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Wednesday, March 31, 2004

 

BW & BK report Metal Blade Sign The Red Chord

The Red Chord are one of the leading new wave of technical noisecore bands to arrive on the music scene this decade post-the-pioneers ala Botch/ Dillinger Escape Plan/ Converge

Context >> Their debut was released in 2002, review by Lambgoat: The Red Chord - Fused Together In Revolving Doors

# posted by DJ Martian 11:58 PM

 

6 Music select new Head of Programmes

This news some how slipped below my news radar earlier this month: BBC Press Office announce:

Ric Blaxill is to become Head of Programmes, BBC 6 Music.

Ric, currently Group Creative Director at Capital Radio, is to take on the role in the next few months.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:27 PM

 

Free Kurt's Choice CD with this week's NME

Shock ! an actual interesting freebie CD with NME. This week's NME comes with a CD that reflects Kurt Cobain's favourite artists.

Including tracks by Mudhoney, Rites of Spring, The Melvins, Butthole Surfers, Gang of Four, The Slits and Bad Brains and a few more artists..

>> This week's NME

# posted by DJ Martian 4:14 PM

 

Pitchfork report on the forthcoming PJ Harvey album

Uh Hu Her is slated for a May 31st release in the UK, with a Stateside street date to follow on June 8th via Island Records.

I found this Pitchork reporting by Ryan Schreiber amusing - on PJ Harvey's tour plans London's Glastonbury - oh dear, - you will find Glastonbury in Somerset - West of England - which is far from London. Someone fetch Ryan Pitchfork a map of the UK.

# posted by DJ Martian 3:54 PM

 

Madvillain - Madvillainy is currently rated the top album of the year so far @ Metacritic Music

# posted by DJ Martian 3:41 PM

 

EMI restructuring news announced today: as The Guardian report EMI to cut 1,500 jobs and to axe 20% of their artists.

# posted by DJ Martian 2:00 PM

 

The Brainwashed Brain

This week's The Brainwashed Brain [V07I12 - 03282004] includes reviews of:

Guapo - Five Suns
Cuneiform

Clouddead - Ten
Mush

Skullflower - Exquisite Fucking Boredom
Tumult

Last week's The Brainwashed Brain [V07I11 - 03212004] includes a review of:

Nels Cline & Devin Sarno - Buried on Bunker Hill
Ground Fault

# posted by DJ Martian 1:23 PM

 

Pitchfork review Trapist - Ballroom

Thrill Jockey issues this new full-length from the Vienna-based trio Trapist, whose sound owes a debt to both composers like Morton Feldman and latter-day improv acts like The Necks.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:34 PM

 

Ytsejam.com report Porcupine Tree are back in the studio working on a new album.

Sessions are scheduled to finish by early June, with a worldwide release date planned for September

# posted by DJ Martian 8:14 AM

 

Soundgenerator.com report Massive Attack Showcasing New Material, Summer '04

However we will have to wait till Spring 2005 for the next Massive Attack album.

# posted by DJ Martian 7:59 AM

 

BW & BK report STRAPPING YOUNG LAD Re-sign With Century Media, Devin Comments - work has commenced on a new album.

# posted by DJ Martian 7:54 AM

 

Tiny Mix Tapes review The Blithe Sons - Arm of the Starfish

# posted by DJ Martian 7:50 AM

 

MusicOMH.com review The Waterboys - This Is The Sea (Remastered And Expanded Edition)

# posted by DJ Martian 7:47 AM

 

This week's John Peel shows are worth noting, I recommend you listen on demand online to last night's show as the 45 minutes Mogwai set was exhilarating.

Tues 30 Mar: ATP Special Part 1

Weds 31 Mar: Erase Errata & Lightning Bolt

Thurs 01 Apr: ATP Special Part 2

# posted by DJ Martian 7:43 AM

Tuesday, March 30, 2004

 

The Breezeblock Show on Radio 1

The latest Breezeblock show features an ATP special including Mogwai and Trans Am

Coming soon >> Breezeblock

5th April
Generation Dub with MCs
Mugison in session
ATP Preview

12th April
DJ Hell mix

26th April
Mum interview and mix

# posted by DJ Martian 3:47 PM

 

This week's flavorpill LONDON a weekly email magazine covering music, art, and cultural events

# posted by DJ Martian 2:41 PM

 

BBC Music review Charlie Haden/John Taylor - Nightfall

Charlie Haden indulges his passion for duos once more by pairing up with renowned UK pianist John Taylor.

# posted by DJ Martian 2:01 PM

 

Album of the Day @ 6 Music is XTC - English Settlement

Review >> XTC - English Settlement

# posted by DJ Martian 1:44 PM

 

Dusted review The Claudia Quintet - I, Claudia

# posted by DJ Martian 10:49 AM

 

Stylus review Superpitcher - Here Comes Love

# posted by DJ Martian 10:47 AM

 

Brainwashed Releases has been updated.

a listing of recent & upcoming electronic/experimental/etc. releases brought to you by feedback monitor and brainwashed

# posted by DJ Martian 10:32 AM

Monday, March 29, 2004

 

SPOTLIGHT...KEY NEW RELEASES [March 22nd]

Key new album releases for March 22nd [A more detailed release listing including other new releases, compilations and reissues - can be found further up this webpage.]

Julian Arguelles - As Above, So Below (Provocateur Records)
Ascoltare - Visceral Vendor (Tripei)
Audiac - Thank You For Not Discussing The Outside World (Klangbas)
Blithe Sons - Arm Of The Starfish (Family Vineyard) [Available At Rough Trade]
Blutengel - Demon Kiss (Out of Line)
Bochum Welt - Kissing A Robot Goodbye (Device)
Buffalo Daughter - Pshychic (V2)
Cocorosie - La Maison De Mon Reve (Touch & Go)
Deaf Center - Neon City (Type) EP
Detwiije - Six Is Better Than Eight (Detwiije)
Die Form - InHuman (Metropolis) [Available at Music Non Stop]
Flowing Tears - Razorbliss (Century Media)
Frog Pocket - Moon Mountain Of The Fords (Benbecula) EP
Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld (Drag City) [Full UK Release, previously an Import]
Mick Karn - More Better Different (Invisible Hands)
John Massoni - Stillborn Dreams (Space Age Recordings)
Mum - Nightly Cares (Fat Cat) 3" CD EP
Ozric Tentacles - Spirals in Hyperspace (Mascot/ Magna Carta Records)
Random Factor - Convergence (2020 Vision)
Elliot Sharp - Do the Don't (Red Flag) [US Release]
Solitary Experiments - Cause And Effect (Out Of Line) EP [Available at Music Non Stop]
The Sonar Yen - Slow Picture (Soviet Union)
Sticks and Stones - Shed Grace (Thrill Jockey)

# posted by DJ Martian 9:24 PM

 

Great Google Gets Fresh New Look plus 2 New Search Tools

As you have probably noticed today, Google has a revamped interface design, also the computer scientists at Google Labs have been experimenting with some new innovations.

Official Google Press Release: Google Introduces Personalized Search Services; Site Enhancements Emphasize Efficiency

Two new Google search tools @ Google Labs in beta mode where launched today.

>> Google Personalized Web Search Get personalized search results based on your interests

Lets you build up a "profile", [note the music section], the results include a sliding bar that focus in and match your personalised profile.

>> Google Web Alerts Find out about new web pages on a topic of interest

This could be used to monitor new info on record labels, or a specific artist, or even specific album reviews.

# posted by DJ Martian 3:28 PM

 

Jess Harvell @ NYLPM provides an initial assessment of the forthcoming Beta Band album: Heroes To Zeroes

# posted by DJ Martian 2:39 PM

 

Playlouder review two albums released today:

>> Adem - Homesongs
>> Blockhead - Music By Cavelight

# posted by DJ Martian 2:34 PM

 

Useful web search tool: Google - Yahoo Comparison Compare the Search Results [Requires JavaScript]

# posted by DJ Martian 12:55 PM

 

A comprehensive website for ambient music: Ambient Visions

# posted by DJ Martian 12:51 PM

 

Thirsty Ear provide info on a forthcoming Spring Heel Jack album:

Spring Heel Jack - The Sweetness of the Water

Release Date: May 18, 2004

Following on an amazingly well received UK tour with several Blue Series all-stars at the start of 2003, Spring Heel Jack headed into the studio to further explore the possibilities of a free-jazz vision that draws on the duo's prior experience producing drum 'n' bass and incorporates electro-acoustic sensibilities as well. 'The Sweetness of the Water' strongly reflects the experience of successfully translating a powerful studio concept into a dynamic live performance. The album is meditative and beautiful, with Wadada Leo Smith's trumpet shimmering throughout. (with Wadada Leo Smith, Evan Parker, John Edwards, and Mark Sanders)

# posted by DJ Martian 11:37 AM

Sunday, March 28, 2004

 

This Week's New Releases @ Boomkat

This week's new releases @ Boomkat - A Pelicanneck Online Music Store include:

ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
Docnuke.Com (Otto Von Schirach) - Petroleum Peep Show
Rice & Beans

Full-length CD album that brings together Otto Von Schirach's work as the mentally malladjusted and politically determined Docnuke.com - returning to terrify the complacent masses and wreak havock with a world already gone totally wrong. The Petroleum Peep Show brings together the Petroleum G-string 7", the Megadebt mini-album and this week's "Petroleum Peep Show" 12", this time round unleashing Otto's most demented, uncompromising and frustrated beats and voice edits to date. Doc.Nuke gives it some distorted human beatbox business, guerillacore mashups and some insanely dense noise cuts, culminating with Otto's legendary re-configuration of the theme tune to "Inspector Gadget" included here for all your messed-up pleasure. The breakcore psychosis stays strong, fusing bass, booty, jungle, and hip-hop to incendiary effect, making for music that should come to be seen as Otto's defining work...Protest and survive! Ace.


ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
Lucien & Luciano - Blind Behaviour
Peacefrog

Quite confidently striding past the deluge of style/fashion/zeitgesit hype thrown at him over the last few moths, Lucien Nicolet, aka Luciano, has delivered the first shimmering pop album for the summer to come. Luciano is the missing link between his fellow chillean operators Atom Heart and Ricardo Villalobos - "Blind Behaviour" perfectly realising his aspiration of approaching dance music through a complex, innovative but at all times openly warm and accesable route to perfection. The opening "Alain Brito" is perhaps the most overtly "pop" moment on this incredibly good album - a more disciplined variant on Atom Heart's long-perfected glitch-vocal-pop hybrid that's at once insanely catchy and hard to pin down. Tracks like "La Dance Des Enfants" and the stunning title track "Blind Behaviour" expose the underbelly of Luciano's glamorous weltanschauung, deeply engrossing downbeat explorations of electronic principles within House music structures - something that only Ricardo Villalobos and Claro Intelecto have managed to develop with similar supremacy. Only the over-ambitious collaboration with vocalist Cassy Britton "La Ondita" lets down this otherwise hugely endearing album with its over-produced vocal and meandering melody, but for the rest of this glorious piece of work Lucien Nicolet more than lives up to the hype. Lovely.

ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
The Remote Viewer - You're Going To Love Our Defeatist Attitude
City Centre Offices

Somewhere in the Greater Manchester Area, on an average street, in an average attic of an average house, every now and again, time stands still. This is when Andrew Johnson and Craig Tattersal (former members of Hood) sit down and switch on their machines and gently assemble a delicate structure of electronic fragments with a myriad selection of home crafted acoustic instruments and toys. They invite their friend Nicola Hodgkinson (Empress, Hood) to whisper her song and from time to time sing with the most angelic, other-worldy accompaniment you can imagine. For their first release since their amazing album "Here I Go Again On My Own" for CCO a couple of years back, Andrew and Craig dig deeper, haunt some friendly ghosts in detuned pianos, introduce a vocoder to the band, polish their little rhythms and make them shine even brighter. Titled with typical irony "You're going to love our defeatist attitude" finds a hugely moving, organic, delicate point of eqilibrium between traditional songwriting and electronic innovation that have made the hairs on the back of our neck stand on end since the first time we heard these six life-affirming pieces of timeless music. If you're into the music of To Rococo Rot, Mum, Talk Talk or Hood, Make sure you check this out without further delay. Sublime music.

King Tubby - Dub Mix Up
Jamaican Recordings

Subtitled "Rare Dubs 1975-79" - this is the long awaited follow up to Jamaican Recordings 2001 compilation "Lost Treasures". Comprising of Tappa Zukie produced tunes dubbed either at King Tubbys or indeed by the King himself. Expect to hear rare, versions of Knowledge tracks "Population". "Words Sounds and Power", Prince Alla's "Slavemaster". Junior Ross and The Spears "You Can't Run". "Judgement Time", Alton Ellis's "Ain't That Loving You". Ronnie Davis's "No Weak Heart" and also a reworking of the "Shank I Sheck" rhythm. 12 track 180 gram vinyl LP and 14 track CD

Accelera Deck - Sunstrings EP
Scarcelight

Accelera Deck (aka chris jeely) delivers this 30 minute EP of maximalist/minimalist guitar feedback sonorities. In much the same way a split speaker created a fascinating "new" guitar sound, jeely's digitally clipped guitar ponderings lend a unique character to his playing. At times the guitar oscillates freely, notes are bent and shaken, new clusters emerge, loops spiral out of control, and feedback overwhelms. file under: beautiful noise.

Funkstorung - Disconnected
K7

Incredibly messy new album from Michael Fackesch and Chris De Luca, making that `difficult' transition to more adult-orientated acoustic electronica. It's a sanitised, sterile version of what fat studio executives imagine leftfield music must sound like. Vocal contributions come from Lamb's Louise Rhodes, Tes and some newcommers who give it their best shot, but the over-production and lack of new ideas is somehow hugely irritating and present throughout each of the 14 tracks on offer. The album veers from re-configuerd digi-hiphopisms, to "mature" and endlessly pretentious downtempo studio pieces giving it the acoustic treatment with all the raw emotion and integrity you could expect from someone like Seal or the aforementioned Finley Quaye. The cd comes with a glossy postcard for each of the tracks on board, shame that the extravagence didn't stretch to accommodate some new ideas or a desire to take music further out and into new terrain. "Disconnected" is the perfect album to grow old to, thrusting you into middle age with the safety of dull, famililiar surroundings while giving you the feeling that you're still somehow in the know. Excellent artwork though.

Horsepower Productions - To The Rescue
Tempa

More dope dubstep action - Horsepower Productions finally dropping their debut album with a mixed bag of futuristic UK beats and bassline fusions. Spreading their wings and throwing everything from piano's to brass instruments onto the 2-step/underground cuts that they have perfected over time gives Horsepower a production edge. Check the killer vibes of `Synbad' with its eastern samples taking Timbaland for a ride into proper world grooves, or the heavy and clever break sampling of `Voodoo Spell' which takes the beats a little rougher with its low end sub bass rippling the woofers. Also the 8-bit vibe of `Galaxian' rides roughshod on the deck, and conjures up images relevant to the title. All in all a nice selection from HP, an album of dirty, bass-driven underground music, check.

Operator - Os 1.1
Benbecula

New from Benbecula! After making his debut on the compilation "Alba Absurdia", Operator continued to record electro-caustic musings and dance floor subversions for his first EP, "OS1.1". Here are the results - Operator's unique production techniques reveal themselves to be most eclectic and contemporary, managing to be both muso and funky at the same time. From the crackle of 'Streetlight Constellation' you could be in Keith Whitman / Fennesz guitar processing territory. 'Closed Circle' whops down a massive bassline on the table, then carves it up. 'Tisch' toys with detuned elements of the Boards/Christ axis, but adds a louche funkiness which goes down very well indeed. 'Das Boggon' broods a little more, but the clay pot percussive resonance translates well to an electronic context. 'For a whale' takes us someplace with Jonah we'd perhaps rather not have gone - detuned, inside the belly of the beast, this track appears to relish the claustrophobia of its sound. 'I want to go to host' departs radically on a twelve minute conclusion, with guitar and eccentric percussion. Individual and different, enter the world of Operator for a while, you should find something you like.

Stafrann Hakon - Astandi Rjupunnar
Resonant

Much anticipated and really rather gorgeous second UK release from Stafrann Hakon, following the success of "Skvettir Edik A Ref" released last year . Though this is his second UK full-length, "I Astandi Rjpunnar" was actually recorded and self-released in Iceland before "Skvettir...", so this was originally his debut album. Musically, the two albums inhabit the same territory - glacial, widescreen post-rock soundscapes, at once emotive, engaging and affecting - but if anything the music herein is more organic and mellow than on "Skvettir Edik A Ref". An infusion of drifting acoustic instrumentation and electronic underlays, Stafrann's epic glides through textures and soundscaping emerge through hugely widescreen cinemascope and an emotive understanding that fans of Sigur Ros and Mogwai's recent work will adore. Highly Recommended.

Syndrone - Salmataxia
Merck

Merck's 25th CD release is the second album by their first ever artist, Syndrone, also sometimes known as Machine Drum. Developing an ice-cold digital arrangement of chopped-up percussion and myriad beat intricacies, Syndrone recalls the work of Lexaunculpt at his most programmed, and autechre at their most syncopated. While the stylistic quirks and mannerisms of his early material remains, the nearly-expired sounds of `triskaideka' have been traded in for much more uncompromising tendancies, while melodic structure and progressive complexity of arrangement make themselves felt throughout. Another fine release on Merck - in lovely cartridge-esque cd packaging

Throbbing Gristle / Carl Craig / Various - Mutant Throbbing Gristle
Novamute

At last, I've been waiting for this LP to drop since the Twist compilation came out around 5 years ago. That was a Chris and Cosey remix LP, this one goes to the mainstay of their fame and to Throbbing Gristle's back catalogue. Featuring Genesis P Orridge, Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti, Throbbing Gristle ripped the rulebook up back in the day, and have influenced many of todays producers, mainly with their `Hot On The Heels Of Love' track, which gets the main treatment on this doublepack. First up man of the moment Carl Craig gets his priceless fingers on the track and delivers a stripped and clean re-version of the classic, nice bright synths and solid clean drums make for a different Craig workout. Also Two Lone Swordsmen get their electro machines out for a vocal and instrumental mix of `United', Audio.nl's Motor pull off the best mix with a dark and deep electronic groove and superb minimalism that takes the track to another level. Chris and Cosey's own version makes for top dancefloor action with its pounding drums and reversed bass notes. Quite varied stuff from Novamute, albeit a little short for an album, check.

Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake - Back Together Again
Thrill Jockey

Stunning new double cd on Thrill Jockey pairing up Fred Anderson with legendary Percussionist Hamid Drake. Sometimes the most obvious projects - the ones that are sure to work - are the ones that keep getting put off. Worst case scenario: they never happen. The notion of recording tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson and drummer Hamid Drake as a duo is something that has been kicked around for years, simply because they play so beautifully together. And of course they've recorded together many times, particularly in recent years, releasing CDs on Okka Disk, Eremite, Delmark, and elsewhere, but always in the company of others. The Anderson-Drake relationship always provides a nucleus for those ensembles. Here, then, for the first time, are Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake: pure, unadulterated nucleus."Back Together Aagin" is a totally mesmerising collage of Hamid Drake's incredibly textured percussion and Anderson soul-searching Saxophone playing, a developed, entrancing interpretation of traditional instrumentation within open-ended extremes of performance possibilities. Amazing.

Robert Lippok / Ronald Lippok / Errorsmith / Various - Weltecho
Raster Noton

Back in stock. CD1: Robert and Ronald Lippok, William Basinski. CD2: Lumen, Errorsmith. "The artistic emancipation of noise in the sense of organised sound effects was achieved as early as 1913. At least since the technological development of sampling once can not think of popular music without the notion of organised noise. At four exhibitions held at the Chemnitz gallery Voxxx between April and September 2002 musicians experimented with electronically generated tones in the context of an artistic space. So unsynchronised film projectors (Weltecho was also the name of a former cinema in Chemnitz) for example created rhythmic structures for sound oscillations. The curator of Weltecho, German artist and musician Carsten Nicolai, stands for many instances of interaction between music and the fine arts and is well established in both disciplines. Nicolai helped set the wheels in motion for Weltecho, in which, amongst other things, the ten-year history of the Voxxx project -- an amalgamation of film, music, theatre, the arts and communication -- is reflected upon. Recommended.

Konk - The Sound Of Konk
Soul Jazz

Soul Jazz now mining deep into the New York underground, Konk were a little known delight orbiting in the free jazz and no wave scenes - picking up on distinctly new yoik tastes such as afrobeat and classic funk, the band came up with a distinctive sound which proved prescient of many later developments. Think of a less self conscious A Certain Ratio line up, with more fluid, proficient percussive elements and you're most of the way there. Co-opting early members of Basquiat's Gray, even Sonic Youth - the band proved foresighted again in putting bonus beats on their twelves, primarily for deejays to knock about with the percussive elements, acapella features and deep bass frequencies. Soul Jazz have done the right thing again including these DJ mixer elements as well as all the big tunes, 'Love Attack', 'Konk Party' and a couple of wicked versions of 'Baby Dee'. Larry Levan loved them and so should you.

Blockhead - Music By Cavelight
Ninja Tune

The good lord Ninja has made some spot on A&R decisions over the last six months = Sixtoo, Diplo & now Blockhead. That takes some doing and a fresh pair or ears if you ask me. Blockhead's best known to the b-boys (& b-girls :) as THE producer for the man Aesop Rock, esp on his classic 'Float' and 'Labor Days' long players - 'Bazooka Tooth's failing's, though few, rest mostly on the fact that Blockhead took a back seat on that album. Anyway, onto his Ninja debut - as expected not a full hip hop odyssey but a deviously dope excursion into loosely based hip hop instrumentalism. Far from abstract, if Aesop was to rap to this it would be a new thing to perplex and delight. 12 tracks is the ticket, featuring a hardcore library of samples (mosty from dusty vinyl of which Mr Simon boasts of paying no more than $5 a pop for) and killer beats and textures. Guest turnable movements are performed by Omega One while on several other tracks live guitar and bass are utilised though such is the originality of the samples used it's hard to tell them apart - which is a good thing. Though hardly awash with originality this is a rock solid downtempo beats affair that'll will have a much longer shelf life than most downtempo dross we have to check these days. So yet another feather in Ninja Tunes's plushed up cap and a welcome talent showcase for one the most underappreciated hip hop producers operating today . Go treat yourself and add a def twist to your sunday afternoon battery re-charging sessions. These initial limited copies come with a bonus five track (LP/CD) of Block's productions for Aesop in purely instrumental fashion, reason enough to purchase on sight. Sleep ye not!

DJ Signify With Buck 65 And Sage Francis - Sleep No More
Lex

1200 Hobos / Anticon founding member DJ Signify finally makes his full-length debut following his recent 7" for Bully and his excellent "Winter's Going" 12" also for lex. Signify has been around for years, but his output has been mostly confined to a series of notorious mixtapes (`Teach The Children' among them) and some dope production work for his fellow 1200 Hobos operators which culminated with his excellent "Mixed Messages" compendium of beats and cuts. His blend of darkly atmospheric textures and soundscaping proudly reaches deep into a myriad of musical traditions, something that's made clear immediately with the opening of the album and a sample of John Cage asking "If God is good, why is there evil in the world?". The album unfolds like a more introverted, introspective DJ Shadow, unafraid to dig into all sorts of beguiling found sounds and unexpected twists. Buck 65 and Sage Francis offer up the rhymes for about half the tracks here, and it's Sage who packs the brightest verbal punch with his hoarse delivery and contemplative tales of woe. DJ Signify is a good addition to the fine Lex roster, fitting in perfectly as atmosphere-maker-in-residence, especially useful for those late late nights spent deep in thought. Mindblowing packaging, Recommended.

Eyedea & Abilities - E & A
Rhymesayers

New Rhymesayers people!! The second, official Eyedea & Abilities album is with us - boom! Show me a more gifted rapper and deejay duo operating in hip hop today - thought not. This thirteen track album is tune after tune, Atmosphere's recent acceleration has fuelled E&A into making a modern hip hop classic. Both killer tracks from the warmup 12" 'Now' and 'E&A Day' feature, still killing it in my world. New bomb's - 'Kept', funked fast rap with bubbling percussion, wicked lyrics and delivery plus an insane scratch feature - unreal. 'Star Destroyer' brings new Def Jux warrior Carnage to the mic - this cut is on some intergalactic funk tip, slow, low and deadly. 'Paradise' chills it out on a ill mellow modal jazz tip, nu style and none wack. 'One Twenty' updates that classic fun DJ/emcee cut style as first dropped way back in day by Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince. In fact there's not one track anything less than amazing. This is already in my top 3 hip hop albums of the year. Mighty recommendation. Next up, maybe, hopefully, for RS is 'MM Food', nuff!!!!

Madvillain - Madvillainy
Stones Throw / PIAS

This is it, the unbelievably anticipated collaboration between renegade beat/wordsmith MF Doom and the prolific hip hop entity known as Madlib. Featuring fellow luminaries like Quasimoto, Wildchild, and Viktor Vaughn makes the LP already unmissable, and the vibe is spread across 22 separate skits/tracks each produced by one or both heavyweight hip hoppers. Opening the Villainy is `The Illest Villains' a very Doom styled sample skit, lots of TV voiceovers and a superb storyline about Madvillain which is cut and spliced to perfection, similar to King Geedorah's `Monster Zero'. `Accordion' starts the fray proper, an accordion loop drops an almost laxadazical vibe over the beats, while MF styles liquidly over the top, namedropping all from Dastardly and Mutley to Joe Tex, but it's the bass line that holds the key, half way through it subtly arrives and makes the cut complete. Next up head to the first 12" track `America's Most Blunted', without a doubt one of the most perfect titles for self confessed tree smokers Lord Qwas and MF Doom. A classic psyche break with some genius samples lifted from what must be a goldmine Marijuana awareness record make the intro brilliant, but it's the rhymes in this track that make the grade, dope as hell and humorous it's the perfect mixture of bad rhymes and kick ass production, as Doom rhymes with the title: `Tear a Page Out the Good Book, Hear it How you Want it' genius stuff. Also the superb `Raid' has Madlib timestretching a piano loop for Doom to guest with M.E.D. aka Medaphoar, an unforgettable track once it gets in your head, Madlib has the knack of finding those phrases which just stick perfectly, and the MC'S rip the mic up, ace. There are too many tracks to head off on, but rest assured it's a collab between 2 of the finest people in hip hop, with some fly guests, it has all that you expected and more, including the 12" tracks `Money Folder' and `All Caps' and `Curls'. MAD STYLES.

Various / Def Jux - Definitive Jux presents III
Def Jux
2CD

Long awaited third label showcase for the Def Jux clan of artists shining their light through your face into an unpredictable hip hop future. This comp is HOTTTTT, first check - new emcee Carnage ripping ala early Canibal Ox, check 'Make News'. Mr.Lif returns and takes off fresh from the 'I Phantom' elpee with his new crew outing 'Medical Aid', bring on Fakts One and Akrobatik - joint. Rob Sonic (Sum) kills at will on 'Dylsexia', deep rude bass warbles, looking forward to the album - bring. Murs goes underground into the grime on 'You're Dead To Me' with Aesop on production adding to the sense of doom. Extra joints come from RJD2, Aesop Rock, Hangar 18, El-P & Camutao and w/ Cage, Despot, S.A. Smash, 4th Pyramid and C-Rays Walz - sixteen tracks in total. Def Jux are back, believe! Big recommendation.

Adem - Homesongs
Domino

Domino inevitably sign-up Kieran Hebden's Fridge bandmate Adem, here delivering his hotly tipped debut "Homesongs". Beautifully conceived and executed variations of folkish principles shape this excellent debut, steering clear of the more complex folktronic conceits employed so famously by his curly-haired, gifted compadre. The most striking thing about "Homesongs" is the ageless quality of the songwriting on offer, and the quietly confident fragile vocal delivery that works so well within this context. Largely arranged for acoustic guitars, harmonium and double-bass, the album is full of subtle flourishes like an autoharp twanging to the impact of a pencil, the click of a toy and the lone chiming of a glockenspiel. Its an album that grows with every listen, charming the listener with a myriad subtle production techniques and stylings, ultimately offering backdrop to a series of classic, soothing songs. Highly Recommended.

The Keys - From Tense To Loose To Slack
Too Pure
EP

Blended with the straight out of a spaghetti western jingle-jangle and alt-country of the instrumental sound is frontman's Matth's almost sleazy vocals telling tales of the darker things in life - faded love, resentment, indifference - all building up to their trademark Duane Eddy styled infectious guitar solo mid song. · The B-sides offer a softer side with `I Believe My Eyes Are Over Exposed' a heart wrenchingly simplistic & enveloping track, followed by the quaint acoustic folk sound of `There's A Place' and `About Time'.

Vinny Miller - Breaking Out Of Your Arms
4AD

Now available on cd. Vinny Miller's debut single `Pigpen' - released as a limited edition 7" - was a dense, grindingly rhythmic explosion. Despite the low-key nature of the release, it attracted attention in discerning circles - but `Pigpen' only told half the story, or less - another piece to the puzzle is provided by `Breaking Out Of Your Arms'. Vinny's second single is a heartbreakingly fragile and disarmingly simple ballad, which features a fractured falsetto emerging from a haze of tape noise and bringing with it a gift for haunting, surreptitious melodic invention.

Paul Kalkbrenner - Self
Bpitch Control

Surprisingly good full-length excusrion from Paul Kalkbrenner for the Bpitch label, deploying a beautifully executed arrangement of Cologne-bound 4/4 that manages to steer clear of the cheese that seems to be so dominant in that part of the world right now. "Since 77" is the album's finest moment, a contemplative Detroit-bound burner that wouldn't have sounded out of place on Lawrence's excellent full-lengther "The Absence of Blight". The three interludes : Page One, Two and Three, offer up contemplative accordion baladeering a la Herbert's `Café De Flore' and offer stylistic structure for the album. "Marbles" is a downtempo late night groover, while "The Crouch" delivers the album's obligatory "Shaffel" winner. Nice work from Kalkbrenner and Bpitch. Check.

Various / Playhouse Famous When Dead III
Playhouse

Third compilation from the mighty Playhouse collective bringing together memorable tracks from Khan (the absolute killer dancefloor TUNE `Say Goodbye'), Isolee, Spektrum, Ricardo Villalobos, Losoul, Rework, John Tejada and lots more. Stripped spunk-funk and technoid avant-disco mingles with fuised and bruised electronics and sexed up soul. It is the atmosphere that forges the bond between these disperate tracks - killer dancefloor Playhouse styles. Check.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:08 PM

 

The latest Jazz on 3 show on Radio 3 includes ECM's Tomasz Stanko recorded in concert.

# posted by DJ Martian 9:08 PM

 

The latest Mixing It show features The Bays

Recorded 5 March 2004 at the Wardrobe, Leeds, as part of the FuseLeeds04 Festival.

The Bays
For this gig, the Bays were their usual line-up of Andy Gangadeen (drums/electronic percussion); Chris Taylor (electric bass); Jamie Odell (keyboards); Simon Richmond (keyboards/digital effects) with additional Moog synthesiser and effects from Mark Pritchard (Reload/Global Communication).

Also: Mixing It

Coming soon >>>

2nd April 2004
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall introduce a
studio session by Japanese improviser and composer
Nobukazu Takemura who brought his Child's View
band to the UK in February for a Contemporary
Music Network tour.

16th April 2004
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall feature an interview with
Stereolab's Tim Gane.

# posted by DJ Martian 9:01 PM

 

This week's Freak Zone on 6 Music features an interview with Todd Rundgren

Broadcast [BST/ British Summer Time] 10pm - 1am Sunday March 28th, with on demand listening for a week after.

Marcello enthuses about the new Todd Rundgren album: Liars

# posted by DJ Martian 2:33 PM

 

Innerviews interview ECM recording artist Miroslav Vitous [found via Computers and Music]

# posted by DJ Martian 2:20 PM

Saturday, March 27, 2004

 

Eternal Fusion with GaryFosster On SpydaRadio

Now available to listen to on demand @ SpydaRadio

Friday 26th March 2004

Ken Nordine - 'Reaching Into In'
In Gowan Ring - 'Vernal Rising'
Julian Cope - 'A Crack In The Clouds'
Tortoise - 'Stretch (You Are All Right)'
The Gurus - 'Let's Have A Change'
Bevis Frond - 'The Puller'
Deerhoof - 'Desapareceré'
OOIOO - 'On Mani'
Liars - 'We Fenced OthersGardens With The Bones Of Our Own'
Blonde Redhead - 'Anticipation'
Rachid Taha - 'Foqt Foqt'
Ozric Tentacles - 'Akasha'
ZubZub - 'Paprika'
Squarepusher - 'Andrei'
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - 'If Love Is The Drug Then I Want To O.D.'
Nico - 'The Fairest Of The Seasons'
Laura Veirs - 'The Cloud Room'
Kaada - 'Hungarian Kiss'
Korai Öröm - 'Untitled (Live Track)'
Scatter - 'Make The Time'
The Very Tiny Little Kids - 'Pervy'
Magma - 'Dondai (To An Eternal Love)'
C Goff III/Don Campau - 'Kill For Peace'
Simply Saucer - 'Nazi Apocalypse'
The Fall - 'Who Makes The Nazis'
Múm - 'Weeping Rock, Rock'
Vinny Miller - 'Bogeyeater'
Sluts Of Trust - 'The Continuing Struggle Between The Dirty & TheSmooth...'
Mr. Bungle - 'Carry Stress In The Jaw'
Kromlek - 'Kromlek'
Ici Maintenants - 'Shakalayah'
Porcupine Tree - 'Insignificance'
Tortoise - 'The Lithium Stiffs'

Next Sheduled Show: TBA

# posted by DJ Martian 11:25 AM

 

BBC Collective review Blockhead - Music by Cavelight

# posted by DJ Martian 9:56 AM

 

Microsoft plan MSN Blogbot Search

Some interesting web searching news, Microsoft is planning a dedicated search engine just for blogs: as PC World reports Microsoft Readies News, Blog Services

Microsoft is claiming a first with MSN Blogbot, a service that will let users search Web logs, or "blogs," personal-journal type Web pages that have become increasingly popular. Many consumers even use blogs as a news source, according to Microsoft.

MSN Blogbot will aggregate content from hundreds of thousands of Web logs and index that content based on which Web logs are most popular and credible, Redetzki said. The service should go into beta soon, and Microsoft plans to introduce MSN Blogbot worldwide, she said.

Seattlepi.com has some further information: MSN shows 'Blogbot' and Microsoft sharpens tools

On a related note, what happened to Google's plans for a similar blog search service - that was touted around the time they acquired Blogger. Maybe this MSN news could kick start them into activating a dedicated blog search.

# posted by DJ Martian 6:51 AM

Friday, March 26, 2004

 

Next week's releases are reviewed @ Norman Records

# posted by DJ Martian 2:22 PM

 

Fast 'n' Bulbous has been updated with 55 Albums from 2004 rated and ranked.

A new Number 1: Mission Of Burma - ONoffOn (Matador) May 4

# posted by DJ Martian 12:40 PM

 

no.signal presents Sun/Oren Ambarchi concert

thursday 01 april 04
deluxe gallery
2 - 4 hoxton square [old st./shoreditch] London

# posted by DJ Martian 12:15 PM

 

Almost Cool review:

>> TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
>> Grails - The Burden Of Hope

# posted by DJ Martian 12:09 PM

Thursday, March 25, 2004

 

Killing Joke compilation, album remasters and 5 CD box set planned

Exclusive breaking Killing Joke news!!

The latest Killing Joke news from Mike "Malicious Damage" Coles [via Killing Joke The Gathering e-mail list]

I had a meeting with the guy from EMI yesterday and he has plans to
re-master and re-issue the early KJ albums including a Firedances
re-mixed by Geordie.
They're also putting out an introduction to Killing Joke 16-track CD
packaged by yours truly.

They're letting me put Follow the Leaders on c4b too!
So now it's a 5cd set!!

# posted by DJ Martian 5:58 PM

 

Pitchfork have some more info on the forthcoming Neurosis album: The Eye of Every Storm

also:
Pitchfork has worked out a little deal with Neurot in which we throw a joint-bash on May 1st, get shit-faced, and unveil an MP3 from the record, nearly two months before its release.

# posted by DJ Martian 4:58 PM

 

ECM's Tord Gustavsen Trio UK Tour

Norway.org.uk report on a UK tour for Tord Gustavsen Trio

Downbeat writes of the trio's debut release Changing Places,
"Original music that is soulful, meditative and eccentric ... somewhere between folk music and modern chamber piano trio jazz.

Also The BBC will be recording the Purcell Room concert in London on the 8th.

[alerted via it's a trap]

# posted by DJ Martian 4:42 PM

 

Terrorizer - April 2004

New issue of Terrorizer magazine, features Norwegian black metal-ers Mayhem on the front cover.

FEATURES
Death Angel: Studio Report
Mayhem
Cannibal Corpse
Monster Magnet
Amen
Hypocrisy
God Forbid
Scarve
Decapitated
Soulfly
Premonitions Of War
The Casualties
Frost: Hard Of Hearing
Deicide poster
The End
Every Time I Die
Inside Conflict

A big surprise Jon Selzer is back as editor of Terrorizer.

>> Terrorizer

# posted by DJ Martian 3:30 PM

 

Freedom of the City 2004

The line up for: freedom of the city 2004

>> a festival of radical & improvised music - London, Conway Hall - 2004 May 1-3

# posted by DJ Martian 2:32 PM

 

The latest releases are reviewed by NYC's Other Music: The Other Music Update

NEW RELEASES
Iron & Wine
Madvillain
Lizzy Mercier Descloux (2 reissues)
Joanna Newsom
Hu Vibrational

Rammellzee
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Triple R
Broken Social Scene (B-sides)
MF Doom (Special Herbs 5 & 6)

ALSO AVAILABLE
Murs

# posted by DJ Martian 2:07 PM

 

Sónar 2004, Barcelona: 17th - 19th June

Breaking news the provisional line up for Sónar 2004 has been announced:


BALAGO
BARBARA HELD + DAVID BEHRMAN
BEANS
BUCK 65
CARSTEN NICOLAI
DANI SICILIANO
DEDO
DURÁN VÁZQUEZ
EINAR ÖRN
FRANÇOIS K.
GANG STARR
LA EXCEPCIÓN
MADLIB
MASSIVE ATTACK
MATTHEW DEAR
MIKE VON HAUSWOLF
PAN SONIC
RICHIE HAWTIN VS. R. VILLALOBOS
ROTY340
SESAM-O
SKETCH SHOW + RYUICHI SAKAMOTO = HUMAN AUDIO SPONGE
.TAPE
THE DRAMA
THOMAS KÖNER
TIM WRIGHT
TOTE KING
TREMENDO
ZUELL

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Djs
ADAM FREELAND
AGORIA
CARL COX
DAVE CLARKE
DJ 2D2
DJ HELL
DJ PATIFE
JEFF MILLS
KID KOALA
MATTHEW HERBERT
RICARDO VILLALOBOS
RICHARD X
2 MANY DJS

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Showcases

SHITKATAPULT presenta
DAS BIERBEBEN live
APPARAT live
PHON.O live

LEX presenta
PRINCE PO live
DANGER MOUSE dj
BOOM BIP live
BOTÁNICA DEL JÍBARO & RICE AND

BEANS presenta
MANUVERS feat V8, STRES & SOARSE
SPOKEN live
MANUVERS dj
BOOM & BIRDS, FORCE.FED & LA MANO
FRIA live
MEGADEBT - LA MANO FRIA, V8 &
FORCE.FED dj

BROKLYN BEATS presenta
DROP THE LIME live
CRITERION dj
DOILY live

GHOSTLY presenta
DABRYE live
GEOFF WHITE live

RUNE GRAMMOFON presenta
SUSANNA & THE MAGICAL ORCHESTRA live
DEATHPROD live
MAJA RATKJE live

NUMERO RECORDS presenta
THE GIFT live
DJ EXPANDER dj
MICRO AUDIO WAVES live

ELEKTRONIKA BRAZIL presenta
INSTITUTO live
DJ MARLBORO dj
NEGO MOÇAMBIQUE live

JENKA MUSIC presenta
SOFUS FORSBERG live
DJ NIZ & DJ ILZ dj
JE M'APPELLE MADS live

SPA.RK presenta
FIBLA live
REC OVERFLOW live

DOMINO / EAT YOUR OWN EARS presenta
JUANA MOLINA live
TO ROCOCO ROT live
FOUR TET live
MAX TUNDRA dj

KOMPLOTT presenta
HANS APPELQVIST live
SON OF CLAY live

GOMMA presenta
HEADMAN dj
WHOMADEWHO + special guest live
MUNK- Leroy Hanghofer dj

ACCIDENTAL presenta
MAX DE WARDENER live
MARA CARLYLE live
MUGISON live

EASTERN DEVELOPMENTS presenta
NOBODY live
PREFUSE 73 dj

IDEAL RECORDINGS presenta
HENRIK RYLANDER live
THE iDEALIST dj

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SonarLabs

ARKASHA (Deejedies/ Nuclear Losb) plays PORNOJAZZ REC

BANYEK plays RED STAR BUDAPEST

CHRISTIAN VON BORRIES & MARTIN HOSSBACH play MASSE UND MACHT
(music made fromother music)

DIE ELEKTRISCHEN plays DIELECTRIC RECORDS

INO & GROBAS + STEVEN GARCÍA play HOUSE CAFÉ/FUNKY SOUL REBELS

JOAN VICH & SEBASTIÁN ROSSELLÓ play PRIMEROS PASITOS

K.I.M., JOAKIM & CHARLES play TIGERSUSHI

NON SOUND plays (K-RAA-K)

PAUL NAZCA plays SCANDIUM

ROB DA BANK plays BLUE ROOM/BBC RADIO 1

CARLOS AMORALES & SILVERIO play NUEVOS RICOS

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Visuales
LIA
SOLU
NO-DOMAIN


Source: ILM thread Sonar 2004 Programme

Official website: Sónar 2004

# posted by DJ Martian 1:09 PM

 

Stylus review Xela - Tangled Wool

# posted by DJ Martian 12:43 PM

 

Barcode report Orbital have finished recording a new album that will be released in 2004. Sparks and Lisa Gerrard are guests on the album.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:37 PM

 

New Skinny Puppy Album: May 25th Release Date

SKINNY PUPPY - The Greater Wrong Of The Right - Synthetic Symphony

The long wait is over at last. Eight years after their last complete work ( "The Process" released in 1996 ) Skinny Puppy have kept their promise, returning with "The Greater Wrong Of The Right" - a comeback that could hardly have turned out more consistent or more convincing. "The Greater Wrong Of The Right" is a breathtaking continuation of the path that the band had embarked on with "The Process". The experiments of the past few years have not been forgotten or faded out : in their condensed, highly energetic form they influence an album that impresses first and foremost with its energy, power and stringency. Although all the elements of the Skinny Puppy history have been integrated into these ten new tracks, their complexity and divergence develop little by little in typical Skinny Puppy style. Demanding up-tempo tracks like "I'mmortal" and "Pro-test" with its brilliant and mesmerising rap elements face spread-out, intricate little masterpieces like " Ghostman", which continue to put the band's imitators in their place. Still, "The Greater Wrong Of The Right" is an album that fortunately lacks any kind of anachronism or supposed nostalgic flair : enlisting as it does the support of a new generation of musicians, like Tool's Danny Carey ( acoustic drums on "Use Less" ) or Wayne Static of Static-X ( vocals on "Use Less") it is, with all its dark brilliance, already one of the most outstanding and innovative albums of the year - and another milestone in the history of this exceptional band. There can be no doubt that Skinny Puppy with their complex soundscapes ( which have influenced whole generations of bands ) count among the spearheading representatives of the so-called 'electronic body music' movement of the mid-Eighties. They were one of the innovative new electro acts of that decade. If Front 242 were the genre's continental heroes, Skinny Puppy could possibly be contenders for industrial music icons on the other side of the Atlantic.

Full Tracklisting :
01.I'mmortal
02.Pro-test
03.EmpTe
04.Neuwerld
05.Ghostman
06.dOwnsizer
07.Past Present
08.Use Less
09.Goneja
10.DaddyuWarbash

Skinny Puppy Line-Up 2004:
cEvin Key + nivek Ogre
With Guests:
Danny Carey ( TOOL ): Acoustic Drums on track 8
Wayne Static ( STATIC X ): Second vocal on track 8
Statik ( STATIK SOUND SYSTEM ): synthesis / programming on tracks 1/2/3/6/8
Omar Torres: synthesis / programming on tracks 2/5/7/ tail of 4
Otto Von Schirach: sound design on tracks 1 and 9, synthesis / programming tail of 5
Cyrus Rex: synthesis / programming tail of track 9 Dre Robinson: synthesis on track 10
Pat Sprawl: Guitar on tracks 1/2
Saki Kaskas: second guitar on track 8
Traz Damji: synthesis on track 1

Released 25th May 2004.

Source: e-mail alert from Music Non Stop

# posted by DJ Martian 12:18 PM

 

This month a new music magazine, Clash was launched in the UK: Clash

Music wise it's seems to be another not too adventurous contemporary music mag: ala Bang, X-Ray and Bullit. The music covered fits into the typical new playlisted music of say 6 Music/ Xfm. However there is some coverage of techno/ house and IDM.

Clash was formed out of a Dundee [Scotland] based magazine called Vibe.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:46 AM

 

Side-Line - Front 242 on Front Cover

Advance notification of the forthcoming April 2004 issue of Side-Line [via Side-Line e-mail message]

Side-Line #47 to be released in april 2004 will have Front 242 on cover and furthermore feature other interviews with Ministry, John Fryer, Fairlight Children, In Strict Confidence, Collide, Project Pitchfork, Die Form, DJ Hell, Haloblack, Alien Sex Fiend, Dismantled, Manufactura, Pal, Distain!, Epsilon Minus, HIV+, Agonoize, Mnemonic, Omnicore, Punto Omega, Schattenschlag, E.R.R.A., Inure, The Azoic, Restricted Area, Null Device, Stereoskop, Moon Rock, Tristraum, Bunker Soldier, Unitary, Dunkelwerk, Angel Theory, and tons of reviews & news

# posted by DJ Martian 11:00 AM

 

Technorati - Search the World Live Web

The best blog search tool: Technorati has a new look and improved search functions.

>> Technorati FAQ

Technorati provides search and notification services for active content on the World Live Web tm. We monitor over 1.8 million sources (weblogs, RSS) with over 10,000 new sources added each day, all with a median index update time of under 9 minutes.

# posted by DJ Martian 10:31 AM

 

Eternal Fusion Extra - ATP Special

Now online to listen @ SpydaRadio

A specially prepared show featuring bands appearing at the forthcoming All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Sussex.
Enjoy!!

“Träd Gräs Och Stenar - 'Sanningens Silverflod'('Djungeln's Lag' Tall 1971)
“Bardo Pond - 'LB' ('Dilate' Matador 2001)
“Sonic Youth - 'Disconnection Notice' ('Murray Street' Universal 2002)
“Explosions In The Sky - 'A Poor Man's Memory' ('Those Who Tell TheTruth...' Temporary Residence, 2001)
“Charalambides - 'Faze Her' ('Our Bed Is Green' Wholly Other 1995)
“Love - 'The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This' ('ForeverChanges' Elektra 1967)
“Cat Power - 'Cross Bones Style' ('Moon Pix' Matador 1998)
“The Notwist - 'Chemicals' ('Shrink' Zero Hour 1998)
“Tortoise - 'Monica' ('Standards' Thrill Jockey 2001)
“Mogwai - 'Star Wars' ('Rock Action Presents Vol.1' Rock Action 2004)
“Dead Meadow - 'Beyond The Fields We Know' ('Dead Meadow' Tolotta 2001)
“Fuck - 'Le Serpent' ('Pardon My French' Matador 1997)
“Polmo Polpo - 'Sky Histoire' ('Like Hearts Swelling' Constellation2003)
“Boredoms - 'Super Are' ('Super AE' Birdman 1998)
“Acid Mothers Temple - 'Sir Satanic Magic Bamboo Jerks Off' (St.Captain Freak Out And The Magic Bamboo Request Ektro 2002)
“Double Leopards - 'Meadow Phantasm' ('Soulless Dust, Speed &Strength' Heavy Conversation 2002)
“Vibracathedral Orchestra - 'Mystical Coughing' ('Dabbling With GravityAnd Who You Are' VHF 2003)
“Jackie O Motherfucker - 'Sun Ray Harvester' ('Change' Textile 2002)
“Black Dice - 'Cone Toaster' ('Cone Toaster' 12" DFA 2003)
“Lightning Bolt - '13 Monsters' ('Ride The Skies' Load 2001)

# posted by DJ Martian 10:17 AM

 

BBC Music review Glenn Branca - Lesson No 1

# posted by DJ Martian 12:42 AM

Wednesday, March 24, 2004

 

If I were an editor of a weekly music magazine this week's front cover would feature: Blockhead

This week's front cover choices features Blockhead, Music By Cavelight is released on March 29th in the Uk on Ninja Tune.

Blockhead's music is cinematic in scope and can be compared to instrumental trip-hop soundscapes of Deadly Avenger and DJ Shadow

Blockhead's incredible debut album 'Music by Cavelight' is out worldwide on Monday the 29th (its already in stores in North America). There's been a tendency in instrumental hip hop towards the epic, the bombastic and the plain tacky, which is why Blockhead is so refreshing. On 'Music By Cavelight' the downtown New Yorker comes through with some of the most sublime, understated, melancholic

# posted by DJ Martian 11:52 PM

 

Dusted review Cyann & Ben - Spring

# posted by DJ Martian 11:49 AM

 

BBC News report Prince signs Columbia record deal

Prince wrote "slave" on his face during a dispute with a former label
Music star Prince, who once complained he was a "slave" to a record label, has signed to Sony subsidiary Columbia.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:22 AM

 

New Releases @ Piccadilly Records

Some new releases listed in the weekly guide [via e-mail] from Manchester's music emporium: Piccadilly Records

A Certain Ratio - To Each...
Universal Sound

Originally released on Factory Records in 1981, "To Each" was ACR's first full studio album and has the legendary Martin Hannett on production. Here they can be found mixing up funk, dub, percussion and electronics to create a truly unique sound - the album was instantly hailed a classic at the time. Included on this Universal Sound reissue are two bonus reggae tracks, "Abracadabra" and "Somnadub" which were originally released as a 12" single independently, a few months after this album under the pseudonym Sir Horatio (!) and have been a collectors item ever since.

Beauty Pill - The Unsustainable Lifestyle
Dischord

Featuring programmed beats, softly delivered vocal lines, heavily effected instruments, twisted pop chorus lines, with only the faintest traces of distortion, this is possibly the least punk rock album on Dischord. For fans of Pavement, Breeders, Dismemberment Plan, Nina Nastasia etc.

Bocca - Madame Tinkertoy's Blues Factory
Captive

Superb debut album from this four piece. Slow, menacing, atmospheric tracks with occasional heavier fuzzed up outbursts, all played with a cool bluesy swagger. The use of electric violin, and plaintive keyboards add to the haunting noir-sh mood. Recommended.

CocoRosie - La Maison De Mon Reve
Touch And Go

CocoRosie is Bianca and Sierra Casady. Sierra sings and plays guitar and flute, Bianca sings and does percussion (rattles things, makes things squeak, shakes a gold chain belt). They write all the music together. This, their debut album, was written and recorded in a tiny apartment in the 18th district in Paris during the spring of 2003. Sierra is a trained opera singer who teamed up with her songwriting sister Bianca to create this debut, one of the hottest tipped new signings on Touch and Go. CocoRosie are from Brooklyn and exist in the same sqaut gig / acid folk scene as the likes of Devendra Banahart. "La Maison De Mon Reve" is deceptively innocent: enchanting and sweet yet eerie and twisted. An acoustic guitar paints melody through a haze of cryptic sounds and perversely angelic voices.

The Double - Palm Fronds
Catsup Plate

500 copies only in a jewel case, with offset printed inserts and silkscreened, individually decorated outer wraps. This is The Double as they didn't expect, formed by David Greenhill and Jeff Mcleod, originally meant to be math rock cum outre blues duo replete with intricate time signatures, multiple song sections etc..but they decided to focus on simpler musical structures and a more fleshed out instrumentation, so became a 4-piece. This debut is the result of their first recordings, laced with the echoes of a mid period Smog, Brian Eno, and an inquisitive / electronic dub approach to the new weird Americana.

Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld
Drag City

"Hypnotic Underworld" is the seventh Ghost album and the first since 1999's double-feature, "Snuffbox Immanence" and "Tune In, Turn On, Free Tibet".

Paul Haig - Then Again
LTM

"Then Again" collects together 15 rarities, remixes and unreleased tracks recorded between 1982 and 1998, by former Josef K front man Paul Haig. These include "The Executioner", his rare 1984 collaboration with Cabaret Voltaire; the extended Man Parrish remix of "The Only Truth"; a song written in 1987 for the late, great Billy Mackenzie, "Reach The Top", and two intriguing collaborations with Fini Tribe, one of which is a cover of cult dirge "The Electrician" by Scott Walker. Also includes remixes of the singles "Love Eternal", "Heaven Help You Now" and "Blue For You". "Then Again" runs for 74 minutes and contains a detailed artist biography in the booklet. The packaging incorporates original design work by Peter Saville and Benoit Hennebert.

The Meeting Places - Find Yourself Along The Way
Words On Music

The Meeting Places was founded in Los Angeles in 2001 by four guitarists, including Scott McDonald (Alison's Halo and Brad Laner's post-Medicine project, Amnesia), the architect of the quartet's signature reverberating washes. The Meeting Places' debut album presents ten songs brimming with wondrous guitar glazes and melodies to hum and holler, renovating the spellbinding landscapes first explored by Slowdive, early Ride, Spiritualized, and vintage Jesus and Mary Chain.

The Rum Diary - A Key To Slow Time EP
Springman

Ambient laden, dissonance driven atmospheric aggressive indie rock ala Mogwai and Death Cab For Cutie. Hypnotic and engaging and recommended for fans of Mogwai and Sunny Day Real Estate.

The Sonar Yen - Slow Picture
Soviet Union

The Sonar Yen, are one of Manchester's best up and coming young alt. guitar bands, and have already become part of the Chairsmissing generation (the scene that broke Oceansize, Amplifier, Fi-Lo Radio, Moco). "Slow Picture", is their debut album, and features 12 tracks recorded at Noisebox with Steve Lloyd (Doves / Elbow). Ref points Sonic Youth and Magazine.

Mum - Nightly Cares
Fat Cat

"Nightly Cares" is the first track to be taken from the Iclandic outfit's upcoming (Spring 2004) "Summer Make Good" LP, and comes backed with an exclusive-to-this-release track "Once A Shiny Morning Puddle". Fans of their previous work won't be disappointed, as these two tracks combine the delicate childlike vocals and post-rock rhythms / IDM electronics of "Finally We Are No One". Lovely.

The Land Of Nod - Reality Channel
Elephant Stone

15 track compilation album from the Land Of Nod highlighting the band's choice cuts since their inception in 1997. "Reality Channel" includes tracks from the group's four albums on the UK label Ochre Records, "Translucent", "Timeless point", "Archive:02" and the current UK album "Inducing The Sleep Sphere". This also includes the full three track session recorded for Slobodan Vujanovic's show on B-92 radio show in Serbia.

John Massoni - Stillborn Dreams
Space Age Recordings

John Massoni, after wowing us with the splendid "Sundowner Sessions" has returned with his new, full-length studio album "Stillborn Dreams". Once again Massoni shows his love for experimenting with sound and this more than shows in his work. His use of samples and their arrangement makes you believe he could almost be tweaking and looping as the music is being played, such is their spontaneity, yet the songs have such atmosphere and depth that there's no way this could be 'off the cuff' experimentation, could it?

Various Artists / Buzzin' Fly Volume 01
Buzzin' Fly

Ben Watt (Everything But The Girl) presents the first CD mix from Buzzin' Fly, the label follow up to his much-loved Lazy Dog deep house club. Mixing garage and deep house tunes from the label and beyond, including productions by Charles Webster, Sandy Rivera, Angel Moraes, Martin Solveig and Ben Watt himself.

Various Artists / Freerange Color Series - Yellow 01
Freerange

One of the UK's finest labels compiles a load of it's best tunes on this CD, plus some tasty exclusives. Stirring broken beat and deep house from Solid Groove, Switch, Hanna, Trevor Lovey's, John Beltran, Only Freak, Stateless, Swell Sessions, Audiomontage, Landslide and more.

Random Factor - Convergence
2020 Vision

Carl Finlow celebrates recording 2020 Vision's 100th release by making a full length of his electronically-altered tech-house (sorry, I know they hate that term!). The most electro of all is the title track and single, while most of the rest sticks to a 4/4 format. And check the guest spot from Sonar Kollectiv's Georg Levin!

Various Artists / Detroit Soul
Unisex

Subtitled 'real soul music from the motor city', this excellent compilation focuses on the rise and rise of Detroit's underground soul scene. Taking in influences from hip hop, broken beats, 2-step soul, jazz, house and funk, the Detroit sound has evolved organically and inventively, with many artists featuring on each others records. This collection (compiled by Freestyle's Adrian Gibson) brings us tracks from Dwele, Blue Eyez, John Arnold, Carl Craig's Detroit Experiment and Innerzone Orchestra, Platinum Pied Pipers, Anetria Wright (who co-wrote Amp's "I Believe In You"), Slum Village, Jaylib and more.

Various Artists / Forum West - Wewerka Archive 1962 - 1968
Sonar Kollektiv

After their splendid East German Jazz compilations "Formation 60" and "Polish Jazz" the Jazzanova boys bring us a selection from the other side of the wall, released on their Berlin-based label Sonar Kollektiv. For "Forum West" Stephan Steigleder and the JCR have dug into the archives of the influential music-publisher Hans Wewerka, unearthing unreleased gems from the years 1962-1968. These treasures feature a who's who of "Wessi-jazz" including Wolfgang Dauner, Hans Koller, the Kühns, Fritz Pauer and Joe Haider, all of whom obviously found some spare time to jam, although they were busy recording for the highly respected German jazz label SABA. 17 of the finest moments of German Jazz are documented here, from modal to atonal, studded with snappy latin swingers.

Various Artists / Freerange Color Series - Yellow 01
Freerange

One of the UK's finest labels compiles a load of it's best tunes on this CD, plus some tasty exclusives. Stirring broken beat and deep house from Solid Groove, Switch, Hanna, Trevor Lovey's, John Beltran, Only Freak, Stateless, Swell Sessions, Audiomontage, Landslide and more.

Various Artists / Sakura Aural Bliss
Kriztal

DJ Nik Weston compiles this selection from Japan's electronic underground. Usually associated with more upbeat nu-jazz and nu-latin music from Japan (he's the bloke we get the Especial twelves through), here he adds downbeat styles - hip hop, ambient etc, all with a jazzy flavour, naturally - to the mix. Includes tracks by Calm, United Future Organization, Yukihiro Fukutomi, Watusi, Speedometer, Electric Sheep, Chari Chari etc. Jazzanova say; 'This is an essential album for the connoiseurs and lovers of current Japanese leftfield and breakbeats'

Various Artists / Remote
Tundra

Roger Eno and the Miro duo present their collaborative album of nu Balearic beats and atmospheric downbeat moments, including the smashing single "Postcard".

Various Artists / Life:Styles - Coldcut
Harmless

The UK's most eclectic and long-lived DJ duo, Matt Black and Jonathan Moore, release their first ever compilation of favourite tracks. Spanning everything from funk, soul and reggae to punk-funk, hip hop and disco, the Ninja Tune boss-men bring us a crate diggers dream of hard to find gems. Includes Esther Phillips, Bobby Shad, Chosen Few, Archie Bleyer, T La Rock & Jazzy Jay, Cornershop (on a wicked P-funk tip), Betty Harris, Barbara Randolph, Medium Medium, Otis Clay, La Formule Du Baron etc.

Various Artists / The Trip - Created By Tom Middleton
Family Recordings

Tom Middleton jumped at the chance to create a unique mix CD when given carte blanche to trawl through the archives of Universal and other labels. Following up his excellent "The Sound Of Cosmos" collection, he wanted to create a mix that would stand head and shoulders above the hundreds of machine-mixed, by-the-numbers house, and send-you-to-sleep chill-out CDs. Divided into two styles (party and post-party) on the CDs (with a selection of both on the LPs), he mixes up funk, soul, new wave, electro-pop, hip hop, drum and bass, reggae, punk-funk, jazz, electronica...in fact, anything he fancied from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s! There's a disco mix of James Brown, Sherbert's rework of The Police's "Roxanne", the Bollywood Freaks' Michael Jackson cover unmasked as Usha Uthup's "Chhupke Kaun Aye", Ramsey Lewis, The Mohawks, Danny Breaks, Spanky Wilson, Ulrich Schnauss and (pleasingly showing his age - 37 / 38?) a whole load of telly and film themes (Pearl & Dean, Star Wars, Camberwick Green, Bod, The Clangers, that bit from the end of John Craven's Newsround, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind etc). Mr Middleton, we salute you, and your disco beard!

2xCD - 981 753-4 - limited cheap price
45 track double mix (?) CD. Extras include.... Tom Tom Club, Thomspon Twins, Pigbag, Quantic Soul Orchestra, Lenny Fontana, Mckay, Shirley Ellis, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Level 42, Faze-O, The Style Council, Dorothy Ashby, Stanley Clarke and obviously loads more (too many to type!).

Daedelus - Of Snowdonia
Plug Research

Magnificent new album by Daedelus Darling, continuing to remove himself from his hip hop beginnings to the outer limits of beat science. Like his previous experimensts with jazz and folk music, "Of Snowdonia" seems to come from another world, a sinister mixture of fairytale soundtracks, playground melodies, intricate compositions and unsettling atmosphere. The standout track (and shop favourite) "Something Bells" is a mad concoction of banging broken beats, kids TV themes and childish chanting! We love this!

Ascoltare - Visceral Vendor
Tripel

Beautiful electronica ala Boards Of Canada or Plaid, mixed with cut up beats and glitches.

Hu Vibrational - Boonghee Music 1
Eastern Developments

The Hu Vibes collective recorded this for the debut release of Eastern Developments in 2002. The core duo of Adam Rudolph and Hamid Drake are joined by Carlos Nino and Daedelus, together the cream of Los Angeles hiptronic movement. Hip hop, jazz and world music is thrown together to create 'boonghee', giving rise to releases on Soul Jazz and the formation of AmmonContact.

Longstone - L.I.F.E.SPAN
Blackbean And Placenta

"L.I.F.E.Span/" is Longstone's fifth album. It illustrates their obsession with multiple sound sources and blends their collection of analogue synths and electronic toys with found sounds, live recordings, samples and acoustic instruments.

Ahmad Szabo - This Book Is About Words
Eastern Developments

Atmospheric and thought-provoking sounds made with just a couple of guitars (acoutic and electric) and a laptop, sent top Scott Herren's Eastern Developments label and released as this mini album.

Richard Youngs - River Through Howling Sky
Jagjaguwar

"River Through Howling Sky" is Youngs' latest full-length. It returns to the more meditative and drone-y side of his songcraft (circa "Sapphie" (1998) and "Making Paper" (2001)), although this is no true devolution: all of his recordings to date have some measure of these qualities.

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Tuesday, March 23, 2004

 

This week's flavorpill LONDON a weekly email magazine covering music, art, and cultural events

# posted by DJ Martian 3:51 PM

 

Pitchfork review Art Bears - Art Box

# posted by DJ Martian 3:44 PM

 

Pitchfork report 2xCD My Bloody Valentine Comp Due Next Month

Apparently titled Remastered EPs, the first disc compiles every track from the four EPs issued between 1988-1990 (You Made Me Realise, Feed Me With Your Kiss, Glider and Tremolo), while the second disc contains eight unreleased songs.

# posted by DJ Martian 3:42 PM

 

Ananova relay the latest Tears for Fears news: Tears for Fears comeback album put back

# posted by DJ Martian 12:07 PM

 

Stylus review The Sound - The BBC Recordings

# posted by DJ Martian 10:21 AM

 

Tiny Mix Tapes review the forthcoming Sigur Rós EP: Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do

# posted by DJ Martian 10:13 AM

Monday, March 22, 2004

 

BW & BK report Irish dark metal band PRIMORDIAL To Begin Recording This Summer

# posted by DJ Martian 5:24 PM

 

MediaGuardian.co.uk report The Face magazine has been axed by EMAP, last issue to be published in April.

Emap acquired the title in 1999, but has seen its circulation fall in recent years to just 25,000 copies a month in the UK.

Granted this magazine is hardly aimed at my demographics/profile, but it did look rather aimless, mainstream, tame and bland sitting on the newsstand.

# posted by DJ Martian 5:17 PM

 

Junkmedia interview Matthew Dear

# posted by DJ Martian 4:58 PM

 

Nick Southall @ Stylus reviews Fennesz - Venice that is [Stylus Magazine's Album of the Week, 22-29 March 2004]

# posted by DJ Martian 1:28 PM

Sunday, March 21, 2004

 

PostEverything provide info on a special event to mark 10 Years of the Swim label [set up by Colin Newman of Wire]

>> Swim Records

On Friday 16th April 2004, Colin Newman and Malka Spigel�s Swim label will be celebrating 10 years of erratic, cross-genre excellence with a live event at London�s ICA (on the Mall). The event will feature live performances from label stalwarts Lobe, Symptoms, Rhodes and Silo interspersed with video intermissions from Akatombo, Beatkitten, Immersion and S�ren Dahlgaard as well as in-bar ambience courtesy of dol-lop & DJ Morpheus. The night will also be the live debut of Githead, Colin and Malka�s new band with Robin Rimbaud (Scanner).

# posted by DJ Martian 9:50 PM

 

This week's Freak Zone on 6 Music features an interview with:

Hans Joachim Roedelius has been making electronic music for more than thirty years. First with legendary German outfit, Cluster, then with Brian Eno, Roedelius talks to us about his new composing project, Lunz and playing the Royal Festival Hall in London. Justin Spear brings us one of two special interviews.

# posted by DJ Martian 9:26 PM

 

A new location for: Avant Music News

A source for news on music that is challenging, interesting, different, progressive, introspective, or just plain weird

# posted by DJ Martian 9:13 PM

 

SPOTLIGHT...KEY NEW RELEASES [March 15th]

Key new album releases for March 15th [A more detailed release listing including other new releases, compilations and reissues - can be found further up this webpage.]

Ativin - Night Mute (Secretly Canadian)
Blonde Redhead - Misery is a Butterfly (4ad)
David Byrne - Grown Backwards (Nonesuch)
Calliope - Sounds Like Circles Feel (Thick Records)
Enduser - From Zero (Mirex)
Espers - Espers (Locust)
Fairlight Children - 808 Bit (Spv)
Lutz Glandien - Lost In Rooms (ReR) [UK Distribution: Shellshock]
Grip Inc - Incorporated (SPV) [Digipack/ Enhanced]
Joy Zipper - American Whip (Mercury)
Viktor Krauss - Far From Enough (Nonesuch)
Left Hand - In To Light (Pequod Records) EP
Robert Lippok - Falling Into Kom?it (Monika / Lok)
Mole Harness - All Your Memories (Float Records)
Opus - Breathing Lessons (Mush) [UK Release 2004]
Jack Rose - Two Originals Of.... (Beautiful Happiness)
Savoy Grand - The Lost Horizon (Glitterhouse) EP
Elizabeth Anka Vajagic - Stand With The Stillness Of This Day (Constellation)
Vocokesh - Tenth Corner (Strange Attractors) [Full UK Release, Previously an Import]
Wumpscut - Bone Peeler (Europe: Beton Koft Media) (US: Metropolis: on March 24th) [Available @ Music Non Stop]
Xela - Tangled Wool (City Centre Offices)
Richard Youngs - River Through Howling Sky (Jagjaguwar)

# posted by DJ Martian 6:55 PM

Saturday, March 20, 2004

 

This Week's New Releases @ Boomkat

This week's new releases @ Boomkat - A Pelicanneck Online Music Store include:

ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
Bochum Welt - Kissing A Robot Goodbye
Device

The return of analog legend Gianlugi Di Costanzo, longtime Rephlex affiliate and innovator of robotic arcade-system electro, at last re-assembling his gear and delivering a new mini-album for Datathief's Device Electronic Entertainment label. "Kissing a Robot Goodbye" is a beautifully textured collection of tracks that seems to draw a line beneath Bochum's hugely collectable catalogue to date, acting as a perfect companion piece to Aphex Twin's masterwork "Selected Ambient Works Volume Two". The tempo and atmosphere are notched down and deep below, expanding effervescent constructions of underwater ambience and sweeping gentle analog beats in a remorseful, reflective way. This is a sci-fi love story, peaking with the timeless, late-night artificial inteligence classic "Mannequin" before plunging even deeper toward the distorted ambient patter of "Telegame" and the sparkling "Home" - emerging into daylight with a shimmer of optimism and emotion. Beautifully simple in construction and design, you get the feeling that Bochum Welt has just delivered an album destined to be regarded with the same reverance as that handful of electronic albums universally acknowledged and referred to as classic. Perfect robotic ambient pop - essential.

ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
Deaf Center - Neon City EP
Type

Three releases into its catalogue, John Xela's "Type" imprint is fast becoming the perfect platform for new music that is daring, innovative and unspeakably warm. This sublime first release from Norway's Erik k.Skodvin and Otto A.Totland, is quite simply one of the finest debut's we've had the pleasure of stumbling across in the last few years. Its an entirely unpretentious, whole-hearted, honest foray into classic composition realised through predominantly acoustic instruments gently augmented by electronics and digital reconstruction. There have been a number of breathtaking releases in this mould recently - the gorgeous "Many Fingers" album for the Moteer label, Dictaphone's ongoing flirtation with re-calibrated smoky jazz traditions for City Centre Offices and Max Richter's heart-stopping Piano variations "Blue Notebooks" for Fat Cat. "Deaf Centre" touch on elements exposed by all three - but there is a balance between minimal principles and overflowing musicality that makes "Neon City" quite substantially more layered. Its one of those listens that sends you off into a haze of inspiration and catharsis, evoking wonder at how two people have managed to create something so timeless and accomplished for their first ever release. Touched by incredible beauty and charm, "Neon City" comes as highly recommended as they get. Beautiful music.

SINGLE OF THE WEEK!
Mum - Nightly Cares
Fat Cat
3" CD

It's quite remarkable that despite the hugely testing vocal quality that Mum keep on pushing further and further upfront in the mix, their music still just seems to affect us in the most moving way possible. "Nightly Cares" could not under any circumstances be described as anything other than beautiful . A Haunting piano line, the feel of something lost and forgotten, simple dusty instrumentation and even the typically charmed icelandic lyrical construction and kindergarten delivery all working together in life affirming solidarity : fragile, flawed, sublime, breathtaking. The exclusive track on the flip `Once a Shiny Morning Puddle' is a more upfront, instrumental piece - guitars, horns, drums and electronics working to deliver a slightly baroque, post-rockish number that counterpoints the A-side beautifully with a lonely-hearts rub-off between a lonely melodica and a frustrated roll of the drums. Endlessly lovely music. Strictly limited edition copies only.


A Certain Ratio - To Each
Soul Jazz

A Certain Ratio's `To Each' was their first full studio album and was produced by the legendary Martin Hannett and originally released on Factory Records in 1981. Following on from last month's `The Graveyard and The Ballroom', Soul Jazz Records are releasing one of the seminal Post-Punk albums of all time. On `To Each' ACR mixed Funk, Dub, Percussion and Electronics to create a truly unique sound and the album was instantly hailed a classic. This album comes with two bonus tracks `Abracadabra' and `Somnadub'. Sounding like King Tubby meets Sun Ra, these tracks were originally released as a 12" single independently a few months after this album under the pseudonym Sir Horatio (!) and have been a collectors item ever since. Ace.


Ascoltare - Visceral Vendor
Tripei

Ascoltare is the work of Dave Henson, previously with post-rockers Gwei-Lo[Bella Union]. Ascoltare's sound has evolved to include a diversity of influences from vintage and lo-fi electronica, digital noise and minimal glitch emission. Shifting hand-assembled beats are bound with fragile instrumental lines and natural digital textures to form a bridge between bitter sweet melodic warmth and gritty abstract precision. The sound at times edges towards a rough-edged display of coarse IDM structures but the tone shifts with each track to take in refined acoustic reverberations and well crafted experimental variations. Good debut - check.

Sticks And Stones - Shed Grace
Thrill Jockey

Jazz trio Sticks and Stones formed years ago when drummer Chad Taylor (Chicago Underground, Sam Prekop Band, Active Ingredients), bassist Josh Abrams (Town and Country, Sam Prekop Band, David Boykin Expanse, Nicole Mitchell Black Earth Ensemble, The Roots) and alto saxophonist Matana Roberts met each other at a performance space in Chicago. Roberts and Abrams had played extensively at open jam sessions at Fred Anderson's legendary Chicago club, The Velvet Lounge. Their second and newest release, `Shed Grace', is their first on Thrill Jockey. It was recorded at Semaphore Studios with Ken B. Brown (Directions in Music, Tortoise, Pullman). The album was recorded in two February sessions following their first ever US tour (February of 2003), and a third and final session in October. It was recorded live to tape using no edits or overdubs, preserving all of the spontaneous energy and raw excitement of their live shows. Shed Grace is largely original compositions (songwriting split equally among the three). The eclectic selection of covers includes songs by Fela Kuti, Thelonious Monk, and Billy Strayhorn.

Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld
Drag City

Long awaited new album from the hugely influential Japanese 5-piece band Ghost - as featured on the cover of this month's Wire magazine. Ghost have been writing and improvising music for 20 years since they formed in Tokyo during 1984. Featuring an array of instruments ranging from the hurdy gurdy through to Banjo, Recorder, flute, tabla, electric bass, oscilator, lute and the haunting vocal of Masaki Batoh, Ghost have always based their music primarily on the acoustic guitar and where it can lead them musically and spiritually. Having recorded much of their music in buddist temples, churches, ruins, metro, fields, woods and caves, it's hardly suprising to find that "Hypnotic Underworld" contains a hugely atmospheric quality that guides you through the myriad styles on offer - from the healing minimalism of "Kiseichukan" through to the folk romance of "Paradise" and the speedcore cacophony of "Leave the World" and beyond. Ghost have pieced together a hugely compelling and fascinating new work of post-modern psychedelic soundscaping that comes highly recommended.

John Beltran - In Full Color
Ubiquity

This is John Beltran's second album for Ubiquity and considering he's left behind his techno routes it's best not to compare this music with his classic outings for R&S and Peacefrog. As it is it's a wonderful collection of comtemporary moves into the worlds of afro bossa jazz house broken beat.. etc..etc. Plenty of live instrumentation that doesn't sound forced is refreshing in this field of music. Different feelings and moods are conveyed to create an album for fan's of MAW, Jazzanova and Russ Gabriel (to name but three).

Various / Chocolate Industries - Urban Renewal Program Supplement 1.5
Chocolate Industries

It's been quite some time since this project first delivered the goods for Chocolate Industries and Ninja Tune. Now in 2004 an extra supplement is the reward for your patience in waiting Vol 2. A new track by Atmosphere called 'Fear' is pure quality as expected and a dusted remix of Diverse's 'Blindman' should lead you into investigating his 'One A.M.' album, now. Aesop Rock reworks his classic 'Train Buffer' track adding even more grime and oil plus check a lesser known version of Mos Def and Diverses' 'Wylin' Out' by Kutmaster Kurt. Final two new tracks are from Caural and Time out Drawer, both delicious offerings, one dubbed out hip hop melodics the other post drift rock with wobbly synth's. Usual nice artwork six tracks & two Prefuse 73 interludes.

Yak Ballz - My Claim
Eastern Conference

Debut album from the rapper Yak Ballz who has previously dropped sickness rap for labels such as Fondle Em'/Fruitmeat and Def Jux (we never gonna call them Definitive). Hardcore rhymes drop over tough futuristic production that takes today's digital technique and turns it inside out, respect to Mondee who handles the whole album. Guest rappers inc Cage, Tame One and Bobby Atlas - all rude ass and heavy heavy heavy. One for the jeep pumpers. Megakool.

Cocorosie - La Maison De Mon Reve
Touch & Go

Cocrosie is Bianca and Sierra casady. Sierra sings and plays guitar and flute, Bianca sings and provides percussion. This, their debut album, was written and recorded in a tiny apartment in the 18th district in paris during the spring of 2003. Cocorosie are from Brooklyn and exist in the same sqaut gig / acid folk scene as the likes of Devendra Banahart. "La maison de mon reve" is deceptively innocent: enchanting and sweet yet eerie and twisted. An acoustic guitar paints melody through a haze of cryptic sounds and perversely angelic voices. Unusual and deeply charming - check.

Richard Youngs - River Through Howling Sky
Jagjaguwar

River Through Howling Sky is Youngs' latest full-length, returning to the more meditative and drone-y side of his songcraft (circa sapphie (1998) and making paper (2001)), although this is no true devolution : all of his recordings to date have some measure of these qualities. English born and bred, but residing in Glasgow, Scotland (where river through howling sky was recorded), Youngs has remained busy over the last three years. in addition to his recent jagjaguwar offerings, youngs has remained a very active collaborator. He has released wonderful albums with makoto kawabata (of acid mothers temple fame), simon wickham-smith, neil campbell, as well as with sunroof! & vibracathedral orchestra

Robert Hood - Caught in the Act
Logistic

Available again in the uk for the first time in over a year - a relentless 27 track live mix from Robert Hood, featuring much of his own rare M-Plant tracks appearing on cd for the first time, plus Mark Broom, Pulsinger & Tunakan, Rhythm is Rhythm, John Thomas, Jay Denham, Recycled Loops, Bryan Zentz, and more. High-velocity, insistent, but never crazed or (god forbid) "euphoric", this is the sound of one of techno's professors in lecture mode. Ace.

# posted by DJ Martian 6:39 PM

Friday, March 19, 2004

 

Finally launched: The all new JockeySlut.com

# posted by DJ Martian 4:45 PM

 

The results of the The Green Dolphin's Poll for 2003. Including: Best Albums poll

King Crimson "The Power To Believe" (Sanctuary) (61)
Do Make Say Think "Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn" (Constellation) (43)
The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-la-la Band With Choir "This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing," (Constellation) (38)
Explosions In The Sky "The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place" (Temporary Residence/Bella Union) (36)
Mogwai "Happy Songs For Happy People" (Rock Action/Play It Again Sam/Matador) (31)
No-Man "Together We're Stranger" (KScope/Snapper Music) (28)
Dizzee Rascal "Boy In Da Corner" (XL) (25)
David Sylvian "Blemish" (Samadhi Sound) (22)
Mars Volta, The "De-Loused In The Comatorium" (Gold Standard Laboratories/Universal) (22)
Radiohead- Hail To The Theif" (Capitol) (19)
Four Tet "Rounds" (Spunk/Domino) (18)
Sin Ropas "Trickboxes On The Pony Line" (Sad Robot) (17)
Anekdoten "Gravity" (Virta) (16)
Giardini Di Miro "Punk... Not Diet!" (2.nd Rec/Homesleep/Sony) (16)
Jonny Greenwood "Bodysong" (EMI/Capitol) (15)
American Analog Set "Promise Of Love" (Tiger Style) (12)
Fog "Ether Teeth" (Ninja Tune) (12)
Meanwhile, Back In Communist Russia "My Elixir, My Poison" (Truck) (12)
The Postal Service "Give Up" (Sub Pop) (12)
The Darkness "Permission To Land" (Must Destroy Music/Atlantic) (11)
Jeff Beck "Jeff" (Epic) (11)
Molasses "A Slow Messe" (Fancy/Alien 8 Recordings) (11)

# posted by DJ Martian 4:38 PM

 

BBC Collective review Matthew Dear - Leave Luck To Heaven

# posted by DJ Martian 4:32 PM

 

Simon Reynolds informs that David Stubbs - the music critic ex of Melody Maker/ The Guardian/ Uncut/ The Wire [now current reviews editor] has a new website, with a blog section to be activated soon?

# posted by DJ Martian 4:24 PM

 

Almost Cool review Daedelus - Of Snowdonia

# posted by DJ Martian 4:19 PM

 

Next week's releases are reviewed @ Norman Records

# posted by DJ Martian 3:58 PM

 

Issue 18 of earplug

MARCH 18 - MARCH 31

Earplug is a biweekly email magazine, delivering a handpicked selection of news, sounds, videos, and original features for the international electronic music community.

# posted by DJ Martian 3:45 PM

Thursday, March 18, 2004

 

John Peel just played a track by a New Radiohead clone band, The Boxer Rebellion. The Track played was like a Radiohead circa Bends Karaoke recital. Just an observation, whilst The Boxer Rebellion are hardly original - they are likely to make some impact in 2004.

According to BBC Cambridgeshire

The Boxer Rebellion release a brand new single,In Pursuit, on 29th March, which will be their second single for the Poptones label.

'Hypnotic, captivating, epic, raucous, stunning and inspiring...' are just a few of the words that critics described The Boxer Rebellion's debut sold out limited single Watermelon, released in Autumn last year.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:34 PM

 

The Wire - New April Issue now on sale

The new April 2004 issue of The Wire features Japanese Psychedelic rock band Ghost on the front cover.



>> More details of the current issue

# posted by DJ Martian 10:12 PM

 

The latest releases are reviewed by NYC's Other Music: The Other Music Update

NEW RELEASES
Elektronische Musik Interkontinental 3
The Double
Fennesz
Sufjan Stevens
Glitterbest (Various)
Gluhen 4

Pantha Du Prince
Studio One Ska (Various)
Autechre & Hafler Trio
The Ponys
Cyne
Steve Roden

ALSO AVAILABLE:
Manual with Jess Kahr

# posted by DJ Martian 9:57 PM

 

The forthcoming Back to Mine - Richard X compilation album [April 5th: UK release], includes some art-pop gems from the 80s:

Animotion - Obsession
Pete Shelley - Homosapien (Dub)
Trans X - Living On Video

# posted by DJ Martian 2:31 PM

 

New Peter Hammill Album

Details of the new Peter Hammill album: Incoherence

...This is the fourth "long-form" which I have produced; after "Lighthousekeepers" with VdGG came the solo "Flight" and "A Headlong Stretch". Some would say that such pieces represent the closest the orbit of my work comes to the world of "Prog", although, as you'll know, I do my best to remove myself from any manner of categorisation. At the very least, these pieces are unified in sharing (complex) elements of a (complex) band sound. "Incoherence", too, is long and complex but does not quite fit with the other three. Though there are "song"-like passages these are in general much closer to the sung-through style of "Usher" than to anything else. Also like "Usher" (in its second incarnation) there are no percussion instruments involved. My original intention had been to add drums and percussion in certain places. However, as I progressed with the recording and dubbing I realised that the imposition of any rhythmic "One" would detract from, rather than enhance, the cross currents of many of the riffs.

I was left, then, with a mutant orchestra (rather than band): principally based around various electric pianos, with shadings of other keyboards, guitars various and an assortment of backing vocals in their traditional roles of agreement or dissent. The final colours were given by the violin(s) of Stuart Gordon and Saxes and flutes of Mr. Jaxon. This kind of instrumental set-up has been present on my albums for a number of years and I find it's still capable of springing some sonic surprises....

According to Amazon.co.uk this gets a March 29th UK release.

# posted by DJ Martian 2:06 PM

 

Lambgoat report Codeseven have signed with Equal Vision Records

# posted by DJ Martian 1:53 PM

 

glenn mcdonald @ The War Against Silence reviews Trans Am - Liberation

# posted by DJ Martian 1:39 PM

 

This week's One World show on Radio 1 features: One World :: Hardcore Special

[That will be the strange stomping dance variety not the rock type]

# posted by DJ Martian 1:26 PM

 

JockeySlut.com

Music magazine Jockey Slut will launch a brand new website later today: JockeySlut.com with the aim of providing the latest dance/ electronic music news, reviews and features.

I expect that they will be looking to fill a niche similar to that of the [now defunkt] BurnItBlue.com website.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:13 AM

Wednesday, March 17, 2004

 

If I were an editor of a weekly music magazine this week's front cover would feature: Mick Karn

This week's front cover choice is ex Japan bassist Mick Karn. A New album: More Better Different is released by Invisible Hands

Reviews of the album @ Mick Karn [Medium Productions]

# posted by DJ Martian 11:41 PM

 

BBC Music review Carla Bley - Selected Recordings on ECM

# posted by DJ Martian 8:27 PM

 

BBC Music review OOIOO - Kila Kila Kila

Ex Boredoms members indulge their proggy Krautrock tendencies to great effect...and it's pronounced "oh-oh-eye-oh-oh".

# posted by DJ Martian 8:24 PM

 

Splendid review Cyann & Ben - Spring

# posted by DJ Martian 8:06 PM

 

Pitchfork review Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands that is released on Michael Gira's Young God Records

In 2002, singer/songwriter Devendra Banhart issued the promising Oh Me Oh My, an album consisting of bizarre tape-recorded folk songs, his demented warble generally accompanied by just an acoustic guitar. Rejoicing in the Hands, however, shows him refining his sound, setting his unusual vocal style and sometimes Mangum-esque lyrics against more diverse accompaniment, and imbuing the music with an almost ancient feel.

This album looks set to be one of the most praised albums of 2004, as I notice listeners /critics on music message boards are already praising it way before it's release in April.

# posted by DJ Martian 7:35 PM

 

Pitchfork review Deadbeat - Something Borrowed, Something Blue on ~scape

on the whole, this record is an interesting inversion. Where quintessential glitch describes a world existing on an abstract plane of pure energy, Deadbeat's music manages to be playful, fleshy and surprisingly fresh.

# posted by DJ Martian 7:26 PM

 

Eternal Fusion on SpydaRadio

Latest show now available on demand @ SpydaRadio

Tuesday 16th March 2004
Featured Album: Ozric Tentacles 'Spirals In Hyperspace'

Pink Floyd - 'Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up'
Ozric Tentacles - 'Psychic Chasm'
Buffalo Daughter - 'Phychic-A-Go-Go'
Sun Dial - 'Open Your Eyes'
Blonde Redhead - 'Magic Mountain'
Radium 88 - 'Big Push'
Sufjan Stevens - 'Sister'
Manitoba - 'Mammals Vs. Reptiles'
Antibalas - 'War Is A Crime'
Robert Wyatt - 'Beware'
Ozric Tentacles - 'Slinky'
Zukanican - 'Medallion'
Jaga Jazzist - 'Suomi Finland'
Cerberus Shoal - 'A Head No Bigger Than A Man's Cloud'
Valley Of The Giants - 'Westworld'
Will Oldham - 'Sapele'
P.I.L. - 'The Body'
Siouxsie & The Banshees - 'Painted Bird'
Magazine - 'Stuck'
Ozric Tentacles - 'Chewier'
Dave Skipper - 'Irascent'
Hidria Spacefolk - 'I-Mantra'
Tortoise - 'Gamera'
Stereolab - 'Parsec'
Shpongle - 'My Head Feels Like A Frisbee'
Talvin Singh - 'Mombasstic'
Ozric Tentacles - 'Zoemetra'

>> Next Eternal Fusion: Friday 26th March 2004 PLUS
A special show featuring bands playing at the All Tomorrow's Partiesfestival.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:28 AM

 

Cursor Miner - Cursor Miner Plays God

John Peel, on Radio 1 just played a stunning new track by Cursor Miner from a forthcoming album: Cursor Miner Plays God, that is due for release in April. [According to distributors Southern April 5th]

Official website: Cursor Miner

Cursor Miner was found dead on the evening of 28/01/2004. Slumped over his laboratory table amidst a mass of smouldering cables his skull containing 2kg of mercury.
In a botched attempt to upload his brain the very nature of information itself had become unstable, only the fact that he was using cheap audio cables saved the rest of reality from destruction.
The only salvagable data on the machine was 11 pieces of music his mind had managed to write to the disk during the final milliseconds of fevered neural activity. This was a final desperate attempt to describe the sensations of becoming pure data.
This album was entitled "Cursor Miner Plays God" and will be released this April on Lo Recordings

# posted by DJ Martian 12:04 AM

Tuesday, March 16, 2004

 

Genesis - 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway' new remastered mix

This is guaranteed to get prog-rockers salivating with excitement: a 5.1 Surround Sound re-mix of 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway' album, is on the way: Genesis

Thursday, 11th March 2004

Nick Davis has completed the 5.1 mix of The Lamb and Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks will be giving it the 'once over' at The Farm this Friday. This new version of The Lamb is scheduled for release in May, 2004.

5.1 Surround Sound re-mix of 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

This album was originally released in 1974, so this new mix marks it's 30th Anniversary, it is considered by some prog rock connoisseurs - as the finest prog rock album of the 70s.

It was also the last album Peter Gabriel recorded with Genesis.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:51 PM

 

The new issue of Straight No Chaser magazine features Dani Siciliano on the front cover.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:21 PM

 

The latest Stuart Maconie's Critical List show includes:

FEATURED ALBUM - 1303/03

HATS / The Blue Nile
Linn, 1989

# posted by DJ Martian 11:17 PM

 

Details of the next Mixing It show on Radio 3

19th March 2004
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall talk to Doug
McCombs of the influential Chicago group
Tortoise, who release a new album in April and
are co-curating next weekend's All Tomorrow's
Parties festival in Sussex.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:14 PM

 

If I have any readers "Up North" in England, Yorkshire - Sheffield to be precise: check this impressive 3 day music festival 25th - 27th March >> OTHER MUSIC "OPEN EARS" FESTIVAL 2004

Other Music has promoted concerts of improvised and experimental music in Sheffield since 1983

# posted by DJ Martian 11:11 PM

 

Pitchfork review Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans

# posted by DJ Martian 11:04 PM

 

BBC Music review The Youngsters - The Army Of 1-0

# posted by DJ Martian 11:01 PM

 

Andy "was Permafrost, then Dubscrape" K has started a new blog: 123 No Gravity that he aims to update each Tuesday.

# posted by DJ Martian 10:54 PM

 

New Releases @ Piccadilly Records

Some new releases listed in the weekly guide [via e-mail] from Manchester's music emporium: Piccadilly Records

Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
Rough Trade

This is wonderful! Sufjan has created another stunning album, by blending pastoral folk songs, with a whole host of unusual instrumentation, including electric piano, xylophone and glockenspiel that at times are reminiscent of Philip Glass, occasional bursts of frantic but melodic banjo, and various brass and woodwind instruments and the whole thing is held together through out by some stunningly simple acoustic guitar and fragile, half whispered vocals.

The Aluminum Group - Morehappyness
Wishing Tree

Following the release of the critically acclaimed "Happyness", The Aluminum Group are back with the 2nd installment of their trilogy. Over the course of 5 studio albums The Aluminum Group has created a simultaneously futuristic and retro sound - a potent cocktail of atmospheric electronica, slinky soul and old-school easy listening. The line-up shifts subtly with each release, but the core is always brothers Frank and John Navin. The familiar cues are still present: shimmery, cultivated 60s/80s style pop, with occasional touches of psychedelia and electro. Ten new songs with contributions from members of Tortoise and The Sea And Cake.

Paul Armfield And The Four Good Reasons - Songs Without Words
Fifty Five Degrees

Debut album from Paul Armfield and his band, who hail from the Isle Of Wight. He cites artists such as Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash and Jacques Brel as the soundtrack to his youth and their influence can be heard throughout "Songs Without Words". It features eleven original tracks and a cover of Brel's "Why Should It Be That A Man Gets Bored" which French label Barclay have already requested to be included on the forthcoming tribute album, along with Paul's heroes David Bowie, Scott Walker, Nina Simone and Dusty Springfield.

Black Heart Procession & Solbakken - In The Fishtank 11
Konkurrent

Lead singer Pall of the Black Heart Procession suggested Dutch prog rockers Solbakken to become sparring partners for their "Fishtank" session. Both bands cherished some fine memories of playing together on different occasions over the years, the first time being way back in '98. The result of this collaboration ended up somewhere in the land of the Bad Seeds, uncovering a bag of Morricone leftovers.

Blonde Redhead - Misery Is A Butterfly
4AD

After a string of releases in the mid-nineties for the Smells Like Records imprint, Blonde Redhead's artistic progress was triumphantly confirmed by the appearance in 2000 of "Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons". Like a handful of other records that managed to redefine what a post-punk band was capable of expressing (Slint's Spiderland springs to mind), it now enjoys a confirmed place in the pantheon of great American underground rock music. Their latest album "Misery Is A Butterfly", combines keyboards, violins and cellos that swirl through the mix, conjuring plangent atmospheres and making it an overwhelmingly fluid and rich counterpoint to the angular starkness of Blonde Redhead's early releases.

David Byrne - Grown Backwards
East West

Byrne took a different approach to writing "Grown Backwards" than he has previously used. He worked from the 'top down', humming melodies into a micro-cassette recorder and later unscrambling them to create songs - a significant change from his usual practice of starting with improvised textures and grooves and later adding tunes. The result is a richly melodic set of fourteen songs that feature strings, rhythm section, and guitar. In addition to eleven original songs, the disc features two opera arias ? "Un di Felice" from Verdi's La traviata and, from Bizet's The Pearl Fishers, "Au Fond Du Temple Saint", which features a duet with Rufus Wainwright - as well as Byrne's cover of the Lambchop song "The Man Who Loved Beer".

Calliope - Sounds Like Circles Feel
Thick

This is the fifth album from Michigan's Calliope, who draw on European influences from the likes of My Bloody Valentine and Bark Psychosis. The album covers a lot of ground, veering between jazz inspired grooves, poppy hooks and exploratory space rock.

David J - Estranged
Hey Day

The highly anticipated new CD from David J, the founder of Bauhaus and Love And Rockets. This is his fifth solo album, and David J's keen lyrical and musical gifts take a new turn on his latest solo recording, an eclectic song cycle featuring some wonderful steel guitar and his brushed velvet voice. "Estranged" features guest musicians Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers), Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction) and Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters).

Desolation Angels - Asylum
Blue Cat

The brand new album from local favourites The Desolation Angels. Displaying a passion for both gritty realism and intense beauty, they lay waste to pre-conceptions, confronting the senses with a distinctive brand of anti-pop, and conjuring a brooding atmosphere by way of intricate arrangements and canny guitar dynamics.

The Fall - Grotesque - Deluxe Edition
Castle

Expanded deluxe edition includes tracks from their 1980 Rough Trade singles: "How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'", "City Hobgoblins", "Totally Wired" and "Putta Block". Also includes an interview with Mark E Smith.

The Fall - Totales Turn - Deluxe Edition
Castle

This deluxe expanded edition includes four tracks from their September 1980 John Peel session: "The Container Drivers", "Jawbone And The Air-Rifle", "New Puritan" and "New Face In Hell".

Future Pilot AKA - Salute Your Soul
Geographic

Future Pilot AKA releases his second album through Domino affiliated label Geographic (Stephen Pastel's label).On "Salute You Soul", Future Pilot (Sushil K Dade) joined forces with pioneers of dub, punk and modern composition to create the astounding musical and creative treatise. In reaction to the start of the second and ongoing Gulf War, "Salute Your Soul" saw the forming of a peace collective which included James Chapman (aka Colditz), the angelic Indian vocals of Vinita Dade and vocals from seminal dub artist and Clash producer and UK reggae legend Mikey Dread. Subway Sect's Vic Godard leads a trinity of freedom fighters with Gerard Love, Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) and James Kirk (Orange Juice), on the anti-war avant pop song, "Love of the Land".

Joy Zipper - American Whip
Vertigo

New York duo, Vincent Cafiso and Tabitha Tindale, have been heralded in music circles for the past few years with their sun-kissed Beach Boys-esque harmonies and blissed out psychedelia. "American Whip", the 'lost classic' was due out this time last year, but due to label legal wrangles, only gets released now.

The Knife - The Knife
Rabid Record

This is their debut album, influenced by everyone and everything from Peaches to Prince to Bjork, from new electro to dirty south rap. "The Knife" is a unique record in which Karin's fragile vocals flit about over a savvy concoction of 'electronic punk pop'.

Left Hand - In To Light
Pequod

"In To Light" is the 3rd album by London's Left Hand. The band have previously put releases out on Earworm, Spaceage and Jonathon Whiskey. Recorded at Toerag Studios by Liam Watson, the album is mixture of post punk and math rock: previously the band have been likened to Joy Division, PIL and Wire amongst others. The album features Terry Edwards on sax and trumpet and the late Mary Hansen of Stereolab on vocals.

Jack Rose - Two Originals Of...
Beautiful Happiness

Debut solo CD from Jack Rose (Pelt), combining his much-lauded Eclipse LP's "Red Horse, White Mule" and "Opium Musick".

Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts Of The Great Highway
Jetset

Sun Kil Moon is the long-anticipated new band formed by Mark Kozelek of Red House Painters. Their stunning debut album, "Ghosts of the Great Highway", is a rare achievement, combining Kozelek's compelling, deeply reminiscent lyrics with a new, almost orchestral sensibility, sewn up by the new band's undeniable chemistry.

Thomas Truax - Full Moon Over Wowtown
Breakin Beats

A collection of songs about an imaginary world, played on a mixture of conventional and home made instruments, and delivered with a distinctive throaty snarl. Comparisons to Captain Beefheart are inevitable.

Elizabeth Anka Vajagic - Stand With The Stillness Of This Day
Constellation

"Stand With The Stillness Of This Day" marks the beginning of a new chapter in Constellation's history: a move away from the epic, instrumental post-rock, into territory more closely related to dark Eastern traditional folk. Elizabeth Anka Vajagic is a Montreal based Croatian singer and guitarist writing raw, uncompromising gothic folk/blues music. Her voice and lyrics are uniquely powerful, with points of comparison ranging from PJ Harvey, Diamanda Galas and Siouxsie Sioux to Hope Sandoval and Lisa Germano.

Vocokesh - The Tenth Corner
Strange Attractors

The eerie and utterly grandiose fourth album. Unfurling like mellow smoke from some alien opium den, the title track introduces the sonic soiree in a pleasant mood, as distant acoustic plucking and electronic oscillations provide a pillowing backdrop for some elegant electric guitar flourishes. No sooner is serenity induced than the trip goes dark, as metallic-tinged acid guitar rips a flurry of shrapnel over a storm of chugging drums and slinky bass lines. Imbued with an intense array of moods and textures, "The Tenth Corner" is a tremendously cinematic listening experience a sound that draws from the early flights of 70s German avant rock (Agitation Free, Cosmic Jokers, Ash Ra Tempel) and synth-powered cosmic (Cluster, Tangerine Dream, Popol Vuh) if it were created in the embryonic electronic music labs of the 60s and 70s. Transcendent, gritty, hallucinatory ? undoubtedly Vocokesh's finest hour.

Silicon Soul - Pouti
Disko B

Not the Silicon Soul of tracky tech-house, but 80s New York new wave / electronic dance outfit. This LP collects together some of their best work from 1979 - 1987 and includes the DJ Hell fave (he remixed it in the early 90s and used it as part of his selection for the Compost "I Like It" compilation) "Who Needs Sleep Tonight", which is apparently an 80s classic. The music was composed using a unique Algorithm to construct the rhythms and tonality of each track. Artificial intelligence meets performance art!

Challenger - Give People What They Want In Lethal Doses
Jade Tree

Challenger comprises two Milemarkers and a drummer named Tim, but in contrast to Milemarker's electro hardcore eccentricity, Challenger adopt a more straightforward approach; straightforward in the Black Flag / Husker Du / Fugazi blazing and inspired punk rock sense of the word, characterized by exhilarating vocal harmonies and inventive shifts of song structure and tempo.

Leatherface - Dog Disco
BYO Records

This is the third lp from the illustrious Leatherface since they reformed after a 5 year haitus in 1998, and England's answer to Husker Du just seem to get get better with age. Don't be put off by the dreadful cover - this is a clean, precision guided melodic punk missile, fueled by crisp, warm, fervent guitar riffs, an irresistable rhythm section and Frankie Stubbs' gruff, impassioned vocals. As an articulation of intense, sincere, slightly bleak humanity there is little to beat this.

Scars Of Tomorrow - Rope Tied To The Trigger
Victory Records

Scars Of Tomorrow have had a couple of albums released on Thorp records to hone their grinding, tormented and austere Orange County metal / hardcore sound into this heartfelt expression of bitter fury. The ferocity is undiluted and unrelenting, right from the opening detonation of 'To Watch You Burn', but there is melody and structural variation in there too to temper the onslaught. A pulverising, passionate, complex, atavistic catharsis of morally ambivalent anger and frustration - not for the faint hearted.

Various Artists / Ibadan People
Ibadan / BBE

Jerome Sydenham set up Ibadan in 1995 (now I REALLY feel old) to rework / re-release the Atlantic recordings of Ten City, with the help of friends Kerri Chandler and Joe Claussell. Since then they've released a series of pioneering and influential tracks, most of which have become firm favourites with house buyers round the world. This 25 track compilation (DJ mixed by Sydenham) features the label's best releases, including those by Ten City, Tony Watson, T Kolai, Dennis Ferrer, Zion Lockwood, The Songstress, Joe Claussell, Ben Onono, Jephte Guillaume, 32 Project, Sydenham, Chandler and loads more.

Raiders Of The Lost ARP - Raiders Of The Lost ARP
Nature

Mario Pierro finally releases his debut full length on Italy's mighty Nature imprint. Unlike his Jolly Music output and more in keeping with the Mat101 vibe, this nine track album features house and techno tracks with a European electro-disco angle, perfect for night-time journeys through neon-lit tunnels and Blade Runner cityscapes.

Black Grass - Black Grass
Catskills

The Mexican / Clockwork Voodoo Freaks' man, Mex, and Brighton's respected Off Centre resident DJ Carl Faure pool their talents as Black Grass, mixing up funky breaks, hip hop (feat. Blak Twang, Ra Khahn, Mango Seed etc), 2-step, nu-jazz, disco and house.

Current 93 - Halo
Durtro

A recording of Current 93's show at London's prestigious South Bank center, where they joint-headlined with Cosey Fanni Tutti and Chris Carter (performing as Carter-Tutti). The CD comes in a beautiful gatefold full colour digipak with full colour print on CD. The CD has 16 tracks and is 67 minutes long and features the entire concert that Current 93 played that night. It includes 3 tracks previously unreleased as well as "Locust" from the "Imperium" album, never before performed live.

Motohiro Nakashima - And I Went To Sleep
Lo

Motohiro Nakashima is from Osaka, Japan. His music is warm, intimate and relaxed, at times reminiscent of Aphex Twin's "Selected Ambient Works" or Susumu Yokota.

Straight No Chaser / Vol 2 Issue 29

The Chaser for Spring (although, seeing as it's snowing in MCR as I write this, maybe we're still in Winter...) brings us features on Dani Siciliano, Roy Ayers, GP, IG Culture, Djinji Brown etc, as well as all those charts (Directions' "Busted Trees" - Carl Craig mix - is number one on Gilles' Worldwide!).

# posted by DJ Martian 10:43 PM

 

This week's flavorpill LONDON a weekly email magazine covering music, art, and cultural events

# posted by DJ Martian 2:30 PM

Monday, March 15, 2004

 

The Brainwashed Brain - V07I10 - 03142004

This week's The Brainwashed Brain includes reviews of:

TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
Touch & Go

Pluramon - Dreams Top Rock
Karaoke Kalk

Pelican - Australasia
Hydra Head

Corker/Conboy - Radiant Idiot
Vertical Form

Donato Wharton - Trabanten
City Centre Offices

Fuck-off Machete - My First Machete
Lost Dog Recordings

Califone - Heron King Blues
Thrill Jockey

# posted by DJ Martian 10:24 PM

 

Brainwashed notify:

Sound samples and cover images are now online for three new releases from Kranky. Joy Shapes from Charalambides, Drug Money from Brent Gutzeit, and First Narrows from Loscil round out the rest of the Spring 2004 releases from Kranky. They're all due out May 10th, but you can hear them now!

>> Kranky

Loscil - First Narrows
Charalambides - Joy Shapes
Brent Gutzeit - Drug Money

# posted by DJ Martian 10:15 PM

 

BBC Music review The Sleazy Listeners - The Romance Is Over

The Sleazy Listeners features Norway's experimental music bad-boy Lasse Marhaug (Jazassin, Tore Honore Bore) and Canada's own troublemaker Zev Asher (Nimrod, Roughage) who got the band started after two years mailing recordings back and forth between Toronto and Trondheim after a chance meeting at the Tromso International Film Festival in January 2001.

# posted by DJ Martian 9:53 PM

 

The latest Jazz on 3 show is now available to listen to online. Including a CD Round Up:

We've also got 45 minutes of jazz on CD, with new stuff from two of the greatest trumpet players of our time; Dave Douglas and a man we have in concert on the show in two week's time, Tomasz Stanko; a band with the unlikely name of Hypnotoad , a re-issued gem from the uniquely voiced Andy Bey, and Blue Note's latest signing, 18 year old pianist Takashi Matsunaga.

# posted by DJ Martian 9:50 PM

 

The latest new arrivals are reviewed @ Aquarius Records - New Arrivals #183 - 12th March 2004

For reference: past lists are archived: Aquarius Records: new arrivals list archive

# posted by DJ Martian 9:45 PM

 

Reminder: Squarepusher performs live on the The Breezeblock later tonight.

Squarepusher plays live and talks to Mary Anne

# posted by DJ Martian 6:59 PM

 

Splendid interview Explosions in the Sky

# posted by DJ Martian 4:55 PM

 

Junkmedia interview The Books

# posted by DJ Martian 4:45 PM

 

BBC Album of the Week is Todd Rundgren - Liars

I have not listened to any tracks yet, but the BBC website offers up all the tracks this week on a realplayer stream.

preview >>

Lies and damn good lies! Todd Rundgren's first full studio album in nearly a decade deals with the notion of truth on both a personal and universal level. Not only that - it's a brilliant blend of blue-eyed soul and electronica!

Full review >> Todd Rundgren - Liars

BBC Music also interview Todd Rundgren about the new album, that is released April 5th in the UK.

# posted by DJ Martian 4:39 PM

 

Dusted review Ekkehard Ehlers / Franz Hautzinger / Joseph Suchy - Soundchambers

This is an interesting moment of convergence for various streams of electronic music, a moment when the glitch-pop of Oval and Mouse on Mars is crossing over into the post-Eno ambient swirls of Jim O�Rourke and Fennesz, laced by the stripmined electro groove of Trapist or Radian and the electroacoustic improvising of the Vienna/Berlin scenes. Maybe this convergence will prove a lasting one, or maybe just one as fleeting as a magical coalescence during such improvisations. But this entrancing recording is right at the heart of it. ..

# posted by DJ Martian 4:18 PM

 

Pitchfork review Destroyer - Your Blues

On his sixth solo album as Destroyer, New Pornographers' Daniel Bejar takes a bold stride away from his previous material to usher in a more bombastic, theatrical sound that relies on MIDI strings and synthwork. His most melodically accomplished and impassioned album to date, Your Blues is likely to win him as many new fans as it alienates from his established fanbase, evoking early Bowie in its complex chord structures and even The Flaming Lips in its grandiose orchestration

# posted by DJ Martian 4:15 PM

Sunday, March 14, 2004

 

This Week's New Releases @ Boomkat

This week's new releases @ Boomkat - A Pelicanneck Online Music Store include:

ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
Robert Lippok - Falling Into Kom�it
Monika / Lok

Everything this man touches turns to gold. A founding member of the mighty To Rococo Rot (new album due imminently for Domino) and an acclaimed solo performer in his own right, "Falling into Komeit" is Lippok's first solo release since his astonishing "Open, Close, Open" album for the Raster Noton label a couple of years back. The criminally overlooked band Komeit have released two effervescent acoustic pop album's for Monika Enterprises (home of Barbara Morgenstern) that somehow managed to deliver a scandinavian airiness to a well-trodden formula of guitars and beautifully harmonised broken vocals. The last of these albums "Falling into Place" charmed everyone who listened to it and persuaded one listener in particular, Mr Lippok, to remix every track from start to finish to deliver what has unexpectedly turned out to be a delicate homespun masterpiece. Lippok has been very careful not to destroy or boldly paint over the distinctive structure of the songs but to keep their character and to create something new that carries along his idea of music in general and Kom�it's music in particular. Every track explores different territory, focusing on his love of electronics, microscopic twitches of sound, driving rhythms and even acid throwbacks. Hard to imagine many other operators out there managing to deliver something that works so beautifully in its entirety, but then Lippok has always been one of those producers who just knows exactly what buttons to press. Awesome.

ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
Xela - Tangled Wool
City Centre Offices

Those of you who have been reading these lists for long enough will know just what an impression John Xela made on us with his debut album "For Frosty Mornings.." on Neo Ouija early last year. An album that displayed a seemingly effortless construction of low low basslines amid layers of incredible warmth and melody, one could no longer describe the music as just "electronic", the influences and ideas carrying the sound beyond any easy or obvious generic constraints. In a year that has seen electronic music slowly creeping its way back into the mainstream via the folktronic tinkering of Four Tet and the euphoric anthems of Ulrich Schnauss, Xela is set to be the next operator to caress the mood of the people with his delicate blend of homespun acoustic composition and a careful arrangement of electronic beats - something which has been perfected beautifully on this excellent second album, this time for CCO. This time round, John Twells returns to his instrument-based roots for an album that oozes warmth and fragility. These are, first and foremost, love songs in the most modern sense of the word, the futuristic means of execution never compromising the purified strum of the guitar that lies at the heart of each piece, even the voice (that rarest of instruments in this scene) making an appearance to stoke the fire. Away from the TV adverts, short films, and documentary soundtracks that are the unquestioned domain of new music these days, "Tangled Wool" is an album that transcends fad or fashion. An enduring collection of songs for late nights and reflective moments that has been constructed with the kind of feel for mood and composition that has rarely been displayed with such maverick skill. If you fell in love with the larger than life euphoria of Ulrich Schnauss, with "Tangled Wool" you have just discovered its more reflective, doe-eyed sibling. Lovely.

Daedelus - Of Snowdonia
Plug Research

The follow-up to the critically acclaimed `Invention' album, `Of Snowdonia' finds our man Daedelus scattering the beats, jazz breaks, film samples, edits, loopy samples and off-the-cuff compositions even further afield, doing so with absolute whit and charm. Majestic melodies, musical song structures and fidgety, visceral rhythms define his unique compositions - he is a next generation composer best known for his deft touch with the sampler, turntable and any number of instruments in an arsenal as varied as it is nontraditional. Drawing on influences from film noir to modern hip-hop, jazz and free-form poetry, Daedelus has developed an international following with his musical curiosities, but remains firmly rooted in the L.A. underground DJ set. Having recorded for a number of well-respected indie labels and collaborated with industry luminaries Madlib, Prefuse 73, Saul Williams, Busdriver, Priest of Antipop Consortium and more, Daedelus continues to expand the boundaries of DJ composition and audio construction for a new wave of artists. Magic.

Enduser - From Zero
Mirex

As if hurled from the flame-licked mouth of an infernal deity, enduser comes at your ears with much ferocity. From zero, a collection of 18 tracks ranging from various vinyl-only releases to smoking unreleased cuts, barrels at you with pure amen madness, smoldering with pure bezerkerist attitude. One of five new tracks, "def?" bangs out the ragga style, with unadulterated amen power permeating dense echo prepping and demonic rolling basslines. "knuckle fucker" pivots on recycled atari game sounds clashing with drill beats flowing out like a shower of mac 10 rounds. Nice.

Motohiro Nakashima - And I Went To Sleep
Lo Recordings

Excellent discovery from the good people at Lo Recordings, Motohiro Nakashima brings together a stripped down and radiant bland of electronic composition and acoustic tinkering for his debut european release. The influences are all there - ranging from the vibes/bell-like cascades associated with Nobokazu Takemura to effervescent bass pads and analogue percussive loops that Aphex's more mellow anthems have become so well known for. The emphasis throughout is on a simmering warmth, albeit one that at times makes way for acoustic introspection ("Landlocked") or more minimal electronic structuring ("Shh") most in line with the fabulous album collaboration between Carsten Nicolai and Ryuchi Sakamoto. "And I went To Sleep" is a lovely debut, a delicate collection of music designed first and foremost to sooth. Recommended.

Silicon Soul - Pouti
Disko B

This is the much hyped-up never before released first album by New York's Silicon Soul, including the classic 80's new wave/disco anthem "Who needs sleep Tonight?' Tracks from this album have been re-made, covered, sampled and taken for inspiration by countless people over the years, most notably by DJ hell in the mid 90's. Is it time to get those mullets back on and sculpted? Hey, its not their fault they ignited a movement best kept forgotten right? Cool music.

Various / Embedded - Embedded Joints
Embedded Music

First full artist roster showcase album from this burdeoning and extremely dope NYC label putting moves on Def Jux as the big apple's finest in new hip hop. For more info on the MIGHTY Babbletron, check the 12" also out this week - three fresh bangers from them on this CD. 'And One And What', 'Future Shock' and the deep El-P produced 'All The Way Hype' amongst 12 other killer tracks. Embedded head's Ese & Hipsta don their amazing production cloak's for the first three tracks, 'Check My Willz' brings Aceyalone to the M.I.C. - 'You Know Me' features Stelf Index and 'Adversity Struck' brings together Vast Aire and his fellow Atom's Family crew. Ill futurethugged production, knee deep in dope beats, textures and fonk. Next three tracks from Tes (has he left Lex???) appear to be less complex than the Lex material, no bad thing these three tracks kill. 'Bare With Me' features lowdown bugged drums, Tone Loc styled percussion with some well sick scratching. New crew Not For Nothin' drop three bomb's with some advanced Prefuse vibed production steez - 'Eye Opener' features the dope Mr.Complex - this track and 'Story' drop on 12" next month. Last of the exclusives is Babbletron's 'Future Shock', a mini epic clouded in bass fuelled keyboard drones. Add two previous vinyl cut's and that's 'all she wrote'. Certified dope and highly recommended.

Blonde Redhead - Misery Is A Butterfly
4AD

Blonde Redhead is a band whose voice has grown stronger, clearer and more distinctive with every record that they have made. Trace elements of the spare otherworldliness and bittersweet tension that contribute to the band's unique sound can be discerned even in the early (mid-90s) records that they made for Lee Renaldo's Smells Like Records. But what's more striking about those releases is a stridency and an impulsive abrasiveness inspired by the no-wave explorations of Downtown NYC and the refusenik spirit of DC's Dischord roster. Blonde Redhead's command of oblique melody and urge towards textural experimentation started to flower more confidently when the band moved on to work with Touch And Go. A broader range of influences started to have their effect on the music, and the band's artistic progress was triumphantly confirmed by the appearance in 2000 of "Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons". Throughout "Misery is a Butterfly, keyboards, violins and cellos swirl through the mix, conjuring plangent atmospheres that make for a fluid and rich counterpoint to the angular starkness of Blonde Redhead's early releases.

Elizabeth Anka Vajagic - Stand With The Stillness Of This Day
Constellation

"Stand with the Stillness of This Day" marks the beginning of a new chapter in Constellation's history: a move away from the epic, instrumental post-rock associated so closely with the label, into territory more closely related to the world of dark traditional folk. Elizabeth Anka Vajagic is a Montreal based singer and guitarist writing raw, uncompromising folk/blues music with modern dissonances and timeless catharses. Vajagic's voice and lyrics are uniquely powerful, with points of comparison ranging from Diamanda Galas to Hope Sandoval and the wonderful Nina Nastasia. Featuring contributions from members of many of Montreal's most exciting bands, including Godspeed, A Silver Mt Zion, Molasses and Crackpot, amongst others, this is a dense, downbeat folk gem that will see you through many a late night. Gorgeous.

Future Pilot Aka - Salute Your Soul
Geographic

Future Pilot (Sushil K Dade) joins forces with pioneers of dub, punk and modern composition to create this mish mash of musical styles and frills, with an opening introduction delivered by Philip Glass himself! In reaction to the start of the second Gulf War, `Salute Your Soul' saw the forming of a peace collective which included James Chapman (aka Colditz), the angelic Indian vocals of Vinita Dade and vocals from seminal dub artist and Clash producer and UK reggae legend Mikey Dread. Subway Sect's Vic Godard leads a trinity of freedom fighters with Gerard Love, Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) and James Kirk (Orange Juice), on the anti-war avant pop song, Love of the Land.

Jack Rose - Two Originals Of....
Beautiful Happiness

Debut solo cd from Jack Rose (pelt), combining his much-lauded Eclipse LP's "Red Horse, White Mule" and "Opium Musick". While Red Horse, White Mule is generally recognized as in the takoma-inspired tradition, Jack adds his own exotic influences and recognizable touch - whether abstracting on the modal epic "red horse" or the rough slide stylings of "The Colonel's Blues." Opium musick is an eclectic collection with pieces for 12 string (the percussive and dark "black pearls), 6 string, and lap guitar. The 12 page booklet reproduces the liner notes from both lp's and adds a few snaps for fun. Rose draws from rural american music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries in combination with elements of Hindustani classical. His influences range from John Fahey, Charley Patton, Blind Blake, John Hurt, Jelly Roll Morton, Uncle Dave Macon, Blind Willie Johnson, Zia M. Dagar, Amjad Ali Khan, Pandit Pran Nath, Robbie Basho, John Fahey and Ry Cooder. Rose performs his original compositions with a combination of fluidity and muscularity, his tunes soar, and there's no one who sounds quite like him. Recommended.

Peggy Honeywell - Honey for Dinner
Agenda

Whilst influenced by the likes of Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn, and Roy Orbison, Peggy Honeywell's dulcet, sweet country tones are simply her own. �Peggy Honeywell follows in Tommy (MoWax) Guerrero's footsteps as the newest talent to be introduced to the world by Santa Cruz based label Galaxia. The original limited release on Galaxia was highly sought after by the alt. country diehards and sold out within weeks of release. `Honey For Dinner' features David Pajo (Slint, Papa M, Zwan) and was engineered & recorded with Paul Oldham (brother of the great Will Oldham). Includes a stunning cover of Otis Blackwell's `All Shook Up' made famous by none other than Elvis Presley.

Craig Richards - Fabric 15: Tyrant
Fabric

Fabric draft in London's much touted jock Craig Richards for their latest mix CD, and a blinder it is too. Craig heads straight into the good stuff by pulling Baby Ford's Minimal Man project to open disc 1, his deep `Six Of One' track being a perfect introduction to the minimal yet seriously deep music that Craig plays out. Hitting the German scene with determination, Craig drops tracks from such labels as Treibstoff, Ladomat, W.M.F., Perlon, Cadenza, Areal and obviously Kompakt, taking in such luminaries as Micheal Mayer with his ace `Pensum', Baby Fords astonishing remix of Pantytec's `Elastobabe' , M.I.A's deep as you like `River' from the ever fresh Trapez label, and the soon to be massive Luciano with Quennum and their club smasher `Orange Mistake' plus many many more. The mixing is tight, the choice of new house music is varied and expertly chosen, Craig mixes the cream of the crop with skill and a natural understanding of the dancefloor. Disc 2 displays more experimentation and a fondness for diversity, from Jimi Tenor's unique jazz into Supersoul's head nodding `Nice Daze' straight up to Morgan Geist's Environ winner `Food And Fuel'. Craig really lets his broad tastes rip on this second disc, and for me it's the stand out mix, as the variation keeps it at a level above the straight 4/4 mix, plus tracks like Fastgraphs electro bomb `Systematic', Carl Finlow's Voice Stealer gem `Undercover', Scape One's analog `Programme Sequence', Shake Shakir representing Detroit with `On That Tip' and further bombs from Ectomorph, Dabrye, The Octagon Man, D.I.E. and South London's Rag and Bone head honcho Warlock to give a hard edged finish to a classic mix. Excellent mix.

Daniel Bell - Blip, Blurp, Bleep
Logistic

13 track compilation representing the best excerpts from this Detroit pioneer's amazing discography. Daniel Bell is credited with creating a new vocabulary in electronic music, composed of acid sounds and streamlined repetitive rhythms, with an approach based on refinement and economy in the use of effects.his original and innovative style has influenced a whole generation of producers and has shaped the minimal house sound emerging from Germany, where he now lives. Under his own name or as Dbx, Bell has released several techno classics aimed squarely at the dancefloor, including `bleep', `flying saucer', `phreak' and the eternal `losing control', for labels like his own 7th city and elevate, or peacefrog and klang. Ace

John Thomas - Blackstage Re-Works
Logistic

Leading french electronic producer and long-term logistic family member john thomas's 2002 debut album `blackstage' took in many flavours ranging from the straight techno for which he is best known to electro-funk and instrumental breakbeat, hip hop and soul influences. on `Re-works', it is revisited track by track by leading lights of the global electronic scene, including UR DJ Rolando, Octave One, Daniel Bell / Dbx, Losoul (playhouse, klang, ongaku etc), Cabanne (telegraph, 7th city, perlon), John Tejada, and John Thomas himself.

Monobox - Molecule
Logistic

Robert hood was a founder member of Underground Resistance, an early contributor to Jeff Mills' axis, and started the labels hardwax and m-plant. Monobox is his interstellar 2003 project, in which the master (some would say, originator) of minimal techno takes a trip into an area of his musical universe somewhere between `nighttime world' and `minimal nation'. it's a departure from his better known works, journeying into time and space in deep, hypnotic, moody and beautiful mode. Deep Detroit techno.

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Espers

Rough Trade Shops in their weekly e-mail newsletter, profiled this release by Espers

Espers - Espers (Locust)

the remarkable debut from this phily trio of Greg weeks, meg baird and brooke sietinsons, garnering rave reviews in the states. this is elemental acid folk shot through with baroque 60's chamber rock, steeped in a love of jansch, pentangle, i.s.b. etc. sweet and subtle, lush magical strings, gently plucked guitars, dulcimer, acid electric guitar etc this really is special.

Pitchfork reviewed this album earlier this year..Espers - Espers

# posted by DJ Martian 10:38 PM

 

The prolific music historian Piero Scaruffi has updated this: Encyclopedia of New Music with profiles of artists covering these music areas:

Concrete, Dadaism, Post-chamber, Electronic, Minimalism, World-music, Ambient, New-age, Post-jazz

This webpage indicates that preparation for a new book has commenced: Piero Scaruffi's History of Avantgarde Music [that will complement Scaruffi's Rock History Book published last Autumn?]

>> Chapter 1

The birth of the soundscape aesthetics

IN PROGRESS! Expected time of completion: July 2004

# posted by DJ Martian 6:14 PM

Saturday, March 13, 2004

 

Leonard's Lair reviews Bark Psychosis - Replay

# posted by DJ Martian 7:03 PM

 

Mojo - April 2004

Details of the new April issue of Mojo

A strange front cover choice: Queen - apparently selected due to..the 30th glorious anniversary of Queen II

I find Queen's music overblown classic rock sound rather boring, all those over-dramatic vocals and obvious guitar solos.

# posted by DJ Martian 6:59 PM

Friday, March 12, 2004

 

Paul Lester in The Guardian presents an interview article with Kevin Shields

In his first interview for 12 years, My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields talks to Paul Lester about his madness, making Alan McGee cry - and how his house got full of chinchillas

# posted by DJ Martian 3:58 PM

 

Jon Dale @ Dusted reviews Tape - Milieu

# posted by DJ Martian 3:34 PM

 

Stylus review Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans

# posted by DJ Martian 3:30 PM

 

Pitchfork report avant/post rock band Tarentel to release a new album later in the year [October]

# posted by DJ Martian 3:27 PM

 

Fakejazz.com - Issue 44

New online issue of Fakejazz.com

Also their 2003 readers poll: The album of the year for 2003 is

>> Explosions in the Sky's - The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place

# posted by DJ Martian 3:22 PM

 

Issue 17 of earplug

MARCH 11 - MARCH 17

Earplug is a biweekly email magazine, delivering a handpicked selection of news, sounds, videos, and original features for the international electronic music community.

# posted by DJ Martian 3:18 PM

 

Next week's releases are reviewed @ Norman Records

# posted by DJ Martian 3:02 PM

 

The Independent review David Byrne - Grown Backwards

Also reviewed @ The Guardian

# posted by DJ Martian 12:12 AM

Thursday, March 11, 2004

 

This must be the worst: One World Show - ever - I will not be listening. Zero boring 7, and Auf Der Corporate Rock Maur and some useless Brit rap band.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:41 PM

 

Icarus - I Tweet The Birdy Electric

PostEverything announce: ICARUS ALBUM RELEASE ON THE LEAF LABEL

Sam Britton and Ollie Bown, aka Icarus, have signed to The Leaf Label, and release the follow up to the brilliant 'Misfits' at the end of April.

'I Tweet The Birdy Electric' is their fifth album, following releases on Hydrogen Dukebox, Output, Temporary Residence and their own Not Applicable imprint.

Icarus play live at the Coronet Theatre in London?s Elephant & Castle on Friday April 30th (with Four Tet, Manitoba, Fennesz and others). They have also confirmed an instore appearance at London's Phonica record store on May 5th.

Their fascination with exploratory live performance continues with twin events (Hackney and The South Downs) under the banner of ?The Acid Test Dawn Chorus?. Details to be confirmed. The duo is set to perform live around the world throughout 2004.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:21 PM

 

Stylus review Destroyer - Your Blues

# posted by DJ Martian 4:09 PM

 

Stylus review Nels Cline & Devin Sarno - Buried On Bunker Hill

This website >> Devin Sarno has a free MP3 track to download from this album.

# posted by DJ Martian 4:08 PM

 

Pitchfork report New PJ Harvey Album Due This Summer

# posted by DJ Martian 4:01 PM

 

Pitchfork review The Necks - Drive By

# posted by DJ Martian 3:59 PM

 

SPOTLIGHT...KEY NEW RELEASES [March 8th]

Key new album releases for March 8th [A more detailed release listing including other new releases, compilations and reissues - can be found further up this webpage.]

The Bad Plus - Give (Columbia)
Cathode - Special Measures (Expanding)
Cephalgy - Engel Sterben Nie (Out of Line) [Available at Music Non Stop]
Clouddead - Ten (Big Dada)
Coheed And Cambria - In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3 (B-Unique) [UK Release 2004]
Corker Conboy - Radiant Idiot (Vertical Form)
The Customers - Furious (Elektro Musik Department)
Daedelus - Of Snowdonia (Plug Research) [Import]
EL-P - High Water (Thirsty Ear) [Import available at Amazon.co.uk]
Hu Vibrational - Beautiful Bonghee Music Vol 2 (Soul Jazz)
Man�sbestfriend - The New Human Is Illegal (Morr Music)
OOIOO - Kila Kila Kila (Thrill Jockey)
Pantha Du Prince - Diamond Daze (Dial)
Pass Into Silence - Calm like a millpond (Kompakt)
Squarepusher - Ultravistor (Warp)
Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway (Jetset) [UK Release 2004]
TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (Touch & Go) [Import available to order at Amazon.co.uk]

# posted by DJ Martian 12:06 AM

Wednesday, March 10, 2004

 

If I were an editor of a weekly music magazine this week's front cover would feature: TV on the Radio

This week's front cover choice features TV on the Radio, who have just released their debut album: Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes on Touch & Go in the US.

A UK release date has not been confirmed, however I speculate it has been delayed to tie in with a tour / promotional campaign [including radio interviews] etc

Metacritic collated reviews for TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

# posted by DJ Martian 11:40 PM

 

Richie Hawtin

Tonight, on The John Peel Show Richie Hawtin performed live.

Over a decade deep in the Techno game and still going strong, the man they call Richie Hawtin is back with double helping of minimal grooves and floor shaking rhythms live at Maida Vale

I recommend - you take to the opportunity to listen this show after the broadcast, on the listen again feature. .

Mindblowing - take about multidimensional, futuristic, deep and textured grooves - the man is a electronic music genius !

# posted by DJ Martian 11:22 PM

 

BBC @ SXSW

From March 18th [a week Thursday] BBC radio will be at South by SouthWest festival in Texas.

Radio 1, Radio 2 and 6 Music - will feature live shows and broadcasting from the festival.

>> On Air Schedule

Official website: SXSW

# posted by DJ Martian 5:24 PM

 

Signal to Noise - the journal of improvised & experimental music

America's answer to The Wire magazine: Signal to Noise have published a new issue, Spring 2004.

Including a listing of artists reviewed in the: new edition

>> About Signal to Noise

Signal to Noise is the quarterly journal of improvised & experimental music, documenting the confluence of avant-garde jazz, electro-acoustics and experimental, modern rock.

SIGNAL to NOISE is distributed by Ingram Periodicals (where we're affectionately known as #99399), Tower Records, Desert Moon and Small Changes Distribution. We also sell the magazine directly to Newbury Comics (Boston, MA area), Other Music (NYC), Downtown Music Galley (NYC), Pure Pop Records (Burlington, VT), 33 Degrees (Austin, TX), Sound Exchange (Houston, TX), Bulldog Records (Seattle, WA), Jazz Record Mart (Chicago, IL), Dusty Groove America (Chicago, IL), Squidco (NYC), the Bop Shop (Rochester, NY) Amoeba Music (San Francisco, CA), and Sound 323 (London UK). If you'd like to carry us in your store, please contact one of our primary distributors, or if you�d prefer to order direct from us (minimum order 10 copies / no returns), drop us a line.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:27 PM

 

Splendid review Lali Puna - Faking the Books

# posted by DJ Martian 1:15 PM

 

Stylus review Max Richter - The Blue Notebook

# posted by DJ Martian 12:43 PM

 

This week's flavorpill LONDON a free, weekly email covering arts, music, and cultural events in London.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:07 AM

 

This week's latest releases are reviewed by NYC's Other Music: The Other Music Update

NEW RELEASES
TV on the Radio
Franz Ferdinand
Definitive Jux Presents: III
Destroyer
Squarepusher
cLouddead

Coco Rosie
Ty
Sondre Lerche
Modest Mouse (7" single)
Katerine

ALSO AVAILABLE:
Deerhoof

# posted by DJ Martian 12:35 AM

 

This week's The Breezeblock Tracklistings is now available to listen, including a Headline DJ Set from Mylo

# posted by DJ Martian 12:30 AM

Tuesday, March 09, 2004

 

I found out this sad news via ILM this afternoon - John McGeoch [Magazine, Pil, Siouxsie & the Banshees] has died.

He was one of the finest British Guitarists of all time. He was only 49.

John McGeoch performed on the classic 1981 Siouxsie & the Banshees album: JuJu.

# posted by DJ Martian 6:03 PM

 

To Rococo Rot - Hotel Morgan

On April 19th, Domino records will release the new To Rococo Rot Album: Hotel Morgan

Palindromic To Rococo Rot return with a typically graceful series of moving
pictures which as ever seek to show us something of our own time, and 'a
something elseness'. In each To Rococo Rot record there is a need to
establish a unique and truthful perspective, and Hotel Morgen most closely
resembles their 1999 masterpiece, The Amateur View, in that the focus is
once more on the three members, Robert and Ronald Lippok, and Stefan
Schneider, and their quest to make memorable music that is not just, as they
once remarked, 'for klick'.

To Rococo Rot first performed together in 1995, in Berlin, when Robert
invited then Kreidler member, Stefan Schneider to join him and his brother,
Ronald, in soundtracking an exhibition of the latter's lithographs. Even
now, nine years later, the members sometimes refer to the music they make
together as 'a project', as if rooting it all down in something more
permanent could affect their forward motion. If that sounds a little too
relentless, then a pleasant contradiction is to hear the members talking
about each other; of Robert's pleasure in seeing familiar things from
Stefan's perspective, and of Stefan talking about visiting the places where
Robert and Ronald grew up - Stefan grew up in the west, in Dusseldorf, and
the Lippoks in the east, in Berlin. It is clear that if any of the members
left, then the group would no longer exist.

But each is currently dedicated to the group moving forward with a complete
sense of possiblity, tempered only by the crushing awareness that comes from
a sense of music history. To Rococo Rot have in the past kept things
interesting through collaborations with artists like D (Darryl Moore),
I-Sound (a New York DJ), Alexander Balanescu, The Pastels and St. Etienne,
and from the music each of them makes outside the group, in Tarwater, and
in Mapstation and other solo projects and collaborations. But their
strength is really their own relationship, in the way that their unique
group plays together; in its physicality and the intuitive ways the members
adapt to each others playing.

On Hotel Morgen (trans: Morning Hotel!) their fluency is dazzling, although
it is always pleasing to recognise a Stefan bass run, a Ronald drum pattern,
a Robert melody line. Actually, this time the idea was to make a less
electronic record, and the group situated itself in a studio with a
different palette of grand piano, wurlitzer and vibraphone, alongside the
usual instruments. But with To Rococo Rot, you imagine a concept is often
only useful as a starting point rather than an end in itself, and in
reverting to a more familiar set-up as the session progressed, they found
themselves 'returning' to a new place.

Like every great group (and, it is a group more than a project), everything
about To Rococo Rot bears their own stamp, has their own individuality. Back
in 1995/96 their emergence out of Berlin was so surprising - it was all
'strong music' and 'cold techno', and here they were with all these
beautiful poetic titles and an almost romantic sensuality. Most surprising
of all, when they played out they sometimes smiled. To Rococo Rot rarely
seem to participate in the remix scene, they prefer true collaborations.
They are concerned with making 'music in our time', clear and transparent.
They are not part of the electro scene and have never been photographed in
their underpants. They are not techno, nor post-rock, nor indie, and have
no particular links to the 1970s Krautrock scene. In fact, they often would
rather not play with other German groups, particularly at 'German nights'.
Robert apologises for being unable to connect to most music.

Hotel Morgen is their first album for Domino. If you aren't already, it's
time to be fascinated by this amazing Central European group, who've just
dropped one of the first great albums of 2004. Are you ready to roc(oco
rot)?

Source: London Diary

# posted by DJ Martian 4:53 PM

 

Playlouder report Miss Kittin will release a new album: I Com in May on NovaMute

and it sees her teaming up again with The Hacker, as well as covering mid-80s Euro classic �3eme Sexe�.

# posted by DJ Martian 3:33 PM

 

Junkmedia review Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles

# posted by DJ Martian 3:17 PM

 

The Waterboys - This is the Sea gets reissued as a Remastered & Expanded Version with bonus tracks on March 29th on EMI.

The reviewer in the latest Uncut magazine, gave the album a full 5star review. Originally released in the autumn of 1985, this album has a big epic production combined with a passionate vocal display from Mike Scott.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:20 AM

 

Lambgoat report the latest Lickgoldensky news: Lickgoldensky completes new album with May 24th the scheduled release date.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:13 AM

Monday, March 08, 2004

 

Dusted review Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans

Note: this album will be released in the UK by Rough Trade records.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:56 PM

 

PostEverything provide info on ROB ELLIS - MUSIC FOR THE HOME VOL. 2 due for release on April 5th on Leaf

Three years since the release of the first volume of Music For The Home, Rob Ellis returns with his second solo album.

Ellis�s solo work is intensely personal in nature. A companion piece to Vol. 1, the album opens a treasure chest of archive recordings from the last decade, documenting a turbulent period in his domestic life.

Where the first Music For The Home consisted almost entirely of pieces created and edited inside a computer, this album includes many piano pieces recorded �live�. A self-taught pianist, Ellis�s idiosyncratic approach to composition has drawn comparisons to the work of Messaien, Reich and Cage among others. The album also utilises domestic recordings and concr�te techniques, notably on the remarkable �Church Opposite�, which uses the sounds of church bells to startling effect...............

# posted by DJ Martian 11:44 PM

 

Tiny Mix Tapes review EL-P - High Water on Thirsty Ear

# posted by DJ Martian 11:35 PM

 

BBC Album of the Week is Kenny Wheeler - Song for Someone. It gets a UK re-release this week on PSI records.

>> review Kenny Wheeler - Song for Someone

This album was originally released in 1973, by one of the first independent record labels operating in the UK, Incus.

Psi records

Between the legendary Windmill Tilter and Music for Large Ensemble came Song for Someone from 1973, the first music Kenny Wheeler recorded for a large group of his choosing. Now on CD for the first time.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:27 PM

 

New Releases @ Piccadilly Records

Some new releases listed in the weekly guide [via e-mail] from Manchester's music emporium: Piccadilly Records

Buffalo Daughter - Pshychic
V2

Experimental Japanese trio Buffalo Daughter return after two years with an awesome new album entitled "Pshychic", a swirling smorgasbord of bubblegum power-prog-pop. Buffalo Daughter were formed just over 10 years ago. Most will remember them from the days they were signed to the Beastie Boys label Grand Royal where in the mid-late 90s they released two albums. Their critically acclaimed sound was, and still is, hard to pin-point. Integrating 60s style psychedelic acid rock, angelic harmonizing, surf guitar solos and touches of blues with their electronic samplings, Buffalo Daughter dare to experiment beyond popular musical genres.

Henry Flynt & The Insurrections - I Don't Wanna
Locust

Our man Flynt shatters the categories once again with this surprise collection of his short lived basement rock protest band, The Insurrections, from 1966. Let there be no doubt in anyone's mind: Flynt's version of protest music isn't your cultural-commissar school of folk posturing. It's agro and Flynt is an unhinged showman on helium induced vox and electric guitar (his teacher was none other than Lou Reed). Imagine a mix of Sky Saxon (of Seeds fame) with a dash of Roky Erickson on vocals, a little bit of The Cramps' scary monster dramatics thrown in for good measure and the swamp chugalug laziness of vintage Pussy Galore and you get an idea what Flynt was up to at this phase in his non-career.

Meat Puppets - Classic Puppets
Rykodisc

A collection of their best from 1981-1989 and beyond! 24 songs including album tracks, rarities and four previously unreleased tracks: "Light", "Strings On Your Heart", "Meltdown" and "New Leaf". Remastered with new artwork from the band and liner notes recounting the history of the band in their own words.

The Ponys - Laced With Romance
In The Red

Killer debut release from Chicago band The Ponys. These guys dish up a fervent pop brew that has its feet in the new wave, the classic, and the downright snotty. This is psych-pop noise with a fuzzbomb haze, taking the best elements of The Velvets, the vocalizing of Richard Hell, the pop of The Modern Lovers, the nitro laced spuzz of the Nuggets / Pebbles series, some new wave moves, punk rock grooves, and delicious pop all rolled into one perfectly formed band.

Revenge - One True Passion V2.0
LTM

"One True Passion" was first released by Factory Records in June 1990 and spawned a trio of singles, "7 Reasons", "Pineapple Face" and "Slave". Given free reign to indulge Hook's leather-trousered rockist instincts, the material welded hard rock to dance beats, with a lyrical focus on sin and redemption. The artwork was just as contradictory, combining sleek Peter Saville typography with softcore imagery courtesy Suze Randall. Deleted after the messy collapse of Factory in late 1992, "One True Passion" has now been extensively reconfigured by Peter Hook, and includes Hook's new recordings of two unreleased late period tracks, "The Wilding" and "Televive". V2.0 also boasts a full-length bonus disc of rare remixes and unreleased songs recorded in demo form. All material has been carefully digitally remastered. The set contains over two hours of music, and the booklet includes sleevenotes by New Order biographer Claude Flowers, and a new, highly candid interview with Peter Hook on the background to the band.

Seachange - Lay Of The Land
Matador

With raw energy, intelligent song writing and a wilfulness to do their own thing, Seachange have forged a dramatic path through the various guises of rock'n'roll. Wielding escalating guitars, violin and an enigmatic frontman in Dan Eastop, they marry a variety of influences to create their own definition of magic. Seachange aren't merely adept at playing the anthemic and hypnotic; there are some great songs happening inside the tornado.

Tanakh - Dieu Deuil
Alien8

"Dieu Deuil", which takes it name from the architecture of Daniel Libeskind, captures a particular gentleness of the 70s-era folk psychedelia inspired by the likes of John Martyn, Tim Buckley, Fairport Convention and Pentangle, both in it's inventive orchestration and in it's vocally charged delivery. Despite the project's recent relocation to Florence, Italy, Tanakh is definitely still a major voice in the outsider folk movement that is currently flourishing in North America. They fit nicely alongside former collaborators and friends Pelt and Six Organs Of Admittance, as well as a slew of other folk heroes staking their claim in American folk. Gorgeously packaged in a custom sleeve with an illustrated booklet.

OOIOO - Kila Kila Kila
Thrill Jockey

Fronted by Boredoms drummer Yoshimi P-We, this is actually the fourth album by this Japanese four piece. A mad album of weird experimentation, this is less rock than the Boredoms output, but there's still enough mayhem here to keep their fans happy.

Minimal Compact - Returning Wheel (Remixes And Remakes)
Crammed

The 80s electro-dance EBM outfit get remixed (and reworked) by Tiefschwarz (Ivan Smagghe, Trevor Jackson and DFA's James Murphy are all raving about this!), Maurice Fulton, Fauna Flash, Kruder & Stereotyp, Volga Select, Optimo etc.

Various Artists / FUN
FINE / Four Music

Brilliant hybrid compilation from Germany's FINE label, collating loads of exclusive and rare tracks as played at Berlin's famous F.U.N. nightclub. Criss-crossing the European electroclash / house / nu disco boundaries, it features such producers as Tiefschawrz, Blackstrobe, Headman, Mocky, Turntablerocker, Munk and more!

Hans Joachim Irmler - Life Like
Staubgold

Solo 'industrial' album from the legendary Faust keyboardist.

Bad Brains - Bad Brains
Roir

Classic re-issue time, this is the original 1982 ROIR cassette now on CD and vinyl, described by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys as 'the best punk / hardcore album of all time'. It's definitely one of them at least. Blistering, tight, flat out and exuberant punk rock brilliance, beautifully contrasting the headlong genius of "Sailin' On" and the brutal "Pay To Cum" with some object lessons in carefully crafted conscious reggae. Completely and unequivocally awesome - every home should have one.

Coheed And Cambria - In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3
B-Unique

This ambitious second full length offering from New York sci-fi geeks Coheed And Cambria marries funk, emo, hardcore and rock elements into a intricately woven, evocative, epic web of sound; all wrapped around Claudio Sanchez' fantasy lyricism...

Fall Out Boy - Take This To Your Grave
Sore Point

Drawing influences from a wealth of rock, pop and hardcore, Chicago's Fall Out Boy have come up with a distinctive sound full of melody, quick stop-and-start breakdowns, clever lyrics and multifaceted guitar hooks.

New Black - New Black
Thick

Debut album from this Chicago foursome. A punk rock concoction of spit and attitude, anarchy and invention. Amid the tension and release of this burning boy/ girl pop explosion, are danceable backbeats, howling guitars, wailing keys and growling bass lines

Zebrahead - MFZB
Golf

Inspiring and crisply produced pop punk blitzreig bop with a clean, punchy guitar sound, driving rhythm section and uplifting, clenched fist lyrics delivered through hip hop influenced vocal harmonies. The sound is a little harder than their previous two lps and probably benefits from that.

Various Artists / Station
Ai Records

This sixteen track compilation presents a worldwide collection of artists in tune with Ai's holistic approach to electronica. Glitchy electro, acoustic melodies, poppy fluff and dense rhythms conspire to create a highly intelligent and fulfilling mixture of ultra modern music, featuring 214, Sinner DC, Yellotone, Subside, Michael Manning, Praveen and more.

Clouddead - Ten
Big Dada

"Ten" finds Clouddead building on all of the elements that defined their debut: razor-sharp vocal interplay, quirky found-sound samples, ambient drone dreamscapes, lyrics that walk the line between observational and confessional, and a fair share of Nosdam's growl-slow drums. But this album is more than an improvement on a blueprint ? it's also a leap forward. Sonically, the record has more depth, and the interplay between Why? and Doseone's voices has become even less 'rap' driven. Individually, Doseone, Why? And Odd Nosdam are as prolific and fearless as anyone in today's new music scene, but together as Clouddead they are able to create music that captures all of the promise of their individual talents in a stunning, unequalled sound. You won't hear many records like "Ten" this decade - let alone this year!

Hu Vibrational - Beautiful: Boonghee Music 2
Soul Jazz

Hu Vibrational could be described as the all-star team from the West Coast hiphop, avant-jazz and electronica communities, as underground legends such as Daedelus and Carlos Nino AKA AmmonContact play alongside Adam Rudolph and Hamid Drake (who've worked and recorded with John Coltrane's natural successor Pharoah Sanders, jazz legends Herbie Hancock and Yusef Lateef, Bill Laswell, Jah Wobble, Don Cherry and many more). With previous releases on Scott Heren's Eastern Developments label, they're another outfit that make links between leftfield hip hip, experimental global fusion and avant garde jazz composers. With its use of African instruments such as Udu, Slit and Talking drums, Kalimbas, bamboo flutes etc, this LP is reminisiscent of early 80s work by 23 Skidoo, Eno & Byrne etc

Merzbow - Pulse Demon
Release

More psychedelically flavoured than some of Merzbow's more brain pummeling releases. The sight confounding artwork compliments perfectly the lucid squalls of Merzbow's electronic assaults. Mastered at apocalyptic audio levels, this is one of the loudest Merzbow recordings ever release.

Squarepusher - Ultravisitor
Warp

Ultravisitor" should be seen as the best album of Tom's career, showcasing the full palette of his musical styles, from splat jazz to freeform breaks to more melodic sounds. It reveals how Tom is musically in a league of his own, a modern day composer, whose work should be heard in the same environment as Reich, Cage and Varese - neither restricted by genre nor caged by label.

# posted by DJ Martian 10:41 PM

 

The Brainwashed Brain V07I09 - 03072004

This week's The Brainwashed Brain includes reviews of:

Akira Rabelais - ...Benediction, Draw.
Orthlorng Musork

Colin Potter & Paul Bradley - Behind Your Very Eyes
IC Studio

Lycia - Empty Space
Silber

Vocokesh - The Tenth Corner
Strange Attractors

# posted by DJ Martian 9:48 PM

 

Brainwashed Releases has been updated: a listing of recent & upcoming electronic/experimental/etc. releases brought to you by feedback monitor and brainwashed

# posted by DJ Martian 1:45 PM

 

Stylus review Squarepusher - Ultravisitor

# posted by DJ Martian 1:34 PM

 

Pitchfork review Mils - Le Grand Pic Mou

Latest release from France's Gooom Disques (M83, Cyann & Ben) combines electronics with an exotic array of natural instruments such as flutes, clarinets, vibraphones and harps.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:31 PM

 

Pitchfork review TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

Also reviewed by Tiny Mix Tapes

# posted by DJ Martian 1:29 PM

Sunday, March 07, 2004

 

Forthcoming specials on The Breezeblock on Radio 1 include:

8th March
Chicks On Speed in session
Mylo (breastfed)

15th March
Squarepusher plays live and talks to Mary Anne

22nd March
Pitman Live

29th March
Adem Live

# posted by DJ Martian 8:51 PM

 

Lambgoat report the latest Mastodon news: Mastodon recording new album

# posted by DJ Martian 8:46 PM

 

Avant Music News has info on Upcoming Tzadik Releases for April and May.

>> Tzadik: Upcoming Releases

# posted by DJ Martian 8:42 PM

 

The new issue of UK Jazz magazine: Jazzwise features The Bad Plus on the front cover.

# posted by DJ Martian 8:36 PM

 

Absorb Reviews

A new online issue of Absorb including a stack of new album reviews:

lp - 2nd gen: flicknives
lp - accelera deck: ipsissima vox
lp - riow arai: mind edit
lp - arkitekchur: should, or the drawing boarded colour target future theater war(s)
lp - beans: now soon someday
lp - bed: spacebox
lp - cex: maryland mansions
lp - chicks on speed: 99 cents
lp - dalminjo: fjord fusioneer
lp - datach'i: mmale and fffemale
lp - department of eagles: the whitey on the moon uk lp
lp - enduser: from zero
lp - hdj tom: taste
lp - hell: ny muscle
lp - scott horscroft: 8 guitars
lp - jay z and danger mouse: the grey album
lp - kat cosm, the: knightboat
lp - kerrier district: kerrier district
lp - kid spatula: meast
lp - large number: spray on sound
lp - the loop orchestra: not overtly orchestral
lp - manyfingers: manyfingers
lp - mochipet: combat
lp - mokira: album
lp - mugison: lonely mountain
lp - necronomitron: necronomitron
lp - n.ln: astronomy for children
lp - orphyx: circuit breaking
lp - remote viewer, the: you're going to love our defeatist attitude
lp - dani siciliano: likes...
lp - somatic responses: adverts
lp - world standard and wechsel garland: the isle
lp - stereo modus: ex tempore
lp - susanna and the magical orchestra: list of lights and buoys
lp - team doyobi: choose your own adventure
lp - telefon tel aviv: map of what is effortless
lp - bochum welt: kissing a robot goodbye
lp - christopher willits: pollen
lp - paul wirkus: inteletto d'amore

# posted by DJ Martian 8:25 PM

 

Latest news from Progressive Rock band IQ [they are still aiming for a May release for their new studio album]

As has become something of a tradition with IQ albums in recent years, this one will feature six tracks. The opening number (with the cunning working title of 'Opener') is 10 minutes-plus and is fairly apocalyptic in its lyrical imagery, so that's a cheerful start to the proceedings. The final song is currently running to 23 minutes, which gives it the honour of being IQ's longest song to date. At present the album has an overall running time of about 60 minutes.

# posted by DJ Martian 8:18 PM

 

Marillion will release You're Gone on April 19th as a single. With the singles market so weak in the UK at the mo - they reckon their loyal fanbase will get them into the top 40 singles chart. [Much like Killing Joke last year]

# posted by DJ Martian 7:24 PM

 

Ananova relay the news that Virgin to reissue Eno classics

To be reissued on May 17th ..these Brian Eno albums: Here Come The Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Another Green World and Before & After Science.

# posted by DJ Martian 7:23 PM

 

This Week's New Releases @ Boomkat

This week's new releases @ Boomkat - A Pelicanneck Online Music Store include:

ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
Man'sbestfriend [Sole] - The New Human Is Illegal

Sole has been independently releasing hiphop since 1994, most notably for the label he helped build - Anticon. Up to this point, Sole has stuck to rapping and hasn't released any of his own production work. This changes with Man'sbestfriend, the first record Sole has done for a label outside of Anticon since "Bottle Of Humans" dropped. His crusade against conformity has led him to ally with Morr Music, who share the same philosophy, approach and DIY ethics. Man'sbestfriend is the impulsive sound of Sole running sh*tty guitars through broken reel to reels, rusted keyboards, overcompressed radioshack mics, recorded on an old adat and some on laptop. The lyrics have been written out the window on various tours in alien places, some songs have been freestyled, the songs are not supposed to sound clean, poppy, or to play like the new "indy hip-hop" smash hit. Originally released as a highly limited tour only cd, "The New Human Is Illegal" has now been re-visited with additional tracks, including production assistance from Odd Nosdam, Jel, and Telephone Jim Jesus. The lyrics on "The New Human Is Illegal"come from dreams, quotes from people, reading too much, occasionally responding to so called critics, and a basic frustration with how anti-human the world has become. Not an immediate album, "The New Human Is Illegal" seems to unearth different qualities with every further listen - persist and you shall be greatly rewarded. Recommended.

ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
Squarepusher - Ultravisitor
Limited Edition CD Packaging
Warp

**special edition limited cd** Ultravisitor is the brand new album from Jenkinson Snr, his 5th full length emission and possibly his best to date - even with the scary 80 min running length. I must admit to not feeling the last album that much, a tad too experimental and missing that undefined 'X' factor that Squarepusher releases posess so vividly from time to time. This album changes all that. From its initial tumble into splattered breaks and intricate arrangements on the opening title track, you find yourself surrounded by mind blowing opposing melodies, hard assed drums, malfunctioning programming and sonics with a layered, MBV-like intensity. The explosive sonics at the its end drop off into the first piece featuring the Jaco Pastorius' inspired solo-bass compositions - 'I Fulcrum' illustrates just how well the man does deep, soul, funk. 'Iambic 9 Poetry' follows the best track from 'Budakhan Mindphone', absolutely gorgeous melodiously tuned bass drops into blissful keyboards and live drumming, an original creation that fans of Four-Tet will adore. 'Andrei' is a classically structured acoustic guitar and bass duet which takes us to '50 Cycles', a completely manic downtempo experimental hip hop throwdown complete with the cheeky processed narrative Jenkinson uses every now and again. 'Menelee' brings the bell chimes, the amen breaks and the acid!!!! - 'Steinbolt' brings off punk, the funk and the menace - amazing sh*t. That's only half the album. Extra mention to the last two tracks - the soothing sounds for baby fed 'Tommib Help Buss' and the bass solo 'Every Day I Love'. Parts of this album appear to be made out of live recordings though Warp claim not!!! the sequencing is a bit bizarre to say the least but if the Squarepusher you love is 'Hard Normal Daddy Feed Me Weird Things My Sound Iambic 5 Poetry' then you'll adore this album, as do I. A killer return to form for the master. *** Initial orders will get a free 3" CD 'Square Window', five tracks 19 mins including 'Square Window' from the recent promo only 12" ***

Various / Moll Selekta St Catherine In Dub 1972-1984
Moll Selekta

"St. Catherine In Dub", the tenth release by Moll-Selekta is a collection of rare dubs from producer Blackbeard and his in-house band the Ring Craft Posse. Rodguel "Blackbeard" Sinclair, Tappa Zukie's brother, was Bunny Lee's right hand man for many years and currently owns King Tubby's old studio in Kingston. The Ring Craft Posse's line up included Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Lloyd Parks, Winston Wright, Ansel Collins, Dwight Pickney, Bonny Ellis Winston Wright and Ansel Collins. In other words - the Elite. Mixed by Ruddy `Jah' Thomas - this set contains versions of tracks by Dennis Brown, Delroy Wilson, Horace Andy and George Faith, amongst others. All of the tracks are named after districts of Portmore in the St. Catherine region of Jamaica. Digitally remastered digipack CD comes with 8 pages of liner notes .

Cathode - Special Measures
Expanding

New on Expanding. In pursuit of the point where crystalline analogue melody meets crisp minimalist electronics, Cathode deal in refried melodies, disintegrating rhythms and reflective electro-reveries. `special measures' is a debut album, following singles & remixes on Static Caravan, 555, Unbearable and Awkward Silence. Cd version includes video (mac + pc) for previous cathode release 'sundowning'. Nice, organiclly modified complex electronix. Check.

Clouddead - Ten
Big Dada

**Limited edition cd - comes with a free bonus cd featuring the recent single "Dead Dogs Two" - including the Boards of Canada Remix!!** Dose One, Why? and Odd Nosdam return to the group that thrust Anticon into the mainstream a couple of years ago. I'm probably not the only listener who feel's that the hip hop shock and awe of Anticon has deminished of late. But fear not fearless b-boys and b-girl's - the avant hip hop masters have struck gold once again. Dose One and Why? together - exchanging hardcore twisted yet beautifully structured poetics (together much more enticing than in solo mode) behind Odd Nosdam's samples, shagged drum machines and crackly vinyl. Lyrically 80% of the time you wander in clouds of abstract thought but when they hit home with the truth it hurts. The emotional power and intensity of a selection of these tracks like 'Son Of A Gun', a searing attack on the NRA. 'Rifle Eyes' is awesome - rapid fire vocalising wrap around a track that's like classic 'Twoism' period Boards Of Canada, only much more spannered. Not a lot more to say about this, just recall the excitement of the first cLOUDDEAD project and feel happy that the magic remains. Highly recommended.

Hu Vibrational - Beautiful : Bonghee Music 2
Soul Jazz

Lovely second album from Hu Vibrational, following on from their superb first volume on Prefuse 73's highly acclaimed Eastern Developments imprint. Hu Vibrational could be described as the all-star team from the West Coast hiphop and electronica community, as underground legends such as Daedelus and Carlos Nino a/k/a Ammon Contact play alongside Adam Rudolph and Hamid Drake and operate in the same circles as Madlib's Jazz / hip hop / beats community. Adam Rudolph and Hamid Drake have worked and recorded with John Coltrane's natural successor Pharoah Sanders, jazz legends Herbie Hancock and Yusef Lateef, Bill Laswell, Jah Wobble, Don Cherry and many more. "Beautiful" features a sublime crafting of unusual percussion and a dub-influenced, wide-screen take on the common ground between the boom bap of hiphop and the subtle melodies of electronica. Highly recommended.

Pass Into Silence - Calm like a millpond
Kompakt

There's something about the cologne fixation with ambient, here finely spun, gossamer delicate sounds fill the mind with disarming smoothness. Opening with voices in some way related to prime Art of Noise catalpults this audience into some kind of regressive spin, extremely vulnerable and yet sensitized to new surroundings. 'Big and silent waves' could sit next to Brian Eno's still awesome Apollo, flip between Brian's churchical 'An ending [ascent]' and Pass into silence's more fleshbound, horizontal pleaures and a blissed up evening by the fire beckons. Multimedia fiends should opt for the compact disc version, as it includes three sympathetic quicktime videos. Nice

Raiders Of The Lost Arp - 4
Nature

Following the crossover success of Mario Pierro's fabulous feelgood retro-discoid project Jolly Music, and his 8-bit arcade electro work as Mat 101, the much-discussed Raiders of The Lost Arp album drops hot on the heels of three excellent twelves. The sound here is influenced by the smooth textures of Detroit electro soul, in turns touching on elements of disco, jazz, techno, electro and more laidback electronic emissions. In the words of those good people at Vice magazine, its "the kind of soft-focus retro-futurist affair you'd ideally play in your car as you cruise into the distance past mirrored buildings illuminated by neon graphics on an empty carriageway after you've just broken up with your girlfriend...". Word.

OOIOO - kila kila kila
Thrill Jockey

Kila Kila Kila is the newest release from Japan's category spliting OOIOO (pronounced oh-oh-eye-oh-oh) and their first for Thrill Jockey. OOIOO features Yoshimi, one of the most interesting avant-rock artists making music today. Thrust into the spotlight in 2002 when she was made the "theme" of the Flaming Lips' Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Yoshimi began her music career in 1986 playing drums in the band UFO or Die, which also features Eye of the Boredoms. That same year she joined revolutionary noisepop experimentalists Boredoms, in which she still plays drums, trumpet, keyboard and sings. In the early nineties she became the drummer in Kim Gordon's Free Kitten, and released three Yoshimi solo 7" singles on Ecstatic Peace. Then in 1996 Yoshimi started OOIOO after speaking of it fictitiously in a magazine article. Yoshimi's music is constantly evolving from release to release, from one band to another. An intense performer and creator, drawing from a wide range of influences, she has invented a heartfelt musical language that is eclectic yet accessible and completely her own - dense and frantic. `Kila Kila Kila' sees a combination of the chaotic poppy grooves for which Yoshimi is known, and the psychedelic freak-outs of the Boredoms - the perfect antidote to the legions of watered-down drone pop. Recommended.

Corker / Conboy - Radiant Idiot
Vertical Form

The follow-up to 2002's show-stealing, heart-stopping, fabulous debut album "In The Light Of That Learnt Later" , London's prolific Adrian Corker and Paul Conboy are back with another beguiling offering for the Vertical Form label. Fresh from writing the next Bomb The Bass album with Tim Simenon, the duo have been galvanized into expanding their palette beyond the beautiful and widely acclaimed post rock of their debut. Inviting, hazy, languid grooves and glistening keyboards, Radiant Idiot recalls Can at their most tranquil and hypnotic, or the art-rock glide of late period Talk Talk, yet retains a remarkable glow all its own. The duo welcome guests this time: Will Husband provides plangent nylon string guitar and wistful harmonica on the arresting opener Doom Creeps With Clammy Hands, Ian Dixon adds decorous trumpet to the slinky Get 1 Over, while string arranger John Matthias (of Radiohead's The Bends and Herbert's Lifelike fame) transforms the already exquisite title track into a thing of soft focus baroque majesty. The album was recorded and mixed by Irmin Schmidt/Can engineer John Podmore. Messrs Corker and Conboy, meanwhile, make with the various keyboards, electronics and samples - somehow massaging from these sharp-cornered digital apparati an effortless, liquid lyricism. God knows what they'd do if you let them loose on lutes and harps! And what of that odd, paradoxical title? Check your face in a mirror after a good long listening to this and you'll see exactly what they mean. Lovely music.

Seachange - Lay Of The Land
Matador

Wielding escalating guitars, violin and an enigmatic frontman in Dan Eastop, Seachange marry a variety of influences to create their own definition of rock. With a flair for the epic coupled with absolute ferocity, Seachange should make for one of Matador's most Zeitgeist-hitting signings in a while. Check.

Tanakh - Dieu Deuil
Alien 8

"Dieu Deuil" which takes it name from the architecture of Daniel Libeskind, successfully integrates improvisation and song writing, and communicates an interior intimacy, with a particular fondness for the gentleness of 70s-era folk psychedelia inspired by the likes of john martyn, tim buckley, fairport convention and pentangle. Despite the project's recent relocation to Florence, Italy, Tanakh is still a major voice in the outsider folk movement that is currently flourishing in North America. They fit nicely alongside former collaborators and friends Pelt and Six Organs of Admittance, as well as a slew of other folk heroes staking their claim in the american folk. "Dieu Deuil" is gorgeously packaged in Alien 8 custom sleeve with an illustrated booklet

Pantha Du Prince - Diamond Daze
Dial

Crackling pop. Dial is always a label which has proudly explored simple black and white imagery, rather than extravagant sleeve design. Last out the blocks was the splendid Lawrence album 'Absence of Blight' which snuck up on many people late last year, finding its way into numerous end of year lists. Pantha explores similar sound forms here, melodic reduced pop tracks, a touch of grooving minimal and a splash of well directed dancefloor acumen. Less melancholy, more music, well worth an explore for those of you who like the four/four coated by that fluffy feelgood factor that Cologne can be so good at delivering.

The Customers - Furious
Elektro Musik Depatrment

Return of the renowned berlin based label ElektroMusicDepartment. Furious by name, this sounds more like a considered venture into dark sequencing, recommendations for loud playbacks aside. The title cut comes on all brooding, slow build into some prime electroshockhouse music. Kotai and Pflumm, for it is they, have carved out for themselves a noted underground anti-persona, and here they seem to have returned in something like their best form.

# posted by DJ Martian 6:43 PM

 

SPOTLIGHT...KEY NEW RELEASES [March 1st]

Key new album releases for March 1st [A more detailed release listing including other new releases, compilations and reissues - can be found further up this webpage.]

Cyann & Ben - Spring (Locust) [UK Release 2004]
Greg Davis - Curling Pond Woods (Acute/Carpark)
Flim - Simple Pleasures (Houston Party)
Joshua Treble - Five Points Fincastle (Intr-Version)
Basil Kirchin - Charcoal Sketches States Of Mind (Trunk)
Lanterna - Highways (Badman) [Import at Amazon.co.uk]
Lone Pigeon - Schoozzzmmii (Whizz Kidzz)
The Magnificents - The Magnificents (KFM)
The Mars Volta - Televators (MCA) EP
The Open - Close My Eyes (Loog) EP
Dean Roberts - Be Mine Tonight (Kranky) [UK Release 2004]
Team Doyobi - Choose Your Own Adventure (Skam)
Tracer AMC - FLux And Form (We Love)
Walls of Jericho - All Hail the Dead (Trustkill Records)

# posted by DJ Martian 6:08 PM

Saturday, March 06, 2004

 

NME.Com have some more info on the forthcoming Felix Da Housecat album.

# posted by DJ Martian 5:41 PM

 

Jazz on 3

The latest Jazz on 3 show is now available to listen to on demand. Watch out for a stunning avant-piano performance track by Matthew Bourne

Jazz on 3 is out for a Friday night on the town with a special live broadcast from the first ever FUSE festival in Leeds.

>> Also Next Week
Next week we have a session from British free jazzers saxophonist George Haslam and drummer Paul Hession, together with US pianist Borah Bergman...plus there's a roundabout of the latest CD releases.

# posted by DJ Martian 5:35 PM

 

The latest Mixing It show is now available to listen, it includes interviews with Leeds based artists such as Hood, Vibracathedral Orchestra and Matthew Robson aka randomNumber.

>> Mixing It

# posted by DJ Martian 5:31 PM

 

Cokemachineglow present a feature: 20 CRIMINALLY UNDERAPPRECIATED CANADIAN ALBUMS FROM '93 TO '03 by Scott Reid

# posted by DJ Martian 5:26 PM

 

Splendid review Calliope - Sounds Like Circles Feel

# posted by DJ Martian 5:22 PM

 

The Guardian review Peter Blegvad and Andy Partridge - Orpheus The Lowdown

Peter Blegvad and Andy Partridge, former luminaries of Slapp Happy and XTC respectively, with a mini-album glossing the story of the minstrel of Thrace, the son of Apollo and Calliope, whose lyre could move the very stones and charm a passage through the gates of Hades.

# posted by DJ Martian 5:18 PM

 

Avant Music News alert us all to the forthcoming releases from the esteemed Cryptogramophone label:

Cryptogramophone plans four new releases in 2004. The spring releases will include

"The Giant Pin" by The Nels Cline Singers,

and "Like A Dream" by Darek Oles, a beautiful CD that features pianist Brad Mehldau and saxophonist Bennie Maupin.

Fall releases

will include "Time Changes" by Mark Dresser and Denman Maroney, which also features Vocalist Alexandra Montana and drummer Michael Sarin,

and "Cloud Plate," a new CD by the supergroup featuring G.E. Stinson, Miya Masaoka, Alex Cline and Kaoru.

# posted by DJ Martian 5:08 PM

 

Almost Cool review The Opus - Breathing Lessons

It seems like about once a year a very cool instrumental hip-hop album just sort of claws its way into my subconscious and the best of the past couple months just happens to be this release Breathing Lessons by The Opus

# posted by DJ Martian 5:01 PM

 

Leonard's Lair review Mice Parade - Obrigado Saudade

# posted by DJ Martian 4:59 PM

 

BBC Collective interview Clouddead - Ten

# posted by DJ Martian 4:56 PM

 

BBC Music review Burnt Sugar - Black Sex Y'All & Bloody Random Violets

Greg Tate's futurejazz collective mix old school fusion with dub, electronics, rock and more...

# posted by DJ Martian 4:52 PM

 

John Robb @ Playlouder interviews The Stranglers

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Eternal Fusion with Gary Fosster on SpydaRadio

Latest show now available @ SpydaRadio

Current Show: Friday 5th March 2004

Moving Gelatine Plates - 'Moving Theme'
Adrian Sherwood - 'Processed World'
Dub Narcotic Sound System - 'Joint Joint'
cLOUDDEAD - 'Rifle Eyes'
Numbers - 'Drunk With Pain'
Sunburned Hand Of The Man - 'Me & My Marrow'
John Zorn - 'Punk China Doll'
Zukanican - 'Pay Never'
Trans Am - 'Pretty Close To The Edge'
Deerhoof - 'Rainbow Silhouette Of The Milky Rain'
Blockhead - 'Triptych Part 3'
Tristeza - 'Enchanter'
Special Benny - 'Children Are Cruel'
The Very Tiny Little Kids - 'Small Hands, Robot Voice'
Cerberus Shoal - 'Baby Gal'
Tanakh - 'Images'
Espers - 'Byss & Abyss'
Chicago Underground Trio - 'Kite'
Amon D��l - 'Snow Your Thirst And Sun Your Open Mouth'
Dub Syndicate - 'Adam & Eve (Mix 2)'
Bill Laswell - 'Beyond The Zero'
System 7 - 'Manik Shamanik'
Eat Static - 'Caridwen'
Vocokesh - 'Special Glasses For Remote Viewing'
Squarepusher - '50 Cycles'
Einst�rzende Neubauten - 'Youme & Meyou'
Hal Mcghee & C Goff III - 'Little Purple Pills'
Frank Gingeleit - 'Don't Know Where To Go? (I Don't Either)'
Ramp - 'Yellow Cake'

Next Scheduled Show: Tuesday 16th March 2004

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Friday, March 05, 2004

 

6 Music: Schedule Changes

Changes at the digital BBC radio station 6 Music: New Schedule for 6 Music

>> Marc Riley (aka Lard), joins 6 Music on Saturday 3 April.

>> On 5 April, Vic McGlynn will take over the weekday lunchtime show (1300 -1600). [No more annoying Liz Kershaw]

>> Steve Lamacq's show will move from Saturday to Sunday starting on Sunday 4 April between 1300-1600. Steve plays classic and influential alternative tracks that have helped shape the music scene today - plus new music from up-and-coming bands from rock through to electronica, from the cheerfully obscure to the soon-to-be famous.

>> Craig Charles will present an extra edition of his Funk Show on Friday nights starting on 9 April (2000-2300) [Why is there a need for an extra Funk Show - when 6 Music does not cover some areas of music that I note below]

>> Stuart Maconie takes over the Freak Zone from Iron Maiden lead singer Bruce Dickinson on Sunday 4 April freeing up Bruce to concentrate on his 6 Music Rock Show.

>> And Liz Kershaw moves to the weekend to present two new shows that will allow her to reflect her individual passion for music starting on 3 April (Saturdays and Sundays 1100-1400).

>> The Music Week (Fridays 1900-2000, repeated Saturday 0800) is to be presented by music journalists Julie Cullen and Mark Sutherland (former editor of Melody Maker).

Things would be different in my world..Changes that I would make if I were Station Controller

Still there is no or very limited coverage for:

Ambient/ Experimental Electronics/ IDM etc [There is no show on BBC radio that deals with pure electronic music [not dance or weak chillout] in say a solid 3 hour block. This should be programmed into at least 2 weekend night time slots, this would be perfect to replace the useless autopilot overnight slots that go through the motions with no purpose.]

Avant Prog/ Post Rock / Avant Rock/ Art-Rock/ Space Rock/ Krautrock [Again apart from limited coverage on Freak Zone whole areas of music are ignored.
Also 6 Music prefers to play too much predictable and boring song oriented rock music: Indie Rock/ Indie Pop/ Britpop / Alt Rock etc, e.g cross reference Lammo and Gideon Coe]

Industrial/ Gothic/ Darkwave [There should be at least a 3 hour weekly show covering these genres of music]

Post Jazz: Jazztronica / Avant Jazz / Jazz Fusion and Improv [6 Music should be covering these areas, in addition to the limited coverage on Radio 3]

electroambientdreampop
electroambientdreampop
6 Music should play more artists that use electronic elements for creating songs. see link for scope/ suggested artists.

Dark/ Extreme Metal [is not adequately covered by the existing Rock Show - that plays a very poor selection of rock music. They need to read Terrorizer magazine for ideas]

In addition, I would extend the Freak Zone concept to weekday Nights [Monday/ Tuesday/ Wednesday/ Thursday] 12midnight - 2am, with online replays. 6 Music seriously lacks a regular boundary breaking radical flagship show that goes beyond the obvious mainstream NME/ Q choices.

Radio 1 has Peel, Radio 3 has Mixing It and Late Junction, 6 Music needs it's own regular weekday radical program.

Why 6 Music doesn't take these changes up - maybe because they have a simpleton/ basic view of music that goes something like this: We believe Sixites were the best [Beatles/ Stones/ Kinks], the early 70s were just about David Bowie/Roxy Music/ Led Zep, we still listen to the big Punk bands of the 70s, the 80s were defined by Smiths/ U2/ REM, the late 80s/ early 90s there was Baggy/ Manchester, then Grunge and the daft belief that Britpop saved the charts in the 90s and was important.

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New online issue of In Music We Trust with a stack of new reviews covering a diverse spectrum of music, including rock, metal and electronic/ industial/gothic.

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Next week's releases are reviewed @ Norman Records

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Advance notification, this Sunday's Freak Zone on 6 Music features a Throbbing Gristle interview by presenter Paul Morley.

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dense Promotion, Berlin : Forthcoming Releases

The latest email newsletter from dense Promotion profiles these forthcoming releases:

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Sung Tongs [CD/LP FatCat]
BLACK DICE - Miles Of Smiles [12"/MCD FatCat]
CHRISTIAN KLEINE - Real Ghosts [CD/LP City Centre Offices]
ENCRE - Flux [CD Clapping Music]
FRANCISCO LOPEZ - Untitled#150 [CD Antifrost]
FRED ANDERSON & HAMID DRAKE - Back Together Again [2CD Thrill Jockey]
GLENN BRANCA - Lesson No.1 [CD Acute Records]
JOSHUA TREBLE - Five Points Fincastle [CD intr_version]
KID SPATULA - Meast [2CD Planet Mu]
LANGAGE COMPUTER - Mouse Back Riding [CD Quatermass]
MARGARETH KAMMERER - to be an animal of real flesh [CD charhizma]
PILOT BALLOON - Ghastly Good Cheer [CD/LP 2.nd rec]
SCHNEIDER TM - Reconfigures [CD/LP Earsugar]
SHITMAT - Killababylonkutz [CD/2x12" Planet Mu]
STICKS AND STONES - Shed Grace [CD Thrill Jockey]
TORTOISE - It's All Around You [CD Thrill Jockey]
V.A. - Construction Sonor [2CD Pro Helvetia]


ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Sung Tongs [CD/LP FatCat FAT-SP08]
http://www.fat-cat.co.uk

Following an outstanding 2003, which included the release of 3 albums, a split 12" and separate tours with both m�m and Four Tet, Animal Collective return with a stunning new album of modern folk pop for FatCat's Splinter Series. Whilst restricted distribution and limited pressings has meant that previous releases have slipped somewhat under the radar, a serious buzz has been steadily building around the group and we believe that this album has the potential to make them really big news.
Listen in and you will hear traces of all manner of influence - from the crazed whooping and chanting of classic Holy Modal Rounders, to the pure and perfect songcraft of Simon & Garfunkel or The Beach Boys, to Syd Barrett, The Incredible String Band and the productions of Joe Boyd, to elements of the Brazilian tropicalia / pop psychedelia of artists like Gilberto Gil or Milton Nasciemento, or the more modern sonic explorations of friends and labelmates Black Dice or labels like Mego or Kompakt. The band's tastes run far further than the merely experimental end of the spectrum, and they'll be as happy discussing Destiny's Child or The Neptunes as they would some hipper underground entity. But rather than simply forging or pastiching their inspirations, Animal Collective instead let their spirits melt into a fertile, creative vision that is passionately driven and distinctly their own. What results is an intoxicating
blend that is unique, coherent, hugely addictive and simply quite unlike anything else around.

In this incarnation, Animal Collective is once again the duo of Avey tare and Panda Bear, and 'Sung Tongs' is their most perfect, accessible work to date, a luscious flowering and flowing together of deeply catchy, hook-filled songs and intricately textured arrangements. Built around the core elements of Avey and Panda's gorgeous vocal harmonies and twin acoustic guitar strumming, the album has been lovingly worked through the studio to provide a rich and fully expansive mix of stunning sonic depth, detail and placement. Recorded in a house in rural Maryland, and engineered and mixed by Rusty Santos, 'Sung Tongs' is a dazzling, bold and adventurous pop album. Diverse in its scope and yet fully coherent, the album moves from chiming acoustic guitar songs to gentler, more dispersed picked ballads, to sprawling, guitar-swell psychedelics, bubbling, acid-warped vocal fx, and tribal, almost shamanic trance-outs based around around looping vocals and hypnotic kick-pulses�
Animal Collective will tour Europe in April 2004, including two weeks supporting m�m and several shows on their own.

BLACK DICE - Miles Of Smiles [12"/MCD FatCat 12FAT044]

Black Dice follow up last years acclaimed 'Beaches & Canyons' LP & 'Cone Toaster' 12" (on DFA) with a two track EP, 'Miles Of Smiles', out on 5th April, supported by a full European tour. Clocking in at just under half an hour, both tracks on the 12" are exclusive to this release, and as with all previous releases sees the band moving forward once more into fresh territories. The sound is still intense (and intended to be heard at extreme volume) but veers ever further away from any US alternative rock scene they may once have fraternised, as they head into their own psychedelic, increasingly electronic-based sound world. Appearing with contemporaries such as Wolf Eyes, Sonic Youth, Lightning Bolt, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars, and Animal Collective and playing a variety of DFA events may help give some context, but Black Dice are as difficult to pin down as their name suggests. Gathering no small amount of press support (New York Times made 'Cone Toaster' their single of the year; 'Beaches & Canyons' made Rolling Stone editors top 5 picks) while remaining provocative and uncompromising, Black Dice follow their own set of rules, consistently challenging the listeners preconceptions.

An environmental, all-encompassing collage of sound, 'Miles Of Smiles' was recorded with producer Nicolas Vernhes (Liars, Oneida, David Grubbs, Fischerspooner), constructed from found sounds, studio recordings and improvisations. Originally produced as a musical accompaniment to a Japanese gallery installation, 'Miles�' is an epic trip, investigative, chaotic, and fully immersive. On the other side, 'Trip Dude Delay' is a typically loose but carefully structured, physical band composition in three parts. A spell of warm, flowing ambience gives way to a storm of white noise, before buckling under its own weight as the track then shifts into a fractured, kaleidescopic, tropical dub. The three sections are inextricably linked: what at first sounds chaotic reveals method with repeated listens, echoes of what has gone before momentarily resurfacing, melodic signifiers lending narrative and direction to the tension and flow. Two sides of the same coin, both tracks centre around cyclical, organic, slabs of obtuse logic, as open to chance as their name would suggest.

CHRISTIAN KLEINE - Real Ghosts [CD/LP City Centre Offices Towerblock 019]
http://www.city-centre-offices.de

This is the story of Christian Kleine, someone who is famous for his electronic music. Be it on his own or as a member of �Herrmann & Kleine�, Christian and his PowerBooks formed an entity. They still do, but for a long time, other instruments have been living in his studio. Instruments that were there long before he bought his first computer. Maybe this is one of the reasons why it took 18 months for him to complete his new, second full-length. Among other things, �Real Ghosts� is a meditation on Christian�s musical roots. Not a restart, not a sudden denial of electronic music. The time was just right to get out the guitars again.

�I always played guitar, I simply did not record it very often. This is new. For �Real Ghosts�, I used whatever instruments were available. Guitar, bass, harmonica or computers.�

The most obvious change is indeed Christian�s focus on his guitar-playing. �Real Ghosts� is a real rocker. Distorted walls of guitars, head-nodding beats and the deepest, fatest basslines make �Real Ghosts� a completely differnt story, open up a complete new world. Take a track like �Ghostwriting� for instance, where the synthesizer is simply overrun by loud guitars and precise flageolett-figures, gains ground again in an ongoing fight. This short track sums up the two sides of �Real Ghosts�: lush atmospheres and grounded directness. Christian Kleine combines these two elements like noone else. Sometimes is it good when things take a little longer. And maybe ghosts need more time to develop, anyway.

ENCRE - Flux [CD Clapping Music CLAP004]
http://www.clappingmusic.com

YannEncre is a great paradox. In France, no one can really put him into a
category. Yann's music encompasses Gainsbourg and Jacques Brel�s
songwritings, Leonard Cohen or Bill Callahan�s folk, Rachel�s neo-classicism, Nico�s bewitching melodies, Lee Hazlewood�s gloomy
arrangements and organic electronica�s preciseness. FLUX is a truly
ambitious and polished up new opus that blends delicate organic instrument fragments and tighly knit collages with an unequalled complex syntax. FLUX is the outcome of a spontanious as well as perfectionist process. Its eight atypical orchestral pieces are overall instrumental and focus on the blurring of the so far tangible bounderies between the secquenced and the played, by applying sequencer syntax to the most carnal tones.

FRED ANDERSON & HAMID DRAKE - Back Together Again [2CD Thrill Jockey thrill139]
http://www.thrilljockey.com

Sometimes the most obvious projects - the ones that are sure to work - are the ones that keep getting put off. Worst case scenario: they never happen. The notion of recording tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson and drummer Hamid Drake as a duo is something that has been kicked around for years, simply because they play so beautifully together.

And of course they've recorded together many times, particularly in recent years, releasing CDs on Okka Disk, Eremite, Delmark, and elsewhere. But always in the company of others. The Anderson-Drake relationship always provides a nucleus for those ensembles. Here, then, for the first time, are Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake: pure, unadulterated nucleus.

Perhaps the Anderson-Drake connection is so deep because they both
hail from the same birthplace: Monroe, Louisiana. Anderson moved up
to Chicago before Drake was born, though, in the early '40s. Musical from his youth, Fred was also extremely humble - still a prominent trait - and spent the '50s listening to others play and woodshedding, waiting for the right moment to step out onto the stage and offer his own story. He developed his enormous tenor sound, in part, by practicing outside, bouncing melodies off of buildings and down the city streets, and he created his own practice books, out of which he developed an inimitable melodic conception, grafting together bebop phrases in unexpected ways.

By the early '60s, Anderson was performing in public regularly. He was, as is well known, one of the founding figures of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), and he led his own groups through that decade, including a band with Joseph Jarman that recorded one of the first AACM dates under Jarman's name. Based in the north suburb of Evanston, Fred was extremely supportive of young talent - another continuing trait - and in the early '70s he established a workshop for just that purpose. Hamid (then known as "Hank") was an upstart drummer, the same age as Fred's middle son.

Fred first heard him play in a jazz-rock band called Kart Wolf (an outfit that actually opened for Fred's great quartet with Steve McCall, Billy Brimfield and Lester Lashley once!), saw great promise in him, and from there nurtured his playing, introducing him to Edward Blackwell's drumming, and raising him almost as his own offspring; in fact,Hamid's family and Fred's family lived together for a couple of years. Hamid would sometimes sit in with the Realistics, the funk band of Fred's eldest son, Eugene, who also played drums. As Hamid says, of his mentorship with Fred: "We've been knowing each other a long time." A nice idiom, it keeps their relationship in the present tense, rather than looking back, past tense, at how long they've "known" each other.

GLENN BRANCA - Lesson No.1 [CD Acute Records ACT 5]
http://www.acuterecords.com

After playing in the seminal and influential New York City no wave rock outfits the THEORETICAL GIRLS and THE STATIC, GLENN BRANCA made his first strides towards the more ambitious guitar symphonies he'd become famous for with his first solo release Lesson No. 1 in 1980.

"Lesson No. 1 For Electric Guitar" is perhaps his most accessible piece of the period. It is a concise yet extended statement of forward motion, guitar motives repeating in a manner recalling the minimalist of PHILIP GLASS, but unlike GLASS, with a maximilist approach to sonic density and bombast. Upon its initial release as the first record on the influential 99 Records (LIQUID LIQUID, ESG, et.al.), Lesson No. 1 was paired with "Dissonance", a more daring experiment that explodes sonic dissonance with rock and roll energy.

For this reissue, Acute Records has added "Bad Smells" (featuring SONIC YOUTH'S LEE RANALDO and THURSTON MOORE), composed as a dance piece for choreographer TWYLA THARP in 1982. And if that wasn't enough, Acute has also included an 18 minute quicktime video of "Symphony #5", recorded in 1984 at what was to become the legendary New York City venue The Kitchen.

JOSHUA TREBLE - Five Points Fincastle [CD intr_version intr011]
http://www.intr-version.com

Cincinnati based Joshua Treble (aka Tony Boggs) has quietly been making beautiful, delicate and enduring music for the past four years. Author of the sublime Cold Filthy Techniques to Keep you Close on American label Pitchcadet (a label responsible for early records by Jetone and Accelera Deck, among others) Treble, along with Mitchell Akiyama also makes up half of the instrumental deconstructionist duo D�sormais. The group�s two albums of sublime post-rock/post-classical compositions have received almost unanimous critical praise, earning them comparisons to Fennesz and My Bloody Valentine, among others.

Five Points Fincastle, Joshua Treble�s second solo full length, is an album of delicate fragments and little epics. Smeared guitars, obscured strings and ghostly field recordings are woven into melancholy tapestries. Treble�s compositions are full of a blurry majesty � enormous in ambition and instrumentation, but far away, somewhere on the horizon, enshrouded in mist. An essential album for fans of Tim Hecker, Gas and
those interested in the future of instrumental electronic music.

Five Points features contributions from D�sormais and Avia Gardner vocalist Jenna Robertson.

KID SPATULA - Meast [2CD Planet Mu ZIQ090]
http://www.planet-mu.com

New album from Mike Paradinas aka �-Ziq (Virgin/Warp/Rephlex). A trawl of the DAT archives for lost classics & amazing heartfelt electronic vignettes. Off-kilter melodies and subtle rhythms interact with abrasive, yet calming textures to create this more-ish follow-up to Mike's last album as Kid Spatula "Full Sunken Breaks". This archive material dates from between 1994 and 1998 and includes tracks from the periods when he was writing such classic albums as "In Pine Effect", "Lunatic Harness" and "Royal Astronomy". Mike owns and runs Planet Mu records and his last album as �-Ziq, "Bilious Paths" (Planet Mu/July 2003) has sold over thirteen thousand worldwide so far.

LANGAGE COMPUTER - Mouse Back Riding [CD Quatermass QS149]
http://www.quatermass.net

Langage Computer's essence lies in the integration of the turntable and scratches as self-sufficient instruments. It introduces a new sound marked by both experimental HipHop and electronic sonorities. Instead of being just another demonstration of technique, which is often the case in turntablist projects, here the performance has been researched in order to leave room for a certain sonic esthetic to blend into the whole and form a unified sound. The results are technically beyond reproach, but much more subtle in content and form.

Langage Computer consists of two members: John Bloug takes care of all compositional aspects, while Detect handles the turntables for the scratched episodes and sonic add-ons.

Langage Computer have produced a first 27-minute project consisting of a single piece in multiple movements. Released privately in a run of one hundred CDs, it was later made available for download from selected electronic/HipHop-oriented websites. Results of the operation: over 350 downloads.

Influences are plural and widely spread. The paths of experimental HipHop artists the likes of Anticon, Mush, Def Jux, Project Blowed or Living Legends crisscross with the catalogs of Warp (mostly Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, and Autechre), Tigerbeat6, or Rephlex, or even with artists such as Console, Murcof, Plaid, and Squarepusher. But in order to get the whole picture, you would also have to dig your way into the indie rock scene.

DJ Detect was hard at work prior to Langage Computer. He is a memberof the Metalcrabs collective, notably with DJ Fab (La Caution) and Orgasmic (TTC). He appears on La Caution's album 'Asphalte Hurlante' (2001), on the comps Project Chaos (2001) and Panic Room (2003), and has produced several mix-tapes sold at a few hundred copies each and reviewed in the specialized press (Radikal, Clark, etc.). He is also a regular at the Batofar, either as La Caution's and James Delleck's DJ, or as the in-house DJ, entertaining the crowd. You can also hear him from time to time with DJ Fab on G�n�rations (88.2 FM). He is also taking part on the 2003's edition of the Red BullMusic Academy in South-Africa.

On the other hand, John Bloug was waiting for Langage Computer to stop fondling sounds in the shadows and step into the spotlight.

'Mouse Back Riding' features special vocals appearances -> Buck 65, James Delleck, Hi Tekk

MARGARETH KAMMERER - to be an animal of real flesh [CD charhizma cha023]
http://www.charhizma.com

the first solo-release of the berlin based singer and guitarist margareth kammerer contains five solo-recordings as well as collaborations with axel d�rner (die entt�uschung), chris abrahams (the necks) und yoshida tatsuya( the ruins).
additionally there are remix-tracks from b.fleischmann (charhizma/morr),
nicholas bussmann (kapitalband.1), fred frith (henry cow), philip jeck (touch) und olivier lamm (active suspension).

PILOT BALLOON - Ghastly Good Cheer [CD/LP 2.nd rec 016]
http://www.2ndrec.com

Pilot Balloon is a sub-entity of the Komadose crew consisting of members Jud and KaeoFLUX. With backgrounds in hardcore, jazz, hiphop and electronica their influences range from RUN DMC to Company Flow to Radiohead and Tortoise to Charlie Parker and Igor Stravinsky. Their first full-length album "Ghastly Good Cheer" is an impressive and unique mesh of this vast diversity of styles. Effortlessly they combine live instruments, countless samples and intricate beats with raps and atmospheric singsong. Each of their pieces is so personal and intricately layered that it creates an immediate sense of intimacy for the listener, inviting him into the minds of Jud and Kaeo.

Through his music, Jud paints a dystopian vision which is at once bright and harmonious yet discordant and unpredictable. With a background studying choral literature and conducting, bagpipes, and jazz guitar, Jud places an emphasis on creating a solid foundation for his compositions. However, he then turns to his own improvised performances on bass, guitar, drums, keyboards, bagpipes and vocals plus snatches of records, movies and recorded conversation to pull his works away from the rigid formality of conventional songwriting.

Jud did not begin producing music until he met Kaeo - a fellow multi-disciplinary artist. Kaeo came to music production through hip hop when he started DJing and writing rhymes during high school. At the time, he was also involved in many other forms of media production: graphic design, graffiti art, and video. He has since narrowed his focus to concentrate on live musical performance and recording stereophonic sound.
Over a skeleton of meticulously sinister percussion programming, Kaeo synthesizes instrumentation and sampling with uncanny poise

SCHNEIDER TM - Reconfigures [CD/LP Earsugar 04]
http://www.earsugar.com

Schneider TM remixes tracks from:
PULSEPROGRAMMING, MARGO, LAMB, RECHNENZENTRUM, TURTLE BAY COUNTRY, CLUB, THE FAINT, PHILIP BOA & THE VOODOOCLUB, RUBY, LAMBCHOP, ALC LEVORA, BOSS HOG, TURNER

Schneider TM's acclaimed second album 'Zoomer' was recorded in Dirk's Berlin living room studio and released on the City Slang label in September 2002. Since then he has traveled 'Zoomer' around the world with a 3-piece band comprising of longtime friends and collaborators Kpt Michigan and Christian Obermaier. Together they have played 130 live shows in the last year and a half alone and taken in most of Europe, the US, Japan, Brazil...

The Berlin-based duo Rechenzentrum have had a particularly strong influence on Dirk's immediate musical environment. On 'Reconfigures', the collaboration with Rechenzentrum saw the addition of vocals from German indie rocker Marc Marcovic "which was a total coincidence," admits Dirk.

"We were just having a beer at my place one evening and I was playing the track. Then we decided to record his voice, and I was dubbing it live... we were jamming together, playing guitar and singing strange lyrics in fantasy languages and stuff"
Improvisation is also a key part of Schneider's approach, so a recent chance to perform a live version of Dirk's take on a Turtle Bay Country Club track was welcome. TBCC is the project of legendary Hamburg reggae and hip-hop producer, Matthias Arfman (who mixed several tracks on 'Zoomer') and the line-up for Schneider TM's show in Hamburg included James Brown and Bootsy Collins drummer, Tony Cook. "We played my remix together - using the basic tracks and he played over it. He's the funk! I was playing six-string bass, really fuzzy, more of a noise thing over it all, really fucked it up. And he was like 'yeah, yeah man, you're really good on this thing, keep playing it'.

Dirk's approach to Lambchop's 'The New Cobweb Summer' is a classic example of his 'versioning' technique. "In some tracks the piano or vocal, I cut up and put it in a straight tempo and some other sounds like the saxophone. I sample them and play new things on the MIDI keyboard with the original sounds so there's a lot of original sounds it in but played completely differently. It's about using original tracks and also seeing if it's possible to add new material and what kind of direction you can go in. I try to treat the songs as though they were my own songs and give them a Schneider TM dress." Recorded by Schneider in Lanzarote, this mix of 'Cobweb' is definitely a summer dress.

Speaking of summer, it was at a festival in Switzerland where Dirk met the Manchester duo Lamb. After seeing Schneider TM perform, Lamb's Andy Barlow and vocalist Lou Rhodes asked Dirk to 'version' some of their material, the result being Schneider's remake of the Lamb track 'Wonder', a restyle that is exclusive to 'Configures'.
There are many more stories, have a listen.


SHITMAT - Killababylonkutz [CD/2x12" Planet Mu ZIQ089]
http://www.planet-mu.com

Concept album of versions in the 'Babylon/Breakcore' theme and the follow up to his warmly recieved seven inch single 'Shopliftin' Gabba' (3 plays on Peel and 1 on Breezeblock). Shitmat's long-awaited debut album is propa' mash-up ragga-rave dubplate bloodclot jungle tekno tour-de-force. Featuring 10 (8 on the vinyl) tracks using the 'Babylon Bwoy' accapella to devastating effect over rhythms such as 'Amen Brother', 'Think (About It)', 'Theme From Benny Hill' & 'Eye Of The Tiger'. Shitmat (aka Henry Collins) has risen to the upper echelons of the breakcore firmament after playing his legendary live-set at literally tens of free parties and raves over the last year and a half. File under shit-core.

STICKS AND STONES - Shed Grace [CD Thrill Jockey thrill140]
http://www.thrilljockey.com

Jazz trio Sticks and Stones formed years ago when drummer Chad Taylor (Chicago Underground, Sam Prekop Band, Active Ingredients), bassist Josh Abrams (Town and Country, Sam Prekop Band, David Boykin Expanse, Nicole Mitchell Black Earth Ensemble, The Roots) and alto saxophonist Matana Roberts met each other at a performance space in Chicago. Roberts and Abrams had played extensively at open jam sessions at Fred Anderson's legendary Chicago club, The Velvet Lounge. The three immensely enjoyed playing together, and thanks to Fred Anderson soon became the house band at the Sunday night Velvet Lounge sessions. It took nearly four years of playing together before they adopted the name "Sticks and Stones," (the name of a favorite song of Chad Taylor), and an even longer time before the released their first album, 2002's Sticks and Stones (on Chicago's 482 Music). Their second and newest release, Shed Grace, is their first on Thrill Jockey. It was recorded at Semaphore Studios with Ken B. Brown (Directions in Music, Tortoise, Pullman). The album was recorded in two February sessions following their first ever US tour (February of 2003), and a third and final session in October. It was recorded live to tape using no edits or overdubs, preserving all of the spontaneous energy and raw excitement of their live shows. Shed Grace is largely original compositions (songwriting split equally among the three).

The eclectic selection of covers includes songs by Fela Kuti, Thelonious Monk, and Billy Strayhorn.

Bass player Abrams and Drummer Taylor are well established and prolific jazz musicians, both of whom have recently released albums on Delmark Records. Abrams' album, Cipher, has been met with rave reviews and is his first since last year's Busride Interview. Taylor's group, active ingredients, recently released their debut, Titration.
Saxophone player Matana (Mah-Tah-Nah) is a truly exciting and revelatory presence on Shed Grace. Roberts (who now lives in New York), an associate member of Chicago's AACM, and though there are many woman involved in the jazz world, Matana is one of the few gaining recognition. Perhaps this is because she has played with such luminaries as as Steve Lacy, Eugene Chadbourne, Henry Grimes, Anthony Braxton, Ravi Coltrane, Don Byron, Fred Anderson, Nicole Mitchell, Angelica Sanchez, Peter Brotzman, Jeff Parker, Butch Morris, Ras Moshe, Matt Lavelle, Robert Barry, Joe Maneri, Tony Malaby, Daniel Givens, Ralph Alessi, Vijay Iyer, David Boykin, and Rob Mazurek, among many others.

Much like a mentor of hers, Fred Anderson, she finds a pristine balance between being delicately melodic and powerfully headstrong, It is unusual to find someone so young with such a mature ear, and melodic sense. Matana Roberts stands out as an exuberating new face, and together with Abrams and Taylor, Shed Grace is their strongest statement yet.

TORTOISE - It's All Around You [CD Thrill Jockey thrill115]
http://www.thrilljockey.com

Throughout their 10-year history, Tortoise have been one of the most singularly dynamic bands in modern music. With each record they have not only redefined their own sound, but helped to nudge music itself in unique and exciting new directions. Their members are perpetually involved with multiple projects, thus it is quite noteworthy that It's All Around You, Tortoise's fifth full-length, is the first album that the band has ever made without a single lineup change. The results of this are a record that is the product of five distinctly visionary musicians who are able to synergistically unite like never before. This consistent lineup also allowed the band to move forward in directions that were previously unexplored, and It's All Around You contains a number of Tortoise firsts.

It's All Around You was written largely in the studio, in the midst of recording, over the course of a full year. This allowed Tortoise to use John McEntire's Soma Electronic Music Studios (whose clients include Wilco, Stereolab, and many others) not just as a state-of-the-art recording facility but as a compositional tool as well. It took months of continuous writing, recording, tinkering, mixing, and perfecting to bring It's All Around You to its finalized state. Tortoise are one of the only bands of their size and status who have always produced their own records, and it largely because of this that they are able to achieve and maintain such a distinct and precise sound. The band's extensive knowledge of the studio's equipment allows them to use it for composing, editing, and coloring their compositions. The band are very at home in this environment, and without a restrictive deadline (normally present with hired producers/studios), the band can explore a multitude of approaches. The results of this process are clear in the lush, orchestrated tones, intricate melodies, and densely elaborate rhythms that make It's All Around You Tortoise's most adventurous and thoughtful record to date. These songs build deliberately and consistently, amassing music of great detail; exploring their layers is both exciting and infinitely rewarding.

Over the past decade, Tortoise have produced some of the most innovative and influential albums in all of music. From the deep and understated rhythms and tones on their 1996 landmark, Millions Now Living Will Never Die, to the bombastic rock of 2001's Standards, Tortoise have always been ahead of their time. It's All Around You finds Tortoise doing what they do best; building and rebuilding upon melodies and rhythms with their own remarkable touch. A song like "On The Chin," born of a guitar line that Jeff Parker and Doug McCombs wrote, is transformed into a something delicately complex, fiercely catchy, and unmistakably Tortoise.

V.A. - Construction Sonor [2CD Pro Helvetia]
http://www.gallerie-ph.ch

CD-A construction sonor: Fieldrecordings by Bernd Schurer (domizil)
CD-B construction sonor: 13 tracks by:
Luigi Archetti (Rune-Grammofon)
Balduin (Crippled Dick Hot Wax)
Boris Blank (Yello)
Donz� / Jean / Quennoz (Dolmen)
Drumpet
ErikM
Fennesz (Touch / Mego)
Intricate (Spezialmaterial)
Monolake (Imbalance)
G�nter M�ller / Tomas Korber (For4Ears)
Mahmoud Refat
Seelenluft (Klein Records)
Table

construction sonor is an electronic sonic journey beneath the Alps.
It takes us down into the tubes and and shafts of the Neat construction sites of the Gotthard and L�tschberg. Along the rail link being built to connect north and south. Via thirteen tracks, the double CD connects the Neat regions to urban musical centres. They were created by composers, sonic inventors and programmers from the Grisons (Seelenluft), Ticino (Table), the Valais (Dolmen) and Uri (Drumpet), from Zurich (Boris Blank/Yello), Basel (M�ller/Korber), Berne (Balduin), Lucerne (Intricate) as well as Berlin (Monolake) und northern Italy (Archetti). There are also three participants - from France (ErikM), Austria (Fennesz) and Egypt (Refat) - representing the 23 nationalities working at the construction sites. They all use electronic means for music production, but personify different genres. They are connected by a single concept.

In the summer of 2003, the Zurich musician and composer Bernd Schurer, commissioned by Pro Helvetia, travelled to the Neat construction sites, where he recorded sounds and noises in the shafts, along the conveyor belts, at railway stations and rail construction sites. His fieldrecordings, after having been assorted in the studio, can be heard on the first CD, and at the same time forms the basis for the second CD, where the musicians invited by Pro Helvetia present their sound worlds, interpretations and constructions.
The result is thirteen tracks of widely varying nature, and an object lesson in the wide-ranging possibilities of contemporary music production. The sonic voyage leads us from Techno, Pop and Lounge via New-Jazz to Experimental and Improvisation.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:21 AM

Thursday, March 04, 2004

 

If I were an editor of a weekly music magazine this week's front cover would feature: Squarepusher

This week's front cover features Squarepusher who releases his album, Ultravisitor on Warp on March 8th.

Released 8th March, Squarepusher's new album "Ultravisitor" is a full-length epic which Tom has described as his best work yet, and we're inclined to agree with him. Ultravisitor takes the live, freeform, bass elements of Squarepusher's music absolutely to the next level, whilst the rhythm structure and songwriting easily rival the best moments of classic albums like Hard Normal Daddy and Feed Me Weird Things.
The whole album has a very live, personal feel to it - no doubt in part inspired by the phenomenal reactions Tom recieved to his rejuvenated live shows during 2003. (Parts of the album actually sound like live recordings, but not all is as it seems...)

Metacritic reviews for Squarepusher - Ultravisitor

# posted by DJ Martian 11:41 PM

 

Uncut Magazine

The new issue of Uncut magazine, has Pete Townsend on the front cover. Uncut should be on sale tomorrow, it's a day late.

Details of new issue >> Uncut

[Also, next month features another rock has-been Eric Clapton - Uncut is becoming far too conformist classic rock.]

# posted by DJ Martian 3:42 PM

 

Fennesz - Venice: in April

from the latest David Sylvian e-mail newsletter
Fennesz's new album, "Venice", featuring David Sylvian on Transit is out on March 15th. It will be released later with 2 bonus tracks in Japan.

Touch records have the tracklisting: Fennesz - Venice

Further info on Fennesz website - states a April 26th release in the UK.

Touch # TO:53
12 tracks: 49:05
Artwork & Photography by Jon Wozencroft
UK Release Date: April 26th

Extra info: Touch Records, have their own online shop TouchShop:

Fennesz - Venice

12 tracks. 6 panel digipac designed by jon wozencroft. stock due 5th March 2004. we are taking preorders now

So they may sell direct before the official retail release date?

# posted by DJ Martian 2:45 PM

 

Splendid review Trans Am - Liberation

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Stylus review TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

# posted by DJ Martian 1:29 PM

 

Terrorizer Writer's Poll 2003 - Albums of the Year

Selected Highlights:

So, an English extreme metal band takes top slot, Akercocke.

Number 2 album: the progressive black metal soundscapes from Norway's: Enslaved

At number 4 Teeside's [North East of England] Axis of Perdition, made one of the most distinctive and astonishing industrial-black metal hybrids of the decade so far. Another British John Peel favourite is Birmingham's Anaal Nathrakth at [25] with their hyper-vortex complex charred black metal rhythmic soundscapes.

Artistic Progressive Rock made an impressive comeback in 2003 with Ephel Duath [6], The Mars Volta [29] and Opeth [9] leading the pack.

Killing Joke's astonishing comeback rewarded at [7]

Sweden is represented by Cult of Luna - expansive rock soundscapes at [11] and Katatonia - stylish atmospheric metal at [20]

Dark Psychedelic hypnotic sounds from Khanate [10] , Sunn O))) [19] - both firm favourites of eccentric brit Julian Cope.

Michael Gira's art-rock project The Angels of Lights at [16], whilst his ex Swans songstress Jarboe teamed up with Neurosis [21] . Another American Maverick Mike Patton is represented at [24] with his Tomahawk project.

Aborym with a powerful industrial-black-metal sound at [22] put Italy on the map of musical innovation along with Ephel Duath.

Pelican - intense instrumental epic rock sounds at [35] that drew comparisions with Isis and Mogwai.

Top 40 >>

1. Akercocke - Choronzon
2. Enslaved - Below The Lights
3. Darkthrone - Hate Them
4. Axis of Perdition - The Ichneumon Method
5. Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
6. Ephel Duath - The Painter's Palette
7. Killing Joke - Killing Joke
8. The Meads of Asphodel - Exhuming The Grave of Yeshua
9. Opeth - Damnation
10. Khanate - Things Viral
11. Cult of Luna - The Beyond
12. The Hidden Hand - Divine Propaganda
13. Reverand Bizarre - Harbinger of Metal
14. Burnt by the Sun - The Perfect is the Enemy
15. Funeral Mist - Salvation
16. The Angels of Lights - Everything is Good Here/ Please Come Home
17. Melechesh - Sphynx
18. Therapy - High Anxiety
19. Sunn O))) - White 1
20. Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
21. Neurosis & Jarboe - Neurosis & Jarboe
22. Aborym - With No Human Intervention
23. Palehorse - Gee, That Ain't Swell
24. Tomahawk - Mit Gas
25. Anaal Nathrakh - When Fire Rains Down from the Sky, Mankind Will Reap as It Has Sown
26. Everytime Time I Die - Hot Damn
27. Laibach - WAT
28. Revenge - Triumph. Genocide. Antichrist
29. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Cromatorium
30. Twisted Tower Dire - Crest of the Martyrs
31. Place of Skulls - With Vision
32. Melt Banana - Cell-Scape
33. While Heaven Wept - of Empires Forlorn
34. Mistress - II: The Chronovisor
35. Pelican - Australasia
36. Elend - Winds Devouring Men
37. Arkhon Infaustus - Filth Catalyst
38. Blood Brothers - Burn Piano Island
39. Deftones - Deftones
40. Hatebreed - The Rise of Brutality

Also each Terrorizer writer, listed 5 additional albums that did not make the overall Top 40, including these:

Negura Bunget - 'N Crug Bradului
Burst - Prey on Life
Mono - One More Step and You Die
Envy - A Dead Sinking Story
The Gathering - Souvenirs
Rachel's - System/ Layers
Strapping Young Lad - Strapping Young Lad
M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts
Raison D'Etre - Requeim for Abandoned Souls
Shinjuku Thief - Medea
Diamanda Galas - Defixiones, Will and Testament
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Virus - Carheart
Dysrhythmia - Pretest
Anathema - A Natural Disaster
Voivod - Voivod

# posted by DJ Martian 12:34 AM

Wednesday, March 03, 2004

 

This week's flavorpill LONDON a weekly email magazine covering music, art, and cultural events

# posted by DJ Martian 6:38 PM

 

Tiny Mix Tapes review Bark Psychosis - Replay

# posted by DJ Martian 6:32 PM

 

Billboard report Cave In Gets Busy On New Album

# posted by DJ Martian 6:19 PM

 

Andrew Collins - Kings Of the Wild Frontier

Each Thursday on BBC 6 Music, the DJ Andrew Collins inducts an artist/ band into a hall of fame: known as Kings Of the Wild Frontier - finally a webpage has been set up to honour these inductees. Take a browse through.....KOWF Roll Of Honour 2002-2004

Every week on Teatime, Thursday in fact, we induct a musical pioneer into the Kings Of the Wild Frontier Hall Of Fame: a vast if imaginary, wood-panelled, plaque-festooned, echoey place where those who pushed back the envelope or toiled unsung at the coalface of popular music are honoured for all time. These, in order of entry, are those noble men and women. Suggestions for future inductees are always welcome - email us now!

# posted by DJ Martian 12:02 PM

 

NME.Com report that Sonic Youth have named their forthcoming album: Nurse - that is due for release on June 7th.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:47 AM

 

Fear Factory

Just listened to a new Fear Factory track Cyberwaste, they are back on form - a more industrial-thrash direction and cyber-prog-punk-metal hyper splitting speed tempos. This is a significant change to the last couple of albums that had a dull over produced metal sound.

On ILM, respected music writer: Phil Freeman who knows his Metal music, mentioned got an advance copy of the new Fear Factory album, and it's the best thing they've done since Concrete

Fans of Fear Factory: Demanufacture, Strapping Young Lad: City and Voivod and even Dead Kennedys will be impressed.

I found this via Google: HeavyMetalMusicbiz have details of a Fear Factory tour, press release for the new album: Archetype: due for release April 19th / 20th [US]

# posted by DJ Martian 12:58 AM

 

BBC Music review Tomasz Stanko - Suspended Variations

# posted by DJ Martian 12:37 AM

 

themilkfactory.co.uk interview Mum

Icelandic quartet M�m came out of nowhere four years ago with their first album, Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today Is OK. Formed of Gunnar �rn Tynes, �rvar ��reyjarson Sm�rason and twin sisters Gyda and Krist�n Anna Valt�sd�ttir, the band presented an extremely poetic version of electronic music. Four years on, and following the departure of Gyda Valt�sd�ttir, M�m are returning with their third album, Summer Make Good. We caught up with the band as they were making a flying visit to London.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:33 AM

 

The Breezeblock

The latest The Breezeblock Tracklistings on Radio 1 includes a DJ mix set from The Youngsters - now availble to listen to on demand.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:25 AM

 

Matthew @ Woebot has turned into a "Vox Pop" journalist/ reporter and London Soho music shopping directory.

>> Journalist/ reporter

>> Music Shopping Guide

# posted by DJ Martian 12:16 AM

 

New Releases @ Piccadilly Records

Some new releases listed in the weekly guide [via e-mail] from Manchester's music emporium: Piccadilly Records

Lone Pigeon - Schoozzzmmii
Whizzkiddzz

An ex member of the early Beta Band line-up this is Gordon Anderson's (AKA Lone Pigeon) second album. Although this was recorded just prior to his earlier effort "Concubine Rice", the recording technique was the same on both, at home on a four track recorder. Despite the lo-fi recording quality this is classic eccentric songwriting (think solo Barrett but with songs!!) with pure pop sensibilities which is going to delight his growing legion of fans. Just watch him fly!!!!!

Billy Mahonie - Trust
Tritone

Taut, yet expansive instrumental music that is by turns muscular, pumped-up and cathartic, then fragile, intricate and introspective. "Dust" features new tracks like the brooding, slow fused crescendo of "We Totally Almost Died", the glitch-folk of "Semapho", the off-kilter boogie of "Red Crow", and the extended, exploratory moodswings of "(No Blood For) Dust" and "Lullaby". A new band and yet a continuation, the new Billy Mahonie is sharper, tighter, more focussed, and producing its best work yet.

Calla - Strangler EP
Rykodisc

First single to be taken from their forthcoming album "Televise". Angular guitars bend across thick bass lines, and fragile vocal lines rise boldly against the torrents of expressive noise. Includes "Slum Creeper / Love Of Ivah (BBC Radio 3 Mixing It Session)", "Televised / Mother Sky (BBC Radio 3 Mixing It Session)" and the video for "Strangler".

The Magnificents - The Magnificents
KFM

Debut album from Scottish art-rockers, and stars of Club Suicide a few months back.

The Mars Volta - Televators
MCA

The second single to be taken from the mind-transcending masterpiece, "Deloused....", "Televators" is one of the softer and more heartfelt tracks from the album.

CDS - MCSTD40352 - limited cheap price
The CD single includes "Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt", live XFM session and the video for "Televators".

Cass McCombs - A
4AD

Superb intelligent indie-styled singer songwriter stuff, kinda like Nick Drake and Tim Buckley mixed with Sebadoh.

Noctorum - Sparks Lane
Hey Day

Marty Willson-Piper, guitarist of the legendary Australian band The Church, (whom the New York Times hailed as 'the best guitar band in the world'), unveils his new group Noctorum. "Sparks Lane" was recorded with Marty's long time collaborator Dare Mason (Producer of The Church's "Sometimes Anywhere" album) and contains some of the most notable work of Willson-Piper's storied career. Songs such as "All In Good Faith", "High As A Kite" and "Ask Again" are destined to become instant classics and are the perfect bridge between Marty's music with The Church and his ever popular solo excursions.

The Open - Close My Eyes
Loog

Oh yes, another new band to fall in love with, and though they're from Liverpool, this lot have more in common with The Stills or Interpol, 'cause they're into The Big Music of the 80s. Not pompous, just epic, atmospheric, moody, dreamy sounds. I hear Verve from the 90s, but mainly it's Bunnymen, U2, Talk Talk, and Cocteau Twins. Infact The Cocteau's Simon Raymonde produces and just like his group did in their day, this is an old-fashioned EP (bring it on) where all three tracks are really strong. It's a proper sit-down-and-listen 13 minutes. Far-reaching, fantastical stuff.

CDS - 9817294 - �2.99 - limited cheap price
The CD single includes "Shadows On The Wall" and "Brown Paper Bag".

Papa M - Home Of Burning Alms
Domino

A clutch of rare tracks, B-sides and a previously unreleased song from David Pajo aka Aerial M, Papa M or indeed sometimes just 'M'! Influential guitar innovator David Pajo (Slint, Tortoise, Stereolab, Palace Music) presents this collection of rare, hard to find and out of print singles. The very first M 7" single is here: "Safeless" / "Napolean", so is the first M 7" split single side "Vol De Nuit". The Aerial M CD Singles of 97 and 98 "M is�" and "October" are also in evidence. So is the Papa M 1999 Tour Single. An old Christmas card from 2000 is included, a sixteen minute version of The Byrds' "Turn Turn Turn", and a previously unreleased Christmas song, to boot. Plus another fifteen or so minutes of the timeless, eternal sounds of M!

The Paper Chase - What Big Teeth You Have
Southern

More, weird, wonderful, no-wave from The Paper Chase. This EP features a brand new track "Everyone Knows How This Song Will End" plus cover versions of songs by Roger Waters and Jacques Brel. Also includes the video of "Don't You Wish you Had Some More" from their "Hide The Kitchen Knives" LP.

Peace Harbour - Not Yet Fire
Film Guerrero

Photographer and musician Zak Riles (Norfolk & Western, Operacycle) creates a cinematic ambient and arid soundtrack to stand by the photographs of open space and empty environment. Using acoustic guitars, banjo, violin, piano, drums and only a small bit of vocals, "Not Yet Fire" accompanies the photography and film of a movie that will never be made. Constant, delicate, careful and beautiful. For fans of Papa M, and Palace.

Sebastien Tellier - Politics
Record Makers

French issue of the full length from Sebastien Tellier on Air's Record Makers label. Features both tracks from the "Beyond All Strategies" 12" release, including the wonderful "La Ritournelle" (Tim's Record Of the Year already!). The avant garde approach that charicterized his previous album makes it's reapperance, but "Politics" is a much more successful affair. Crunchy electro, epic strings, Balearic ditties, French pop, horror movie soundtracks and other odd influences are thrown together in a melting pot of the bizarre. There's even a song about Rico from the film 'Starship Troopers'!

Weevil - No Harm EP
Wichita

Debut release on Wichita from Weevil. The four tracks on this EP are a wonderful mish mash of... acoustic guitars, indie boy vocal harmonies, swirling samples, sampled drum skips, static, cut and paste drums, backwards loops, harmonium, melodica, bursts of noisy guitar, found sounds, MBV noisescapes, heavenly piano melodies, old school electro beats, vocal snapshots, dreamtronica, atmospheric drones, delayed guitar lines and abstract sounds. Phew! With influences from the likes of My Bloody Valentine, New Order, Bark Psychosis and Seefeel, there's a definite feel of the 90s shoe-gazing scene, but with a modern, more diverse and at times more up-beat twist.

Greg Davis - Curling Pond Woods
Car Park

Defining the term 'laptop folk' way before it became fashionable to mix acoustic guitars and electronic sounds, Chicago's Greg Davis is keeping ahead of the curve once more with his second full-length album. While still retaining elements of 'laptop' and 'folk', "Curling Pond Woods" evolves from his debut with a larger array of instrumentation, richer arrangements, more defined song structures, and vocals. Sections of acoustic songs intermingle in and out of drones, field recordings and digital processing. Greg's range includes the psych-folk of the Incredible String Band, the songcraft sensibilities of brian wilson and John Cage's embrace of randomness.

Thavius Beck - Decomposition
Mush

The sprawling arrangements on Thavius Beck's Mush debut burrow into the brain with a mix of melodic samples, chopped breaks, pulsating synths and head swirling delay, and then morph into genre-bending sound paintings adorned with hallucinogenic vocal samples. Four full vocal tracks one featuring Thavius himself, one with GSL artist Subtitle, one with Cedric Bixler of Mars Volta, and one with Longevity from Darkleaf. The rest of the album is a collection of densely layered and well crafted electronic instrumental music.

Goldfrapp - Black Cherry
Mute

The fourth single taken from the album of the same name.

CDS - CDMUTE320
CD1 includes a new exclusive track "Gone To Earth".

CDS2 - LCDMUTE320 - limited cheap price
CD2 is the M83 remix version of "Black Cherry" and also includes Kurtis Mantronik's Twist And Vac Mix of "Twist" along with the video's for "Black Cherry: Live In London" and "Twist".

Manyfingers - Manyfingers
Moteer

Bristol's Chris Cole is a multi-instrumentalist whose previous work has been on other folks records, such as Matt Elliot's "The Mess We Made". This mini LP on the Remote Viewer's Moteer imprint is an inspiring collection of compostions, conveying delicate beauty and fragile thought through a myriad of different musical instruments.

Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks
130701

After albums by Set Fire To Flames and Sylvain Chauveau, Max Richter's "The Blue Notebooks" is the 4th release on FatCat's 130701 imprint. "The Blue Notebooks" is Max Richter's second solo album, a distinctive and adventurous work that is beautifully recorded and cinematic in scope. Opening with a text from Franz Kafka over a sparse piano melody, the album moves through gorgeous, heart-wrenching string swells through to sparse but lyrical piano pieces; hazy, swirling atmospherics, avalanche pulse-beats and partially occluded melodies that recall Aphex Twin's 'Ambient Works' albums; and to reverberant organ / choir recordings. Utilising piano, cello, violin and viola, alongside electronic beats (made using a variety of antique electronics and Reaktor), spoken word passages and the occasional field recording, other sounds were generated via old guitar pedals and vocoders.

Dean Roberts - Be Mine Tonight
Kranky

The first new recording from Dean Roberts in three years, and his first for Kranky. This album is a unique fusion of elements of improv, post rock and electronica, drenched in a folky haze.

Tracer AMC - FLux And Form
We Love

Flux And Form" submerges the listener in multi-layered, often cinematic, spellbinding melodies and rhythyms that unexpectedly switch pace within the dense well crafted song structures the band explore. Across all 11 songs the music is warm and dynamic, ranging from light atmospheric textures to explosive cathedrals of sound that flow seemlessly to create a fully realised debut.

Various Artists / Robopop Volume 1
Lucky Pierre

Budget-price collection showcasing 17 tracks of contemporary international electronic pop, made on machines by humans with heart and soul. Features many names from the growing UK electropop community, including Client, Vic Twenty, Riviera, and Baxendale, while the cream of the US movement is represented by Laptop and star-in-the-making My Robot Friend. In addition to electronic stalwarts Komputer and White Town, "Robopop" introduces new acts from the UK, USA and Europe, many of whom are releasing material on dedicated labels which are springing up in a way not seen since the early-80s emergence of Mute and Some Bizarre.

The New Age Steppers - The New Age Steppers
On U Sound / Beat

A lot has been made in recent years of the vibrant punk-funk scene of the late 70s / early 80s, so it's about time the dub-punk scene that ran alongside it finally got a look in. Adrian Sherwood's On U Sound label was right in the thick of things at the time, and this 1980 New Age Steppers LP is probably one of the finest examples of the (sub) genre. Just a glance at the line up of musicians reveals the high level of cross fertilization going on at the time: Bruce Smith, John Waddington and Mark Stewart (The Pop Group), Viv Albertine and Ari Up (The Slits), Vicky Aspinall (The Raincoats), Style Scott (Creation Rebel), Steve Beresford (Flying Lizards) and George Oban (Aswad). Musically it's where the avant garde underground meets reggae downtown, with Sherwood at the controls. Genius.

Various Artists / James Lavelle - Romania
Global Underground

Global Underground reach number 26 in their lets-send-DJs-to-intersting-places-to-show-off-their-skills series and get UNKLE / Mo' Wax man James Lavelle to strut his stuff in Romania. Features Queens Of The Stone Age and DJ Shadow (UNKLE mixes), PFN, UNKLE and Chemical Brothers on the vinyl. Extras on both CDs include Meat Katie, Santos, Plastikman, Peace Division, Pepe Bradock etc.

2xCD - GU026CD - �13.99 - limited cheap price
26 track double mix CD, divided into charging breaks and UNKLE tracks and driving tech-house.

2xLtd CD - GU026CDX - �14.99 - limited cheap price
Limited 26 track double mix CD comes with 44 page elongated full colour hardback travelogue style book.

Cathode - Special Measures
Expanding

Cathode is Steve Jefferis from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and he deals in refried melodies, screeching sinewaves, disintegrating rhythms and reflective electronica.

Matthew Dear - Leave Luck To Heaven
Spectral Sound / Ghostly International

Previous excursions on Plus 8 as False and Perlon AKA Jabberjaw stand Dear in good stead and his full length debut for Spectral fulfills his promise as a future techno producer of note. Equally adept at clicky Germanic recycling, off tempo electronics, chunky tech-house and precise computer grooves, he even manages to incorporate disembodied vocals so seamlessly that they don't seem out of place in a 'techno' situation.

Remarc - Unreleased Dubs 94 - 96
Planet Mu

A collection of 12 never-heard-before dubplates of soundsystem-heavy hardcore junglism from back in the day from one of the Amen breaks' greatest practitioners.

Team Doyobi - Choose Your Own Adventure
Skam

Chris Gladwin and Alex Peverett AKA Team Doyobi bring us a whole LP of virus infected video game style electronics.

Throbbing Gristle - TG+
Mute

This 10 CD box set is released on Mute in association with all the original members of Throbbing Gristle and founders of Industrial Records. The box contains a disc featuring each of the final ten Throbbing Gristle live shows and is the companion to the legendary TG24 box set, released on CD for the first time last year. All ten CDs are available for the first time. They have been remastered by Chris Carter and are presented in a hand made box that also includes a very limited edition TG+ branded object.

NSM / New Sector Movements - Turn It Up
Virgin

It's been three years since IG Culture's "Download This" NSM debut LP, and in that time the whole nu-jazz / broken beats sound has mushroomed into one of the most inventive, creative and influential scenes around. IG proves here, on the brilliant "Turn It Up" LP, that he's still ahead of the game though, bringing us 13 tracks of genius jerky soul, broken beats, electro-jazz and digital dancehall, with vocals coming from Eska, Cecile and Marcia Escoffery. Includes the tracks from the promo single and the five track sampler, with the additional tracks being just as ace, if not better. I just love this to bits!

Clara Hill - Restless Times
Sonar Kollektiv

Produced by Jazzanova, this is Clara Hill's debut LP for Sonar Kollektiv. Using a mixture of broken beat, nu-jazz, soul and folktronica styles, Clara's clean, clear voice shines through, holding the different strands together. Includes the single "Here" and 11 other fantastic tracks. I heart this LP!

Various Artists / Cosmic Sounds Remixed Vol.2
Cosmic Sounds

Worldwide remixers converge on London's Cosmic Sounds label to reinterpret their rich catalogue of (mainly) Eastern European nu jazz. The result is this compilation featuring the likes of Block 16, Panoptikum, MFP Collective and Butti 49 working on originals by Coxless Pairs, Janko Nilovic (his "Giant Locomotion" proves a favourite with the remixers) and Jerome Richardson.

Art Bears - The Art Box
Rer

A six CD box containing the three original albums, stunningly remastered by Bob Drake from 24 bit transcriptions of the original tapes and in newly designed Digipacks. There's also a double CD of remixes from the likes of John Oswlad, The Residents, Christian Marclay, Fred Frith and Chris Cutler amongst others and an extra CD containing further reworkings and a thick book of artwork, articles, notes, interviews and commentary on the material, the work process, the tour and the band in general.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:01 AM

Tuesday, March 02, 2004

 

Stylus review Greg Davis - Curling Pond Woods

# posted by DJ Martian 3:45 PM

 

Morrissey's London Meltdown

The Guardian report Morrissey to curate South Bank's Meltdown festival ...that will take place at London's South Bank from June 11 to 27, 2004.

Previous Meltdown Directors include David Bowie (2002), Robert Wyatt (2001), Nick Cave (1999), John Peel (1998) and Laurie Anderson (1997). The full line-up for Morrissey's Meltdown will be announced soon.

# posted by DJ Martian 3:37 PM

 

Perefect Sound Forever have an interview by Dominique Leone with Avant-prog artist Bob Drake

[Alerted via Avant Music News]

# posted by DJ Martian 3:28 PM

 

The 3rd and the Mortal

Alerted via it's a trap the latest news concerning: Norwegian atmospheric rockers: The 3rd and the Mortal

New Releases - Details.

March 8. 2004 is the official release-date of the latest 'Mortal release "Ep's And Rarities", but it appears some sneaky fans allready have gotten their hands on the first copies according to posts on our forum. This is a compilation consisting of the 'Sorrow' and 'Nightswan' EPs + the b-side of the 'Stream' single and the bonus-track from the japanese 'In This Room' album.

Next in line is 'Projekt bluebook - a decade of endeavor', an album featuring new studio material as well as unreleased livetracks. The band is the same as on Memoirs but the sound is darker.

# posted by DJ Martian 3:25 PM

 

themilkfactory.co.uk - March 2004

themilkfactory.co.uk deliver another fine selection of reviews. [The summaries below are from themilkfactory.co.uk e-mail/website, to see the full reviews go to the link above]

ALBUM OF THE MONTH
Clouddead - Ten
Three years after their stunning debut, Clouddead return with Ten, in which they take their unique sound to another level.

REVIEWS
Thavius Beck - Decomposition
First album on Mush for Thavius Beck, Decomposition is a fascinating collection of dark and dense instrumentals based on themes of death and decay.

Danger Mouse - The Grey Album
Already hailed as one of the most controversial albums released, Danger Mouse�s Grey Album combines the vocals of Jay-Z�s Black Album with music entirely sourced from the Beatles� White Album. A tour de force that very few could manage.

Dj Signify - Sleep No More
DJ Signify�s first offering for Lex is hip-hop at its darkest and most chilling. Sleep No More takes time to reveal its depth, but once it does, it doesn�t let go.

Lisa Gerrard & Patrick Cassidy - Immortal Memory
Third solo album for ex-Dead Can Dance Lisa Gerrard, now one of the most highly-regarded soundtrack composers, Immortal Memory sees her teaming up with Irish classical composer Patrick Cassidy for a stunning and emotionally charged piece of work.

OOO - Upon Cycles
First album from Detroit-based OOO, aka Nicholas C. Raftis, Upon Cycles is simply superb.

Rusuden - Formulae
Although Rusuden�s Justin Morgan has been releasing music for some time, Formulae is his first official album. Based around classic electronic themes, this album often demonstrates an interestingly fresh approach to the genre.

Zeebee - Chemistry
Hailing from Austria, Zeebee presents with this first album an interesting and eclectic piece of work which combines electronic, acoustic and the songstress�s unique voice.

Various Artists/ Money Will Ruin Everything
In just five years, Norwegian label Rune Grammofon has established itself as one of Europe�s most challenging, consistent and eclectic labels around. To celebrate these first five years and thirty releases, the label is bringing a compilation and a book showcasing its work and easthetic.

# posted by DJ Martian 3:17 PM

 

The Brainwashed Brain V07I08 - 02292004

This week's The Brainwashed Brain includes reviews:

Money Will Ruin Everything
Rune Grammofon

Xela - Tangled Wool
City Centre Offices

The Books - The Lemon of Pink
Tomlab

Chicago Underground Trio - Slon
Thrill Jockey

Reynols - Whistling Kettle Quartet
Sedimental

Mice Parade - Obrigado Saudade
Bubble Core

Arthur Russell - Calling out of Context
Audika

Bill Laswell - Aftermathematics Instrumental
Sub Rosa

# posted by DJ Martian 12:09 AM

Monday, March 01, 2004

 

Fopp will open a new store in Manchester on April 2nd. This will be the largest Fopp store in the UK, selling music, films and books and will include a bar in the basement floor.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:11 PM

 

Dusted review Trans Am - Liberation

# posted by DJ Martian 12:26 PM

 

Aquarius Records

The latest new arrivals are reviewed @ Aquarius Records - New Arrivals #182 - 29 February 2004

# posted by DJ Martian 12:14 PM

 

Details of the new [March] issue of Terrorizer Magazine that features My Dying Bride on the front cover.

>> Terrorizer

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