE, UNDULATING CHORD STRUCTURES ARE THE ORDER
OF THE DAY AND THE ADDED TOUCHES OF SLIGHTLY PROCESSED GUITAR
MERELY GIVES IT ALL A DELIGHTFUL HUMAN WARMTH. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.
SOFT VERGE - SOFT VERGE - OUTPUT - CD (OPRCD32)
SUPERB ALBUM FROM MIKE SONOVAC. CONCENTRATING ON A LOW KEY DUBBY
TECHNO SOUND WITH DEEP ATMOSPHERICS AND A MINIMALISTIC FLAVA.
BRILLIANT.
STAHLGREN & FERGUSON - PRINTING WITH MAGNETIC INK - HOT AIR - CD =
(AIRDRY007)
ANOTHER STRANGE OFFERING FROM HOT AIR. SOUNDS, NOISES, TONES,
PULSES, PITCHES AND DRONES ALL COMBINE TO PRODUCE EXPERECTRONICA!
SUBTLE AT TIMES, AND IN YOUR FACE AT OTHERS.
SUPERSILENT - 5 - RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD (RCD2018)
A SERIES OF LIVE RECORDINGS TAKEN FROM PERFORMANCES IN LONDON,
BOLOGNA AND OSLO WITH DEATHPROD ON PRODUCTION DUITES. HIGHLY =
EVOCATIVE
ELECTRONICA / EXPERIMENTAL SOUNDS THAT ARE DELICIOUSLY UNDERSTATED
AND FEATURE HAUNTING, MELANCHLOY TREATMENTS OF FOUND SOUNDS AND
INSTRUMENTS. EACH TRACK GROWS AND SPRAWLS OUTWARDS AND UPWARDS
WHILST REMAINING LOW-KEY ENOUGH NOT TO INTRUDE ON THE STARK BEAUTY
OF THE SOUNDS. BEAUTIFUL, GORGEOUS AND DEFINITELY ONE OF MY =
FAVOURITE
CD'S ON THE LABEL.
SUPERSILENT - 6 - RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD (RCD2029)
RECORDED IN 2003. SUPERSILENT IS A PSEUDONYM FOR DEATHPROD. NICELY
TWISTED AND MANIPULATED ELECTRONIC AND ORGANIC SOUNDS IN A VAGUELY
TWIGHLIGHT ZONE MEETS FILM SCORE STYLE. A PLETHORA OF SOUNDS
AND STYLES ALL FUSED TOGETHER IN A VERY COHERENT AND LISTENABLE
WAY. ODD, BUT GOOD WITH IT.
THA BLUE HERB - SELL OUR SOUL - THA BLUE HERB - CD (TBHRCD003)
INTRUIGING BUT LISTENABLE ABSTRACT JAPANESE HIP HOP THAT FANS
OF MUSH, OR EVEN ANTICON SHOULD CERTAINLY ENJOY. SLIGHTLY BROKEN
BEATS, RELENTLESS RHYMES AND A DISTINCTLY FAR EASTERN FLAVA PERVADES
THROUGHOUT. INTERESTING HOW HALF THE SONG TITLES ARE IN ENGLISH,
YET ALL THE VOCALS ARE JAPANESE (WELL, SEMI-INTERESTING AT LEAST).
THURSTON MOORE - ROOT - LO - CD (LCD11)
LUKE VIBERT, ALEC EMPIRE, MOGWAI, SCANNER, THIRD EYE FOUNDATION,
ADD N TO X, MARK WEBBER (PULP), SPEEDRANCH, STEREOLAB, BRUCE =
GILBERT,
VVM, THE UNDERDOG (AKA TREVOR JACKSON AKA PLAYGROUP AKA MR OUTPUT
RECORDS), MERZBOW, DEREK BAILEY, STOCK HAUSEN & WALKMAN AND TONS
MORE PUT IN EXCLUSIVE REMIXES OF THURSTON-ONLY TRACKS.
TOMATO WEIRDO / KADAH / VRESKY - BEST BEFORE END / TOUJOURS COMESTIBLE =
- DUB - CD (DUBCD08)
NOT ENTIRELY SURE OF THE ARTIST NAME HERE, BUT WE'VE COME ACROSS
TOMATO WEIRDO BEFORE, SO WE'LL GO WITH THAT. THIS IS A LOVELY
ALBUM OF CHILLED AND MELODIC GROOVES. FROM SUBLIME AMBIENT TRACKS,
TO MORE "STRAIGHT" ELECTRONICS, COMPLETE WITH TEXTURE AND GLITCH,
AND SOME EXCELLENT ELECTRONIC HIP HOP TRACKS THAT WILL KEEP BOTH
THE MIND AND BODY INTERESTED. QUALITY AS ECER FROM THE RELIABLE
DUB STABLE. RECOMMENDED.
VARIOUS - COTTAGE INDUSTRIES - NEO OUIJA - CD (NEO04CD)
EXCELLENT COMPILATION ON METAMATICS' LABEL. MERELY MENTIONING
THE ARTISTS INVOLVED SHOULD CONVEY THE QUALITY! HERMANN & KLEINE,
PHONEM, BAURI, PLOD, YUNX, CLATTERBOX, METAMATICS, GEIOM AND MORE.
TOP ELECTRONICA!
VARIOUS - ELECTRONIC MUSIC FOR HEROES - HYDROGEN DUKEBOX - CD =
(DUKE88CD)
BARGAIN NINE TRACK CD FEATURING NORKEN, JUSTICE, METAMATICS, GLOBO,
A1 PEOPLE, CHAMBER, THE LITHIUM PROJECT AND HARRY K. A WICKED
SAMPLER TO SHOW YOU WHAT HYDROGEN DUKEBOX IS ALL ABOUT.
VARIOUS - NEW WAVE HOME ENTERTAINMENT - IDEAL - 3xCD (IDEALCD3)
MEGA BARGAIN TIME MY FRIENDS! THREE WHOLE CD'S FEATURING 31 TRACKS
BY HIGH QUALITY ARTISTS SUCH ASISOLEE, GEMINI, JOLLY MUSIC, =
CLATTERBOX,
RUSS GABRIEL, BLACK SCIENCE ORCHESTRA, RON TRENT, KRUTON, BOLA,
SURGEON, PUB, MARKUS NIKOLAI, CHRIS NAZUKA, JOEL MULL AND MORE.
FROM HOUSE, TO BEATS TO TECHNO TO ELECTRONICA. IT'S ALL HERE!
VARIOUS - ANNEXE - COTTAGE INDUSTRIES 2 - NEO OUIJA - 2xCD (NEO13CD)
EXCELLENT SECOND VOLUME OF THE NEO OUIJA COMPILATION SERIES. DOUBLE
CD, TWENTY FOUR TRACKS, FEATURING PROEM, PHONEX, FUNCKARMA, NOVEL
23, BAURI, LACKLUSTER, QESHI, EU, KETTEL, SICA, SENSE AND MORE.
GENTLE, SLIGHTLY ABSTRACT AND VERY MELODIC ELECTRONICA OF THE
HIGHEST QUALITY.
VARIOUS - WRONG APPLICATION - TIGERBEAT - CD (MEOW039CD)
COOL CD FROM KID 606'S TIGERBEAT 6 STABLE. EXEPERIMENTAL =
ELECTRONICS
COURTESY OF ARTISTS INCLUDING FARMERS MANUAL, LESSER, UNDERWOOD,
ELECTRIC COMPANY, NO INTERVENTION, KID 606, BLITTER, AND OTHERS
(NAMED AND ANONYMOUS). HARSH, ABRASIVE NOISE AND TONE BASED PIECES,
THAT ARE DESIGNED TO PROVOKE!!! CHECK.
VARIOUS - WANNA BUY A CRAPRAK - CARPARK - CD (CRPK23CD)
COOL COMPILATION FROM CARPARK - FEATURING A FEW TRACKS THAT HAVE
BEEN ON CARPARK RELEASES FROM GREG DAVIS, KIT CLAYTON / SAFTEY
SCISSORS, MARUMARI, OGURUSU NORIHIDE, DINKY, CASINO VERSES JAPAN,
KID 606 AND SIGNER. THEN THERE ARE SOME EXCLUSIVE TRACKS FROM
FREESCHA, SO TAKAHASHI, HRVATSKI AND JAKE MANDELL. PLUS A VIDEO
(THAT I CAN'T SEE!). ALL IN ALL A FINE SELECTION OF FINE ELCTRONICS
AND ALL FOR A FINE PRICE.
VARIOUS - MERCK MIX 1 - MERCK - CD (MERCKMIX1CD)
HIGHLY LIMITED, LOW PRICED, 24 TRACK MERCK MIX SAMPLER CD NEATLY
COMPILING SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THEIR BACK CATALOGUE (PLUS
ONE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MACHINE DRUM TRACK). LACKLUSTER, ESEM,
PROEM, MD, ADAM JOHNSON, BLAMSTRAIN, MORRIS NIGHTINGALE, PROSWELL,
SYNDRONE, SENSE AND KRISTUIT SALU ARE THE ARTISTS INCLUDED. HIGH
QUALITY ELECTRONICA AT A TOTAL BARGAIN PRICE - FANTASTIC JOB.
VARIOUS - SEED RECORDS VOLUME ONE - SEED - CD (SEEDCD6)
YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH THIS LOVELY LITTLE ELECTRONICA COMP - THE
MUSICAL STANDARD IS KEPT HIGH DESPITE BRINGING TOGETHER A NUMBER
OF DIVERSE STYLES, NOT TO MENTION THE PRICE! THE EXCELLENT =
DIGITONAL,
THE UNDERRATED COLD FUSION MAFIA, CURSORMINER, POSTHUMAN, ON /
OFF, ARDISSON, KANSAS CITY PROPHETS, THE VIDEO AGE, [SNYZCH],
PEACHFISH AND JAZZFINGER ALL CONTRIBUTE. TERRIFIC STUFF FROM SEED
AT A PRICE NOT TO BE SNIFFED AT.
VARIOUS - LOVE COMES SHINING OVER THE MOUNTAINS - RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD =
(RCD2012)
MINIMAL ELECTRONIC PROJECT FROM 1999 FROM THIS NORWEGIAN LABEL.
THIS COMPILATION INCLUDES TRACKS BY PHONOPHANI, DUPLO, MONOLIGHT,
BIOSPHERE AND A WHOLE HOST OF OTHERS THAT I'VE NEVER HEARD OF.
THEY TEND TO DEAL WITH THE BEAUTIFUL AND SUBTLEY MELODIC END
OF THE ELECTRONIC SPECTRUM. ALL VERY UNDERSTATED AND AS AN ALBUM
THIS HAS A VERY TRANQUIL, PEACEFUL AND ORGANIC FEEL TO IT. LOVELY.
VARIOUS - COMPILATION VOLUME 1 - NORDFORM - CD (N/A)
TWO VERY NICE PEOPLE CAME INTO SMALLFISH AND SOLD US AN EQUALLY
AMIABLE COMPILATION OF JAPANESE ELECTRONICA. STYLEWISE, IT FALLS
QUITE SQUARELY INTO THE MID 90'S WARP / FOCUS / B12 / BLACK DOG
SCHEME OF THINGS, WITH ATMOSPHERICS, WASHES AND DEPTH OF PRODUCTION
REMINISCENT OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS. DEFINITELY ONE TO WATCH.
VARIOUS - MONEY WILL RUIN EVERYTHING - RUNE GRAMMOFON - 2xCD + BOOK =
(RCD2032)
THIS WINS THE AWARD FOR BEST RELEASE OF THE WEEK (AND MOST OTHER
WEEKS) FOR BEST PACKAGED, BEST DESIGNED AND BEST MUSIC. RUNE
GRAMMOFON SUPPLY 30 TRACKS OVER TWO CDS OF NORWEGIAN MUSIC, COVERING
ELECTRONICA TO IMPROVISED JAZZ AND MOST OF THE TERRITORY INBETWEEN
- DEEP, TEXTURAL, MELODIC, ABSTRACT ARE ALL ADJECTIVES THAT SPRING
TO MIND. ARTISTS INCLUDE BIOSPHERE, DEATHPROD / SUPERSILENT,
FOOD, JAGA JAZZIST, ALOG, ARNE NORDHEIM, KMAJA RATKJE, SCORCH
TRIO, INFORMATION AND THE LIST GOES ON. COMES IN A 96 PAGE HARD
BACK BOOK DESIGNED BY KIM HIORTHOY, COMPLETE WITH INTERVIEWS AND
ESSAYS. I COULD GO ON ABOUT HOW GOOD THIS IS, BUT INSTEAD IN
THE SPIRIT OF THE TITLE I'LL SUGGEST YOU BUY IT.=20
VARIOUS - TRADE AND DISTRIBUTION ALMANAC VOLUME 1 - ADAADAT - CD =
(ADA0001CD)
FIRST RELEASE ON THIS LABEL SEES A WHOLE HOST OF UN- AND BARELY-
KNOWN ARTISTS. THERE IS A CONNECTION WITH THE JAPANESE LABEL
19-T, EVIDENCED WITH THE OPENING TRACK FROM COW'P. THINGS FALL
BROADLY INTO TWO CAMPS: GAMEBOY ELECTRONICS AND THE REST! THE
GAMEBOY STUFF FOR THE MOST PART MANAGES TO AVOID THE OBVIOUS =
CUTESINESS
(WHILST RETAINING ALOT OF THE FRENETIC-NESS!), AND THERE ARE SOME
REALLY GOOD TUNES UTILISING THE COMPUTER GAME SOUND AND MIXING
IT WITH MORE STRAIGHT UP ELECTRONICS. IN THE REST CATEGORY THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF SWEET MELODIC AND GLITCHY TUNES. GOOD START...
VERBOSE - OBSERVE - NEO OUIJA - CD (NEO20CD)
NICE MELODIC ELECTRONICS FROM METAMATIC'S OWN NEO OUIJA IMPRINT.
GENTLE MELODIES COMBINE WITH LAPTOP BEATS IN VAGUELY LULLABY
STYLED TUNES ON THIS ALBUM. AND CUNNINGLY, VERBOSE IS AN ANAGRAM
OF OBSERVE IS AN ANAGRAM OF VERBOSE... NICE.
VLAD - MOTION INSTITUTE - WARP - CD (WAP130CD)
NICE CD EP (4 TRACKS) OF OFF KILTER CRUNCHED OUT ELECTRONIC =
GROOVES.
QUITE RETRO AND FEATURING SOME CUTE LITTLE MELODIES. WINNER!
New Releases (CD): Techno / Electro
CHRISTOPHER JUST - JEANS & ELECTRONIC - FOREVER YOUNG - CD (CORE0242)
LONG AWAITED ALBUM BY THIS GIGOLO / DISKO B ACT OF YEARS GONE
BY. TEN TRACKS OF STREAMLINED LATE EIGHTIES / EARLY NINETIES =
SOUNDING
ELECTRO-HOUSE, INCLUDING ONE 23-MINUTE LIVE OPUS. ACTUALLY =
SURPRISINGLY
GOOD, HIGH ON TUNES, WELL WORTH A LISTEN.
DI INDICATOR - FOCUS THE DIRECTION - UNGLEICH - CD (MDM23662)
SOLID TECHNO COMPILATION OF TYPICALLY UNGLEICH-ESQUE GROOVES THAT
ACTUALLY COME ACROSS LIKE THEY'RE ON KANZLERAMT AT TIMES. CLUBBY,
HEFTY, A BIT TRIBAL, A BIT DETROITY AT OTHERS. GOOD GEAR FOR THE
DANCEFLOOR. CD1 IS TRACKS DATING FROM 1996-2004, AND CD2 IS A
LIVELY MIX FROM SENDER BERLIN (TRESOR). SOUND.
SOULWAX - ANY MINUTE NOW - PIAS - CD (PIASB060CD)
COMING COMPLETE WITH ARTWORK BY TREVOR JACKSON (WHO'S TRYING TO
BECOME HOXTON'S ANSWER TO BRIDGET RILEY, BY ALL ACCOUNTS), THIS
LONG-AWAITED SOULWAX ALBUM DOES EVERYTHING BAR WHAT YOU EXPECT.
SOME OF IT SOUNDS LIKE IT SHOULD BE ON KOMPAKT, SOME OF IT SOUNDS
LIKE LATTER-DAY JESUS AND MARY CHAIN/PRIMAL SCREAM, SOME OF IT
SOUNDS LIKE ELECTRIC SIX WITH THE DISTORTION PEDALS CRANKED UP.
ONE OF THOSE WHERE YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHETHER YOU WANT TO BUY IT
OR NOT ALREADY, SO WHATEVER JUDGEMENT I PASS IS IRRELEVANT, =
REALLY....
Restocks (CD): Techno / Electro
ALEXANDER ROBOTNICK - OH NO... ROBOTNICK! - HOT ELEPHANT MUSIC - CD =
(HEM0104)
UNCOMPLICATED ITALIAN ELECTRO/TECHNO, ALL PRETTY DANCEFLOOR =
FRIENDLY.
A GOOD SMATTERING OF 80'S INFLUENCES WILL GET THIS FINDING FAVOUR
WITH THE NU-ELECTRO/ELECTROCLASH CROWD ALTHOUGH THERE AREN'T ANY
OF THE PUNK INFLUENCES YOU GET WITH THAT HERE. HAVE A LISTEN,
SEE WHAT YOU THINK..............
EXOS - MY HOME IS SONIC - AE - CD (AE04CD)
STUNNING COMPILATION CD FROM THIS ICELANDIC ARTIST. THIRTEEN TRACKS
TAKEN FROM FORCE INC, NATIVE AND AE AND PUT TOGETHER TO FORM A
LOVELY SET OF DEEP, ICY, METALLIC TECHNO TRACKS WITH HINTS OF
BASIC CHANNEL AND CHAIN REACTION SHINING THROUGH. BEAUTIFULLY
ATMOSPHERIC STUFF.
MELCHIOR PRODUCTIONS - THE MEANING - PLAYHOUSE - 2xCD (PLAYCD11)
RICARDO VILLALOBOS HAS GIVEN THIS ALBUM THE THUMBS-UP, AND IT'S
NOT DIFFICULT TO SEE/HEAR WHY. SHUFFLY, MINIMAL TECH-GROOVES,
KINDA LIKE A MORE STRIPPED-DOWN AKUFEN AT TIMES. CERTAINLY THIS
IS ESSENTIAL TO THE LABELS NOW CONSIDERABLE FANBASE, PLUS THOSE
WHO LIKE A BIT OF PERLON, BACKGROUND, MENTAL GROOVE, B PITCH CONTROL
ETC.
OCTAGON MAN, THE - MAGNETON - DC - CD (DC55CD)
9 ECLECTIC ELECTRO TRACKS FROM THE OCTAGON MAN (J. SAUL KANE OF
COURSE) HERE. SOME VERY EPIC SOUNDING STRING LADEN TRACKS SIT
ALONGSIDE SOME RAW DANCEFLOOR MATERIAL. I LOVE THE WAY HIS TRACKS
MOVE AROUND WITH DIFFERENT ELEMENTS DROPPING IN & OUT ALL THE
TIME. HAVE A LISTEN......
RICHIE HAWTIN - SELECTIONS 1990-2000 - HARDWARE - CD (HARD008CD)
NOW THIS IS NICE - SOME CLASSIC HAWTIN TRACKS UNDER HIS FUSE,
PLASTIKMAN & CIRCUIT BREAKER ALIASES (A NEW DAY, OVERKILL, ARE
FRIENDS ELECTRIK, SLAC, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SPASTIK, MINUS:ORANGE
ETC) COMPILED ON THIS IMPORT CD. EVEN THE FUSE VS LFO COLLABORATION
IS ON HERE (LOOP) - GET IN!
SILICON SOUL - POUTI - DISKO B - CD (EFA279012)
QUITE FRANKLY, I'M STRUGGLING. I'VE BEEN STARING AT MY MONITOR
FOR AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES, UTTERLY UNINSPIRED. IT'S A BIT =
ELECTRO-POPPY,
A BIT TECHNO-LITE, A BIT SILLY, A BIT TRASHY, A BIT SWEET. AND
YOU WOULDN'T NOTICE IF IT HAD NEVER BEEN MADE.
TRANSLLUSION - L.I.F.E. - REPHLEX - CD (CAT128CD)
STUNNING DREXCIYAN PROJECT WHICH FINALLY SEES THE LIGHT OF DAY.
IN MY OPINION, ONE OF THE STRONGEST OF THE SEVEN STORMS THAT WERE
RELEASED OVER THE LAST YEAR. EIGHT TRACKS OF SUBLIMELY OUT THERE
ELECTRO USING ODD SOUNDS, DEEP BEATS, OBSCURE DOWNBEAT MOMENTS,
A WONDERFUL SENSE OF MELODY. A BLINDER AND VERY MUCH UP THERE
WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE PLACE=20
TRANSLLUSION - THE OPENING OF THE CEREBRAL GATE - SUPREMAT - CD =
(SUPREMAT03 / 01963-2)
WITH TITLES SUCH AS 'CROSSING INTO THE MENTAL AQUAPLANE' AND =
'CEREBRAL
CORTEX MALFUNCTION' IT'S SOMEWHAT OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS A DREXCIYAN
SIDE PROJECT. HARDER AND MORE AGGRESIVE THAN EITHER DREXCIYA OR
THE OTHER PEOPLE PLACE, THIS IS ELECTRO FOR THE HARDCORE CONNOSIEUR.
RECOMMENDED!
Restocks (CD): US Techno / Electro
JEFF MILLS - MEDIUM - AXIS - CD (AXCD09EF)
THIS IS 9 E & F BUT ON CD, AND GIVEN A DIFFERENT TITLE. MUST MAKE
SENSE TO SOMEONE I SUPPOSE! DEEP AND SEARCHING DETROIT VIBES WITH
ONE CUT GIVING US A HINT OF THE HI TECH JAZZ SOUND ON UR. LOVELY
LOVELY STUFF, HAVE A LISTEN......
RAPTURE, THE - MIRROR - GRAVITY - CD (GRAVITY36CD)
EIGHT TRACK MINI ALBUM FROM THE HOTTEST PUNK / FUNK / NEW WAVE
ACT AROUND. POGO AWAY TO THEIR UNIQUE SOUND WHICH REALLY CAPTURES
THAT EIGHTIES VIBE. STRONG.
RICHIE HAWTIN - CONCEPT 1 - MINUS - CD (MNS4000CD)
FIFTEEN TRACKS THAT (I SUPPOSE) REPRESENT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE
12 VINYL PART CONCEPT BOX SET FROM RICHIE HAWTIN. THE DEEPEST,
DUBBIEST, MOST MINIMAL AND STRIPPED BACK TECHNO THAT WAS WAY AHEAD
OF IT'S TIME AND HAS INFLUENCED A HUIGE NUMBER OF SUBSEQUENT =
ARTISTS.
THINK OF CHAIN REACTION OR BASIC CHANNEL AT IT'S BEST. SOMETHING
OF A CLASSIC AND HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
New Releases (CD): House
THREE CHAIRS - THREE CHAIRS - THREE CHAIRS - 2xCD (3CHR3CD)
WOW - A SHARP INTAKE OF BREATH AT THE QUALITY OF THIS DOUBLE CD,
FOLLOWED BY A SHARP INTAKE AT THE HUGELY STEEP PRICE. THEO PARISH,
RICK WILHITE, KENNY DIXON JR AND MARK PITTMAN (SURELY THAT MAKES
FOUR NOW!?) TEAM UP TO PRODUCE THEIR INIMITABLE BLEND OF HOUSE
AND JAZZ. DEEP AS DEEP, OOZING WITH SOUL - AND WORTH EVERY PENNY!
HELP FROM NORMA JEAN BELL, AMP FIDDLER AND ANDRES, NOT THAT THEY
NEEDED ANY HELP.
Restocks (CD): House
VARIOUS - MY SALSOUL SELECTED & MIXED BY DANNY KRIVIT - SALSOUL - CD =
(SALSACD003)
MR KRIVIT SELECTS HIS PERSONEL FAVORITES FROM THE SALSOUL CATALOG
AND PROCEEDS TO MIX THEM UP IN A CONTINUOUS BPM FAHION THUS MAKING
THE PEOPLE FEEL IT IN THIER BUTTS! FEATURES SUCH CLASSICS AS DANCIN
& PRANCIN, LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER, EVERYMAN AND MANY MORE. SUPERB
DISCO HEAVEN.......
New Releases (CD): Hip Hop
MARK B - UNDERWORLD CONNECTION - JAZZ FUDGE - CD (JFRCD008)
NINE SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE BEAT TRACKS FROM MARK B FROM WAY BACK
IN 1997. ALTHOUGH EVERY TRACK HAS SPARSE COMPONENTS, THERE IS
A REALLY BEAUTY TO THE SIMPLICITY AND DEMONSTARTES THAT YOU CAN
GET A FUNK AND GROOVE FROM VERY LITTLE INDEED. LESS BEING MOST
DEFINATELY MORE IN THIS CASE. TOP.
VIKTOR VAUGHN - VENOMOUS VILLIAN - INSOMNIAC INC - CD (INS1005CD)
MORE QUALITY OUTPUT FROM MF UNDER HIS VIKTOR VAUGHN GUISE. SOME
GREAT GUEST HERE, KOOL KEITH, MANCHILD, POISON PEN. ALSO SEES
HIM UNDER HIS DOOM GUISE TALKING ABOUT VIKTOR! LOVE IT, HAVE A
LISTEN.......
Restocks (CD): Hip Hop
CHARIZMA & PEANUT BUTTER WOLF - BIG SHOTS - STONESTHROW - CD =
(STH2077CD)
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LP FROM THIS DUO OF THE BOSS OF STONESTHROW,
AND THE SADLY DEPARTED MC CHARIZMA. RECORDED BETWEEN 19991 - 1993
AND SOUNDING FULL OF THE FLAVOUR OF THAT ERA. NICE TO SEE THESE
MUCH TALKED ABOUT CUTS FINALLY GET TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY. CHECK
IT OUT....
DJ SHADOW & CUT CHEMIST - PRODUCT PLACEMENT BREAKS - 129 - CD =
(PPBKSCD001)
25 TRACKS IN FULL AS FOUND ON THE NOW-CLASSIC PRODUCT PLACEMENT
LP. MILTON FLOYD, DENNIS COFFEY, EDDIE SIMPSON, EARNEST JACKSON,
THE COMMODORES, THE NEW SEEKERS, IVOR RAYMONDE ORCHESTRA, MILK,
LARRY SANDERS (WHAT, GARRY SHANDLING?), BACKYARD HEAVIES ETC ETC....
INFINITE LIVEZ - BUSH MEAT - BIG DADA - CD (BDCD068)
A NEAT SELECTION OF ROUGH AND READY TUNES FROM THIS QUIRKY UK
HIP HOP OUTFIT. THE COMEDIC NATURE OF THE TRACK TITLES =
(WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE, THE ADVENTURES OF LACTATING MAN, WHITE WEE WEE, COCK 'N'
ROLL...) SHOULD GIVE YOU A PRETTY GOOD IDEA WHERE THIS IS COMING
FROM (NO PUN INTENDED).
JIGMASTAS - GRASS ROOTS - BEYOND REAL - CD (BR 012CD)
COMP OF SOME GREAT BEYOND REAL RELEASES HERE. FEATURES THE TOP
CUT LYRICAL FLUCTUATION WITH ITS MANY GREAT MC'S. MOS DEF, MONCH,
KWELI, COMPLEX AMONG OTHERS. COMES HERE IN 2 VERSIONS, ONE THE
SPINNA MIX AND THE OTHER THE BEST VERSION FOR MY MONEY, THE ORIGINAL
JOC MAX PRODUCED VERSION. ALSO FEATURES THE CUTS THEIFS THEME,
KEEP ON ROCKIN, ACROSS THE GLOBE AND MORE. TOP MINI CD =
THIS...........
JOSH MARTINEZ - BUCK UP PRINCESS - CAMOBEAR - CD (CAMO003CD)
STRONG LP FROM JOSH HERE. LOTS OF MOODY, SAD & MELANCHOLIC BEATS
WITH JOSH SEARCHING HIS SOUL AND SPITTING HIS FINDINGS IN FINE
FORM. GREAT COVER TO BOOT. RECOMMENDED.......
VARIOUS - ESSENTIAL UNDERGROUND HIP HOP 1 - LANDSPEED - CD (LSR9215CD)
BARGAIN! WITH HIP HOP ARTISTS OF THE CALIBRE OF N.O.R.E, INFAMOUS
MOBB, NON PHIXION, THE BEATNUTS, GROUP HOME, CORMEGA, GURU, MASTA
ACE, PHIL DA AGONY AND SO MANY MORE, YOU KNOW THIS IS CLASS.
New Releases (CD): Eclectic Beats
NOISE AND PARADOX - TRANSMOGRAPFICATION - NINEBAR - CD (NOZACD09)
9 TRACKS OF BREAK EXPERIMENTS TAKING IN DOWNBEAT, DRUM & BASS
AND MORE. IF YOUR INTO NINJA TUNE, ULTIMATE DILEMMA ETC THEN I
THINK THIS COULD BE FOR YOU. RELEASED IN 1998 AND LONG DELETED.
HAVE A LISTEN.......
VARIOUS - MIXED BUSINESS - FLOATING POINT - CD (FPMB01)
TOP SELECTION AND MIX BY AUSSIE DJ SIMON CALDWELL. TRUELY ECLECTIC
MIX OF MUSIC THAT COVERS TECHNO, HOUSE, HIP HOP AND ALOT OF THE
SPACE IN-BETWEEN. SOME OF IT IS TOP CLASS - WITH THE LIKES OF
CIM AND AMP FIDDLER, WHILST OTHER BITS ARE REALLY QUITE COMMERCIAL.
19 TRACKS - SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, HAVE A LISTEN!
VARIOUS - JOINT VENTURES - NINEBAR - CD (NOZACD06)
COMPILATION CONSISTING OF MANY DIFFERENT BREAK BEAT STYLES. =
DOWNBEAT,
DRUM & BASS, EXPERIMENTAL ETC. ARTISTS FEATURED INCLUDE CUJO (AMON
TOBIN), FUNKY PORCINI, RESONATOR, FLAVORNAUGHTS AND MORE - ALL
WORKING IN PAIRS - HENCE THE NAME. CAME OUT ON THE NOW DEFUNKT
NINEBAR LABEL IN THE LATE NINETIES.
Restocks (CD): Eclectic Beats
BLOWPIPE - EPILOUGE - HARMSONIC - CD (HARM305)
..THE HOLE FULL LENGTH LP IS VERY THIS FULL LENGTH CD IS VERY
SPACIOUS IN IT'S CONTENT!!!! IMAGINE A WHOLE FILM OF THIS... WOULD
BE PURE BLISS... NOT TO BE MISSED...
CUJO - ADVENTURES IN FOAM - NINEBAR - CD (NOZACD003)
CUJO (AKA AMON TOBIN) DELIVERS MORE JAZZ TINGED ELECRONICA / BREAK
BEAT FROM THE NINEBAR STABLE. =20
EAST FLATBUSH PROJECT - TRIED BY 12 - NINJA TUNE - CD (ZENCDS75)
CLASSIC HIP HOP TUNE GIVEN THE REMIX TREATMENT BY SQUAREPUSHER,
AUTECHRE, FUNKSTORUNG, THE HREBALISER, KO-WRECK TECHNIQUE, TRAPAZOID
AND NICK FURY. STUNNING ORIGINAL, AND SEVEN DIVERSE =
RE-INTERPRETATIONS.
WICKED.
MARASMA - SIGNALS - FREERANGE RECORDS - CD (FRCD2)
A VARIED AND GROOVY SELECTION OF DOWNTEMPO BEATS AND BREAKS THAT
HERALD FROM 1998. STILL SOUNDS FRESH THOUGH, AND IF YOU'RE INTO
PORK (THE LABEL, NOT THE MEAT) OR ANYTHING SIMILAR YOU'D DO WELL
TO GIVE THIS A LISTEN.
RESONATOR - TELHARMONIUM - NINEBAR - CD (NOZACD04)
MINI ALBUM OF, FOR THE MOST PART, DOWNBEAT, VERY JAZZY, TRIP HOP
(UGHH! I CANT BELIEVE I JUST SAID THAT!) WITH ONE LEFT OF CENTRE
DRUM & BASS CUT. VERY MUCH IN THE NINJA TUNE STYLE, HAVE A LISTEN.
SURESHOT - UNDERGROUND SYMPHONY - NINEBAR - CD (NOZACD002)
MID-PACE DRUM 'N' BASS LITE FROM SURESHOT RELEASED IN 1996, SO
I GUESS WE CAN FORGIVE HIM IF THE PRODUCTION SOUNDS A LITTLE DATED
IN 2003. IT'S NOT QUITE "OLD SKOOL", THOUGH - JUST A BIT OF A
RELIC FROM A BYGONE AGE IF YOU ASK ME. SEE WHAT YOU THINK.
UP, BUSTLE AND OUT - ONE COLOUR JUST REFLECTS ANOTHER - NINJA TUNE - =
CD (ZENCD19)
A GREAT PIECE OF NINJA TUNE. FUNKY LATIN FLAVAS PERVADE ON THIS
SEMI-OLD ALBUM FROM THE BUSTLERS. GREAT PRODUCTION AND 'NUFF =
GROOVINES
ARE THE ORDER OF THE DAY. CLASS.
VARIOUS - ULTRASOUND - HOSPITAL - CD (NHS4CD)
VARIOUS - 8 TRACK - FUEL - 2xCD (FUEL007CD)
DIRTY, WARPED FUNKY ASSED AND GENERALLY BASS-TASTIC COMPILATION
FROM THE FUEL STABLE. FEATURES THE TALENTS OF TIPPER, ILS, =
BARGECHARGE,
A RADIOACTIVE MAN MIX, AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS. BREAKBEAT WITH
BOLLOCKS!
New Releases (CD): Guitar Based
BOBBY BROWN - THE ENLIGHTENING BEAM OF AXONDA - AKARMA - CD (AK298CD)
NOT THAT ONE, OBVIOUSLY. DATING FROM 1972, THIS IS AN UNUSUAL
LEFTOVER FROM THE HISTORY OF PROG/PSYCH/FOLK - HIS SIX OCTAVE
VOICE BRINGS TO MIND TIM BUCKLEY BUT THIS IS A LITTLE MORE =
EXPERIMENTAL
THAN ANYTHING HE EVER CAME UP WITH, I RECKON, DESPITE NOT BEING
A MILLION MILES OFF. CERTAINLY THE INSTRUMENTATION AND LYRICAL
DELIVERY IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL....
CLINIC - WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL - DOMINO - CD (WIGCD144)
THIS IS NO GREAT RADICAL DEPARTURE IN SOUND FROM CLINIC, BUT STILL
HIGHLY ENJOYABLE. THERE'S A FEW TRACKS ON HERE THAT ROCK OUT LIKE
THEY NEVER HAVE BEFORE, AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF REALLY MOODY, SULTRY,
ATMOSPHERIC TUNES. DUST OFF THAT WHITE SURGICAL OUTFIT, IT'S TIME
TO PLAY DOCTORS AND NURSES ONCE AGAIN.
COVE - HI-WATT - JONSON FAMILY - CD (JFR013)
LIGHT YET ENERGETIC MATH ROCK FROM THIS (I PRESUME) U.S. BAND
ON THE RESPECTABLE JONSON FAMILY LABEL. THINK BILLY MAHONIE WITH
HINTS OF SHELLAC AND FUGAZI. THERE'S ONE BAND THIS LOT REALLY
REMIND ME OF, BUT I'M BUGGERED IF I CAN REMEMBER WHO THEY ARE.
NOT HELPING MUCH, AM I? SORRY.
DAVID KILGOUR - FROZEN ORANGE - MERGE - CD (MRG233CD)
I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT DAVID KILGOUR, AND IN ALL HONESTY I DON'T
HAVE TIME TODAY TO GIVE THIS A PROPER LISTEN, BUT A QUICK SKIM
REVEALS THIS TO BE A PRETTY DECENT SOUNDING, GO-BETWEENS-ESQUE
SINGER/SONGWRITER AFFAIR. WHEN I GET TIME, I'LL INVESTIGATE THIS
PROPERLY - AS SHOULD YOU.
EUGENE CHADBOURNE / NOAHJOHN - COUNTRY PROTEST ANEW - KILLDEER - CD =
(KILL05)
A CAUSTIC COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY PROTEST SONGS (THE
TRACK "DON'T BURN THE FLAG, LET'S BURN THE BUSH" SHOULD GIVE YOU
SOME IDEA WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM). SPOKEN WORD SAMPLES WITHIN
THE SONGS ARE TAKEN FROM RELEVANT FILMS, NEWS MEDIA ETC AND WORK
WELL. INTERESTING, THOUGHT PROVOKING, INTELLIGENT, SATIRICAL AND
BEATS BILLY BRAGG ANY DAY!
F*CKING AM, THE - GOLD - DRAG CITY - CD (DC269CD)
MY GOD, THIS IS SO TONGUE IN CHEEK, IT GOES BEYOND IRONY AND OUT
THE OTHER SIDE! MEMBERS OF THE F*CKING CHAMPS AND TRANS AM TEAM
UP FOR THIS AFFECTIONATE, REMARKABLY ACCURATE TRIBUTE TO THEIR
SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES METAL HEROES. PREDOMINANTLY INSTRUMENTAL,
AND FULL OF OVER-THE-TOP RIFFS, GUITAR WORK AND WIG-OUTS, ONE
KEEPS EXPECTING TOMMY VANCE TO BACK-ANNOUNCE THE TRACKS! THERE'S
EVEN A HINT OF PROG (THINGS DID GO A BIT ELP AT ONE STAGE - YOU
HAVE BEEN WARNED), BUT OVERALL THIS REALLY DOES METAL UP YER ASS.
MAKES THE DARKNESS LOOK, WELL, AS GODAWFUL AS THEY ARE.
FFA COFFI PAWB - AM BYTH - PLACID CASUAL - CD (PLC09CD)
THIS IS A COMPILATION OF RECORDINGS DATING FROM 1986-1992 BY THIS
BAND WHICH FEATURED GRUFF RHYS AND DAFYDD IEUAN (THE EVENTUAL
FRONTMAN AND DRUMMER RESPECTIVELY OF SUPER FURRY ANIMALS) AND
RHODRI PUW (WHO JOINED GORKY'S). THE BAND RELEASED 3 ALBUMS ON
THE LEGENDARY WELSH LABEL ANKST LABEL AS WELL AS RELEASING MANY
OTHER ONE-OFF TRACKS ON COMPILATIONS, FLEXI DISCS ETC. ENJOYABLE
STUFF, THE SOUND OF AN AMBITIOUS BAND LEARNING THE ROPES AND =
ESSENTIAL
TO SFA FANS.
JARBOE - THIRTEEN MASKS - ATAVISTIC - CD (ALP152CD)
ONE OF A SERIES OF JARBOE (EX-SWANS) REISSUES AND COLLECTIONS,
EACH DEFINITIVE REMASTERED VERSIONS WITH BONUS TRACKS, PRESENTED
WITH A DELUXE CD BOOKLET. DEFINITELY ONE FOR THE SWANHEADS....
JOAN OF ARC - JOAN OF ARC, DICK CHENEY, MARK TWAIN - POLYVINYL - CD =
(PRC074)
PROGGY SOUNDS WITH HINTS OF JAZZ AND FOLK IN PLACES. SOME VERY
INTRICATE ARRANGMENTS MAKE THIS A REALLY INTERESTING LISTEN. NICE
WHITE VINYL TO BOOT, HAVE A LISTEN........
RADIAN - JUXTAPOSITION - THRILL JOCKEY - CD (THRILL147)
A VERY PLEASANTLY MELLOW ELECTRONIC KRAUTROCK LP, AS PRODUCED
BY THE HEAD TORTOISE HIMSELF, JOHN MCENTIRE. OVERALL, THIS DOES
HAVE THAT CHICAGO POST ROCK SOUND GOING ON, BUT MORE WITH A HINT
OF GERMAN ELECTRONICA A LA KUCHEN MEETS MAPSTATION, FOR EXAMPLE.
TOP QUALITY STUFF.
SHEARWATER - WINGED LIFE - FARGO - CD (FA20482)
TRADITIONAL STYLE SINGER/SONGWRITING FROM THIS NEW NAME TO THESE
EARS. REMINDED ME A BIT OF A DEPRESSED RAY DAVIES, ACTUALLY. THE
SORT OF THING COMES WITH A SMILE USED TO GET INTO A RIGHT LATHER
OVER.
SUFJAN STEVENS - SEVEN SWANS - ROUGH TRADE - CD (RTRADCD162)
"SEVEN SWANS" IS THE FIRST NEW ALBUM BY SUFJAN STEVENS ON ROUGH
TRADE IN THE UK. ON A PAR WITH HIS NOW-CLASSIC "MICHIGAN" ALBUM,
ALBEIT MORE UNDERSTATED, THIS IS ANOTHER ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL
COLLECTION OF SONGS. AN ABSOLUTE MUST, TO PUT IT EXTREMELY MILDLY.
BREATHTAKING.
SUFJAN STEVENS - GREETINGS FROM MICHIGAN - ROUGH TRADE - CD =
(RTRADCD170)
FINALLY THIS STUNNING SEMI-CONCEPT ALBUM GETS A UK LICENSE (FROM
ASTHMATIC KITTY) WITH TWO BONUS TRACKS. THIS IS WITHOUT DOUBT
ONE OF THE VERY FINEST SINGER-SONGWRITER ALBUMS OF THE LAST FIVE
YEARS - ELLIOTT SMITH MEETS TORTOISE MEETS MOJAVE 3 IS PERHAPS
THE BEST WAY I CAN FIND TO DESCRIBE IT. NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME
TO INVESTIGATE THIS CLEARLY TALENTED ARTIST DESTINED FOR MUCH
BIGGER THINGS.
THEE SHAMS - PLEASE YOURSELF - FAT POSSUM - CD (FP1012)
SLEAZY SOUNDING GARAGE ROCK FROM THIS CERTAINLY VERY AMERICAN
SOUNDING OUTFIT. ALL A BIT TOO RETRO SOUNDING FOR THESE EARS,
BUT WHITE STRIPES / ROLLING STONES / DOORS / NEIL YOUNG FANS MIGHT
WELL ENJOY....
TRACHTENBURG FAMILY SLIDESHOW PLAYERS - VINTAGE SLIDE COLLECTIONS FROM =
SEATTLE VOL. 1 - BAR NONE - CD (TLONECD1)
WELL, I DON'T THINK I COULD EXPLAIN THIS ANY BETTER THAN THE LINER
NOTES: "THE T.F.S.P. ARE AN INDIE-VAUDEVILLE CONCEPTUAL ART-ROCK
POP BAND. WE TAKE VINTAGE SLIDE COLLECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND
AT ESTATE SALES, GARAGE SALES, THRIFT STORES ETC AND TURN THE
LIVES OF ANONYMOUS STRANGERS INTO POP-ROCK MUSICAL EXPOSES BASED
ON THE CONTENTS OF THESE SLIDE COLLECTIONS". YES, THIS REALLY
IS AS STRANGE AS IT SOUNDS, BUT CURIOUSLY ADDICTIVE, REMINDING
ME OF THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS AT THEIR MOST DERANGED. HAS TO BE HEARD
TO BE BELIEVED, ALMOST.
WORKSHOP - YOG SOTHOTH - SONIG - CD (SONIG37CD)
A BIZARRE RELEASE, EVEN BY SONIG'S STANDARDS, ALTHOUGH PARADOXICALLY
ONE OF THE MORE ENJOYABLE AND APPROACHABLE OF RECENT. 30TH CENTURY
POP SONGS SUNG AND PLAYED WITH TREATED / VOCODERED VOCALS, FUZZY
GUITARS, DISTORTED BEATS, CUT-UP ELECTRONICS, LO-FI SYNTHS. =
EXPERIMENTAL
POP MUSIC FROM A PARALLEL, SLIGHTLY MORE WARPED UNIVERSE.
Restocks (CD): Guitar Based
BIG TWO HUNDRED - YOUR PERSONAL FILTH - DC - CD (DC043CD)
PUNK FUNK, DIRTY HOUSE, NEW WAVE FUN FROM THE BOYS BEHIND CHICKEN
LIPS. DUBBY INFLUENCES, LIVE INSTRUMENTS AND MORE MAKE THIS AN
ESSENTIAL FOR FANS OF THE RAPTURE AND LCD SOUNDSYSTEM.
DEVENDRA BANHART - THE BLACK BABIES (UK) - YOUNG GOD RECORDS - CD =
(YG23)
LOVELY LO-FI SINGER/SONGWRITER MATERIAL RECORD IN THE RAW. JUST
VOCALS AND SOME GORGEOUS ACOUSTIC GUITAR PICKINGS. WOULD HAVE
GONE DOWN A STORM WITH JOHN PEEL ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. HEART WARMING
STUFF, HAVE A LISTEN...
FARTEIN VALEN - THE ETERNAL - RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD (RCD2013)
IT'S INTERESTING TO READ THE LINER NOTES ABOUT THIS CD AND FIND
THAT COMPOSER FARTEIN VALEN WAS CHASED ABOUT AND VILIFIED BY CRITICS
FOR BEING TOO DISSONANT AND ATONAL. THAT SEEMS LUDICROUS TO ME.
WHILST LISTENING TO THIS ENCHANTING SELECTION OF PIECES PLAYED
BY VARIOUS PEOPLE INCLUDING THE OSLO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. YES,
IT'S DARK AT TIMES, BUT IT HAS A GENUINELY EPIC, FILMSCORE QUALITY
THAT MODERN CLASSICAL FANS SHOULD ABSOLUTELY ADORE. I'M NOT AN
AFFICIANADO OF MODERN CLASSICAL MUSIC AT ALL AND I FOUND THIS
TO BE A STAGGERINGLY BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF WORK. SUPERB.
FRIDGE - SEVENS AND TWELVES - OUTPUT - 2xCD (OPRCD19)
MEGA COLLECTION OF PREVIOUSLY VINYL ONLY RELEASES BY FRIDGE. =
WONDERFULLY
ECLECTIC GUITAR SOUNDS WITH A HINT OF CHICAGO STYLES PLUS SOME
ELECTRONIC OVERTONES. SUPER DELUXE.
JAMES ORR COMPLEX - CHORI'S BUNDLE - ROCK ACTION - CD (ROCKACT15CD)
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY SUPER ALBUM THAT SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED.
ANYONE INTO INSTRUMENTAL, LO-FI FOLKY MUSIC SHOULD CHECK OUT THIS
SHIMMERING EXAMPLE OF HOW ATMOSPHERIC, MELANCHOLY AND BEAUTIFUL
GUITARS CAN BE. LUSH, BUT SIMPLE INSTRUMENTATION AND THE OCCASIONAL
SAM PREKOP-ISH VOCAL ARE LOVINGLY CAPTURED ON THIS DELIGHTFUL
SLICE OF WAX (OR PLASTIC IF YOU'RE BUYING THE CD!). A LOVELY,
LOVELY PIECE OF WORK.
MISSION OF BURMA - ONOFFON - MATADOR - CD (OLE6132)
THE FIRST NEW RECORDINGS FROM U.S. AVANT-ROCK PIONEERS MISSION
OF BURMA IN 22 YEARS. RECORDED AND MIXED BY SHELLAC'S BOB WESTON,
AND FEATURING TANYA DONNELLY ON BACKING VOCALS, FILE UNDER MELODIC
HARDCORE ART-PUNK-POP NEXT TO GUIDED BY VOICES, WIRE, SHUDDER
TO THINK ETC.
NILS OKLAND - STRAUM - RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD (RCD2015)
TRULY A MAGICAL COMBINATION OF CLASSICAL SOUNDING STRINGS AND
FOLK BASED MELODIC ASPECTS. EACH TRACK HAS IT'S OWN FEEL WITH
AN OVERRIDING SOUND OF MEDIEVAL MUSIC THAT CUTS THROUGH. CONJURING
UP IMAGES OF MISTY WOODS AND MOUNTAIN RANGES WITH ACRES OF MAGIC
AND MYSTERY, THIS IS A WONDERFULLY EVOCATIVE CD THAT COMES HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED.
NOUVELLE VAGUE - NOUVELLE VAGUE - PEACEFROG - CD (PFG051CD)
NOTHING IS MORE LIKELY TO DIVIDE PEACEFROG FANS THAN THIS RELEASE
OF NEW WAVE/PUNK CLASSICS COVERED LATIN AMERICAN/BOSSA NOVA STYLE
(WITH BREATHY FEMALE VOCALS), ALTHOUGH ONE HAS TO ADMIT WE'VE
HAD QUITE A FEW ENQUIRIES AS TO WHEN THIS LP WILL BE AVAILABLE.
ALL FOUR TRACKS FROM THE RECENT 10"S PLUS THE LIKES OF "THIS IS
NOT A LOVE SONG", "TOO DRUNK TO F*CK", "MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL",
"A FOREST", "TEENAGE KICKS" ETC. YOU'LL EITHER LOVE IT OR HATE
IT!
PAPA M - SINGS - ROCK ACTION - CD (ROCKACTCD7)
THIS 6-TRACK MINI-ALBUM GETS A REPRESS ON ROCK ACTION (MOGWAI'S
LABEL). FOLKY, COUNTRY SOUNDS WITH PAPA M'S VOICE CUTTING THROUGH
BEAUTIFULLY AND HIS TONGUE FIRMLY PLACED IN HIS CHEEK. QUALITY.
RICK RIZZO & TARA KEY - DARK EDSON TIGER - THRILL JOCKEY - CD (THRILL =
072CD)
MORE CHICAGO COLLABORATIONS THAT DEFY CATEGORISATION AS A SIDE
PROJECT - CINEMATIC POST-ROCK WITH A KEEN ATTENTION TO MELODY
AND STRUCTURE.
SIGUR ROS - () - FATCAT - CD (FATCD22)
MUCH ANTICIPATED FOURTH ALBUM FROM SIGUR ROS (THO' YOU COULD COUNT
IT AS THEIR SECOND IN THEIR PRESENT GUISE). THE VASTNESS REMAINS,
THE MELANCHOLY REMAINS, THE EMOTION IS HEAPED ON IN DOUBLE HELPINGS
- THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IS THAT THINGS SEEM TO BE MORE REFLECTIVE,
A BIT LESS FRENETIC, A BIT MORE CONSIDERED, AND ALTHOUGH THERE
ARE TIMES WHEN THE NOISY ELEMENT RETURNS, THE OVERALL FEELING
IS THAT THE ALBUM IS A BIT MORE PIANO AND A BIT LESS FORTE. =
STUNNING
PIECE OF WORK FROM THIS HIGHLY ACCLAIMED ICELANDIC QUARTET.=20
VARIOUS - NEW YORK NOISE - SOUL JAZZ - CD (SJRCD77)
A RAUNCHY OLD COMPILATION FROM THE SOUL JAZZ CREW THAT CONCENTRATES
ON THE NEW YORK UNDERGROUND DNACE MUSIC SCENE FROM 1978 TO 1982.
INCLUDES LIQUID LIQUID, ESG, DINOSAUR L, GLENN BRANCA, THEORETICAL
GIRLS, RAMMELZEE VS K.ROB, DNA AND LOADS MORE. PUNK / DISCO /
FUNK SOUNDS TO MAKE YOU GROOVE. FRESH.
VETIVER - VETIVER - DICRISTINA - CD (STEP02)
FEATURING AN ALL STAR CAST OF MUSICIANS INCLUDING DEVENDRA BANHART,
MY BLOODY VALENTINE'S COLM O'CIOSOIG AND HOPE SANDOVAL THIS IS
A FABULOUS ALBUM RECORDED IN THE BAY AREA THAT USES TRADITIONAL
AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC AS ITS INSPIRATION. WONDERFULLY MELANCHOLIC
AND COUNTRY SOUNDING, THIS IS A RARE TREAT INDEED. RECOMMENDED.
VIA TANIA - UNDER A DIFFERENT SKY - CHOCOLATE INDUSTRIES - CD =
(CHLT038CD)
A REALLY MIX OF STYLES AND INFLUENCES HERE RANGING FROM FOLK,
HIP HOP, POP, AND BEYOND. FEATURING THE TALENTS OFF SCOTT HERON
(TORTOISE) & PREFUSE 73 (THAT EXPLAINS THE HIP HOP INFLUENCES!)
THIS SHOULD APPEAL TO MANY. VOCALLY IT REMINDS ME OF BJORK & KERIS
MATTHEWS!! VERY INTERESTING AND BEAUTIFUL LP, HAVE A LISTEN........
New Releases (CD): Funk / Jazz / Soul
MANZEL BUSH - MIDNIGHT THEME - DOPE WAX - CD (DB7005JPCD)
2 CD'S HERE, ONE HAS A MIX BY MURO, THE OTHER FEATURES ALL THE
RE-EDITED VERSIONS OF THE MANZEL CUTS THAT KENNY DOPE HAS PUT
OUT ON DOPEWAX. A JAPAN ONLY CD THIS, SO ANP IT UP A BIT LIVELY
LIKE!!
YOUNG-HOLT UNLIMITED - BORN AGAIN / MELLOW DREAMIN' - WATER - 2xCD =
(WATER135)
FIRST TIME ON CD FOR TWO CLASSIC SOUL-JAZZ ALBUMS ORIGINALLY =
RELEASED
IN 1970-71 ON COTILLION/ATLANTIC. YOUNG-HOLT UNLIMITED HAVE BEEN
SAMPLED BY MANY HIP HOP ARTISTS AND TURNTABLISTS FROM DE LA SOUL
AND THE BEASTIE BOYS TO DJ SHADOW AND PRIMAL SCREAM. "QUEEN OF
THE NILE" HAS THE BASS LINE USED BY ERIC B & RAKIM'S "DON'T SWEAT
THE TECHNIQUE", WHILE "THE CREEPER" WAS SAMPLED BY DJ SHADOW.
Restocks (CD): Funk / Jazz / Soul
DJ LANGUAGE - LANGUAGE LAB - N/A - CD (DJLL1CD)
GREAT CD OF 31 FUNK/SOUL/JAZZ/ROCK CUTS SEGUED TOGETHER MAKING
IT PERFECT TO LEAVE ON AND ENJOY YOUR DAY TO. SOME VERY OBSCURE
CUTS HERE SOME BEING VERSIONS OF WELL KNOWN TRACKS BY LESSER KNOWN
ARTISTS. NOW INFO AS TO THE ARTISTS BUT THE TITLES ARE ALL HERE.
HAVE A LISTEN.......
HOWARD RILEY - FLIGHT - FMR - CD (FMRCD26)
WONDERFUL FREE JAZZ EXPERIMENTS FROM THIS HIGHLY INVENTIVE TRIO
OF PLAYERS. BARRY GUY ON BASS & TONY OXLEY ON DRUMS & PERCUSSION
BRING US SOME GREAT MOMENTS. HAVE A LISTEN...........
VARIOUS - BRITISH HUSTLE - SOUL JAZZ - CD (SJRCD82)
A MOST EXCELLENT SELECTION OF SMOOTH, SOULFUL BRITISH FUNK AND
SOUL FROM THE LATE SEVENTIES AND EARLY EIGHTIES. INCLUDES CUTS
FROM IMAGINATION, KANDIDATE, LIGHT OF THE WORLD, FBI, FREEZ, =
HEATWAVE,
HI-TENSION AND MORE. TOP GEAR FROM THIS RELIABLE IMPRINT.
New Releases (CD): Reggae / Dub
ROOTSMAN - INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE OF DUB - THIRD EYE - CD (TEMCD004)
MY HOW THE ROOTSMAN HAS CHANGED! THIS CAME OUT IN 1995 ON HIS
OWN "THIRD EYE" LABEL AND IS AN ALBUM OF PUREST DIGI-DUB. HEAVY
BASS AND SOLID BEATS FROM THE ROOTSMAN GIVEN THE REXIX TREATMENT
ON EACH TRACK - REMIXERS INCLUDE GLAMOUROUS HOOLIGAN, THE DISCIPLES,
BLACK STAR LINER AND MANY OTHERS. FROM DUB TO STEPPERS TO ALMOST
DRUM AND BASS. =20
TAPPER ZUKIE - PROUD TO BE BLACK - TROJAN - CD (TJCCD198)
A WELCOME COLLECTION OF TAPPER ZUKIE PRODUCTIONS DATING FROM 1976
RIGHT UP TO 1988. TOP QUALITY ROOTS & CULTURE FEATURING HORACE
ANDY, ALTON ELLIS, CORNELL CAMPBELL, MIGHTY DIAMONDS, DENNIS BROWN
AND PLENTY OTHERS.
VARIOUS - JAMAICA BOX SET - TROJAN - 3xCD (TJETD199)
TRIPLE-CD BOX SET AT A BARGAIN PRICE, WITH JUST ABOUT EVERY TRACK
CONTAINING EITHER "KINGSTON" OR "JAMAICA" IN THE TITLE! JIMMY
CLIFF, TOMMY MCCOOK, LLOYD CHARMERS, MAX ROMEO, TOOTS & THE MAYTALS,
THE UPSETTERS, HORACE ANDY, JOHN HOLT, SLY & THE REVOLUTIONARIES
AND COUNTLESS LOADS OF OTHERS ALL FEATURE....
Restocks (CD): Reggae / Dub
ROOTSMAN - 52 DAYS TO TIMBUKTU - THIRD EYE - CD (TEMCD008)
NU-SKOOL DIGI DUB SOUNDS HERE ON AN EARLY OUTING FROM THE ROOTSMAN
WHO'S OUTPUT NOW WITH BUG IS OF A DIFFERENT SOUND. CHECK OUT WHERE
HE WAS GOING ON THIS RELEASE FROM THE MID 90'S.
SUGAR MINOTT - KING SON - SMUGG RECORDS - CD (GUMSCDXX010)
22 ROOTSY CUTS FROM MR MINOTT. THIS CD REPRESENTS THE WHOLE OF
HIS CAREER, WITH EARLY CUTS FROM HIS DAYS WITH THE AFRICAN BROTHERS,
THROUGH TO HIS TIME AT UPTEMPO WITH STEPHEN KING. CHECK IT =
OUT.......
New Releases (CD): Experimental
MERZBOW / KIM CASCONE - RONDO / 7PHASES / BLOWBACK - SUB ROSA - CD =
(SR213)
THREE TYPICALLY INTENSE SOUNDSCAPES FROM MESSRS AKITA AND CASCONE.
NOT NECESSARILY AS ABRASIVE / SHEER WHITE NOISE AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT,
BUT BY NO MEANS AN EASY LISTEN....
Restocks (CD): Experimental
9! - NONE (-T) - MATCHLESS - CD (MRCD54)
A VAST RANGE OF MUSICIANS ON THIS CD ALL UNDER THE GUIDING HAND
OF LABEL OWNER EDDIE PREVOST. YOU GET TEN TRACKS OF OBSCURE, ALMOST
JAZZ BASED EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC THAT, AS ALWAYS, TRANCENDS THE =
BOUNDARIES
OF VARIOUS MUSICAL STYLES. HEAVY GOING AT TIMES, BUT FLOWING AND
FREE AT OTHERS, THIS IS A LOVELY PIECE OF WORK.
ARNE NORDHEIM - DODEKA - RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD (RCD2030)
THIS IS A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF TRACKS BY ARNE NORDHEIM - =
ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC
MASTER THAT HE IS. ELEVEN TRACKS OF DISTINCTIVE, ATMOSPHERIC =
SOUNDSCAPES
WITH A TWELFTH PIECE SUMMARISING THE OTHER ELEVEN. SPOOKY, ETHEREAL
SOUND PRODUCTION OF THE HIGHEST CALIBRE. SUPERB.
ARNE NORDHEIM / BIOSPHERE / DEATHPROD - ELECTRIC / NORDHEIM =
TRANSFORMED - RUNE GRAMMOFON - 2xCD (RCD2006)
NICE DOUBLE CD PACKAGE OF THESE CD'S THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE
SEPERATELY. ARNE NORDHEIMS ORIGINAL PIECES ARE TRULY UNSETTLING
ELECTRO ACOUSTIC PIECES WITH A MAGICAL AIR OF UNREALITY TO THEM.
BIOSPHERE AND DEATHPROD HAVE MANIPULATED AND RESCULPTED SOME OF
ARNE'S PIECES INTO BLEAK, DRONE BASED SELECTION OF MASSIVELY
ATMOSPHERIC VERSIONS. BRILLIANT AND WELL WORTH CHECKING OUT.
CONDITIONS - A BRIGHT NOWHERE - MATCHLESS - CD (MRCD55)
UNDER THE GUIDING HAND OF EDDIE PREVOST, MATCHLESS DELIVER A SUPERB
CD OF AVANT JAZZ SOUNDS. KICKING OFF WITH SLEAZY MUTE TRUMPETS
AND A LOW-KEY FEEL, THE PROCEEDINGS SOON TURN INTO A MORE FRANTIC,
FLOWING FREE STYLE. SUPERB WORK AS EVER.
DEATHPROD - 4 CD BOX - RUNE GRAMMOFON - 4xCD (RCD2036)
A COMPREHENSIVE BOX SET OF FOUR DEATHPROD PIECES THAT COME TOGETHER
BEAUTIFULLY AS A MINIMALLY PACKAGED COLLECTORS SET. YOU GET 'MORALS
AND DOGMA', IMAGINARY SONGS OF TRISTAN DA CUHNA', 'TREETOP DRIVE'
AND 'REFERENCE FREQUENCIES' AND EACH CD HAS SUBTLY DIFFERENT FEEL.
FROM THE SERIOUSLY ATMOSPHERIC DRONE BASED SOUNDS OF 'MORALS...'
AND 'REFERENCE...' TO THE ABSTRACT, ELECTRO ACOUSTIC MEANDERINGS
OF 'IMAGINARY SONGS...'. THERE'S SOMETHING TO APPEAL TO FANS OF
ALL EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONICA HERE AND I WOULD THOROUGHLY RECOMMEND
IT. LOVELY.
HEIMIR BJORGULFSSON & JONAS OHLSSON - UNSPOKEN WORD TOUR - BROMBRON - =
CD (BROMBRON04CD)
FOURTH RELEASE FROM THIS STAALPLAAT AND EXTRAPOOL COLLABORATIVE
LABEL. TWENTY THREE TRACKS RECORDED IN HOLLAND AND CLEARLY INSPIRED
BY A DISPARATE BUNCH OF INFLUENCES. SOME OF THE TRACKS ARE PURE
SILLINESS, BUT DONE IN A MANIPULATED, PROCESSED, YET COHERENT
KIND OF WAY. IF THOSE TRACKS AREN'T TO YOUR TASTE THERE'S A WHOLE
LOAD OF OTHER MORE SERIOUS SOUNDS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL VARIETY.
CRUNCHY BEATS, A-TONAL SOUNDS, SQUEAKS, BLEEPS AND WHAT SOUNDS
LIKE SOMEONE WITH A NASTY ATTACK OF WIND ALL COLLIDE TO CREATE
AN INTERESTING COLLAGE OF STYLES.
LUIGI ARCHETTI / BO WIGET - LOW TIDE DETAILS - RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD =
(RCD2019)
IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT WITH THIS KIND OF MUSIC AS ONE MANS =
EXPERIMENTAL
IS ANOTHER MANS MAINSTREAM. BUT AFTER CONSIDERABLE THOUGHT ON
THE SUBJECT, I'VE DECIDED TO PUT THIS IN THE EXPERIMENTAL CATEGORY
AS IT COVERS SO MANY BASES ON ONE CD. FROM DEEP, DRIFTING TEXTURAL
WORK TO A STRANGELY UPBEAT GUITAR SOUND VIA MELODIC ELECTRONICS.
DIFIICULT TO DESCRIBE BUT VERY PLEASNAT ON THE EARS IN NEARLY
EVERY RESPECT. LISTEN AND ENJOY!
MAJA RATKJE - VOICE - RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD (RCD2028)
I'M ASHAMED TO ADMIT THAT THIS IS THE FIRST MATERIAL I'VE HEARD
BY THE MUCH TALKED ABOUT MS RATKJE. SO IT PLEASES ME TO REPORT
THAT THIS IS A UNIQUELY INTRIGUING PIECE OF WORK ENTIRELY BASED
ON SAMPLED AND MANIPULATED SNIPPETS OF HER OWN VOICE. AS ALWAYS,
IT'S DIFFICULT TO ACTUALLY SAY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AS IT'S OPEN
TO LOTS OF INTERPRETATION, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE MOMENTS
OF CLARITY AND PURITY OF VOICE THAT ARE CAPTURED HERE ARE SIMPLY
MAGICAL. COMBINE THIS WITH THE SLIGHTLY MENTAL CHIPMUNK STYLE
MOMENTS OF SPEEDED UP, FRANTIC VOICES AND YOU HAVE A GENUINELY
EXCELLENT ALBUM. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
MIKA VAINIO - IN THE LAND OF THE BLIND ONE-EYED IS KING - TOUCH - CD =
(TO:54)
GREAT NEW WORK FROM PANASONIC'S MIKA VAINIO, ONCE AGAIN SHOWING
HIS VERSATILITY AND TALENT WHEN IT COMES TO DEEPLY ABSTRACT =
EXPERIMENTAL
ELECTRONICS. COHESIVE TRACKS THAT USE VARIOUS SOURCES FOR THE
SOUNDS AND SOMEHOW MANAGE TO MAKE THEM SOUND AT ONCE DARK, YET
STRANGELY MELODIC. A BIZARRE SELECTION THAT BECOMES MORE AND MORE
INTRIGUING THE MORE YOU LISTEN.
SUPERSILENT - 1 - 3 - RUNE GRAMMOFON - 3xCD (RCD2001)
GREAT COMPENDIUM OF THE FIRST THREE SUPERSILENT PIECES HERE ON
THIS TRIPLE CD PACK FROM THE EXCELLENT RUNE GRAMMOFON LABEL. DARK,
DEEP, TEXTURAL PIECES THAT HAVE VARIED ARRANGEMENTS AND WONDERFUL
SOUND MANIPULATION TO KEEP YOU LISTENING RIGHT TO THE LAST. =
EXPERIMENTAL
ELECTRONICA PAR EXCELLENCE.
THE USER - SYMPHONY #2 FOR DOT MATRIX PRINTERS - STAALPLAAT - CD =
(STCD159)
LIMITED EDITION "5.25 INCH FLOPPY DISC PACKAGING" VERSION OF THIS
NOW LEGENDARY ALBUM (AT LEAST AS FAR AS THIS SHOP IS CONCERNED!).
SOMEONE WITH ARGUABLY FAR TOO MUCH TIME ON HIS HANDS (AND YOU
CAN BET IT IS A HE) HAS RECORDED THE SOUND OF 14 OLD DOT MATRICES
PRINTING SPECIFIC STRINGS OF CHARACTERS IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A
PARTICULAR SOUND. NO SAMPLERS OR OTHER SOUND SOURCES HAVE BEEN
USED, WITH ONLY THE MINIMUM OF ELECTRONIC PROCESSING. EPSON AND
BROTHER WILL BE SPLITTING THE ROYALTIES BETWEEN THEM, APPARENTLY.
TORE ELGAROY - THE SOUND OF THE SUN - RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD (RCD2017)
A PECULIAR COLLECTION OF TRACKS MAKE UP THIS ALBUM FROM TORE =
ELGAROY.
FROM THE DEEPLY EXPERIMENTAL SIDE OF ELECTRONICS TO SOME GORGEOUSLY
MELODIC SLICES OF CLASSIC SOUNDING ELECTRONICA VIA SCREECHING
NOISE BASED GUITAR. THAT'S WHY I LIKE IT I GUESS. IT'S REALLY
SOMETHING OF A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE OF SOUND AND EMOTION. SUPERB.
VARIOUS - RINGTONES - TOUCH - CD (TONE14)
TOO MANY PEOPLE TO MENTION ON THIS EPICALLY GOOD CD. A SELECTION
OF RINGTONES TO DOWNLOAD TO YOUR PHONE. FROM STRAIGHT SOUNDFILES
TO SPOKEN WORD THINGS TO SOME HARSH ABRASIVE SOUNDS. SOMETHING
A BIT DIFFERENT TO HAVING THE LATEST CHART HIT ON YOUR PHONE.
TOUCH, I APPLAUD YOU!
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Something for everyone you might =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Thought I'd quickly mention our live show as =
well. On=20
Thursday we have Holkham and Vessel from Expanding plus Esem from Merck =
and=20
DeFocus playing live in the shop... Our first live show since =
relocating. It=20
starts at 8.00pm and finishes at 10.00pm and it is, of course, free of =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Have a good week.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Peace.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>The Fish.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Smallfish Records.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>New Releases (Vinyl): Electronica</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> 1-SPEED BIKE - I AM A PRETZEL ON A =
STEALTH MISSION=20
TO KILL THE PR - BROKLYN BEATS - 7" (BB7.5)<BR> WELL, =
THAT'S=20
CERTAINLY TITLE OF THE WEEK . I FOUND THIS THE =
BETTER<BR> OF=20
THE TWO RELEASES FROM THIS G!YBE RELATED PROJECT THIS=20
WEEK,<BR> ACTUALLY. FOR A START, THE BAND ARE A LOT =
MORE=20
MANAGABLE IN SMALL<BR> DOSES. ON TOP OF THAT, THIS =
JUST HITS=20
YOU A LOT HARDER - IT'S<BR> LESS GENERIC SOUNDING, AND =
THE=20
PACE AND GENERAL SENSE OF URGENCY<BR> IS HIGHER, SO =
CHECK THIS=20
ONE OUT FIRST.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> 1-SPEED BIKE - EL GALLITO - BROKLYN BEATS =
- LP=20
(BB13)<BR> NEW LP FROM ONE OF THE MORE UNUSUAL =
GODSPEED! YBE=20
OFFSHOOTS. EXPERIMENTAL,<BR> LO-FI BREAKBEAT, CLEARLY =
(AND,=20
PERHAPS, UNSURPRISINGLY) POLITICALLY<BR> MOTIVATED =
(JUDGING BY=20
THE TRACK TITLES, ALTHOUGH CONFUSINGLY THERE<BR> SEEMS =
TO BE A=20
LOT MORE TRACKS ON THE RECORD THAN THE LABEL =
SUGGESTS!).<BR> =20
ONE FOR THE HARDCORE.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> ADVENTURE TIME - GLASS BOTTOM BOATS - =
PLUG RESEARCH=20
- 12" (PLUG0054)<BR> FIVE MORE TRACKS OF CLASSY, =
FORWARD=20
THINKING LEFTFIELD / ELECTRONIC<BR> HIP HOP FROM THIS=20
ON-THE-CASE LABEL. REMIXES COURTESY OF CAURAL<BR> AND =
NOBODY=20
(FEATURING VOCAL ASSISTANCE FROM MICROPHONE FLOWS =
AKA<BR> =20
PIGEON JOHN AND ELLAY KHULE) PLUS TWO NEW ADVENTURE TIME=20
TUNES<BR> PLUS A REMIX OF "SHAKEYFACE" MAKE THIS A =
PRETTY=20
SERIOUS PRIORITY.<BR> INCREDIBLY DIVERSE AND =
WELL-PRODUCED,=20
THIS RIVALS ANYTHING ON<BR> CHOCOLATE =
INDUSTRIES.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> B. FLEISCHMANN & HERBERT WEIXELBAUM =
PRESENT -=20
DUO505 LATE - MORR MUSIC - LP (MORR047)<BR> HEAD TO =
HEAD=20
MAYHEM FROM THE MORR MUSIC LABEL WITH FLEISCHMANN<BR> =
AND=20
WEIXELBAUM DELIVERING A FULL ON SESSION OF MC505 =
GROOVEBOX<BR> =20
ACTION. PRESUMABLY RECORDED LIVE IT HAS A LO-FI, SCRUNCHED=20
UP<BR> ELECTRONIC FEEL WITH SOME VERY DANCEABLE =
MOMENTS AND A=20
FRESH,<BR> INNOCENT SOUND. LOADS OF POPPY MELODY GOING =
ON AND=20
A NICE LINE<BR> IN LIVE MANIPULATIONS COMBINE TO MAKE =
A GREAT=20
ALBUM. TOP.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> CORKER / CONBOY - SIX FOR FIVE - VERTICAL =
FORM -=20
12" (VFORM035)<BR> TWO NEW TRACKS FROM CORKER CONBOY =
(SHOULD=20
THERE BE A SLASH THERE<BR> OR NOT? IT SEEMS TO HAVE =
SUDDENLY=20
DISAPPEARED FROM THEIR NAME<BR> ON THE SLEEVE ALTHOUGH =
I'M=20
LEAVING IT IN!), BACKED WITH REMIXES<BR> FROM XELA, =
DAVID=20
GRUBBS AND DERAILER (AKA JOHN MATHIAS AND DAVID<BR> =
PRIOR). AS=20
GOOD AS YOU'D RIGHTLY EXPECT.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DAEDELUS / BOOM BIP - 2806:42:12 - MUSH - =
7"=20
(MH027)<BR> LIMITED-EDITION SEVEN-INCH FEATURING =
INCIDENTAL=20
MUSIC FROM THE<BR> SOUNDTRACK TO DONNIE DARKO REMIXED =
BY=20
MESSRS DAEDELUS AND BOOM<BR> BIP. I'M PRESUMING AS =
THIS IS AN=20
OFFICIAL RELEASE ON MUSH, AND<BR> THAT THE COVER =
FEATURES A=20
CLASSIC STILL FROM THE FILM, THAT IT'S<BR> ALL =
PERFECTLY ABOVE=20
BOARD. EVEN IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE<BR> FILM =
AND/OR=20
EITHER ARTIST, THIS STILL COMES WITH OUR TOTAL =
APPROVAL<BR> -=20
BOTH MIXES ARE HIGHLY MUSICAL AND ATMOSPHERIC AS BEFITS=20
THE<BR> SOURCE MATERIAL. EXCELLENT.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DEXTRO - THE ANIMISM EP - JUMBLEFUNK - =
10"=20
(JUMBLE001)<BR> FIRST RELEASE FOR THIS SLIGHTLY =
MISLEADINGLY=20
NAMED LABEL - PERHAPS<BR> JUMBLETRONICA WOULD BE MORE=20
APPROPRIIATE - I DIGRESS. FOUR TRACKS<BR> OF MELODIC=20
ELECTRONICS VERY MUCH IN THE FOCUS / NEO OUIJA / =
EXPANDING<BR> =20
VEIN OF THINGS. NICE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> HP.STONJI - METIC EP - SPEZIAL MATERIAL - =
12"=20
(SM015EP005)<BR> YES, YES! THE SPEZIAL MATERIAL =
MATERIAL CREW=20
DROPS ANOTHER BOMB<BR> IN THE FORM OF THIS STORMING =
SLICE OF=20
ELECTRO FUN BY HP. STONJI<BR> (AKA HANS PLATZGUMMER). =
KILLER=20
GROOVES, PACEY BEATS, PHAT, DARK<BR> BASSLINES MAKE =
FOR A=20
SLICE OF DANCEFLOOR ACTION THAT'S WELL UP<BR> THERE IN =
THE=20
TOUGH ELECTRO LEAGUE (IT MAY EVEN BE A CONTENDER<BR> =
FOR THE=20
PREMIERSHIP AT THIS RATE!). ROCK SOLID, UNMISSABLE =
STUFF<BR> =20
FROM THE SWISS LABEL THAT CAN, AND REGULARLY DOES. SWEET.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> I-SOUND - SWEATING IN THE AGES - BROKLYN =
BEATS - 7"=20
(BB7.6)<BR> IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE HEARD THE =
SOUND OF=20
I-SOUND, BUT<BR> I CERTAINLY DON'T REMEMBER HIS =
SOUNDING AS=20
ANGRY AS THIS. REALLY,<BR> THIS COULD COME OUT ON =
TIGERBEAT=20
AND NO-ONE WOULD BAT AN EYELID.<BR> THE A-SIDE IS =
BORDERING ON=20
A PLANET MU-ESQUE OLD SKOOL MASH-UP<BR> RAVE TRACK, =
WHEREAS=20
THE B-SIDE IS JUST AN ALL OUT SONIC ASSAULT.<BR> FULL=20
ON.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> OPTO - 2ND - HOBBY INDUSTRIES - LP=20
(HI016)<BR> OPTO AKA CARSTEN NICOLAI AND THOMAS KNAK =
AKA=20
OPIATE DELIVER THIS<BR> SUBLIME ALBUM OF STARK, =
MINIMAL=20
ELECTRONICA. FANS OF RASTER NOTON<BR> AND, INDEED, =
SOME OF THE=20
OPIATE AND HOBBY RELEASES ARE SERIOUSLY<BR> GONNA GO =
FOR THIS=20
IN A BIG WAY. IN SOME WAYS THIS REMINDED ME<BR> OF =
ALVA NOTO,=20
ONLY THERE IS A LOT MORE WARMTH AND EMOTION BEHIND<BR> =
JUST=20
THE USUAL HIGH FREQUENCIES, TONES AND CLICKS. VERY =
HIGHLY<BR> =20
RECOMMENDED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> PENDLE COVEN - TRIG POINT EP - MODERN =
LOVE - 12"=20
(LOVE009)<BR> IT'S A BIG ONE! PENDLE COVEN'S SECOND =
RELEASE=20
DROPS WITH THE FINEST<BR> OF STYLE. SIX CUTS OF PURE=20
ELECTRONIC BLISS THAT OOZES ATMOSPHERE<BR> AND =
QUALITY. IT=20
MASHES UP A SMOOTH, YET CRUNCHY FEEL WITH SOME<BR> =
DEEP, DEEP=20
TEXTURES BUT MANAGES TO RETAIN A HARDER EDGE AT =
TIMES<BR> =20
WHICH IS EXEMPLIFIED BY CLARO INTELECTO'S FIRST EVER=20
REMIX...<BR> ONE WORD... DEVASTATING! YOU DON'T WANT =
TO MISS=20
THIS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SCHLAMMPEITZIGER - EVERYTHING WITHOUT ALL =
INCLUSIVE=20
(REMIXED) - SONIG - 12" (SONIG33)<BR> A DIVERSE SET OF =
SCHLAMMPEITZIGER REMIXES COVERING ALL BASES.<BR> VERT, =
WEVIE=20
STONDER, ANDREAS DORAU AND ELECTRONICAT ALL PUT IN<BR> =
STERN=20
WORK. RECOMMENDED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SH*TMAT - FULL ENGLISH BREAKFEST - PLANET =
MU - 12"=20
(ZIQ101)<BR> FOUR TRACKS OF STORMING, POLITICALLY =
CORRECT (IN=20
AN IRONIC KIND<BR> OF WAY) DRILL AND BASS / JUNGLE =
SHENANIGANS=20
FROM THE MUTANT MASTER<BR> OF BREAKCORE. DEVASTATING=20
BASSLINES, ROLLOUT, CHOPPY OLD BREAKS<BR> AND MROE =
THAN ENOUGH=20
RAGGA ATTITUDE. ROUGH, READY AND GUARANTEED<BR> TO =
KICK YOU IN=20
THE HEAD A BIT (AURALLY SPEAKING, THAT IS).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> STERLING ROSWELL - VENUS HONEY DEW - MINT =
- 7"=20
(MINT016)<BR> HERE'S RINGO, SORRY, ROSCOE OUT OF =
SPACEMEN 3=20
DOING WHAT QUITE<BR> FRANKLY SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING HE =
TOSSED=20
OFF DURING DRUG REHAB.<BR> THIS WAS NEVER GOING TO BE =
ANY GOOD=20
(HARDLY THE MOST ESSENTIAL<BR> MEMBER OF SPACEMEN 3, =
WAS HE?=20
WHAT DID HE ACTUALLY *DO*?), BUT<BR> THIS REALLY IS =
POOR - A=20
POOR MAN'S AIR, IN FACT. I MEAN, JUST<BR> LOOK AT THE =
SLEEVE.=20
STERLING, WE'RE ALL LAUGHING *AT* YOU, NOT<BR> WITH=20
YOU....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SWOD - GEHEN - CITY CENTRE OFFICES - LP=20
(TOWERBLOCK021)<BR> OH MY GOSH! THIS IS A SUPREMELY =
BEAUTIFUL=20
RELEASE. CITY CONTRE<BR> OFFICES DELIVER A DELICIOUS =
COCKTAIL=20
OF GENTLE PIANOS, LUSCIOUS<BR> ELECTRONICS AND DEEP, =
DEEP=20
ATMOSPHERES. BEAUTIFULLY PUT TOGETHER<BR> AND =
WONDERFULLY=20
PRODUCED, THIS IS AN ALBUM THAT SHOULD APPEAL<BR> TO =
FANS OF=20
THE EQUALLY WONDERFUL 'VRIOON' ALBUM BY CARSTEN =
NICOLAI<BR> =20
AND RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, BUT ALSO ANYONE WITH AN EAR FOR=20
MELODIC,<BR> GORGEOUS MUSIC. UTTERLY =
RECOMMENDED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Restocks (Vinyl): Electronica</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> BAURI - SLACKER JOURNAL - NEO OUIJA - =
2xLP=20
(NEO15LP)<BR> BAURI'S BRAND OF LOW-KEY MELODIC =
ELECTRONICA IS=20
SUPER. NICE SIMPLISTIC<BR> RHYTHMS MEET GENTLE TUNES =
WITH A=20
CLEVER SENSE OF ARRANGEMENT.<BR> JUST RIGHT FOR =
SITTING BACK=20
WITH A CUP OF TEA ON A SUNNY AFTERNOON<BR> AND =
ENJOYING TO THE=20
MAX.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DERU - PUSHING AIR - NEO OUIJA - LP=20
(NEO19LP)<BR> ANOTHER HIGH QUALITY RELEASE INDEED FROM =
NEO=20
OUIJA THAT'S GUARANTEED<BR> TO APPEAL TO MANY. FANS OF =
TOYTRONIC, OPIATE, EARLY PHONEM, BOLA<BR> / SKAM, =
PROGRESSIVE=20
FORM, AROVANE OR (AS YOU'VE PROBABLY GATHERED<BR> FROM =
THE=20
ABOVE LIST!) JUST GREAT, SLIGHTLY GLITCHY, MELODIC=20
CONTEMPORARY<BR> ELECTRONICA, YOU AT LEAST NEED TO =
GIVE THIS A=20
LISTEN!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> FEVER - TOO BAD BUT TRUE - DIGITAL =
HARDCORE - LP=20
(DHRLP19)<BR> POOR OLD DIGITAL HARDCORE - THEY =
BASICALLY=20
PEAKED ABOUT FIVE YEARS<BR> TOO EARLY. THIS =
SOUNDS SO=20
FRESH (I'M WRITING THIS IN 2003) -<BR> MASHED UP =
DIGITAL BEATS=20
AND NOISE MIXED WITH DARK HIP HOP VOCALS.<BR> =
THINK OF=20
SOME OF TIGERBEATS OUTPUT MIXED WITH SCUD / AMBUSH=20
SENSIBILITIES.<BR> MAD, DERRANGED AND RIGHT GOOD =
FUN!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> FUNCKARMA - ELAZTIQ - NEO OUIJA - 12"=20
(NEO014)<BR> THE PROLIFIC FUNKARMA'S DEBUT ON NEO =
OUIJA=20
(HAVING PREVIOUSLY<BR> RECORDED ON DUB). A =
LOVELY FOUR=20
TRACK EP OF MELODIC ELECTRONICA<BR> - PLENTY OF =
MELODY, NICE=20
COMPLICATED BEAT STRUCTURES, AND THE<BR> VERY =
OCCASIONAL BIT=20
OF GLITCH. FOUR SWEET TRACKS TO SOOTHE YOU!<BR> =20
NICE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> GEIOM - SELLOTAPE FLOWERS - NEO OUIJA - =
2xLP=20
(NEO006LP)<BR> WITH NO DATE ON THIS ANYWHERE I CAN'T =
WORK OUT=20
IF IT IS OLD AND<BR> WE NEVER GOT IT FIRST TIME ROUND, =
OR=20
WHETHER THIS IS A CASE OF<BR> NEO OUIJA FILLING IN THE =
MISSING=20
CATALOGUE NUMBERS. WHATEVER,<BR> IT IS A NINE =
TRACK=20
ALBUM OF QUITE BEAT DRIVEN ELECTRONICS - QUITE<BR> =
DARK IN=20
OVERAL TONE, WITH MUCH MORE EMPHASIS ON THE RHYTHMS =
THAN<BR> =20
THE MELODIES. GOOD TOO</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> HOT BUTTER - POPCORN - COLLECTABLES - 7"=20
(COL3170)<BR> GET YER MOOGS OUT! THE FIRST TRULY =
ELECTRONIC=20
POP SINGLE? QUITE<BR> POSSIBLY. DARN INFECTIOUS TO =
THIS DAY.=20
INEXPLICABLY BACKED WITH<BR> "(IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG) =
I DON'T=20
WANT TO BE RIGHT" BY SMOOTH<BR> SOUL MERCHANT LUTHER =
INGRAM -=20
ONLY IN THE WORLD OF U.S. JUKEBOX<BR> =
7"S!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> INFANT - GROWING UP - NEO OUIJA - LP=20
(NEO12LP)<BR> LOVELY NEW LP PROJECT FROM NEO OUIJA. =
EIGHT=20
TRACKS OF DELIGHTFULLY<BR> PUT TOGETHER ELECTRONICS =
WHICH USE=20
AN ORGANIC FLAVA T UP THE ATMOSPHERE<BR> STAKES. IT =
WOULD HAVE=20
TO BE GOOD REALLY TO BE ON METAMATICS OWN<BR> LABEL.=20
RECOMMENDED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> KETTEL - RED PEAR EP - NEO OUIJA - 12"=20
(NEO11)<BR> ANOTHER FINE COMPILATION OF DIVERSE =
ELECTRONICA ON=20
NEO OUIJA.<BR> THIS TIME PRODUCED BY KETTEL, WHO =
DELIVERS=20
TRACKS, RANGING FROM<BR> THE MORE CHILLED ATMOSPHERICS =
TO=20
QUITE SINISTER COLLAGES.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> LANGUIS - EP - SMALLFISH - 7"=20
(7FISH003)<BR> BRAND NEW SEVEN INCH FROM THE SMALLFISH =
LABEL=20
AND IT COMES DIRECT<BR> FROM SANFRANCISCO BASED DUO =
LANGUIS.=20
TWO TRACKS OF LUSH, ORGANIC<BR> ELECTRONICA WITH =
UNIQUE=20
MUTATING SOUNDS, GORGEOUS ABSTRACT FLOURISHES<BR> AND=20
GENUINELLY CHILLED FEEL. THE FLIP SIDE WITH IT'S GENTLE,=20
INCREDIBLY<BR> SUBTLE VOCODERED RHYTHM IS PARTICULARLY =
UNUSUAL. FABULOUS STUFF.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> MONOLAKE - CERN / WHITE II - MONOLAKE - =
12"=20
(ML012)<BR> IN AN UNUSUAL MOVE FOR MONOLAKE WE CAN =
PROUDLY=20
PRESENT WHITE VINYL<BR> COPIES OF THE NEW SINGLE WHICH =
IS=20
TAKEN FROM THE CD ONLY ALBUM.<BR> CERN AND WHITE II =
ARE GENIUS=20
SLICES OF HARD EDGED ELECTRONICA<BR> WITH A UNIQUE =
SOUND THAT=20
ONLY ROBERT HENKE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO<BR> PROVIDE. =
THESE ARE=20
LIMITED COPIES SO YOU'LL WANT TO GET IN THERE<BR> =
QUICKLY.=20
ABSOLUTELY SUPERB SOUNDS. ESSENTIAL.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> MONOLAKE - LINEAR / ATOMIUM / =
REMINISCENCE -=20
MONOLAKE - 12" (MI/I/010)<BR> AT LAST WE ARE ABLE TO =
BRING YOU=20
THE NEW MONOLAKE SINGLE YOU'VE<BR> ALL BEEN ASKING =
ABOUT.=20
THREE TYPICALLY CLASSY TRACKS, PERHAPS<BR> A BIT MORE =
DARK AND=20
TWISTED THAN BEFORE WITH SOME SERIOUSLY HEAVY<BR> =
BEATS AND=20
DISTORTED ELEMENTS IN THE MIX. SUPERB STUFF - BUY =
WITH<BR> =20
UTTER CONFIDENCE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> PIMMON - KINETICA - K-RAA-K - CD=20
(K021)<BR> WICKED EXPLORATION THROUGH THE SOUND =
BARRIER AND=20
BACK... ...PIMMON<BR> ARE AT THE FPREFRONT OF =
ELECTRONIC SOUND=20
WAVES... ...NOT TO BE<BR> MISSED BY ANYONE THAT CAN =
THINK=20
FURTHER THAN THE NORM???</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> POSTHUMAN / CFM - SPLIT - SMALLFISH - 12" =
(12FISH001)<BR> FIRST TWELVE INCH RELEASE SEES AN =
EXCITING=20
PAIRING OF TALENTS<BR> IN POSTHUMAN AND CFM. PURE =
ELECTRONIC=20
SOUNDS IN ABUNDANCE WITH,<BR> IN MY OPINION, ONE OF =
THE BEST=20
TRACKS FROM POSTHUMAN. KICKING<BR> OFF WITH A SIMPLE,=20
BEAUTIFUL GUITAR LICK IT SOON TURNS INTO AN<BR> EPIC, =
EVER=20
MUTATING ELECTRO STYLE GROOVE WITH A HEAVY BASS =
AND<BR> SOME=20
AWESOME INSTRUMENTATION. BRILLIANT. CFM GET ALL =
OFFKILTER<BR> =20
ON US WITH OBSCURE RHYTHMS, LUSH LITTLE MELODIES AND=20
BEAUTIFULLY<BR> REALISED GLITCH SOUNDS. A SUPER PIECE =
OF=20
VINYL. FIRST FIFTY COPIES<BR> ARE NUMBERED=20
EDITIONS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SICA - YOU ARE NOT MILK MACHINES - NEO =
OUIJA - 12"=20
(NEO 07)<BR> WARM, CRACKLY SOUNDS, WITH LOTS OF LAID =
BACK=20
ATMOSPHERE ON THIS<BR> 7TH NEO OUIJA RELEASE. PRODUCED =
BY=20
SICA. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SOUNDTREE / J. JUNKER - DISTURBED / =
CAPITAL -=20
SMALLFISH - 7" (CLOWN)<BR> SECOND RELEASE ON THE =
FISHES OWN=20
LABEL! SOUNDTREE DEVELOPS A DARK<BR> SOUNDSCAPE STYLE =
WITH AN=20
ACOUSTIC BASS-LINE TO MOVE YOU AND STRINGS<BR> TO DIE =
FOR. J.=20
JUNKER DELIVERS A SUPER COOL SLICE OF CUT UP DISCO<BR> =
/ HOUSE=20
FUNK THAT'S SURE TO HAVE YOU SHAKIN' THAT ASS!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> STASIS / REMOTE - CLAPPED OUT / SILVERGUN =
-=20
SMALLFISH - 7" (ANGEL)<BR> THE VERY FIRST RELEASE ON =
SMALLFISH=20
RECORDS!!! EXCLUSIVE STASIS<BR> TRACK HITS THE MIDDLE =
GROUND=20
BETWEEN HIS ELECTRONICS AND BREAKS<BR> WORK. DARK AND=20
SOUNDSCAPEY, BEATY AND SUB-BASSY! REMOTES DEBUT<BR> =
TRACK HITS=20
THE DUB FLAVA WITH SUBTLE BEATS AND A DEEP, DEEP =
BASS.<BR> ALL=20
HISS IS INTENTIONAL! LABELS MISPRESSED FOR COLLECTABILITY!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SUPERSILENT - 6 - RUNE GRAMMOFON - 2xLP=20
(RLP3029)<BR> SUPERSILENT IS A PSEUDONYM FOR =
DEATHPROD... I=20
THINK, WHATEVER...<BR> THIS LABEL CONTINUES TO RELEASE =
MUSIC=20
THAT IS BOTH CHALLENGING<BR> AND BEAUTIFUL. =
COMBINING=20
LIVE INSTRUMENTS WITH ELECTRONICS, THIS<BR> WOULD FIT =
AS WELL=20
AS AN ATMOSPHERIC FILM SOUNDTRACK AS AN INTENSE<BR> =20
ALMOST-ORCHESTRAL PEICE, AS THE MUSICAL BACKDROP TO AN ART=20
INSTALLATION.<BR> IT EVOKES MELANCHOLY AND =
ELATION IN=20
EQUAL MEASURES - THINK OVAL<BR> MADE BEAUTIFUL? HIGHLY =
RECOMMENDED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VERBOSE - OBSERVE - NEO OUIJA - LP=20
(NEO20LP)<BR> NICE MELODIC ELECTRONICS FROM =
METAMATIC'S OWN=20
NEO OUIJA IMPRINT.<BR> GENTLE MELODIES COMBINE =
WITH=20
LAPTOP BEATS IN VAGUELY LULLABY<BR> STYLED TUNES ON =
THIS=20
ALBUM. AND CUNNINGLY, VERBOSE IS AN ANAGRAM<BR> =
OF=20
OBSERVE IS AN ANAGRAM OF VERBOSE... NICE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VERTICAL CAT / REMOTE - SPLIT - SMALLFISH =
- 12"=20
(12FISH002)<BR> SECOND TWELVE INCH RELEASE FROM THE =
FISH AND=20
IT'S A TASTY SPLIT<BR> FROM VERTICAL CAT AND REMOTE_. =
THE CAT=20
DELIVERS TWO VARIED TRACKS<BR> KICKING OFF WITH THE =
ROLLING=20
TECHNO DUB OF IN LOVE. SUPERB DELAYED<BR> STABS AND A =
DEEP,=20
DEEP BASS ENSURE A DANCEFLOOR FEEL, BUT WITHOUT<BR> =
LOSING ANY=20
SUBTLETY. THE SECOND TRACK IS A PURE SLICE OF =
ELECTRONICA<BR> =20
WITH RAD DISTORTED BEATS AND A TOTALLY MEMORABLE MELODY.=20
CLASS.<BR> THE REMOTE TRACKS ARE DETROIT INSPIRED WITH =
LUSH=20
STRINGS AND SOLID<BR> RHYTHMS. THE FIRST CUT HAS A =
SLIGHTLY=20
HOUSEY FEEL AND A JAZZY<BR> TOUCH OF MELODY WHILST THE =
SECOND=20
TRACK IS MORE OF A B12 STYLE<BR> ROMP. VERY PLEASING! =
FIRST=20
FIFTY COPIES ARE NUMBERED EDITIONS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>New Releases (Vinyl): Techno / =
Electro</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DEAD COMBO - YOU DON'T LOOK SO GOOD - =
OUTPUT - 12"=20
(OPR68)<BR> SOMEONE'S BEEN LISTENING TO SUICIDE, MAYBE =
EVEN=20
THE MC5. THIS<BR> IS CERTAINLY THE MOST AGGRESSIVE =
RELEASE ON=20
THIS LABEL I CAN REMEMBER.<BR> (TREVOR?) JACKSON PUTS =
IN A=20
THOROUGHLY STRANGE CUT-UP ELECTRO-TRASH-PUNK<BR> =
REWORK. OTHER=20
MIXES COME COURTESY OF OTHERF*CKER AND LARRY 7.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> I-WOLF - FALLIN' - KLEIN - 12"=20
(KL050)<BR> PRETTY BOG-STANDARD FARE HERE FROM KLEIN, =
IT HAS=20
TO BE SAID, ALTHOUGH<BR> REMIXES FROM LOSOUL AND =
STEREOTYP=20
SHOULD CERTAINLY HELP US SHIFT<BR> A COUPLE. SEE WHAT =
YOU=20
THINK, ANYWAY....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> JOEY BELTRAM - THE BEYONDER - TRESOR - =
12"=20
(TRESOR213)<BR> THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT FROM TRESOR - =
HARD,=20
ENERGETIC, DANCEFLOOR<BR> TECHNO IN A BLUE SLEEVE WITH =
AN=20
ORANGE STRIPE ACROSS THE TOP.<BR> BIT OF A RETURN TO =
FORM FOR=20
BELTRAM, TOO, I THOUGHT. BANGIN'!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> MYLO - VALLEY OF THE DOLLS - BREASTFED - =
7"=20
(BFD010)<BR> HIGHY ACCLAIMED/OVER-RATED SUB DAFT PUNK=20
ATMOSPHERIC HOUSEY ELECTRONICA,<BR> DANCE MUSIC FOR =
PEOPLE WHO=20
CAN'T DANCE OR GET A BABYSITTER.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> PRINCESS HIM - MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS - =
KLEIN - LP=20
(KL052LP)<BR> PURE ELECTRO DISCO, HEAVEN TO SOME, HELL =
TO=20
OTHERS - YOU'LL EITHER<BR> LOVE IT OR LOATHE IT, =
BASICALLY.=20
IT'S ON KLEIN, TO SOME EXTENT<BR> THAT'S A CASE OF =
"ENOUGH=20
SAID" ALREADY. SEE WHAT YOU THINK....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SCAPE ONE - FUTURE SOUND OF BOGNOR EP - =
IWARI.COM -=20
12" (USR06)<BR> IWARI.COM GET BACK INTO THE GROOVE =
WITH THIS=20
SUPER DELUXE FOUR<BR> TRACKER FROM ELECTRO'S ANSWER TO =
STOCK=20
AND WATERMAN (PROLIFICNESS<BR> WISE NOT MUSICALLY). =
QUALITY=20
SOUNDS, ROUGH AND READY 808 BEATS<BR> AND A KILLER =
SELECTION=20
OF AUTHENTIC SYNTH NOISES. THIS IS ANOTHER<BR> LIMITED =
RELEASE=20
SO YOU'LL NEED TO SNAP IT UP. RECOMMENDED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SEELENLUFT - I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW - =
KLEIN - 12"=20
(KL057)<BR> TIGA'S MIX IS FAIRLY UNIMAGINATIVE, USING =
THE=20
SOUNDS WE'VE COME<BR> TO EXPECT FROM THE ELECTRO-HOUSE =
SCENE,=20
WHILE ON THE FLIP RITON'S<BR> MIX HAS THE MOST =
PERSONALITY,=20
PITCHING JIMS VOCAL UP TO THAT OF<BR> A =
LADY...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SOULWAX - ANY MINUTE NOW - PIAS - 2xLP=20
(PIASB060DLP)<BR> COMING COMPLETE WITH ARTWORK BY =
TREVOR=20
JACKSON (WHO'S TRYING TO<BR> BECOME HOXTON'S ANSWER TO =
BRIDGET=20
RILEY, BY ALL ACCOUNTS), THIS<BR> LONG-AWAITED SOULWAX =
ALBUM=20
DOES EVERYTHING BAR WHAT YOU EXPECT.<BR> SOME OF IT =
SOUNDS=20
LIKE IT SHOULD BE ON KOMPAKT, SOME OF IT SOUNDS<BR> =
LIKE=20
LATTER-DAY JESUS AND MARY CHAIN/PRIMAL SCREAM, SOME OF =
IT<BR> =20
SOUNDS LIKE ELECTRIC SIX WITH THE DISTORTION PEDALS CRANKED=20
UP.<BR> ONE OF THOSE WHERE YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHETHER =
YOU WANT=20
TO BUY IT<BR> OR NOT ALREADY, SO WHATEVER JUDGEMENT I =
PASS IS=20
IRRELEVANT, REALLY....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SUPERCOLLIDER - RADIANATIONS ON THE RISE =
EP - RISE=20
ROBOTS RISE - 12" (RRR006)<BR> THE MAIN VERSION IS =
TYPICAL=20
SUPERCOLLIDER - WEIRD SOUL-ROBOT VOCALS<BR> AND =
DISLOCATED=20
BEATS, WAGON CHRIST'S MIX IS A MUCH MORE =
SOPHORIFIC,<BR> =20
DOWNBEAT AFFAIR AND THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EP FOR MANY, I=20
WOULD<BR> SAY....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> TRIO CUTTY SARK - SHANTY / CHEESE - =
UNKNOWN - 7"=20
(APP004)<BR> CUTE LITTLE 7" WITH TWO TRACKS - BOTH =
WITH A=20
CERTAIN CHARM AND<BR> ECCENTRICITY. CHEESE HAS A =
SOLID=20
BEAT - FALLING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN<BR> HOUSE AND TECHNO =
- AND=20
SOME NICE LIVE SOUNDING PERCUSSION AND<BR> SOME =
RAMBLED=20
UNITELLIGIBLE VOCALS IN THE BACKROUND. FLIP =
FOR<BR> A=20
SIMILAR BEAT, BUT WITH A SLIGHTLY MORE PERKY AND SUMMERY=20
FEEL<BR> AND A KIND OF CROONED SONG =
BEHIND. ONE OF=20
THOSE RECORDS THAT<BR> I THOUGHT I'D HATE AND ACTUALLY =
REALLY=20
LIKED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Restocks (Vinyl): Techno / Electro</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> GRACE JONES - PULL UP TO THE BUMPER / LA =
VIE EN=20
ROSE - COLLECTABLES - 7" (COL2608)<BR> TWO OF THE =
GODMOTHER OF=20
THE CURRENT ELECTROCLASH/POP REVIVAL'S<BR> MOST LOVED =
TRACKS -=20
TREVOR HORN AT HIS VINTAGE BEST....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>New Releases (Vinyl): US Techno / =
Electro</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> JEFF MILLS - THE TOMORROW TIME FORGOT - =
AXIS - 12"=20
(AX040)<BR> NOT SURE IF THESE ARE TRACKS FROM THE =
VAULTS OR=20
NOT, BUT EITHER<BR> WAY THIS CERTAINLY SOUNDS LIKE =
VINTAGE=20
MILLS! TWO ENERGETIC TRACKS<BR> THAT PACK IN ALL HIS =
TRADEMARK=20
- (HARD, SHUFFLING PERCUSSION,<BR> DEEP CHORDS, =
CHILLING=20
STRINGS), COUPLED WITH TWO STRIPPED DOWN/AMBIENT<BR> =
PIECES.=20
VERY NICE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Restocks (Vinyl): US Techno / =
Electro</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> MATHEW JONSON - DECOMPRESSION EP - MINUS =
- 12"=20
(MINUS24)<BR> MATHEW JONSON IS ON TOP FORM AT THE =
MOMENT AND=20
PEOPLE REALLY DON'T<BR> SEEM TO BE ABLE TO GET ENOUGH =
OF HIS=20
UNIQUE STRAIN OF TECHNO.<BR> THIS COMES ON IN A VERY=20
UN-MINUS-LIKE FASHION WITH IT'S DARK,<BR> PRETTY MUCH =
TWISTED=20
BASSLINE WITH AN ED RUCH AND OPTICAL STYLE<BR> RAWNESS =
TO IT.=20
SUPERB STRINGS FILTER IN THROUGH THE TRACK AND<BR> THE =
CRISP=20
PERCUSSION DOES ITS JOB WITH A GREAT DEAL OF =
PANACHE.<BR> THE=20
FLIP IS MELLOWER, DEEPER AND ALTOGETHER THE FLIP SIDE OF=20
MATHEW<BR> JONSON'S COIN, PROVIDING A GROOVESOME YET =
SUBTLE=20
FLAVA. ABSOLUTELY<BR> BRILLIANT STUFF, BUT THEN, YOU =
PROBABLY=20
DON'T NEED ME TO TELL<BR> YOU THAT! BUY IT =
NOW.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>New Releases (Vinyl): House</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DOMENICO FERRARI VS LUOMO - THE KICK - =
STRAIGHT=20
AHEAD - 12" (SAR039)<BR> STRAIGHT UP DEEP HOUSE, =
TASTEFUL,=20
FAIRLY MINIMAL, BUT NOT VERY<BR> EXCITING, THIS WOULD =
WORK=20
WELL AS ONE OF THOSE 'BRING IT BACK<BR> DOWN' RECORDS =
MID SET.=20
FEATURES TWO LUOMO MIXES WHICH SHOULD BE<BR> THE MAIN =
SELLING=20
POINT....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> KASKADE - STEPPIN' OUT - OM - 12"=20
(OM160SV)<BR> AN ECLECTIC REMIX PACKAGE HERE, =
MONKEYBARS KICK=20
THINGS OFF WITH<BR> A FUNKY US HOUSE VERSION, WHILE=20
GREENSKEEPERS VEER TOWARDS A MORE<BR> SHUFFLY, =
UNDERSTATED=20
OFFERING...AND COULD THE MEMBERS ONLY MIX<BR> BE KING =
BRITT? A=20
VERY SAN FRANCISCAN SELECTION.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Restocks (Vinyl): House</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> CARL CRAIG - WONDERFUL LIFE / AS TIME =
GOES BY -=20
PLANET E - 12" (PE65270)<BR> CLASSIC TUNES FROM MR =
CRAIG. AS=20
TIME GOES BY (SITTING UNDER A<BR> TREE) ORIGINALLY =
CAME OUT IN=20
1987 OR THERE ABOUTS, AND IS A SUBLIME<BR> VOCAL HOUSE =
TUNE. WONDERFUL LIFE ON THE FLIP IS A SUPERB =
BIT<BR> OF=20
MELODIC DEEP TECHNO - TRADE MARK CARL CRAIG. RECOMMENDED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DEMARKUS LEWIS - PARALLELS EP - =
NORDICTRAX - 12"=20
(NT037)<BR> 3 DEEP AND FUNKY CUTS HERE FROM DEMARKUS. =
NOTHING=20
NEW FROM THE<BR> MAN, BUT HIS OUTPUT IS ALWAYS QUALITY =
ASSURED. HAVE A LISTEN......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DESIGNER MUSIC - GOOD GIRLS - PLANET E - =
12"=20
(PE65276)<BR> ANOTHER SINGLE-SIDED 12" FROM MR. =
CRAIG'S DEEP=20
VAULTS. PREVIOUSLY<BR> A FAN-CLUB ONLY RELEASE, THIS =
TOTAL=20
CARNIVAL / PARTY TUNE EVENTUALLY<BR> BECAME A HIT WHEN =
REWORKED BY THE GOODMEN AS "GIVE IT UP". =
PERCUSSIVE,<BR> =20
LIVELY, ENERGETIC, HAVIN' IT!!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>New Releases (Vinyl): Hip Hop</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> GURU - CAVE IN - TRAFFIC - 12"=20
(TEG1929)<BR> GURU GETS BUSY OVER A STRAIGHT LOOP OF =
CAVERN. A=20
HOMEAGE TO LIGUID<BR> LIQUID AS WELL AS MELLE MELS =
WHITE=20
LINES......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> JEAN GRAE - THE BEST OF THE MIXTAPE =
EXCLUSIVES -=20
N/A - 12" (GRAE3000)<BR> 6 TRACKS FROM THE FORTHCOMING =
LP FROM=20
JEAN DUE OUT SEPT 2004.<BR> VERY MUCH A RAW DEF JUX =
STYLE TO=20
THE BEATS, ALTHOUGH THERE IS<BR> ONE SOULFUL VOCAL =
CUT. I MUST=20
SAY I PREFERED THE OLD NATURAL RESOURCE<BR> MATERIAL, =
BUT=20
THERE YOU GO....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> J-ZONE - INSTRUMENTALS VOL 6 - OLD MAID=20
ENTERTAINMENT - LP (OME2015LP)<BR> 9 MORE ECCENTRIC =
BEATS FROM=20
J HERE. SOME DECIDEDLY OFF THE WALL<BR> BEATS FOR YOU =
TO SEE=20
AS YOU SEE FIT. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> KARL HINDS - HAVE PATIENCE - ILL FLAVA - =
2xLP=20
(ILLP003)<BR> RUFF, RUGGED N' RAW UK STYLES FROM KARL. =
ALMOST=20
ALL SELF PRODUCED<BR> THIS, HAVE A LISTEN AND SEE WHAT =
YOU=20
THINK...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> MASTERS OF CEREMONY - DYNAMITE - STRONG =
CITY - LP=20
(MC1LP)<BR> NICE REPRESS OF THIS VERY TOUGH TO FIND LP =
. NICE=20
JAZZY JAY PRODUCTION<BR> FOR THE CREW THAT DEBUTED =
GRAND PUBA.=20
ONE OF MY FAVOURITES OF<BR> THE LATE 80'S THIS, HAVE A =
LISTEN........</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> RAW PRODUCE - CYCLES - REMIX - FEMALE FUN =
- 12"=20
(SCR001)<BR> REMIX OF THIS GREAT INDIE FROM 1995 COMES =
CURTESY=20
OF GROOVEMAN<BR> SPOT? NICE, BUT THE ORIGINAL IS STILL =
THE=20
ONE. ALSO FEATURES THE<BR> CUT "FRUITS OF OUR LABOUR" =
WHICH I=20
THINK IS PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED?<BR> TOP MID NINTIES =
HIP HOP=20
FROM WHAT MANY REGARD AS THE GOLDEN ERA<BR> (WELL, I =
DO AT=20
LEAST!)....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> RJD2 - 1976 - DEF JUX - 12"=20
(DJX097)<BR> NICE CUT FROM THE SINCE WE LAST SPOKE LP =
THAT=20
GETS A REMIX FROM<BR> RJ HIMSELF. ON THE FLIP THERE IS =
A=20
COUPLE OF CUTS THAT I THINK<BR> ARE NOT ON THE LP, BUT =
I'M NOT=20
100% ON THAT!! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> U.N. - UN OR U OUT - WORLD - 2xLP=20
(45642LP)<BR> DEBUT LP FROM THE CREW WHO;'S FIRST 12" =
WAS WITH=20
PETE ROCK AND<BR> TAKEN FROM THE PETESTRUMENTALS LP. =
VERY=20
LITTLE INFO PRODUCTION<BR> WISE, BUT I KNOW THAT PETE =
ROCK=20
& LARGE PRO WERE INVOLVED. A TIGHT,<BR> RAW LP =
THAT PACKS=20
THAT STREET PUNCH. IF YOU LIKE IT A LITTLE FRAYED<BR> =
AT THE=20
EDGES, THEN THIS IS FOR YOU......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Restocks (Vinyl): Hip Hop</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DAS EFX - HOLD IT DOWN - EAST WEST - 2xLP =
(618291)<BR> REISSUE OF THIS SUPERB LP FROM DAS EFX. =
SUCH=20
GREAT CUTS AS REAL<BR> HIP HOP, MICROPHONE MASTER, =
REPRESENT,=20
THE TITLE CUT AND MANY<BR> MORE. 19 CUTS IN ALL, =
SERIOUS HIP=20
HOP FROM THE MID 90'S. RECOMMENDED........</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> FAT JON - WAVE MOTION - MUSH - 2xLP=20
(MH205LP)<BR> STUNNING!!! PIPS THE HUMANOID EROTICA LP =
TO THE=20
POST, JUST. ADMITTEDLY<BR> IT FEATURES MOST OF THE =
TRACKS OF=20
THE TWO EP'S, BUT DONT LET THAT<BR> PUT YOU OFF. THIS =
IS THE=20
DEEPEST INSTRUMENTAL HIP HOP LP'S OF<BR> ALL TIME. SO =
SO GOOD,=20
AN ESSENTIAL YOU MIGHT SAY!!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> JERU THE DAMAJA - WRATH OF THE MATH - =
PAYDAY - 2XLP=20
(697124119 1)<BR> SECOND LP PICKS UP WHERE THE FIRST =
ONE LEFT=20
OFF............. SUCH<BR> QUALITY ITS HARD TO OFFER=20
SUPERLATIVES....... SOME OF THE BEST<BR> PRIMO BEATS =
EVER=20
,PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> N/A - FEELIN JAMES - TD - 12"=20
(TD802A)<BR> CLASSIC CUT UP OF JAMES BROWN, KURTIS =
BLOW, JUICE=20
AND OTHERS.<BR> A LOVELY AND CLASSIC NEW YORK EDIT =
RECORD=20
CURTESY OF DANNY KRIVIT.............</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> RADIANCE - THIS IS A PARTY - WARE - 12"=20
(W001)<BR> SUPER RARE OBSCURE OLD SCHOOL HERE WITH =
THAT DISCO=20
BOOGIE FEEL.<BR> NICE TO SEE SOME OF THESE RARE OLD =
SCHOOL=20
TUNES GETTING REPRESSED.<BR> HAVE A =
LISTEN....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SKYE / TODD MCKENZIE - SPLIT - SMALLFISH =
- 7"=20
(7FISH004)<BR> FOURTH SEVEN INCH RELEASE FROM YOUR =
VERY OWN=20
SMALLFISH AND IT'S<BR> A TASTY SLAB OF HIP HOP. SKYE =
(AKA=20
STASIS) COMES CORRECT WITH<BR> A DEEP BEAT THAT'S PURE =
INSTRUMENTAL HIP HOP CLASS. RIPE FOR A<BR> CUTTING AND =
MAYBE=20
EVEN A BIT OF FREESTYLING. ALL RHODES LICKS<BR> AND =
PHAT=20
PRODUCTION. THE FLIP SIDE SEES THE DEBUT FROM THE=20
INCREDIBLY<BR> TALENTED TODD MCKENZIE. MORE THAN JUST =
A HIP=20
HOP TRACK, HE PROVIDES<BR> THE VOCALS, ALL THE =
PRODUCTION AND=20
HIS SONGWRITING SKILLS ARE<BR> CLEARLY BEYOND ANY =
DOUBT.=20
FABULOUSLY ATMOSPHERIC JAZZY SOUNDS<BR> AND LIVE DRUMS =
SAMPLED=20
INTO THE MIX. TRULY A BEAUTIFUL TRACK.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SMILEY THE GHETTO CHILD - THE WAKE UP =
CALL -=20
YEARROUND - 12" (AMOB001)<BR> 3RD RELEASE FROM =
PREMIERS YEAR=20
ROUND LABEL SEES SMILEY BLESS 2<BR> BEATS, ONE FROM =
PRIMO=20
& ONE FROM SHOW. TOP OF THE DRAW NEW YORK<BR> =
BEATS &=20
RHYMES HERE. THE PRIMO BEAT IS GREAT AND SHOWS HE =
CAN<BR> =20
STILL ROCK WITH THE BEST OF 'EM. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SPECIAL G - ROCK THE HOUSE - TD - 12"=20
(TD801)<BR> CLASSIC EDIT TRACK FROM NEW YORK ORIGINAL =
FROM THE=20
MID 80'S. A<BR> MUST FOR THE PARTY!!!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> WAAJEED - BPM INSTRUMENTALS - BLING 47 - =
LP=20
(B47LP1112)<BR> THE 3RD RELEASE FOR JAY-DEES SUPERB =
BUT=20
DIFFICULT TO TRACK DOWN<BR> LABEL SEES WAJEED GET ALL =
FUNKY=20
& SPACEY ON US. SUPERBLY SUBTLE<BR> BEATS WITH =
THAT=20
"DETROIT" SOUND. IF ONLY THERE WAS MORE MUSIC<BR> LIKE =
THIS,=20
MY WORLD WOULD CERTAINLY BE A BRIGHTER PLACE.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>New Releases (Vinyl): Guitar Based</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> BONNIE PRINCE BILLY - AGNES, QUEEN OF =
SORROW -=20
DOMINO - 7" (RUG185)<BR> THE FIRST BONA FIDE BONNIE =
PRINCE=20
BILLY SINGLE IN SEVERAL YEARS<BR> IS CURIOUSLY A TRACK =
TAKEN=20
FROM HIS "GREATEST PALACE MUSIC" LP,<BR> NOW SEVERAL =
MONTHS=20
OLD. HAVING SAID THAT, IT'S A WONDERFUL PIECE<BR> OF =
PURE=20
COUNTRY, THOROUGHLY DESERVING ITS SINGLE STATUS. =
COMES<BR> =20
BACKED WITH WHAT I BELIEVE IS A NEW TRACK, "BLOKBUSTER". YOU=20
GOTTA<BR> LOVE THE BOY OLDHAM.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> CLINIC - WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL - DOMINO - =
LP=20
(WIGLP144)<BR> THIS IS NO GREAT RADICAL DEPARTURE IN =
SOUND=20
FROM CLINIC, BUT STILL<BR> HIGHLY ENJOYABLE. THERE'S A =
FEW=20
TRACKS ON HERE THAT ROCK OUT LIKE<BR> THEY NEVER HAVE =
BEFORE,=20
AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF REALLY MOODY, SULTRY,<BR> =
ATMOSPHERIC=20
TUNES. DUST OFF THAT WHITE SURGICAL OUTFIT, IT'S =
TIME<BR> TO=20
PLAY DOCTORS AND NURSES ONCE AGAIN.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> F*CKING AM, THE - GOLD - DRAG CITY - LP=20
(DC269)<BR> MY GOD, THIS IS SO TONGUE IN CHEEK, IT =
GOES BEYOND=20
IRONY AND OUT<BR> THE OTHER SIDE! MEMBERS OF THE =
F*CKING=20
CHAMPS AND TRANS AM TEAM<BR> UP FOR THIS AFFECTIONATE, =
REMARKABLY ACCURATE TRIBUTE TO THEIR<BR> SEVENTIES AND =
EIGHTIES METAL HEROES. PREDOMINANTLY INSTRUMENTAL,<BR> =
AND=20
FULL OF OVER-THE-TOP RIFFS, GUITAR WORK AND WIG-OUTS, =
ONE<BR> =20
KEEPS EXPECTING TOMMY VANCE TO BACK-ANNOUNCE THE TRACKS!=20
THERE'S<BR> EVEN A HINT OF PROG (THINGS DID GO A BIT =
ELP AT=20
ONE STAGE - YOU<BR> HAVE BEEN WARNED), BUT OVERALL =
THIS REALLY=20
DOES METAL UP YER ASS.<BR> MAKES THE DARKNESS LOOK, =
WELL, AS=20
GODAWFUL AS THEY ARE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> HOOD / THEMSELVES - SPLIT PICTURE DISC 7" =
- ROCKET=20
RACER - 7" (RR23)<BR> A BRILLIANT RECORD, ALBEIT AN =
EXPENSIVE=20
ONE. THEMSELVES, ON LOAN<BR> FROM ANTICON, PUT IN THE =
LEAST=20
HIP HOP TRACK OF THEIR CAREER,<BR> RIVALLING CLOUDDEAD =
IN THE=20
LEFTFIELD HIP POP STAKES. FLIP OVER<BR> FOR ONE OF THE =
LOVELIEST TRACKS FROM DOMINO'S HOOD IN A LONG TIME<BR> =
- A=20
REAL RETURN TO THEIR LO-FI FORM OF OLD. TERRIFIC.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> HOWLING HEX, THE - THE RETURN OF THE =
THIRD TOWER -=20
DRAG CITY - LP (DC276)<BR> NOT SURE WHY THIS IS SO =
EXPENSIVE -=20
MAYBE BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO<BR> BE AN ALBUM OF TWO =
HALVES (OR=20
SIDES?!). THE FIRST HALF IS THE<BR> MORE EXPERIMENTAL =
-=20
SEMI-SPOKEN WORD VOCALS AND THE SOUND OF AN<BR> =
ORCHESTRA=20
TUNING UP DOMINATE. PART TWO VEERS BACK TOWARDS =
MORE<BR> =20
ACCESSIBLE U.S. AVANT-INDIE TERRITORY. A CONFUSING BUT=20
POTENTIALLY<BR> REWARDING LISTEN.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT / TEENAGE FANCLUB - =
ASSOCIATION - GEOGRAPHIC - 7" (GEOG29)<BR> GOOD TO SEE =
THE=20
RETURN OF THE FANNIES, WHO COVER THE A-SIDE AS<BR> THE =
B-SIDE.=20
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT'S VERSION IS A REALLY VERY =
PLEASANT<BR> =20
PIECE OF MELLOW, SLIGHTLY BRIAN WILSON-ESQUE GUITAR POP WITH=20
A<BR> LOVELY SCOTTISH LO-FI FEEL ABOUT IT. TFC DON'T =
ALTER THE=20
FORMULA<BR> MUCH, BUT IT'S NICE TO HEAR THOSE =
TRADEMARK=20
HARMONY VOCALS AGAIN.<BR> HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, =
CERTAINLY AT=20
THIS PRICE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> JOHNNY CASH - GREATEST! - GET BACK - LP=20
(GET7522LP)<BR> ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1959 ON THE =
LEGENDARY=20
SUN LABEL, THIS LP<BR> IS A MIGHTY DOCUMENT OF JOHNNY =
CASH'S=20
EARLY COUNTRY/ROCK 'N' ROLL<BR> SOUND. INCLUDED ARE =
THREE=20
SUPERB HANK WILLIAMS COVERS ("YOU WIN<BR> AGAIN", "HEY =
GOOD=20
LOOKIN'" AND "I COULD NEVER BE ASHAMED OF YOU")<BR> =
AND A FEW=20
LESSER KNOWN SINGLES (SUCH AS "KATY TOO" AND =
"LUTHER'S<BR> =20
BOOGIE").</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> RADIAN - JUXTAPOSITION - THRILL JOCKEY - =
LP=20
(THRILL147LP)<BR> A VERY PLEASANTLY MELLOW ELECTRONIC=20
KRAUTROCK LP, AS PRODUCED<BR> BY THE HEAD TORTOISE =
HIMSELF,=20
JOHN MCENTIRE. OVERALL, THIS DOES<BR> HAVE THAT =
CHICAGO POST=20
ROCK SOUND GOING ON, BUT MORE WITH A HINT<BR> OF =
GERMAN=20
ELECTRONICA A LA KUCHEN MEETS MAPSTATION, FOR =
EXAMPLE.<BR> TOP=20
QUALITY STUFF.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> TIM BUCKLEY - SEFRONIA - GET BACK - LP=20
(GET642LP)<BR> DATING FROM 1973, SEFRONIA WAS ANOTHER =
CHANGE=20
IN DIRECTION FROM<BR> THIS EVER-EVOLVING ARTIST - THIS =
IS=20
WHITE JAZZ-FUNK / MUTANT FOLK<BR> ROCK BACKED BY =
BUCKLEY AND=20
HIS ASTONISHING VOCAL TECHNIQUE. INCLUDES<BR> TWO MUCH =
LOVED=20
TRACKS - "DOLPHINS" AND "MARTHA".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> TIMOTHY LEARY - YOU CAN BE ANYONE THIS =
TIME AROUND=20
- GET BACK - LP (GET423LP)<BR> MR. TUNE IN TURN ON =
DROP OUT'S=20
"ORIGINAL, UNCUT, UNCENSORED VISION...<BR> A SHARP =
THINKER=20
OFTEN EASILY SCORNED FOR HIS IDEAS", IT SAYS HERE.<BR> =
MIND=20
YOU, CHECK OUT SIDE TWO FOR A REMARKABLE JAM SESSION=20
HAPPENING<BR> IN THE BACKGROUND, THE LINE-UP OF WHICH =
INCLUDES=20
STEPHEN STILLS,<BR> JOHN SEBASTIAN, BUDDY MILES AND =
JIMI=20
HENDRIX!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> TWISTED CHARM - BROKEN GIRL - 1-2-3-4 - =
7"=20
(1234IN01)<BR> THIS FOUR-PIECE SOUND A BIT LIKE FRANZ=20
FERDINAND CROSSED WITH<BR> EARLY EIGHTIES FALL, WITH =
HINTS OF=20
THE SLITS AND THE POSTCARD<BR> SOUND. IT SAYS 2004 ON =
THE=20
SLEEVE, BUT IT DON'T SOUND IT! DAMN<BR> CATCHY, =
THOUGH, I'LL=20
GIVE IT THAT....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> WHIRLWIND HEAT - FLAMINGO HONEY - XL - =
10"=20
(XLT186)<BR> TEN TRACKS, ONE MINUTE EACH. HIGHLY =
LIMITED,=20
APPARENTLY, AND WE<BR> ONLY HAVE THE ONE. IT REMINDED =
ME OF=20
PAVEMENT QUITE A BIT. SURPRISINGLY<BR> GOOD, AND =
CERTAINLY MY=20
FAVOURITE RELEASE FROM THIS BAND. I'D GET<BR> IN ASAP =
IF I=20
WERE YOU.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> WORKSHOP - YOG SOTHOTH - SONIG - 2xLP=20
(SONIG37LP)<BR> A BIZARRE RELEASE, EVEN BY SONIG'S =
STANDARDS,=20
ALTHOUGH PARADOXICALLY<BR> ONE OF THE MORE ENJOYABLE =
AND=20
APPROACHABLE OF RECENT. 30TH CENTURY<BR> POP SONGS =
SUNG AND=20
PLAYED WITH TREATED / VOCODERED VOCALS, FUZZY<BR> =
GUITARS,=20
DISTORTED BEATS, CUT-UP ELECTRONICS, LO-FI SYNTHS.=20
EXPERIMENTAL<BR> POP MUSIC FROM A PARALLEL, SLIGHTLY =
MORE=20
WARPED UNIVERSE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Restocks (Vinyl): Guitar Based</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> KINKS, THE - SUNNY AFTERNOON / 'TIL THE =
END OF THE=20
DAY - COLLECTABLES - 7" (COL0367)<BR> ANYONE THAT =
NEEDS A=20
DESCRIPTION OF THIS NEEDS A KICK UP THE BOTTY.<BR> =
LIKEWISE=20
ANYONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE THIS RAY DAVIES' CLASSIC =
IN<BR> THEIR=20
COLLECTION NEEDS TO AMEND THAT AT ONCE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> KINKS, THE - YOU REALLY GOT ME / A WELL =
RESPECTED=20
MAN - COLLECTABLES - 7" (COL0365)<BR> RAY DAVIES =
INVENTS A)=20
HARD ROCK WITH THE GROUND-BREAKING "YOU<BR> REALLY GOT =
ME",=20
WHICH INFLUENCED EVERYONE FROM IRON MAIDEN TO<BR> =
MOTORHEAD=20
AND B) BRITPOP WITH THE CAUSTIC, SATIRICAL "WELL =
RESPECTED<BR> =20
MAN" - DAMON ALBARN, YOU OWE YOUR CAREER TO THIS SONG! =
GENIUS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> NEAL HEFTI / VIC MIZZY - BATMAN THEME / =
THE ADDAMS=20
FAMILY - COLLECTABLES - 7" (DPE11068)<BR> THE ORIGINAL =
VERSIONS OF TWO OF THE BEST KNOWN AND LOVED T.V.<BR> =
THEMES OF=20
ALL TIME. TRY NOT CLICKING YOUR FINGERS ALONG TO =
"THE<BR> =20
ADDAMS FAMILY" - IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, I RECKON....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK - INCENSE AND =
PEPPERMINTS -=20
COLLECTABLES - 7" (COL90034)<BR> POSSIBLY THE MOST =
"SIXTIES"=20
RECORD EVER MADE, A PERFECT BUBBLEGUM<BR> PSYCH-POP =
TUNE THAT=20
SHOT TO NO.1 IN THE U.S. BUT, BIZARRELY, =
COMPLETELY<BR> FAILED=20
TO CHART OVER HERE. USED EXPERTLY IN THE FIRST AUSTIN=20
POWERS<BR> FILM....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>New Releases (Vinyl): Funk / Jazz / =
Soul</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD - FINDERS KEEPERS =
VOL. 3 -=20
EARMARK - 2xLP (44013LP)<BR> COTB WERE ORIGINALLY A =
HOLLAND /=20
DOZIER / HOLLAND IN-STUDIO BAND<BR> INTENDED AS A BANK =
ROLLER=20
FOR A BUNCH OF FORMER MOTOWN PRODUCERS.<BR> INSTEAD =
THEY=20
BECAME ONE OF THE SMOOTHEST REAL SOUL ACTS TO =
EMERGE<BR> FROM=20
DETROIT IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES. THIS THIRD AND LAST =
VOLUME<BR> =20
IN THE FINDERS KEEPERS SERIES PRESENTS THE GROUP'S HITS FROM=20
1972<BR> TO 1976.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> CLOUD ONE - DUST TO DUST - QUEEN =
CONSTANCE - 12"=20
(LP4545)<BR> WICKED TWO STEP SOUL CUT ON THIS =
SUPERB AND=20
VERY RARE 12". THE<BR> B SIDE IS A TYPICAL NEW YORK =
LAID BACK=20
DISCO CUT, BUT IT IS WITHOUT<BR> A DOUBT THE CUT "DUST =
TO=20
DUST" THAT DOES IT. RECOMMENDED......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> CURTIS MAYFIELD - SHORT EYES OST - =
DAGORED - LP=20
(RED158LP)<BR> SOUNDTRACK TO THE 1977 ROBERT M. YOUNG =
FILM=20
"SHORT EYES", WRITTEN<BR> AND COMPOSED BY CURTIS =
MAYFIELD.=20
ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON MAYFIELD'S<BR> CURTOM LABEL, =
THE=20
GENERAL MESSAGE OF THE FILM AND LP DEMONSTRATES<BR> =
HIS=20
COMMITMENT TO DELIVERING A STRONG MESSAGE FROM THE =
AFRICAN<BR> =20
AMERICAN AND LATINO COMMUNITIES.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> GOLDEN FLAMINGO ORCHESTRA, THE - THE =
GUARDIAN ANGEL=20
IS WATCHING OVER US - GOLDEN FLAMINGO - 12" =
(GF2929)<BR> MORE=20
OBSCURE DISCO/BOOGIE/RAP FROM NYC'S LATE 70'S/EARLY =
80'S<BR> =20
SCENE HERE. THIS ARE OFFICIAL REPRESSES I AM TOLD COMING=20
FROM<BR> PETER BROWN HIMSELF. PETES HANDFUL OF LABELS =
(GOLDEN=20
FLAMINGO,<BR> LAND OF HITS, SOUND OF NEW YORK ETC) ARE =
HIGHLY=20
PRIZED ITEMS THESE<BR> DAYS AND THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR =
SOME OF=20
THEM TO SEE THE LIGHT OF<BR> DAY ONCE AGAIN. THESE =
WILL APPEAL=20
TO DISCO HEADS, HIP HOPPERS,<BR> BOOGIE FANS ALIKE,=20
RECOMMENDED.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> JAMES BROWN - SOUL ON TOP - VERVE / A =
& M - LP=20
(292801LP)<BR> A MIXTURE OF JAMES BROWN STANDARDS =
("IT'S A=20
MAN'S MAN'S MAN'S<BR> WORLD", "PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW =
BAG"...)=20
COMBINED WITH LESSER<BR> KNOWN COVERS ("YOUR CHEATIN' =
HEART",=20
"SEPTEMBER SONG", "FOR ONCE<BR> IN MY LIFE"...) GRACE =
THIS=20
REISSUED LP. THAT'S ONE HELLUVA SHIRT<BR> YOU'VE GOT =
ON THERE,=20
TOO, JB!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> NOSTALGIA 77 - SEVEN NATION EP - TRU =
THOUGHTS=20
RECORDINGS - 12" (TRUEP065)<BR> NOT SURE WHAT TO MAKE =
OF THIS.=20
AS YOU'VE PROBABLY GATHERED FROM<BR> THE EP TITLE, =
THIS=20
FEATURES A REMAKE OF THE WHITE STRIPES' "SEVEN<BR> =
NATION=20
ARMY" DONE FUNK STYLE. IT'S ALL A BIT JOSS STONE / =
AMY<BR> =20
WINEHOUSE TO THESE EARS, BUT OUR ANNETTE LIKED IT, AND SHE=20
USUALLY<BR> HAS SOMETHING APPROACHING REASONABLE =
TASTE, SO=20
HEY, LET'S GIVE<BR> HER THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT FOR=20
ONCE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SLY STONE - DANCE TO THE MUSIC - MEDLEY - =
TD - 12"=20
(TD803)<BR> NICE MEDLEY OF SLY STONE HITS HERE AS WELL =
AS THE=20
SUPERB BREAK<BR> HEAVY LOVE CITY ON THE FLIP. ALL =
THESE TD=20
RE-EDITS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY<BR> DONE IN THE 80'S =
WERE BY BIG=20
NAME DJ'S. GREAT PARTY GAR, HAVE<BR> A=20
LISTEN......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Restocks (Vinyl): Funk / Jazz / =
Soul</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> AFRICAN MUSIC MACHINE - BLACK WATER GOLD =
- SOUL=20
PATROL - LP (3317)<BR> THIS IS A MUST FOR ALL FANS OF =
THAT=20
EARLY SEVENTIES FUNK SOUND.<BR> THE TITLE TRACK IS =
AWESOME AS=20
IS THE REST OF THE LP. MR BROWN,<BR> THE DAPP, =
TROPICAL AND=20
MOREW. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED LP........</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> ASHA PUTHLI - S/T - CBS - LP=20
(S65804)<BR> DEEP SOULFUL/DISCO WITH SOME GREAT =
PRODUCTION AND=20
GREAT LISTENING<BR> FOR THE SAMPLE SPOTTERS OUT THERE. =
GREAT=20
LP.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> BOOKER T & THE MG'S - TIME IS TIGHT - =
COLLECTABLES - 7" (COL71002)<BR> PROBABLY THE MG'S =
BEST KNOWN=20
TUNE (AND, I THINK, BIGGEST HIT IN<BR> THE U.K.), =
BACKED WITH=20
A VERY FUNKED-UP COVER OF "MRS. ROBINSON".<BR> =20
TASTY!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DONNA MCGHEE - MAKE IT LAST FOREVER - RED =
GREG - LP=20
(RG1002)<BR> SUPER SOULFUL DISCO SOUNDS HERE FROM =
1978.=20
UNBEATABLE FOR ME ON<BR> THE CUTS "MAKE IT LAST =
FOREVER" &=20
"IT AINT NO BIG THING". THE<BR> STRINGS ON MAKE IT =
LAST=20
FOREVER ARE SUPERB. MOODY AND YET UPLIFTING.<BR> =
HIGHLY=20
RECOMMENDED.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> JO BOYER - ISABELLE & THE RAIN - JOB =
- 12"=20
(JOB102)<BR> OBSCURE CHEESEY DISCO CUT ON THIS TINY =
NEW YORK=20
LABEL. REALLY<BR> ESSENTIAL FOR 2 COPIES FOR THE =
MONSTER BREAK=20
IN THE MIDDLE. COME<BR> AND CHECK IT =
OUT.........</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> LUTHER DAVIS GROUP - YOU CAN BE A STAR / =
TO BE FREE=20
- SOUL CAL - 12" (SCR101)<BR> ANOTHER OFFSHOOT FOR =
STONESTHROW=20
THAT PROMISES SOME OBSCURE &<BR> WONDERFUL=20
SOUL/DISCO/BOOGIE REISSUES. THIS, THIER FIRST =
RELEASE,<BR> =20
DOES NOT DISAPPOINT. RAW, SOULFUL DOULFUL DISCO THAT IS=20
CHARMING.<BR> WELL WORTH A LISTEN & NO=20
MISTAKE......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> MARVA WHITNEY - ITS MY THING - SOUL =
BROTHER - 2xLP=20
(LP SBCS 6)<BR> CLASSIC OF ALL CLASSICS FROM THE FUNKY =
SOUL=20
WORLD..........................<BR> CRAMMED FULL OF =
AHRD FUNKY=20
SOULFUL AND WELL SAMPLED TUNES.............<BR> ONE =
EXAMPLE=20
BEING "UNWIND YOURSELF" WHICH WAS THE MEAT OF THE<BR> =
CLASSIC=20
"900 NUMBER" BY 45 KING AND LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT =
BY<BR> DJ=20
KOOL.................................=20
ESSENTIAL......................................................</FONT></D=
IV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> MULATU OF ETHIOPIA - S/T - WORTHY - LP=20
(W1020LP)<BR> STUNNING ETHIOPIAN FUNKY JAZZ LP THAT IN =
ITS=20
ORIGINAL FORM IS<BR> A REAL RARITY. THINK OF A STRAT =
EAST=20
RELEASE WITH A HINT OF AFRO<BR> AND PLENTY OF FUNK ( =
LOTS OF=20
SAMPLE POTENTIAL HERE!) HIGHLY RECOMMENDED....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> PATRICE RUSHEN - PRELUSION - PRESTIGE - =
LP=20
(P10089)<BR> PATRICE'S FIRST LP IS MUCH MORE ON THE =
FUSION=20
JAZZ TIP COMPARED<BR> TO HER LATER MORE SOULFUL =
ALBUMS. A=20
GREAT FUNKY TRACK HERE TITLED<BR> "HAW-RIGHT NOW" AS =
WELL AS=20
SOME OTHER NICE JAZZ WORKOUTS......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SENOR SOUL - ITS YOUR THING - DOUBLE SHOT =
- LP=20
(DSS5005)<BR> RAW ORGAN LEAD FUNK SOUNDS HERE WITH =
SOMNE NICE=20
COVERS OF TRACKS<BR> LIKE ITS YOUE THING, WORKING IN =
THE=20
COALMINE, BY THE TIME I GET<BR> TO PHEONIX AS WELL AS =
SOME=20
NICE ORIGINALS.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SYL JOHNSON - IS IT BECAUSE IM BLACK - =
TWINIGHT -=20
LP (LPS1002)<BR> RARE AS HENS TEETH SOUL LP WHICH IS =
NICE TO=20
SEE A REISSUE OFF,<BR> UNLESS YOU FANCY SHELLING OUT =
=A3500 +=20
FOR THE ORIGINAL!!!!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> WILLIAM STUCKEY - DISCO FLY - ICA - 12"=20
(ICA006)<BR> SUPERB SYNTHY DISCO CUT WITH AN AWESOME =
BREAK IN=20
THE MIDDLE THAT<BR> WILL APPEAL TO BOTH DISCO & =
HIP HOP=20
FANS. FEATURES AND EDIT ON<BR> THE FLIP THAT ELONGATES =
THE=20
BREAK. RECOMMENDED...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> WILLIE HUTCH - FOXY BROWN - MOTOWN - LP=20
(M6811S1LP)<BR> STUNNING AND SUPER SOULFUL SOUNDTRACK =
TO THIS=20
PAM GRIER BLAXPLOITATION<BR> FLICK THAT HAS NOTHING TO =
DO WITH=20
HERE MORE RECENT FILM OF THE<BR> SAME NAME. ONE OF =
WILLE=20
HUTCH'S FINEST MOMENTS HERE. HAVE A LISTEN.......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>New Releases (Vinyl): Reggae / Dub</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> CORNEL CAMPBELL - ORIGINAL BLUE =
RECORDINGS - MOLL=20
SELEKTA - LP (EFA121451)<BR> SIXTEEN TRACKS DATING =
FROM 1970 -=20
1979, PRODUCED BY BUNNY LEE,<BR> BACKED BY THE =
AGGROVATORS,=20
SOUL SYNDICATE AND THE HIGH TIME PLAYERS,<BR> RECORDED =
AT=20
CHANNEL ONE, HARRY J'S, RANDYS AND DYNAMICS AND =
MIXED<BR> AT=20
KING TUBBY'S IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA. ANOTHER SOLID MOLL=20
SELEKTA,<BR> ERM, SELECTION....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> MIKE BROOKS & FRIENDS - JUST THE =
VIBES - MOLL=20
SELEKTA - LP (EFA121431)<BR> FOURTEEN TRACKS, DATING =
FROM 1976=20
TO 1983, SHOWCASING BROOKS'<BR> POWERFUL ROOTS-STYLE=20
SONGWRITING AND NICELY DOCUMENTING HIS TIME<BR> AS A =
DEEPLY=20
RELIGIOUS SOCIAL CRITIC OF JAMAICA. THE TRACKS =
THEMSELVES<BR> =20
WERE PRODUCED / MIXED BY HARRY J, JACKIE MITTOO, LEE PERRY,=20
PRINCE<BR> JAMMY, KING TUBBY, SCIENTIST AND BROOKS =
HIMSELF,=20
RECORDED AT CHANNEL<BR> ONE, BLACK ARK AND EASY STREET =
AND=20
FEATURE THE LIKES OF BARRY<BR> BROWN, JAH LLOYD, DON =
CARLOS,=20
CORNEL CAMPBELL AND (YOU GUESSED<BR> IT) MIKE BROOKS =
ON=20
VOCALS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Restocks (Vinyl): Reggae / Dub</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> JIMMY CLIFF - THE HARDER THEY COME / YOU =
CAN GET IT=20
IF YOU REALL - COLLECTABLES - 7" (COL2601)<BR> OH YES =
- TWO=20
ABSOLUTELY REGGAE LANDMARKS STAMPED LARGE OVER TWO<BR> =
SIDES=20
OF SEVEN INCHER. YOU SHOULD GET IT AND REALLY WANT IT!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>New Releases (CD): Electronica</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> B. FLEISCHMANN & HERBERT WEIXELBAUM =
PRESENT -=20
DUO505 LATE - MORR MUSIC - CD (MORR047CD)<BR> HEAD TO =
HEAD=20
MAYHEM FROM THE MORR MUSIC LABEL WITH FLEISCHMANN<BR> =
AND=20
WEIXELBAUM DELIVERING A FULL ON SESSION OF MC505 =
GROOVEBOX<BR> =20
ACTION. PRESUMABLY RECORDED LIVE IT HAS A LO-FI, SCRUNCHED=20
UP<BR> ELECTRONIC FEEL WITH SOME VERY DANCEABLE =
MOMENTS AND A=20
FRESH,<BR> INNOCENT SOUND. LOADS OF POPPY MELODY GOING =
ON AND=20
A NICE LINE<BR> IN LIVE MANIPULATIONS COMBINE TO MAKE =
A GREAT=20
ALBUM. TOP.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DISCO OPERATING SYSTEM - ULTRASONIC BATH =
- LOTTA=20
CONTINUA - CD (LOOC001CD)<BR> DEBUT RELEASE FROM THIS =
LABEL OF=20
UNKNOWN ORIGINS. SEMI-ABRASIVE<BR> ATMOSPHERIC =
EXPERIMENTALISM=20
USING ALMOST RANDOM SOUNDS, HIGH PITCHED<BR> TONES, =
AND=20
GENERAL AMBIENCE. THIS COULD BE THE SOUNDTRACK TO =
THE<BR> =20
ACTIVITIES OF A DEMONICALLY-POSSESSED CHILD - IF YOU HAVE=20
ONE<BR> OF THOSE HIDDEN AWAY IN THE ATTIC, BUY THIS =
AND SEE IF=20
YOU AGREE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> ELYSIAN QUARTET, THE - GABRIEL PROKOFIEV =
STRING=20
QUARTET NO 1 - NONCLASSICAL - CD (NONCLCD001)<BR> PURE =
CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COURTESY OF PROKOFIEV'S =
GRANDSON,<BR> =20
WHO IS (REMARKABLY) ALSO A MEMBER OF SPEKTRUM. IN A SIMILAR=20
CONCEPTUAL<BR> VEIN TO THAT OF PERHAPS MATTHEW =
HERBERT,=20
PROKOFIEV'S ORIGINAL<BR> OPUS GOES TO HEAD TO HEAD =
WITH=20
REWORKED VERSIONS FROM ELECTRONICA<BR> ARTISTS SUCH AS =
MAX DE=20
WARDENER, ED LALIQ AND BOXSAGA. KINDA LIKE<BR> MURCOF =
WITHOUT=20
ALL THAT GLITCHY STUFF. SEE WHAT YOU THINK.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> ILLUMINATI - OCEAN ALMANAC - LOTTA =
CONTINUA - CD=20
(LOOC002CD)<BR> DARK, INTENSE ELECTRONIC MANIPULATION, =
BORDERING ON INDUSTRIAL<BR> AT TIMES. CLAUSTROPHOBIC =
AND=20
SLIGHTLY NIGHTMARISH, ALTHOUGH NOT<BR> IN A MERZBOW =
SENSE, AS=20
THIS IS MORE SUBTLE AND EVOCATIVE - SOME<BR> OF IT IS =
ACTUALLY=20
ALMOST QUITE WARM AND PRETTY, BORDERING ON DARK<BR> =
AMBIENT.=20
THIS IS WHAT THE LAST COUPLE OF ACCELERA DECK =
RELEASES<BR> =20
SHOULD HAVE SOUNDED LIKE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> LARS HORNTVETH - POOKA - SMALLTOWN =
SUPERSOUND - CD=20
(STS079CD)<BR> SOOTHING, MELODIC, JAZZY ELECTRONICA, =
QUITE=20
SOUNDTRACKY AND CLASSICAL<BR> AT TIMES, IMAGINE YOU =
ARE=20
SITTING IN A ROW BOAT ON A LAKE IN NORWAY....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SECRET MOMMY - HAWAII 5.0 - ACHE - CD=20
(ACHE014CD)<BR> MORE CUT 'N' PASTE TOMFOOLERY AND =
ORGANISED=20
CHAOS FROM SECRET<BR> MOMMY. GLITCH MELODIES, HUMOROUS =
SAMPLES=20
AND A SURPRISINGLY WARM<BR> AND PLAYFUL APPROACH =
PREVAILS.=20
TIGERBEAT WITH A HEART (I'LL LEAVE<BR> YOU TO COME UP =
WITH THE=20
PLAY ON WORDS I'M STRUGGLING FOR HERE)!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SUSANNA & THE MAGICAL ORCHESTRA - =
LIST OF=20
LIGHTS AND BUOYS - RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD (RCD2034)<BR> =
DEEP,=20
MELODRAMATIC ELECTRONIC POP SONGS, HEARTILY SUNG,=20
OCCASIONALLY<BR> REMINISCENT OF BJORK. MELANCHOLIC AND =
EMOTIVE, IN A SENSIBLE THINKING<BR> WORLD, DIDO AND =
SUSANNA=20
HAVE SWAPPED PLACES. INCLUDES A REMARKABLE<BR> COVER =
OF DOLLY=20
PARTON'S "JOLENE".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SWOD - GEHEN - CITY CENTRE OFFICES - CD=20
(TOWERBLOCKCD021)<BR> OH MY GOSH! THIS IS A SUPREMELY=20
BEAUTIFUL RELEASE. CITY CONTRE<BR> OFFICES DELIVER A =
DELICIOUS=20
COCKTAIL OF GENTLE PIANOS, LUSCIOUS<BR> ELECTRONICS =
AND DEEP,=20
DEEP ATMOSPHERES. BEAUTIFULLY PUT TOGETHER<BR> AND =
WONDERFULLY=20
PRODUCED, THIS IS AN ALBUM THAT SHOULD APPEAL<BR> TO =
FANS OF=20
THE EQUALLY WONDERFUL 'VRIOON' ALBUM BY CARSTEN =
NICOLAI<BR> =20
AND RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, BUT ALSO ANYONE WITH AN EAR FOR=20
MELODIC,<BR> GORGEOUS MUSIC. UTTERLY =
RECOMMENDED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> UPROCK RHIZOME & THE APHASIA GROUP - =
JUNGLE=20
GREEN MEMES - TIGERBEAT - CD (MEOW093CD)<BR> ALTHOUGH =
THE=20
ACCOMPANYING BOOKLET SEEMS A LITTLE POINTLESS, =
MUSICALLY<BR> =20
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ORIGINAL AND ATTENTION-GRABBING=20
RELEASES<BR> ON TIGERBEAT IN SOME TIME. DEEP, HARD, =
MINIMAL=20
GLITCH GIVES WAY<BR> TO WARM BUT EERIE MELODIES; =
BROKEN SOUNDS=20
AND WARPED PERCUSSION<BR> LINES ABOUNDS. THINK DJ =
WALLY MEETS=20
JEGA. RECOMMENDED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - LUNCH MONEY SINGLES VOL. 1 - =
BULLY - CD=20
(NJT8002CD)<BR> THIS CD COMPILES THE FIRST BATCH OF =
7"S=20
RELEASED ON THIS LABEL<BR> WITH WHICH RISING STAR =
SIXTOO IS=20
QUITE HEAVILY INVOLVED. IT ALMOST<BR> GOES WITHOUT =
SAYING HE=20
APPEARS ON SEVERAL TRACKS, AS DO THE LIKES<BR> OF DJ =
SIGNIFY=20
(LEX), CONTROLLER 7, MOODSWING 9, P-LOVE AND THE<BR> =
ABSURDLY=20
NAMED HE DID GLASS MUSIC. MORE ELECTRONICA THAN =
LEFTFIELD<BR> =20
HIP HOP, CHECK IT OUT.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Restocks (CD): Electronica</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> ACCELERA DECK - DIGITAL HEADREST - NEO =
OUIJA - CD=20
(NEO09CD)<BR> LUSH TWELVE TRACK LP FROM THE DECK! =
BEAUTIFULLY=20
PRODUCED AND GORGEOUSLY<BR> MELODIC, YET, AT TIMES,=20
CHALLENGINGLY ABSTRACT. A SUPERB PIECE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> ATOM TM / SMALL ROCKS / THE RIP OFF =
ARTIST - DUB=20
TRIBUNL - INFLATABL - CD (FLAT01CD)<BR> AS YOU MAY =
EXPECT,=20
THIS IS AN ALBUM FULL OF ELECTRONIC DUB. COINSIDER<BR> =
THE=20
FACT OF WHO'S INVOLVED HOWEVER, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S=20
ANYTHING<BR> BUT ORDINARY. GLITCH BASED, FUNK FUELLED, =
DEEP=20
BASSED TRACKS THAT<BR> SKIP MERRILY FROM THE SUBLIME =
TO THE=20
SILLY, NEVER LOSING SIGHT<BR> THOUGH OF THE REAL DUB =
ROOTS. AN=20
ABSOLUTE STORMER OF AN ALBUM.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> AUTECHRE - PEEL SESSIONS VOL. 2 - WARP - =
CD=20
(WAP150CD)<BR> STUNNING RELEASE OF AUTECHRES LAST PEEL =
SESSION. MENTAL STUFF<BR> WITH AWESOME RHYTHMS AND =
SOME=20
EXQUISITELY ABSTRACT SOUNDS. IF<BR> YOU DIDN'T HEAR =
IT, GET=20
THIS... URGENTLY!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> BAURI - SLACKER JOURNAL - NEO OUIJA - CD=20
(NEO15CD)<BR> BAURI'S BRAND OF LOW-KEY MELODIC =
ELECTRONICA IS=20
SUPER. NICE SIMPLISTIC<BR> RHYTHMS MEET GENTLE TUNES =
WITH A=20
CLEVER SENSE OF ARRANGEMENT.<BR> JUST RIGHT FOR =
SITTING BACK=20
WITH A CUP OF TEA ON A SUNNY AFTERNOON<BR> AND =
ENJOYING TO THE=20
MAX.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> BIOSPHERE / DEATHPROD - NORDHEIM =
TRANSFORMED - RUNE=20
GRAMMOFON - CD (RCD2005)<BR> THIS CD SEES GEIR JENSSEN =
AND=20
DEATHPROD TRANSFORMING TRACKS BY<BR> THE LEGENDARY =
ARNE=20
NORDHEIM. DEEPLY ETHEREAL, DRIFTING ELECTRONICA<BR> =
WITH=20
BEAUTIFUL, STARK, ICY TEXTURES AND HINTS OF MELODY =
WHICH<BR> =20
HAS ALL THE HALLMARKS OF CLASSIC BIOSPPHERE MATERIAL. IF YOU=20
LIKED<BR> SUBSTRATA OR CIRQUE YOU'LL ADORE =
THIS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> BLACK DICE - LOST VALLEY - TIGERBEAT - CD =
(MEOW063CD)<BR> INTRIGUING NEW RELEASE FROM THIS DFA =
ARTIST=20
NOW SIGNED TO FATCAT.<BR> DRONES, FRANTIC PERCUSSION,=20
ATMOSPHERICS - TIGERBEAT COME UP WITH<BR> THE GOODS =
YET AGAIN.=20
SNAP IT UP NOW AND GET AHEAD OF THE CROWD.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> BUG, THE - PRESSURE - REPHLEX - CD=20
(CAT134CD)<BR> BAD BOY ALBUM OF PHAT GROOVES FROM THE =
BUG.=20
DEEP, RAGGA ORIENTATED<BR> VOCALS COUPLED WITH SOME =
AWESOME=20
BEATS MAKE FOR A TRULY FUN SOUND.<BR> TWO STEP BEATS, =
DRUM=20
& BASS AND REGGAE / RAGGA IS THE ORDER OF<BR> THE =
DAY AND=20
IT ROCKS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> CHAP, THE - THE HORSE - LO - CD=20
(LCD36)<BR> I LIKE THE CHAP. THEIR BLEND OF STYLES IS =
REALLY=20
WELL PUT TOGETHER<BR> AND NO MATTER IF THEY'RE DOING =
PUNKY,=20
FUNKY ELECTRO CLASH KIND<BR> OF BITS, DOWNBEAT GUITAR =
NUMBERS=20
OR PERKY ELECTRONICS THERE'S<BR> A CONFIDENCE AND =
PANACHE THAT=20
REALLY HOLDS IT TOGETHER. GENERALLY<BR> WELL WORTH =
CHECKING=20
OUT.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> CRACK (WE ARE ROCK) - SILENT FANTASY - =
TIGERBEAT -=20
CD (MEOW066CD)<BR> THIRD NEW TIGERBEAT IN A WEEK - =
CRIKEY -=20
AND IT'S ELECTROCLASH<BR> ALERT.... SOUNDING SO MUCH =
LIKE=20
CHICKS ON SPEED OR (AT TIMES)<BR> LE TIGRE IT'S HARD =
TO=20
BELIEVE IT'S NOT EITHER. THUS ENDETH THE<BR> =20
DESCRIPTION!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DAVID TOOP - SCREEN CEREMONIES - THE WIRE =
EDITIONS=20
- CD (WIRE9001)<BR> THE EXCELLENT DAVID TOOP ON THE =
WIRES OWN=20
LABEL. SUPER CHILLED<BR> SOUNDS THAT SEEM TO ENCOMPASS =
ELECTRONICS, CLASSICAL AND ORGANIC<BR> SOUNDS.=20
NICE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DEATHPROD - MORALS AND DOGMA - RUNE =
GRAMMOFON - CD=20
(RCD2035)<BR> DEATHPROD (THE PRODUCER BEHIND THE =
SUPERSILENT=20
SERIES) DELIVERS<BR> JUST UNDER 50 MINUTES OVER FOUR =
TRACKS OF=20
DEEP AND SINISTER MUSIC.<BR> DEEP MELODIC SOUNDS =
COMING=20
FROM THE MELANCHOLIC END OF THE SPECTRUM<BR> - TONES =
AND=20
TEXTURES LAYERED INTO SOMETHING THAT EVOLVES INTO<BR> =20
BEAUTIFUL AND MOVING PIECES. NOT FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH=20
DEPRESSIVE<BR> TENDENCIES, BUT RECOMMENDED FOR ALL=20
OTHERS. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DERU - PUSHING AIR - NEO OUIJA - CD=20
(NEO19CD)<BR> ANOTHER HIGH QUALITY RELEASE INDEED FROM =
NEO=20
OUIJA THAT'S GUARANTEED<BR> TO APPEAL TO MANY. FANS OF =
TOYTRONIC, OPIATE, EARLY PHONEM, BOLA<BR> / SKAM, =
PROGRESSIVE=20
FORM, AROVANE OR (AS YOU'VE PROBABLY GATHERED<BR> FROM =
THE=20
ABOVE LIST!) JUST GREAT, SLIGHTLY GLITCHY, MELODIC=20
CONTEMPORARY<BR> ELECTRONICA, YOU AT LEAST NEED TO =
GIVE THIS A=20
LISTEN! YOU GET<BR> 5 BONUS TRACKS ON THE CD,=20
TOO....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> ELECTRIC COMPANY - IT'S HARD TO BE A BABY =
-=20
TIGERBEAT - CD (MEOW068CD)<BR> THIS IS HIS FINEST WORK =
TO DATE=20
- AS WELL AS HIS MOST DIVERSE<BR> AND MOST MUSICAL. =
THE MOOD=20
IS GENERALLY A BIT MORE DOWNTEMPO /<BR> AMBIENT THAN =
BEFORE=20
(THE SLOWER TRACKS BEING FULL OF ATMOSPHERE)<BR> =
THOUGH=20
THERE'S PLENTY OF GLITCH AND RIOTOUS PERCUSSION ON =
THE<BR> =20
MORE UPBEAT MACHINE DRUM-ESQUE TRACKS. THERE'S EVEN A TRACK=20
PAYING<BR> TRIBUTE TO "THAT JOINT" SEEN IN WITHNAIL =
& I...=20
SOMETHING FOR<BR> EVERYONE, THEN!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> FENNESZ - VENICE - TOUCH - CD=20
(TO:53)<BR> EAGERLY ANTICIPATED NEW LONG PLAYER FROM =
THE=20
HIGHLY TALENTED CHRISTIAN<BR> FENNESZ. COMPARED TO =
SOME OF HIS=20
MATERIAL IT HAS A MUCH MORE EASY<BR> LISTENING (IN A =
GOOD WAY)=20
FEEL. LUSH, PROCESSED STRINGS AND CHORDS<BR> ARE THE =
MAIN=20
BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE TRACKS AND WITHIN THOSE =
STRONG<BR> BASE=20
STRUCTURES SITS A GORGEOUS ARRAY OF SAMPLES AND SOUNDS.=20
ONE<BR> TRACK EVEN HAS A VOCAL, WHICH IS VERY =
EFFECTIVE=20
INDEED. REGARDLESS<BR> OF WHAT I THINK, YOU'LL MAKE =
YOUR OWN=20
MINDS UP, BUT ALLOW ME TO<BR> ASSURE YOU THAT THIS IS =
A SUPERB=20
PIECE OF WORK AND COMES HIGHLY<BR> =
RECOMMENDED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> FENNESZ - FIELD RECORDINGS 1995:2000 - =
TOUCH - CD=20
(TOUCH TONE:16CD)<BR> STUNNING NEW ALBUM FROM FENNESZ =
WHICH=20
COMPILES AND COLLATES UNRELEASED<BR> TRACKS, REMIXES =
AND VINYL=20
ONLY RELEASES FROM THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.<BR> THERE'S A =
COHERENCY AND FLUENCY TO THE TRACKS EVEN THOUGH =
THEY<BR> COME=20
FROM VERY DIFFERENT LABELS. FROM THE BEAUTIFUL TO THE =
EVEN<BR> =20
MORE BEAUTIFUL, HE USES ACOUSTIC SOUNDS TO PERFECTION AND=20
THE<BR> EVER PRESENT GUITAR IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF =
HIS=20
SOUND. WONDERFUL.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> GEIOM - SELLOTAPE FLOWERS - NEO OUIJA - =
CD=20
(NEO006CD)<BR> WITH NO DATE ON THIS ANYWHERE I CAN'T =
WORK OUT=20
IF IT IS OLD AND<BR> WE NEVER GOT IT FIRST TIME ROUND, =
OR=20
WHETHER THIS IS A CASE OF<BR> NEO OUIJA FILLING IN THE =
MISSING=20
CATALOGUE NUMBERS. WHATEVER,<BR> IT IS A NINE =
TRACK=20
ALBUM OF QUITE BEAT DRIVEN ELECTRONICS - QUITE<BR> =
DARK IN=20
OVERAL TONE, WITH MUCH MORE EMPHASIS ON THE RHYTHMS =
THAN<BR> =20
THE MELODIES. GOOD TOO.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> GOLD CHAINS - GOLD CHAINS - ORTHLORNG - =
CD=20
(ORTH07CD)<BR> WOW - A BIT OF A DEPARTURE FROM THEIR =
NORMAL=20
FARE FOR ORTHLORNG<BR> - THE HOME OF KIT CLAYTON, FULL =
SWING,=20
BLECTUM FROM BLECHDOM AND<BR> OTHERS. LEFT-FIELD HIP =
HOP WITH=20
A GOODLY AMOUNT OF ELECTRONICS<BR> TO KEEP THOSE OF =
YOU WITH A=20
LEANING TO CHOCOLATE INDUSTRIES, MUSH,<BR> PREFUSE 73 =
ETC=20
HAPPY.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> INFORMATION - BIOMEKANO - RUNE GRAMMOFON =
- CD=20
(RCD2024)<BR> THIS ALBUM WAS RECORDED BETWEEN 2000 AND =
2002 AS=20
A COLLABORATIVE<BR> PROJECT BETWEEN JORGEN KNUDSEN AND =
PER=20
HENRIK - AS INFORMATION.<BR> DEEP TEXTURAL AND =
TONAL=20
ELECTRONICS WITH PLENTY OF SPACE BETWEEN<BR> THE =
COMPONENT=20
PARTS. RHYTMIC MELODIES IF THAT MAKES ANY=20
SENSE.<BR> A PERFECT BALANCE OF MINIMALISM AND =
IN MORE=20
INVOLVING SOUNDS.<BR> RECOMMENDED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> ISO 68 - HERE THERE - HAUSMUSIK - CD=20
(HM63)<BR> DUDE FROM LALI PUNA MEETS UP WITH YOUNG=20
FELLA-ME-LAD FROM VERTICAL<BR> FORM. INTRICATE AND =
DETAILED=20
WITH PLENTY OF MELODY AND MUSICALITY,<BR> A FINE ARRAY =
OF LIVE=20
INSTRUMENTATION (DOUBLE BASS, PIANO, SUBTLE<BR> =
STRINGS) AND=20
SOME GREAT CLICKY PERCUSSION. AN EXCELLENT LATE =
NIGHT<BR> =20
LISTEN, I'D SAY, AND MORR MUSIC, TO ROCOCO ROT, TARWATER OR=20
EVEN<BR> MELODIC FANS SHOULD DEFINITELY INVESTIGATE =
THIS VERY=20
REWARDING<BR> ALBUM.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> JOHN CHANTLER - MONOKE - ROOM 40 - CD=20
(RM402)<BR> DIVERSE, AND OVERALL QUITE MOODY =
ELECTRONICA FROM=20
MR. CHANTLER,<BR> AGAIN EXCUISITELY PACKAGED. =
INTELLIGENT AND=20
SUBTLE USE OF LIVE<BR> INSTRUMENTATION VERY MUCH ADDS =
TO THE=20
EXPERIENCE. THIS IS DIFFICULT<BR> TO FIND COMPARISONS =
WITH;=20
MAYBE THINK TORTOISE JAMMING WITH THE<BR> BLACK DOG? =
WORTH=20
INVESTIGATING.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> KETTEL - SMILING LITTLE COW - NEO OUIJA - =
CD=20
(NEO16CD)<BR> AAH. THIS REALLY IS A VERY LOVELY ALBUM =
OF=20
MELODIC ELECTRONICA<BR> DONE WITH STYLE AND PANACHE. =
TWELVE=20
TRACKS TO ENGAGE YOU AS IT<BR> CHANGES FROM ALMOST =
BEATLESS=20
SWEETNESS TO A MORE CRUNCHY RHYTHMIC<BR> APPROACH.=20
EXCELLENT.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> KIT CLAYTON VS SAFETY SCISSORS - PING =
PONG -=20
CARPARK - CD (CRPK022CD)<BR> ONE VERY LONG TRACK HERE =
THAT=20
SEES KIT AND MATTHEW PLAYING WITH<BR> A SET OF SAMPLES =
FROM A=20
PING PONG GAME. BORDERING ON THE ABSURD<BR> AT TIMES =
IT ALL=20
COMES TOTGETHER NICELY WITH A SET OF CHOPPED UP<BR> =
RHYTHMS=20
AND SOUNDS AND THE OCCASIONAL MELODIC INTERLUDE. A =
VERY<BR> =20
INTERESTING PROJECT.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> KNIFEHANDCHOP - BLING THE NOISE - =
IRRITANT - CD=20
(IRRITANT28CD)<BR> A BEAST OF AN ALBUM WITH SOME =
GREAT, FAST,=20
HARD-HITTING BEATS,<BR> CUT-UP/STOLEN HIP-HOP VOCALS,=20
OCCASIONAL GABBA STABS, A TOUCH<BR> OF BOOTY, RAGGA, =
R&B,=20
DRUM & BASS, YOU NAME IT - AS LONG AS IT'S<BR> =
ROUGH,=20
NOISY AND HAS A HIGH BPM, IT'S HERE. ONE CAN ONLY =
IMAGINE<BR> =20
HOW HYPERACTIVE THEY MUST HAVE BEEN AS CHILDREN IF THIS IS=20
WHAT<BR> THEY'RE LIKE AS ADULTS! VENETIAN SNARES, DJ =
SCUD, THE=20
BUG V ROOTSMAN<BR> MEETS THE BOOTLEGGERS -=20
MENTAL.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> MARUMARI - THE WOLVES HOLLOW - CARPARK - =
CD=20
(CRPRK004CD)<BR> SECOND LP FROM MARUMARI ON CAR PARK=20
CONSOLIDATES ADVANCES MADE<BR> ON THEIR =
DEBUT. =20
TEXTURED SOUNDSCAPES ARE MIXED WITH COOL, =
ELECTRONIC<BR> BEATS=20
TO FORM A DIVERSE BUT COHERENT WORK.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> METAMATICS & CLATTERBOX - PROJECT =
UNISON - NEO=20
OUIJA - CD (NEO02CD)<BR> A CRACKING NEW PROJECT ON NEO =
OUIJA.=20
THEY BOTH PROVIDED TRACKS<BR> FOR EACH OTHER, THEN =
REMIXED=20
THEM. BASICALLY MOST OF THESE CUTS<BR> ARE WELL =
THOUGHT OUT=20
ELECTRONICA, BUT THERE ARE SOME SUPERB MOMENTS<BR> OF =
SLIGHTLY=20
MORE ECLECTIC STUFF. REALLY, REALLY GOOD!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> OGURUSU NORIHIDE - MODERN - CARPARK - CD=20
(CRPK25CD)<BR> LIKE HIS OTHER CD WE HAVE HAD IN STOCK =
THIS IS=20
A LOVELY MIX OF<BR> SOFT SWEET MELODIES FROM PIANO AND =
GUITAR=20
WITH SOME SUBTLE LAPTOP<BR> MANIPULATIONS RUNNING =
UNDER SOME=20
TRACKS. GORGEOUS!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> OVUCA - KING STACEY - REPHLEX - CD=20
(CAT105CD)<BR> HARD CORE MEETS ELECTRONICA FROM =
OVUCA. =20
FIERCE BEATS AND A GOODLY<BR> AMOUNT OF ACIDIC AND =
ABRASIVE=20
NOISES. VERY MUCH SOMETHING TO<BR> PLAY TO A =
CROWD OF=20
KIDS WITH ADHD - THERE BEING NO SHORTAGE OF<BR> =
FRENETIC=20
SOUNDS. FOUR TRACKS THAT SHOULD ALL FIND FAVOUR ON=20
THE<BR> DANCEFLOOR. SIMPLE AND DEADLY =
EFFECTIVE. =20
PROMO VERSION (I THINK?)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> RICHARD THOMAS AND THE WORMHOLES - SEVEN =
POINT PLAN=20
TO DESTROY ASTROLOGY - LO - CD (LCD10)<BR> WILDLY =
VARIED=20
SELECTION OF TRACKS FROM MR. THOMAS. FROM DENSE,<BR> =
TEXTURAL=20
DRONES TO HARSH AND INCREDIBLY ABRASIVE PROCESSED=20
ELECTRONICS<BR> VIA SOME MEGA BREAKBEATS. AN ENGAGING =
PIECE=20
INDEED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> RUSSELL HASWELL - LIVE SALVAGE =
1997>2000 - MEGO=20
- CD (MEGO012CD)<BR> NO STOPPING HERE > THE ASSAULT =
HAS=20
BEGUN AND BARELY LETS GO FROM<BR> START TO FINISH...=20
...HARDCORE NOISE / DESIGN FOR THE STRONG HEARTS<BR> =
OF OUR=20
ELECTRONIC GENERATION > ABOVE ALL IT'S VERY GOOD INDEED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SHADOW HUNTERS - CORRUPT DATA - SKAM - =
2xLP=20
(SKALP012)<BR> WITHOUT QUESTION THIS IS THE MOST HIP =
HOP=20
RELEASE TO DATE ON SKAM,<BR> ONLY FILED UNDER =
ELECTRONICA=20
BECAUSE IT'S ON SKAM! TOP NOTCH LEFTFIELD<BR> BEATS =
AND RHYMES=20
FROM ONE HALF OF FUNCKARMA THAT REALLY PACK A<BR> =
PUNCH. FOR=20
FANS OF CANNIBAL OX, LEX, ANTICON, ANTIPOP / =
BEANS,<BR> =20
CHOCOLATE INDUSTRIES, MUSH, SKAM....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SICA - PARTIALLY FUNCTION STUB - NEO =
OUIJA - CD=20
(NEO17CD)<BR> ONE OF THE MORE ABSTRACT ALBUMS TO =
SURFACE ON=20
NEO OUIJA IN RECENT<BR> TIMES. IT'S GLITCH BASED =
ELECTRONICA=20
WITH DECIDEDLY OFF-KILTER<BR> RHYTHMS AND SOUNDS AND =
AN ALMOST=20
EXPERIMENTAL EDGE. STI;L MELODIC<BR> AT TIMES, BUT =
WITH A BIT=20
MORE BITE THAN THE AVERAGE. EXCELLENT.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SIGUR ROS - 492280 - N/A - CD=20
(S-492280)<BR> THIS MAY SIMPLY SAY "S" ON THE COVER, =
BUT I=20
ASSURE YOU THAT IT<BR> IS THE GENUINE ARTICLE. THIS CD =
HAS=20
ONLY BEEN AVAILABLE AT LIVE<BR> PERFORMANCES BY SIGUR=20
ROS. IT IS REALLY QUITE DIFFERENT FROM<BR> WHAT =
I=20
EXPECTED - HARDLY ANY PSYCH / PROG / POST ROCK =
INFLUENCES,<BR> =20
BUT LOTS OF SUBTLE ELECTRONICS AND SWEET (TO THE POINT OF=20
KITSCH<BR> AT TIMES) LIVE INSTRUMENTS. IT IS =
VERY=20
REMINISCENT OF SOME OF<BR> MUM'S MUSIC, AND IS A =
LIGHTER, MORE=20
DELICATE SIDE OF THIS ICELANDIC<BR> BAND. VERY =
LIMITED,=20
AND VERY GOOD - WE ONLY HAVE A FEW - BE QUICK</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SKYPHONE - FABULA - RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD=20
(RCD2033)<BR> TRULY A BEAUTIFUL CD OF ORGANIC =
ELECTRONICS PAR=20
EXCELLENCE. LUSH<BR> MELODIES AND GENTLE, UNDULATING =
CHORD=20
STRUCTURES ARE THE ORDER<BR> OF THE DAY AND THE ADDED =
TOUCHES=20
OF SLIGHTLY PROCESSED GUITAR<BR> MERELY GIVES IT ALL A =
DELIGHTFUL HUMAN WARMTH. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SOFT VERGE - SOFT VERGE - OUTPUT - CD=20
(OPRCD32)<BR> SUPERB ALBUM FROM MIKE SONOVAC. =
CONCENTRATING ON=20
A LOW KEY DUBBY<BR> TECHNO SOUND WITH DEEP =
ATMOSPHERICS AND A=20
MINIMALISTIC FLAVA.<BR> BRILLIANT.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> STAHLGREN & FERGUSON - PRINTING WITH =
MAGNETIC=20
INK - HOT AIR - CD (AIRDRY007)<BR> ANOTHER STRANGE =
OFFERING=20
FROM HOT AIR. SOUNDS, NOISES, TONES,<BR> PULSES, =
PITCHES AND=20
DRONES ALL COMBINE TO PRODUCE EXPERECTRONICA!<BR> =
SUBTLE AT=20
TIMES, AND IN YOUR FACE AT OTHERS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SUPERSILENT - 5 - RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD=20
(RCD2018)<BR> A SERIES OF LIVE RECORDINGS TAKEN FROM=20
PERFORMANCES IN LONDON,<BR> BOLOGNA AND OSLO WITH =
DEATHPROD ON=20
PRODUCTION DUITES. HIGHLY EVOCATIVE<BR> ELECTRONICA /=20
EXPERIMENTAL SOUNDS THAT ARE DELICIOUSLY =
UNDERSTATED<BR> AND=20
FEATURE HAUNTING, MELANCHLOY TREATMENTS OF FOUND SOUNDS=20
AND<BR> INSTRUMENTS. EACH TRACK GROWS AND SPRAWLS =
OUTWARDS AND=20
UPWARDS<BR> WHILST REMAINING LOW-KEY ENOUGH NOT TO =
INTRUDE ON=20
THE STARK BEAUTY<BR> OF THE SOUNDS. BEAUTIFUL, =
GORGEOUS AND=20
DEFINITELY ONE OF MY FAVOURITE<BR> CD'S ON THE=20
LABEL.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SUPERSILENT - 6 - RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD=20
(RCD2029)<BR> RECORDED IN 2003. SUPERSILENT IS A =
PSEUDONYM FOR=20
DEATHPROD. NICELY<BR> TWISTED AND MANIPULATED =
ELECTRONIC AND=20
ORGANIC SOUNDS IN A VAGUELY<BR> TWIGHLIGHT ZONE MEETS =
FILM=20
SCORE STYLE. A PLETHORA OF SOUNDS<BR> AND STYLES =
ALL=20
FUSED TOGETHER IN A VERY COHERENT AND LISTENABLE<BR> =20
WAY. ODD, BUT GOOD WITH IT.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> THA BLUE HERB - SELL OUR SOUL - THA BLUE =
HERB - CD=20
(TBHRCD003)<BR> INTRUIGING BUT LISTENABLE ABSTRACT =
JAPANESE=20
HIP HOP THAT FANS<BR> OF MUSH, OR EVEN ANTICON SHOULD=20
CERTAINLY ENJOY. SLIGHTLY BROKEN<BR> BEATS, RELENTLESS =
RHYMES=20
AND A DISTINCTLY FAR EASTERN FLAVA PERVADES<BR> =
THROUGHOUT.=20
INTERESTING HOW HALF THE SONG TITLES ARE IN =
ENGLISH,<BR> YET=20
ALL THE VOCALS ARE JAPANESE (WELL, SEMI-INTERESTING AT =
LEAST).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> THURSTON MOORE - ROOT - LO - CD=20
(LCD11)<BR> LUKE VIBERT, ALEC EMPIRE, MOGWAI, SCANNER, =
THIRD=20
EYE FOUNDATION,<BR> ADD N TO X, MARK WEBBER (PULP),=20
SPEEDRANCH, STEREOLAB, BRUCE GILBERT,<BR> VVM, THE =
UNDERDOG=20
(AKA TREVOR JACKSON AKA PLAYGROUP AKA MR OUTPUT<BR> =
RECORDS),=20
MERZBOW, DEREK BAILEY, STOCK HAUSEN & WALKMAN AND =
TONS<BR> =20
MORE PUT IN EXCLUSIVE REMIXES OF THURSTON-ONLY TRACKS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> TOMATO WEIRDO / KADAH / VRESKY - BEST =
BEFORE END /=20
TOUJOURS COMESTIBLE - DUB - CD (DUBCD08)<BR> NOT =
ENTIRELY SURE=20
OF THE ARTIST NAME HERE, BUT WE'VE COME ACROSS<BR> =
TOMATO=20
WEIRDO BEFORE, SO WE'LL GO WITH THAT. THIS IS A=20
LOVELY<BR> ALBUM OF CHILLED AND MELODIC GROOVES. =
FROM=20
SUBLIME AMBIENT TRACKS,<BR> TO MORE "STRAIGHT" =
ELECTRONICS,=20
COMPLETE WITH TEXTURE AND GLITCH,<BR> AND SOME =
EXCELLENT=20
ELECTRONIC HIP HOP TRACKS THAT WILL KEEP BOTH<BR> THE =
MIND AND=20
BODY INTERESTED. QUALITY AS ECER FROM THE =
RELIABLE<BR> =20
DUB STABLE. RECOMMENDED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - COTTAGE INDUSTRIES - NEO OUIJA =
- CD=20
(NEO04CD)<BR> EXCELLENT COMPILATION ON METAMATICS' =
LABEL.=20
MERELY MENTIONING<BR> THE ARTISTS INVOLVED SHOULD =
CONVEY THE=20
QUALITY! HERMANN & KLEINE,<BR> PHONEM, BAURI, =
PLOD, YUNX,=20
CLATTERBOX, METAMATICS, GEIOM AND MORE.<BR> TOP=20
ELECTRONICA!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - ELECTRONIC MUSIC FOR HEROES - =
HYDROGEN=20
DUKEBOX - CD (DUKE88CD)<BR> BARGAIN NINE TRACK CD =
FEATURING=20
NORKEN, JUSTICE, METAMATICS, GLOBO,<BR> A1 PEOPLE, =
CHAMBER,=20
THE LITHIUM PROJECT AND HARRY K. A WICKED<BR> SAMPLER =
TO SHOW=20
YOU WHAT HYDROGEN DUKEBOX IS ALL ABOUT.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - NEW WAVE HOME ENTERTAINMENT - =
IDEAL -=20
3xCD (IDEALCD3)<BR> MEGA BARGAIN TIME MY FRIENDS! =
THREE WHOLE=20
CD'S FEATURING 31 TRACKS<BR> BY HIGH QUALITY ARTISTS =
SUCH=20
ASISOLEE, GEMINI, JOLLY MUSIC, CLATTERBOX,<BR> RUSS =
GABRIEL,=20
BLACK SCIENCE ORCHESTRA, RON TRENT, KRUTON, BOLA,<BR> =
SURGEON,=20
PUB, MARKUS NIKOLAI, CHRIS NAZUKA, JOEL MULL AND =
MORE.<BR> =20
FROM HOUSE, TO BEATS TO TECHNO TO ELECTRONICA. IT'S ALL =
HERE!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - ANNEXE - COTTAGE INDUSTRIES 2 - =
NEO OUIJA=20
- 2xCD (NEO13CD)<BR> EXCELLENT SECOND VOLUME OF THE =
NEO OUIJA=20
COMPILATION SERIES. DOUBLE<BR> CD, TWENTY FOUR TRACKS, =
FEATURING PROEM, PHONEX, FUNCKARMA, NOVEL<BR> 23, =
BAURI,=20
LACKLUSTER, QESHI, EU, KETTEL, SICA, SENSE AND =
MORE.<BR> =20
GENTLE, SLIGHTLY ABSTRACT AND VERY MELODIC ELECTRONICA OF=20
THE<BR> HIGHEST QUALITY.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - WRONG APPLICATION - TIGERBEAT - =
CD=20
(MEOW039CD)<BR> COOL CD FROM KID 606'S TIGERBEAT 6=20
STABLE. EXEPERIMENTAL ELECTRONICS<BR> COURTESY =
OF=20
ARTISTS INCLUDING FARMERS MANUAL, LESSER, =
UNDERWOOD,<BR> =20
ELECTRIC COMPANY, NO INTERVENTION, KID 606, BLITTER, AND=20
OTHERS<BR> (NAMED AND ANONYMOUS). HARSH, =
ABRASIVE NOISE=20
AND TONE BASED PIECES,<BR> THAT ARE DESIGNED TO=20
PROVOKE!!! CHECK.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - WANNA BUY A CRAPRAK - CARPARK - =
CD=20
(CRPK23CD)<BR> COOL COMPILATION FROM CARPARK - =
FEATURING A FEW=20
TRACKS THAT HAVE<BR> BEEN ON CARPARK RELEASES FROM =
GREG DAVIS,=20
KIT CLAYTON / SAFTEY<BR> SCISSORS, MARUMARI, OGURUSU =
NORIHIDE,=20
DINKY, CASINO VERSES JAPAN,<BR> KID 606 AND =
SIGNER. THEN=20
THERE ARE SOME EXCLUSIVE TRACKS FROM<BR> FREESCHA, SO=20
TAKAHASHI, HRVATSKI AND JAKE MANDELL. PLUS A =
VIDEO<BR> =20
(THAT I CAN'T SEE!). ALL IN ALL A FINE SELECTION OF FINE=20
ELCTRONICS<BR> AND ALL FOR A FINE PRICE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - MERCK MIX 1 - MERCK - CD=20
(MERCKMIX1CD)<BR> HIGHLY LIMITED, LOW PRICED, 24 TRACK =
MERCK=20
MIX SAMPLER CD NEATLY<BR> COMPILING SOME OF THE =
HIGHLIGHTS OF=20
THEIR BACK CATALOGUE (PLUS<BR> ONE PREVIOUSLY =
UNRELEASED=20
MACHINE DRUM TRACK). LACKLUSTER, ESEM,<BR> PROEM, MD, =
ADAM=20
JOHNSON, BLAMSTRAIN, MORRIS NIGHTINGALE, PROSWELL,<BR> =
SYNDRONE, SENSE AND KRISTUIT SALU ARE THE ARTISTS INCLUDED.=20
HIGH<BR> QUALITY ELECTRONICA AT A TOTAL BARGAIN PRICE =
-=20
FANTASTIC JOB.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - SEED RECORDS VOLUME ONE - SEED =
- CD=20
(SEEDCD6)<BR> YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH THIS LOVELY LITTLE=20
ELECTRONICA COMP - THE<BR> MUSICAL STANDARD IS KEPT =
HIGH=20
DESPITE BRINGING TOGETHER A NUMBER<BR> OF DIVERSE =
STYLES, NOT=20
TO MENTION THE PRICE! THE EXCELLENT DIGITONAL,<BR> THE =
UNDERRATED COLD FUSION MAFIA, CURSORMINER, POSTHUMAN, ON =
/<BR> =20
OFF, ARDISSON, KANSAS CITY PROPHETS, THE VIDEO AGE,=20
[SNYZCH],<BR> PEACHFISH AND JAZZFINGER ALL CONTRIBUTE. =
TERRIFIC STUFF FROM SEED<BR> AT A PRICE NOT TO BE =
SNIFFED=20
AT.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - LOVE COMES SHINING OVER THE =
MOUNTAINS -=20
RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD (RCD2012)<BR> MINIMAL ELECTRONIC =
PROJECT=20
FROM 1999 FROM THIS NORWEGIAN LABEL.<BR> THIS=20
COMPILATION INCLUDES TRACKS BY PHONOPHANI, DUPLO,=20
MONOLIGHT,<BR> BIOSPHERE AND A WHOLE HOST OF OTHERS =
THAT I'VE=20
NEVER HEARD OF.<BR> THEY TEND TO DEAL WITH THE =
BEAUTIFUL=20
AND SUBTLEY MELODIC END<BR> OF THE ELECTRONIC =
SPECTRUM. =20
ALL VERY UNDERSTATED AND AS AN ALBUM<BR> THIS HAS A =
VERY=20
TRANQUIL, PEACEFUL AND ORGANIC FEEL TO IT. LOVELY.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - COMPILATION VOLUME 1 - NORDFORM =
- CD=20
(N/A)<BR> TWO VERY NICE PEOPLE CAME INTO SMALLFISH AND =
SOLD US=20
AN EQUALLY<BR> AMIABLE COMPILATION OF JAPANESE =
ELECTRONICA.=20
STYLEWISE, IT FALLS<BR> QUITE SQUARELY INTO THE MID =
90'S WARP=20
/ FOCUS / B12 / BLACK DOG<BR> SCHEME OF THINGS, WITH=20
ATMOSPHERICS, WASHES AND DEPTH OF PRODUCTION<BR> =
REMINISCENT OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS. DEFINITELY ONE TO =
WATCH.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - MONEY WILL RUIN EVERYTHING - =
RUNE=20
GRAMMOFON - 2xCD + BOOK (RCD2032)<BR> THIS WINS THE =
AWARD FOR=20
BEST RELEASE OF THE WEEK (AND MOST OTHER<BR> WEEKS) =
FOR BEST=20
PACKAGED, BEST DESIGNED AND BEST MUSIC. RUNE<BR> =
GRAMMOFON SUPPLY 30 TRACKS OVER TWO CDS OF NORWEGIAN MUSIC,=20
COVERING<BR> ELECTRONICA TO IMPROVISED JAZZ AND MOST =
OF THE=20
TERRITORY INBETWEEN<BR> - DEEP, TEXTURAL, MELODIC, =
ABSTRACT=20
ARE ALL ADJECTIVES THAT SPRING<BR> TO MIND. =
ARTISTS=20
INCLUDE BIOSPHERE, DEATHPROD / SUPERSILENT,<BR> FOOD, =
JAGA=20
JAZZIST, ALOG, ARNE NORDHEIM, KMAJA RATKJE, SCORCH<BR> =
TRIO,=20
INFORMATION AND THE LIST GOES ON. COMES IN A 96 PAGE=20
HARD<BR> BACK BOOK DESIGNED BY KIM HIORTHOY, COMPLETE =
WITH=20
INTERVIEWS AND<BR> ESSAYS. I COULD GO ON ABOUT =
HOW GOOD=20
THIS IS, BUT INSTEAD IN<BR> THE SPIRIT OF THE TITLE =
I'LL=20
SUGGEST YOU BUY IT. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - TRADE AND DISTRIBUTION ALMANAC =
VOLUME 1 -=20
ADAADAT - CD (ADA0001CD)<BR> FIRST RELEASE ON THIS =
LABEL SEES=20
A WHOLE HOST OF UN- AND BARELY-<BR> KNOWN =
ARTISTS. THERE=20
IS A CONNECTION WITH THE JAPANESE LABEL<BR> 19-T, =
EVIDENCED=20
WITH THE OPENING TRACK FROM COW'P. THINGS =
FALL<BR> =20
BROADLY INTO TWO CAMPS: GAMEBOY ELECTRONICS AND THE REST! =20
THE<BR> GAMEBOY STUFF FOR THE MOST PART MANAGES TO =
AVOID THE=20
OBVIOUS CUTESINESS<BR> (WHILST RETAINING ALOT OF THE=20
FRENETIC-NESS!), AND THERE ARE SOME<BR> REALLY GOOD =
TUNES=20
UTILISING THE COMPUTER GAME SOUND AND MIXING<BR> IT =
WITH MORE=20
STRAIGHT UP ELECTRONICS. IN THE REST CATEGORY =
THERE<BR> =20
ARE A NUMBER OF SWEET MELODIC AND GLITCHY TUNES. GOOD=20
START...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VERBOSE - OBSERVE - NEO OUIJA - CD=20
(NEO20CD)<BR> NICE MELODIC ELECTRONICS FROM =
METAMATIC'S OWN=20
NEO OUIJA IMPRINT.<BR> GENTLE MELODIES COMBINE =
WITH=20
LAPTOP BEATS IN VAGUELY LULLABY<BR> STYLED TUNES ON =
THIS=20
ALBUM. AND CUNNINGLY, VERBOSE IS AN ANAGRAM<BR> =
OF=20
OBSERVE IS AN ANAGRAM OF VERBOSE... NICE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VLAD - MOTION INSTITUTE - WARP - CD=20
(WAP130CD)<BR> NICE CD EP (4 TRACKS) OF OFF =
KILTER=20
CRUNCHED OUT ELECTRONIC GROOVES.<BR> QUITE RETRO AND =
FEATURING=20
SOME CUTE LITTLE MELODIES. WINNER!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>New Releases (CD): Techno / Electro</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> CHRISTOPHER JUST - JEANS & ELECTRONIC =
- FOREVER=20
YOUNG - CD (CORE0242)<BR> LONG AWAITED ALBUM BY THIS =
GIGOLO /=20
DISKO B ACT OF YEARS GONE<BR> BY. TEN TRACKS OF =
STREAMLINED=20
LATE EIGHTIES / EARLY NINETIES SOUNDING<BR> =
ELECTRO-HOUSE,=20
INCLUDING ONE 23-MINUTE LIVE OPUS. ACTUALLY =
SURPRISINGLY<BR> =20
GOOD, HIGH ON TUNES, WELL WORTH A LISTEN.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DI INDICATOR - FOCUS THE DIRECTION - =
UNGLEICH - CD=20
(MDM23662)<BR> SOLID TECHNO COMPILATION OF TYPICALLY=20
UNGLEICH-ESQUE GROOVES THAT<BR> ACTUALLY COME ACROSS =
LIKE=20
THEY'RE ON KANZLERAMT AT TIMES. CLUBBY,<BR> HEFTY, A =
BIT=20
TRIBAL, A BIT DETROITY AT OTHERS. GOOD GEAR FOR =
THE<BR> =20
DANCEFLOOR. CD1 IS TRACKS DATING FROM 1996-2004, AND CD2 IS=20
A<BR> LIVELY MIX FROM SENDER BERLIN (TRESOR).=20
SOUND.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SOULWAX - ANY MINUTE NOW - PIAS - CD=20
(PIASB060CD)<BR> COMING COMPLETE WITH ARTWORK BY =
TREVOR=20
JACKSON (WHO'S TRYING TO<BR> BECOME HOXTON'S ANSWER TO =
BRIDGET=20
RILEY, BY ALL ACCOUNTS), THIS<BR> LONG-AWAITED SOULWAX =
ALBUM=20
DOES EVERYTHING BAR WHAT YOU EXPECT.<BR> SOME OF IT =
SOUNDS=20
LIKE IT SHOULD BE ON KOMPAKT, SOME OF IT SOUNDS<BR> =
LIKE=20
LATTER-DAY JESUS AND MARY CHAIN/PRIMAL SCREAM, SOME OF =
IT<BR> =20
SOUNDS LIKE ELECTRIC SIX WITH THE DISTORTION PEDALS CRANKED=20
UP.<BR> ONE OF THOSE WHERE YOU PROBABLY KNOW WHETHER =
YOU WANT=20
TO BUY IT<BR> OR NOT ALREADY, SO WHATEVER JUDGEMENT I =
PASS IS=20
IRRELEVANT, REALLY....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Restocks (CD): Techno / Electro</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> ALEXANDER ROBOTNICK - OH NO... ROBOTNICK! =
- HOT=20
ELEPHANT MUSIC - CD (HEM0104)<BR> UNCOMPLICATED =
ITALIAN=20
ELECTRO/TECHNO, ALL PRETTY DANCEFLOOR FRIENDLY.<BR> A =
GOOD=20
SMATTERING OF 80'S INFLUENCES WILL GET THIS FINDING =
FAVOUR<BR> =20
WITH THE NU-ELECTRO/ELECTROCLASH CROWD ALTHOUGH THERE AREN'T=20
ANY<BR> OF THE PUNK INFLUENCES YOU GET WITH THAT HERE. =
HAVE A=20
LISTEN,<BR> SEE WHAT YOU =
THINK..............</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> EXOS - MY HOME IS SONIC - AE - CD=20
(AE04CD)<BR> STUNNING COMPILATION CD FROM THIS =
ICELANDIC=20
ARTIST. THIRTEEN TRACKS<BR> TAKEN FROM FORCE INC, =
NATIVE AND=20
AE AND PUT TOGETHER TO FORM A<BR> LOVELY SET OF DEEP, =
ICY,=20
METALLIC TECHNO TRACKS WITH HINTS OF<BR> BASIC CHANNEL =
AND=20
CHAIN REACTION SHINING THROUGH. BEAUTIFULLY<BR> =
ATMOSPHERIC=20
STUFF.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> MELCHIOR PRODUCTIONS - THE MEANING - =
PLAYHOUSE -=20
2xCD (PLAYCD11)<BR> RICARDO VILLALOBOS HAS GIVEN THIS =
ALBUM=20
THE THUMBS-UP, AND IT'S<BR> NOT DIFFICULT TO SEE/HEAR =
WHY.=20
SHUFFLY, MINIMAL TECH-GROOVES,<BR> KINDA LIKE A MORE=20
STRIPPED-DOWN AKUFEN AT TIMES. CERTAINLY THIS<BR> IS =
ESSENTIAL=20
TO THE LABELS NOW CONSIDERABLE FANBASE, PLUS THOSE<BR> =
WHO=20
LIKE A BIT OF PERLON, BACKGROUND, MENTAL GROOVE, B PITCH=20
CONTROL<BR> ETC.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> OCTAGON MAN, THE - MAGNETON - DC - CD=20
(DC55CD)<BR> 9 ECLECTIC ELECTRO TRACKS FROM THE =
OCTAGON MAN=20
(J. SAUL KANE OF<BR> COURSE) HERE. SOME VERY EPIC =
SOUNDING=20
STRING LADEN TRACKS SIT<BR> ALONGSIDE SOME RAW =
DANCEFLOOR=20
MATERIAL. I LOVE THE WAY HIS TRACKS<BR> MOVE AROUND =
WITH=20
DIFFERENT ELEMENTS DROPPING IN & OUT ALL THE<BR> =
TIME.=20
HAVE A LISTEN......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> RICHIE HAWTIN - SELECTIONS 1990-2000 - =
HARDWARE -=20
CD (HARD008CD)<BR> NOW THIS IS NICE - SOME CLASSIC =
HAWTIN=20
TRACKS UNDER HIS FUSE,<BR> PLASTIKMAN & CIRCUIT =
BREAKER=20
ALIASES (A NEW DAY, OVERKILL, ARE<BR> FRIENDS =
ELECTRIK, SLAC,=20
SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SPASTIK, MINUS:ORANGE<BR> ETC) =
COMPILED ON=20
THIS IMPORT CD. EVEN THE FUSE VS LFO =
COLLABORATION<BR> =20
IS ON HERE (LOOP) - GET IN!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SILICON SOUL - POUTI - DISKO B - CD=20
(EFA279012)<BR> QUITE FRANKLY, I'M STRUGGLING. I'VE =
BEEN=20
STARING AT MY MONITOR<BR> FOR AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES, =
UTTERLY=20
UNINSPIRED. IT'S A BIT ELECTRO-POPPY,<BR> A BIT =
TECHNO-LITE, A=20
BIT SILLY, A BIT TRASHY, A BIT SWEET. AND<BR> YOU =
WOULDN'T=20
NOTICE IF IT HAD NEVER BEEN MADE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> TRANSLLUSION - L.I.F.E. - REPHLEX - CD=20
(CAT128CD)<BR> STUNNING DREXCIYAN PROJECT WHICH =
FINALLY SEES=20
THE LIGHT OF DAY.<BR> IN MY OPINION, ONE OF THE =
STRONGEST OF=20
THE SEVEN STORMS THAT WERE<BR> RELEASED OVER THE LAST =
YEAR.=20
EIGHT TRACKS OF SUBLIMELY OUT THERE<BR> ELECTRO USING =
ODD=20
SOUNDS, DEEP BEATS, OBSCURE DOWNBEAT MOMENTS,<BR> A =
WONDERFUL=20
SENSE OF MELODY. A BLINDER AND VERY MUCH UP THERE<BR> =
WITH THE=20
OTHER PEOPLE PLACE </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> TRANSLLUSION - THE OPENING OF THE =
CEREBRAL GATE -=20
SUPREMAT - CD (SUPREMAT03 / 01963-2)<BR> WITH TITLES =
SUCH AS=20
'CROSSING INTO THE MENTAL AQUAPLANE' AND 'CEREBRAL<BR> =
CORTEX=20
MALFUNCTION' IT'S SOMEWHAT OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS A=20
DREXCIYAN<BR> SIDE PROJECT. HARDER AND MORE AGGRESIVE =
THAN=20
EITHER DREXCIYA OR<BR> THE OTHER PEOPLE PLACE, THIS IS =
ELECTRO=20
FOR THE HARDCORE CONNOSIEUR.<BR> =
RECOMMENDED!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Restocks (CD): US Techno / Electro</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> JEFF MILLS - MEDIUM - AXIS - CD=20
(AXCD09EF)<BR> THIS IS 9 E & F BUT ON CD, AND =
GIVEN A=20
DIFFERENT TITLE. MUST MAKE<BR> SENSE TO SOMEONE I =
SUPPOSE!=20
DEEP AND SEARCHING DETROIT VIBES WITH<BR> ONE CUT =
GIVING US A=20
HINT OF THE HI TECH JAZZ SOUND ON UR. LOVELY<BR> =
LOVELY STUFF,=20
HAVE A LISTEN......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> RAPTURE, THE - MIRROR - GRAVITY - CD=20
(GRAVITY36CD)<BR> EIGHT TRACK MINI ALBUM FROM THE =
HOTTEST PUNK=20
/ FUNK / NEW WAVE<BR> ACT AROUND. POGO AWAY TO THEIR =
UNIQUE=20
SOUND WHICH REALLY CAPTURES<BR> THAT EIGHTIES VIBE.=20
STRONG.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> RICHIE HAWTIN - CONCEPT 1 - MINUS - CD=20
(MNS4000CD)<BR> FIFTEEN TRACKS THAT (I SUPPOSE) =
REPRESENT THE=20
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE<BR> 12 VINYL PART CONCEPT BOX SET =
FROM=20
RICHIE HAWTIN. THE DEEPEST,<BR> DUBBIEST, MOST =
MINIMAL=20
AND STRIPPED BACK TECHNO THAT WAS WAY AHEAD<BR> OF =
IT'S TIME=20
AND HAS INFLUENCED A HUIGE NUMBER OF SUBSEQUENT=20
ARTISTS.<BR> THINK OF CHAIN REACTION OR BASIC =
CHANNEL AT=20
IT'S BEST. SOMETHING<BR> OF A CLASSIC AND =
HIGHLY=20
RECOMMENDED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>New Releases (CD): House</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> THREE CHAIRS - THREE CHAIRS - THREE =
CHAIRS - 2xCD=20
(3CHR3CD)<BR> WOW - A SHARP INTAKE OF BREATH AT THE =
QUALITY OF=20
THIS DOUBLE CD,<BR> FOLLOWED BY A SHARP INTAKE AT THE =
HUGELY=20
STEEP PRICE. THEO PARISH,<BR> RICK =
WILHITE, KENNY=20
DIXON JR AND MARK PITTMAN (SURELY THAT MAKES<BR> FOUR =
NOW!?)=20
TEAM UP TO PRODUCE THEIR INIMITABLE BLEND OF HOUSE<BR> =
AND=20
JAZZ. DEEP AS DEEP, OOZING WITH SOUL - AND WORTH EVERY=20
PENNY!<BR> HELP FROM NORMA JEAN BELL, AMP =
FIDDLER AND=20
ANDRES, NOT THAT THEY<BR> NEEDED ANY =
HELP.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Restocks (CD): House</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - MY SALSOUL SELECTED & MIXED =
BY DANNY=20
KRIVIT - SALSOUL - CD (SALSACD003)<BR> MR KRIVIT =
SELECTS HIS=20
PERSONEL FAVORITES FROM THE SALSOUL CATALOG<BR> AND =
PROCEEDS=20
TO MIX THEM UP IN A CONTINUOUS BPM FAHION THUS =
MAKING<BR> THE=20
PEOPLE FEEL IT IN THIER BUTTS! FEATURES SUCH CLASSICS AS=20
DANCIN<BR> & PRANCIN, LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER, =
EVERYMAN AND=20
MANY MORE. SUPERB<BR> DISCO HEAVEN.......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>New Releases (CD): Hip Hop</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> MARK B - UNDERWORLD CONNECTION - JAZZ =
FUDGE - CD=20
(JFRCD008)<BR> NINE SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE BEAT TRACKS =
FROM MARK=20
B FROM WAY BACK<BR> IN 1997. ALTHOUGH EVERY =
TRACK HAS=20
SPARSE COMPONENTS, THERE IS<BR> A REALLY BEAUTY TO THE =
SIMPLICITY AND DEMONSTARTES THAT YOU CAN<BR> GET A =
FUNK AND=20
GROOVE FROM VERY LITTLE INDEED. LESS BEING =
MOST<BR> =20
DEFINATELY MORE IN THIS CASE. TOP.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VIKTOR VAUGHN - VENOMOUS VILLIAN - =
INSOMNIAC INC -=20
CD (INS1005CD)<BR> MORE QUALITY OUTPUT FROM MF UNDER =
HIS=20
VIKTOR VAUGHN GUISE. SOME<BR> GREAT GUEST HERE, KOOL =
KEITH,=20
MANCHILD, POISON PEN. ALSO SEES<BR> HIM UNDER HIS DOOM =
GUISE=20
TALKING ABOUT VIKTOR! LOVE IT, HAVE A<BR> =20
LISTEN.......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Restocks (CD): Hip Hop</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> CHARIZMA & PEANUT BUTTER WOLF - BIG =
SHOTS -=20
STONESTHROW - CD (STH2077CD)<BR> PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED =
LP FROM=20
THIS DUO OF THE BOSS OF STONESTHROW,<BR> AND THE =
SADLY=20
DEPARTED MC CHARIZMA. RECORDED BETWEEN 19991 - =
1993<BR> AND=20
SOUNDING FULL OF THE FLAVOUR OF THAT ERA. NICE TO SEE=20
THESE<BR> MUCH TALKED ABOUT CUTS FINALLY GET TO SEE =
THE LIGHT=20
OF DAY. CHECK<BR> IT OUT....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DJ SHADOW & CUT CHEMIST - PRODUCT =
PLACEMENT=20
BREAKS - 129 - CD (PPBKSCD001)<BR> 25 TRACKS IN FULL =
AS FOUND=20
ON THE NOW-CLASSIC PRODUCT PLACEMENT<BR> LP. MILTON =
FLOYD,=20
DENNIS COFFEY, EDDIE SIMPSON, EARNEST JACKSON,<BR> THE =
COMMODORES, THE NEW SEEKERS, IVOR RAYMONDE ORCHESTRA,=20
MILK,<BR> LARRY SANDERS (WHAT, GARRY SHANDLING?), =
BACKYARD=20
HEAVIES ETC ETC....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> INFINITE LIVEZ - BUSH MEAT - BIG DADA - =
CD=20
(BDCD068)<BR> A NEAT SELECTION OF ROUGH AND READY =
TUNES FROM=20
THIS QUIRKY UK<BR> HIP HOP OUTFIT. THE COMEDIC NATURE =
OF THE=20
TRACK TITLES (WORCESTERSHIRE<BR> SAUCE, THE ADVENTURES =
OF=20
LACTATING MAN, WHITE WEE WEE, COCK 'N'<BR> ROLL...) =
SHOULD=20
GIVE YOU A PRETTY GOOD IDEA WHERE THIS IS COMING<BR> =
FROM (NO=20
PUN INTENDED).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> JIGMASTAS - GRASS ROOTS - BEYOND REAL - =
CD (BR=20
012CD)<BR> COMP OF SOME GREAT BEYOND REAL RELEASES =
HERE.=20
FEATURES THE TOP<BR> CUT LYRICAL FLUCTUATION WITH ITS =
MANY=20
GREAT MC'S. MOS DEF, MONCH,<BR> KWELI, COMPLEX AMONG =
OTHERS.=20
COMES HERE IN 2 VERSIONS, ONE THE<BR> SPINNA MIX AND =
THE OTHER=20
THE BEST VERSION FOR MY MONEY, THE ORIGINAL<BR> JOC =
MAX=20
PRODUCED VERSION. ALSO FEATURES THE CUTS THEIFS =
THEME,<BR> =20
KEEP ON ROCKIN, ACROSS THE GLOBE AND MORE. TOP MINI CD=20
THIS...........</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> JOSH MARTINEZ - BUCK UP PRINCESS - =
CAMOBEAR - CD=20
(CAMO003CD)<BR> STRONG LP FROM JOSH HERE. LOTS OF =
MOODY, SAD=20
& MELANCHOLIC BEATS<BR> WITH JOSH SEARCHING HIS =
SOUL AND=20
SPITTING HIS FINDINGS IN FINE<BR> FORM. GREAT COVER TO =
BOOT.=20
RECOMMENDED.......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - ESSENTIAL UNDERGROUND HIP HOP 1 =
-=20
LANDSPEED - CD (LSR9215CD)<BR> BARGAIN! WITH HIP HOP =
ARTISTS=20
OF THE CALIBRE OF N.O.R.E, INFAMOUS<BR> MOBB, NON =
PHIXION, THE=20
BEATNUTS, GROUP HOME, CORMEGA, GURU, MASTA<BR> ACE, =
PHIL DA=20
AGONY AND SO MANY MORE, YOU KNOW THIS IS CLASS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>New Releases (CD): Eclectic Beats</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> NOISE AND PARADOX - TRANSMOGRAPFICATION - =
NINEBAR -=20
CD (NOZACD09)<BR> 9 TRACKS OF BREAK EXPERIMENTS TAKING =
IN=20
DOWNBEAT, DRUM & BASS<BR> AND MORE. IF YOUR INTO =
NINJA=20
TUNE, ULTIMATE DILEMMA ETC THEN I<BR> THINK THIS COULD =
BE FOR=20
YOU. RELEASED IN 1998 AND LONG DELETED.<BR> HAVE A=20
LISTEN.......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - MIXED BUSINESS - FLOATING POINT =
- CD=20
(FPMB01)<BR> TOP SELECTION AND MIX BY AUSSIE DJ SIMON=20
CALDWELL. TRUELY ECLECTIC<BR> MIX OF MUSIC THAT =
COVERS=20
TECHNO, HOUSE, HIP HOP AND ALOT OF THE<BR> SPACE=20
IN-BETWEEN. SOME OF IT IS TOP CLASS - WITH THE LIKES=20
OF<BR> CIM AND AMP FIDDLER, WHILST OTHER BITS ARE =
REALLY QUITE=20
COMMERCIAL.<BR> 19 TRACKS - SOMETHING FOR =
EVERYONE, HAVE=20
A LISTEN!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - JOINT VENTURES - NINEBAR - CD=20
(NOZACD06)<BR> COMPILATION CONSISTING OF MANY =
DIFFERENT BREAK=20
BEAT STYLES. DOWNBEAT,<BR> DRUM & BASS, =
EXPERIMENTAL ETC.=20
ARTISTS FEATURED INCLUDE CUJO (AMON<BR> TOBIN), FUNKY =
PORCINI,=20
RESONATOR, FLAVORNAUGHTS AND MORE - ALL<BR> WORKING IN =
PAIRS -=20
HENCE THE NAME. CAME OUT ON THE NOW DEFUNKT<BR> =
NINEBAR LABEL=20
IN THE LATE NINETIES.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Restocks (CD): Eclectic Beats</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> BLOWPIPE - EPILOUGE - HARMSONIC - CD=20
(HARM305)<BR> ..THE HOLE FULL LENGTH LP IS VERY THIS =
FULL=20
LENGTH CD IS VERY<BR> SPACIOUS IN IT'S CONTENT!!!! =
IMAGINE A=20
WHOLE FILM OF THIS... WOULD<BR> BE PURE BLISS... NOT =
TO BE=20
MISSED...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> CUJO - ADVENTURES IN FOAM - NINEBAR - CD=20
(NOZACD003)<BR> CUJO (AKA AMON TOBIN) DELIVERS MORE =
JAZZ=20
TINGED ELECRONICA / BREAK<BR> BEAT FROM THE NINEBAR=20
STABLE. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> EAST FLATBUSH PROJECT - TRIED BY 12 - =
NINJA TUNE -=20
CD (ZENCDS75)<BR> CLASSIC HIP HOP TUNE GIVEN THE REMIX =
TREATMENT BY SQUAREPUSHER,<BR> AUTECHRE, FUNKSTORUNG, =
THE=20
HREBALISER, KO-WRECK TECHNIQUE, TRAPAZOID<BR> AND NICK =
FURY.=20
STUNNING ORIGINAL, AND SEVEN DIVERSE =
RE-INTERPRETATIONS.<BR> =20
WICKED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> MARASMA - SIGNALS - FREERANGE RECORDS - =
CD=20
(FRCD2)<BR> A VARIED AND GROOVY SELECTION OF DOWNTEMPO =
BEATS=20
AND BREAKS THAT<BR> HERALD FROM 1998. STILL SOUNDS =
FRESH=20
THOUGH, AND IF YOU'RE INTO<BR> PORK (THE LABEL, NOT =
THE MEAT)=20
OR ANYTHING SIMILAR YOU'D DO WELL<BR> TO GIVE THIS A=20
LISTEN.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> RESONATOR - TELHARMONIUM - NINEBAR - CD=20
(NOZACD04)<BR> MINI ALBUM OF, FOR THE MOST PART, =
DOWNBEAT,=20
VERY JAZZY, TRIP HOP<BR> (UGHH! I CANT BELIEVE I JUST =
SAID=20
THAT!) WITH ONE LEFT OF CENTRE<BR> DRUM & BASS =
CUT. VERY=20
MUCH IN THE NINJA TUNE STYLE, HAVE A LISTEN.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SURESHOT - UNDERGROUND SYMPHONY - NINEBAR =
- CD=20
(NOZACD002)<BR> MID-PACE DRUM 'N' BASS LITE FROM =
SURESHOT=20
RELEASED IN 1996, SO<BR> I GUESS WE CAN FORGIVE HIM IF =
THE=20
PRODUCTION SOUNDS A LITTLE DATED<BR> IN 2003. IT'S NOT =
QUITE=20
"OLD SKOOL", THOUGH - JUST A BIT OF A<BR> RELIC FROM A =
BYGONE=20
AGE IF YOU ASK ME. SEE WHAT YOU THINK.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> UP, BUSTLE AND OUT - ONE COLOUR JUST =
REFLECTS=20
ANOTHER - NINJA TUNE - CD (ZENCD19)<BR> A GREAT PIECE =
OF NINJA=20
TUNE. FUNKY LATIN FLAVAS PERVADE ON THIS<BR> SEMI-OLD =
ALBUM=20
FROM THE BUSTLERS. GREAT PRODUCTION AND 'NUFF =
GROOVINES<BR> =20
ARE THE ORDER OF THE DAY. CLASS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - ULTRASOUND - HOSPITAL - CD=20
(NHS4CD)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - 8 TRACK - FUEL - 2xCD=20
(FUEL007CD)<BR> DIRTY, WARPED FUNKY ASSED AND =
GENERALLY=20
BASS-TASTIC COMPILATION<BR> FROM THE FUEL =
STABLE. =20
FEATURES THE TALENTS OF TIPPER, ILS, BARGECHARGE,<BR> =
A=20
RADIOACTIVE MAN MIX, AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS. BREAKBEAT=20
WITH<BR> BOLLOCKS!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>New Releases (CD): Guitar Based</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> BOBBY BROWN - THE ENLIGHTENING BEAM OF =
AXONDA -=20
AKARMA - CD (AK298CD)<BR> NOT THAT ONE, OBVIOUSLY. =
DATING FROM=20
1972, THIS IS AN UNUSUAL<BR> LEFTOVER FROM THE HISTORY =
OF=20
PROG/PSYCH/FOLK - HIS SIX OCTAVE<BR> VOICE BRINGS TO =
MIND TIM=20
BUCKLEY BUT THIS IS A LITTLE MORE EXPERIMENTAL<BR> =
THAN=20
ANYTHING HE EVER CAME UP WITH, I RECKON, DESPITE NOT =
BEING<BR> =20
A MILLION MILES OFF. CERTAINLY THE INSTRUMENTATION AND=20
LYRICAL<BR> DELIVERY IS HIGHLY =
UNUSUAL....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> CLINIC - WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL - DOMINO - =
CD=20
(WIGCD144)<BR> THIS IS NO GREAT RADICAL DEPARTURE IN =
SOUND=20
FROM CLINIC, BUT STILL<BR> HIGHLY ENJOYABLE. THERE'S A =
FEW=20
TRACKS ON HERE THAT ROCK OUT LIKE<BR> THEY NEVER HAVE =
BEFORE,=20
AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF REALLY MOODY, SULTRY,<BR> =
ATMOSPHERIC=20
TUNES. DUST OFF THAT WHITE SURGICAL OUTFIT, IT'S =
TIME<BR> TO=20
PLAY DOCTORS AND NURSES ONCE AGAIN.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> COVE - HI-WATT - JONSON FAMILY - CD=20
(JFR013)<BR> LIGHT YET ENERGETIC MATH ROCK FROM THIS =
(I=20
PRESUME) U.S. BAND<BR> ON THE RESPECTABLE JONSON =
FAMILY LABEL.=20
THINK BILLY MAHONIE WITH<BR> HINTS OF SHELLAC AND =
FUGAZI.=20
THERE'S ONE BAND THIS LOT REALLY<BR> REMIND ME OF, BUT =
I'M=20
BUGGERED IF I CAN REMEMBER WHO THEY ARE.<BR> NOT =
HELPING MUCH,=20
AM I? SORRY.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DAVID KILGOUR - FROZEN ORANGE - MERGE - =
CD=20
(MRG233CD)<BR> I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT DAVID KILGOUR, =
AND IN=20
ALL HONESTY I DON'T<BR> HAVE TIME TODAY TO GIVE THIS A =
PROPER=20
LISTEN, BUT A QUICK SKIM<BR> REVEALS THIS TO BE A =
PRETTY=20
DECENT SOUNDING, GO-BETWEENS-ESQUE<BR> =
SINGER/SONGWRITER=20
AFFAIR. WHEN I GET TIME, I'LL INVESTIGATE THIS<BR> =
PROPERLY -=20
AS SHOULD YOU.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> EUGENE CHADBOURNE / NOAHJOHN - COUNTRY =
PROTEST ANEW=20
- KILLDEER - CD (KILL05)<BR> A CAUSTIC COLLECTION OF=20
CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY PROTEST SONGS (THE<BR> TRACK =
"DON'T BURN=20
THE FLAG, LET'S BURN THE BUSH" SHOULD GIVE YOU<BR> =
SOME IDEA=20
WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM). SPOKEN WORD SAMPLES =
WITHIN<BR> THE=20
SONGS ARE TAKEN FROM RELEVANT FILMS, NEWS MEDIA ETC AND=20
WORK<BR> WELL. INTERESTING, THOUGHT PROVOKING, =
INTELLIGENT,=20
SATIRICAL AND<BR> BEATS BILLY BRAGG ANY =
DAY!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> F*CKING AM, THE - GOLD - DRAG CITY - CD=20
(DC269CD)<BR> MY GOD, THIS IS SO TONGUE IN CHEEK, IT =
GOES=20
BEYOND IRONY AND OUT<BR> THE OTHER SIDE! MEMBERS OF =
THE=20
F*CKING CHAMPS AND TRANS AM TEAM<BR> UP FOR THIS =
AFFECTIONATE,=20
REMARKABLY ACCURATE TRIBUTE TO THEIR<BR> SEVENTIES AND =
EIGHTIES METAL HEROES. PREDOMINANTLY INSTRUMENTAL,<BR> =
AND=20
FULL OF OVER-THE-TOP RIFFS, GUITAR WORK AND WIG-OUTS, =
ONE<BR> =20
KEEPS EXPECTING TOMMY VANCE TO BACK-ANNOUNCE THE TRACKS!=20
THERE'S<BR> EVEN A HINT OF PROG (THINGS DID GO A BIT =
ELP AT=20
ONE STAGE - YOU<BR> HAVE BEEN WARNED), BUT OVERALL =
THIS REALLY=20
DOES METAL UP YER ASS.<BR> MAKES THE DARKNESS LOOK, =
WELL, AS=20
GODAWFUL AS THEY ARE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> FFA COFFI PAWB - AM BYTH - PLACID CASUAL =
- CD=20
(PLC09CD)<BR> THIS IS A COMPILATION OF RECORDINGS =
DATING FROM=20
1986-1992 BY THIS<BR> BAND WHICH FEATURED GRUFF RHYS =
AND=20
DAFYDD IEUAN (THE EVENTUAL<BR> FRONTMAN AND DRUMMER=20
RESPECTIVELY OF SUPER FURRY ANIMALS) AND<BR> RHODRI =
PUW (WHO=20
JOINED GORKY'S). THE BAND RELEASED 3 ALBUMS ON<BR> THE =
LEGENDARY WELSH LABEL ANKST LABEL AS WELL AS RELEASING=20
MANY<BR> OTHER ONE-OFF TRACKS ON COMPILATIONS, FLEXI =
DISCS=20
ETC. ENJOYABLE<BR> STUFF, THE SOUND OF AN AMBITIOUS =
BAND=20
LEARNING THE ROPES AND ESSENTIAL<BR> TO SFA =
FANS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> JARBOE - THIRTEEN MASKS - ATAVISTIC - CD=20
(ALP152CD)<BR> ONE OF A SERIES OF JARBOE (EX-SWANS) =
REISSUES=20
AND COLLECTIONS,<BR> EACH DEFINITIVE REMASTERED =
VERSIONS WITH=20
BONUS TRACKS, PRESENTED<BR> WITH A DELUXE CD BOOKLET.=20
DEFINITELY ONE FOR THE SWANHEADS....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> JOAN OF ARC - JOAN OF ARC, DICK CHENEY, =
MARK TWAIN=20
- POLYVINYL - CD (PRC074)<BR> PROGGY SOUNDS WITH HINTS =
OF JAZZ=20
AND FOLK IN PLACES. SOME VERY<BR> INTRICATE =
ARRANGMENTS MAKE=20
THIS A REALLY INTERESTING LISTEN. NICE<BR> WHITE VINYL =
TO=20
BOOT, HAVE A LISTEN........</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> RADIAN - JUXTAPOSITION - THRILL JOCKEY - =
CD=20
(THRILL147)<BR> A VERY PLEASANTLY MELLOW ELECTRONIC =
KRAUTROCK=20
LP, AS PRODUCED<BR> BY THE HEAD TORTOISE HIMSELF, JOHN =
MCENTIRE. OVERALL, THIS DOES<BR> HAVE THAT CHICAGO =
POST ROCK=20
SOUND GOING ON, BUT MORE WITH A HINT<BR> OF GERMAN =
ELECTRONICA=20
A LA KUCHEN MEETS MAPSTATION, FOR EXAMPLE.<BR> TOP =
QUALITY=20
STUFF.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SHEARWATER - WINGED LIFE - FARGO - CD=20
(FA20482)<BR> TRADITIONAL STYLE SINGER/SONGWRITING =
FROM THIS=20
NEW NAME TO THESE<BR> EARS. REMINDED ME A BIT OF A =
DEPRESSED=20
RAY DAVIES, ACTUALLY. THE<BR> SORT OF THING COMES WITH =
A SMILE=20
USED TO GET INTO A RIGHT LATHER<BR> OVER.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SUFJAN STEVENS - SEVEN SWANS - ROUGH =
TRADE - CD=20
(RTRADCD162)<BR> "SEVEN SWANS" IS THE FIRST NEW ALBUM =
BY=20
SUFJAN STEVENS ON ROUGH<BR> TRADE IN THE UK. ON A PAR =
WITH HIS=20
NOW-CLASSIC "MICHIGAN" ALBUM,<BR> ALBEIT MORE =
UNDERSTATED,=20
THIS IS ANOTHER ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL<BR> COLLECTION OF =
SONGS.=20
AN ABSOLUTE MUST, TO PUT IT EXTREMELY MILDLY.<BR> =20
BREATHTAKING.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SUFJAN STEVENS - GREETINGS FROM MICHIGAN =
- ROUGH=20
TRADE - CD (RTRADCD170)<BR> FINALLY THIS STUNNING =
SEMI-CONCEPT=20
ALBUM GETS A UK LICENSE (FROM<BR> ASTHMATIC KITTY) =
WITH TWO=20
BONUS TRACKS. THIS IS WITHOUT DOUBT<BR> ONE OF THE =
VERY FINEST=20
SINGER-SONGWRITER ALBUMS OF THE LAST FIVE<BR> YEARS - =
ELLIOTT=20
SMITH MEETS TORTOISE MEETS MOJAVE 3 IS PERHAPS<BR> THE =
BEST=20
WAY I CAN FIND TO DESCRIBE IT. NOW WOULD BE A GOOD =
TIME<BR> TO=20
INVESTIGATE THIS CLEARLY TALENTED ARTIST DESTINED FOR =
MUCH<BR> =20
BIGGER THINGS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> THEE SHAMS - PLEASE YOURSELF - FAT POSSUM =
- CD=20
(FP1012)<BR> SLEAZY SOUNDING GARAGE ROCK FROM THIS =
CERTAINLY=20
VERY AMERICAN<BR> SOUNDING OUTFIT. ALL A BIT TOO RETRO =
SOUNDING FOR THESE EARS,<BR> BUT WHITE STRIPES / =
ROLLING=20
STONES / DOORS / NEIL YOUNG FANS MIGHT<BR> WELL=20
ENJOY....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> TRACHTENBURG FAMILY SLIDESHOW PLAYERS - =
VINTAGE=20
SLIDE COLLECTIONS FROM SEATTLE VOL. 1 - BAR NONE - CD=20
(TLONECD1)<BR> WELL, I DON'T THINK I COULD EXPLAIN =
THIS ANY=20
BETTER THAN THE LINER<BR> NOTES: "THE T.F.S.P. ARE AN=20
INDIE-VAUDEVILLE CONCEPTUAL ART-ROCK<BR> POP BAND. WE =
TAKE=20
VINTAGE SLIDE COLLECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND<BR> AT =
ESTATE=20
SALES, GARAGE SALES, THRIFT STORES ETC AND TURN =
THE<BR> LIVES=20
OF ANONYMOUS STRANGERS INTO POP-ROCK MUSICAL EXPOSES =
BASED<BR> =20
ON THE CONTENTS OF THESE SLIDE COLLECTIONS". YES, THIS=20
REALLY<BR> IS AS STRANGE AS IT SOUNDS, BUT CURIOUSLY=20
ADDICTIVE, REMINDING<BR> ME OF THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS AT =
THEIR=20
MOST DERANGED. HAS TO BE HEARD<BR> TO BE BELIEVED,=20
ALMOST.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> WORKSHOP - YOG SOTHOTH - SONIG - CD=20
(SONIG37CD)<BR> A BIZARRE RELEASE, EVEN BY SONIG'S =
STANDARDS,=20
ALTHOUGH PARADOXICALLY<BR> ONE OF THE MORE ENJOYABLE =
AND=20
APPROACHABLE OF RECENT. 30TH CENTURY<BR> POP SONGS =
SUNG AND=20
PLAYED WITH TREATED / VOCODERED VOCALS, FUZZY<BR> =
GUITARS,=20
DISTORTED BEATS, CUT-UP ELECTRONICS, LO-FI SYNTHS.=20
EXPERIMENTAL<BR> POP MUSIC FROM A PARALLEL, SLIGHTLY =
MORE=20
WARPED UNIVERSE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Restocks (CD): Guitar Based</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> BIG TWO HUNDRED - YOUR PERSONAL FILTH - =
DC - CD=20
(DC043CD)<BR> PUNK FUNK, DIRTY HOUSE, NEW WAVE FUN =
FROM THE=20
BOYS BEHIND CHICKEN<BR> LIPS. DUBBY INFLUENCES, LIVE=20
INSTRUMENTS AND MORE MAKE THIS AN<BR> ESSENTIAL FOR =
FANS OF=20
THE RAPTURE AND LCD SOUNDSYSTEM.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DEVENDRA BANHART - THE BLACK BABIES (UK) =
- YOUNG=20
GOD RECORDS - CD (YG23)<BR> LOVELY LO-FI =
SINGER/SONGWRITER=20
MATERIAL RECORD IN THE RAW. JUST<BR> VOCALS AND SOME =
GORGEOUS=20
ACOUSTIC GUITAR PICKINGS. WOULD HAVE<BR> GONE DOWN A =
STORM=20
WITH JOHN PEEL ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. HEART WARMING<BR> =
STUFF,=20
HAVE A LISTEN...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> FARTEIN VALEN - THE ETERNAL - RUNE =
GRAMMOFON - CD=20
(RCD2013)<BR> IT'S INTERESTING TO READ THE LINER NOTES =
ABOUT=20
THIS CD AND FIND<BR> THAT COMPOSER FARTEIN VALEN WAS =
CHASED=20
ABOUT AND VILIFIED BY CRITICS<BR> FOR BEING TOO =
DISSONANT AND=20
ATONAL. THAT SEEMS LUDICROUS TO ME.<BR> WHILST =
LISTENING TO=20
THIS ENCHANTING SELECTION OF PIECES PLAYED<BR> BY =
VARIOUS=20
PEOPLE INCLUDING THE OSLO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. =
YES,<BR> =20
IT'S DARK AT TIMES, BUT IT HAS A GENUINELY EPIC, FILMSCORE=20
QUALITY<BR> THAT MODERN CLASSICAL FANS SHOULD =
ABSOLUTELY=20
ADORE. I'M NOT AN<BR> AFFICIANADO OF MODERN CLASSICAL =
MUSIC AT=20
ALL AND I FOUND THIS<BR> TO BE A STAGGERINGLY =
BEAUTIFUL PIECE=20
OF WORK. SUPERB.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> FRIDGE - SEVENS AND TWELVES - OUTPUT - =
2xCD=20
(OPRCD19)<BR> MEGA COLLECTION OF PREVIOUSLY VINYL ONLY =
RELEASES BY FRIDGE. WONDERFULLY<BR> ECLECTIC GUITAR =
SOUNDS=20
WITH A HINT OF CHICAGO STYLES PLUS SOME<BR> ELECTRONIC =
OVERTONES. SUPER DELUXE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> JAMES ORR COMPLEX - CHORI'S BUNDLE - ROCK =
ACTION -=20
CD (ROCKACT15CD)<BR> THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY SUPER ALBUM =
THAT=20
SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED.<BR> ANYONE INTO INSTRUMENTAL, =
LO-FI=20
FOLKY MUSIC SHOULD CHECK OUT THIS<BR> SHIMMERING =
EXAMPLE OF=20
HOW ATMOSPHERIC, MELANCHOLY AND BEAUTIFUL<BR> GUITARS =
CAN BE.=20
LUSH, BUT SIMPLE INSTRUMENTATION AND THE =
OCCASIONAL<BR> SAM=20
PREKOP-ISH VOCAL ARE LOVINGLY CAPTURED ON THIS =
DELIGHTFUL<BR> =20
SLICE OF WAX (OR PLASTIC IF YOU'RE BUYING THE CD!). A=20
LOVELY,<BR> LOVELY PIECE OF WORK.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> MISSION OF BURMA - ONOFFON - MATADOR - CD =
(OLE6132)<BR> THE FIRST NEW RECORDINGS FROM U.S. =
AVANT-ROCK=20
PIONEERS MISSION<BR> OF BURMA IN 22 YEARS. RECORDED =
AND MIXED=20
BY SHELLAC'S BOB WESTON,<BR> AND FEATURING TANYA =
DONNELLY ON=20
BACKING VOCALS, FILE UNDER MELODIC<BR> HARDCORE =
ART-PUNK-POP=20
NEXT TO GUIDED BY VOICES, WIRE, SHUDDER<BR> TO THINK=20
ETC.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> NILS OKLAND - STRAUM - RUNE GRAMMOFON - =
CD=20
(RCD2015)<BR> TRULY A MAGICAL COMBINATION OF CLASSICAL =
SOUNDING STRINGS AND<BR> FOLK BASED MELODIC ASPECTS. =
EACH=20
TRACK HAS IT'S OWN FEEL WITH<BR> AN OVERRIDING SOUND =
OF=20
MEDIEVAL MUSIC THAT CUTS THROUGH. CONJURING<BR> UP =
IMAGES OF=20
MISTY WOODS AND MOUNTAIN RANGES WITH ACRES OF =
MAGIC<BR> AND=20
MYSTERY, THIS IS A WONDERFULLY EVOCATIVE CD THAT COMES=20
HIGHLY<BR> RECOMMENDED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> NOUVELLE VAGUE - NOUVELLE VAGUE - =
PEACEFROG - CD=20
(PFG051CD)<BR> NOTHING IS MORE LIKELY TO DIVIDE =
PEACEFROG FANS=20
THAN THIS RELEASE<BR> OF NEW WAVE/PUNK CLASSICS =
COVERED LATIN=20
AMERICAN/BOSSA NOVA STYLE<BR> (WITH BREATHY FEMALE =
VOCALS),=20
ALTHOUGH ONE HAS TO ADMIT WE'VE<BR> HAD QUITE A FEW =
ENQUIRIES=20
AS TO WHEN THIS LP WILL BE AVAILABLE.<BR> ALL FOUR =
TRACKS FROM=20
THE RECENT 10"S PLUS THE LIKES OF "THIS IS<BR> NOT A =
LOVE=20
SONG", "TOO DRUNK TO F*CK", "MAKING PLANS FOR =
NIGEL",<BR> "A=20
FOREST", "TEENAGE KICKS" ETC. YOU'LL EITHER LOVE IT OR=20
HATE<BR> IT!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> PAPA M - SINGS - ROCK ACTION - CD=20
(ROCKACTCD7)<BR> THIS 6-TRACK MINI-ALBUM GETS A =
REPRESS ON=20
ROCK ACTION (MOGWAI'S<BR> LABEL). FOLKY, COUNTRY =
SOUNDS WITH=20
PAPA M'S VOICE CUTTING THROUGH<BR> BEAUTIFULLY AND HIS =
TONGUE=20
FIRMLY PLACED IN HIS CHEEK. QUALITY.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> RICK RIZZO & TARA KEY - DARK EDSON =
TIGER -=20
THRILL JOCKEY - CD (THRILL 072CD)<BR> MORE =
CHICAGO =20
COLLABORATIONS THAT DEFY CATEGORISATION AS A SIDE<BR> =
PROJECT=20
- CINEMATIC POST-ROCK WITH A KEEN ATTENTION TO =
MELODY<BR> AND=20
STRUCTURE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SIGUR ROS - () - FATCAT - CD=20
(FATCD22)<BR> MUCH ANTICIPATED FOURTH ALBUM FROM SIGUR =
ROS=20
(THO' YOU COULD COUNT<BR> IT AS THEIR SECOND IN THEIR =
PRESENT=20
GUISE). THE VASTNESS REMAINS,<BR> THE MELANCHOLY =
REMAINS, THE EMOTION IS HEAPED ON IN DOUBLE =
HELPINGS<BR> - THE=20
MAIN DIFFERENCE IS THAT THINGS SEEM TO BE MORE =
REFLECTIVE,<BR> =20
A BIT LESS FRENETIC, A BIT MORE CONSIDERED, AND ALTHOUGH=20
THERE<BR> ARE TIMES WHEN THE NOISY ELEMENT RETURNS, =
THE=20
OVERALL FEELING<BR> IS THAT THE ALBUM IS A BIT MORE =
PIANO AND=20
A BIT LESS FORTE. STUNNING<BR> PIECE OF WORK =
FROM THIS=20
HIGHLY ACCLAIMED ICELANDIC QUARTET. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - NEW YORK NOISE - SOUL JAZZ - CD =
(SJRCD77)<BR> A RAUNCHY OLD COMPILATION FROM THE SOUL =
JAZZ=20
CREW THAT CONCENTRATES<BR> ON THE NEW YORK UNDERGROUND =
DNACE=20
MUSIC SCENE FROM 1978 TO 1982.<BR> INCLUDES LIQUID =
LIQUID,=20
ESG, DINOSAUR L, GLENN BRANCA, THEORETICAL<BR> GIRLS,=20
RAMMELZEE VS K.ROB, DNA AND LOADS MORE. PUNK / DISCO=20
/<BR> FUNK SOUNDS TO MAKE YOU GROOVE. =
FRESH.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VETIVER - VETIVER - DICRISTINA - CD=20
(STEP02)<BR> FEATURING AN ALL STAR CAST OF MUSICIANS =
INCLUDING=20
DEVENDRA BANHART,<BR> MY BLOODY VALENTINE'S COLM =
O'CIOSOIG AND=20
HOPE SANDOVAL THIS IS<BR> A FABULOUS ALBUM RECORDED IN =
THE BAY=20
AREA THAT USES TRADITIONAL<BR> AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC AS =
ITS=20
INSPIRATION. WONDERFULLY MELANCHOLIC<BR> AND COUNTRY =
SOUNDING,=20
THIS IS A RARE TREAT INDEED. RECOMMENDED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VIA TANIA - UNDER A DIFFERENT SKY - =
CHOCOLATE=20
INDUSTRIES - CD (CHLT038CD)<BR> A REALLY MIX OF STYLES =
AND=20
INFLUENCES HERE RANGING FROM FOLK,<BR> HIP HOP, POP, =
AND=20
BEYOND. FEATURING THE TALENTS OFF SCOTT HERON<BR> =
(TORTOISE)=20
& PREFUSE 73 (THAT EXPLAINS THE HIP HOP =
INFLUENCES!)<BR> =20
THIS SHOULD APPEAL TO MANY. VOCALLY IT REMINDS ME OF BJORK &=20
KERIS<BR> MATTHEWS!! VERY INTERESTING AND BEAUTIFUL =
LP, HAVE A=20
LISTEN........</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>New Releases (CD): Funk / Jazz / =
Soul</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> MANZEL BUSH - MIDNIGHT THEME - DOPE WAX - =
CD=20
(DB7005JPCD)<BR> 2 CD'S HERE, ONE HAS A MIX BY MURO, =
THE OTHER=20
FEATURES ALL THE<BR> RE-EDITED VERSIONS OF THE MANZEL =
CUTS=20
THAT KENNY DOPE HAS PUT<BR> OUT ON DOPEWAX. A JAPAN =
ONLY CD=20
THIS, SO ANP IT UP A BIT LIVELY<BR> =
LIKE!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> YOUNG-HOLT UNLIMITED - BORN AGAIN / =
MELLOW DREAMIN'=20
- WATER - 2xCD (WATER135)<BR> FIRST TIME ON CD FOR TWO =
CLASSIC=20
SOUL-JAZZ ALBUMS ORIGINALLY RELEASED<BR> IN 1970-71 ON =
COTILLION/ATLANTIC. YOUNG-HOLT UNLIMITED HAVE BEEN<BR> =
SAMPLED=20
BY MANY HIP HOP ARTISTS AND TURNTABLISTS FROM DE LA =
SOUL<BR> =20
AND THE BEASTIE BOYS TO DJ SHADOW AND PRIMAL SCREAM. "QUEEN=20
OF<BR> THE NILE" HAS THE BASS LINE USED BY ERIC B =
&=20
RAKIM'S "DON'T SWEAT<BR> THE TECHNIQUE", WHILE "THE =
CREEPER"=20
WAS SAMPLED BY DJ SHADOW.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Restocks (CD): Funk / Jazz / Soul</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DJ LANGUAGE - LANGUAGE LAB - N/A - CD=20
(DJLL1CD)<BR> GREAT CD OF 31 FUNK/SOUL/JAZZ/ROCK CUTS =
SEGUED=20
TOGETHER MAKING<BR> IT PERFECT TO LEAVE ON AND ENJOY =
YOUR DAY=20
TO. SOME VERY OBSCURE<BR> CUTS HERE SOME BEING =
VERSIONS OF=20
WELL KNOWN TRACKS BY LESSER KNOWN<BR> ARTISTS. NOW =
INFO AS TO=20
THE ARTISTS BUT THE TITLES ARE ALL HERE.<BR> HAVE A=20
LISTEN.......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> HOWARD RILEY - FLIGHT - FMR - CD=20
(FMRCD26)<BR> WONDERFUL FREE JAZZ EXPERIMENTS FROM =
THIS HIGHLY=20
INVENTIVE TRIO<BR> OF PLAYERS. BARRY GUY ON BASS & =
TONY=20
OXLEY ON DRUMS & PERCUSSION<BR> BRING US SOME =
GREAT=20
MOMENTS. HAVE A LISTEN...........</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - BRITISH HUSTLE - SOUL JAZZ - CD =
(SJRCD82)<BR> A MOST EXCELLENT SELECTION OF SMOOTH, =
SOULFUL=20
BRITISH FUNK AND<BR> SOUL FROM THE LATE SEVENTIES AND =
EARLY=20
EIGHTIES. INCLUDES CUTS<BR> FROM IMAGINATION, =
KANDIDATE, LIGHT=20
OF THE WORLD, FBI, FREEZ, HEATWAVE,<BR> HI-TENSION AND =
MORE.=20
TOP GEAR FROM THIS RELIABLE IMPRINT.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>New Releases (CD): Reggae / Dub</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> ROOTSMAN - INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE OF DUB =
- THIRD=20
EYE - CD (TEMCD004)<BR> MY HOW THE ROOTSMAN HAS =
CHANGED! =20
THIS CAME OUT IN 1995 ON HIS<BR> OWN "THIRD EYE" LABEL =
AND IS=20
AN ALBUM OF PUREST DIGI-DUB. HEAVY<BR> BASS AND =
SOLID=20
BEATS FROM THE ROOTSMAN GIVEN THE REXIX TREATMENT<BR> =
ON EACH=20
TRACK - REMIXERS INCLUDE GLAMOUROUS HOOLIGAN, THE=20
DISCIPLES,<BR> BLACK STAR LINER AND MANY OTHERS. =
FROM=20
DUB TO STEPPERS TO ALMOST<BR> DRUM AND BASS. =20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> TAPPER ZUKIE - PROUD TO BE BLACK - TROJAN =
- CD=20
(TJCCD198)<BR> A WELCOME COLLECTION OF TAPPER ZUKIE=20
PRODUCTIONS DATING FROM 1976<BR> RIGHT UP TO 1988. TOP =
QUALITY=20
ROOTS & CULTURE FEATURING HORACE<BR> ANDY, ALTON =
ELLIS,=20
CORNELL CAMPBELL, MIGHTY DIAMONDS, DENNIS BROWN<BR> =
AND PLENTY=20
OTHERS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - JAMAICA BOX SET - TROJAN - 3xCD =
(TJETD199)<BR> TRIPLE-CD BOX SET AT A BARGAIN PRICE, =
WITH JUST=20
ABOUT EVERY TRACK<BR> CONTAINING EITHER "KINGSTON" OR=20
"JAMAICA" IN THE TITLE! JIMMY<BR> CLIFF, TOMMY MCCOOK, =
LLOYD=20
CHARMERS, MAX ROMEO, TOOTS & THE MAYTALS,<BR> THE=20
UPSETTERS, HORACE ANDY, JOHN HOLT, SLY & THE=20
REVOLUTIONARIES<BR> AND COUNTLESS LOADS OF OTHERS ALL=20
FEATURE....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Restocks (CD): Reggae / Dub</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> ROOTSMAN - 52 DAYS TO TIMBUKTU - THIRD =
EYE - CD=20
(TEMCD008)<BR> NU-SKOOL DIGI DUB SOUNDS HERE ON AN =
EARLY=20
OUTING FROM THE ROOTSMAN<BR> WHO'S OUTPUT NOW WITH BUG =
IS OF A=20
DIFFERENT SOUND. CHECK OUT WHERE<BR> HE WAS GOING ON =
THIS=20
RELEASE FROM THE MID 90'S.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SUGAR MINOTT - KING SON - SMUGG RECORDS - =
CD=20
(GUMSCDXX010)<BR> 22 ROOTSY CUTS FROM MR MINOTT. THIS =
CD=20
REPRESENTS THE WHOLE OF<BR> HIS CAREER, WITH EARLY =
CUTS FROM=20
HIS DAYS WITH THE AFRICAN BROTHERS,<BR> THROUGH TO HIS =
TIME AT=20
UPTEMPO WITH STEPHEN KING. CHECK IT OUT.......</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>New Releases (CD): Experimental</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> MERZBOW / KIM CASCONE - RONDO / 7PHASES / =
BLOWBACK=20
- SUB ROSA - CD (SR213)<BR> THREE TYPICALLY INTENSE=20
SOUNDSCAPES FROM MESSRS AKITA AND CASCONE.<BR> NOT =
NECESSARILY=20
AS ABRASIVE / SHEER WHITE NOISE AS YOU MIGHT =
EXPECT,<BR> BUT=20
BY NO MEANS AN EASY LISTEN....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Restocks (CD): Experimental</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> 9! - NONE (-T) - MATCHLESS - CD=20
(MRCD54)<BR> A VAST RANGE OF MUSICIANS ON THIS CD ALL =
UNDER=20
THE GUIDING HAND<BR> OF LABEL OWNER EDDIE PREVOST. YOU =
GET TEN=20
TRACKS OF OBSCURE, ALMOST<BR> JAZZ BASED EXPERIMENTAL =
MUSIC=20
THAT, AS ALWAYS, TRANCENDS THE BOUNDARIES<BR> OF =
VARIOUS=20
MUSICAL STYLES. HEAVY GOING AT TIMES, BUT FLOWING =
AND<BR> FREE=20
AT OTHERS, THIS IS A LOVELY PIECE OF WORK.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> ARNE NORDHEIM - DODEKA - RUNE GRAMMOFON - =
CD=20
(RCD2030)<BR> THIS IS A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF TRACKS =
BY ARNE=20
NORDHEIM - ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC<BR> MASTER THAT HE IS. =
ELEVEN=20
TRACKS OF DISTINCTIVE, ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDSCAPES<BR> =
WITH A=20
TWELFTH PIECE SUMMARISING THE OTHER ELEVEN. SPOOKY,=20
ETHEREAL<BR> SOUND PRODUCTION OF THE HIGHEST CALIBRE.=20
SUPERB.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> ARNE NORDHEIM / BIOSPHERE / DEATHPROD - =
ELECTRIC /=20
NORDHEIM TRANSFORMED - RUNE GRAMMOFON - 2xCD =
(RCD2006)<BR> =20
NICE DOUBLE CD PACKAGE OF THESE CD'S THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY=20
AVAILABLE<BR> SEPERATELY. ARNE NORDHEIMS ORIGINAL =
PIECES ARE=20
TRULY UNSETTLING<BR> ELECTRO ACOUSTIC PIECES WITH A =
MAGICAL=20
AIR OF UNREALITY TO THEM.<BR> BIOSPHERE AND DEATHPROD =
HAVE=20
MANIPULATED AND RESCULPTED SOME OF<BR> ARNE'S PIECES=20
INTO BLEAK, DRONE BASED SELECTION OF =
MASSIVELY<BR> =20
ATMOSPHERIC VERSIONS. BRILLIANT AND WELL WORTH CHECKING =
OUT.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> CONDITIONS - A BRIGHT NOWHERE - MATCHLESS =
- CD=20
(MRCD55)<BR> UNDER THE GUIDING HAND OF EDDIE PREVOST,=20
MATCHLESS DELIVER A SUPERB<BR> CD OF AVANT JAZZ =
SOUNDS.=20
KICKING OFF WITH SLEAZY MUTE TRUMPETS<BR> AND A =
LOW-KEY FEEL,=20
THE PROCEEDINGS SOON TURN INTO A MORE FRANTIC,<BR> =
FLOWING=20
FREE STYLE. SUPERB WORK AS EVER.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> DEATHPROD - 4 CD BOX - RUNE GRAMMOFON - =
4xCD=20
(RCD2036)<BR> A COMPREHENSIVE BOX SET OF FOUR =
DEATHPROD PIECES=20
THAT COME TOGETHER<BR> BEAUTIFULLY AS A MINIMALLY =
PACKAGED=20
COLLECTORS SET. YOU GET 'MORALS<BR> AND DOGMA', =
IMAGINARY=20
SONGS OF TRISTAN DA CUHNA', 'TREETOP DRIVE'<BR> AND =
'REFERENCE=20
FREQUENCIES' AND EACH CD HAS SUBTLY DIFFERENT =
FEEL.<BR> FROM=20
THE SERIOUSLY ATMOSPHERIC DRONE BASED SOUNDS OF=20
'MORALS...'<BR> AND 'REFERENCE...' TO THE ABSTRACT, =
ELECTRO=20
ACOUSTIC MEANDERINGS<BR> OF 'IMAGINARY SONGS...'. =
THERE'S=20
SOMETHING TO APPEAL TO FANS OF<BR> ALL EXPERIMENTAL=20
ELECTRONICA HERE AND I WOULD THOROUGHLY RECOMMEND<BR> =
IT.=20
LOVELY.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> HEIMIR BJORGULFSSON & JONAS OHLSSON - =
UNSPOKEN=20
WORD TOUR - BROMBRON - CD (BROMBRON04CD)<BR> FOURTH =
RELEASE=20
FROM THIS STAALPLAAT AND EXTRAPOOL COLLABORATIVE<BR> =
LABEL.=20
TWENTY THREE TRACKS RECORDED IN HOLLAND AND CLEARLY=20
INSPIRED<BR> BY A DISPARATE BUNCH OF INFLUENCES. SOME =
OF THE=20
TRACKS ARE PURE<BR> SILLINESS, BUT DONE IN A =
MANIPULATED,=20
PROCESSED, YET COHERENT<BR> KIND OF WAY. IF THOSE =
TRACKS=20
AREN'T TO YOUR TASTE THERE'S A WHOLE<BR> LOAD OF OTHER =
MORE=20
SERIOUS SOUNDS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL VARIETY.<BR> =
CRUNCHY BEATS,=20
A-TONAL SOUNDS, SQUEAKS, BLEEPS AND WHAT SOUNDS<BR> =
LIKE=20
SOMEONE WITH A NASTY ATTACK OF WIND ALL COLLIDE TO =
CREATE<BR> =20
AN INTERESTING COLLAGE OF STYLES.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> LUIGI ARCHETTI / BO WIGET - LOW TIDE =
DETAILS - RUNE=20
GRAMMOFON - CD (RCD2019)<BR> IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT =
WITH THIS=20
KIND OF MUSIC AS ONE MANS EXPERIMENTAL<BR> IS ANOTHER =
MANS=20
MAINSTREAM. BUT AFTER CONSIDERABLE THOUGHT ON<BR> THE =
SUBJECT,=20
I'VE DECIDED TO PUT THIS IN THE EXPERIMENTAL =
CATEGORY<BR> AS=20
IT COVERS SO MANY BASES ON ONE CD. FROM DEEP, DRIFTING=20
TEXTURAL<BR> WORK TO A STRANGELY UPBEAT GUITAR SOUND =
VIA=20
MELODIC ELECTRONICS.<BR> DIFIICULT TO DESCRIBE BUT =
VERY=20
PLEASNAT ON THE EARS IN NEARLY<BR> EVERY RESPECT. =
LISTEN AND=20
ENJOY!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> MAJA RATKJE - VOICE - RUNE GRAMMOFON - CD =
(RCD2028)<BR> I'M ASHAMED TO ADMIT THAT THIS IS THE =
FIRST=20
MATERIAL I'VE HEARD<BR> BY THE MUCH TALKED ABOUT MS =
RATKJE. SO=20
IT PLEASES ME TO REPORT<BR> THAT THIS IS A UNIQUELY =
INTRIGUING=20
PIECE OF WORK ENTIRELY BASED<BR> ON SAMPLED AND =
MANIPULATED=20
SNIPPETS OF HER OWN VOICE. AS ALWAYS,<BR> IT'S =
DIFFICULT TO=20
ACTUALLY SAY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AS IT'S OPEN<BR> TO =
LOTS OF=20
INTERPRETATION, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE =
MOMENTS<BR> OF=20
CLARITY AND PURITY OF VOICE THAT ARE CAPTURED HERE ARE=20
SIMPLY<BR> MAGICAL. COMBINE THIS WITH THE SLIGHTLY =
MENTAL=20
CHIPMUNK STYLE<BR> MOMENTS OF SPEEDED UP, FRANTIC =
VOICES AND=20
YOU HAVE A GENUINELY<BR> EXCELLENT ALBUM. HIGHLY =
RECOMMENDED.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> MIKA VAINIO - IN THE LAND OF THE BLIND =
ONE-EYED IS=20
KING - TOUCH - CD (TO:54)<BR> GREAT NEW WORK FROM =
PANASONIC'S=20
MIKA VAINIO, ONCE AGAIN SHOWING<BR> HIS VERSATILITY =
AND TALENT=20
WHEN IT COMES TO DEEPLY ABSTRACT EXPERIMENTAL<BR> =
ELECTRONICS.=20
COHESIVE TRACKS THAT USE VARIOUS SOURCES FOR THE<BR> =
SOUNDS=20
AND SOMEHOW MANAGE TO MAKE THEM SOUND AT ONCE DARK, =
YET<BR> =20
STRANGELY MELODIC. A BIZARRE SELECTION THAT BECOMES MORE AND=20
MORE<BR> INTRIGUING THE MORE YOU LISTEN.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> SUPERSILENT - 1 - 3 - RUNE GRAMMOFON - =
3xCD=20
(RCD2001)<BR> GREAT COMPENDIUM OF THE FIRST THREE =
SUPERSILENT=20
PIECES HERE ON<BR> THIS TRIPLE CD PACK FROM THE =
EXCELLENT RUNE=20
GRAMMOFON LABEL. DARK,<BR> DEEP, TEXTURAL PIECES THAT =
HAVE=20
VARIED ARRANGEMENTS AND WONDERFUL<BR> SOUND =
MANIPULATION TO=20
KEEP YOU LISTENING RIGHT TO THE LAST. EXPERIMENTAL<BR> =
ELECTRONICA PAR EXCELLENCE.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> THE USER - SYMPHONY #2 FOR DOT MATRIX =
PRINTERS -=20
STAALPLAAT - CD (STCD159)<BR> LIMITED EDITION "5.25 =
INCH=20
FLOPPY DISC PACKAGING" VERSION OF THIS<BR> NOW =
LEGENDARY ALBUM=20
(AT LEAST AS FAR AS THIS SHOP IS CONCERNED!).<BR> =
SOMEONE WITH=20
ARGUABLY FAR TOO MUCH TIME ON HIS HANDS (AND YOU<BR> =
CAN BET=20
IT IS A HE) HAS RECORDED THE SOUND OF 14 OLD DOT =
MATRICES<BR> =20
PRINTING SPECIFIC STRINGS OF CHARACTERS IN ORDER TO PRODUCE=20
A<BR> PARTICULAR SOUND. NO SAMPLERS OR OTHER SOUND =
SOURCES=20
HAVE BEEN<BR> USED, WITH ONLY THE MINIMUM OF =
ELECTRONIC=20
PROCESSING. EPSON AND<BR> BROTHER WILL BE SPLITTING =
THE=20
ROYALTIES BETWEEN THEM, APPARENTLY.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> TORE ELGAROY - THE SOUND OF THE SUN - =
RUNE=20
GRAMMOFON - CD (RCD2017)<BR> A PECULIAR COLLECTION OF =
TRACKS=20
MAKE UP THIS ALBUM FROM TORE ELGAROY.<BR> FROM THE =
DEEPLY=20
EXPERIMENTAL SIDE OF ELECTRONICS TO SOME =
GORGEOUSLY<BR> =20
MELODIC SLICES OF CLASSIC SOUNDING ELECTRONICA VIA=20
SCREECHING<BR> NOISE BASED GUITAR. THAT'S WHY I LIKE =
IT I=20
GUESS. IT'S REALLY<BR> SOMETHING OF A ROLLERCOASTER =
RIDE OF=20
SOUND AND EMOTION. SUPERB.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial> VARIOUS - RINGTONES - TOUCH - CD=20
(TONE14)<BR> TOO MANY PEOPLE TO MENTION ON THIS =
EPICALLY GOOD=20
CD. A SELECTION<BR> OF RINGTONES TO DOWNLOAD TO YOUR =
PHONE.=20
FROM STRAIGHT SOUNDFILES<BR> TO SPOKEN WORD THINGS TO =
SOME=20
HARSH ABRASIVE SOUNDS. SOMETHING<BR> A BIT DIFFERENT =
TO HAVING=20
THE LATEST CHART HIT ON YOUR PHONE.<BR> TOUCH, I =
APPLAUD=20
YOU!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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