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Tool Schism
Untool.net have an advance surprise for Tool fans, hint look at the schism section.
# posted by DJ Martian 9:17 PM
If I were an editor of a weekly music magazine this weeks front cover would feature: Autechre & Orbital
Autechre and Orbital
Also of interest Gareth at Surface Vs Depth asks the question Do Autechre Make Folk Music?
# posted by DJ Martian 12:52 AM
StarVox interview Katatonia
Starvox interview Swedish atmospheric rock band Katatonia discussing their music career to date.
Katatonia website has also been redesigned.
# posted by DJ Martian 9:54 PM
Motion Album Reviews
Motion have been busy reviewing albums of late, including:
Natasha Atlas - Ayeshteni
this is released April 30th
Kante - Zweilicht I downloaded a MP3 earlier this year from Kante and was impressed - if like the band Wire then investigate.
# posted by DJ Martian 9:43 PM
Etronik Frontline
The new edition of Etronik frontline including news of
Peacefrog Compilation
Like many of their contemporaries, the Peacefrog label celebrates its tenth year in business with a compilation documenting all their finest moments to date. The double CD, �10.100� (great name!) is released on the label on May 28th, and features classic tracks from Dan Bell, Luke Slater, Moodymann, Wamdue Kids, Dan Curtin, Ian O Brien (pictured) and Juan Atkins.
London Tech-house Sound producers release debut album
Dave Coker and Laurent Webb release their debut Smart Alex album, �Straight A�s� on Eukahouse in June.
# posted by DJ Martian 9:35 PM
Mixing it - Moves to A Sunday Slot
Mixing it moves to a new Sunday evening slot, but it clashes with Xfm's Nick Luscombe. Choice and decisions to made.
NEW SUNDAY SLOT
Mixing It has long been celebrated as a bastion of experimental music radio. It covers a wide range of styles, including left-field areas of modern classical, dance, rock and world music. Hosted by Robert Sandall and Mark Russell.
April 29th Playlist - Mixing it kicks off at earlier at 10.30pm.
# posted by DJ Martian 9:28 PM
Simon Reynolds
Simon Reynolds on Melody Maker RIP
# posted by DJ Martian 1:30 AM
Andrea Parker
Dotmusic review ANDREA PARKER - 'THE DARK AGES' (QUARTERMASS) yet more electro.
# posted by DJ Martian 8:12 PM
Plaid
Warp records have a Plaid MP3 download, squance from the forthcoming album, Double Figure. It sounds like a New Order instrumental remix with added electro influences, playful synths roll in out of mix like a fairground attraction, then it backs to the big slabs of electro funk - very addictive.
Electro is back in 2001.
# posted by DJ Martian 7:11 PM
Lo Fidelity Allstars
When are Lo Fidelity Allstars going to release a new album, that The All the All single sounds excellent on the radio.
# posted by DJ Martian 1:11 AM
Easyvalue - price comparision
Have you checked out Easyvalue - music CD impartial price comparision for online shopping search engine put in the artist and CD title you are interested in. The easyvalue search engine retrieves prices from up 13 stores. It also works for pre release CDs - worth checking if you want to maximise your savings. e.g One store is selling the new Orbital for �8.99 with free postage and packing.
(PS I am very surprised of the indepth range that Tesco.Com - Music Store stock even for artists on independent labels. Normally my perception of Tesco is they stock the top 30 CDs and a few big name back catalogue CDs. Indeed galancing at the front webpage gives the perception that they deal only in a limited range.. they even have an advanced entertainment search engine that retrieves searches fast with release date information. They are not the cheapest though!
# posted by DJ Martian 11:21 PM
Elektra
Elektra is a new music resource website specialising in all forms of progressive electronic music.
# posted by DJ Martian 9:42 PM
Krusafix - News
Krusafix are a new band to me, with a press release that goes like this...
KRUSAFIX has a sound that is a unique complex fusion of CyberGothic,
Progressive-Industrial, Dark-Techno, EBM, Epic-Trance, Electro, HardBeat,
Rave, Cyber-Metal, Industrial Drum & Bass.
Cyber Angel the title of the debut KRUSAFIX CD-Album & CD-Single was
released on their own label Neurogenik Transmissions & global distribution
company Cyberpulse Distribution in September 2000 & has been a hit
Worldwide...
A new Krusafix Album will be released 30th April 2001, followed by a new
Remix Album released 28th May 2001, and a Special Edition Remix Album
released 25th June 2001.
For more news & info checkout the official KRUSAFIX website...
Krusafix
# posted by DJ Martian 9:37 PM
Collide
I mentioned Collide on this weblog last Autumn. I have recently downloaded some additional Collide @ MP3.com tracks. Collide mix the influences of Siouxsie & the Banshees and early Curve, eastern and middle eastern influenced music with some techno and ebm sounds.
This is strong atmospheric music, with warm synth sounds the vibe is surprisingly uptempo for darkwave music inplaces on two tracks Halo and Monochrome that is similiar to the exotic electro goth sound that Switchblade Symphony achieved.
I would like to investigate the whole album Chasing the Ghost in the near future.
In the UK there is not one darkwave/industrial radio show so this music gets continually ignored. Collide deserve better this is far too sublime to be overlooked.
Collide - Chasing the Ghost reviews
# posted by DJ Martian 9:07 PM
Ulver
Another positive review of Ulver - Perdition City - my copy is on order.
# posted by DJ Martian 8:09 PM
Shriekback - aberrations 81-4
Rough Trade have some details of Shriekback - aberrations 81-4
# posted by DJ Martian 7:47 PM
Zan Lyons - update
Foundry Recordings have news that Zan Lyons will release his much anticipated second album in early July, as yet the album is untitled.
Zan is currently in the studio laying down the finishing touches to the forthcoming album that will follow up the astonishing benchmark debut album release last year in Desolate.
Where is the NME to report this news?
# posted by DJ Martian 2:23 PM
Pitchfork - Review a new German band Kammerflimmer Kollektief
Yet another experimental German band Kammerflimmer Kollektief - M�ander
Equally rooted in 70's kraut-rock and 90's post-rock, the record plays out like a drug-free instrumental psychedelic jam session.
But Amon D��l II and Labradford aren't the only points of reference here. M�ander, like so many experimental bedroom recordings these days, compresses multiple genres into single track
# posted by DJ Martian 12:02 AM
Panacea - New Project
Recycle Your Ears review Pancea & Cativo - the Hardest Tour on Earth
# posted by DJ Martian 11:38 PM
Playlouder Album Reviews
Playlouder review albums by Violet Indiana and Pressure Drop.
Violet Indiana - Roulette
"Fine if all you want is just another Cocteau Twins album"
Pressure Drop - Tread
'Tread' is one of the year's finest albums. And corporate club land, like the media that kisses its arse, is too damn stupid to realize. Believe.
# posted by DJ Martian 9:27 PM
Frolic
Recommended for fans of Dead Can Dance / Cocteau Twins are Frolic on the Projekt label.
Frolic
To Dream, Perchance To Sleep
2001
Projekt | PRO00109
CD
Guided by the siren-like, beautifully haunting vocals of Kelly O' Brien, Frolic sets the stage for an atmospheric voyage through the land of dreams. Layers of atmospheres mix with subtle percussion and shimmering guitars to produce a windswept musical elixir with as much power to strengthen as there is to soothe. To Dream, Perchance to Sleep comes alive with a persistent heartbeat echoing in the background like a slow motion, snowflake-filled dream. And, just as in dreams, there are glorious peaks and ominous valleys.
# posted by DJ Martian 9:15 PM
The Milk Factory - May edition
The Milk Factory have their May edition ready for inspection, this month includes album reviews for:
ROTOR+:AILREON
Rotor+'s first album, 'Aileron', is a captivating journey into dark
electonica, inspired by a passion for patterns and landscapes. The
album, built around three tracks, divided into fourteen sections, is
an unforgettable record.
CHRIS CLARK:CLARENCE PARK
Confusion and disorder are instruments to Chris Clark's first album.
Ignoring any rule, Clark compiles every single sound he's ever heard
into thirty minutes of total chaos. Welcome to 'Clarence Park'.
BURNT FRIEDMAN:BURNT FRIEDMAN PLAYS LOVE SONGS
Cologne-based musician Berndt Friedmann has had many projects on the
go for the last few years. His new album's title is slightly
misleading indeed, as the love songs he plays are all rather
disturbing.
JUJU:TRIBOLOGY
Fuelled with jazz, funk, and blues, the second opus by Corydon-based
Juju is an infernal groove machine, as electrifying as their live
performances.
MANITOBA:START BREAKING MY HEART
Classically trained Canadian Dan Snaith presents his first
album. 'Start Breaking My Heart' is set between Boards Of Canada,
Squarepusher and Miles Davies. And the result is somehow very
interesting.
POLYGON WINDOW:SURFING ON SINE WAVES
Richard D. "Aphex Twin" James sees his Polygon Window album re-
released by Warp Records, and it hasn't aged. A testament, if need
be, of his visionary talent.
WAGON CHRIST:MUSIPAL
Luke Vibert reactivate his Wagon Christ alter ego for the fourth
episode of his adventures, taking his hip-hop-influenced electro into
strange territories.
V/A:THE BRAINDANCE COINCIDENCE
'The Braindance Coincidence' celebrates ten years of Rephlex, and
more than a hundred releases. This compilation shows how influential
the label set up by Richard D. James and Grant Wilson-Claridge has
been, and how visionary it is to this day.
V/A:ROUTINE
Warp Records have now opened their New York offices, and to
celebrate, they have put together a compilation destined to the
American market. 'Routine concentrates mostly on the last few years
of the label history, with an impeccable collection.
# posted by DJ Martian 9:06 PM
Terrorizer
Details of the upcoming Terrorizer Isue 89 magazine including:
Fear Factory - I have problem with Fear Factory - their 1995 album demanufacture was such an impressive album, while their last album dissapointed, what I have heard of the new album a few tracks - it just seems to be that they are coasting on automatic pilot.
Ulver - Terrorizer supports Ulver - but no front cover this time
Susperia - More Norwegian's
Defenestration - Britiains bright new young rock rising hopefulls
# posted by DJ Martian 11:47 PM
Tool - Lateralus - More Information
Canada's Chartattack have further details on Lateralus: Sneak Peek Of Tool's New Album
# posted by DJ Martian 11:35 PM
The Chameleons set provisional date for new album: June 4th
The Chameleons have some very interesting news
Open letter from Mark Burgess dated: April 23rd
The new record is mixed, the artwork, another original piece from Reg, is on schedule and so it looks like we'll meet our release date of early June. It's actually slated for June 4, but the day will probably change because it always does. If this happens it won't be down to us but to circumstances beyond our comprehension.
The Title: 'Why Call It Anything!'
The title Reg and I came up with was inexplicably taken seriously by everyone else around the band, who all said that they liked it and so the title remains 'Why Call It Anything!'
So The Chameleons album Why Call it Anything could be released the same day as Radiohead's Amnesiac - June 4th !
PS When will those ignorant duffers at the NME release that The Chameleons are back !
# posted by DJ Martian 1:50 AM
Splendid
This weeks album reviews at Splendid Week of April 23, 2001 include
Sixto -Sixto influenced by New Order, The Cure and Joy Division
track featured on the Splendid Boombox - Which I will check out tomorrow when I have more time.
Wagon Christ - Musipal
In the at a glance section
a new band to me: XBXRX
XBXRX / Gop Ist Minee / 5RC (CD)
" the group�s mini-album produced by (of all people) Steve Albini"
# posted by DJ Martian 12:34 AM
If I were an editor of a weekly music magazine this weeks front cover would feature: Mogwai
This week's choice is Mogwai who will release their new album, Rock Action on Monday 30th April.
Official website for Mogwai
# posted by DJ Martian 12:17 AM
Cool Music Database
Cool Music database have a very extensive favourite albums of the year lists between 1980 and 2000. A useful guide and memory jogger to plug the missing gaps in your album collection.
In Cool Music Database you can find all our favorite albums from 1980 to the present day. More than 1500 albums are presented by year of release and order of preference. The list with our Top-50 Albums of the 90s can also be found here, as well as links to our favorite artists' sites. Check it out!
From a personal perspective I find their opinions of the 80s broadly similiar to mine, however their 90s lists begin to diverge away from mine - they tend to favour the more obvious choices in US alternative rock.
Interesting that the writers of Cool Database orginate in Greece as most best of lists normally have a UK or US perspective. However their choices are broadly similiar to say the monthly US magazine Alternative Press particularly so the 90s.
It is also interesting to note that their Number one albums of years throughout the 90s only two were British, The Fall in 1990 and PJ Harvey in 1993.
Selected Cool Database favourites of the year
Remain in Light - Talking Heads - 1980
Juju - Siouxsie And The Banshees 1981
1983 good to see Kiling Joke Fire Dances album of the year in 1983
Zen Arcade - Husker Du 1984
Songs about Fucking - Big Black 1987
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth 1988
Automatic - The Jesus and Mary Chain 1989
# posted by DJ Martian 12:02 AM
Rioux Records
Rioux Records- New Releases another independent music retailer that provides a useful new release information section. (Updated each Tuesday)
# posted by DJ Martian 10:47 PM
Brainwashed Brain: V04I15 - 04222001
This weeks Brainwashed Brain album reviews includes:
red house painters, "old ramon"
james plotkin: trifid project and atomsmasher
CRUNCH, "nullpluze.nz"
couch, "profane"
panacea/cativo, "the hardest tour on planet earth"
# posted by DJ Martian 10:28 PM
DJ Magazine
DJ Mag
The latest DJ Magagine 21st April to 4th May includes an excellent free CD - mixed by Terry Francis.
Most of the freebie CDs given away by dance magazines are generally dissapointing but this is the best I have heard since Muzik - Slam Soma mix earlier this year.
�2.50 for a magazine and an excellent deep tech house mix CD - a real bargain.
Terry Francis like MR C has a natural ability to create a mix that flows through a variety of tempos and styles.
The music selected is from the UCMG collective
UCMG UK came into life in 1995 and has since been going from strength to strength. The music that comes out of UCMG UK's stable ranges from techno, deep house, Chicago house, tech house, trance to leftfield jazzy breaks. Always with an open mind, UCMG UK has had the fortune to work with some of the undergrounds' finest, as well as a few big names thrown in for good measure!
# posted by DJ Martian 10:17 PM
150 Forthcoming Albums that are due to be released in 2001 from these artists
1. Accelera Deck
2. Barry Adamson
3. The Album Leaf
4. American Heritage
5. Amp
6. Ananada
7. Anathema
8. Anyone
9. Aphex Twin
10. Appliance
11. Arcturus
12. Arovane
13. Ashfelt
14. Astrobite
15. Autchere
16. Basement Jaxx
17. Beta Band
18. Beyond Dawn
19. Boards Of Canada
20. CJ Bolland
21. Botch
22. Bridge & Tunnel
23. Kate Bush
24. Candiria
25. Cex
26. The Chameleons
27. Chemical Brothers
28. Corkyees
29. Carl Craig
30. Cranes
31. Curve
32. Cybele
33. Cyclefly
34. Dark Star
35. Deadsy
36. Death in Vegas
37. Defenestration
38. Depeche Mode
39. Diabolical Masquerade
40. Di Lacuna
41. Dillinja
42. Dillinger Escape Plan
43. DJ Shadow
44. Dom & Roland
45. Doves
46. Dredg
47. Eblake
48. Echo & the Bunnymen
49. Eighteen Visions
50. Elbow
51. Electrelane
52. Emperor
53. Brian Eno & J Peter Schwalm
54. Faithless
55. Fant�mas
56. Faultline
57. Filter
58. Four Tet
59. Elizabeth Fraser
60. Freq Nasty
61. Fridge
62. Futureshock
63. Future 3
64. Gaiden
65. Godflesh
66. Haujobb
67. Matthew Herbert
68. Hocico
69. Hrvatski
70. John Hughes AKA Slicker
71. John B
72. Juno
73. Kosheen
74. Kraftwerk
75. Lamb
76. Lemon D
77. Lift to Experience
78. Lo Fidelity Allstars
79. Loveliescrushing
80. Marillion
81. Massive Attack
82. Meat Katie
83. Mesh
84. Mira
85. Mogwai
86. Moonspell
87. MR C
88. Mum
89. My Dying Bride
90. Neurosis
91. New Order
92. The Nine
93. Nobody
94. Nora
95. Raz O�Hara
96. Obeah
97. Omni Trio
98. Orbital
99. Oval
100. Ovuca
101. Plaid
102. Poison The Well
103. Portishead
104. Portal
105. Prefab Sprout
106. Primal Scream
107. Radiohead
108. Red House Painters
109. Retina
110. Rico
111. Safety Scissors
112. Satyricon
113. Sense
114. Sicbay
115. Sigur R�s
116. 16B
117. Slam
118. Spiritualized
119. Squarepusher
120. Starecase
121. Mikael Stavostrand
122. Sulpher
123. Sunny Day Real Estate
124. System of a Down
125. Systral
126. Taken
127. Tapeworm
128. Technical Itch
129. Techno Animal
130. Tindersticks
131. Dave Tipper
132. Tool
133. Rapheal Toral
134. To Rococo Rot
135. Tricky
136. Ulver
137. Underworld
138. Unwound
139. Ved Bens Ende
140. Violet Indiana
141. Viovod
142. Virus (Norway)
143. VNV Nation
144. Otto Von Schirach
145. Way Out West
146. When
147. Will Haven
148. Xpress 2
149. Susumu Yokota
150. Yellow6
# posted by DJ Martian 10:05 PM
Penyblackmusic.com - Forthcoming Releases
Pennyblackmusic.com
have updated their forthcoming releases information, including these
Ananda : Profane
CD Overcome OVER004.
Released On: 14 May 2001
When DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN & BOTCH came to choosing a support band for their comprehensive European tour last year - there was really only one choice: ANANDA. This French band have been trailblazing their brand of twisted post hardcore heaviness for a number of years and this new album will confirm their stellar position. Complex, brooding songstructures and grooves are all delivered with unrelenting power, fury and passion. This really is the first time that the band's recording has matched the intensity of their live shows. Listen & weep!
Anthony Rother : Biomechanik Remixes
CD Mini album
Ps149Net EFA274582.
Released On: 30 April 2001
Continuos Mode : Disinformation Design
CD
Klang EFA564242.
Released On: 08 May 2001
New album from the mighty KLANG label, part of the PLAYHOUSE (ISOLEE, LOSOUL) group of labels....ie quality!. *ANDY MELLWIG (of PORTER RICKS) developed his technoid project "ASYNC SENSE" at the beginning of the '90's followed by his first album that emerged from the BASIC CHANNEL stable and was released on MORITZ VON OSWALD's label "Imbalance". Further recordings were released with THOMAS KONER as PORTER RICKS. *For his New CONTINUOUS MODE album, MELLWIG concentrated on late 60's FREE ROCK meets 1969 to mid 70's period MILES DAVIS. Thirty years down the line, that history has been re-united on this album CONTINUOUS MODE play history as a continuum and not as a gratuitous sample archive to be plundered. *Tracklisting: Aurora (for all my friends in Switzerland), Criminal Funk, Atmas, Running Status, Disinformation Design, Like Children, Motus (for Leila), Functional Fun, Kryptic Mode.
Diabolical Masquerad : Deaths Design
CD
Avant Garde AV055
Released On: 30 April 2001
Fourth album from Diabolical Masquerade, a solo project of Katatonia's Blackheim. Concieved as a soundtrack for an as yet unreleased horror film Death's Design is sweeping dark Metal with full orchestration. For fans of Emperor, but with a lot more experimentation.
Elbow : Asleep In The Back
Released On: 07 May 2001
Any Day Now ~ Red ~ Little Beast ~ Powder Blue ~ Bitten by the Tailfly ~ New Born ~ Don't Mix Your Drinks ~ Presuming Ed (Rest Easy) ~ Coming Second ~ Can't Stop ~ Scattered Black and Whites In 1998, Elbow released the five track "Noisebox" EP on their own Soft Records. Immediately championed by John Peel, the band went on to the final of that year's In the City and a deal with Island Records promptly followed. The buy out of the label at the end of 1999 by Universal saw Elbow leave the label with no releases and an LP on the shelf. Still labelless in the summer of 2000 Elbow released an EP on rejuvenated Manchester independent label, Ugly Man. The lead track, "Newborn" was heralded by critics and became Single of the Week in The Independent, Melody Maker and on Mark and Lard's Radio 1 show. Elbow were seized upon as a bright hope for 2001 and support slots with The Doves coupled to a blistering live performance of "Newborn" on the soon to be seminal "Barfly Sessions" Channel 4 music programme confirmed the air of expectation growing around the band. Series presenter Dermot O'Leary singled out Elbow from the 10 week run of shows as the outstanding performance of the series. 2001 beckoned and Elbow were listed almost across the board in articles looking for the important bands of the coming year. Having signed to V2 Records at the end of 2000, Elbow fulfilled their word of mouth commitment with a second EP for Ugly Man, "Any Day Now", which was promptly awarded Single of the Week by the NME. . "Asleep in the Back" is released by V2 on May 7th on CD and double vinyl LP (including additional track, "Vum Garda").
Electrelane : Rock It To The Moon
Lets Rock .
Released On: 30 April 2001
Electrelane release their debut longplayer "Rock It To The Moon" through Let�s Rock Records! Last year Electrelane receiving acclaim from all quarters and performed roadblocked live shows with the likes of �And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, The Animalhouse and Le Tigre. "a lurking slice of fresh-faced invention" (Sleazenation) "elegant with a murky sub-cultural edge" (NME) "tear stained and trumulous, as sad as a lover leaving for the final time" (Melody Maker) This year they present their epic, �., album �Rock It To The Moon� which features the sold out singles �Film Music�, �Le Song� and �Gabriel� and new celebratory single �Blue Straggler�. The album will be released on their own 3mv/PIAS backed Let�s Rock! label. Tracklisting: The Invisible Dog / Long dark / Gabriel / Film Music/Blue Straggler / Many Peaks / Le Song / Spartakiade / U.O.R /The Boat / Mother
Electro Organic : Roots Wreck Remix
CD
Varunee VARUNEE002.
Released On: 08 May 2001
Three years in the making, the long awaited follow up to Herbanism (now out of print) from this Boston collective (founding member of the Toneburst Collective). An ambitious and warm hour long flow of dub, ambient, and sampled beats forming patterns of chill-out electronica and distorted psychedelic jungle, in three distinct thematical sections (Roots,Wreck, Remix). EOOS have performed with Looper, DJ Spooky, Yo La Tengo, We, Hrvatski, u-Ziq, Tranquility Bass, among many others, and they are currently collaborating on the next Cul de Sac album. This CD features guest remixers Tube (aka Hearnow, Frank Heiss, Liquid Sky Records) and Hrvatski. The first album sold out completely, this is a wonderful follow-up.
Estel : Angelpie, I Think I Ate Your Face
CD
Alpha Relish LPT2CD.
Released On: 23 April 2001
after spending two years consistently gigging, practising, and honing their sound, estel have finally managed to capture the minimalist beauty of their music on record. Recorded in a mere two days, �angelpie...� combines post-punk influences and a fiercely independent mindset with a gentle, cathartic songwriting sensibility, to finally prove that pretentiousness is not inherent in instrumentally-based music.the album exudes emotion in its sheer simplicity, with thumping drums and solid basslines providing a base for carefully picked guitar and subtle, orchestrated keyboards. Hot press, ireland's answer to the nme, opined "virtually flawless". Think sonic youth / mission of bhurma / joy division
Funckarma : Solid State
CD
Dub Recordings DUBCD04.
Released On: 30 April 2001
After storming the world league of modern electronica with a series of exquisite eps and remixes, the dutch brothers don & roel funcken finally unveil their debut feature length cd of advanced melodic sounds and free musical structures. Alongside artists like autechre, aphex twin, funkstorung, boards of canada, and the miami axis ofchocolate industries / schematic / beta bodega, funckarma have been instrumental in bringing a new approach to �thoughtful� electronic music to a wider audience, and their mark is being made on an unwitting mainstream by way of their influence on the likes of bjork and radiohead. �solid state� is a massive leap forward from the �parts� series, and sees the brothers reaching new heights in terms of the fine balance between advanced programming and beautiful atmospheres. Where they go, others are sure to follow.
Systral : Black Smoker
CD
Chrome Saint CSM001.
Released On: 14 May 2001
Post grindcore heroes SYSTRAL have some pedigree. Formed in 1995 from the still smouldering remains of two of Germany's chaos-core outfits ACME & CAROL. Originally a duo, the combo expanded into a six man killing team adding other members of their previous bands plus a couple from fellow German noisemongers MORSER. After some extremely well received singles comes their debut album proper. A boiling chaotic cauldron of crust, grind, death, straight up metal, and that modern indefinable quality that sets apart new bands like BOTCH, DROWNINGMAN & ISIS from the rest of the pack. 11 tracks of breathtaking abandon all executed with the precision and subtlety of a blind butcher. Imagine a post apocalyptic battlefield - all scorched earth and churned debris. As the ashes rain down upon you - this is the soundtrack. Full bore armageddon for fans of extreme post metal damage.
Trurl and Klaupacius : Sing Sweet Software
CD
Supremat EFA019612.
Released On: 14 May 2001
Trurl and Klaupacius are robots. In Stanislav Lem�s Cyberiad mid-60�s novel, they�re busy flying around the universe building machines.(Each machine they build makes up a chapter from this visionary book.). CHRISTIAN VOGEL was reading these stories while pursuing his hobby in the studio: recording the variation of modules of modular systems he programmed himself - modulating each other for periods of time. Borrowing the names of Lem�s robots in reference to his own automated studio work, the Vogel experiment turned into a project when he picked his favourite musical modules - computers and their software - and let them go to work on their own. In his own eyes, Vogel is not the composer of the work so much as the executive producer. Tracklisting: 1 Roll Call 1:38 2 Drop Tiny Things 1:41 3 Engage In Out 5:42 4 On the Way To 1:07 5 Breathe Bad Hair 7:12 6 Iknewit 1:07 7 Hydra Tree Sweets 7:20 8 Why So Hungry? 5:56 9 Pass D 4:33 10 Outboard 3:30 11 Why So Lonely? 5:35 12 No More Hand On Floor 5:04 13 ...Pass Through Toluhu 4:07 14 Django Bin 5:11 15 Roll Call (Reprise) 1:40
Woe : Last Stop
CD
Some SOME15.
Released On: 23 April 2001
The origins of WOE, NY label SOME records first European signing, lay in the hardcore scene of the early 90's. John Hannon was then playing guitar in Southend Emo/Hardcore heroes UNDERSTAND. All the while he was dreaming up a new sound - based on the energy and emotion of the hardcore scene but with mood and ambience taking the place of melody and harmony. The opportunity arose to put this theory into practise, when a young filmmaker asked John to score a short film. Enlisting help from his longtime musical collaborator, Pete Wilkins, the duo set about scoring, using trumpet, trombone and double bass - instruments none of them could play at the time. Pleased with the results they began writing and recording seriously. Fastforward to 1999, the duo added a full time bassist and saxophone player and set about recording this album for Some. Aiming to achieve a more bass heavy, repetitive sound than their previous recordings, using a lot of dub effects and track layering, what they ended up with was a beautifully orchestrated chaos. Unusual and arresting, WOE brings a new dimension to Jazz, not unlike TORTOISE bought to electronica, TRANS AM to rock and STEREOLAB to 60's pop. Woe manages to fuse elements of all three, forging their own unique brand of ambience: dissonant hooks and smooth, jazzy instrumentation..FOR FANS OF: Tortoise, Trans Am, 70's Miles Davis & Isotope 217.
V/A : Infasonic Waves
CD Double cd
Ochre OCH025LCD. Released On: 14 May 2001
Fantastic double cd compilation of 33 tracks featuring the cream of the electronic & experimental underground and selling for the price of a single cd. Features: magnetophone, avrocar, the freed unit, stylus, mount vernon arts lab, yellow 6, five way mirror (featuring windy & carl), 90 degrees south, a.m.p studio, pen llithrig (john ex-gorky's), the serpents, aarktica, ucm, our glassie azoth, landing plus various longstone, grimble grumble, land of nod, tystion and ectogram side projects. The serpents track features amp, windy & carl, members of the bunnymen, amp, windy & carl, gorky's, super furry animals, skyray, melys, ectogram etc etc. The avrocar track is a tele:funken remix and was a breezeblock single of the week on mary-anne hobbs bbc radio one show and also included as one of ed o'brien's (radiohead) favourite tracks of all time when guesting on lamacq's radio one show. Expect favourable airplay from john peel & mary-anne hobbs on radio one plus adverts etc in the likes of the wire & nme. Cd1 is volumes 1 to 4 of the legendary ochre 7" ep 33rpm series. Cd2 is made up of 17 new tracks.
Zero 7 : Simple Things
CD
Ultimate Dilemma UDRCD016
Released On: 23 April 2001
Let�s get one thing straight from the start; this is not chillout music. It may be mellow music for relaxing, for pondering both melodies and life itself, but it�s steeped in so much soul and funk, that earmarking it as �chillout� barely begins to make sense. A lot of people have claimed Zero 7 are the British Air. Don�t be fooled, this is more like the result of years spent listening to and absorbing the lessons of masters like Quincy Jones, Ray Charles and Charles Stepney, while still feeling the impact of hip hop and house music. Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker, both 29, have known each other since they were in short trousers and still live only a few minutes from each other. Their passion and love of music (one on hip-hop, the other on soul, jazz and classical) saw them both opt to study sound engineering. It was their link with old college mate Nigel Godrich (producing �OK Computer� at the time) that led to their remix of �Climbing Up The Walls�). Gilles Peterson heard their talents and commissioned them to give an orchestral sheen to some of Terry Callier�s work. Following two limited, critically acclaimed eps, Zero 7 present the debut longplayer �Simple Things�. It�s beauty and musicianship are something quite remarkable. From the awesome African-influenced instrumental passage �Likufanele� to perfect modern soul masterpieces, be warned; this is an album you�ll put on in the background and find it running round your head all day. From the velvety �I Have Seen� (next single; due 21st May), featuring the vocal talents of Mozez, to the sultry, quiet storm of �Destiny� (vocals by Sia and also a future single). This is an album of hope, sadness and happiness wrapped up in a big comfort blanket. Don�t analyse, though, just enjoy.
# posted by DJ Martian 3:28 PM
Etronik Frontline News - Forthcoming CJ Bolland and Carl Craig
Etronik have news on two of the leading techno artists, CJ Bolland and Carl Craig.
CJ Bolland
Bolland also said his new album was called �Storage Media Netherworld�. �It�s called that because it consists of tracks that have been around, music that could have been released but wasn�t and has now escaped. I�m really productive nowadays; just wait until you hear what I�m about to release
CJ Bolland has also set up his own record company Mole Industries that will be releasing electro, techno and drum n bass on three seperate labels.
Carl Craig
Carl Craig is busy in the studio working on new album that will be released on his Planet e label
This is excellent news as Carl Craig released one of the finest techno albums of alltime in More Songs About... I look forward to the new release.
In the meantine there are two upcoming EPs
Carl Craig�s Planet E label celebrates its tenth anniversary this May by launching a special series of four hard to find EPs from the Planet E vaults. The first EP will be Carl Craig�s hard to find �The Climax�, which is released on May 22nd, featuring a new remix from Basic Channel. The second EP will be released in September and will feature two more hard to find Carl Craig classics recorded under his Shop guise as well as one previously unreleased track
# posted by DJ Martian 7:14 PM
Ulver - Perdition City
Yet another brilliant review of Ulver - Perdition City
Ulver in its current phase is undisputedly its most creative, explorative and, furthermore, important
Ulver is unquestionably at a high note in its post-metal career with his its newest work. Sure, there are still soundscapes to iron out, beats to manipulate and songs to sample, but, in the end, Perdition City is a mammoth work of electronic genius.
Ulver are one the leading highlights of innovation and creativity in music in 2001.
I have imformed you enough on Ulver..if you don't take up the sound challenge - then you are missing out:
The album is finally released on Monday April 23rd on Jester Records. Exceptional and compulsory - make the RIGHT DECISION ! in 2001 get this album, take up the sonic challenge and experience it - immerse yourself in the Ulver sound.
# posted by DJ Martian 7:01 PM
Electrelane
The NME review Electrelane -'Rock It To The Moon' album that will now be released on April 30th.
on the quite staggering 'Mother' - 11 minutes of psychotik motorik, with the four screaming like banshees as their speeding juggernaut hurtles off the end of Brighton pier - that seals the deal.
spot on I have heard this track on the radio - the way it builds up has to be experienced.
# posted by DJ Martian 12:53 AM
Dave Clarke - compilation album of the year ?
Dave Clarke - World Service is released May 22nd. Check that track listing, a double CD of underground techno and deep electro.
Electro is coming back ! in 2001.
# posted by DJ Martian 12:13 AM
Mouse on Mars
Pitchfork review the Mouse on Mars - Idiology album
"German electronic duo breaks away from their often minimalist tendencies to create an album packed with whirling melody and organic instrumentation."
Mouse on Mars - Idiology - Rating: 9.6
On the Pitchfork rating scale this rates as 9.5-9.9 Spectacular!
This is not the first review which has stated that this is an exceptional album.
# posted by DJ Martian 12:00 AM
Mira - Cranes and The Chameleons fans ..welcome to the sound of Mira
�words just don't capture the raw emotional power of the album to suck you in and spit you out, staggering in wonder.� - ink19
Mira are a band on the Projekt label
Mira are set to release a new album Apart in June.
So what do they sound like? Check for yourself at Mira @ MP3.com
The first track I downloaded Space is sublime imagine Alison Shaw of Cranes fronting The Chameleons instead of Mark Burgess.
Regina Sosinski�s (the female vocalist of Mira) draws you in with her interesting edgy yet clear mellow and epic vocal style, while the band create a churning big echoey sound - crushing drums and blistering guitar sounds , guitars then chime and float like the best Chameleons tracks - waves of waves textured guitar, then it picks up with hyperspeed bass guitars, then back more reflective - those Guitar chords are so Chameleons alike and then regina's brilliant voice reaches epic cresecendo followed through a few brief drum solos and some epic guitar breakdowns, like The Comsat Angels specialise in.
The other track Plastique is more reflective, sparse, melancholic and definately more in the Cranes sound terriority, impressive and interesting.
"apart tears at the edges, pulling mira�s sound apart to recompose it into something new, delicate, touching, aggressive and surprisingly accessible. apart combines dreamy shoegazer pop with edgier angular guitars and rhythms; all in support of regina sosinski�s ethereal soprano, which speaks with a yearning and intimacy so beautiful, it is subtly unnerving. drifting from the slightest whisper to an aching scream; her voice is nothing less than captivating".
"apart �s swirling torrents of heavily drenched guitars at times blister and rage, and just as suddenly transform into clean contrapuntal lines. a sense of continuity between the voice and music reveals a great depth, taking the listener through every shade of emotion and leaving them with a spinning head and aching heart."
The album apart by Mira is released June 5th on the Projekt label.
# posted by DJ Martian 11:37 PM
Lift to Experience
Bella Union record label are set to release an album by a very fine American band called Lift to Experience, from Denton Texas.
The Bella Union label has a free download, the closest reference for me would be Whipping Boy, early Puressence and imagine the wall of guitars sound of early Ride.
Lift To Experience couldn�t be making music anywhere but Denton, Texas, and at no time but the dawn of a new century. But, like all the best rock�n�roll, their sound is both steeped in their immediate surroundings, their everyday lives, and utterly out of time. There�s something elemental in this music; the same primal charge that rattles through The Pixies, The Birthday Party, The Gun Club; the heady incantations of Jeff Buckley�s �Grace�; the dreaming, visionary soundscapes of My Bloody Valentine; the haunted, starlit swirl of Slint. Lift To Experience don�t really sound anything like these bands, but they do share their spirit. This is beautiful, evangelical, unexpected, intoxicating music, sure, music to surrender to � but it�s also a call to arms. Singer Josh Pearson rages as the night gathers around him, in his right hand The Book Of Revelations, on fire.
Lift to Experience will be on John Peel radio show on April 19th.
Lift To Experience recorded at ULU for 1 Live In London
This is the debut appearance on the programme for Lift To Experience who are a three-piece from Denton, Texas. Their new album will be coming out in May and they'll also be recording a session while they're over here.
Lift to Experience album - The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads is released on May 14th on Bella Union.
# posted by DJ Martian 10:28 PM
Isabel's Dream - "Blissbeat" shoegazer sounds meets artcore jungle
Isabel's Dream are a Canadian band that have been dubbed part of the blissbeat scene. The closest reference point would be the sublime 4AD band Insides the glacial guitars mixed in with lush artcore drum n bass and electronic music.
Who are Isabel's Dream?
Its a blurred wall of swirling cascading guitars washing over dirty jungle/d'n'b/electronica beats, delicate angelic male/female vocals, rolling baselines and soundscapes that take the listener to far off places. Canadian Blissbeat.
Originally conceived as a vehicle for his ambient guitar and loop work, Isabel's Dream is the brainchild of Toronto-based musician Michael Ulrich. Beginning in 1997 as a series of experiments involving his cassette four-track and home computer, the project gradually took on a life of its own, and soon programmed beats began to surface from beneath the steady wash of guitar. The sound was further refined during the summer of 1999, when Ulrich invited his friend Rachel Keeler to add her voice to the mix. He then recorded and released his debut 'Monomara' E.P.(Out Now) on Aporia Records.
Through out this period, Ulrich had been corresponding regularly with Scott Cortez of Lovesliescrushing, keeping him informed about the Isabel's Dream experiments. With the encouragement of Cortez, Ulrich continued to evolve and develop his sound into what Cortez has dubbed "blissbeat." In addition to providing this type of moral support, the relationship between Cortez and Ulrich has resulted in plans for a collaborative project that will likely appear in the near future under the name Monocroma.
The track I downloaded first Blue Morning starts with dreamy echoey guitars - imagine Cocteau Twins, - pulsating swirls of guitars, over a electronic background with artcore jungle underpinning the music - this sound juxtaposition suits the music - then dreamy female vocals emerge and the electronic pulsing music gets stronger, hi hats scurry over the mix then half way through the track the guitars float more into the music - the sound is similiar to the ex 4AD band Insides.
An EP is available The Monomara EP released on on Aporia Records label.
available to buy from Clairecords
# posted by DJ Martian 10:08 PM
Loveliescrushing (LLC) - update
Further to yesterdays weblog news here is the latest information concerning the transcendental Loveliescrushing who released Xuvetyn one of my favourite albums of the 90s - will be releasing their third album scheduled for this summer.
the new loveliescrushing album,yes the third lovesliescrushing album! is almost completed it is a matter of finishing up the mastering and finalizing artwork. hopefully if funds permit it will be released through the uncomparable
blue sanct musak label. set your sites for the summer release kids,it is here and soon will be on your stereo. from scott's
bedroom to yours.
and a remix album
there will be two more lovesliescrushing albums, one is comprised of new material and the other is a remix album where the deconstructed LLC sound is destroyed even further
Never heard them before? think Cocteau Twins - garlands, early Laika mixed with MBV loveless and Bark Psychosis, with added electronic and jungle influences. Intoxicating - investigate and re discover them in 2001.
PS the date on the LLC website should read Summer 2001 not 2000 !
More LLC information on the Astrobite site.
Astrobite is Scott Cortez multi talented multi instrumentalist and a founder member of Loveliescrushing.
There are also 3 Mp3 tracks from the forthcoming Astrobite album Crush, that is now set for release out on May 10th, on Clairecords.
I've just started downloading them now.
# posted by DJ Martian 8:59 PM
Mogwai - FREE Mogwai MP3
Those nice people at Vitamanic are offering a free MP3 download from the forthcoming Mogwai album, Rock Action.
The track You Don't Know Jesus - is over 8 minutes long and its an epic! that reaches Godspeed You Black Emperor intensity and a switch back to the quiet then loud drenched psychotic sounds of Young Team.
Fact Mogwai's last two albums (Young Team and C.O.D.Y) in the UK sold 35, 000 copies each, the UK's population is over 60 million. While the horrible ghastly whiney and dull plodding pub rock of Stereophonics sells 1 million and the bland boring nothingness of Travis are equally as popular . It has been my long held opinion that most people in Britain are stupid and dumb, these simple facts illustrate the point perfectly.
We need the chopsy likes of Stuart Braithwaite to tell it like it is - as there are precious few artists that have the courage, self belief, knowledge, intelligence and confidence to speak their own minds and impart their honest opinions when we are bombarded with conformity and mediocracy in so much of todays media.
Power to Mogwai - make the intelligent choice get Rock Action on April 30th !
Unofficial Mogwai website and the Official Mogwai website
# posted by DJ Martian 8:37 PM
Dreampop Links - with news of Bark Psychosis and Loveliescrushing
Dreampop links
This is just an attempt to keep a starting point in the search for shoegazer/dream pop related bands. This links will take you to web sites, home pages or just plain text information of the bands listed.
Also a news section that states there will be a new Loveliescrushing album !
Bark Psychosis
But now, according to some close sources, Sutton "rediscovered" the guitar sound and now he's recording an LP with ex-members of Talk Talk / O'rang. Sounds mighty interesting, but there's still more. There is also talk of a BP live album compiled by Sutton which might see the light of day at some point throughout this year. Also, watch out for re-releases of Hex and Independency!
An MP3 Radio section with downloads including Astrobite !
A best of 2000 round up.
and loads of links !
# posted by DJ Martian 12:41 AM
Fake Jazz music ezine
Fake Jazz Issue 15
Reviews include:
Red House Painters - Old Ramon
Red House Painters
Bardo Pond - Dilate
Bardo Pond
a new band to me Kinski - Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle
(Pacifico)
This is what Kinski does, taking cues from the last 20 years of space rock, art rock, psychedelia, and even post rock and creating something new and invigorating.
Equally adept at quiet and loud, Kinski draw from several distinct movements and mix them together masterfully to create an exciting, energizing album.
Mercury Program - All the Suits Began to Fall Off EP
(Tiger Style)
Mercury Program
Mice Parade
and the wonderful Mice Parade - Mokoondi
# posted by DJ Martian 10:53 PM
If I were an editor of a weekly music magazine this weeks front cover would feature: Bows
Bows
who release their second album, Cassidy this week.
# posted by DJ Martian 8:13 PM
Botch - update
Lambgoat have the latest news concerning the innovative Botch, who released the dynamic album We are the Romans.
# posted by DJ Martian 12:54 AM
Yellow 6 Limited Edition CD - Released April 23rd
Chunky Records - Coming Soon
Chunky Records are one of the select few places top purchase this CD !
YELLOW 6. Music For Pleasure. (Rocket Racer) US Import CD �7.49
"The vinyl lovers label Rocket Racer releases its first CD! Yellow6 release another limited edition full length album featuring all the relaxing beats and melodies he's becoming famous for. more art by RAUM DSIGN and packaged in a clear yellow clam shell case complete with florescent fuzzy pearl! limited to 500 copies, be a lucky one!"
# posted by DJ Martian 11:30 PM
Tool Webcast
Remember the Tool Webcast tomorrow, April 17th 7.00 PST.
( 3.00 am London ! April 18th)
# posted by DJ Martian 11:18 PM
Brainwashed Brain V04I14 - 04152001
This weeks Brainwashed Brain includes:
album reviews for:
Arab Strap - the red thread
V/A - DID YOU SEE
"Did You See" is the third various artists compilation from Surrey, UK based label deFocus.
A record label that I have championed on this weblog this year.
ULVER, PERDITION CITY [MUSIC TO AN INTERIOR FILM] - as already mentioned on Mark W's website that I pointed out at the weekend!
# posted by DJ Martian 10:58 PM
Juno
Us Against Them recommended to check out Juno last week, Desoto Records have a Juno MP3 download, from the forthcoming album A Future Lived in Past Tense.
AMG profile for Juno
Siren Discs also mentioned Juno as Husker Du/ Fugazi influenced, on their recent forthcoming releases.
# posted by DJ Martian 1:22 AM
Ulver - Perdition City - another excellent review
Mark W of Brainwashed reviews the new Ulver - Perdition City album there are some MP3 sound samples to download as well !
I am downloading them now.
Ulver's music is genuine and never sounds contrived, regardless of what genre they're dipping into or what direction they choose to tread.
UK Release date is now April 23rd. One of the most anticipated albums of the year. !
# posted by DJ Martian 11:13 PM
PelicanNeck This Weeks New Releases
this weeks new releases including
ISAN : Salle D'Isan - Morr Music - CD
EP Of The Week!! The long awaited return of Isan on the fabulous Morr Music label!! The term isan stands for "integrated services analogue network", and it perfectly reveals their interest in using dodgy old keyboards to make dodgy old noise. Isan�s music is a kind of ambilvalent thing: simple but pure, noisy but clear, strange but true........they mention influences as varied as artists like brian eno, stereolab, autechre, my bloody valentine...and as a matter of necessity you will find yourself whistling their beautiful melodies regardless of intention and mood. This is delicately refined beauty with one eye focused firmly on the nature and sounds of analogue machinery, with the other intensly locked onto melodies that sound as ethereal and timeless as anything you will ever hear. It is a telling sign that in the short span of the last couple of years the term 'isan-esque' has become common-place within the IDM community...and what else could it be termed...?? after all, Isan really do sound like nothing else. Essential
CEX : Starship Galactica - 555
The Cexboy returns!!! After a relocation period 555 have returned with another stormer from Ryjan Kidwell following his recent LP for Tigerbeat 6. The trademark squashed hip hop vibe is still in full effect and with a name like Starship Galactica you know it's funky. Along with compadre Kid 606, Cex is starting to chill a little with the emphasis being on the groove rather than the noise. After the B-Boy opener (complete with shout-outs to his label and mates), this release strays into Matmos territory while taking in latin guitar, porno chat, and Funkadelic style basslines. The CD closes with a hilarious Atari fuelled ode to the starship of the title. The boy's done it again, what a treat. Recommended.
COUCH : Profane - Kitty Yo - CD
The excellent Couch return with this brand new LP on Kitty Yo. An instrumental album with double bass, horns, strings and sometimes no guitar, the album finely balances abstraction and melody. Gorgeous post-rock, electronica and aural soundscaping.
TARWATER : Not The Wheel - Gustaff Rec - CD
Excellent new album from Tarwater. Bringing together commissioned pieces that the band have undertaken for film, performance and theatre projects, this is a fantastically coherent LP that ranges from poetically understated instrumentals to more upfront vocal tracks. Featuring contributions from Bertram Denzel (one half of the enigmatic duo Denzel and Huhn who unleash their debut EP on City Centre Offices very very soon...), 'Not The Wheel' is a fantastic fusion of subtle electronic soundscapes and accoustic twinklings not a million miles removed from To Rococo Rot. Highly Recommended!!
# posted by DJ Martian 7:36 PM
Appliance
Mute records have launched a new web section for Appliance
the result is the album "Imperial Metric", a record that is certainly their most ambitious work to date. The instrumentation has been broadened; keyboards and drum machines feature where guitar and a drum kit would have once existed. Detached vocals float above the music aiming to hypnotise the listener with strong visual imagery and inventive wordplay. They have challenged themselves and succeeded, making a record which opens their music up to new territories. Set for release in June 2001, "Imperial Metric" is an album of hauntingly melancholic, yet uplifting music.
Details of a forthcoming single A Gentle Cycle Revolution
Appliance release a new single �A Gentle Cycle Revolution� on Mute on the 28th of May.
More information on the album Imperial Metric including nice cover art.
Imperial Metric is released June 11th.
# posted by DJ Martian 6:24 PM
Mouse on Mars
Bleedmusic review the forthcoming Mouse on Mars - Idiology album.
Undoubtedly their finest album to date, "Idiology" should broaden Mouse On Mars' already considerable off-menu appeal, but crucially, will also keep the legions of leftfield loyalists sweet.
# posted by DJ Martian 5:58 PM
Couch
Almost Cool review the new album by Couch - Profane
Couch- Profane (Matador/Kitty-Yo)
The album is released April 16th in the UK.
# posted by DJ Martian 5:02 PM
Vitriol - rural dark ambient music
Epitonic are offering two free Mp3 tracks from Vitriol
Who is Vitriol?
Ben Green a member of the legendary extreme British band Godflesh.
Vitriol is an exploration of organic, unfettered noises, decontextualized and woven into alarming collages. These compositions suggest the strange, menacing sounds you might hear in a forest in the dark at night or deep beneath the earth in some strange lightless cave.
His Vitriol release, made only with an eight-track, a guitar, and a few microphones, is a record of the experience.
From listening to the tracks I draw myself to comparisions with the brilliant Yellow6, but this is way darker, some of the guitar textures are similiar to Loveliescrushing. Lots of reverb and blissed out dark ambient rock structures it is remarkable that this music was just made with a guitar.
Neurot Recordings -Vitriol
Vitriol
"I-VII"
Release Date: March 20, 2001
Format: CD
Neurot Recordings (NR013)
Ben Green (Godflesh) takes us on a haunting and elemental journey of the soul. Recorded in the mountains of Wales in order to document alchemical pursuits.
In 1995 I moved to a remote cottage in the Cambrian mountains, at the top end of the Ystwyth valley, a place I had spent a lot of time as a child; a beautifully bleak, magickal place. The main reason for this was to escape the noise of the city in order to listen, without distraction to the sounds within, sounds that I had been feeling for a long time. I spent 12 months here in virtual total isolation, focusing not only inwards, but also allowing myself to be an elemental "sponge", initially at natures mercy, but eventually learning to coexist with all natural elements, becoming completely aware of the natural order and flow of things.
Listening to this is a welcome escape from the confines of the urban lifestyle - turn the lights out, turn the volume up and listen to the flow and purity of Vitriol's music.
# posted by DJ Martian 3:55 PM
Isis
Epitonic are offering a free Mp3 track from Isis - Constructing Towers
You can call Isis metal, but only up to a point. Without question, their crushing, chugging two-guitar violence qualifies them as a powerful grindcore outfit, but Isis brings a lot more to the table: hypnotic, repetitious guitar-and-electronics asides, cold, gothic ambient textures, and ominous, curiously baroque bridges. It's spooky and aggressive music that iterates between gloomy introspection and forceful purging.
Download it now ! Isis are one of the leading extreme rock bands around at the moment in terms of innovation.
Isis Official website
Isis album Celestial finally got a European release last week, April 9th.
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Modern English
Epitonic are offering a free MP3 track - Rainbows End
from the recently released retrospective album by Modern English - Life in the Gladhouse 1980-1984.
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Splendid
This week's album reviews at Splendid - Week of April 16, 2001 include
Lesser / Gearhound / Matador
you can check a track on the Splendid Boombox
Dashboard Confessional The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most
from the brief sound clip I heard this would make an excellent companion to the new Red House Painters album.
Vagrant Records have more information
This brand new full length release from Christopher Carrabba is an amazing follow up to his debut LP. Containing all of the heart-on-his-sleeve sincerity of his past work along with the introduction of full-instrumentation on a handful of the songs, ready yourself to be amazed. AVAILABLE - 3.20.2001
Other Releases
Ikon / On the Edge of Forever / Metropolis (CD)
"Though their sound and mood are often reminiscent of First and Last and Always-era Sisters of Mercy, with a little bit of (Clan of) Xymox thrown in for good measure"
So they have moved on from being a Joy Division tribute band?
The Mecury Program / All The Suits Began To Fall Off / Tiger Style (CD)
The Mercury Program are an all instrumental music band.
More information at Southern Records
Since the addition of Whit Travisano as the full time 4th member in early 2000, and with several months of national touring under their belt, the Mercury Program are now fully realized as a quartet. The songs on this EP reflect the band's comfort as a 4 piece, and are musically more textured than the works on previous releases. Tom Reno's guitars are loopy and sprawling while Sander Travisano's bass lines ground the band somewhere in the country between rock, blues and jazz. Vibes and keys take a prominent role and there is the first time addition of cello into a Mercury Program song. Unlike the previous recordings, this EP doesn't include any of the sparse bits of vocals, instead these 5 songs are completely instrumental. Whiles some songs pass the 8 minute mark, there is never a dull moment and the vocals are never missed.
You can Listen to the Mercury Program here
An MP3 download a track The Secret to Quiet
If you enjoyed fellow label recording artists Tristeza than look out for the The Mecury Program
The EP All the Suits Began to Fall Off Released on April 23rd on Tiger Style via Southern
Tiger Style Information for The Mercury Program
Official website for The Mercury Program
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Candiria
Candiria's new CD titled "300 Percent Density" is released on May 1, 2001.
You can listen to a track off the Candiria album: without water. This reminds me of Godflesh, the same brutal and powerful edge with a deep groove and a strong sense of rhythm.
Their record label Century Media introduces Candiria:
Candiria is a truly unique band destined to destroy all barriers traditionally associated with metal and urban music. They are currently recording the follow-up to 1999's Process Of Self-Development with Mike Barile at the Purple Light Studios in Brooklyn, New York. The album, titled 300 Percent Density, will be the band's fourth full-length album and has a release date of May 1, 2001. Be prepared to expect the unexpected.
A more detailed biography for Candiria
You can download a Cadiria MP3 Signs of Discontent.
# posted by DJ Martian 3:31 PM
Zao - Album Review
Digitalmetal give a very positive review of Zao - Self Titled
Well, something magical must've happened in the past few years, because Zao return with a masterpiece in (Self-Titled). Let me re-state and re-emphasize: the epitome of a masterpiece
Granted, all this may be difficult to fathom of a band coming from a hardcore background, but what Zao create here stands well outside the dogmatic boundaries of metal-core, the record squarely landing itself alongside the tar-chick avalanche-chug of Neurosis, Godflesh, and Isis
I enthused over some Zao tracks that I downloaded via MP3 last October on this blog.
On current form Zao must be rated one of the innovative rock bands on the planet. I must get this album soon.
To date I have yet to hear Zao on the radio, and the NME are unaware of them too. (Once again we are let down by the ignorant British media.)
Official Zao website.
Go to the sounds section to download 2 tracks from the album !
# posted by DJ Martian 2:56 PM
Red House Painters
Metacritic collate reviews for Red House Painters - Old Roman
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Pennyblackmusic.com - Forthcoming Releases
Pennyblackmusic - Forthcoming Releases has just been updated including these
Amp : Saint Cecilia Sissemilla
CD
Space Age Recordings ORBIT027CD.
Released On: 07 May 2001
Amp create shifting focal points of sound, from scattering synthetic percussion to smears of guitar looped drones to seductive vocals to detailed piano pieces. Saint cecilia sinsemilla was recorded by richard walker and karine charff during their 1999 european tour and features additional recordings from their vpro radio 5 session in holland.since releasing astralmoonbeamprojections on kranky, amp have toured their native england and made forays into the continent. Amp formed out of the musical wanderings of richard walker, formerly a collaborator with david pearce (flying saucer attack) in the secret garden and the distance project (recorded november mist). After inspiring french singer karine charff with a cassette/short story produced in 1992, amp as we know it was born in 1995/96 when their first single �get there� was released.amp call themselves �trans european esoterrorists�. They initially recorded some material at home and in wales with matt elliot (now third eye foundation) and matt jones of �crescent�. The first single �get there� �ie petit chat� and first album �sirenes� were released in 1996. �amp douse their folk melodies in oceanic effects, with a commitment to fidelity so low it would make a philanderer blush�. Amp have created a soundtrack that actually attempts to address their imaginary film they are scoring�� christopher porter �alternative press�.
Appendix Out : Night Is Advancing
Drag City DC189.
Released On: 16 April 2001
The third full-length album from these glasgow pop balladeers edges away from the total mellow of their previous pick-up efforts, dabs on a little perfume, and comes on strong. A twelve-track pop stud that saddles up next to you with droning compliments, '90s folk heavy breathing, melodic sweet nothings, and a tribal/pagan rock hand-on-the-knee. This is the best british neo-folk / pagan rock album since the sound track to �the wicker man�. Produced by smooth movers sean o'hagen (high llamas) and chestnut station�s rian murphy. This is as exciting and as fresh as the latest will oldham incarnation
Bows : Cassidy
CD
Too Pure PURE104CD.
Released On: 16 April 2001
Cassidy� follows on from the highly acclaimed debut album �Blush�. Hugely feted by the serious press, Luke Sutherland, the mainman of Bows (and formerly of Long Fin Killie) has created another record that refuses categorisation but sets an unmistakeable tone of melody and refinement. Inspired by the warmth and majesty of Southern Spain � the sleeve photos and all publicity shots were done in the ancient cities of Seville and Cordoba � the album, like all mood records, takes you to another place. Like candles and red wine. Luke will also be promoting his new novel a month or so after the release of �Cassidy�. His last novel was nominated for the Whitbread prize. Danish singer Signe Hoirup Wille Jorgensen from Speaker Bite Me once again guests on vocals. Tracklisting Luftsang, Cuban Welterweight Rumbles Hidden Hitmen, Man Fat, Ali 4 Onassis, Uniroyal B Boy Blunt, Wonderland, DJ, Blue Steeples, Hey Vegas, Sun Electric, Ton ten All The Way Home
Magic Carpathians : Nytu : Ethnocore Ii
Drunken Fish DFR48CD.
Released On: 16 April 2001
The third album-their first available on a domestic label-from this enigmatic combo centered around the duo of anna nacher and marek styczynski, the founding members of the now defuct polish ethno-folk group atman. Continuing their former group's unique and acoustic-based forest music sound, the two have no added an infusion of traditional rock instruments, electronics, and a host of guests. Recorded and mixed at the krakow radio station recording studio by aleksander wilk between may and november 2000, ethnocore 2: nyt� was composed and arranged by anna and marek, with tomasz radziuk (ex-atman), jan kubek, ramunas jaras, and wadada and marek miczyk (both of the european festival group suns of arqa). Also figuring into the composition are field recordings made by anna and marek during their travels to india and nepal in autumn 1999, and traces of nyt�-a mythical, archaic technique of vocalization (similar the technique used in mongolia) given in the language of slavonic rituals, nowadays almost completely lost and forgotten. Currently on tour in selected cities throughout the usa, where phrases like "patti smith fronting art ensemble of chicago," and "don cherry with amon d��l" were overheard among their audience.
Mercury Program : All The Suits Began To Fall Off
CD
Tiger Style TS013.
Released On: 23 April 2001
Follow up record to last year's extremely well received "From the vapour of Gasoline" CD- this new 30 minute mini album finds Mercury Program really hitting their stride. Produced again by Andy Baker (Macha, Causey Way etc.), they have bought some new instruments to the fore: chiefly electric piano and cello - adding a swirling psychedelic grounding to their post rock charm not unlike TRISTEZA. You want a genre? Try "Nu Gazing" on for size - they'll all be saying it by next week.... "This Florida quartet avoids the blatant idol worshipping and overbearing emo leanings of many of its peers, instead choosing to define itself as a serious, but never pretentious mood rock ensemble" CMJ Magazine.
Burning Airlines : Identikit
CD
De Soto BU36.
Released On: 08 May 2001
BURNING AIRLINES formed in 1997 just as frontman J ROBBINS' previous band JAWBOX was grinding to a painful close. PETE MOFFETT was the obvious choice for drummer: he and Robbins had served together in DC Hardcore legends GOVERNMNET ISSUE, and he had just returned home from LA after playing in WOOL. Plus he is one of the greatest drummers still playing - simple as that. Anyway, together with ex JAWBOX gutarist BILL BARBOT they recorded "Mission:Control!" - their extremely well received and critically acclaimed debut album. After touring it solidly for a year and a half the world over - the time came to record the follow up. "Identikit" is that album, and the first featuring new bassist Mike Harbin's super catchy melodic bass skills. It builds perfectly on the 80's Rock/Punk/Post Punk influences from the first record: (PIXIES, early XTC, WIRE, GANG OF FOUR, MISSION OF BURMA) adding new twists and turns - Dubby production, dysfuntional blues guitar, and, shock horror, poppier FOO FIGHTERS-esque moments.All wrapped up in an absolutely boss die-cut cover designed by JASON FARRELL of BLUETIP (responsible for all those great DISCHORD sleeves you love). 21st Century Rock for fans of JETS TO BRAZIL, BRAID, DISMEMBERMENT PLAN.
Nobukazu Takemura : Hoshi No Koe
Thrill Jockey THRILL094.
Released On: 23rd April 2001!
Another blurp-and-bleep tour de force from japanese electronic composer nobukazu takemura released under his nom de plume child view, hoshi no koe is a celebration of the different sounds and styles that have inspired him thoughout his career. Eleven new tracks that draw from free jazz, hip hop, and contemporary musique concrete that runs from the baroque innocence of "white sheep and small light" to the digital deconstruction of "honey comb," with a lot more fun in between. This album is not to be confused the delayed �sign� mcd which will be in stock in two weeks. Takemura has earned massive worldwide acclaim not only through his solo work, but through his remixing work with steve reich, tortoise, ice, pizzicato five, coldcut, and blue note records. This release is up there with the latest matmos release.
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Siren Discs - Future Releases Information
Browsing through the very comprehensive and useful Siren Discs Future Releases I noticed this
Easterhouse Contenders, CD
Reissue of this classic '80's album from band formed in Manchester in the mid '80's, championed by Morrissey and signed to ROUGH TRADE Records. Includes bonus tracks. Country: UK. Release Date: 28-May-01
An album that appears on many personal best albums lists like this and and this
also:
B Movie BBC Sessions
The complete BBC sessions of the early '80's Post-Punk keyboard and guitar combo, taken from 4 sessions dating from 1981 to 1984. Country: UK. Release Date: 21-May-01
Birthday Party John Peel Sessions
Country: UK. Release Date: 28-May-01
Danse Society Seduction
The backbone for the album is the ultra rare & collectable "Seduction" album that was released in 1982 along with "Somewhere/Hide" & "Woman's Own". Country: UK. Release Date: 23-Apr-01
E.M.F Very Best Of, CD Country: UK. Release Date: 11-Jun-01 Is this really necessary? No
The Ex - Dizzy Spells,
After it's start in 1979, The Ex developed over the years into a melting pot of divergent musical styles, noise, jazz, improv, & ethnic music. In late November 2000, they went into a French studio with Steve Albini to record this new album. Country: USA. Release Date: 24-Apr-01
Gaye Bikers On Acid Everythings Groovey - Useless Grebo band in 1987, still useless now
This 16 track CD contains all the tracks from the first two singles plus additional tracks that have been hidden in the vaults for the past few years. Country: UK. Release Date: 21-May-01
Juno A Future Lived In Past Tense,
This is the Seattle band's 2nd F/L. The record ups the ante thrown down by their '99 debut, building on their long-held interest in combining the intensity of Fugazi & Husker Du with elaborate soundscapes and mood. Country: USA. Release Date: 7-May-01
Mighty Wah - 3 albums
A Word To The Wise Guy, Country: UK. Release Date: 23-Apr-01
Maverick Years,
Remastered from original tapes, 12 tracks plus 5 rare bonus tracks. Country: UK. Release Date: 23-Apr-01
Nah Pooh, The Art Of Bluff,
Remastered from original tapes, 9 tracks plus 6 rare bonus tracks. Country: UK. Release Date: 23-Apr-01
Neu - 3 albums
Neu! Neu!,
The band continues to top the influential krautrock charts & are seen as the leaders of this genre of music. 1st time on CD (Legally!). Liner note quotes from popular artists. Country: UK. Release Date: 23-Apr-01
also Neu 2 and Neu 75
Neu 75 influenced PIL and early Simple Minds
Nightingales Pissed And Potless, CD
The CD booklet features sleeve notes written by former frontman, Robert Lloyd, a complete Nightingales discography and features the original sleeves. Country: UK. Release Date: 21-May-01
Nurse With Wound
Music from the deleted EP's "Yagga Blues" and "Soresucker", coupled with the unreleased full version of "Funeral Music for Perez Prado". Country: UK. Release Date: 30-Apr-01
Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark B-Sides,
Country: UK. Release Date: 30-Apr-01
PS how do Siren Discs know what is on the front cover of Q in July(Radiohead) and October (Nirvana) 2001? Does the conservative Q plan that far in advance? and tell others?
Siren Discs - respect, top site updated regularly - why can't more music e-commerce websites - be this informative?
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Chunky Records Forthcoming Album Release Date Information
Chunky Records - Coming Soon has been updated, including these that caught my interest
April 23rd
BOLZ BOLZ. Human Race. (Feis) German Import
"Exponents of weird asymmetric beat constructions, Bolz Bolz erupt once again with this storming double pack. The title track pummels forward with a kind of acid ferocity that makes yr bones twinge...a spasmodic hybrid of electro and monster 4/4 that breaks in the right places. All in all, highly unusual, twisted, totally wrong and the soundtrack to the most bizarre rave you'll ever go to"
MIRO. Subtidal. (Varunee) US Import
"Moogs, organs, pianos, glitches, bleeps, beeps & beats create strange quirks and funny turns... produced by Matthew Lux of Isotope 217, CMJ says "a warmly woven, patchwork quilt feel...beneath this warm blanket, Miro artfully weaves a consistent mood, as the burbling music beds ballast the contemplative vocal ruminations."
April 30th
FUNCKARMA. Solid State. (Dub) US Import
"After storming the world league of modern electronica with a series of exquisite eps and remixes, the dutch brothers don & roel funcken finally unveil their debut feature length cd of advanced melodic sounds and free musical structures. alongside artists like autechre, aphex twin, funkstorung, boards of canada, and the miami axis of chocolate industries / schematic / beta bodega, funckarma have been instrumental in bringing a new approach to thoughtful electronic music to a wider audience"
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Special Preview - Forthcoming Album Release Date Information for April 16th, 23rd and 30th
There are a lot of albums that will be released over the next 3 weeks. This is is the current release date information (all dates subject to change) .
April 16th
Aarktica - Morning One (Ochre)
Alton Inc - Main Things (Force Inc)
Appendix Night - the Night Is Advancing (Drag City)
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (XL)
Bardo Pond - Dilate (Matador)
Bows - Cassidy (Too Pure ) Possible release date?
Cabaret Voltaire - Remixes (EMI)
Cex - Starship Galactica (555) CD Ep
Couch - Profane (Kitty Yo)
Ddamage - Harsh Reality Of Daily Life (Alice In Wonder)
Havergal - Lungs For The Race (Secretley Canadian) Import CD
Hypercity - v/a - mixed by Andrew Weatherall (Force tracks)
Magic Carpathians - Nytu : Ethnocore Ii (Drunken Fish)
April 23rd - the biggest new release day of the year so far
Astrobite - Crush (Claire) US Import
Bolz Bolz - Human Race (Feis) German Import
Danse Society - Seduction Reissue
Eblake - Limit (Deluxe)
Electro Organic Sound System - Roots Wreck Remix (Varunee) US Import
Fear Factory - Digimortal (Roadrunner)
Firebird Band - Setting Sun & It's Satellites (Headhunter)
Keiji Haino - Abandon All Words At A Stroke, So That Prayer Can Come Spilling Out. (Alien 8) Import
John Hughes (Aka Slicker) - Scarlet Diva (Hefty)
Mercury Program - All The Suits Began To Fall Off (Tiger Style)
Mighty Wah � 3 Reissues
Miro - Subtidal (Varunee) US Import
Mouse on Mars - Idiology (Domino)
Andrea Parker - The Dark Ages (Quatermass)
Red House Painters - Old Roman (Sub Pop)
Re:mnant - Remnant (Constellation)
Retina - Volcano Waves (Hefty) Import CD
Ruby - Short Staffed At The Gene Pool (Wichita)
Shriekback - Aberations 81-84
Shudo - Shudo (Quatermass)
Mikael Stavostrand - Reduce (Force Inc)
Neu � Reissues � Neu, Neu 2, Neu 75 (Gr�nland, Germany)
Nobukazu Takemura - Hoshi no Koe (Thrill Jockey)
Ulver - Pedition City (Jester Records)
Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You (Matador)
US Maple - Acre Thrills (Drag City)
Otto Von Schirach. 8000 B.C. (Schematic) Us Import
Xploding Plastic - Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt (Beatservice)
Zero 7 - Simple Things (Ultimate Dilemma
April 30th
Autechre - Confield (Warp)
Candiria - 300 Percent Density (Century Media)
Brian Eno - Drawn From Life ( Virgin)
Defenestration - One Inch God (Dream Catcher)
Electrelane - Rock it to the Moon (Let�s Rock)
Funckarma - Solid state (dub) US import
Mogwai - Rock Action (Southpaw)
Nurse With Wound - Funeral Music for Perez Prado (World Serpent)
OMD - B-Sides (Virgin)
Orbital - The Altogether (ffrr)
Ovuca - Wasted Sunday (Rephlex)
To Rococo Rot - Music Is A Hungry Ghost (City Slang)
Violet Indiana - Roulette (Bella Union)
All dates subject to change.
If there is not at least one of these albums that interests you... I suggest you leave now.
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Slam - Alien Radio one of the finest techno albums of 2001?
Burnitblue.com have an interesting Slam interview, up for discussion the forthcoming Slam album - Alien Radio.
Slam�s new album �Alien Radio� is out on May 28. The single �Lifetimes� featuring Tyrone Palmer is out on May 14. Both are out on Soma.
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Touch label forthcoming releases
Touch forthcoming releases both set for release in May
Biosphere - Substrata 2
Rafael Toral - Violence of Discovery and Calm of Acceptance
More information on Rafael Toral
Rafael Toral is as inspired by the academically rooted sounds and writings of John Cage and Brian Eno as he is by the guitar textures of outward bound rockers My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth. He's synthesized these influences in isolation into a musical imagination that is by turns mischievous, outrageous, contemplative, and lyrical.
Sound Mind Sound Body (Ananana, 1994) introduced his luminous guitar tone and slowly unfurling compositions, and Wave Field (Moneyland, 1996) is an utterly transportational wedding of shimmering, glacially paced ambience to layered, boiling guitar noise. But simultaneous with his compositional pursuits Rafael has established himself as an improvising guitarist. Chasing Sonic Booms is the first recorded evidence of what fortunate audiences in Europe and the USA have known for a few years; Rafael is a sensitive listener and a damned fine player.
None of Chasing Sonic Booms was recorded in Portugal. Since 1992 Rafael's been forging relationships with like-minded personages from other countries like Phill Niblock, Lee Ranaldo and John Zorn, as well as the excellent players showcased on this disc. By travelling abroad he renews himself by sharing with other musicians, but he's no mere pilgrim wandering from guru to guru. He's their equal, and by releasing an album of music recorded away from home Rafael Toral is acknowledging that he's no longer lost in the desert. He belongs to all of us now.
# posted by DJ Martian 10:50 PM
The Braindance Coincidence
Playlouder review The Braindance Coincidence
compilation by Rephlex.
# posted by DJ Martian 10:43 PM
METAMORPHIC JOURNEYMAN
Another hidden gem of a website that has has until now escaped my attention METAMORPHIC JOURNEYMAN
Welcome to METAMORPHIC JOURNEYMAN, the On-Line magazine serving the INDUSTRIAL / EXPERIMENTAL / AVANT GARDE / ELECTRONIC / OUTRE / NOISE / WEIRD / DARK AMBIENT music scenes.
Music News
Music Reviews
Links - a very extensive collection of internet resources
Sample news story Susumu Yakota - new album on Leaf
There are currently two people writing for the magazine - myself, Antony Burnham, and Martyn Bates. We have gravitated to writing from actually creating music for the scene.
More information on Martyn Bates
# posted by DJ Martian 10:21 PM
COLDCUT RELEASE SATIRICAL ELECTION SONG
dotmusic have the news relating to the forthcoming single by Coldcut
"The pioneering dance music duo have called the song 'Re:Volution' and it features many sound bites of politicians speeches alongside "post-junglist beats" and some frenzied guitars".
I heard the single yesterday and it is pure genius, think the best KLF, Orbital, Chemical Brothers and Prodigy - with Tony Blair's voice spliced up in the mix - "the lunactics have taken over the asylum", and William Hague - with the sample "guilty".
You can discuss this single on the I Love Music Messaageboard
I predict a Number 1 single. Subversive pop music the finest since Prodigy's Firestarter Number 1 single in February 1996.
Viva the Coldcut revolution.
# posted by DJ Martian 11:36 PM
Beta Band
Playlouder announce that Beta Band to release new album on July 2nd through Regal Recordings.
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Electrelane
Electrelane release their debut album Rock It To The Moon, on their own Let's Rock Records, that is set for release 23rd April.
Electrelane are an all female band based in Brighton have an arty flowing guitar sound, that will give Life Without Buildings some competition in 2001
SceneOne interview Electrelane
Official website Electrelane
# posted by DJ Martian 7:11 PM
Mouse on Mars Interview
Pitchfork have a new Mouse on Mars interview conducted by Mark Richard-San .
# posted by DJ Martian 11:46 PM
April Records of Denmark
April Records are releasing some fine electronic music in 2001. Primarily known for releasing Sweden's Hakan Lidbo one of the leading lights in the ever expanding european techno scene.
Future 3 have completed the recordings of their new album "Like..." due to be released on the 21st of May 2001.
Also released
blue foundation "blue foundation" apr054cd/apr054
the new stunning full-length from this magnificient electronic trip/hip hop ensemble!
the album have received absolutely stunning reviews and you shouldn't hesitate to check out this atmospheric, cinematic trip hop album! Already an april rec. classic!!
# posted by DJ Martian 11:12 PM
Two Player - electronic music resources
What a gem of a site this is Two Player
Based in London it provides links to underground electronic music resources,
including Nortroute
every wednesday night from 8pm-gmt/9pm-cet
expect new and old tunes from broad electronic genres. ranging from older detroit and electro stuff to new soulful idm, drum'n'bass, broken beat, detroit house and dubby berlin sounds. residents dj's are dan, stephen, marsel and lee. expect guests in the near future as well.
there are also links to record labels, playlists and providing information on forthcoming releases from independent labels.
Top site. Respect.
# posted by DJ Martian 10:42 PM
Sense - organic /emotional ambient electronic music
The record label Neo Ouija will be releasing the debut album by Sense.
Neo 10 is the debut album from Australias 'Sense'.A view from a vulnerable place'is released on cd/double vinyl in May
Check the review section of Igloo
"But one has to wonder how Sense is able to combine pleasing ambient frequencies with an almost classical soundscape. Each track on the upcoming View From a Vulnerable Place is packed with an exquisite assortment of tumbling electronics and symphonic debris. Tracks like "Choice", and "All Is You" tap into some very emotional territory where soothing ambient chords, warm basslines and tickling highs float around your mind in a very peaceful fashion."
Sense :: View From a Vulnerable Place (Neo Ouija)
"..Adam Raisbeck has been creating some of the most intriguing ambient electronics this year, and it will be no surprise to see his full length with Neo Ouija become one of the best releases for 2001.."
In the end it all makes sense; View From a Vulnerable Place is the perfect marriage of classical ambience and pure electronic finesse.
Also check the Profiles section of the Igloo website for an Interview
A press release for Fourier Transformations and an exclusive interview with Australian based Adam Raisbeck (aka Sense).
# posted by DJ Martian 10:05 PM
Afrika Bambaataa - Looking For The Perfect Beat
Audiostreet review a new compilation by the US king of electro Afrika Bambaataa - Looking For The Perfect Beat
Released this week on Tommy Boy.
Electro will be the underground summer sound of 2001. This is one of the original blueprints.
# posted by DJ Martian 9:17 PM
Nu Breed: Sander Kleinenberg - Compilation
Audiostreet review Nu Breed: Sander Kleinenberg one of the most anticipated progressive dance compilation albums of the year.
# posted by DJ Martian 9:12 PM
To Rococo Rot
City Slang have more news relating to the fortcoming album by To Rococo Rot
To Rococo Rot are blessed with the ability to create a robotically sensual soundtrack for nearly every mood, emotion and sunsetyou'll ever experience."
The Wire (UK)
"TO ROCOCO ROT's music is gentle, dreamlike, graceful, utterly engaging and endlessly imaginative, and after six years influencing and inspiring the likes of Leftfield and Bjork it is ready to penetrate a world as widescreen as its intentions. "
A free MP3 download is available on the City Slang website, from dream to daylight.
TO ROCOCO ROT are back with their fourth album MUSIC IS A HUNGRY GHOST, which was co-produced by New York DJ and
musician I-SOUND.
Released April 30th.
# posted by DJ Martian 9:06 PM
Absorb - Archiving Recent Electrocuted - Electro Music Shows
if you have real player check out Electrocuted
sherman and curley's rather spliffing sets on groovetech.com here in all it's glory. looking at the tracklistings makes me feel rather ill as i have probably have, at the most, ten or eleven of these tunes. which, for a trainspotter like me, is very bad news.
electro is coming back in 2001 watch out for Dave Clarke's compilation in May and Kraftwerk's album in the summer.
# posted by DJ Martian 8:57 PM
Absorb Album Reviews
Absorb have updated their album reviews including these forthcoming releases
Orbital -the altogether (london/ffrr)
"they have issued their most impressive statement yet". 10/10
Nobukazu Takemura - hoshi no koe (thrill jockey)
Plaid -Double Figure (warp)
# posted by DJ Martian 8:36 PM
The Brainwashed Brain V04I13 - 04082001
The Brainwashed Brain up for review this week: (including these)
Wagon Christ "Musipal"
Mice Parade "Mokoondi"
Ilpo V�is�nen "Asuma"
Clicks & Cuts Volume 2
Tetris "Tetris"
# posted by DJ Martian 8:20 PM
Links
Simon Reynolds -BLOGS AND WEBZINES: fervent, insightful, highly recommended has been updated, with added DJ Martian. Thanks.
# posted by DJ Martian 8:12 PM
Cabaret Voltaire: Remixes
Amazon.co.uk have details of a Cabaret Voltaire remixes album due out April 16th.
This covers rare remixes from 1987 to 1990 period, taking inspiration from the American Chicago House and Detroit Techno scenes that Cabaret Voltaire themselves inspired in the first place.
# posted by DJ Martian 6:38 PM
John B - UK Jungle producer and remixer - new album in the summer
22 year old John B has been very busy, lots of new material coming up, singles, remixes and an album in the summer, as well as running his own record label Beta recordings
Just heard a forthcoming track spinned by jumpin jack frost on Kiss, - the production is stellar! this is pushing jungle into new dimensions.
John B is putting the finishing touches to his next album, scheduled for a July/August Release on Beta Recordings.
One of the most anticipated jungle albums of the year !
More information John B Biography
"All styles of music from Classical to Electro, Jazz to Music Concrete, Industrial to Indie have interested and inspired John B. Some of the major influences have been: Beethoven, Stockhausen, Herbie Hancock, Kraftwerk, Throbbing Gristle, Walter Carlos, Cabaret Voltaire, Nirvana, Buddy Rich, Tito Puente, the Cure, and Magazine".
John B has a rich knowledge of music and the technological production genius to take jungle music new places in 2001. Keep it locked on!
# posted by DJ Martian 1:26 AM
Tool Lateralus - Cover art
Tool - Lateralus cover art stunning and unique!
Reminder May 14th is the delivery date.
# posted by DJ Martian 12:51 AM
I demand a recount ! Kosheen
KOSHEEN: SLIP & SLIDE SUICIDE, single
Just checked where Kosheen landed up in the charts NME Charts
um....No 50! Well even so that is a good performance by a small independent label, Moksha Recordings.
Anyway it probably sold a fair number in non chart return stores, i.e. independent stores if you added them up maybe it would have gatecrashed the top 20.
Maybe next week ! if it picks up more airplay, thats right - always blame in on the media.
(Anyway it is still the most creative and fresh track in the top 50, so stuff what is in the 40 !)
Kosheen
# posted by DJ Martian 12:29 AM
If I were an editor of a weekly music magazine this weeks front cover would feature: The Avalanches
If I were an editor of a weekly music magazine this weeks front cover would feature The Avalanches
Also featured Album of the Month in Uncut reviewed by Simon Reynolds.
The Album is released April 16th in the UK.
# posted by DJ Martian 12:07 AM
Alton Inc
Force Inc have news of a new album from Alton Inc
ATLON INC. 'main things' - CD / 3LP
RELEASE DATE: APRIL 17, 2001
Atlon Inc. is the alias for veteran producer Rob Acid. Spanning over 10 years of releases, this German producer is responsible for a slew of popular tracks and albums that have set the standards for the dancefloor. He has also contributed two albums to the Mille Plateaux label under the name Robert Babicz that have proved his ability at creating moving soundscapes of art. Now, with Atlon Inc., he takes a step further with a longplayer of luscious techno that is necessary for any fan of the dancefloor. His 12�� EP�s have proven themselves in the clubs, his track on recent Force Inc.�s critically acclaimed compilation met@music was hearlded by Revolution as �the best track�. Main Things is destined to prove that he still has it in him to dish out some of the most outstanding techno today.
# posted by DJ Martian 11:30 PM
Raz O'Hara
The Danish Pop-Troubadour Raz Ohara, whose real name is Patrick Rasemussen, has lived in Switzerland for many years and moved to Berlin at the age of 17, where he got into music, and nothing but music.
Raz O'Hara second album, Reality is released on Kitty Yo on May 21st.
Two MP3 downloads are available at the Kitty Yo website.
Many have compared Raz's vocal style to Prince this is self evident on hearing the title track and new single, Reality.
Worth checking out, to hear for yourself.
# posted by DJ Martian 9:32 PM
Yellow6
One of Britain's finest post rock bands Yellow6 have details of a limited edition CD
music for pleasure is the second full length album from yellow6 released by rocket racer of san diego USA in april 2001
only 500 copies of this cd are available.
by mail order in the UK from yellow6, chunky, norman and boa
full details of availability will be added soon�
In the meantime a number of free MP3 downloads are available, you know what to do...
# posted by DJ Martian 8:31 PM
Unwound album review
Another positive review for Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You this time from Drawer b.
"Albums like this one ensure it. Leaves Turn Inside You is a monumental album by a monumental band".
# posted by DJ Martian 4:26 PM
Splendid Reviews Week of April 9, 2001
Splendid Reviews Week of April 9th including
Nick Cave -No More Shall We Part / Reprise
you can hear a full track from this album at the Splendid Boombox
Red House Painters - Old Roman/ Sub Pop
you can hear a full track from this album at the Splendid Boombox
This track sounds very similiar to what the Red House Painters were doing 8 years ago, but it is still sublime you know what to expect echoey production and distinctive atmospheric vocals.
The album is released April 16th.
Appendix Out / The Night is Advancing / Drag City
# posted by DJ Martian 3:45 PM
Echo & the Bunnymen
You can listen to the new Echo & the Bunnymen single, It's alright in real audio here.
I like it, sure its nothing new - but this is vintage Echo & the Bunnymen back on form.
The single is released April 23rd with the album, Flowers to follow on May 14th the same day as Tool and Depeche Mode
I also like the humour on the site, the Bunnymen are selling t-shirts
Goths, fear not - it's also available in black
# posted by DJ Martian 5:52 PM
Hypercity Forcetracks Mixed By Andrew Weatherall
Andy Weatherall - Hypercity
Focused in developing deep house music, Force Tracks has risen to become one of Germany�s premier house labels. The term "minimal-house" seems to be a popular term to describe the + 25 12�� releases that have been released - groovy, soulful bliss that has massively infected the lounges to such massive clubs as Body & Soul. Hypercity presents a unique compilation of the vinyl singles that make up Force Tracks; a first of it�s kind to be released in the states. To make this compilation unmatched, one of the world�s finest DJ�s has stepped up to do the job - Andrew Weatherall.
It reflects tremendously on Hypercity; a definitive overview of a new movement in house, showcased by one of electronic music�s leaders.
Bi Wire are selling it
Hypercity Forcetracks Mixed By Andrew Weatherall
JUST IN!!! New Forcetracks CD mixed by Weatherall, contains tracks from M.R.I., Safety Scissors, Crane.A.K. and Haken Lidbo - we've only got a few copies so be quick!
Released April 9th
# posted by DJ Martian 5:01 PM
Heida - icelandic music
pop+post rock+bjorklike vocals = Heida
An MP3 download is available, Loftborg.
Heida's album Svarid is released in the UK on Monday, Rough Trade will stock it.
# posted by DJ Martian 4:26 PM
Leonard's Lair review Labradford and Tortoise
Two new reviews
Labradford - Fixed::Context
Tortoise - Standards
# posted by DJ Martian 3:53 PM
Alternative Press Issue 154
New edition of Alternative Press hope to pick up my copy soon from Borders in London.
including: Origins Of Cool revisits My Bloody Valentine�s landmark album, Loveless.
# posted by DJ Martian 9:15 PM
Aquarius Records
Aquarius Records New Arrivals another batch of new releases reviewed, including these
APPENDIX OUT The Night Is Advancing (Drag City
DIMMU BORGIR Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (Nuclear Blast)
FUTURE PILOT AKA Tiny Waves, Mighty Sea (Geographic)
KATATONIA Last Fair Deal Gone Down (Peaceville)
SILO Alloy (Swim )
TAKEMURA, NOBUKAZU Hoshi no Koe (Thrill Jockey)
TENNIS Europe On Horseback (Bip-Hop)
WINDY & CARL Consciousness (Kranky)
and also this, imagine asking this for this by full name down your local independent record store !
LUMEN
The Man Felt An Iron Hand Grasp Him By The Hair, At The Nape, Not One Hand, A Hundred Hands Seized Him, Each By The Hair, And Tore Him Head To Foot, The Way You Tear Up A Sheet Of Paper, Into Hundreds Of Little Pieces. (Temporary Residence Ltd.)
is this the longest album title ever?
# posted by DJ Martian 8:45 PM
Do you live in California ?
2001 Coachella Music Festival official line-up includes: Jane's Addiction, The Orb, Tricky, Chemical Brothers, Squarepusher, SigurRos, Plaid, Adam Freeland, Ian Pooley and many more. Looks a good day out.
# posted by DJ Martian 7:22 PM
WHO IS JORI HULKKONEN?
dotmusic.com ask the question WHO IS JORI HULKKONEN?
(Finland's answer to Laurent Garnier)
Finland's prolific producer and DJ Jori Hulkkonen has just produced what is probably one of the dance album's of the year. But don't tell anyone. It's a secret.
Jori Hulkonnen � When One is Watching (F Communications)
was released in UK this week.
# posted by DJ Martian 6:55 PM
Thorns
Motion review Thorns - Thorns one of the most challenging, extreme and innovative rock albums of 2001. Motion include a full real audio track.
# posted by DJ Martian 6:47 PM
Industrial.org
Industrial.org has been redesigned.
# posted by DJ Martian 6:41 PM
Shock a band I actually like heading for the top 20! - Kosheen
Kosheen released their new single, slip and slide suicide on Monday.
It is a fast energy driven vocal drum n bass track that suits both the radio and dancefloor.
By accounts coming in it looks likely to gatecrash the top 20, this coming Sunday.
Slip and Slide (Suicide)" is taken from the forthcoming album "Resist" which will be released in June.
# posted by DJ Martian 1:01 AM
Bombsounds - Drum N Bass online resource
Bombsounds has been redesigned selecta. Looking good !
Bombsounds - News section
Moving Shadow are set for another busy year, with Omni Trio's "Even Angels Cast Shadows" LP, to be accompanied by albums from Technical Itch and EZ Rollers. and also Dom & Roland, accordiong to the Moving Shadow website !
Moving Shadow
# posted by DJ Martian 12:53 AM
Bronx Dogs - electro sounds from London
dotmusic.com review of Bronx dogs - enviro album, on Marble Bar Records.
# posted by DJ Martian 12:26 AM
Assemblage 23
music ezine seven review the new Assemblage 23 - Failure album.
Assemblage 23 are in a similiar sound terrain to VNV Nation and Covenant.
Official Assemblage 23 where you can download 5 1 minute Mp3 samples.
# posted by DJ Martian 11:51 PM
Unwound
Unwound information at their record company Kill Rock Stars website.
Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You
has been picking up some excellent press and comparisions
"this brave, ambitious record...sits comfortably alongside Husker Du Zen Arcade, The Minutemen Double Nickles on the Dime and Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation" Tom Ridge, The Wire.
While John Mulvey in the new Uncut draws comparisions to Sonic Youth Daydream Nation, My Bloody Valentine and Godspeed You Black Emperor.
The album is released in the UK on April 23rd on the Matador Europe label under license from Kill Rock Stars.
You can hear what Unwound sound like by buying the latest edition of The Wire magazine, or by downloading a MP3 track at Kill Rock Stars website.
The music is offkilter sublime textures I can certainly hear the MBV influences, the music is lot more epic and dreamy than I expected with textures and samples are used rather than direct guitar rock barrage. The Unwound's vocalist even reminds me of the vocalist from Regular Fries! good stuff !
The December MP3 track is more guitar oriented imagine a heavier Echo & the Bunnymen on Crocodiles, this even goes into Joy Division terriority in the pulsating bass driven guitar sounds, or C.O.D.Y terriority Mogwai.
# posted by DJ Martian 10:55 PM
Mikael Stravostrand - deep glitchy european minimalist techno
Force Inc Mp3 Magazine
Mikael Stravostrand is at the forefront of the european click techno movement, the music is minimal with idm clicks and pops, glitchy is the term used by those in the know.
the music is very mimimalist and takes a while to get into, but after several plays your locked into the groove with pulses and clicks. Deep music that spirals and circulates, turn the volume up for full effect.
Mikael Stravostrand
A computer music artist, installation artist, producer based in Stockholm, Sweden, Mikael Strav�strand is a key figure in the Swedish experimental music scene most recognized as along time sound artist, organiser and label manager. Strav�strand has been working within the field of experimental electronic music since the end of the 80�s
of click-techno, where the unessentialist sounds of glitches, crackles and skips infiltrate the structure of minimal techno�s 4/4 drive formula. Strav�stand emanates a unique approach to compositions, taking interest in the use of randomness and the unexpected towards his methods of working. Reduce is a very visual and natural project; deep, dubby techno mingles with the glitchy pulses and beats. The result is a perfect order of balance and harmony for the listener. Strav�stand presents a new platform for dance music.
The new album, Reduce gets a UK release April 9th.
# posted by DJ Martian 9:58 PM
Paul Brtschitsch - warm lush organic ambient music meets tech house
Paul Brtschitsch @ atrecordings
Paul Brtschitsch was born in Berlin, although his almost vowel-less Slavic name is from Croatia.
Paul Brtschitsch new album Venex has just been released on Frisbee.
Atrecordings are offering a free MP3 download track from the new album this reminds me of Crane AK on the force tracks label.
The music is a sublime combination of the lush warm organic ambient leanings of Boards of Canada the idm meets house approach of Isolee and the tech house of Circulation or Christian Morgenstern
If the MP3 track inspires, the whole album can be listened on Real Audio.
Frisbee Records
Certainly blessed with an unforgettable (if somewhat unpronounceable) name, Paul Brtschitsch is a Berlin-born musician who has recently gained widespread attention for his highly original electronic music. Situated somewhere between house/techno and Ninja Tune-style cut and paste collage work, Brtschitsch's music blends spoken-word sample fragments with regular beats and an array of synth sounds. His latest album 'Venex' shows that this young musician is no slouch in the studio either - the production is superb, creating an almost cinematic framework for the inspired compositions of one Germany's most talented electronic artists.
# posted by DJ Martian 9:34 PM
Eltro
Eltro are an American band from Philadelphia with strong Slowdive and Stereolab influences. Very dreamy psychedelic ambient spacey music, with hushed female vocals.
Their new album Velodrome has just been released, on the San Francisco-based record label, Absolutely Kosher.
You can hear Eltro @ Epitonic
# posted by DJ Martian 9:09 PM
The Album Leaf
The Album Leaf is Jimmy LaValle of Tristeza's solo endeavor Tigerstyle Records have information on:
The Album leaf's second album - One Day I'll be on Time (Tiger Style)
released on May 21st.
Samples of conversation, overheard music, toy piano, and bath sounds are sprinkled throughout this strange wonderful music. It's a little layer of the mundane and familiar floating on a sea of swirling dreaminess, and it works.
Some tracks from The Album Leaf are available to download at Epitonic. including a track of the forthcoming album The MP
The Album Leaf's music reminds me of the Birmingham band Avrocar.
# posted by DJ Martian 8:50 PM
Nobukazu Takemura
Mark Richard-san of Pitchfork reviews Nobukazu Takemura - Hoshi No Koe [Thrill Jockey]
DJ Nick Luscombe @ Xfm has played a number of tracks that have impressed me.
The album is released April 23rd.
# posted by DJ Martian 8:41 PM
Autechre - Confield Album
Autechre - Confield has been delayed to April 30th.
# posted by DJ Martian 7:59 PM
Chunky Records Forthcoming Releases
Chunky Records Forthcoming Releases including these
April 16th
BOWS. Cassidy. (Too Pure) - finally out April 16th
DDAMAGE. Harsh Reality Of Daily Life. (Alice In Wonder)
"Where breakbeats meet Sonic Youth '85 'Harsh Reality Of Daily Life' will make your ear drums pop to the sound of saturated rhythms, distorted guitars, damaged synthesizers, along with crazy samples and other various informal sounds. Experimental hip-hop and lo-fi Electronica merge wildly into a dark and explosive album, that was composed by the two brothers in arms from DDAMAGE . includes radio announcements, grinding interference, tracks that sound like the needle is playing the turntable itself while the building down the street is pounded into rubble, all of which creates the impression of the early work of cabaret voltaire & human league updated with 2001 technology"
April 23rd
MIRO. Subtidal. (Varunee) US Import
"Moogs, organs, pianos, glitches, bleeps, beeps & beats create strange quirks and funny turns... produced by Matthew Lux of Isotope 217, CMJ says "a warmly woven, patchwork quilt feel...beneath this warm blanket, Miro artfully weaves a consistent mood, as the burbling music beds ballast the contemplative vocal ruminations."
April 30th
OVUCA. Wasted Sunday. (Rephlex)
"ACCORDING TO REPHLEX THIS IS "THE BEST AMBIENT ALBUM IN THE LAST 7 YEARS" (and who are we to argue with Aphex Twin). Tipped for big things by everyone from NME to MUZIK, 'Wasted Sunday' is mellow, warm and natural. Electronic music along the lines of APHEX TWIN'S 'SELECTED AMBIENT WORKS', AUTECHRE'S 'AMBER' and BRIAN ENO'S 'APPOLLO' .."
# posted by DJ Martian 12:16 AM
Laurent Pernice
Recycle Your Ears review the new album by Laurent Pernice - Yppah
Laurent Pernice, one of the icon of french experimental techno, offers us here a full length album of gentle loops, IDM-friendly beats and sounds, and a general mix of accoustic arragements and joyful electronic tweaking....
# posted by DJ Martian 12:04 AM
Robin Guthrie MP3
Bella Union have a Robin Guthrie MP3 track download called Drift, that I can highly recommend if you enjoy arty inventive instrumental guitar music.
# posted by DJ Martian 11:38 PM
Nick Cave
Playlouder review the new album by Nick Cave - No More Shall We Part
# posted by DJ Martian 11:28 PM
Ammo City - online radio broadcasted from London
Ammo City is a new lifestyle & music portal based in London. You can sign up a guest or register to be a full citizen. The website is stunningly designed, by their sister company Digital Arts and the music is excellent too.
The man behind Ammo City is Richard Norris who you will remember as the Synth player in Soft Cell and later formed the progressive house band The Grid in the early 90s. Remember the sublime Floatation single, and the seminal Crystal Clear single one of my favourite singles of 1993 - will I do anyway!
The have as range of music shows that are updated throughout the week, and then stored on the website for playback.
DJs involved in the Ammo City project included include Keith Cameron who fronted the excellent carve up, on the pre Capital Xfm.
Also the likes of Primal Scream, Roni Size and Full Cycle, Luke Slater, Fat Cat, Rough Trade, Add N to (X), Slam, Avalanches, Steve Lawler, St Etienne, Nuphonic, Plump DJs, Certificate 18, Richard Fearless (death in vegas)
Ammo City are in the process of applying for a digital radio license for London.
Ammo City are going for a partnership approach building up relationships with magazines like Jockey Slut and independent retailers Rough Trade and independent labels such as Fat Cat.
Personally speaking when the Capital Xfm license is up for renewal in 2005 I would like to see Ammo City challenge Capital for the "alternative music radio London format". The Amount of inappropriates: inappropriate music playlisted list on the current Xfm is ghastly.
Ammo City - respect. Check it out.
# posted by DJ Martian 10:41 PM
Ewan Pearson - a Soma Recording artist
dotmusic.com review the new album by EWAN PEARSON - 'SMALL CHANGE' (SOMA)
Soma records profile for Ewan Pearson
returns to the Soma label with 'Small Change', a collection of his finest remix work as Maas and World of Apples. On this album we are treated to the sonic spectrum of his production skills, from the chilled-out bliss of 'Christian Zimmerman Presents.Diary of a Lost Girl' to the fantastic rework of Aaron Carl's 'Crucified' and his dancefloor interpretation of Leftfield's 'Dub Gusset'.
# posted by DJ Martian 12:49 AM
Electric Company
dotmusic.com review the new album by ELECTRIC COMPANY � 'SLOW FOOD' (PLANET U)
Released on: Mon 9 Apr 2001
An album compared to Kid606 with guitars.
# posted by DJ Martian 12:39 AM
Overload
Overload review a stack of new singles, and albums including these:
TENNIS 'Europe On Horseback'
TO ROCOCO ROT & I-SOUND 'Music Is A Hungry Ghost' (City Slang)
THIRD EYE FOUNDATION 'I Poo Poo On Your Juju' (Domino)
MICE PARADE 'Mokoondi' (Fat Cat)
MANITOBA 'Start Breaking My Heart' (Leaf)
VENETIAN SNARES & SPEEDRANCH 'Making Orange Things' (Planet Mu)
ANDREA PARKER 'The Dark Ages' (Quatermass)
V/A 'The Braindance Coincidence' (Rephlex)
STACEY PULLEN 'Today Is The Tomorrow You Were Promised Yesterday' (Science)
EWAN PEARSON 'Small Change' (Soma)
SILO 'Alloy' (Swim)
DAFT PUNK 'Discovery' (Virgin)
V/A 'Dave Clarke: World Service' (React)
# posted by DJ Martian 12:28 AM
What sounds like a cross between Sepultura and Lush? Defenestration !
Yes Defenestration certainly have an unsual set of influences that switches between the ethereal edgy qualities of early Lush and the all out rage and riffs of Sepultura.
The lead singer Jen Tasker can switch from doing an excellent carbon copy of Lush's Miki to the powerful metalcore screaming ala Karyn Crisis of Crisis on Deathshead Extermination (you can hear the whole album on Yahoo Broadcast if your interested)
This is high praise indeed as Karyn Crisis is one of the very few female vocalists in extreme metal that has established a reputation in this male dominated scene.
The only other band that I can compare Defenestration to are Scheer who were an Northern Irish ethereal meets metal band on the legendary 4ad label in the 90s they released an album called Infliction.
Scheer recently re released Infliction on Schism Records
Drowned in Sound profile for Defenestration
�We�ve been listening to a lot of alternative music for inspiration instead of metal stuff, and that�s reflected to an extent in our own songs. We don�t want to fall foul of typical metal clich�s, we want a fresh perspective on things, with varying degrees of light and shade, melody and extremity.�
Defenestration are signed to Dreamcatcher Records
Their debut album titled "One Inch God" was produced by the legendary Simon Efemey and will be released by Dream Catcher on the 30th of April.
Defenestration In 2001 are unique and one of few British bands in Metal/Rock that interest me due to their unusual hybrid approach to music. If you interested in listening to Defenestration then buy the latest edition of Terrorizer as their free CD includes a Defenestration track.
PS If you get to see a picture of Jen from Defenestration in a magazine you wonder how someone so petite and cute can sound so angry.
# posted by DJ Martian 12:03 AM
Manitoba
Another review of Manitoba -'START BREAKING MY HEART' this time by dotmusic.com.
# posted by DJ Martian 10:22 PM
Bardo Pond
Matador have information on the forthcoming Bardo Pond album: Dilate, including a free MP3 download track, "inside".
# posted by DJ Martian 7:29 PM
Enjoy Mogwai? - Check Out: Couch
Couch a free Mp3 download is available.
New Album
Couch - Profane (Matador) released April 9th
# posted by DJ Martian 7:17 PM
Cave In - Update
Lambgoat Music ezine have the latest information concerning Cave In
# posted by DJ Martian 7:05 PM
Armchair DJ - techno & related reviews
Tom @ NYLPM is right about Armchair DJ
I too have never seen this website before !
Sample review try this Moodymann Forevernevermore an excellent album if you are looking for experimental abstract deep house.
# posted by DJ Martian 1:30 AM
Incursion Music Review: Anomalus Music for Curious Ears
I have not linked to Incursion Music Review before if my memory serves me well. Incursion Music Review must rank as one of the finest analytical music review websites. (See description overview at the end)
... look what gets reviewed in the current review section: ULVER: Perdition City from someone who has never heard Ulver before - to get a different perspective.
also reviewed VLADISLAV DELAY: Anima
Incursion Music Review: Overview
Established in April 2000, the Incursion Music Review is committed to promoting new forms of musical expression through various disciplines from around the globe. This is music that defies easy classification, transcends all borders and invades all known territories. We at the IMR share a disdain for any attempt to institutionalise the exceptional. As a general guide, however, emphasis in these pages is on electronic, experimental, ambient, abstract, concr�te, global, simulation, new classical, electroacoustic, and generally all forms of strange and anomalous music designed for curious ears. We're really looking at breaking from such rigid categorisations, realising that even if you succeed in thinking "outside the box", it really becomes self-defeating if this breakthrough is itself re-boxed
# posted by DJ Martian 1:19 AM
Tetris : Chill Out Music on Pork recordings
Audiostreet review the Tetris album.
Yorkshire�s favourite chill out label, Pork Recordings, is back with another venture into the world of chilled out dance vibes. Tetris is a mellow collection of beat-orientated tracks, which lend influences to jazz, funk and house..
More information @ Pork Recordings website
Tetris MP3 track to download
The album is released today.
# posted by DJ Martian 12:47 AM
Chris Clark - new Warp artist
John Mulvey at the NME reviews Chris Clark : Clarence Park
You can also download a MP3 track off the album, @ the Warp Records website.
The track is called Diesel Raven. very arty: bleepy, clanky and atmospheric what you expect from Warp.
Boards of Canada and Aphex fans - join in now !
# posted by DJ Martian 12:31 AM
Cex Update
Cex
Ryan Kidwell AKA Cex comments on his website
Pick up the April issue of Urb magazine (vol. 11, no. 83 -- the "Next 100" issue with Richie Hawtin on the front), available at every magazine place in the world, and see a regular guy shocked to the core when he discovers how music and the industry and being a superstar is really weird and probably a lot easier than they make you think.
More details of the The Urb magazine
So the journos at The Urb, agree with my assesment that Cex produced some of the most envirgorating electronic music of 2000.
According to the Brainwashed Brain Cex ranks at number 2 on the Urb Next 100 special. Who is number one? we will just have to buy the magazine.
# posted by DJ Martian 12:04 AM
Techno Animal
Techno Animal have a forthcoming album to be released, early June - Brotherhood of the Bomb. You can hear a new track on the free Matador CD with the current edition of The Wire music magazine.
Techno Animal are Justin Broadrick of Godflesh and Kevin Martin. They released one of the finest experimental albums by a British band in the 90s the phenomenal Re: Entry. And it was released on a major label, Virgin!
AMG profile for Techno Animal
# posted by DJ Martian 11:26 PM
If I were an editor of a weekly music magazine this weeks front cover would feature: Ladytron
If I were an editor of a weekly music magazine this weeks front cover would feature:Ladytron
The Ladytron album 604 is finally released in the UK this week, although it was released in the US back in February.
I selected Ladyton for the weekly feature as they are unique to British music in 2001, good sounds as well as clever songs. Very stylish too.
# posted by DJ Martian 10:40 PM
Cracked Machine Music ezine
Cracked Machine is well worth checking out, it covers music in a similiar sound terrain to The Wire. What to expect - Reviews, Interviews, lists and links.
# posted by DJ Martian 10:05 PM
The Brainwashed Brain V04I12 - 04012001
Brainwashed Brain including album reviews of:
PENUMBRA, "SKANDINAVIEN"
NO-MAN, "RETURNING JESUS"
also check out the new Brainwashed Community links.
# posted by DJ Martian 9:57 PM
Ulver - Update
Release date for Ulver - Perdition City
I contacted the UK Distributor (Shellshock) via e-mail today they replied quickly with the sad news.. the new Ulver album Perdition City will not be released this week !
"It's provisionally scheduled for an April 16th release date but may go back to the 23rd."
# posted by DJ Martian 9:31 PM
Problems with Blogger
The web tool I use to publish this website has had a few technical problems over the past few days. These are described on the homepage of Blogger
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# posted by DJ Martian 9:03 PM
Christian Morgenstern - futuristic Tech-House sounds from Germany
I first heard Christian's music on the MR C tech house show on Kiss FM a few weeks ago - the track played definately stood out.
I scribbled the name down as one to seek out in the future, however I was not to sure of the spelling though.
Today I managed to track down Christian's music via the record label Forte Records that lead me to this Christian Morgenstern - Hawaii Blue EP
Just downloaded the MP3 track, Hawaii Blue, it is very futuristic spacey tech-houser the reminds of recent Funk D' Void and Circulation. There are spacey electronic pulses that also are remind me of the innovation of Orbital.
Deep futuristic techno, bouncy house grooves and pulsating electro, this music is like a brother to the excellent Funk D' Void album Dos that I recently bought.
The good news is that there is an album Hawaii Blue and you can hear the full album here Brainfood for the Masses
The album was released in February 2001, on the Forte records label of Cologne in Germany, and is distributed by intergroove.
The slogan on the website: Chances are there wont be many better albums released this year.
I like this confidence, especially when it is so correct. Highly recommended. Respect.
Remember the name Christian Morgenstern a new germanic electronic music talent, to join the elite club alongside Ian Pooley and Isolee and the masters Kraftwerk
# posted by DJ Martian 8:49 PM
Forced Exposure: New Releases for April
Forced Exposure have updated their website with a section for New Releases for April including these that caught my interest:
Artist: UUSITALO
Title: Vapaa Muurai
Label: FORCE INC. (GERMANY)
Uusitalo is the next bomb by Vladislav Delay, after the release of his amazing Luomo Vocalcity. With this new project Delay is concentrating on and experimenting with other directions and genres of club music. Vapaa Muurari is a post-product of his Entain album for Mille Plateaux, continuing where it ended, only on a different platform. It's imaginary club lifestyle music. The basic elements of his first album for Force Inc. are available in an unmixed form on vinyl for creative DJ usages. For the CD, another version is created by representing a continuous live-mix of the music. 71 minutes of groove is captured to tape and designed to give the listener a new perspective for electronic music. 'How I feel about my music is like a fashion magazine, you put everything in to create what is needed but when it's out, the next minute it's gone', says Delay. Uusitalo is extracting vibrations, variations, modulations and decomposition. Again: Delay's music is a crystal of space-time."
Artist: STAV�STRAND, MIKAEL
Title: Reduce
Label: FORCE INC. (GERMANY)
Stockholm, Sweden's Mikael Strav�stand represents the first of many new Scandinavian talents that will emerge in the Force Inc. family over the course of 2001. Strav�stand is a key figure in the Swedish electronic scene as a long-time event organizer, sound installation artist and label manager of the underground Mitek label. Over the past year, he has performed continuously that included a successful 32 date North American tour. He has releases and contributions on labels Tigerbeat6, 12k and Mitek. Reduce continues Force Inc.'s development of click-techno, where the unessentialist sounds of glitches, crackles and skips infiltrate the structure of minimal techno's 4/4 drive formula. Strav�stand emanates a unique approach to compositions, taking interest in the use of randomness and the unexpected towards his methods of working. Reduce is a very visual and natural project; deep, dubby techno mingles with the glitchy pulses and beats. The result is a perfect order of balance and harmony for the listener. Strav�stand presents a new platform for dance music. Essential for fans of Chain Reaction, Clicks & Cuts and SND. Reduce crosses between dancefloor techno and experimental electronic music."
Artist: THE ADVENT
Title: Time Trap Teknik
Label: KOMBINATION RESEARCH (UK)
"Killer, dark electro bass with The Advent's trademarked tougher than leather production is the order of the day. Very much influenced by the likes of Kraftwerk (who else?) and Detroit's Drexciya, Dopplereffekt, Aux 88 etc. the album comprises of mostly new material with a couple of deleted gems re-edited and remastered for your listening pleasure." With 2 tracks not found on the CD version, which is on the Gigolo label.
The Advent - Time Trap Teknik: this album is already released in the UK. (although this release had very little promotional exposure.)
# posted by DJ Martian 6:55 PM
120 Most Anticipated Albums for 2001: from these artists
Released from April 9th onwards and due to released before the end of 2001, there are stacks of interesting albums lined up for release over the next 9 months.
1. Aarktica
2. Accelera Deck
3. Barry Adamson
4. Anathema
5. Anyone
6. Aphex Twin
7. Appliance
8. Arovane
9. Ashfelt
10. Astrobite
11. Autchere
12. The Avalanches
13. Bardo Pond
14. Basement Jaxx
15. Beta Band
16. Beyond Dawn
17. Boards Of Canada
18. Botch
19. Bows
20. Bridge & Tunnel
21. Kate Bush
22. Cex
23. The Chameleons
24. Chemical Brothers
25. Corkyees
26. Couch
27. Cyclefly
28. Dark Star
29. Deadsy
30. Death in Vegas
31. Defenestration
32. Depeche Mode
33. Di Lacuna
34. Dillinja
35. Dillinger Escape Plan
36. DJ Shadow
37. Doves
38. Downer
39. Dredg
40. Eblake
41. Echo & the Bunnymen
42. Eighteen Visions
43. Electric Company
44. Emperor
45. Faultline
46. Fear Factory
47. Filter
48. Four Tet
49. Elizabeth Fraser
50. Freq Nasty
51. Fridge
52. Futureshock
53. Gaiden
54. Godflesh
55. Helgoland
56. Matthew Herbert
57. Hocico
58. Hrvatski
59. John Hughes AKA Slicker
60. ISAN
61. Kosheen
62. Kraftwerk
63. Lamb
64. Lemon D
65. Lo Fidelity Allstars
66. Massive Attack
67. Meads of Asphodel
68. Meat Katie
69. Messugah
70. Mesh
71. Mogwai
72. Moonspell
73. Mouse on Mars
74. Neurosis
75. New Order
76. The Nine
77. Nobody
78. Raz O�Hara
79. Obeah
80. Orbital
81. Oval
82. Ovuca
83. Plaid
84. Poison The Well
85. Portishead
86. Primal Scream
87. Radiohead
88. Red House Painters
89. Re:mnant
90. Retina
91. Rico
92. Sicbay
93. Sigur R�s
94. 16B
95. Slam
96. Spiritualized
97. Stabbing Westward
98. Starecase
99. Sulpher
100. Sunny Day Real Estate
101. System of a Down
102. Taken
103. Tapeworm
104. Technical Itch
105. Techno Animal
106. Tindersticks
107. Dave Tipper
108. To Rococo Rot
109. Tool
110. Tricky
111. Underworld
112. Viovod
113. VNV Nation
114. Void Construct
115. Otto Von Schirach
116. Way Out West
117. Will Haven
118. Xpress 2
119. Susumu Yokota
120. Zero 7
... and there will be many more
# posted by DJ Martian 2:17 AM
STOP PLEASE READ THIS ..An album of the year contender has just arrived - Ulver - Perdition City - Jester records
Oh I know what some people are saying, another one of DJ Martian's obscure Norwegian bands, if last year Red Harvest took my album of the year award because quite rightly they extended music further than anything I heard in 2000. On the evidence of the first track I have downloaded and reviews I have read, then it is strong possibility that come the end of the year another album of the year could go to Norway, this time by Ulver.
Considering that their last full length album Themes from William Blake.. was one of my favourite albums of the 90s then expectations of Ulver to deliver is intoxicating high.
Tomorrow Ulver release their new album Perdition City on Jester records.
They even have an advert in the new edition of The Wire via their distributor in the UK, Shellshock
that reads
Norway's masters of satanic avant garde demonstrate a new step in their evolution with Perdition City, which marks their first entirely electronic album. Subterrarean beats clash with twilight soundscapes in this cinematic evocation of urban alienation.
Sure there is a strong experimental electronics and jazz flavour to the first track I downloaded Nowhere Catastrophe, that this also has glacial spatial guitar ala Bark Psychosis or Talk Talk or a.r.kane, that explodes in at 1min 10 seconds of the track and again 2 minutes 40, and again at 3 minutes 10 oh the joy of MP3 downloads/ real jukebox and their is a deep flavour of Depeche Mode especially the vocals at certain points of the track that could even be Dave Gahan guesting, but they are not.
Ulver also go into the sonic terriority that The Young Gods specialise in on their last two albums, the same jaw dropping sublime flowing ideas of the organic and electronic with vocals co existing in the sound juxtaposition. Very few have attempted this - let alone pull it off succesfully.
Come the end of the track you just want to play it again and again and again, I have had it on a loop for over 10 plays such is the dynamic deep brilliance of the music, the music cascades deep and swallows you up with its multitude of sound themes displayed in just over 4 and half minutes.
Ulver's record company Jester Records introduces Ulver
Evolutionary concept artists who've exaggerated and blurred the lines between every musical form they've been enveloped. As unconventional as their approach to music has always been the results have been consistently adherent and profound. In larval form they torqued the genre of black metal with folk, jazz, minimalism and soundscape offering this generally conservative design liberties it was once afraid to embrace. After completing their initial conceptual trilogy Ulver have astounded all who have experienced their current material with elegance, intelligence and multiplicity. Now, more than ever, Ulver have altered the way form can join and function in ways rarely sought. Retaining elements of their past, they now manipulate and extend the possibilities with a comprehensive understanding of the developing aural technologies.
Read the Reviews of Ulver - Perdition City
Reviews of Ulver - Perdition City read all the reviews with uniformity recognition that this is a seminal, artistic sublime album.
This band seems to hold all the wisdom in creating the best music humanly possible. And with this album, they reveal everything that makes them the musical geniuses that they are; but, at the same time, they manage to spellbind and confuse the listener with all their ideas. You don't know if you are coming or going, what is up or down. Which way we will they take you? Will you like it or hate it? Makes no sense? It doesn't have to; it's Ulver. Reviewed by Michael Swearingen
Ulver are one of the few bands in this world that can hold a listener at their mercy. Unpredictable. Unprecidented. Unreal. How does one conjure up the courage to even try to accurately describe Ulver to another person? Just interpreting the great depths of their works is a task far too burdoning for most.
Ulver-Perdition City is without a doubt the most musically diverse and extreme recording I have ever heard Reviewed by Richard Kirk.
The creativity as well as the brilliant production of this album combine to make this the best Ulver album thus far and one of the best albums ever Reviewed by Peter Brueckner
Perdition City
The tracklisting is as follows:
1. Lost In Moments
2. Porn Piece or The Scars of Cold Kisses
2.1. Piece One
2.2. Piece Two
3. Hallways of Always
4. Tomorrow Never Knows
5. The Future Sound of Music
6. We Are Dead
7. Dead City Centres
8. Catalept
9. Nowhere/Catastrophe
Interested in HEARING Ulver? now.. you must if you have technology
NEWS � 02.20.01
See the News section under 02.20.01 download the track.
So anyone who enjoys any of the following albums will find Ulver a compulsory purchase, these are just reference points:
Bark Psychosis - Hex
Tricky - Pre-Millennium Tension
a.r.kane - I
The Young Gods - Second Nature
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
David Holmes - Lets get Killed
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Techno Animal - Re entry
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
and two of the reviewers mention Radiohead Kid A
even though I have only heard one new Ulver track so far, a benchmark has been set in 2001, and I doubt that very few will even come close to it or exceed it.
Ulver they mix it up, to create a unique sonic concrete mix
dark ambient
avant garde electronic experimentation
industrial
progressive
jazz
dub
space rock
trip hop
dark moody electronic pop ala depeche mode
I want to experience Perdition City album soon in full, I want to consume it, I want to be consumed by it... and I want as many people possible to do so as well.. something this sublime simply cannot be missed... trust me again on this one.
# posted by DJ Martian 1:45 AM
Pelicanneck - This Weeks New Releases
Pelicanneck -this weeks new releases have details of new releases that may interest you, including these three
CHRIS CLARK : Clarence Park - Warp -
Album of the Week!! Debut album from Chris Clark, a student from Bristol whose music teacher told him that if he bought a drum machine he would give up all hope in the development of Chris� talent and music ability. He bought a drum machine just to spite him. Now he's on Warp...so, er, nice one. Actually, this is a blinder of an LP....there is a definate Aphex sound to the 14 odd tracks here, a kind of squelchy bass-heavy sound reminiscent of the unique Windowlicker. The overall tone, however is much darker. From the opening solitary Piano tinkling of LP opener 'The Dogs' we delve into dark sub-industrial mash-up with 'Proper lofi'. 'Oaklands' goes all ravey with a paradinas/squarepusher stadium electronica vibe while B-sider 'The Chase' is a real grinding head-nodder. Despite the obvious reference points, there are some incredibly clever moments to this LP, complex production and a real ear for uplifting digressions in amongst the bass-heaviness. Check 'Lord of The Dance' for the real winner - as uplifting as IDM gets. Highly Recommended.
CHRISTOF MIGONE : Quieting - Alien8 -
The fourth solo recording from conceptual sound artist Christof Migone. Quieting is a fine example of the artist's ability to pay attention to minute detail. The record runs just over 40 minutes and features 18 different tracks that play in and out of each other in a similar vein to Ryoji Ikeda's +/- CD. Sounds on the recording range from pulsing electro glitch popularized by the likes of Pan sonic, Rehberg & Bauer and Migone's own duo Undo with Alexandre St-Onge. It features field recordings and experimentation with periods of silence, reminiscent of projects by folks like Brandon LaBelle, Steve Roden, Achim Wollscheid and Tokyo's WrK collective of Minoru Sato, Atsushi Tominaga and Toshiya Tsunoda
CRUNCH : Nullpluz.Nz - Musik Aus Strom
New on Funkstorung's Musik Aus Strom label. After what seems like an everlasting Hiatus, Funkstorung ressurect their label with this double LP from UK duo Crunch. As expected, the sound on offer is not a million miles away from the IDM sound with which Michael Fackesch and Chris De Luca established their beloved funkstorung. In that respect the LP is fairly predictable. The point of interest, however, comes with the quality of the production. Moving along a definite dark trajectory, there is a deep malancholy at play which interweaves blissfully in amongst the crunch of the squashed beats. This is an album that offers little by way of originality, but more than makes up for it with a deeply lush evocation of downtempo electronica. For those of you who are after good-quality vintage Skam-sounding depth, look no further. Highly Recommended
# posted by DJ Martian 11:33 PM
Other Best of Albums Listings of 2001 so far:
Check these listings out...
CD Consumer Year in Review 2001-by Geoffrey Woolf
Piero Scaruffi -The Best Rock Albums of 2001
Piero Scaruffi -Reviews of 2001 albums
Uncle Fester
Julian's....The year so far 2001
# posted by DJ Martian 7:01 PM
Brainwashed Releases
Brainwashed Releases has been updated with a smart new web design, very smart.
a listing of recent & upcoming electronic/experimental/etc. releases brought to you by feedback monitor and brainwashed
Including a few that interest me
April 9th
Hrvatski - Swarm & Dither CD/2xLP (Planet �, UK)
April 16th
Andrew Weatherall/Various - Hypercity CD (Force Tracks, Germany)
April 30th
Ovuca - Wasted Sunday CD/2xLP (Rephlex, UK)
April
ISAN - Salle d'ISAN CD/LP (Morr Music, Germany)
May 8th
To Rococo Rot and I-Sound - Music Is A Hungry Ghost CD (Mute, US)
May 14th
Matthew Herbert - Bodily Functions CD/LP (Studio K7, Germany)
May 28th
Four Tet - Pause CD/LP (Domino, UK)
May 29th
Plaid - Double Figure CD/2xLP (Warp, US)
JUNE
Susumu Yokota - Grinning Cat CD/LP (Leaf, UK)
# posted by DJ Martian 4:49 PM
Somatic Responses - Augmented Lines
Recycle Your ears Somatic Responses- Augmented Lines (hymen)
For people not faimilar with this project, Somatic Responses is a techno project that dwells every so often into industrial, combining their beats with sweeter scapes and noisy blips. The main aspect of the band, thought, is the strength and heaviness of their rhythms, catchy and efficient even though the beats are almost undistorted.
Official Somatic Responses website
# posted by DJ Martian 4:27 PM
Super 75 Albums � the finest Music of the first Quarter of 2001
A listing look back at the finest albums of the first quarter of 2001, includes albums that I have bought, and albums that I would like to check out in full in the future.
1. AndOceans � A.M.G.O.D (Century Media)
2. The Advent - Time Trap Technik (International Deejay Gigolo)
3. Alder And Elius - Parental Guidance (Skam)
4. Angels of Light � How I Loved You (Young God Records)
5. Aphelion � Aphelion I-iV (Iris Light)
6. Arab Strap � The Red Thread (Chemikal Underground)
7. Bogus Blimp - Cords.Wires (Jester)
8. Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun (Birdman)
9. Burnt By The Sun � Burnt by the Sun (Relapse)
10. Calla � Scavengers (Young God Records)
11. Crane A.K - Pink Eyed Pony (Force Tracks)
12. Daft Punk � Discovery (Virgin)
13. Delarosa And Asora - Agony (Schematic)
14. Vladislav Delay � Anima (Mille Plateaux)
15. Richard Devine � Lipswitch (Warp)
16. Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia (Nuclear Blast)
17. Electro Group - A New Pacifica (Omnibus)
18. Ester Drang � Goldenwest (Burnt Toast)
19. Exos � Strength (Force Inc)
20. EU � Reframing (Pause 2)
21. Fidel Villeneuve � Kill Life (Digital Hardcore)
22. Flux Information Sciences - Private / Public (Young God Records)
23. Funk D� Void - Dos (Soma)
24. Geiom � Sellotape Flowers (Neo Ouija)
25. Gimmik � Slow Motion Process (Worm Interface)
26. Gnac � Biscuit Barrel Fashion (Poptones)
27. Gridlock � Trace (Unit/Possessive Blindfold)
28. Haujobb � Polarity (Metropolis)
29. Jan Jelinek - Loop Finding Jazz Records (~Scape)
30. Kante � Zweilicht (Kitty Yo)
31. Katatonia � Last Fair Deal Gone Down (Peaceville)
32. La Bradford � Fixed::Context (Kranky/Mute)
33. Leafcutter John � Microcontract (Leaf)
34. Hakan Lidbo � After the End (April)
35. Life Without Buildings � Any other City (Tugboat)
36. Longstone - Static (Ochre)
37. Low � Things We Lost in the Fire (Kranky)
38. Manitoba - Start Breaking My Heart. (The Leaf Label)
39. Matmos � A Chance to Cut.is a Chance to Cure. (Matador)
40. Melodium - QuietNoiseArea (Disasters by Choice)
41. Robert Merdzo - Wide/Out (Disko B)
42. Mice Parade � Mokoondi (Fat Cat)
43. Minus � Jesus Christ Bobby (Smekkleysa)
44. Monomorph � Departure Can�t Wait (Nature)
45. Roy Montgomery - Silver Wheel Of Prayer (VHF)
46. Loren Muzzacane Connors - Portrait of a Soul (FBWL)
47. No Man � Returning Jesus (3rd stone)
48. Pan Sonic � Aaltopiiri (Mute)
49. Paradise Lost - Believe in Nothing (EMI Chrysalis)
50. Penumbra � Skandinavien (Iris Light)
51. Anton Price - Collapse of the State Vector (Audioview)
52. PSI Performer � Art is a Division (Kanzleramt)
53. Stacey Pullen �Today is the Tomorrow You Were Promised Today (Science)
54. Rothko � In the Pulse of the Artery (Bella Union)
55. Ed Rush & Optical � Wormholes (Virus)
56. Janek Schaefer - Above Buildings (Fat Cat/Bubble Core)
57. 2nd Gen � Irony Is (Blast First)
58. Duncan Sheik � Phantom Moon (Nonesuch)
59. The Shipping News - Very Soon, And In Pleasant Company (Quarterstick)
60. Shun � Michael in Reign (Own)
61. Silo � Alloy (Swim)
62. Sirius - Spectral Transition - Dimension Sirius (Nocturnal Art)
63. Skycamefalling - 10:21 (Ferret)
64. Somatic Responses � Augmented Lines (Hymen)
65. South � From Here on In (Mo Wax)
66. Dave Tarrida � Paranoid (Tresor)
67. Thorns - Thorns (Moonfog)
68. Thread � Abnormal Love (Middle Pillar/worldserpent)
69. Tortoise � Standards (Warp)
70. Twig � I Sweat Tobasco (Rabid Badger)
71. Underwater � This is Not a Film (Submarine)
72. Ilpo Vaisanen - Asuma (Mego)
73. Windy & Carl � Consciousness (Kranky)
74. Zao � Self Titled (Solid State)
75. Zyklon � World OV Worms (Candlelight)
�And remember to pour a bucket of cold water over the next person who tells you there is nothing interesting around at the moment in contemporary music.
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DJ Mag
earplug
Hyperdub
Klublife
NAJM
Progressive-Sounds
UK-Dance
Breakbeat/ Nu Skool Breaks:
Nubreaks.com
Nu Skool Breaks
DrumnBass/Jungle:
DogsonAcid
Drum & Bass Arena
Junglist.com
Knowledge Magazine
Liquid Funk
IXtra - DrumNBass
Planetdnb
Drum&Bass International Startpage
Dubstep
Blogs
Blackdown
deeptime
Drumz of The South
Dubster's Laboratory
Forensics
Gutterbreakz
kid kameleon
lower end spasm
Mashed Up Beats
patternloader
Shards, Fragments and Totems: Grievous Angel’s alternate reality of random scribbling
Forums
Dubstep Forum
Dissensus - Dubstep Thread
History
BBC Collective - Sound of Dubstep
wikipedia - Dubstep
Labels
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Hyperdub
Tempa
Net Radio & Mixes
Bare Files
Dubplate.Net
Dubstep.fm
www.gourmetbeats.com
Mary Anne Hobbs
Reload-Radio online DUBSTEP radio/stream - Home
Rinse FM
SUB FM
Artists
Digital Mystikz
Hatcha
Horsepower Productions
kode9
Skream
Search - Blogosphere
Google Blog Search - Dubstep
technorati - Dubstep
Tags
delicious - dubstep
Tag Central - dubstep
Electroclash/ Futurepop/ Modern Synthpop:
Links @ LarryTee.com
Ersatz Audio
Gigolo Records
Electroclash
A Different Drum
Jive 55
Synthpop for the Masses
Synthpop.NET
Electro Sounds - everybody grooving to the future robot beat:
Crucial Electro
ELECTRO-FUNK ROOTS HOMEPAGE
Electrocuted Links
Flightpath Estate
Global Darkness
Kraftwerk
Psi49Net -Anthony Rother
Rotters Golf Club
313ctr0
Electronic Downtempo Grooves, Electro Jazz, Broken Beats, Trip Hop:
Acid Jazz Server
Beyond Jazz.net
BigChill.net
Downtempo.org
electroambientdreampop
Jazzadelica weblinks
kozmigroov-index
Straight No Chaser
Triphop.hu
Trip-Hop.net
World of Trip Hop
EM / Electronic Music/ Ambient/ Space Music:
Ambience for the Masses
The Ambient Review
Ambient Visions
Ambient Visions: News
Ampersand etcetera
Electric Music 411
Electroambient Space
Electronic Music Foundation
electronicshadows.com
Epsilon
Hypnagogue
Wind and Wire
Concerts:
The Gatherings
Discussion: Mailing Lists
The Ambient Way
Spacemusic
Labels:
AtmoWorks.com
DiN
Horizon Music
Hypnos
lotuspike
Nepenthe
Spotted Peccary Music
Radio:
Star's End
Online Retailers:
Farfield Music
Groove Unlimited
Hypnos Store
Steve Roach Mail Order
Synth Music Direct
Experimental Electronics/ IDM:
Haunted Links
Boomkat Electronic Music Links
Cyclic Defrost
disquiet
Electroacoustic
11th Hour Technology
Gridface
Grooves Magazine
Hyperreal
Sonic Arts Network
Tesselate
Textura
t h e . z z z o n e
Hip Hop:
Old School Hiphop
Spinemagazine
UKHH.com
Underground Hip Hop
House/ Tech-House/Techno:
Deep House Network
deepness
Tech-House
Techno Online
Industrial / Darkwave/ EBM/ Goth:
Cybase 23
Dark Culture Magazine
Dark Links
Deathrock
Funprox
Goth.net
Hard Wired
Heathen Harvest
industrial.org
Moving Hands
net goth org UK
Side Line
Sordid Magazine
StarVox
This is Corrosion
uk.people.gothic
Jazz/ Improvised Music:
All About Jazz
All About Jazz: Articles
Upcoming Jazz Release Center
Mike Chadwick
ContemporaryJazz.com
EER Jazz Fusion
European Free Improvisation Pages
euro-improv
Europe Jazz Network
FreeJazz.org
International Jazz Festivals Organization
Jazzitude
Jazz Journalists Association
Jazzmatazz
JazzNow
Jazz Review.com
Jazz Services
Jazz Weekly.com
JazzWorld
NOjazz
One Final Note
Magazines:
Down Beat
Jazz Improv
Jazziz
Jazz Times
Jazzwise
Signal to Noise
Radio:
Jazz FM
The Jazz House
NPR Jazz
WNUR 89.3
Reviews:
All About Jazz: Reviews
Bagatellen reviews
BBC Music - Jazz
the Improviser
jazzmatazz: Reviews
Jazz Online
Jazz Review.com - CD Reviews
Shops:
Crazy Jazz
IndieJazz.com
Jazzcds
Jazz Loft
Jazz Links:
Contemporary List of Jazz Links
freeform.org : music links
Jazz Links
Jazzmatazz links
Restructures
Metal: [Extreme/ Dark Metal/ Metalcore etc]
Key:
Apeshit
Archaic-Magazine.com
Chronicles of Chaos
Live 4 Metal Webzine
Lords of Metal
Maximum Metal
Metal Crypt
The Metal Forge
Metal Invader
The Metal Observer
Metalrage
MetalReview.com
METAL REVIEWS
Metal-Rules.com
Metal Storm
Teeth of the Divine
Treehouse of Death
SMNnews.com
Ultimate Metal
Doom
Doom Metal
Hardcore/ Metalcore
Lambgoat
Stereokiller.com
Other:
Deadtide.com
Firegoat
Metal Throne
Metal Undergound.com
PRP
Scream
Tartarean Desire Webzine
Viking Blood
Databases:
The BNR Metal Pages
Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives
Magazines:
BW&BK
Decibel
MetalBite
Metal Hammer
Pit Magazine
Terrorizer
Zero Tolerance Magazine
Post-Punk/ Punk-Funk:
The Crepuscule and Factory Pages
LTM
Red Sun Records
Ze Records
Post-Rock/ Shoegazer/Dreampop Sounds:
Fakejazz.com
Losing Today
Post Rock Bands
Post Rock Labels & Media
Tonevendor
Progressive Rock/Avant Prog:
Aural Innovations
The Axiom of Choice
Clicks and Klangs
Cuneiform
Dutch Progressive Rock Page
Ghostland
The Giant Progweed
Gibraltar
Gnosis
The Green Dolphin's Poll
Innerviews
Prog Archives
Progfreaks.com
Prog4you
Prog-Nose
Prognosis
ProgressiveWorld.net
Progressor
ProgRock.com
ProgScape.com
Rubberneck
Sea of Tranquilty
Links:
Aural Innovations - Links
Progressive and Avant Rock
Rec.Music.Progressive - FAQ
Online Shops/ Mail Order:
ReR
Ultima Thule
Wayside
Discussion:
avant-progressive
Progressive Ears
The Progressive Music Society
rec.music.progressive
News:
Ytsejam.com
Radio:
Progressive Music Shows Live Online
Aural Moon
Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio
The Dividing Line
Progradio.net
Radio Shows:
Gagliarchives
Gnosis Radio
Krautrock/ Kosmische Music
Kosmische Club
Krautrock @ phinnweb
IA/ ID/ User Experience/ Web Usability:
InfoDesign: Understanding by Design
UsabilityNews.com
xBlog
Resources:
Boxes and Arrows
Chinwag
Usability Body of Knowledge
Usability Views
UXmatters
Links:
Experience Design Resources
findability.org
HCI Index
HCI Sites
IA Library
Interaction-Design.org.
User Experience Resource Collection
UX - Overview Diagrams
UX Disciplines Circle
uxd_diagrams
UX
UXnet - User Experience Network
Information Architecture
The Information Architecture Institute
Latest Blog Content:
Original Signal
popurls
SEOmash
THEWEBLIST.net
Web 2.0 Workgroup
Tech News:
digg
DiggLicious.com
Techmeme
Blogger:
Blogger Buzz
Status Blogger
Buzz:
delicious/popular
popacular - popular delicious bookmarks
FriendFeedLinks
Megite
Social Reader
More Buzz Links:
Populair.eu
buzz
Monitoring Webpages:
Change Detection
Google Alerts
Yahoo! Alerts
Blogging:
Blogger
Tumblr
Microblogging:
Twitter
Notepad:
Yahoo Notepad
PIM:
To-Do Lists:
Remember The Milk
Personal Start Pages:
iGoogle
My Yahoo
Netvibes
Pageflakes
Quick.as
Aggregated Portals:
FriendFeed
RSS Readers:
Bloglines
Google Reader
RSS Tools:
FeedBurner
FeedInformer
SuprGlu
URL Shorteners:
bit.ly
TinyURL.com
Web Archiving:
Evernote
Other Tools:
HelloTxt
Ping.fm
Yahoo! Babel Fish
Zoho
Search Tools: Collections
Browys
Fagan Finder
Fasteagle
trovando
TurboScout
URLinfo beta || Fagan Finder
whonu
Zuula
Specialist Search Tools:
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DoubleTrust
Find Similar Sites
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Simply Google
Soople
The Wayback Machine
Yauba
YubNub
Links:
How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory
Message Board Search
BoardTracker.com
Omgili
Tag Search:
delicious/search/all
delicious/tag
IceRocket Tags
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Clusty
Qwika
WikiWax
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BookBrain.co.uk
BookButler
Bookprice24.co.uk
BooksPrice
Maps:
Google Maps
Streetmap.co.uk
Reference:
Answers.com
Dictionary.com
Factbites
FindArticles
Wikipedia
Time: The World Clock
News:
AltaVista News
Ananova
BBC
BBC News
Google News UK
The Guardian
The Independent
MSN News UK
NewsNow
Sky News
Times Online
Yahoo News
Yahoo UK News
Portals:
Excite
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MSN UK
BT Yahoo
My Yahoo UK
Yahoo UK
Everything Yahoo!
Blog & Buzz Search Tools:
Ask Jeeves UK - Blogs
Blogdigger
Bloglines | Search
Bloglines | Advanced Search
BlogPulse
BlogScope
Google Blog Search
IceRocket
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Technorati
Search | Tumblr
Twingly Blog Search
Meta:
Clusty
Collecta
FriendFeed Search
Kosmix
Samepoint
Scoopler
SearchMerge
Social Mention
surchur
Twingly Microblog Search
WhosTalkin?
Wikio
Twitter Search:
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TweetMeme
Twitter Search
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Technorati Blog Directory
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delicious/tags/djmartian
delicious tags
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2001 Lists
2002 Lists
2003 Lists
2004 Lists
2005 Lists
2006 Lists
2007 Lists
2008 Lists
2009 Lists
My Lists on rateyourmusic.com:
2000 Albums
2001 Albums
2002 Albums
2003 Albums
2004 Albums
2005 Albums
2006 Albums
2007 Albums
2008 Albums
2009 Albums
Top Rated Albums on rateyourmusic.com
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Decade:
Fast 'n' Bulbous - The Best New Artists of the 00s Metacritic Scaruffi - The 2000s
Top 1000 Albums -- 2000s on Rate Your Music
Links:
delicious/djmartian/m00s
Charts: Albums by Year - Rate Your Music
Fast 'n' Bulbous
Portal:
DJ Martian: Music of the 00s Portal
DJ Martian: Geocities
2006 Music:
2006 Albums - DJ Martian
2006 Music Lists
RYM 2006 New
RYM Top 1000 Albums 2006
a2006
b2006
m2006
r2006
rateyourmusic.com users 2006 Lists
2007 Music:
2007 Albums - DJ Martian
2007 Music Lists
RYM 2007 New
RYM Top 1000 Albums 2007
a2007
b2007
m2007
r2007
rateyourmusic.com users 2007 Lists
2008 Music:
2008 Albums - DJ Martian
2008 Music Lists
RYM 2008 New
RYM Top 1000 Albums 2008
a2008
b2008
m2008
r2008
rateyourmusic.com users 2008 Lists
2009 Music:
2009 Albums - DJ Martian
RYM 2009 New
RYM Top 1000 Albums 2009
a2009
b2009
m2009
r2009
rateyourmusic.com users 2009 Lists
Music Reviews - Metal
Archaic-Magazine.com
Chronicles of Chaos
Metal Invader
The Metal Observer
MetalReview.com
Metal Reviews
Metal Storm - Reviews
Tartarean Desire
Friday:
The Guardian - Reviews
The Independent - Music
Check Frequently:
Evilsponge
Mammoth Press
No Ripcord
Paris Transatlantic
Satan Stole My Teddy Bear
sputnik music .com
Sudden Thoughts
Tiny Mix Tapes: Reviews
Whisperin & Hollerin
Others:
About.com - Alternative Music
Aiding & Abetting
All Music Guide: New Releases
Auralgasms
babysue
The Beat Surrender
BigO
Blastitude
CloudsandClocks
Cool Music Central
Cracked
Crud Magazine
Eclectic Earwig Reviews
Freq
Hybrid Magazine
Incursion
IndieVille.com
Ink19
In Music We Trust
ireallylovemusic: current
Jock Rock
KindaMuzik
Left of the Dial
ManchesterOnline
Mensa Past Archives
Modern Dance
Music-Critic.com
Musicfolio
Nude as the News
Organ Zine
Mark Prindle
Perfect Sound Forever
Reviewed4U.com
Derk Richardson SF Gate
75 or Less
Silent Uproar
somewherecold.com
The Squid's Ear
Mark Weddle
Zeitgeist
Retired:
Almost Cool
Do Something Pretty
Flux Europa
Freestyle Grooves
Impact
themilkfactory
Only Angels Have Wings
Seven
Splendid
Stylus
Music Magazine Links: @
Music Magazines
The Wire
Music News:
Ananova - Music
Billboard
Kerrang
Launch
MTV.com - News
NME.com
RollingStone.com
UK Dance: News
updated 24/7:
Michael's Eclectic Music Pages *
Music News Headlines on the ArtistDirect Network *
RockNews.info
Music Reference:
AMG
Artist Direct
Discogs
Fast 'n' Bulbous
Google Directory: Music
JahSonic.com
Metacritic
Rockdetector
Rocklist.Net
Scaruffi
Record Labels:
A - Z Record Labels Updated: delicious/djmartian/labels
Music Links: Lists: Music Matrix: deep linking, deep tagging, social bookmarks, mp3 music blogs etc soundspy - digital music intelligence
delicious.com Music Links:
delicious music
delicious/djmartian/music
delicious/forcedexposure
More Links:
Music Discussion
delicious/djmartian/discussion
Some Highlighted Blogs: [These are included in my blo.gs updates]
A
ACID BIRD
*ADORU
advance copy
allrecordlabels
An Idiot's Guide to Dreaming
AngryRobot
Another Form of Relief
arjanwrites
the armchair novelist
Athwart666 metal-news
aurgasm
A Vítima Respira?
AVERSIONLINE.COM - THE MP3 BLOG
aworks: new american classical music
B
basic_sounds
The Battering Room
BBC Radio 1 | OneMusic Blog |
beat happening
be.jazz
Between thought and expression
bigstereo
The Big Ticket
Blissblog
Blog.MusicStrands.com
boomnoise
Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep
brooklynvegan
The Blogglebum Cage
Build and Destroy News
C
Cerysmatic Factory
Chromewaves
The Church Of Me
Circus Beckman
Clap Clap Blog
clik and lissen
Click Opera [Momus]
Close Your Eyes
Computers & Music
Coolfer.com
D
The Daily Growl
danceblogga
darkdose.com
Dave's Imaginary Sound Space
THE DEATH JAM
devil in the details
dirt
Dirrrty Pop
DJ ZoZo
DoCopenhagen
doppelganger
DREAMS OF HORSES
Drumz of The South
DUBSTEP ON KISS 100
Duke Listens! : Weblog
DUMMY MAGAZINE
E
86400 Seconds
Electric_dreams
ELECTRONIC MUSIC LINKS
F
Fail
fangirl: mix tape madness
farmer-glitch
Faronheit
Flaming Pablum: the Weblog of Alex in NYC
Fluxblog
for the eardrums
For the 'records'
Forward Ever
freshwater jellyfish
The Future of Music, Media & Entertainment
G
Good Hodgkins » Cleveland, OH » New ears are listening.
gorilla vs. bear
Green Pea-ness
Robin Guthrie : Web Log
Gutterbreakz
H
Hallmonitor
hallucinations & antics
He made their glowing colours
Hermitage Music
The Hit Parade
Hotflush Recordings
HubLog
I
I fell sideways laughing
ijamming
I'll Be Old School Early
INDUSTRIAL::MUSIC::LIBRARY
Information Leafblower
infoshare:
In League With Paton
ireallylovemusic
I Rock Cleveland
it's all in your mind
J
Jazz & Blues Music Reviews
Jazz & Conversation
jazz plus funk not equals junk, you punk
just for a day
K
Kid Shirt
Killing Music With Bare Hands
KINGBLIND: Music, Art & Entertainment
k-punk
L
Largehearted boy
Last Plane to Jakarta
Lives and dramas of a long-distance milkman
los amigos de durutti
Lost Bands of the New Wave Era
Lupatarkastaja
M
Machines Are Funky
Magnetbox
marathonpacks: keep on freeing in the rock world.
Mars Needs Guitars
MelodyNelson.com
Metal Music Blog
mick mercer's Journal
minimal robot
Musica Generica
Music (for robots)
The Music Radar
Music-versity
Michaelangelo Matos
Mixed Content
MLOG
Mocking Music
Musical Perceptions
Music Arcades
Music For Kids Who Can't Read Good
Music Is My Boyfriend
Muzzle of Bees
My Bird Performs
My Old Kentucky Blog
Mystery & Misery
N
nau pyrata
Nerd Litter
Net, Blogs and Rock'n'Roll
NewFrontEars
Stevie Nixed MkII
No One Here Is Asking
noise for toaster
The Noise it Makes
Northern Vantage - by E. Tindblikk
No Rock & Roll Fun
Nothing But Green Lights - UK mp3 blog
NOX Blog by DJ ZoZo
O
Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
Occam's Razor
Old Rottenhat
One Louder
Opus Weblog
P
parallax view
Pastries, Pepper and Canals...
Ewan Pearson. Enthusiasm...
Percussive Piano: New Music Daily
Perfect Sounds
The Pill Box
Pop Your Funk: Dressed In Yello; Says Hello
Pop Musicology - The Scandinavians are coming!
PostClassic
Postapocalyptic Vanguard
post-punk junk
PRANCEHALL (not a Wasteman)
prefixblog.com
Productshop NYC
R
The Rambler
Random types
Raven Sings The Blues - Indie Rock News Media MP3s
remote_ thoughts
Renster
rock the dub
Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
Running the Voodoo Down
The Runout Groove
S
Said the Gramophone
sampled & sorted
Sandow
Seaworthy Southeast Thesaurus
Spherical Objective
S/FJ
shards, fragments and totems
Philip Sherburne
Sid Smith's Postcards From The Yellow Room
Silence is a Rhythm Two
Silent Words Speak Loudest
SIXEYES
S K A T T E R B R A I N
Skykicking
Sleeve Notes
smallfish records
Somedisco
sonictroubadour
Soviet Panda
Spoilt Victorian Child
Stereogum
Strawberry Fire
Stumblings in the dark
Swoon// mp3 video discussion news//
subeena
The Suburbs Are Killing Us
Sweeping The Nation
Swen's Weblog
T
3hive
33/45
take your shoes off
throughsilver in blog
The Tofu Hut
Torr
Totally Fuzzy
TUNETOURIST
20th Century Music
U
unarocks
uncarved.org blog
undomondo
unpopular
V
Vis-a-Vis
W
wayne&wax
the weblog of Lucas Gonze
WFMU's Beware of the Blog
Whatever Happened 2 Bay B Kane?
The Whole Wide World Of Fat Buddha!
the wirewool
Woebot
Worlds of Possibility
X
Xenographix
Y
Yeti Don't Dance
Z
Zoilus
Not Updated in blo.gs: [Other]
Basement Galaxy
BBC Radio 1 | OneMusic Blog |
Braquage
electronicablog.com
EVERGREEN DAZE
Ground and Sky
JahSonic's Blog
Kon-tent
1471
The Original Soundtrack
Plan B Magazine - Frances May Morgan
Plan B Magazine - Everett True's Blog
tomorrowJazz
Unfinished
voltage: electro culture
Multiple Contributors: [These are included in my blo.gs updates]
ArtsJournal.com - Music
Bagatellen
beepSNORT
De Subjectivisten
Deviated Septum
Diskant
donewaiting.com
The Freelance Mentalists
thegoldblog
House Is A Feeling
KEXP Blog
Let's kiss and make up...
New Music reBlog
Other Side of Life
::: POPJUSTICE :::
rockcritics daily
rockcritics links
Rocknerd
Spizzazzz
Static Beats
T A P E
testpress
the turntable
2 Many Scenes
weareie
Music Shopping:
UK Generalists: Online Music Stores
UK Specialists: Online Music Stores
US Online Music Stores
CD Price Comparison:
Dealtime.co.uk
Kelkoo
123PriceCheck.com
Pricerunner.com
New Releases/ This Week [UK Music Stores]
Boomkat
Juno Records
Norman Records
Piccadilly Records
Rough Trade
Smallfish
New Releases/ This Week [US Music Stores]
AB-CD
Aquarius Records
Darla - New This Week
Dusty Groove America
EAR/ Rational Music
Forced Exposure
Insound
Midheaven - New Releases
Other Music
Other Music - New Release Updates
Parasol
Siren Disc: New Releases
Stinkweeds
Action Records
Alice's Records
Banquet Records
bmsoho
Boomkat
Juno Records
Key Mail Order
MusicNonStop.co.uk
Norman Records
Phonica
Piccadilly Records
Pure Groove
recordstore.co.uk
ReR
Resurrection Music
Rhythm Online
The Rock Box
Rough Trade
Second Layer Records
Smallfish
Sound323
Spillers Records, Cardiff
Spin
Supernal
TouchShop
Tunes.co.uk
volcanic tongue
Downloads
BLEEP
UK Online Music Stores: with e-commerce ordering: Generalists
More links @ cdstores
Amazon.co.uk
ASDA Entertainment
BlahDVD
CD Wow
eil.com
HMV.co.uk
theHut.com
194u.com
101cd.com
Play.com
PowerplayDirect.com
Tesco
Townsend Records
WHSmith.co.uk
UK:
Absolute Radio
Kiss 100
NMERadio
Resonance 104.4 FM
Total Rock
Xfm London
97.7 Xfm Manchester
Ireland:
Phantom 105.2, Dublin
Power FM
RTE 2FM
Xfm 107.9
Online Radio:
Brainwashed Radio
Gaialive
Pig Radio
Pirate TV.net
Proton
Pulse Radio
Radio Magnetic
Radioio
SomaFM
SUB FM
Totally Radio
3WK
[woxy] 97X
US College/ Community Radio:
KCRW
KEXP
Kuci 88.9FM
Radio 1190
MPR: Radio Listening: The Current
WFMU
WHUS
WXPN
Specific Radio Shows:
On the Wire
RTQE
Totallywired
Music Listening:
BetterPropaganda
CultureDeluxe
Epitonic
gabba POD
General Radio Links:
Live365.com
Radio in London
radio-now co.uk
Shoutcast
UK Radio Magazine
UK Radio Stations broadcasting on the Internet
Warp Radio
Radio News:
radio-now.co.uk: news
Xfm:
Xfm
Xfm On Air
BBC Music
BBC Music News
BBC Music Reviews
BBC Music - Artist Profiles
BBC Collective
BBC Classic Pop/ Rock
BBC Dance & Electronica Music
BBC Jazz & Blues Music
BBC Rock & Indie Music
BBC World Music
BBC Music: >Selection of Local Links
BBC Bristol
BBC Liverpool: Music
BBC – London Music
BBC Manchester: Music
BBC Nottingham: Music
BBC Oxford: Music
BBC Music Scotland
BBC South Yorkshire: Music
BBC Stoke & Staffs: Music
BBC Wales: Music
BBC Music: What's On TV /Radio:
BBC Later
BBC Music TV/Radio
BBC Radio:
BBC Radio
BBC Music - Listen
BBC - England - BBC English Regions Local Radio Stations
BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Wales
BBC Digital Radio
BBC Radio London
1Xtra:
1Xtra
1Xtra Schedule
1Xtra DJShows
IXtra Playlist
IXtra drumnbass
Bailey
Benji B
Crissy Criss
Radio 2:
Radio 2
Playlist
Schedule
Documentaries
Events
Janice Long
Radcliffe & Maconie
Radio 3:
Radio 3
Schedule
Programmes
Presenters
Music:
Radio 3: Classical
Radio 3: Jazz
Radio 3: New Music
Radio 3: World Music
Shows:
Hear and Now
Jazz on 3
Late Junction
Web Organizers:
Bookmarks
Backflip
Google Bookmarks
Google Notebook
LATERTHIS
Yahoo Bookmarks
Social Bookmarks
BlinkList
BlogMarks
clipclip
Clipmarks
delicious
Diigo
Faves
Netvouz
Secondbrain
Simpy
StumbleUpon
trailfire
Twine
User Generated News / Content
BuzzFeed
digg
Mixx
Newsvine
NowPublic
Propeller
reddit
socialmedian
Yahoo! Buzz
Media News:
Digital Spy
MediaGuardian.co.uk
Media Week
Press Gazette
Links:
journalism.co.uk
JournalismNet UK
news search portal
Search Engines:
Ask
Bing
Cuil
Exalead
Gigablast
Google
Yahoo Search
UK:
Ask UK
Bing Search UK
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Yahoo! Search UK
MetaSearch:
Clusty
Dogpile
iBoogie
Ixquick
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metaEureka
qksearch
SurfWax
ZapMeta
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