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CD / Apparat / Tttrial and Error / Shitkatapult
The modern cousin to Autechre, Phonem, and Aphex Twin, Sascha Ring's
Apparat combines the use of a melodic backdrop to his own unusual glitched
out rhythms for a full-on broken floor dancebeat.
[read more] ---Patrick Rands |
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12" / Markus Guntner / Forget Sandra / Ware
Four slices of modern electronic tech-house on one of the finest labels
for the sound, by a man who has been responsible for many fine moments
of sound.
[read more] ---Carl |
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CD / Contriva / Tell Me When / Monika Enterprises
All the songs on this album are instrumentals except one. The lack of
vocal parts force the melodies to stand on their own, conveying a mood
filled with melancholy and calm.
[read more] ---Teresa Concepcion |
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CD / The Deadly Snakes / Love Undone / Sympathy for
the Record Industry
When they're not rocking the blues they're delivering great amped-up
rock'n'roll ala Nervous Eaters (think "Loretta"), or the Devil
Dogs. Also makes me think of the Sonics at times. So nice!
[read more] ---Peter Ledebur |
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CD / various / Hot Generation! / Big Beat
All in all, this isn't the best of all the Australian 60's punk compilations,
but if you like this sort of stuff, I'm sure you won't be disappointed.
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[read more] ---Pip |
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CD / various / Mission Three - Establishing Electronix Network
/ Nature
A varied compilation from Marco Passarani's Nature Recordings out of
Italy includes a Desert Island's choice of electronic music.
[read more] ---Patrick Rands |
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12inch EP / Nanospeed
/ Kopernikus / Shitkatapult
When this curious EP came out in 1999 I can't imagine what people must
have thought. Listening to it now in late 2002, Kopernikus sounds right
at home on Shitkatapult.
[read more] ---Carl |
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7"
/ The Dave Pike Set / "Mathar" b-w "Regards
From Freddie Horowitz" / Seven Up Records
You can hear Dave Pike using his unmiked voice to accompany his vibes.
They must have been quite a band to see live. Both songs are worthy of
the loving care put into the packaging of this (and every) Seven Up single.
[read more] ---Carl
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CD5
/ Saint Etienne / Action CD1 / Mantra
The new Saint Etienne single is everything I hoped it would be. Action
is written in the style of the greatest Saint Etienne songs of the past.
[read more] ---Carl |
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CD / Spunk
/ Den Øverste Toppen Pa en Blamalt Flaggstang / Rune Grammofon
Spunk are improvisational and somewhere between Yoko Ono, the Raincoats,
Can's Ethnological Survey's and Patty Waters on ESP-Disk.
[read more] ---Patrick Rands |
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12"
/ Zombie Nation / Unload / International DeeJay Gigolo
Records
This 12" is more massive than I had expected. Unload is a stormer.
It has a pop edge to it, but is electronic all the way, and danceable
as heck.
[read more] ---Carl |
