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2008 ALBUM RELEASES: 2008 FORTHCOMING ALBUMS
using rateyourmusic.com: 2008 Album Releases [Updated Regularly]
This information is updated on a continual basis.
[These dates apply to the UK and can change as record companies/distributors do have a habit of messing us around!]
Details of the new issue of Terrorizer magazine, Converge are on the front cover.
News
Darkthrone to launch own label, the second movement of Anaal Nathrakh, and Terrorizer to sponsor Neurosis' solo European live date!
Breaking Faces
Zatokrev, Burning Skies The Art Of Burning Water, Abaddon Incarnate... Prepare for a new darkness.
Album Reviews
The Haunted, Isis, Cult Of Luna, Converge, Cradle Of Filth, Lamb Of God, Danzig... And those aren't the only big boys.
Live Reviews
Festival mayhem with Wacken Open Air, Bloodstock, and Hole In The Sky - featuring a one off all-star tribute to Bathory!
FEATURES
CONVERGE
CRADLE OF FILTH
DARKTHRONE
ISIS
CULT OF LUNA
RED HARVEST
PUNGENT STENCH
ARKHON INFAUSTUS
AMON AMARTH
LAMB OF GOD
SHADOWS FALL
MANTAS
INCANTATION
NAPALM DEATH
WITHIN TEMPTATION
ELEND
CALIBAN # posted by DJ Martian 11:01 PM
We've received numerous emails asking us (i) if KultureFlash is still alive and (ii) when KF's 100th issue will be sent out.
Thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm. Unfortunately, we are running behind on our re-design, but we expect to send out issue 100 soon.
Kultureflash:
KultureFlash is a free, weekly newsletter covering happenings and openings in and around London. Each week we track down some of the most interesting and unusual events taking place in the capital and deliver them straight to your inbox. Featuring art, gigs, films, talks, clubs and more -- we are committed to bringing you an eclectic mix of the best of what's on in London # posted by DJ Martian 2:52 PM
NEW RELEASES:
Panda Bear
Akufen (Fabric Mix)
Musica Dispersa (Reissue)
Jaume Sisa (Reissue)
Interpol
Studio One Funk (Various)
Brian Wilson Presents Smile
Excepter
Harmonia (Reissue)
Talib Kweli
Signer
Wolf Eyes
Manzel
Mick Softley (Reissue)
Galt MacDermot
Yuka Honda
Ramon Sender
Ilhan Mamaroglu
M.I.A. (CD Single) # posted by DJ Martian 11:03 AM
Playlouder interview Interpol vocalist Paul Banks. # posted by DJ Martian 10:52 AM
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
One Touch Music has moved to a new URL. # posted by DJ Martian 11:40 PM
GLAM-OU-RAMA
GLAM-OU-RAMA a London Centric music community. # posted by DJ Martian 5:15 PM
Cardiacs are recording a new album. # posted by DJ Martian 4:42 PM
Details of a new music magazine just launched: ZERO TOLERANCE MAGAZINE. Some direct competition for Terrorizer magazine.
ISSUE #001 CONTENTS
Issue 001 onsale 25-08-04
Cover price £2.80
Available from all good newsagents: Larger WHSmiths, Dawsons News, John Menzies and Independent retailers.
Without fully realising it at the time, we've given you a Darkthrone exclusive, with news you won't read anywhere else for a while!
FREE COVERMOUNT CD FEATURING:
My Dying Bride
Aura Noir
The Great Deceiver
Darkthrone
Vital Remains
Asgaroth
Katatonia
Deviated Instinct
Axegrinder
At The Gates
Abscess
Anathema
Opeth
The Blood Divine
Charger
Doom
Electro Hippies
ISSUE 001 WILL FEATURE ALL THIS:
PROPAGANDA
Martin Ives casts his beady eye over recent events within the extreme music world.
Nuclear Assault's Danny Lilker adds to the ambience with one of his many Zero Tolerance rants.
Ubermetal.com's Tyrone Pow teaches you a thing or two about leaving your mark on the world.
Live dates.
INTERROGATIONS
DARKTHRONE: Nocturno Culto speaks openly with ZT's Oliver Holm about Sardonic Wrath, their forthcoming Moonfog release (and god).
QUORTHON: ZT's Chris Kee pays a very special tribute to the man himself, and clears up some unanswered questions in the process.
BOYD RICE / NON: One of extreme music's most controversial voices proves you don't have to be grim to be black.
RED HARVEST: ZT's Alex S. Johnson gets inside the Internal Punishment Program...
PUNGENT STENCH: Alex Wank gets out of his chair.
CATHEDRAL: Founding member Gaz talks about their new best-of.
TEXTURES: Dutch prodigies in their first UK magazine feature.
ACT OF GODS: French death metallers on the virtues of being brutal.
INSISION: ZT's Sarah Bennett catches up with frontman Carl on their UK date with Suffocation.
ELENIUM: Do keyboards and death metal mix? In this band's case, we think so.
DETRIMENTUM: UK death metal underdogs go overground for Zero Tolerance.
BENEATH THE REMAINS
Beef Conspiracy, Sol Axis, Nebukadnezza, Necrosadistic Goat Torture and Abgott are given the once over by ZT's Alex de Moller.
DECORATED CAREERS
ABIGOR: Austrian black metal legend's Peter K reminisces about the band's past and what the future holds.
MOVING TARGETS
Graspop fest, Supersonic fest and Mantas reviewed.
MISSING IN ACTION
DAMN THE MACHINE: Where did they go?
SENTENCING
13 pages of what you should and shouldn't miss release wise, according to the Zero Tolerance panel.
INSIDE INFORMATION
DAMN AND BLAST: With Derek Roddy. Hate Eternal's skinsman joins us with the first of his regular lessons and Q&A sessions.
HOME RECORDING: Pt1 in a 'dummies guide' to recording on your computer.
A PEACEVILLE LIFE: The inside story on the birth of Peaceville Records.
20 SHOTS AT GLORY
With Ewigkeit's Mr Fog.
coming up:
ISSUE 002 - ONSALE LATE OCTOBER 04
ISSUE 003 - ONSALE LATE DECEMBER 04
ISSUE 004 - ONSALE LATE FEBRUARY 05
ISSUE 005 - ONSALE LATE APRIL 05
ISSUE 006 - ONSALE LATE JUNE 05 # posted by DJ Martian 12:24 AM
U2log.com have the front cover of the new U2 album - looking particularly smug, aren't they? # posted by DJ Martian 10:16 PM
Rod Stewart and Siouxsie Sioux to replace John Peel !
Ha, this is barking mad: John Peel is going on his holidays soon and Rod Stewart will be a guest presenter ! why? also the wonderful and fun Siouxsie Sioux will be presenting.
Two weeks of guest presenters coming soon including Rod Stewart and Siouxsie Sioux - send in your questions now!
From October 19th a succession of music savvy celebs will be piloting the Peel studio. The full exciting line up will be unveiled soon and the first names we can reveal are Rod Stewart and Siouxsie Sioux. # posted by DJ Martian 10:06 PM
Scanner and Colin Newman involved in Githead project
SWIM~
Githead are - Malka Spigel, Robin Rimbaud (Scanner) & Colin Newman.
Githead are very new, yet in their short existence have managed to craft a style which is both original yet accessible. Combining rhythmic toughness with interweaving guitars, insistently funky basslines with deadpan vocals.
HeadGit is their debut, self titling, release 6 tracks which can serve as both an introduction to the band and a taster for their first album planned for early 2005.
Swim is also making a special gift offer available only with this release, and only through PostEverything. Each order will be shipped with a copy of Malka’s 1998 classic album My Pet Fish (we charge postage only for these). Amongst other things this album features a collaborative track with Robin which may very well be viewed as Githead mk I in hindsight…
NOT AVAILABLE IN THE SHOPS UNTIL LATE OCTOBER AVAILABLE THROUGH POSTEVERYTHING NOW! # posted by DJ Martian 9:43 PM
Mark Russell and Robert Sandall talk to Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti of pioneering industrial group Throbbing Gristle about their new collaboration, Carter Tutti. # posted by DJ Martian 9:22 PM
Yellotone
Mary Anne Hobbs on the Breezeblock mentioned that a new album from Yellotone on Ai Records is on the way.
Ai Records are building up an international reputation for their esteemed electronic music, in particular Claro Intelecto and this will continue when the Yellotone album is dropped.
Yellotone will have a live laptop slot on Nick Luscombe's Flo-motion show on Xfm this coming Sunday, October 3rd. # posted by DJ Martian 9:18 PM
Seed Records 4th Birthday
Seed Records have 2 events @ Aldwych Disused Tube Station in London to celebrate their 4th birthday:
Friday 12th November
Apparat (shitkatapult)
Ardisson (seed/no immortal)
Bell 03 (electronic desert)
Coil
Cold Fusion Mafia (seed/fuel)
Digitonal (seed/toytronic)
Dj Required (seed)
Jan Andersson
Jazzfinger (seed/traqueto)
Jim Backhouse (Resonance FM/Kosmiche)
Le Petit Orb
MoQ (seed)
Ola Bergman (newspeak/skam)
Rob Hall (gescom/skam)
[snyzch]! (seed/fruitbat)
Stendec (expanding)
The Doubtful Guest (seed)
Tomp (warp)
+ very, very special guest dj
Saturday 13th November
Alec Doherty (spoken volumes)
B12 (warp)
Cursorminer (seed/lo/uncharted audio)
Fil OK aka Atomizer (nag nag nag/international deejay
gigilos)
John Power (kinky voodoo/furthur)
Kone R (uncharted audio)
Mark Pritchard (global communications/jedi knights)
Maximo Park (warp)
Nitzan (hoxton underground)
Paul B Davis (beige/wobblyhead)
Seed Dj's
Snapmouth (seed)
Sun Ov (frenchbloke & son)
+ very special guest live act
WANG featuring: Mark Broom (pure plastic)
Kansas City Prophets (seed/control tower)
Electro Elvis & Lula (wang)
George "The Skull" Hull (wang)
Ed Chaimberlain (basslogic)
More Details:
8pm+
Aldwych Disused Tube Station
Surrey St. / The Strand, London W1 # posted by DJ Martian 8:45 PM
Avanto Helsinki Media Art Festival is Finland's annual event of non-conformist audiovisual art. The fifth Avanto will take place on November 18-21 2004. The detailed schedule will be announced on our expanded website in late October
The most famous name on the performers list is Alec Empire. # posted by DJ Martian 6:47 PM
Artrocker launches weekly rock mag
Playlouder have news of a new weekly music magazine from Artrocker
The magazine, to be called 'Artrocker', funnily enough, will have an initial launch next Monday, October 4th. It will be available through Vital in independent record shops, some fashion emporia, and additionally will be sold on the streets - with sellers getting to keep all proceeds. Make dollar and learn! After an initial four-week period, Artrocker will go weekly from November 1st.
Well virtually anything will be better than the clueless and useless NME, however Artrocker is very much of the old skool local fanzine approach. This means their music coverage concentrates on rock bands on independent labels/ or upcoming unsigned bands. The Artrocker approach is high on local enthusiasm but lacks quality control and music diversity is an alien concept to these indie rock rodents. Artrocker is most likely appeal to scruffy gig going 17 - 25 year old types in large cities in the UK.
If Careless Talk Costs Lives/ Plan B are accused of being too rockist, the artrocker types wear it as a badge of pride. # posted by DJ Martian 5:36 PM
Fabric 19 - Andrew Weatherall
This ILM thread has tracklisting info on Fabric 19 - Andrew Weatherall
1- Sexual Harrassment: “I need a freak”
2- The Egyptian Lover: “Freak-a-holic”
3- Kango’s Stein Masiv: “M/S Langara (Syntax Erik remix)”
4- I :Cube: “Freez”
5- DJ T: “Time out (acid dub)”
6- Tomboy: “Nummer it”
7- Delon and Dakan: “Dunufus”
8- Jesper Dählback: “Robot dance”
9- Mark Romboy vs. Booker Shade: “Every day of my life (Martin Landsky rmx)”
10- Metope: “Second skin”
11- German Broadcasters: “Machine”
12- Emperor Machine: “Bloody hell”
13- Black Devil Disco Club: “Timing, forget the timing (Kerrier District remix)”
14- Villalobos: “Dexter (2 Lone Swordsmen rmx)”
15- Technova: “Atmosphere”
16- Miwon: “Brother mole (John Tejada remix)”
17- Abe Duque: “It moved me”
This will be released November 15th in the UK. # posted by DJ Martian 2:44 PM
Later with Jools Holland
BBC 2's Later is to return with a new autumn series on October 15th. Yet more mostly dull music is coming to a TV screen near you soon:
Later with Jools Holland returns on October 15th with Robbie Williams, Green Day & Elvis Costello among the guests # posted by DJ Martian 2:38 PM
This week's flavourpill LONDONa weekly email magazine covering music, art, and cultural events # posted by DJ Martian 2:23 PM
With his influences ranging from Kiss and David Bowie to the Sisters Of Mercy and hip hop, Kiki’s clearly been listening to the right mentors, and has absorbed their influences then regurgitated them in his own distinctive way.
Run With Me is out now on Ellen Alien’s Bpitch Control Records and is a definite contender for Album of the Year. Highly recommended.
Montreal resident Tim Hecker attracted initial attention with his releases under the alias Jetone, Autumnmonia (Pitchcadet, 2000) and Ultramarin (Force Inc., 2001). But Hecker eventually stripped himself of the Jetone moniker and its associated "organic techno" style in order to concentrate on a more abstract and fluid form of dramatic soundscaping under his own name. While Fennesz and Oval are oft-cited reference points, Hecker's ecstatic slabs of textured noise carve out unique stylistic territory. Following Haunt Me Haunt Me Do It Again (Alien8, 2001) and the EP My Love Is Rotten To The Core (Alien8, 2002), Hecker released Radio Amor (Mille Plateaux), one of 2003's most memorable and conceptually satisfying releases.
Fall 2004 now brings the release of Mirages, a thoroughly credible if less overtly referential follow-up issued on Alien8's sub-label Substractif. Hecker, an M.A. graduate in Political Theory from Concordia University and a key figure within a burgeoning Montreal music community that includes MUTEK, Constellation, and Alien8, spoke with Junkmedia on the eve of the new album's release. # posted by DJ Martian 1:06 PM
Personnel: Arve Henriksen - Trumpet; Christian Wallumrød - Rhodes, Prophet VS; Ståle Storløkken - Minimoog, Prophet T8, Emulator III; Jan Bang - Live Sampling (tracks 2&5); Auden Kleive - Drums, Keys, Vocals
Generator X can in many ways be seen as an extension of the timbres and sense of musical experimentation found in mid-'70s Miles Davis or early Weather Report, whilst combining this with many thoroughly modern elements to create a sound world not really found anywhere else. # posted by DJ Martian 12:42 AM
Music critic, Tom Hull has updated his Music Year 2004 set of lists. # posted by DJ Martian 12:01 AM
Sunday, September 26, 2004
Resonant Records Showcase, London October 2nd
Icelandic artist Stafraen Hakon will be appearing at the RoTa SESSIONS next Saturday afternoon as part of a Resonant Records Showcase
SATURDAY AFTERNOON RoTa SESSIONS
@ NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB
(21 Notting Hill Gate, W11 tel: 020 7460 4459)
ROUGH TRADE shops weekly Saturday afternoon get-together continues in
2004 with the following line-ups... Doors 4-8pm As always, it's FREE!
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October 2nd ------------
Resonant Records Showcase featuring:
» Stafraen Hakon
» Dialect
» Souvaris
Source: Rough Trade e-mail newsletter
More info on these artists @ Resonant # posted by DJ Martian 11:56 PM
Brooks - Red Tape
Brooks is Album of the Week @ Rough Trade Shop.
============ album of the week============
Brooks - Red Tape
Brooks has taken some minimal detroity techfunk music, shaken it hard, added some Lord Byron, a dash of herbert-esque glitchtronics, a soupcon of Berlin gay club culture and a pinch of industrial machinery, then squeezed some sex juice over the whole lot and come up with a fat album full of dirty dancefloor jams. it's also an exotic english electronic pop album that roxy music or soft cell would have made had they heard outkast, and one of the best electronic albums of 2004. on soundslike.
Source: Rough Trade weekly e-mail newsletter.
A track: Bedbugs from this album was played on Mixing It reminded me of Disco Inferno and early New Order. # posted by DJ Martian 11:44 PM
FRIEZE MUSIC - a 3 day music event in London
News of a 3 day event in London, Frieze Music 2004
Frieze Music 2004 is a three-day event in October which aims to bring together an eclectic range of musicians and artists at the edges of pop music culture. Organised by Eat Your Own Ears, musician Steve Mackey and Dan Fox, associate editor of frieze magazine, the music programme runs in conjunction with the Frieze Art Fair, an event featuring 150 of the most dynamic contemporary art galleries in the world showing over 1000 of the most exciting artists working today. The music event, which will be hosted in three venues across London on consecutive nights between 16th – 18th October, culminates with a Franz Ferdinand present The Chateau evening at the Scala where the Scottish 4 piece will curate an evening of music of their choice.
Saturday 16th October
Live - Whitey, Jack to Jack, Shit and Shine
Riot Season djs,
1-2-3-4 records djs,
Domino djs
EYOE djs
plus special guests
The Electrowerkz, 7 Torrens Street, EC1, Angel Tube T. 0207 837 6419
Doors 9pm Tickets £8.50
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Sunday 17th October
Live - Bobby Conn, Les Georges Leningrad, I-Monster, Beastellabeast
Richard X Presents Black Melody,
Cornershop djs
Horseglue djs,
Rough Trade Counter Culture djs
Trunk Records djs
The End, 16a West Central Street, London, WC1 (Tottenham Court Road Tube)
T. 0207 419 9199
9pm - 2am Tickets £10
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Monday 18th October
Franz Ferdinand present The Chateau featuring live acts and djs to be announced soon
www.ticketweb.co.uk, T. 08700 600 100,
www.seetickets.com, T.0870 120 1149
NME Ticket Line T. 0870 1 663 663,
Rough Trade, Covent Gd, WC2H T. 0207 240 0105
Rough Trade, Talbot Road T. 0207 229 8541
and at the Frieze Art Fair, Regents Park (15th - 18th October)
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Saturday 16th October
The Electrowerkz, Angel
» Whitey 'Gorgeous, throbbing synthetic rock...black leather 'n' shades dragged screaming into the 21st century'; - i-D
'a krautrock classic, it's a monster truck driver of a record' - Jonny Slut
Recent remix projects include Kylie Minogue, Soulwax and Chromeo.
» Jack to Jack are internationally acclaimed artist Mark Leckey (recent exhibitions include 'Meeting at Conway Hall', London; Manifesta 5, San Sebastian; Gavin Brown's enterprise, NYC; Migros Museum, Zurich, and the performance 'Big Box Statue Action at Tate Britain, 2003), Steve Claydon (artist, founder member of Add N to X, and musician with Relaxed Muscle) and Kieron Livingstone. Together they create a grinding, frenetic all out audio-visual assault on the senses.
» Shit and Shine unleash an all-over-the-map genre-smash of avant-grind, post-core-pre-punk, Euro-pop action. Strange, fucked up, and nerve-bakingly lovely... Somewhere between early Butthole Surfers, PIL, Napalm Death, Merzbow, early Melvins, Mainliner, Serge Gainsbourg and Beach Boys...
» Riot Season djs Shit and Shine's play a mix of fucked up but dance floor friendly rock and roll, new wave and white labels.
» 1-2-3-4 records djs Expect a mix of white labels from this fast growing London based label run by Sonic Mook promoter and old school veteran Sean Mclusky.
» Domino djs and EYOE djs play a forward thinking set of electro, electronica, rock and roll and even nu- folk!
» Bobby Conn plays an energetic solo live set of songs that will make you want to bang your head to, shake your fist to and dance along to... with its disco guitar wah, Prince like funk, pounding huge beats and driving strings over Bobby Conn's T-Rex esq vocals and sexually-charged Iggy Pop like stage presence. BOBBY CONN “filters the maddest excesses of ‘70’s rock, glam and disco through the mind of a natural punk - NME
» Les Georges Leningrad described on their press kit as a three-headed monster who perform "petrochemical rock," Les Georges Leningrad are Montreal's most notorious post-punks and are much beloved for their over the top stage shows and unique take on various genres including no wave, punk and electro sounds - think suicide, sonic youth, scratchy guitars, riot grrrl, no wave, world domination and more.
» I-Monster the team behind the tune 'Daydream In Blue' play a rare London show airing their new album of electro-exotica, boyish melancholy and repeated vocal mantras, plus jerky beats and bleepy atmospheric pop.
» Richard X Presents Black Melody The bootleg king and pop producer of Liberty X, Rachel Stevens and the Sugababes plays a cut and paste mix from his vast collection of electro, electronica and unheard white labels from his label Black Melody.
» Cornershop Following their acclaimed single "Topknot', Cornershop's Ben Ayres takes time out from finishing their forthcoming album to play an eclectic mix of music that relects their entirely original mixture of beats, melodic charm and infectious good humour.
» Horseglue showcase featuring Beastellabeast The label that first introduced Selfish C**t to the world present a live set from the mighty Beastellabeast.
» Trunk Records djs delve into their crate of obscure musical curios, from the Clangers soundtrack to their Dirty Fanmail series.
» Rough Trade Counter Culture djs playing what's hot from the shop in any and every style.
The Scala Almost one year after Franz Ferdinand presented their legendary night The Chateau at the The Electrowerkz in 2003 as part of their label Domino's 10th Anniversary they have since won the Mercury Music prize, sold millions of records and are slowly taking over the world with their addictive angular art school guitar pop. Tonight however they curate a line up of live acts and djs that they are friends with and that have inspired them. the full line up will be announced very soon....
Source: Rough Trade Shops newsletter e-mail # posted by DJ Martian 11:24 PM
Two Lone Swordsmen - From The Double Gone Chapel
Warp
Auburn Lull - Cast From The Platform
Darla
Anna Domino - Dreamback - The Best Of
Ltm
Radioinactive And Antimc - Free Kamal
Mush Records
Various Artists / Grime
Rephlex # posted by DJ Martian 10:42 PM
New Roots Manuva Album
Brainwashed Releases list a forthcoming album from Roots Manuva titled: Awfully Deep
Roots Manuva - Awfully Deep CD/LP (Big Dada/Ninja Tune, UK)
This website: Whistle Blow suggests an early 2005 release date for this album. # posted by DJ Martian 10:02 PM
SPOTLIGHT...KEY NEW RELEASES [September 20th]
Key new album releases for September 20th [A more detailed release listing including other new releases, compilations and reissues - can be found further up this webpage.]
Aereogramme - Seclusion (Undergroove) EP
[A]Pendics Shuffle - Smooth Hair (Proptronix)
The Azoic - Illuminate (Nilaihah Records)
Steve Bernstein - Diaspora Hollywood (Tzadik) [US Release]
Seth P. Brundel - Devil's Pawn (Aesthetics)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (Mute)
Converge - You Fail Me (Epitaph)
Decal - Release Through Velocity (Satamile)
Julian Fane - Special Forces (Planet µ)
Far Corner - Far Corner (Cuneiform) [US Release]
Grails - Red Light (Neurot)
Mats Gustafsson & Sonic Youth - Hidros 3 To Patti Smith (STS)
Oliver Hacke - Subject Carrier (Trapez)
Charlie Haden - The Land of the Sun (Verve)
Arve Henriksen - Chiaroscuro (Rune Grammofon)
High Contrast - High Society (Hospital)
I’m Not a Gun - Our Lives on Wednesdays (City Centre Offices)
Medeski, Martin & Wood - End Of The World Party Just In Case (Blue Note)
The Muffins - Double Negative (Cuneiform) [US Release]
Riton - Homies And Homos (Grand Central)
Riverside - Out Of Myself (The Laser's Edge) [US Release]
Rotting Christ - Sanctus Diavolos (Century Media)
Shadows Fall - The War Within (Century Media)
65daysofstatic - The Fall of Math (Momotreme)
Stella - Better Days Sounds Great (L'Age D'Or)
VHS or Beta - Night On Fire (Astralwerks) [US Import]
Saul Williams - Saul Wiliams (Fader) {US Import]
White Willow - Storm Season (The Laser's Edge) [US Release]
Yang - A Complex Nature (Cuneiform) [US Release]
Zegunder - Distant Birds? Thought They Were Leaves (Neo Ouija) # posted by DJ Martian 9:17 PM
SPOTLIGHT...KEY NEW RELEASES [September 13th]
Key new album releases for September 13th [A more detailed release listing including other new releases, compilations and reissues - can be found further up this webpage.]
Big Satan - Souls Saved Here (Thirsty Ear) (Big Satan is Tim Berne, Marc Ducret and Tom Rainey; produced and remixed by David Torn)
Ben Christophers - The Spaces in Between (Cooking Vinyl)
Comets on Fire - Blue Cathedral (Sub pop)
Diplo - Florida (Big Dada)
Fear Before The March Of Flames - Art Damage (Equal Vision)
Terence Fixmer/ Douglas Mccarthy - Between The Devil (SPV)
Fly Pan Am - Necoutez Pas (Constellation)
Frog Eyes - The Folded Palm (Absolutely Kosher) [Import]
The Go Find - Miami (Morr Music)
Stafraenn Hakon - Ventill/Poki (Resonant)
Kelpe - Sea Inside Body (DC)
Landing - Sphere (k) [Available at Rough Trade]
Manual with Syntaks - Golden Sun (Darla) [US Release at Darla]
Mastodon - Leviathan (Relapse)
Juana Molina - Tres Cosas (Domino) [UK Release Date]
On (Sylvain Chauveau / Steven Hess) - Your naked ghost comes back at night (DSA)
Rennie Pilgrem - Pilgremage (TCR)
Steve Roach, Byron Metcalf, Mark Seelig - Mantram (Projekt)
String Theory - Radiovalerian (Wobblyhead)
Swayzak - Loops From The Bergerie (K7)
Terrestre - Secondary Inspection (Static Discos) [A Murcof Project]
Textile Ranch - Bird Heart In Wool (Very Friendly) # posted by DJ Martian 9:12 PM
That's it for now: also iminent missives from Doormouse ('Xylophone Jism' album), 8FM (ragga stuff), dDamage (Pressure 12' to promote the video in France), The Gasman ('Club Foot' album), Ed Lawes (anti-album), Phthalocyanine (waiting for artwork) and Jega (yes, really. Lots of new stuff. It's so NOT the album on slsk). # posted by DJ Martian 6:10 PM
The Best of Talking Heads
Talking Heads announce the release of yet another compilation: The Best of Talking Heads.
Tracklisting:
1. Love -> Building on Fire
2. Psycho Killer
3. Oh, Love Comes To Town
4. Take Me To The River
5. Found A Job
6. Life During Wartime
7. Heaven
8. Memories Can't Wait
9. Once In A Lifetime
10. Houses In Motion
11. This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
12. Girlfriend Is Better
13. Burning Down The House
14. Road To Nowhere
15. And She Was
16. Wild Wild Life
17. Blind
18. (Nothing But) Flowers
In the UK this will be released on October 18th by Warners/ wea. # posted by DJ Martian 6:06 PM
Tim Hecker's Mirages is the follow-up and succession to the critically
acclaimed Radio Amor (2003) and his somewhat more sentimental Haunt Me
(2001). "Mirages" further erodes the vapid predispositions of
electronic music, uncovering a terrain where dissonance and melody coincide in a
near-bohemian unison. Hecker has indeed developed a unique approach to
music in an increasingly overcrowded and generic field. This is a
challenging work, which reconciles a highly experimental approach to
song craft that is at once beautiful and unnerving. For more info, MP3
samples or to purchase on-line visit: Tim Hecker - Mirages
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NEW RELEASE: TANAKH'S SELF-TITLED 2CD
Our third release with American singer-songwriter Jesse Poe's project
Tanakh strays from structured songs and resides much more in the
regions of the avant-garde. This double CD features more drone-oriented
elements comparable to the debut Tanakh release, "Villa Claustrophobia," and the
collective ensembles of the Mile End music scene of Montreal. It is
based around a unique hand-made instrument constructed from the
salvaged ruble of a destroyed piano. This instrument resonates with a deep
sonorous drone heard throughout the recording. For more info, MP3
samples or to purchase on-line visit: Tanakh - Tanakh
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UPCOMING RELEASE: LES GEORGES LENINGRAD'S BLACK ESKIMO
Les Georges Leningrad's sophomore album is without a doubt catchier
than their debut release, boasting a number of potential hits. "Sur les
traces de Black Eskimo" mixes elements of post-punk and noisy improv to
deliver a completely unique hybrid. Now operating as a trio, they are
leaner and more dangerous than ever. On this album, Poney, Bobo and
Mingo present Black Eskimo with disconcerting homage of rare and
sadistic music resonating from the purebred lineage of petrochemical
rock. This CD/LP will release will be available on Oct. 5. For more
info and MP3 samples visit: LES GEORGES LENINGRAD'S BLACK ESKIMO # posted by DJ Martian 4:01 PM
Saturday, September 25, 2004
This week's The Freak Zone show on 6 Music on Sunday 26 September features:
An interview with Jean Michel Jarre.
Freaky specialist Eddi Fiegel will be joining us to talk about the life and works of Tom Waits in our Mavericks & Misfits slot.
Our Album Of The Week is The Faust Tapes by German ambient masters Faust. This breakthrough album sold over 500,000 copies when it was released in 1973 – mainly because Virgin used the gimmick of selling it for the bargain price of 50p! # posted by DJ Martian 8:10 PM
BBC Music review Jan Garbarek - In Praise of Dreams but the reviewer is not that impressed with results of the 6 year wait. # posted by DJ Martian 3:50 PM
ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
Logreybeam - It's All Just Another Aspect Of Mannerism Type
"It's All Just Another Aspect Of Mannerism" is the first solo full length release from Los Angeles based Logreybeam, aka Gabriel Morley. Gabriel has previously released material for Team Shadetek's scarce Shadetek label and, together with longtime collaborator John Xela, has released music under the name Yasume for the City Centre Offices imprint. Having spent many years studying music at the prestigious Cal Arts Academy, Morley has taken his training in modern classical composition and turned it on its head. Instead of merely sampling the instruments he has so painstakingly learned, he resynthesizes, filters and destroys them until scant traces remain on the resulting sound recordings. Every track starts with a sound base, whether it be piano, strings or percussion, only a hint of the original source is left. All we hear are tones, trapped reverberations, the sounds that we are taught to ignore. For this release Morley dispenses with percussion almost entirely to make a record of drifting, crystalline beauty. It opens in typically classical style, with the sounds of a laptop orchestra tuning their samples on 'Premonition'. This sets the tone of the record perfectly as it drifts seamlessly from Xenakis-influenced electrical drones into the cold, precise digital manipulations explored previously by artists such as Carsten Nicolai. It stops for breath mid-way with 'Beetelguise', a wonderful reinterpretation of Danny Elfman's influential theme, proving that there is room for a wry smile in the po-faced world of the avante garde. As the album draws to a satisfying close with the mysterious 'Untitled' we are treated to a piece of field recording, delicately manipulated to brush the senses rather than barrage them with information. This kind of subtlety is rarely achieved, yet Gabriel Morley manages effortlessly. Such simple yet involving beauty comes around far too infrequently, which is what makes 'It's All Just Another Aspect Of Mannerism' such an essential work.
ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
The Boats - Songs By The Sea Moteer
The music on the debut album by The Boats was written by The Sea, hence the title "Songs by The Sea". Clever huh? The faces behind the project have a history of performing in many bands, Hood and The Remote Viewer being but two fine examples. There's Craig and Andrew delicately weaving together these exceptionally moving pieces, while elaine sings along in a fluttering, beautifully broken manner. Their music takes in numerous instruments, from dusty sweeping drums to ageing accordions, from sterling vintage piano to warm padding bass, from tapped windblown bells to unconsciously puffed melodica. Pan over to the other side of the studio and you discover old bits of malfunctioning electronic machinery, drum-machines that don't quite work as they should, banks of amnesiac samplers trying to regain their memories, mixers that have started to confuse left with right. Songs by The Sea captures that ageless essence of atmosphere and heartbreak, nostalgia and inspiration, the sound of slowly fading memory seeping into and confusing itself with a multicoloured subconscious. This is music in the finest, unspoken tradition of lonely seafaring, written from the furthest depths of the ocean, with whatever instruments just happen to lie around on deck. A huge recommendation.
Vybz Kartel - Up 2 Di Time Greensleeves
Vybz Kartel has just appeared on one of our fave albums of recent times Diplo's 'Florida', ripping it on the 'Diplo Rhythm'. For a multiple dosage - you're in the right place - this is the 'More up 2 di time edition' with 5 additional tracks from original issue, including big recent hits like 'Breast Specialist' with Beenie Man and 'Tekk'. Vybz was already sheer hotness before his run in with Ninja Man at Sting, a swarm of pres last year announcing his annunciation to near Godfather status in Ja. With guest appearances from Wayne Marshall, Kardinal Offishal & Beenie man, this is The Man Most Likely To -Vybz appeal is all about sex, charisma and pop - productions are shared bya healthy blend of Don Corleon with extras from Lenky, Baby G, Blaxxx, Burro and more. What's going on...
Alexandroid - False Starts Lo Recordings
Although the fad for Russian electronica didn't last very long (Fizzarum? Eu? anyone?) I recently revisited the second volume of Lo Recordings "R U Electronic" and found myself surprised at just how good some of the tracks on there still sound. Alexandroid delivered a couple of the standout tracks on the compilation and here return for a beautifully packaged 17-track album, curiously stretching from spacious electroid jackers to more orchestral pieces drawing on their love of classical music and piano-based composition. It's not a record that works in its entirety, in places sounding a tad dated, but edited down to 10 or so tracks what you have here is a beautifully serene scape through luscious textures and typically astute soviet soundscaping. Lovely stuff.
Lateduster - Easy Pieces Merck
More diversification from Miami's excellent Merck imprint - this time delivering a fantastic album from the highly regarded Minneapolis quartet Lateduster. The band have been recording together for over 5 years and have been involved in numerous projects - including Fog (Ninja Tune), Dosh (Anticon), Hymies Basement (Lex) and Neotropic (Mush), although "Easy Pieces" is their first widely available release. Lateduster span across countless acoustic and electronic disciplines, making for an absorbing multi-instrumentalist arrangement of tracks that span from refined post-rock to humming ambience, glitched-up hip hop styles and beyond. Nice to see the label spread its wings once again, really good stuff. Recommended.
Mark One - One Way Planet Mu
And so Planet Mu step into the Grime arena with the debut full-length from scene veteran Mark One. With a spate of releases for all the right labels : Soulja, Tempa, Texture, Southside, Immunity, his own Contagious imprint and, most recently, the notorious Grime compilation on Rephlex - Mark fuses a dirty low-end scrape and tumble with a ghetto mentality - shards of Hip Hop, R & B, Garage, 2-step and even electro stainin his template in fine gangsta style. It's all about the basslines kids, and "One Way" is a veritable cesspit of f*cked up low end wobbles and knuckle cracking stabs - complete with the Virus Syndicate tagging along for the ride. "One Way" is a more extreme, mutant, darkcore version of the recent Skinnymann album, a devastating take on the street beats of Dizzee Rascal without all the plastic concessions. This is the real deal and fans of bumpin' bass everywhere need to take heed immediately. Killah!
Milanese - 1 Up Warp
Really good dancefloor mess-making from Arcola graduate Milanese, bringing a devastating digital grime-core sound to the Warp massive. "1 Up" veers from decimated cut-up 2-step variations to teeth-grinding clean and uncompromising junglist juggling, just the way we like it. Some electroid spasm-shaking and low-end hugging sublow tweaking also throw themselves into the mix for one of the best Warp releases for the floor in a very very long time indeed. On cd and beautifully cut double-loud double-vinyl for your limb-flailing pleasure. Ayyyye!
Moodymann - Black Mahogani II Peacefrog
Finally given a full release! Majestic jazz cuts from Kenny Dixon Jr's jazz sessions - at long last given over to an adoring fanbase to drool over. The centrepiece of this incredible album is the eighteen minute 'When She Follows', spiritual modal deep deep jazz that harks back to the seventies, material like that championed by Black Jazz, so lovingly recently reissued by Soul Jazz. Chopped live drum rolls, looping acoustic bass, electric piano stabs and distant saxophone all wrapped up in the soulful vocal that drifts ever onwards like some epic detroit techno cut replayed by Gil Scott Heron's band in 1970. Incredible music. 'Rectify' follows in a similar method, pure jazz in a detroit techno framework, even managing to top Carl Craig's work on the massive Innerzone Orchestra album, a record that comes to mind listening to these amazing pieces. The final two tracks 'Dirty Little Bonus Beats' and 'When She (Reprise)' are revisions of the main cuts, the former alters the bassline, adds female vocal sighs and more rhythmic drum grooves, while the latter shifts up the tempo and develops a wigged out techno synth element. These are all-exclusive tracks - a stone cold classic and an absolutely essential purchase, straight from the heart. Awesome.
Resina - Opinioomnium Mousike Lab
Glad to see this Italian label finally hitting UK shores. Only two releases strong so far, this trio extension of Retina (Hefty) start's things off in a fine style. Lino Monaco and Nicola Buono alongside Marco Messina are all members of the Avatar 41 community of artists and collective owners of this label. `Opinioomnium' is an eight track foray into subtle but quietly rocking glitch dancefloor maneuvers with a blue tinge. Inhabiting a similar space to which Japan's Progressive Form and Plop label have cornered just recently with artists such as Nao Tokui and Fonica. Recommended.
Signer - The New Face of Smiling Carpark
Signer's incredible "Low Light Dreams" album from a couple of years back is unquestionably one of the most slept-on albums of recent times. Bevan Smith's evolution from electronic practitioner to a master of minimalism and organic scene-setting culminated in an album so spacious and warm it was almost impossible to contain, at one and the same time giving a knowing nod of respect to the minimal machinations of Berlin's Basic Channel and the stretched acoustic tapestries of Windy and Carl, Low, and the magnificent Stars of the Lid. Since then Bevan has re-arranged his instruments and has embarked on a new direction for this new album "The New Face Of Smiling", a largely acoustic affair that at times ventures into more traditional structures and at others hangs loose with a much more freestyle agenda. The album opens with a kind of farewell to its predecessor, "Low Light Sleeep" seeming to suggest that the artist has left this particular chapter of his life behind him, about to wake up from his slumber to a whole new set of tricks. From here on the album takes a frazzled trajectory through fragmented pop, re-arranged balladeering and a lucky dip attitude that charms with its lack of pretension. Recommended.
Various / Audio Dregs - Fork Ends Audio Dregs
All exclusive tracks from F.S. Blumm, Lullatone, Greg Davis, Nudge, Flim, Nice Nice, Guido Mobius, Honey & Colleen, Kazumasa Hashimoto, E*rock, Baikonour, Lineland, Frz, Un caddie renversé dans l'herbe, Strategy, E*vax & Supersprite. Audio Dregs seems to have had a bit of a hiatus of late, so its nice to see them back with another collection of home listening experiments, bucolic melodicism, and acustic-electric instrumental pop songs with that dedlicious home-made flavour. F.S. Blumm delivers another gorgeously strummed soundtrack to the more approachable end of experimentalism, Greg Davis sinks into a gorgeosuly bittersweet lullaby, Baikonour allow minimalism and fuzz to warm the coccles while the ever-excellent Nudge steal the show once again with a sharp descent into glowing audio twilight. Lovely and incredibly good value.
Vector Lovers - Vector Lovers Soma
The debut album from Martin Wheeler drops on Soma with the same Manga-obsessed stylings that have accompanied his every release thus far, from the animé artwork to the screaming plastic sounds within. "Vector Lovers" once again spans from one end of the spectrum to the other, reaching from drum-machine jackin electropop to subtle, emotive soundscaping in tribute to the same documentaries and wildlife programmes that have inspired the likes of Boards of Canada and Isan in the not-so-distant past. Good stuff - check!
Warp Vision - The Videos 1989-2004 Warp
DVD+CD
Much hype and fanfare, but this really is rather excellent indeed and a bit of a bargain to boot. It's been a long time coming but at long last Warp have compiled the definitive anthology of their video output since 1989 - with the exception of 4 videos, none of them have ever been available on DVD before. The DVD includes two stunning, never seen before videos for Aphex Twin and Jamie Lidell, plus classic videos for LFO, Sweet Exorcist, Seefeel, Autechre, Broadcast, Chris Clark, Plaid, Luke Vibert, Mira Calix, Prefuse 73, Beans, Antipop Consortium, Sabres of Paradise, Squarepusher, Jimi Tenor, John Callaghan, and Nightmares on Wax. There are an incredible 32 videos included, directed by the likes of Chris Cunningham, David Slade, Lynn Fox, Ed Holdsworth, Jarvis Cocker, Douglas Hart, Designers Republic, Alex Rutterford, Laurent Briet and Pleix amongst others. The first 10,000 copies of this excellent package come with a free bonus mix cd which spans the entire history of the label so far, so don't miss out!
Various / New Order - Twice As Nice LTM
Follow up to the superb Cool As Ice compilation, this time focussing on the production work of Be-Music [aka New Order], the excellent Donald Johnson, sticksman for A Certain Ratio, and assistance from stateside sympathisers Mark Kamins, Jellybean Benitez and Arthur Baker. This is the story of how many of these tunes fell flat in the european countries of origin but were adopted and cherished by deep, black and gay clubs in north america. Perhaps the standouts here are 52nd Street, always one of the most underrated bands out of Manchester, and at the production helm was DoJo, with able sequencing assistance from Bernard Sumner. Some nice rarities here in the shape of psyche-acid house pioneers Section 25's 'Sakura' and the edit of New Order's 'video 5-8-6', originally a cassette only item. A proper piece of Manc history.
Kazi & Oh No - The Plague B9000
Oh No seems to be trying to out-do his big brother Madlib as one of the most prolific producers of 2004. With his large Stones Throw debut album `The Disrupt' just round the corner the time's right to release this dope hook up with west coast emcee Kazi who's been relativeively quiet since dropping the almost classic `Down For The Kaz' 12" back in 2000. Kazi's vocals are rugged, but mature - kinda 50% detroit thugged and 50% knowledge and wisdom. Fifteen tracks deep with no fillers. Guest emcees include Medaphoar, Declaime (new album soon), Aloe Blacc (Emanon), Infamous MC, Wildchild and Spontaneous. Funnily enough the only guest production track is `Sick With The Art' by Kankick, a killer cut and best place to sample this albums quality. Plus the scratching is pure old school style, just how I like it. I know the hip hop arena especially in the Stones Throw section is getting a bit crammed but you need to make room for `The Plague'. Wicked hip hop.
Acid Mothers Temple - Does the Cosmic Shepherd Dream of Electric Tapirs? Space Age
As a japanese soul collective, acid mothers temple and the melting paraiso ufo are something of an enigma to the western world, and most likely to eastern ears too. their music can be described as acid-rock, experimental, psychedelic or a whole host of genres dependent on the listeners mood. This is their first release for the Spacemen-3 affiliated Space Age label, and they mark the occasion by producing their most daringly accessable and, dare I say it, almost sweet-soaked collection of blissed out psychedelic songs. Fans of the Animal Collective will find much to enjoy here.
Devendra Banhart - Nino Rojo XL
Recorded during the same sessions as the excellent `Rejoicing In The Hands....', Nino Rojo drops amid much media fanfare and interest in one of the most remarkable singer-songwriters of recent years. "Nino Rojo" is a beautiful, if familiar affair - delicately stripped down strums and songs about all manner of farmyard animals and the wonders of nature, sung in that obtuse Marc-Bolanesque twang that seems to either completely rile or endear anyone who bears witness to it. "Nino Rojo" makes for a beautifully life-affirming listen, just what you need to warm the cockles as the nights draw in ever closer. Recommended.
Interpol - Antics Matador
Recorded with longtime associate Peter Katis, `Antics' is an optimistic exploration of the dark landscapes visited on Interpol's hugely successful debut `Turn On The Bright Lights'. Interpol's time must surely have arrived, the half a million or so albums they have already sold and the legion of high-profile fans of the band will no doubt ensure that their darkcore indiepop will crossover with even more gusto this time round. Destined to be absolutely massive.
Kama Aina - Music Activist Geographic
The Geographic label has carved itself a cosy little niche for twee, organic, cross-cultural home listening music of the most endearing kind. Kama Aina Is the project of Tokyo's Takuji Aoyagi and falls into this category perfectly with a selection of glowing instrumental pieces that take in a myriad instruments, styles and campfire strums full of memorable melodies and splashes of Haiwaian guitar. As reference points try labelmates Maher Shalal Hash Baz or maybe even Tommy Guerrero, a lovely little album. Recommended.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus Mute
It's almost without exception that one can say that double albums of this nature very rarely work. What we have here, however, features some of Nick Cave's most ambitious and astute _expression of vitriol for the best part of a decade. While the "Lyre of Orpheus" concentrates on his oozing lovesongs for all manner of strange and unidentified beauties, "Abattoir Blues" unleashes Cave's wit and tobacco-stained violence at it's most devastating. It's an often fabulous work from one of the most disturbingly charismatic songwriters of a generation, uncomfortably itching away at middle age with all the nastiness and bile we'd expect. Excellent stuff.
Sigur Ros - Von Smekkleysa
Originally issued back in 1997, "Von" was the first full album release from Icelandic drifters Sigur Ros and is now available once again in all its 72 minue glory. The sound across these 12 tracks is reassuringly primitive, though often daring (as in the completely flawed, though forward-thinking turntable-style rewinds at the end of "Hun Juro"), drifting from 4AD-inspired quasi-shoegazing atmospherics at one moment, and John-Cage inspired silence the next. The band was quite obviously at this stage not only looking at the reverberating echoes of the British Indie scene of the late 80's, but also in its more ambitious forefather sometimes referred to as Prog rock. A good album and a fascinating document, well worth checking out.
Benny Blanko - 8 Ft In The Air Playhouse
Ace album, now available on cd! Benny Blanko from the Bronx, as he was referred to on his smashin debut twelve for Playhouse - 'All The Way Down' - comes with an album collecting some of his earlier, hard to find productions for Homestyle 1995-1999, interspersed with some new bespoke productions and this proves to be a good move, adding diversity and a sense of longevity. Opening with 'We Can Fly' is perfect for an album like this, big fat synth-bass and a genuine feelin that you're warming up for something good. 'Beautiful' feat Danio touches down with a warm soulful flavour, smoochin it inna smooth style - 'Put Yr Hands' adds heartrending keys, a sizeable bass dimension, and a stirring soulful sista snippet - mighty deep fonk!! '12 bits of funk' has to be one of the highlights here, revealing some deep wah-wahed, conga'd vibes from the big apple. Blanko's facility with moving between more house and then hip-hop influenced material makes this one useful, consistently listenable album - the title track would be a decent beats weapon in any self-respecting box. 'Beatdown on electric ave.' picks up where we left off on the first disc, a genuine love of bass, vocal hiccups and party all night drums. 'Khamelion' keeps on doin it like you oughta - ten minutes sprawling over the last side, delicious reduced moodymann vibes. Good stuff.
Various / Kompakt - Speicher CD2 Kompakt
Digitally mixed by Michael Mayer and digitally edited by Olaf Dettinger, seems like the Kompakt speicher extra series are getting all digital on us - after the heady heights reached by the last three twelves in the series. The whole of the excellent Speicher 19, Magnet and Wighnomy Brothers treading through Basic channel's footprints are present and correct here - as is what has rapidly become our personal favourite Cologne jacker of all, DJ Koze's all-conquering 'Brutalga square'. Even Giles Peterson is playing this one, which should give you an idea of the resounding appeal on offer here - we're talking straight ahead, club friendly techno. Elsewhere Koze, the Voigts and Joachim Speith offer merciless dancefloor domination - Blitz and Jens Harke represent for the Auftreib crew and the mix is bracketed by two beauties from Wolfgang Voigt and a coda from the Optimo massive in Glasgow - Wilkes and Savage aka Naum. Killer mix. # posted by DJ Martian 3:15 PM
New Releases @ Piccadilly Records
Some new releases listed in the weekly guide [via e-mail] from Manchester's music emporium: Piccadilly Records [for September 20th]
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus Mute
Not just one album but two from Saint Nick. But don't fear 'cause these are staggering returns to form after the claustrophobic and muddled albums that were "No More Shall We Part" and "Nocturama". In a strange peverse way the loss from his band of guitarist Blixa Bargeld has seen them return to the taught, edgey and highly strung sounds that he helped to create: The sound of say "Let Love In", "Murder Ballads" and "Henry's Dream". Death, sex, religion, drugs, gospel gothic and deep romance infact all of Cave's favourite topics are covered here in a fresh whirlwind of classic song after classic song. This stands up as one of Nick Cave's best ever albums, and don't forget, there's two of them!! Halelluja!!!
Aereogramme - Seclusion Undergroove
Brand new album from Scottish rockers Aereogramme (formerly of Chemikal Underground). "Seclusion" features six brand new tracks,including a Flaming Lips cover - "Lightning Strikes The Postman", as well as a film that is the Scottish quartet's 'respectful homage to our favourite Japanese horror directors'.
Apostle Of Hustle - Folkloric Feel Arts & Crafts
From the lead guitarist of Broken Social Scene comes an album of minor key moods and swaying songs. The music shifts itself: rolling, dense, sensual, sophisticated and raw. Woozy pop. Audio demerol. For the equationistas - Tindersticks meets Latin Playboys meets Shuggie Otis meets Nick Cave in Vegas. Featuring Feist, members of Broken Social Scene and Stars.
Bloc Party - Bloc Party EP
V2 International
A limited import from one of the most talked about and brilliant bands of the moment. The big news here is that this is the tracks from their first two long deleted singles. There are six tracks in total, "Banquet" and "Staying Fat" from their Moshi Moshi deleted single, "She's Hearing Voices", "The Marshals Are Dead" and "The Answer" from their deleted and impossible to find at a decent price single on Trash Aesthetics and finally there's "Banquet" Phones Disco Edit which appears on the Wichita "Little Thoughts" CD single.
Cosmetique - Horror Attack 1234 Records
East London duo, Cosmetique are set to return with a new single on the new label set up by Sonic Mook's Sean Mclusky, High Society's James Mullord and PPQ's Percy Parker, 1234 records. "Horror Attack" is the long awaited follow up to "Straight To Video". Recorded by the Cosmetique line up of Justin Anderson and Sarah Churchill the new single sees the duo continue to deliver the kind of perfect pop they've consistently excelled at ever since the release of their debut single "Lady Di (Why Did You Have To Die)" in 2000.
Together with Gustafsson Sonic Youth teamed up with American guitar legend Loren Connors (aka Loren Mazzacane Connors), Lotta Melin, David Stackenäs and Lindha Kallerdahl. Armed with five guitars, electronics, voices, audiobox and contrabass saxophone, the group created a massive and monumental sound. "Hidros 3" is in many ways related to Sonic Youth's releases on their own SYR label (Sonic Youth Records) and their soundtrack to French movie "Demonlover". But what differs this albums from their past SYR albums is the vocal by Kim Gordon! The characteristic 'spoken' vocals from Kim Gordon and the moody, atmospheric and dissonant sound makes you think of the NYC in the early 80's and the first albums by Sonic Youth. "Hidros 3" is in many ways NYC no wave colliding with European free / avant jazz.
Radio 4 - Stealing Of A Nation Labels
Second album from Brooklyn's finest punk funkers, produced by Max Heyes (Doves, Primal Scream). 2xLtd CD
The limited CD features an enhanced section containing a 20 minute documentary about the making of the album. The limited edition CD features a bonus disc with remixes from Tom Middleton, Ashley Beedle and Si Begg.
65daysofstatic - The Fall Of Math Monotreme
The debut album by 65daysofstatic from Sheffield, who meld seamless guitar shapes with ferocious drum'n' bass styled beats, live drums and c-c-c-computer g-g-g-g-glitch to create a soundtrack to a new dimension where rock, dance and electronica are equals.
Stella - Better Days Sounds Great L'Age D'Or
Not content with recording the gem "Never Going Back To School" (included here) L'Age D'Or's Stella, a 'rock, pop and tech-house foursome' (their description not mine) also cover Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" and make a right racket. It's a hybrid sound that hits the mark somewhere inbetween Blondie, Cyndi Lauper, Herbert and Interpol, fusing New York attitude with German experimentalism.
Chromeo - She's In Control Turbo / V2
Discovered by Tiga in their hometown, Chromeo is Pee Thug and Dave 1, best friends since their Montreal adolescence, virtuoso musicians, 80s fetishists and walking hip hop encyclopaedias. Their mission is to make slick-ass lover's funk with nary a trace of irony. These guys are to Rockwell what Andrew WK is to Meatloaf - just don't call it easy retro! As well as 11 original songs, this CD includes bonus remixes by Playgroup, DFA and Whitey, plus a video for "Needy Girl".
Mocky - Are + Be Fine / Four Music
Following on such bratty blasts as "Mickey Mouse Muthaf*%@#s!!" and "How Will I Know You", Mocky's debut album extends his oeuvre into soppy ballardry, albeit with a sharp, sarcastic wit and searing sonic stabs
Riton - Homies And Homos Grand Central
"Homies And Homos" sees Riton take a radical departure from his previous LP "Beats Du Jour", with Henry leaving Manchester as a nice young man, and ending up joining the Hoxton massive and becoming the next big thing. He still has his own sound though, one influenced as much by grime and laptronica as it is by electrock'n'roll. Update, in their five dancing men review, say: 'The whole thrust of the LP is steamy work with ramped up R'n'B touches, stompy indie beats, plump synth lines, glam rock riffs and backing vocals culled from the background of a porno movie'.
Converge - You Fail Me Epitaph
Converge, the Boston-based menacing hardcore outfit, at last release their anxiously anticipated Epitaph debut called "You Fail Me". For 13 years, Boston, MA's innovative metallic hardcore heavyweights known simply as Converge have changed, evolved and pushed the boundaries of their abrasive sonic art while never forsaking their heaviness, vision or integrity. Like a shark that dies if it ever stops swimming, Converge has constantly struggled to push the envelope of the ever-shifting definition of 'hardcore' while releasing a number of albums - some would say 'landmark' - that followed a caustic, sometimes painful, but always engaging musical evolution.
Roy Davis Jr - Chicago Forever Ubiquity
A newly invigorated Roy Davis Jr is finally ready to drop his musical thank you to the city he grew up in and succeeds in putting the soul back into dance music. Featuring vocals by Ubiquity label mate Jeremy 'Ayro' Ellis, Khalid and another Detroit native Terry Dextor, cameo interlude appearances from Common and Roy's son Caleb and co-production with Platinum Pied Pipers Waajeed, the album takes in garage house, broken beats, uplifting gospel tinged grooves, 4/4 soul and more.
Greenskeepers - Pleetch Classic
"Pleetch" is a more accomplished and mature album, with well-crafted vocal-led songs, as opposed to their tongue-in-cheek Chi-town house shenanigans of "Ziggy Franklen". featuring vocal contributions from Chicago house dons DJ Collette ("Keep It Down"), Diz Washington ("You Don't Know Me" and "Sailing"), DJ Heather ("Dots") and jazz lyricist Stine Kinck, "Pleetch" is an eclectic set of songs, taking in house, disco, dirty electro-funk, downbeat, soul, electroclash and pop.
The Sunburst Band - Here Comes The Sunburst Band Z
After the success of their recent "Until The End Of time" LP, Z have decided to re-release The Sunburst Band's 1998 debut album! Inspired by Joey Negro's encyclopedic knowledge of 70s / 80s disco (and all forms of dance music from that era), The Sunburst Band's mix of cleverly woven samples and current house beats is a winning formula. Includes classic tracks "Big Blow", "Garden Of Love" and "Ease Your Mind".
Various Artists / California Soul Unisex
"California Soul" sees compiler Adrian Gibson get from the 'Frisco Bay to La Cienega Blvd and across the way to bring us some smooth grooves, influenced by the West Coast's experimentation and diversity. Some of the tracks you'll know already as Picc Recs shop favourites (Raphael Saadiq's "Skyy, Can You feel It", The Rebirth "This Journey In", Greyboy "Genevieve", Rahsaan Patterson "The One For Me"), and some will be new to you and us (T-Love Feat. Dwele "Seven", the soon to be huge Plantlife with "Beautiful Babies", Joy Jones "Beautiful"), all are quite superb!
Marco Di Marco Feat. Nathan Haines - My London Friends Arision
After the taster remix 12", Arision present this new jazz album by predominantly nu jazz musicans and producers. Yielded during an epic session of improvisation and recording, Marco Di Marco was joined by a squad of crack players including Nathan Haines, Andy Hamill and Robin Mullarkey, all marshalled by Simone Serritella (Big Bang). Magical latin and jazz ensued, preserved on this record for posterity.
Various Artists / Kenny Dope Presents Brazilika Far Out
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the London label, Far Out bring in Masters At Work's Kenny Dope to create a special Brazilian mix of their best releases so far! Featuring exclusive remixes by Kenny, and Dope Efx too, this mix CD combines the freshest music from Brazil, cut up New York block party style! Includes tracks by Grupo Batuque, Friends From Rio, Da Lata, Marcos Valle, Sabrinha Malheiros (Kenny Dope mix), Los Ladrones, The Ipanemas, Natures Plan (Kenny Dope mix), Azymuth and more.
Fila Brazilia - Dicks Twentythree
Fila Brazilia, never a duo making music that's easy to pigeonhole, are back with their zillionth album, taking in everything from 60s pop and riffing rock to rubber funk, broken jazz and lush electronics. If you're not afraid to step outside of music's monoculture, check this out.
Gotan Project - Inspiracion Espiracion - A Gotan Project DJ Set XL
This double CD features previously unreleased material by Argentinian accordion outfit the Gotan Project, alongside remixes and collaborations with Calexico, Peter Kruder, Anti Pop Consortium, Pepe Bradock and Chet Baker amongst others. Not exactly a 'new' Gotan Project record, but a collection of new tracks and remixes (by them and of them). 2xCD - XLCD184
Double CD packaged in a deluxe fold out triptych sleeve. Bonus disc includes a video by their longtime visual collaborator, Prisca Lobjoy.
Rennie Pilgrem - Pilgremage TCR
Four years after his acclaimed "Selected Werks" debut, Rennie Pilgrem ('The Most Valuable Person In Breaks' say Breakspoll - for two years running!) unleashes an album of brand new material for his TCR label. This album celebrates the rich diversity of the breaks genre, taking in funk, rock, techno, electro, punk and all points in between. The inclusion of real instruments and musicians lift it beyond being just another dancefloor album, and collaborations include MC Chickaboo, singer Sara Whittaker-Gilbey (from Mara) and the 'producer's producer' Uberzone for an exclusive version of their new tune "Fuego".
High Contrast - High Society Hospital
For his second LP, Lincoln Barret (sporting wedding-smart suit and extra frizzy mop of curls - get it cut off boy) returns with more soulful super-charged drum and bass floorfillers, featuring vocals by Dynamite MC and up and coming grime star Nolay. # posted by DJ Martian 1:21 AM
Some forthcoming shows on One World show on Radio 1
26th Sept - DJ Pathaan
3rd Oct - GUITARDED Part 2 with Noel Gallagher, Slipknott, Jimmy Page and C T C
10th Oct - Husky Rescue, The Bays, Sixtoo
Nov 7th - GUITARDED Part 3
Dec 5th - GUITARDED Part 4
The latest One World show features: Rennie Pilgrim # posted by DJ Martian 1:19 AM
Oct 25th Pendulum Vs Dillinja in the mix
Subtle live in London # posted by DJ Martian 12:15 AM
music blog to check: Music is a Virus # posted by DJ Martian 12:01 AM
Friday, September 24, 2004
BBC Northern Ireland's Across The Line music show have a compiled a selection of so called classic albums. Including some dubious and rather predictable choices. # posted by DJ Martian 11:53 PM
