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July 23 - 29, 2002
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Akufen: click here to read full review of this record

CD / Akufen / My Way / Force Inc

Amazing, cut-up collage thing, using various one second samples coupled with a strong beat and (occasionally) nice, melodic riffs to carry the pieces.
[read more] ---Brian Cleary

Better Than The Beatles: click here to read full review of this record

CD / various / Better Than The Beatles! / Knight Records

This is much more than just a novelty album, i think it really captures a bit of what it must have felt like to be in the midst of the BEATLE frenzy of 1964
[read more] ---Pip

Queen tribute: click here to read full review of this record

CD / various / Dynamite With A Laserbeam - Queen as heard through the meat grinder of Three One G / Three.One.G

All in all an enjoyable tribute album; one guaranteed to really piss off any hard core Queen fanatics.
[read more] ---Peter Ledebur

Sasha Funke: click here to read full review of this record

12" / Sascha Funke / "When Will I Be Famous" b-w "Be Tender" & "Surrender" / Bpitch Control

"When Will I Be Famous," his fourth release on Bpitch, is his anthem. The two instrumental b-sides are a mix of minimal electro/house/techno.
[read more] ---Teresa Concepcion

Gore Gore Girls: click here to read full review of this record

CD / Gore Gore Girls / Up All Night / Get Hip Recordings

although UP ALL NIGHT is a fun album, it sounds surprisingly lackluster compared to last year's effort (STRANGE GIRLS).
[read more] ---Pip

Paul Kalkbrenner: click here to read full review of this record

12" / Paul Kalkbrenner / Brennt / Bpitch Control

Every track has a trancey tech-house minimal feel to it.
[read more] ---Patrick Rands

Messer Chups: click here to read full review of this record

CD / Messer Chups / Black Black Magic / Solnze Records

Images that define Messer Chups: bright colors, zipper suited aliens and cheap flying saucers, racy woman in tiny costumes.
[read more] ---Carl Thien

The Modern World: click here to read full review of this record

2xCD / various / The Modern World - Sounds of a Beat Generation / Boss Sounds (Cherry Red)

Contemporary pop bands using the 60s (mostly mod, perhaps some garage) as their starting point through a 21st century filter.
[read more] ---Tina Glyptis

Quarks: click here to read full review of this record

12" / Quarks / Rehmixe / Monika Enterprise

Mixes by Schneider TM, Submission, Gonzales, Turner & James Hodge
[read more] ---Patrick Rands