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2008 ALBUM RELEASES: 2008 FORTHCOMING ALBUMS
using rateyourmusic.com: 2008 Album Releases [Updated Regularly]
This information is updated on a continual basis.
[These dates apply to the UK and can change as record companies/distributors do have a habit of messing us around!]
Amaranth Recordings born from an idea of A&R Davide Tiso (Ephel Duath's guitar player), and code666, responsable for Marketing and Production.
The Label will work with genres usually not touched by code666, like post-rock, electronic, trip-hop, post-hardcore and dark wave.
"The word "amaranth" beyond to being a clear callback to the Ephel Duath's album "The Painter's Palette", efficaciously encloses the concept that lives behind this label:
"amaranth" comes from the ancient Greek, is the substantivized present participle of the verb "amaraino", it means "not to wither, to be durable".
The connection is simple: to produce music that goes out from the actual consumerism and standardization being something that last in the time, something than does not wither."
It's still dominated by the same old Big names though ! for years people have scoffed at the concept of classic rock radio, this is now the same for classic dance big name djs - the same names and music year-in-year-out.
DJ MAGAZINE Top 100 DJs 2003
1 Ti�sto
2 Paul Van Dyk
3 Armin Van Buuren
4 Sasha
5 John Digweed
6 Ferry Corsten
7 Carl Cox
8 Paul Oakenfold
9 Judge Jules
10 Deep Dish
11 James Zabiela
12 Danny Howells
13 Sander Kleinenberg
14 Steve Lawler
15 Marco V
16 Erick Morillo
17 Mauro Picotto
18 Danny Tenaglia
19 Tall Paul
20 Eddie Halliwell
21 Roger Sanchez
22 Hernan Cattaneo
23 Fergie
24 Johan Gielen
25 Pete Tong
26 Lisa Lashes
27 John OO Fleming
28 Nick Warren
29 Laurent Garnier
30 Lee Burridge
31 Dave Clarke
32 Derrick Carter
33 Richie Hawtin
34 Satoshi Tomiie
35 Christopher Lawrence
36 Adam Feeland
37 Plump DJs
38 Masters At Work
39 Jeff Mills
40 Dave Seaman
41 Sven Vath
42 Gabriel & Dresden
43 Fatboy Slim
44 James Lavelle
45 Umek
46 Seb Fontaine
47 Andre Tanneberger (ATB)
48 Ann Savage
49 Mistress Barbara
50 M.I.K.E.(Push)
51 Lange
52 Hybrid
53 Darren Emerson
54 Andy Farley
55 Lady Dana
56 Max Graham
57 BK
58 Timo Maas
59 Jon Carter
60 Lisa Pin-Up
61 Danny Rampling
62 Mr.Scruff
63 DJ Rush
64 Matt Hardwick
65 Adam Beyer
66 Anthony Pappa
67 Scot Project
68 Donald Glaude
69 Rob Tissera
70 Yoji Biomehanika
71 Andy C
72 Bad Boy Bill
73 Blank & Jones
74 Tidy Boys
75 Lottie
76 James Holden
77 Felix Da Housecat
78 Gilles Peterson
79 Mark Farina
80 Paul Glazby
81 Jonathan Lisle
82 David Morales
83 BT
84 Tim Deluxe
85 2 Many DJs
86 Cosmic Gate
87 Thrillseekers
88 Chris Liebing
89 Layo & Bushwacka
90 Frankie Knuckles
97 Graham Gold
98 Guy Ornadel
99 Smokin Jo
100 Marco Carola
Buy the new issue of DJ Mag for full details/ profiles. # posted by DJ Martian 3:22 PM
Next week's new releases are reviewed @ Norman Records # posted by DJ Martian 3:16 PM
Earplug is a biweekly email newsletter, delivering a handpicked selection of news, sounds, videos, and original features for the international electronic music community. # posted by DJ Martian 2:54 PM
Thursday, October 30, 2003
If I were an editor of a weekly music magazine this week's front cover would feature:Anathema
This week's front choice is Anathema - who release their new album: A Natural Disaster on November 3rd on Music For Nations
This new album would appeal to fans of art-rock bands such as Talk Talk [last two albums], Bark Psychosis, Elbow, Radiohead and Porcupine Tree.
Release date: 3 November 2003
Label: Music For Nations
Type: full album
Line-up: Vincent(vocals,guitar), Jamie(bass,programming), John(drums), Les(programming,keys), Danny(guitars,keys,vocals)
Recording session: Parkgate Studios, Sussex (Anglia) in July/August 2003
Produced by Anathema, Dan Turner
Engineered by Dan Turner, Les Smith
Layout: Travis Smith under Vincent's supervision
Guest:
- Lee Douglas (female vocals on "A Natural Disaster")
- Anna Livingstone (spectral voices on "Are You There?")
- Jaden Smith (child voice on "Childhood Dream")
News from Daniel Cavanagh 10.09.2003
"The album is all finished now and is called A Natural Disaster. The songs are called Harmonium, Balance, Closer, Are You There?, Childhood Dream, Pulled Under, A Natural Disaster, Flying, Electricity, Violence. It's about 55 minutes long, has 2 instrumentals, should appeal to some of the Anathema fans I am sure. It's a decent album, but not one that will be repeated, the next one will be taking a different approach. It should be released around November I guess. The artwork is looking good. Travis Smith has come up with some decent stuff like. It was recorded and mixed in Parkgate Studios, apart from 2 songs mixed in Nottingham at Electric Mayhem. It was produced by the band and the engineer Dan Turner. It's ok. I think you will like it."Daniel Cavanagh # posted by DJ Martian 11:09 PM
The latest news from Morr Music concerning planned 2004 albums from Isan and Lali Puna
Our beloved british gentlemen Isan have just completed a new album for Morr Music. It is called ? Meet Next Live and will be released on feb 9th 2004. After performing live at big time festivals like the UK�s Big Chill and Spain�s Sonar and the Festival Interna�ional de Benic�ssim Isan�s sound has moved to a slightly more dynamic and physical feel, incorporating new acoustic instruments like guitars, a glockenspiel and percussion. There is soon going to be some audio up at http://www.morrmusic.com for your pre-listening pleasure.
Lali Puna are currently in the process of recording their follow up to their acclaimed ?Scary World Theory� album. We won�t give away the details here but expect a release in spring 2004.
Source: Morr Music e-mail # posted by DJ Martian 4:44 PM
Electrelane have set a release date of: January 26th 2004 for their second album: The Power Out on Too Pure # posted by DJ Martian 2:38 PM
This week's [October 31st] Jazz Legends show on Radio 3 features Pat Metheny
Also the following week: 7th Nov - Jaco Pastorius # posted by DJ Martian 1:54 PM
NME.com report Nigel Godrich is helping to produce the new Beta Band album - that is scheduled for release February 2004. # posted by DJ Martian 1:22 PM
German Powerbooker transcends clicks and cuts to create a stunning shoegaze collaboration with Twin Peaks vocalist Julee Cruise. # posted by DJ Martian 1:17 PM
Stylus review Twine - Twine # posted by DJ Martian 1:01 PM
BBC Wiltshire interview 80s synth popstar Howard Jones
He would like to get to know you well - once again - as there is a greatest hits type compilation - to cash in on the pre-Christmas market. [Link found via BBCi Music Newsletter e-mail] # posted by DJ Martian 4:20 PM
A Ricardo Villalobos interview @ NYTimes.com # posted by DJ Martian 4:12 PM
Junkmedia interview Icelandic band mum # posted by DJ Martian 4:10 PM
The Metal Hammer Hot List - 50 New Bands You Must Hear! - the 3 choices they give are rubbish - so what will the 47 others be like ?
Plus... In Hammer's extreme 'Zine Subterrenea this month: Everything you ever wanted to know about Mathcore, starring Converge, The Red Chord, Dillinger Escape Plan and The Locust. Plus: a lengthy feature on Tiamat and a behind the scenes report on Moonfog's jubileum celebrations. # posted by DJ Martian 3:04 PM
They don't need the publicity ...but you may be interested in taking advantage of this sales promotion.. This week only @ Tesco online - prices of CDs are reduced by the equivalent of V.A.T i.e 17.5 %. Offer ends midnight Sunday 2 November 2003. # posted by DJ Martian 2:57 PM
This week's Later...with Jools Holland features Jane's Addiction, John Cale and Nitin Sawhney. # posted by DJ Martian 12:19 AM
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Metal Underground report Neurosis Finishing Up New Album with Steve Albini mixing the album - expect a release Summer 2004. # posted by DJ Martian 11:50 PM
Laika - Whatever I Am I Am What Is Missing
Too Pure
Luke Vibert - YosepH
Warp # posted by DJ Martian 11:36 PM
Perry Farrell is special guest on Thursday afternoon with 6 Music - Andrew Collins # posted by DJ Martian 11:05 PM
If you are interested in goth rock music/ culture: then check out this growing resource @ 6 Music: 6 Music - Goth Week
Coming up on Friday with Andrew Collins presenting Roundtable on 6 Music - Halloween Roundtable with Siouxsie and Budgie # posted by DJ Martian 11:03 PM
New Releases @ Piccadilly Records
Some new releases listed in the weekly guide [via e-mail] from Manchester's music emporium Piccadilly Records
Black Lipstick - Converted Thieves Glitterhouse
On their debut album "Converted Thieves", the Texan foursome Black Lipstick tackle the great themes; blowing off work, getting F'd up, getting by, fate, divine intervention, death, determination, stealing girlfriends and keeping them. All delivered with more than a hint of the Velvet Underground, cool Sonic Youth-esque guitars and drawled, slacker vocals. The depth of "Converted Thieves" sets it apart from the band's garage rock contemporaries, and the group's unpretentious, all-too-Texan, party spirit distinguishes them from dour practitioners of art rock.
The Blow - The Concussive Caress, Or, Casey Caught Her Mom Singing Along With The Vacuum K
Khaela Maricich is the Blow, also a member of the Dub Narcotic studio gang. Khaela recorded this entire album on the Dub Narcotic 16 track tape deck, producing it herself, with guest appearances by a few friends: Susan Ploetz, Anna Oxygen, Mirah, Nora Danielson, Jason Anderson and Jenn Kliese. Like secret mantras, these are adult versions of children's rhymes adapted for more complicated situations, songs people want to sing for their loved ones, but probably never will.
The Boggs - Stitches City Rockers
Following on from where their debut "We Are The Boggs We Are", "Stitches" begins with a terrifyingly mad roar and culminates with a joyous and cathartic fanfare. At once meticulous and destructive it is an album unlike any other. The tracks range from frantic, banjo strummed country numbers with wailing Cajun-style vocals to funereal, downbeat blues. Encompassing everything from American folk to country to rockabilly, there's so much crammed in, that it takes a few listens to get into, but it's worth the effort!
The Fall - The Real New Fall LP Formerly Country On The Click Action
The Real New Fall LP Formerly Country On The Click" is a studio-recorded album containing 11 brand new tracks plus a Lee Hazelwood cover version. Originally slated for release earlier this year under the title "Country On The Click" this album has been remixed and fine tuned by Mark E Smith himself...
Howard Hello - Don't Drink His Blood Temporary Residence
Written, recorded and produced entirely by Kenseth Thibideau (Pinback, Tarentel, Rumah Sakit) and Marty Anderson (Dilute), "Don't Drink His Blood" is a mystical adventure of pop proportions that few have ever reached. More in tune with his other band, Pinback than ever before, the mind-blowing combination of sounds and styles is truly unlike anything else at the moment. Add to that the fact that it carries the contemplative message of being seduced by commercial media, and you have an album that is more important than it leads on, and often too catchy for you to notice. Seduced, indeed. No one saw this coming, but we sure hope it never goes away.
Manishevitz - City Life Jagjaguwar
"City Life" is the third Manishevitz album, but it is truly the first product of the band Manishevitz. The first two albums, were largely composed by Adam Busch and Via Nuon, but now, a new larger band nucleus has evolved to also now include cohorts Joe Adamik, Ryan Hembrey, Nate Lepine and Fred Lonberg-Holm. Vocalist Adam Busch has foregone his oft-indiscernible mumbling-like singing for a more articulated and attitude-fueled vocal performance that resembles that of Bryan Ferry's 70s work. Both the band and the record features an all-star cast of Chicago players, including members of Califone, Edith Frost's band, Shannon Wright's band, Terminal Four, Light Box Orchestra, Central Falls, Bevel, John Zorn's band, Lofty Pillars, Pinetop Seven, Boxhead Ensemble, and Simon Joyner's band.
Movietone - The Sand And Stars Domino
Intended to sound like 'a jazz record being played from across the bay', this album is a beautiful, delicate affair. Gentle strings, and clarinet drift through the gently strummed guitars and piano / keyboards. The fragile folkish vocals complement the music beautifully.
Refree - Nones Acuarela
To talk of influences, classic songwriting, chanson or post-folk seems meaningless, when it is patently clear that the aim of this record is to extract the maximum out of a creatively inspired moment. Here, we should pay special attention to the rich instrumentation of the record � from the dark to the luminous.
The Rock Of Travolta - Uluru Tablature
Following previous releases on their Juggernaut label, their debut album "Uluru" is a major step forward in both songwriting and production. Their sound is influenced both by guitar-based bands such as Radiohead and Smashing Pumpkins and more electronic elements from Add N To (X), Trans Am and Squarepusher. On this album the band have recruite David Line from Seafood to sing on "Everything's Opened Up" whilst Joe Bennett from Goldrush played violin and trumpet on a number of tracks.
Six Organs Of Admittance - Compathia Holy Mountain
Recently featured as part of the Wire's "New Weird Americana" cover story, Six Organs' deliver their fourth full length, drifting seamlessly away from the chance-operated celestial jams of before, they seem more focussed, and the electric / acoustic guitar of Ben Chasny is augmented by fellow Comets On Fire collaborator Ethan Miller's sitar. This is atmospheric, avant-folky and ethereal.
Static Films - Force Over Distance Blue Sanct
Static Films are singer / songwriter Mark Trecka and arranger / multi-instrumentalist Douglas Tesnow as well as an ever-revolving cast of players from cellists to walkie-talkie players to ten-piece choirs. Having walked the paths of experimental tone construction and noise-rock freak-out through fields of folk and sincere poetics, Static Films seem to be currently residing in a delicate location, cushioned on all sides by folk and soul, rock and blues, and an impassioned spirit that affords the most daring of methodologies. Recorded at six different locations throughout three cities and over three years, "Force Over Distance" somehow maintains a coherence and a unity. While holding a place among contemporaries such as the Microphones, Bright Eyes, Devendra Banhart, Entrance and others, Static Films harken to an older tradition of fusing rock and folk with soul and emotion in the ways Of Tim Buckley, Robert Wyatt, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beach Boys or Van Morrison.
Swell - Well? Badman
Second album remastered and repackaged with bonus material and alternate versions of original tracks, "Well" is a must-have for all die-hard fans, and perfect for those looking to acquaint themselves with one of the finest bands to emerge out of San Francisco.
Nice Nice - Chrome Temporary Residence
To truly understand the color and shape of Nice Nice, you must really see them live. Only then will you realize that every sound heard on this record, every intricate polyrhythmic layer is live. There are no overdubs, and there are only two people in the band. Born in Olympia, Wa and now calling Portland their home, guitarist Jason Buehler and percussionist Mark Shirazi meticulously warp hard funk, psyche, soul, dub, angular rock and no-wave noise into a mechanical beast that can take you from dream to dance in 30 seconds flat. The instrumentation is relatively simple: guitar and drums. But it's the endless tap-dancing of effects pedals and rock solid dub beats that make every moment more magical than the last. Recommended to fans of the Load label, Leaf label, the new weird Americana scene and old school New York punk funk ala ESG and James Chance.
Hymie's Basement - Hymie's Basement Lex
Jonathan 'Yoni' Wolf, AKA Anticon / cLOUDDEAD man Why?, and Andrew Broder, AKA Ninja Tune's The Fog have teamed up here to make a lo-fi song-based LP that's more avant rock or anti-folk than hip hop, running through territory touched by Yo La Tengo, Beck, Radiohead and Boards Of Canada. Recorded in Mid-West indie mecca recording studio, Hymie's Basement, the duo have costructed 15 beautiful DIY folk-rock-and-beats songs.
Lullatone - Computer Recital Audio Dregs
Melodic electonic / avant soundscape pop
Margo - The Catnap Tsk! Tsk!
French trio who play warm and delicate electronic organic glitchy-pop sounds.
Rope - Widow's First Dawn Family Vineyard
Originally formed as a Poland-based bass / guitar duo in 1998, Rope has since relocated to Chicago and expanded into a self described 'avant-moodswing rock' trio. Robert Iwanik (bass / vocals), Przemyslaw Chris Drazek (guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar) and Illinois native Michael J. Kendrick (trap set, household percussion) have forced a thousand years of oppression, seething and lost chance into a cascading and ultra-dynamic group sound that will draw in fans of experimental rock and composition.
Psychonauts - Songs For Creatures International Deejay Gigolos
The Psychonauts debut album instantly transforms the innovative DJ duo into producers of pulsing electronic funk, lush pastoral pop, cinematic disco-funk and more. Opening with the drifting psychedelic version of "Windmills Of Your Mind, "Circles", the LP through great electro-disco, gentle melodic indie with James Yorkston on "Hips For Scotland", electroclash with Siobhan Fahey on "Fear Is Real" and their Pig Bag style punk-funk bomb "Hot Blood".
Various Artists / International DJ Gigolos CD 7 Gigolo
DJ Hell compiles this 30 track collection of of electroclash, electro and punk-funk coolness. Includes tracks by Freaks, Fat Truckers, Psychonauts, Mick Mills, Crack We Are Rock, Fischerspooner, Mu, Chris Korda, Linda Lamb, Trevor Jackson, Liquid Sky, Crossover, Pink Grease etc.
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Dichotomy Ozit Morpheus
An amazing collection of previously unreleased Beefheart material from the 60s and 70s. 23 tracks in total, the booklet also includes previously unpublished photos.
DOA - Anarchy In Canada Sudden Death
Fifteen tracks of never before released studio material from 1981 to 1984, arguably the band's finest, most productive years. Bonuses include the previously lost track "They Saved Hitler's Brain" from '81 and "Kill Kill This Is Pop" from 1979's super rare "Vancouver Compilation" LP.
Various Artists / Bah Rumba - 10 Years Of Dancing BBE
BBE celebrate a decade of nights at this Shaftesbury Avenue club in London. There's a broad cross section of tracks representing the different nights the club has had on, from Kenny Hawkes deep house feat, Space, to BBE's own eclectic Night People. Includes RSL's "Wesley Music" anthem, house from Toob and Inner City, latin and jazz-funk from Roberto Pla and Roy Ayers, hip hop-soul from Will I Am and King Britt and broken beats from BB Boogie.
Riow Arai - Mind Edit Leaf
Tokyo beat producer's first album release outside his own country. Influenced as much by Chicago post-rock and German electronica as it is by the cut up styles of Matthew Herbert or Rob Swift, or the straight up hip hop of RZA or Busta Rhymes. This is hip hop like you've never heard before, masterfully crafted, incredibly fresh and quite unique.
Donna Summer Vs Ove Naxx - Split Album Adaadat / Very Friendly
This split release on Adaadat sees the pairing of two promising newcomers with contrasting as well as innovative takes on breakcore music. Firstly we have Donna Summer not the 70s disco diva, but Brooklyn resident Jason Forrest, a DJ at New York independent radio station WMFU famous for his genre splicing DSP madness released on the labels Irritant and Br�klyn Beats. Donna Summer is a frenetic and highly entertaining tour de force taking in disco, prog rock, gabba and digital noise along the way. Secondly is Habikino City Breakcore marvel Ove Naxx real name Isao Sano. Having just completed an EP for DJ Rupture's Soot records. This release sees Ove Naxx teaming up with Osaka MC's Wolf Pack to produce a devastating audio barrage of jungle, video-game themes, heavy metal, and Japanese weirdness.
Dwayne Sodahberk - Unfortunately Tigerbeat6
The monumental third release and second full length album by Dwayne Sodahberk for Tigerbeat6 represents one of the label's most ambitious and fulfilling forays into modern pop music. Sodahberk gives "Unfortunately" a warm, analog glow through digital thumps, tweaks, and textures. His cutely aggressive pitters and patters contrast the emotionally charged noisy bits and adjoin intriguing melodies, gorgeous vocals, and solid structures.
Jehst - Falling Down Low Life
UK rapper Jehst delivers a lyrical feast over inventive psychedelic sounds-meets hip hop beats on this Low Life LP. Supporters include Mr Scruff and Gilles Peterson.
Da Lata - Serious Palm Pictures
Patrick Forge and Chris Franck return with a worldwide guest selection on this new Da Lata LP. Singers and players on these nu-jazz, latin, afro-funk and soul fusing grooves include Jhelisa Anderson, Baaba Maal, BITA collaborator Bembe Segue, Nina Miranda, Pedro Martins and Marcelo Jeneci Da Silva.
Jonny L - 27 Hours A Day Piranha
This nine track CD has already been getting rave reviews - number two in DJ's drum'n'bass chart, 4/5 in IDJ, 5/5 in Knowledge, 8/10 in ATM. An uncompromising set of tracks that cover musical flavours to tear out floorfillers. All the tracks will be coming out as separate 12"s over a period of time.
Various Artists / DJ Kicks - Chicken Lips K7
Dean Meredith and Andy Meecham are now joined by Akwaaba's Steve 'Fela' Kotey for the Chicken Lips TRIO, and the three of them have put together an ace, eclectic selection of influences for this DJ Kicks compilation. Includes Jimmy Spicer's Jellybean mixed funker "The Bubble Bunch", Nina Hagen's yodelling Kraut-reggae weirdness "African Reggae", Dennis Bovell's dubbed-up mix of The Raincoats' afro-tinged punk-funker "Animal Rhapsody", Lindtrom's electro-disco, Colourbox's proto-sampling coolness "Shotgun", a bit of Rhythm & Sound reggae and some psyche-rock from Brain Ticket.
21 track mix CD includes extras by Brainticket, Karin Krog, The Congos, Gwen Guthrie, Warp 9, Sharon Redd, Big Two Hundred, etc and an exclusive Chicken Lips track. # posted by DJ Martian 10:37 PM
It's the end for T.W.A.N.B.O.C. and a new start @ WOEBOT # posted by DJ Martian 1:27 PM
ICON OF COIL - Android
Details of a new single from Icon of Coil [via an e-mail newsletter from Music Non Stop]
One year after their chart breaking album "The Soul is in the Software", top Norwegian electro act Icon Of Coil return triumphant with a brand new 4 track single ! Now signed to electro label extraordinaire Out Of Line, "Android" marks quite a positive change in the band's sound which could be best described as Power-Future-Electro. "Android" still retains that quintessential IOC sound, mixing powerful, anthemic structures with an extremely danceable and infectious club attack - successfully catapulting the musical inheritance of EBM firmly into the new century. This is NOT soft core electro dance, but hard futuristic EBM laced with new ideas and delivered with power and presence. "Android" contains 3 remixes of the title track plus IOC's classic take on legendary Front 242 anthem "Head- hunter" - this fan favourite up to now only included as an encore track during live performances.
Released 24th November 2003. # posted by DJ Martian 1:23 PM
Playlouder review Alias - Muted # posted by DJ Martian 1:17 PM
Splendid finally review Killing Joke - Killing Joke the reviewer, Dave Madden - a long term KJ fan gives it his seal of approval. # posted by DJ Martian 12:09 AM
The ownership of dotmusic has changed once again, dotmusic is no longer part of BT Openworld - it's now part of Yahoo UK & Ireland: YAHOO! FOR DOTMUSIC
This is no big shock - as BT have gone into partnership as BT-Yahoo for ISP/Broadband services in the UK, and BT have previously stated they wanted to get out of the content game. [As the MediaGuardian.co.uk reported last month.]
So this will be the 3rd ownership of dotmusic - previously owned by United newspapers/ Music Week then BT/BT Openworld and now Yahoo UK & Ireland.
So dotmusic - NME.Com's only direct UK based commercial daily music website rival - in terms of scale - is now owned by a key Internet Content Provider - it will be interesting to see how Yahoo integrate dotmusic into their portal.
dotmusic now [Part of Yahoo UK & Ireland] and the press release by Yahoo Europe # posted by DJ Martian 11:35 PM
BurnitBlue.com interview Dave Clarke # posted by DJ Martian 7:09 PM
Preview/Prototype of the new look website for: Rough Trade Shops.
This is a prototype / preview of a complete website update - I'm sure there will be a few teething problems, but hopefully not too many! Any helpful suggestions / bug reports please email us. # posted by DJ Martian 12:44 PM
Sonic Assault is a News Headlines portal for the latest [Extreme] Metal music news.
They are using RSS to extract the news from the various websites in real time. # posted by DJ Martian 12:37 PM
SPOTLIGHT...KEY NEW RELEASES THIS WEEK:
Key new album releases for October 27th [A more detailed release listing including other new releases, compilations and reissues - can be found further up this webpage.]
This Week: October 27th
Amplifier - Amplifier (Music For Nations)
And Also The Trees - Further from the Truth (And Also the Trees) [Available at Music Non Stop]
Riow Arai - Mind Edit (Leaf)
Black Grass - Black Grass (Catskills)
Loren Connors & David Grubbs - Arborvitae (Hapna)
Richard Devine - A: Sect/ D: Sect (Schematic)
John Foxx & Louis Gordon - The Drive (Fullfill) [EP]
Jonny Greenwood - Bodysong (EMI) [OST]
Implant - Horseback Riding Through Bassfields (Alfa Matrix) [Available at Music Non Stop]
Jonny L - 27 Hours a Day (Piranha)
Pete Moss - In Your Dreams (Alola)
Movietone - The Sand & The Stars (Domino)
Pluramon featuring Julie Cruise - Dreams Top Rock (Karaoke Kalk)
Ghislain Poirier - Beats As Politics (Chocolate Industries)
Post Human - Lagrange Point (Seed)
The Psychonauts - Songs for Creatures (International DeeJay Gigolos)
Tiamat - Prey (Century Media)
2mex - Sweat Lodge Infinite (Temporary Whatever / Mush)
Venetian Snares - Chocolate Wheelchair Album (Planet Mu)
David S.Ware - Threads: Blue Series (Thirsty Ear)
Williams - Love Crisis (Glasgow Underground)
The Workhouse - The End Of The Pier (Bearos)
Bojan Z Trio -Transpacifik (Label Bleu)
For Reference:
Last Week: October 20th
Akercocke - Choronzon (Earache)
Alias - Muted (Anticon)
Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash (XL)
Christiansen - Stylish Nihilists (Revelation)
Loren Connors - The Murder of Joan of Arc (Table of the Elements)
The Creatures - H�i! (Sioux Records)
The Cruxshadows - Ethernaut (Dancing Ferrett) [Available at Music Non Stop]
Fort Lauderdale - Pretty Monster (Memphis Industries)
Her Space Holiday - The Young Machines (Mush
Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye (Tzadik) [Import available to order @ amazon.co.uk] [previously known as: Maudlin of the Well]
Khanate - Things Viral (Southern Lord) [Import]
Laika - Wherever I Am I Am What Is Missing (Too Pure)
Large Number - Spray on Sound (White Label Online)
Living Science Foundation - Last Call for Nightfall (Second Nature) [US Import @ Rough Trade]
Lowfish - 1000 Corrections Per Second (Suction)
National Forest - National Forest (Faith & Hope)
Nice Nice - Chrome (Temporary Residence)
Orbital - Octane (EMI) [Film Score]
Evan Parker - Electro-acoustic Ensemble Memory: Vision (ECM)
Plaid - Spokes (Warp)
Plastikman - Closer (Novamute) [Ritchie Hawtin]
Rock Of Travolta - Uluru (Tablature)
Rope - Widow's First Dawn (Family Vineyard) [Import]
Six Organs of Admittance - Compathia (Holy Mountain) [Import available @ Rough Trade]
Dwayne Sodahberk - Unfortunately (Tigerbeat 6) [Now available in the UK,previously an Import]
Softland - One Is A Very Small Crowd (Spezial Material)
Space Monkeez - Inframind (Universal) [Available @ Music Non Stop]
The Speaking Canaries - Get Out Alive: The Last Type Story (Scat/ 12XU)
Total Shutdown - Total Shutdown (Tigerbeat6)
Ulver - A Quick Fix Of Melancholy (Jester) EP [Full UK Release]
Paul Van Dyk - Reflections (Positiva)
Verbose - Observe (Neo Ouija)
Virus - Carheart (Jester Records) [UK Release Date]
J Xaverre - These Acid Stars (Memphis Industries) # posted by DJ Martian 12:15 AM
Steven has finished the score for an upcoming UK independent supernatural thriller. He has also contributed songs for the movie with his songwriting partner, Arban under their new project guise of DARLING HATE.
More info on Darling Hate # posted by DJ Martian 11:26 PM
Norwegian art-rockers White Willow intend to release their forthcoming album: Storm Season early 2004. [White Willow would appeal to fans of Kate Bush and The Gathering.]
The wrap-up of "Storm Season" will also be a little delayed by all this, but there are only minor details left. The Laser's Edge has announced an early 2004 release date for the album.
The main line-up is Sylvia Erichsen (voice)/Jacob Holm-Lupo (guitars)/Lars Fredrik Fr�islie (keyboards)/Johannes S�b�e (guitars)/Marthe Berger Walthinsen (bass guitar)/Aage Moltke Schou (drums), along with Ketil Vestrum Einarsen on woodwinds. # posted by DJ Martian 10:44 PM
Neworderonline have more info concerning the forthcoming JOY DIVISION LIMITED EDITION BOX [due for release November 17th] # posted by DJ Martian 10:36 PM
The new Orb album Bicycles & Tricycles was released on 17 June 2003 in Japan, the album will be released in the UK and Europe on new label Hexus in February 2004. A USA deal is currently being finalised # posted by DJ Martian 10:28 PM
Dante's kitchen. Out of the Cage....
We are pleased to announce that the recordings for "Dante's Kitchen"
are now finally complete!
Three years of chaos, re-evaluation and experimentation with new forms and
influences have resulted in possibly our most accessible record to date. A
complex web of electronic sound production and dense rhythmic structures
coupled with our trademark industrial, dark ambient and neo-classical excursions.
We are currently negotiating deals for licensing the album worldwide
and preparing an all new live show.
Interested labels and promoters do contact us # posted by DJ Martian 10:20 PM
Musique Machine review Ulver - A quick fix of melancholy ep [Jester Records - 2003] # posted by DJ Martian 9:10 PM
BW & BK report Ephel Duath are in the studio working on the follow up to: Painter's Palette. The album will be released on Elitist/Earache next year. # posted by DJ Martian 9:04 PM
New Releases @ Fopp for this week [week beginning: 27th October] with added press quotes. Including these two albums:
JONNY GREENWOOD - BODY SONG OST
label: EMI
The first solo project from the Radiohead camp, rumour has it they'll all be having a shot in the near future. Jonny Greenwood's atmospheric score to an arthouse movie that tells the story of your typical human life by using clips from a century of film. The music compliments this celuloid-sampling perfectly...
"The score itself is much like Jonny's contributions to Radiohead - a surreal mixture of lush strings, pumping guitar and electronic experiments." NME
PSYCHONAUTS - SONGS FOR CREATURES
label: GIGOLO
The Psychonauts debut album instantly transforms the innovative DJ duo into producers of pulsing electronic funk, lush pastoral pop, cinematic disco funk and more. Alongside Trevor Jackson, Gramme and longtime, like-minded friend Tim Goldsworthy of The DFA they pre-empted the current interest in disco-punk by several years. Included is the album�s taster single �Fear Is Real� (vocals Siobhan Fahey) and �Hips For Scotland� (vocals James Yorkston) which has already been causing a stir....
"It's a deliciously diverse set, fusing the raw-edged funk of 'Psychedelic Shack' era Temptations with aching electro-funk, lysergic folk and dub-drenched electronica, resulting in a collection that oozes organic soul as much as it marches to the heartbeat of machinery." BANG
"A huge and wonderful surprise: an album to love and fall in love to. 'Songs For Creatures' is released on German DJ Hell's ever-provocative Gigolo label. Hell has covered Barry Manilow and pioneered the new-school electro-pop; here again, he shows us he knows something we don't (but would like to)." MOJO
"Yeovil Town took a hundred years to get promoted into the Football League. One of the town's other famous products have been similarly slow to really mix it with the big boys. Paul Mogg and Pablo spent the 90s playing blistering breakbeat sets, remixing David Holmes among others and making a mix album of the entire Mo 'Wax catalogue. This long awaited original LP should see them break straight into the Premiership." X-RAY
"If being popular in fashionable circles is a crime, Psychonauts are guilty as charged. More importantly, however, they're also culpable of making one of the strongest albums this year, and in some style." Jockey Slut ! # posted by DJ Martian 8:58 PM
Dusted Magazine publishes a series of music-related lists determined by our favorite artists. This week: Tyondai Braxton and Hair Police. # posted by DJ Martian 1:50 AM
A discussion @ Bagatellen on the best improv/ jazz releases of 2003. [Plus some Metal] # posted by DJ Martian 1:47 AM
ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
Post Human - Lagrange Point Seed
Posthuman are cousins Rich Bevan and Josh Doherty, formally cohorts of Manchester's guerilla cohorts Skam. Debuting with a 5 hour live set, supporting Gescom and Altern 8 at the infamous Compression night, the boys went on to release the debut installment in the label's infamous `Smak' offshoot some time later. Seed was founded in 2000 and has been freaking us ever since with a slew of new and respected artists joining Josh and Rich on the roster. Two years have passed since the first Posthuman album, and the intervening period has seen both the label and the boys' sound flourish, with regular intermediary live masterclasses at their now legendary tube station parties, where they've been joined by just about anyone who's anyone, Aphex, Vibert, Funkstorung, Skam, Plaid, Richard x, T Raumschmiere, the list goes on. Retreating from these hectic events, and escaping London, for the past few months Rich and Josh have been esconced, locked away in a cottage in the scottish countryside. The growth in their sound is evident, a new found melancholic lyricism will really surprise even hardcore Seed afficionados, yet their attention to a tough bass and rhythm still shows their auspicious heritage. 'Purgatory' might seem a strange place to start an album, but the bad beats build in serious fashion, and very soon you just know this is a fitting opener to an epic. 'Walking from the gallows' opens like some of the best moments of Anthony Manning's work, before a squashed, other worldly sound, kinda like skinning a bullfrog, ushers in a darkly haunting piece. After this, the acoustic piano of 'Two Brothers Fall' offers a personal, grounded moment - quietly beautiful, even autobiographical in its tone, Posthuman are moving through to the other side here. 'Up Against The Wall' steps back through the portal, bringing still the crystal melodies, until one wicked crisp break drops, pushing the centre of the album on to new heights. 'A Child After Beating' sustains this strangely altered, disturbed but resilient mood, 'As Old As The Waterfall' revels in almost symphonic bliss, riding a deep, puttering electronic undertow, like an underground stream. 'The skull' brings a rude awakening, square bass as we like and a brooding, gathering, time is running out sensation. Ending with the title track, there's an eerie feeling of images seen, energy dissolving, time travelled - the heightened beats' production bring to mind classic moments of the Boards' darker, more intense cousins. This is one big record in every sense of the word, excellent stuff.
ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
Venetian Snares - The Chocolate Wheelchair Album Planet Mu
Mr Funk continues his world decimation with this essentialist (mentalist) assault on our senses. His past history of releasing uncompromising and futuristic as well as HARD music makes this one highly anticipated album. Opening with a humourous and superb mash up of the theme to Coronation Street (yes!) in the form of 'Abomination Street'. This isn't in the usual 5 minute cut and paste business, Snares puts a lot of work in to make the samples not so obvious and utilizes the strings perfectly over rampant cut up jazz drums, with a dash of hip hop vocals, and a touch of reggae delay he crafts a brilliant drum and bass number from an extremely sh*t tv show, awesome. All the tracks have source inspirations and the samples are the clue, if you can recognise them, 'Langslide' is one of the most frantic of the 10 tracks, extremely fast cuts and samples are thrown together in a maelstrom of noises to create a digital rhythm of insane proportions, sub bass, dark spooky synths and distorted timestretched drums crash into voice samples that have been put through the Snares mangler, brilliant, tight and headwrecking stuff. Now for a Venetian Snares feelgood track, the jaunty jungle of 'Einstein-Rosen Bridge' with its horn stabs and guitar slices backed with umpaloompa vocals talking about time and space (google up 'Einstein-Rosen Bridge' and you'll see) trots along at breakneck speed, but retains an air of childish fun due to the vocals and crazy synth noises taken straight from Sesame street - brilliant fun. Next, the track of the album explodes across the speakers, RUDEBWOY style, 'Hand Throw' is THE ragga jungle anthem for 2003, completely Snared up and dissected all over the place, gabba beats clash against ruff Amen breaks while ragga vocals chug along at light speed and Mr Funk rips the track to its tiny pieces and re-constructs it into something completely different for the latter half with the fastest kick rolls ever, truly unbelievable. Then there's the reggae spliced 'Ghetto Body Buddy' and 'Herbie Goes Ballistic', more highlights from an album that will take a few listens to love, but only one to decide it's yet another unmissable joint from Venetian Snares. Killa!
Donna Summer Vs Ove Naxx - Split Adaadat / Very Friendly
Brand new white hot breakcore release from Adaadat records in conjunction with the Very Friendly label. This limited split album features two of the scene's hottest artists, right now. Donna Summer is the alias of Brooklyn DJ/artist Jason Forray. For this album he's parred with the japanese act Ove Naxx who come approved and discovered by DJ/Rupture who recently released their mini album 'Bullets From Habikino City HxCx' on Soot. As you'll guess (know) by the name, Donna Summer is music with a hell of a lot of fun attached - mashing up disco, with punk, noise, hypersplatter breaks and some truly wild drum programming. Crazy wild insania but massive fun, broken styles of music this jumped-up can often drive you crazy but Donna has all the tricks to please. Killer stuff. That's the first six tracks, side one over. On the flip Ove Naxx aka Isao Sano utterly wreck's the place, destroying all your senses with his manicmagic amalgam of distorted gabba breaks, insane hyperspeed ragga chat, tsunami waveblasts of noise and wayward japanese kitch pop melodies - fans of Hrvatski's Gai-Jin offshoot alias need to check this out. Check the titles, 'Jinginaki Punxxx!!!', 'No Side Discharge' & 'Anarchy Bomb-Odori' - 'B-Gay In Tsutenkaku' is trult shocking, check the rap from Wolf Pack???? Twelve tracks, jewel case CD and extra lush spot gloss sleeve, white vinyl version. Complete mentalism, hardcore to your brain - essentialist music that you NEEEEDDDD!!!!!!
Ghislain Poirier - Beats As Politics Chocolate Industries
Now this is a nice surprise. The first part of the megadope double pronged album attack from French/Canadian producer Ghislain Poirier that he'll deliver over the next two weeks (more of that later). After his outstanding works of minimal beauty for labels such as 12k and Now attacking on a political tip fusing his early 12k/Intr-Version minimal works of beauty with a hip hop/electronic kick. For Chocolate Industries 'Beats As Politics' is a wicked eleven track variation of extra chunky hip hop with electronica attachments. Straighter and more direct than Prefuse 73 this is more in tune with the Dabrye 'One/Three' album with an extra deep production depth utilising micro-arabic samples, deep-sonic-beats and precise melodic lurches. Plus on three tracks vocals come to the fore, 'Gray Space' featuring Diverse plus 'De L'art De La Fellation' & 'Carquois' feature french/canadian rapper S�ba rhyming in his mother tongue in a style similar to TTC (Big Dada). One superb album, then next week his new Intr-Version CD 'Conflits' which takes this new sound even further out with devastating results.
Iso 68 / Various - Here/There Played By.... Hausmusik
Versions, remixes and reinterpretations from Calexico, Corker/Conboy, Masha Qrella, Peter Thiessen, Sixtoo & Matt Kelly, Loopspool, Christof Kurzmann. Well well well, now iso 68�s Thomas Leboeg and Florian Zimmer have other people working for them. This might be due to their constant engagement in numerous side projects in and around Hamburg and Munich. Whilst busy producing a radio play with author Katja Huber for the Bayrischer Rundfunk and composing a spoken-word-piece for poems by beat poet Robert Lax, iso 68 asked some handpicked artist friends to remix tracks from their latest album "Here/There", one of our favourite long players from 2003. Remarkably enough, the artists involved did not just move around samples, some of them even recorded new tracks to the existing song parts. The resulting release is therefore not a typical remix record, it rather contains reinterpretations, sometimes closer, sometimes further from the original. Calexico, who iso68 supported on their 2003 tour in Germany and Scandinavia, contribute sunbleached, dusty Texan charm, absolutely transforming the flavour of this already classic tune. Monika's Berlin-based Masha Qrella, who opened for Calexico in the uk, weaves delicate beats around "Cosmic Bones", Loopspool adds bone-dry, danceable electronic beats and thus a whole new character to Iso68�s dream-like, nicely blurred sounds. One could go on raving about this release, as the remixes by Christof Kurzmann, Corker/Conboy, Sixtoo and Peter Thiessen give you every reason to... In short, iso68 can count themselves really lucky because only few remix records can offer tracks which approach the original as intelligently, coherently and respectfully as the artists did here. iso68�s beautiful, fragile tracks from "Here/There" ended up in good hands.
Quench - Punctuated N5MD
New collection of mostly chilled/blissed out electronics from the Funken brothers. Floating beats and widescreen synthetic melodies are the forefront elements. Most of the tracks of long, slowly developing sounds panned across the full frequency and touching on many emotions. Highlights are ' Zane' previously heard on the 'MAS Confusion' comp and the John Carpenteresque 'Scid' . A highly recommended album for people who think they are tired of idm. Next up for the Funken brothers : the Shadow Huntaz project for Skam - be prepared.
Richard Devine - Asect:Dsect Schematic
Brand new Richie Devine album on Schematic, the finest offering on the label for some time. Building on the blueprint intricacies of 'Lip Switch' and 'Aleamapper', 'Asect:Desect' finds the crunch and funk in more mangled effect shot through heavily rhythmic max'd up workouts wrapping deep blue cloaked harmonics amongst whirling torrents of phased pitches and tough beats. Check the grimy hip hop tempoed 'Dansk Rap' leading the way before the bomb dancefloor killer 'Floccus' drops the beat-wreckage. Elsewhere 'Rusx Fee' kicks out the noisecore blasts that would scare even Aaron Funk. Finally you get the driftsome 'Randale' providing the closing call. Thirteen tracks of widescreen, 3D, full frequency range i-dee-m-shizz - big recommendation.
Riow Arai - Mind Edit Leaf
Killer UK debut album from the brilliant japanese blitzkreig hip hop beat demolision expert, Riow Arai. Known to us for having released several essential but hard to obtain albums and ep's all released on Soup-Disk in Japan, of whom Leaf have licensed his new album and it's amazing. If you will, imagine a fusion of Dabrye & Prefuse's clipped hip hop beats, Kaman Leung & Kareem's rave technique and El-P's bassiest beatburst brutalism. This is the sort of music that needs to be pumped extra loud. Eleven tracks of some of the finest cut up music available today. Lush packaging and extra fat sound mastering. This sh*t rocks.
Various / Gigolo - International Deejay Gigolo Compilation #7 Gigolo
Whew! Volume 7 rolls out of the Gigolo manufacturing plant, featuring among the 30 tracks DJ Hells remix of P Diddy's `Lets Get Ill' (I never saw that collaboration coming), David Carreta's nu-disco number `Colours', the hi-nrg electro-techno of Savas Pascalidis `Nite Life' , Maurice Fultons `Jealous Kids', the Psychonauts remix of the classic New York electro of `No G.D.M.' by Gina X, Fischerspooner's `L.A. Song, and Trevor Jackson's `Pink Lunch' among many others. The 2cd format takes in the whole of Gigolo's output and throws a few other numbers in from Terrence Fimer, Richard Bartz, Steril and of course DJ Hell's `Keep On Waiting'. More disco punk for the Mullet Massive.
Current 93 - A Little Menstrual Night Music United Durtro / Anomalous CD
New CD from David Tibet's Current 93 alias here remixed by Nurse With Wound's Steven Stapleton. This album consists of two new versions of 'In Menstrual Night' which were used as the introductory music for Current Ninety Three's two performances at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on May 9 and 10, 2003. Wonderful outward bound, spooked ambience.
Psychonauts - Songs For Creatures Gigolo
The Psychonauts return with a new album for Hell's Gigolo label, with special guests including James Yorkston (Domino), ex Bananarama warbler Siobahn Fahey and others. Much feted by the media this album shows the Psychonauts spreading their wings and covering a lot of ground, from the cinematic Axelrod vibes of the opener 'Circles', to the pulsing analog disco of 'Empty Love' and the swirling techy 'Fear is Real'. There is an 80's undercurrent harking back to the innocent days of synth pop as on the Pet Shop Boys-esque 'World Keeps Turning' with its melodramatic vocals and playful simple synths and also the dreamy, easy breakbeat of 'Dream Chaser' which melts analog strings and synths with what sounds like a dash of pedal steel guitar floating in the background.
Brand new, true underground hip hop album straight outta LA from the freshly blessed and Mush backed Temporary Whatever label. 2Mex is one of the few mexican born rappers making a name for himself in the US hip scene. Very much a part of the LA crews Project Blowed, The Shapeshifters and his duo alongside Xololanxinxo, Of Mexican Descent. This twelve track album is produced by Longevity of the Darkleaf crew who once ran with Jurassic 5. Guest raps come from Aceyalone, Busdriver and members of the Shapeshifters, Awol One, Liferexall and Existereo. This hip hop is raw and somehow strangely sparse yet dense, bringing to mind early Bomb Squad productions with a slightly alien twist. This feeling is reinforced by Mixmaster Wolf scratching on the decks in a rough and raw style like the man Johnny Juice Rosario of early Public Enemy fame. 'Seconds Ago' kicks the mental flow with a political bite over a hype original backing. 'Copy That' has a tense backing and chopped sonics behind a deep bass beat, Kemit and Busdriver join 2Mex for this killer track. 'No Category' is another highlight with Awol and Aceyalone getting busy on a dope next level science bomb. 'Sweat Lodge Infinite' is a dope album of purest bleeding edge hip hop, future proof year 3000. Investigate or regret.
Hymie's Basement (Why? & The Fog) - Hymie's Basement Lex
Yoni Wolf (aka Anticon's Why?) and Andy Broder (aka The Fog) have teamed up to make a whacky, slacker based out-hop folk experimental record for Lex. Not quite as scary as that description implies, you'd still need to open up your b-boy horizons to get off on it. Sixteen tracks, if you liked Why?'s recent Anticon efforts then you'll like this to..fans of Ninja Tune and cLOUDDEAD listen up!
Soul Position (Rjd2 & Blueprint) - 8 Million Stories Rhmesayers
Out, at long last, after late last year's 'Unlimited EP' and the recent dope 'Jerry Springer Episode' 12" '8 Million Stories' is finally upon us. This sixteen track album finds both RJD2 and battle rapper supreme, Blueprint at the peak of their powers. RJ's heavy funked production is given a trim and the melodious aspect is expanded upon. Behind Blueprint's multi-layed topics and heartfelt delivery we really can,t go wrong. Check 'Printmatic', classic lyrics, clipped horns, bubblin' bass, and sooooo dope drums, 'you got beef!!!, I got vegetables' is just one of the classic lines. Tune!! 'Inhale' feels like a Antipop refreshment dose, especially on the chorus before the conga ripping beats lace the lyrics's loveveleeee versus!!! 'Just Think' is classic Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth styled, epic!!! and 'Fu*kajob' would run perfectly after Mr Lif's 'Live From The Plantation'. There really are no slackjack tracks on here. A result of taking your time over your job, equalling an essential album. Killer sleeve, killer album - Rhymesayers run tingz.
Various / Galapagos 4 - Laced Galapagos 4
Bargain priced limited edition instrumental CD set from the Galapagos 4 production unit. New beats and instrumental tracks from Meaty Ogre, DJ White Lightning, Open I, Jackson Jones, Offwhyte and DJ Natural - thirteen tracks deep - every tracks a winner. Chicago's finest do it again with some of the best hip hop instrumental tackle you can get your hands on. Well wicked.
Laika - Wherever I Am I Am What Is Missing Too Pure
'Wherever I Am, I Am What Is Missing' continues where Laika they left off in 2000, and marks another change in their recording process. Most of what appears on this album is raw and spontaneous, with minimal studio trickery involved and Margaret Fiedler changing her lyrical approach to match the lack of artifice. It is all part of an effort to stop getting obsessed about every minute detail on the record, and to actively get to the heart and the emotions. It is a spacious album layered with feeling; from the wistful sweeping melodies of OeAlphabet Soup, to the dark, rolling hypnotic beats of "Fish For Nails,, Laika,s cool melodies, dub basslines and layers of sound compliment Fiedler,s entrancing vocals which weave effortlessly in and out of the mix.
Loren Connors & David Grubbs - Arborvitae Hapna
Lush minimal and modal piano/guitar exploration album from David Grubbs and Loren Conners on this new (to us) Swedish label, Hapna. Five tracks of spiky but intermittently beautiful music. Like a Morton Feldman recital by two weary musicians. Delicate sound processing and extended tones set the stage. Textured card slipcase, very limited copies.
Movietone - The Sand and The Stars Domino
Taking its trigger from a review of their critically acclaimed "The Blossom Filled Streets", "The Sand and The Stars", is intended to sound like "a jazz record being played from across the bay". Which is how Movietone came to find themselves carrying a double bass down a cliff, in the dark. Nina Simone, Jefferson Airplane, The Carter Family, The Band and Sandy Denny are all cited as influences on "The Sand and The Stars", but inspiration in their approach comes from the field recordings of the late producer Alan Lomax, with Movietone moving beyond the studio and out on location to Cornwall for much of its recording. Movietone hail from the same Bristol scene that saw fellow experimentalists Flying Saucer Attack and The Third Eye Foundation flourish. Having re-issued their self-titled debut earlier this year, this is Movietone's fourth album and their first new material since 2000's "The Blossom Filled Streets".
Little Annie & The Legally Jammin - Little Annie & The Legally Jammin' Italic
New album from Little Annie and Khan (Air Liquide & Jammin' Unit). Little Annie & The Legally Jammin' play a wild, hormone-saturated mixture of spoken song and sometimes harsh, but always swinging rhythms. 'No Wave' based on electronic beats recordings from the epicentres of pop music: New York, Mexico City and Dusseldorf. The very first weirdly choked echo gives you an idea of what kind of sound system The Legally Jammin' is, sometimes playing 'Disco Dub', sometimes 'No Wave Disco' # posted by DJ Martian 12:31 AM
Friday, October 24, 2003
Phil Freeman @ Mostly Weird, Some Normal encourages Simon Reynolds to seek out Ephel Duath and The Mars Volta as leading lights of progressive rock music in 2003. # posted by DJ Martian 5:26 PM
Music writer, Douglas Wolk is now updating his blog frequently: Lacunae # posted by DJ Martian 5:21 PM
31 October 2003 22.15-23.30
This week Mark Russell and Robert Sandall talk to
the group Plaid.
7 November 2003 22.15-23.30
Robert Sandall and Mark Russell present a unique mix of
musical styles and influences.
21 November 2003 22.15-23.30
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present a performance
from the London Jazz Festival by the Matthew Herbert Big
Band, which brings together live electronics and orchestral
jazz, with arrangements by Pete Wraight and vocals by Dani
Siciliano and Jamie Lidell.
28 November 2003 22.15-23.30
In their second programme from this year's London Jazz
Festival, Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present a
live set by turntablist, pianist and wordsmith Kid Koala aka Eric San in duo with DJ P Love.
5 December 2003, 10:15pm 22.15-23.30
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall talk to Radiohead's
Jonny Greenwood about his new solo album, the soundtrack
to the film "Bodysong" for which he enlisted some of the
finest British jazz and classical musicians including
trumpeter Gerard Presencer, saxophonist Julian Arguelles
and The Emperor String Quartet. # posted by DJ Martian 1:06 PM
This week's Jazz on 3 show on Radio 3 features Jim Black's AlasNoAxis
We're not talking showtunes, bebop changes and cycles of fifths, nor are we in the realms of modal jazz, blues or fusion. There are elements of rock here - grunge to be more specific, perhaps some metal but then there are saxophone solos and passages of delicate clarinet. Add in electronic drones, mutant funk rhythms and noise and alas there is no obvious axis. # posted by DJ Martian 12:57 PM
Good to see electronic music webzine: Absorb is back. # posted by DJ Martian 12:50 PM
The 40 greatest US bands today
Yet more attention seeking, thrown together - snapshot lists from The Guardian. As The Guardian attempts to be as stupid as Spin magazine by listing their own version of the 40 greatest US bands today.
And the winner is .... The Flaming Lips
Three weeks ago we published a list of the artists who have made British rock and pop music exciting again. The response was so remarkable we've decided to repeat the exercise - with Americans. We hope you enjoy it.
Third album from this dance duo employs disembodied voices and spacious atmosphere for a disco-noir feel. From acclaimed electro label Ghostly Int'l. # posted by DJ Martian 12:22 PM
Some releases mentioned in the latest two Newsletters [via e-mail] from Music Non Stop
Amduscia - Melodies For The Devil - Out of Line
After more than 3 years of waiting and numerous, extremely successful compilation appearances, Germany's Out of Line Label finally announce the release of the debut full-length album by the next Mexican Industrial sensation AMDUSCIA. To quote the OOL label :
''Never before have fans have been bombarding us with requests for a new release in such an extreme way - as for this debut. We are absolutely sure, that with AMDUSCIA we signed an act, that will have a similiarly extreme and powerful impact on the electro / industrial scene, as only Hocico before ! AMDUSCIA are the second coming, the second invasion of Mexican brutality and our 'local European' acts better get prepared for this massive strike of power from the land of the Aztecs...'' - Out of Line Records
Amduscia present uncompromising Dark Electro with slight trance-influences in a danceability and harshness never heard before ! The sound reflects the abyss metropolis of Mexico ( the inspiration for ''Melodies For The Devil'' ) in which millions of people experience a daily fight for survival...An album far removed from cliche, fashion and trends ''Melodies For The Devil'' is a searing powerhouse of dark-electro drawing on personal expieriences delivered in an honest and uncompromising fashion. THE upcoming dark-electro band of the year !
Tracklisting :-
Beyond the darkness (raving mix)
Dios vuelta Miseria
Embrion
Evil Song
F**king Flesh (click to listen)
Killing Mission
Melodies For The Devil
Merciless Vain Reign
Profano Tu Cruz (click to listen)
Seeing You Pray
Released 17th November 2003.
