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