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CD5 / Louie
Austen / Hoping / Kitty Yo/Cheap
48 minutes comprising 7 versions of the song Hoping. Louie Austen has
taken the same idea Tosca did on two of their CDs, but has managed to
keep the price down to that of a CD single. Nice work!
[read more] ---Carl
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CD / Borneo
& Sporenburg / Remember Today / Italic
More rooted in a rock styled verse-chorus-verse structure than music
I would call tech-house, plus the vibe is more relaxed and introspective.
It is music for urban loners living in a dance culture.
[read more] ---Carl
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CD / The
Bran Flakes / Bounces / Happi Tyme Records
The Bran Flakes are Otis Fodder and Mildred Pitt, from Seattle WA. They
use samples from old records to put together collages which work as unified
pieces independent of their sources.
[read more] ---Carl
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12" /
Chicks On Speed / Fashoin Rules / Chicks On Speed Records
The best fashion song since David Bowie's 1980 song Fashion. Fashion
Rules! is both a celebration and indictment of the fashion industry.
[read more] ---Carl
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3" CD
/ Errase Errata/Numbers / Tigerbeat 6
Two songs each by two different bands on a three inch compact disc. Numbers
is all guys, Erase Errata all women. A neo-No Wave CD.
[read more] ---Peter Ledebur
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2xCD / The
Fall / Totally Wired - the Rough Trade Anthology / Castle Music
2 cd set of prime era Fall. The Fall recorded for Rough Trade at just
the right time: the lineup had been firmed up with a relatively steady
lineup, and Mark E. Smith was in his prime ranting best.
[read more] ---Patrick Rands
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CD / The Jesus
And Mary Chain / The Complete John Peel Sessions / Strange Fruit
Collecting the series of six Peel Sessions the Jesus & Mary Chain
recorded between 1984 to 1989, this cd is a prime slice of what made the
Chain so great in their heyday while also opening up a side of the band
seldom seen.
[read more] ---Patrick Rands
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CD / Gary Numan
Tubeway Army / The Peel Sessions / Strange Fruit
Collecting the two John Peel Sessions recorded by Gary Numan as Tubeway
Army - both recorded in 1979 and produced by Tony Wilson.
[read more] ---Patrick Rands
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