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Friday, December 31, 2004

 

Latest issue of Earplug

DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 12

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

# posted by DJ Martian 7:42 PM

 

Uncut magazine website has been redesigned.

# posted by DJ Martian 7:09 PM

 

[Stumblings in the dark] - Top music for 2004 listed by Peter Hollo.

# posted by DJ Martian 6:42 PM

 

This week's flavourpill LONDON an email magazine covering music, art, and cultural events

# posted by DJ Martian 6:03 PM

 

6 Music have changed the URLs for their shows/ presenters on their website: BBC 6 Music - Shows

ex Xfm DJ Natasha joins 6 Music for a new Weekend Breakfast Show slot on Saturday & Sunday between 7 and 10 am.

# posted by DJ Martian 2:02 PM

 

Leonard's Lair list Leonard's Lair - The Best Albums of 2004

# posted by DJ Martian 1:40 PM

 

MusicEmissions.com present Top Albums 2004 : MusicEmissions.com

# posted by DJ Martian 1:33 PM

 

Viewmag present

MISSED GEMS
EIGHT ALBUMS FROM 2004 THAT SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS
By Sean Palmerston

# posted by DJ Martian 1:21 PM

 

Playlouder interview Julian Cope

# posted by DJ Martian 1:11 PM

 

BBC News report Peel favourites top Festive list

One of late DJ John Peel's favourite bands, punk veterans The Fall, have come top of his annual listeners' vote to find the best songs of the year.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:55 PM

 

Metacritic: Best Albums of 2004 - this is finally up.

The following table displays the highest-scoring albums for the year in Metacritic's database with a minimum of 7 reviews. Also listed at the bottom of the page are year-end top ten lists provided by various critics and publications.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:49 PM

 

Virgin Radio - Music - The all time top 500 - as voted by listeners of the mainstream rock station in the UK. Final sections counting down today apparently.

dotmusic have a spoiler and publish the top 20. [Hint highlight the text below the top 20 header]

# posted by DJ Martian 12:38 PM

 

Michaelangelo Matos - 2004 Rewind - another year end wrap up.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:24 PM

 

top 50 2004 albums - by drexciyan - Rate Your Music
A list by rateyourmusic user drexciyan.

An interesting diverse list.

I am surprised bloggers aren't using rateyourmusic as a complementary web tool to present their favourite albums of the year lists.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:18 PM

 

blissblog - Faves of 2004 - Simon Reynolds presents his year end review.

Listing alot of obscure pirate radio grime type music in the tracks..

A sound observation, Grime to me sounds like reheated/recycled early 90s bleep ala LFO and Unique 3.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:09 PM

 

k-punk: END OF YEAR ROUND UP naturally done in the esoteric k-punk style.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:59 AM

 

Philip Sherburne presents philip sherburne: The wrap-up - focusing on dance and electronic music.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:57 AM

 

Tiny Mix Tapes - Top 25 Albums of 2004 - as voted by Tiny Mix Tape writers.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:54 AM

 

Ambient music Broadcasting guru, Chuck van Zyl presents 2004 in Review

Significant Releases of 2004 (non-ranking order)

# posted by DJ Martian 11:52 AM

 

Now completed: Drum 'n' Bass Arena - TOP 20 TUNES OF 2004

Top 20 dnb tunes of 2004, as voted for by you...

# posted by DJ Martian 11:47 AM

 

What Spin magazine rated in 2004: Spin albums of the year 2004 -- Rate Your Music [A list by gsides78]

# posted by DJ Martian 11:42 AM

Thursday, December 30, 2004

 

Mystery and Misery present Mystery and Misery's Best of 2004

# posted by DJ Martian 11:31 PM

 

pitchforkmedia.com albums of the year 2004 -- Rate Your Music - now presented in list format/ with album covers on Rate Your Music.

# posted by DJ Martian 10:56 PM

 

by Michaelangelo Matos: Seattle Weekly: Music: 2004: Year in Review: Triple Trouble

2004: YEAR IN REVIEW
Triple Trouble
One year. 273 songs. 22 hours of 2004's best music.

# posted by DJ Martian 10:26 PM

 

Seattle Weekly present Seattle Weekly: Music: 2004: Year in Review: 2004 in the Mix

2004 in the Mix
Seattle Weekly's music writers were asked to compile a CD-R of their favorite music from the year. Here's what they came up with.

# posted by DJ Martian 10:24 PM

 

Blisscent Top 30 of 2004 - Nelson

Nelson of Blisscent Records and founder of Yahoo! Groups : Blisscent has published:

Blisscent Top 30 of 2004

ep of the year: park avenue music - for your home or office
reissues of the year: m83 & asobi seksu

01- the walkmen - bows & arrows
02- tv on the radio - desperate youth, blood thirsty babes
03- delays - faded seaside glamour
04- the legends - up against the legends
05- ambulance ltd - self titled

06- skywave - synthstatic
07- arcade fire - funeral
08- lali puna - faking the books
09- secret machines - now where is nowhere
10- boyracer - absence makes the heart grow harder

11- fennesz - venice
12- blonde redhead - misery is a butterfly
13- air - talkie walkie
14- french kicks - trial of the century
15- magnet - on your side

16- brother kite - self titled
17- xiu xiu - fabulous muscles
18- amusement parks on fire - self titled
19- efterklang - tripper
20- helio sequence - love and distance

21- color filter - silent way
22- lorna - this time, each year
23- monster movie - to the moon
24- lassie foundation - face your fun
25- the autumns - self titled

26- daydream nation - bella vendetta
27- architecture in helsinki - fingers crossed
28- dykehouse - midrange
29- drone dimension - faintly acquainted
30- engineers - folly

2004 releases that might appear on the 2005 list:
Supercilious & Boy In Static

2005 releases to watch out for:
The Raveonettes
Rockethouse
M83
The Doves
The Delays

# posted by DJ Martian 10:18 PM

 

Reminder: BBC Radio 1 - John Peel - Festive Fifty 2004 - the final section is tonight.

Find out what tracks the listeners of the John Peel show rated in 2004.

# posted by DJ Martian 9:58 PM

 

Almost Cool present Almost Cool - Top Albums Of 2004 - some interesting selections

This years list seems to be a little bit more varied than in past years. There's a little bit of experimental pop, a little bit of jazz, a lot of darker ambient, some modern classical, and even a touch of country (along with the indie rock). As always, there were some things that I thought I would love that did very little for me and some smaller releases that pretty much came out of nowhere and kicked my ass. Overall, it was a very solid year, and as always I'm sure there were some things that I didn't manage to even hear

Also you can send your reader list in: Top Albums of 2004 Reader List

Top Albums of 2004 Reader List (send yours in!)
Please follow the format below (if you know HTML and can send them in using the same source code, I'd be even more thankful) with between 10-15 picks when submitting your list. Thank you to everyone who has sent in a list thusfar!

so far:
(44 total / 14 countries representing)

# posted by DJ Martian 6:34 PM

 

Stereogum present Stereogum's Top Catorce Of 2004

# posted by DJ Martian 6:26 PM

 

the blank generation: The Noiseboy's Top 30 of 2004 long write ups, very much in the Plan B / Magnet Magazine music terrain.

# posted by DJ Martian 5:45 PM

 

XLR8R - Best Albums of 2004

Listed in the December 2004 issue of US electronic music magazine, XLR8R.

Madvillian - Madvilliany
Air - Talkie Walkie
Moodyman - Black Mahogany
Diplo - Florida
Prince - Musicology
The Foreign Exchange - Connected
Colder - Again
Lyrics Born- Later That Day
808 State - Prebuild
Blockhead - Music By Cavelight
Otto Von Schirach - Global Speaker Fisting
Roy Davis Jr - Chicago Forever

[Thanks to blog reader, Arthit for sending the list via email]

# posted by DJ Martian 5:18 PM

Monday, December 27, 2004

 

ILM has a Wire 2004 Rewind Thread - listing The Wire magazine's favourite albums of 2004.

# posted by DJ Martian 5:34 PM

 

Basement Galaxy have completed their best albums of 2004 feature.

# posted by DJ Martian 5:23 PM

Saturday, December 25, 2004

 

Stylus now have their Top 40 Albums of 2004 feature completed, including individual writers lists.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:48 AM

Thursday, December 23, 2004

 

Dusted Features [ Some Favorites of 2004 ] Matt Wellins refreshes us on his favorite records of 2004

# posted by DJ Martian 11:43 AM

 

Dusted Features [ Dropping The Pressure on 2004 ] David Day gets clinical on your ass with 25 albums & 25 singles from 2004.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:42 AM

Wednesday, December 22, 2004

 

Reminder: Vitalic on Radio 1 tonight on Rob da Bank show

His first release was "Absolut" in 2001 (produced with Al Ferox) which was followed by the massive underground International DeeJay Gigolo "Poney Ep". Fanfares was his latest EP which was released on Pias. His debut album will be out sometime in 2005.

Apparently it's a 1 hour mix from Maida Vale studios.

# posted by DJ Martian 9:42 PM

 

All That Jazz - The year's best records. By Fred Kaplan

# posted by DJ Martian 8:57 PM

 

More awards: PLUG: Independent Music Awards including online voting.

# posted by DJ Martian 8:08 PM

 

On ILM: Kerrang Albums Of The Year 2004

number 1 album: Mastodon - Leviathan.

# posted by DJ Martian 5:34 PM

 

The latest newsletter from distributor, Southern Records: SOUTHERN | word:

WHAT TREASURES LURK IN WORD 35?

* Quizmaster Butler's Stocking Filling Competition!
Win loads of CDs and show off your obscure musical knowledge in the
process!

* Forthcoming and New Release Round-Up.
Information on all our fabulous current releases.

* Cat On Form Spotlight Review of their Last EP.
Read what it sounds like here first, in this thoughful retrospective.

* Latitudes by name - Latitudes by Nature.
Sneak preview of our Southern Sessions Series.

* Navigate This Empty Field.
Evens Feature / Interview with Ian MacKaye.

* Introductory Feature on TRIXIE DVD.
What exactly is a DVD label? Who cares when it's this good?

* Romancing the Norse.
Interview with John Kaada about his recent collaboration with Mike
Patton.

* Hoover Live Review.
A critical analysis of the band's first performances in 12 years.

* Q And Not U Live Review.
A treatise on dance, or just a live review? You decide.

* Southern End of Year Review
A list of all our favourite...
i) Records of 2004
ii) Gigs of 2004
iii) Bands that could've been chocolate bars (oh yes! we get loads
done on a Friday afternoon believe me!)

# posted by DJ Martian 5:01 PM

 

Pitchfork Top 50 Albums of 2004

Pitchfork present Pitchfork Top 50 Albums of 2004

Thanks to Scott P on ILM for this summary list:

50 Xiu Xiu: Fabulous Muscles [5RC
49 Max Richter: The Blue Notebooks [FatCat]
48 Loretta Lynn: Van Lear Rose [Interscope]
47 Comets on Fire: Blue Cathedral [Sub Pop]
46 Iron & Wine: Our Endless Numbered Days [Sub Pop]
45 The Concretes: The Concretes [Astralwerks]
44 Camera Obscura: Underachievers Please Try Harder [Merge]
43 Scissor Sisters: Scissor Sisters [Polydor]
42 DJ/Rupture: Special Gunpowder [Tigerbeat6]
41 Les Savy Fav: Inches [Frenchkiss]
40 The Walkmen: Bows and Arrows [Recordcollection]
39 Cee-Lo: Cee-Lo Green Is a Soul Machine [Arista]
38 Morrissey: You Are the Quarry [Attack]
37 Jóhann Jóhannsson: Virðulegu forsetar [Touch]
36 Excepter: KA [Fusetron]
35 Mirah: C'mon Miracle [K]
34 Espers: Espers [Locust]
33 The Futureheads: The Futureheads [679]
32 Califone: Heron King Blues [Perishable]
31 De La Soul: The Grind Date [Sanctuary Union]
30 William Basinski: The Disintegration Loops [2062]
29 A.C. Newman: The Slow Wonder [Matador]
28 Junior Boys: Last Exit [Kin/Domino]
27 Interpol: Antics [Matador]
26 Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand [Domino]
25 VA: DFA Compilation #2 [DFA]
24 TV on the Radio: Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes [Touch & Go]
23 Modest Mouse: Good News for People Who Love Bad News [Epic]
22 The Foreign Exchange: Connected [BBE]
21 Fennesz: Venice [Touch]
20 Air: Talkie Walkie [Astralwerks]
19 Björk: Medulla [Elektra]
18 Kanye West: The College Dropout [Rocafella]
17 Sufjan Stevens: Seven Swans [Asthmatic Kitty]
16 Dizzee Rascal: Showtime [XL]
15 Annie: Anniemal [679]
14 Erlend Øye: DJ-Kicks [!K7]
13 Dungen: Ta Det Lugnt [Subliminal]
12 M.I.A. / Diplo: Piracy Funds Terrorism, Vol. 1 [Hollertronix]
11 Sonic Youth: Sonic Nurse [Interscope]
10 Joanna Newsom: The Milk-Eyed Mender [Drag City]
09 Ghostface: The Pretty Toney Album [Def Jam]
08 The Go! Team: Thunder Lightning Strike [Memphis Industries]
07 Devendra Banhart: Rejoicing in the Hands [Young God]
06 Madvillain: Madvillainy [Stones Throw]
05 Brian Wilson: Smile [Nonesuch]
04 The Fiery Furnaces: Blueberry Boat [Rough Trade]
03 The Streets: A Grand Don't Come for Free [Vice]
02 Animal Collective: Sung Tongs [Fat Cat]
01 The Arcade Fire: Funeral [Merge]

# posted by DJ Martian 4:24 PM

 

Dusted Features [ A Long March for Someone with Nothing to Chant - The Year in Fear ] - Alexander Provan offers highlights, lowlights - the year in Fear.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:16 AM

 

Dusted Features [ Worlds of Sound, Lost and Found ] - Kevin Macneil Brown looks back at 2004

# posted by DJ Martian 11:15 AM

 

Eternal Fusion on SpydaRadio

The latest Eternal Fusion show is now available to listen online @ Eternal Fusion

Streaming available on demand until replaced with new show.

22nd December 2004

Playlist:

Charles Goff III - 'Noisy Jingle Bells'
The Zodiac - 'Capricorn - The Uncapricious Climber'
Master Musicians Of Bukkake - 'Pipestone Octopus With Horseheart'
The Residents - 'Beyond The Valley Of A Day In The Life'
University Of Errors - 'Shooting At The Moon'
And The Lefthanded - 'Rocket Rock'
Farflung - 'Candied Electronic Atmospheres'
Sun City Girls - 'Nyne De Gris Sang'
John Berberian & The Rock East Ensemble - 'Flying Hye'
Badmarsh & Shri - 'Tribal'
Scorch Trio - 'Snækje Rojnd Nævinj'
Múm - 'The Land Between Solar Systems'
Wibutee - 'We Are In Space, So Are You'
Mice Parade - 'Organic Reproduction Attempt'
Univers Zero - 'Falling Rain Dance'
Delia Gonzalez And Gavin Russom - 'Relevee'
Nico - 'Winter Song'
L - 'Blues Trip #1'
Cerberus Shoal - 'Breakaway Cable Terminal'
John Zorn/Yamataka Eye - 'Kiri Taki'
Mono - '2 Candles, 1 Wish'
The Album Leaf - 'Glisten'
Tarentel - 'Bump Past, Cut Up Through Windows'
Hidria Spacefolk - 'Modus Operand Hermetik'
Okko - 'East Indian Traffic'
Handgjort - 'Over The Wall'
Elektrum - 'Opus 9'
The Boats - 'And There Are Stars That Fell From The Sky'
Igloo - 'To Be There'
Rainstick Orchestra - 'Waltz For Little Bird'
Matthew Shipp - 'New ID'
Stereolab - 'International Colouring Contest'
Harry Partch - 'The Waterfall'
Alice Coltrane - 'Translinear Light'

Source: for Playlist @ eternal FUSION: Latest Eternal Fusion On-Line NOW!

# posted by DJ Martian 12:03 AM

Tuesday, December 21, 2004

 

Dusted Features [ Midwestward, Ho! - Joel Calahan ]

# posted by DJ Martian 11:51 PM

 

Dusted Features [ The Year In Music ] by Derek Taylor

# posted by DJ Martian 11:48 PM

 

Daedelus - Equisite Corpse

From ILM: Daedelus - Equisite Corpse

Daedelus's new album coming out on 3/14 on Ninjatune.

Tracklisting:

1. Dearly Departed
2. Impending DOOM (featuring MF Doom)
3. Just Briefly, Move on (with Sci)
4. Now & Sleep (starring Laura Darling)
5. The Crippled Hand
6. Welcome Home (Prefuse 73 Danse Macabre)
7. Cadavre Exquis (avec TTC)
8. Drops (CYNE Collaboration)
9. Fallen Love
10. Welcome Home (with Mike Ladd)
11. i Sent Off ii Sus Per Coil (Jogger Remix)
12. The Trains Are Now So Clean
13. Tanatopsis (featuring Hrishikesh Hirway)

# posted by DJ Martian 7:28 PM

 

Playlouder present PLAYLOUDER | top50 singles 2004

# posted by DJ Martian 7:20 PM

 

Playlouder present PLAYLOUDER | top50 albums 2004 some rather bizarre, medicore and erratic selections:

However good to see Mastodon crossover ! some highlights in bold


1 Morrissey
2 Franz Ferdinand
3 The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
4 Danger Mouse
5 The Streets

6 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
7 Tom Waits
8 Interpol
9 Charlotte Hatherley
10 Scissor Sisters

11 Sonic Youth
12 The Go! Team
13 The Killers
14 The Libertines
15 Motorhead

16 Beastie Boys
17 Mothboy
18 Liars
19 Ghostface
20 Leonard Cohen

21 Pink Grease
22 cLOUDDEAD
23 The Beta Band
24 PJ Harvey
25 Weird War

26 Dizzee Rascal
27 Loretta Lynn
28 Von Bondies
29 Mclusky
30 !!!

31 Mark Lanegan
32 Bjork
33 Kanye West
34 The Dears
35 Green Day

36 Dogs Die In Hot Cars
37 Mastodon
38 Amplifier
39 Skinnyman
40 Biffy Clyro

41 The Broken Family Band
42 Chumbawumba
43 Evil Nine
44 Madvillain
45 Polysics

46 RTX
47 (The Real) Tuesday Weld
48 Todd Rundgren
49 Wolf Eyes
50 Auf Der Maur

# posted by DJ Martian 7:18 PM

 

This week's flavourpill LONDON an email magazine covering music, art, and cultural events

# posted by DJ Martian 1:41 PM

 

Acclaimed Music - The Top Albums from 2004 - this is currently being updated every few days.

How collectively [established] music magazines & other media [including Broadcasters, webzines] end of year polls view music in 2004

Collated by Henrik Franzon, using data from various end of year polls and Metacritic scores - then number crunched using algorithms.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:54 PM

 

From RES Magazine : Favorite Albums of 2004 and More - RES Magazine

# posted by DJ Martian 12:38 PM

 

Pitchfork: Top Reissues of 2004 [Now with a permanent URL]

# posted by DJ Martian 12:00 PM

 

Pitchfork present Pitchfork: Top 50 Singles of 2004

# posted by DJ Martian 11:59 AM

 

After server problems: I Love Music is back.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:53 AM

 

New Releases @ Piccadilly Records - for Week of December 20th

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

The Court & Spark - Dead Diamond River
Lo-Max

This release sees The Court & Spark in all their emotional, winsome, soaring glory. Five beautiful, diverting and wind-swept songs from the hills of San Francisco. "Dead Diamond River" features guest vocal appearances by folk legend Linda Thompson and up-and-coming talent M. Ward (Merge Records).

July Skies - The English Cold
Make Mine

July Skies is the musical project of Antony Harding, a member of the Birmingham based electronic band Avrocar who were cited as an influence by Radiohead during the recording their experimental album "Kid A". July Skies debut album "Dreaming Of Spires" is a pastoral departure from the dark skittery urban beats of Avrocar and treads the path of reflective dreamlike compositions that are heavily anchored in childhood memories and a lost 1950/60s English countryside. Musically, think The Durutti Column, the melancholy of Piano Magic, Maurice Deebank (Felt) or Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins).

Lee Ranaldo - Music For Stage And Screen
DSA

"Music For The Stage And Screen" features original music composed and constructed by Lee Ranaldo for theatre plays produced in Italy and the USA and movie soundtracks. Best known as a member of Sonic Youth, Lee Ranaldo has also worked with some of the most influential and important experimental musicians around, Glenn Branca, Jim O'Rourke to name but two. "Music For The Stage And Screen" is a collection of voluminous soundscapes constructed out of looped guitar fragments, a kind of improvised noise jam similar in spirit to Sonic Youth's recent trio of instrumental EPs.

La Dusseldorf - La Dusseldorf / Viva
Estrella Rockera

Two classic Krautrock albums on one CD!! And they're remastered!!! Featuring the talents of Neu!'s Klaus and Thomas Dinger, these were recorded in 1975 and 1978 and were more synth driven and slightly poppier than the Neu! output but they have remained high on Kraut collectors lists for a long time.

Thomas Fehlmann - Lowflow
Plug Research

Fehlmann's multi-faceted musical history has seen him work with the likes of the Orb, Maurizio, Tresor, Robert Fripp and Klaus Schulze to name but a few. This new venture on Plug Research takes him (and the listener) on yet another aural journey, taking in downtempo, hiptronica, minimal techno, jazz, dub and more over it's thirteen hetrogeneous tracks. These include three short interludes coproduced with Detroit's Dabrye.

Pita - Get Off
Hapna

This is the fourth solo album from groundbreaking sound artist Pita (real name Peter Rehberg). His previous solo albums as Pita (all on the Mego label) have all been landmarks in electronic music. His sound ranges from furious to minimalistic, but always with the same uncompromising attitude. "Get Off" is his most varied album to date. Apart from his solo work, he is also a member of several groups, notably Mimeo (with Keith Rowe, Rafael Toral, Marcus Schmickler, Jerome Noetinger and others) and Fenn O'Berg (with Christian Fennesz and Jim O'Rourke). He is also one of the persons behind the influential Mego label.

Straight No Chaser / Winter 2004 - Vol 2, Issue 33

This quarter's Chaser includes interviews with SA-RA Creative Partners, Nicola Conte, Raphael Saadiq, Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 and Zap Mama. There's also features on London Elektricity and HVW8 artists collective, plus enough reviews (records, CDs, books, DVDs, objects), news and charts (Gilles, Osunlade, Nicola Conte, Dom Servini, Shrine Posse, Bugz In The Attic, Mark De Clive-Lowe, Rainer Truby, Volcov etc) to keep you busy through to the new year.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:06 AM

Monday, December 20, 2004

 

New Releases @ Piccadilly Records - for Week of December 13th

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

Radio Dept - Ewan
Xl

Great shoegazery pop from this band from Malmo, Sweden. "Ewan" is taken from their debut album "Lesser Matters" and is backed with two new B sides, the instrumental "Slottet", and the spectacular "The Things That Went Wrong", which hints at the direction for the next Radio Dept album.

KT Tunstall - Eye To The Telescope
Relentless

This is a lushly produced singer/songwriter guitar pop album and if the sweet, plaintive vocals initially set 'Dido' alarm bells ringing, it soon becomes clear that prime-time Fleetwood Mac or early Sinead O'Connor would be more accurate reference points. She's Scottish and has sung with Oi-Va-Voi, and though the sound is polished (in a very tasty way, mind, with Doves/New Order man Steve Osbourne twiddling the knobs) there's cool touchstones- Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell, Sixties girl groups- and clever words to keep you inspired. It's a lovely record.

Black Mayonnaise - Ttssattsr
Emperor Jones

A one man bedroom sludge attack, like early Sebadoh dismantling St Vitus albums, this is as gloopy as it gets, warped lunar sludge core for want of a better term, there's even a Butthole Surfers cover version hidden in the mire, remember the bedroom ambience stuff a few years back, this is the flip of that coin, nasty, dirty, downtuned, a one man psych sludge nightmare, the word sludge comes up a lot, basically, this is a damn fine recording of some lo-fi speaker melting!

David Carretta - Kill Your Radio
International DJ Gigolo

No doubt, there are a million reasons why everybody should kill their radio, but a far better way to show averseness is to present an elaborate and even subtle piece of music to the world, combining supreme electronic house music with metropolitan style. David Carretta does not disappoint. With artistic compassion, the know-how of a congenial producer, and his unique brand of charm, Carretta succeeds in conveying a wide range of emotions, from relaxed and harmonic to wild and ecstatic. His vocals are laconic and seductive, and his sounds are demanding and eccentric. The end product is a very fine example of the most unique David Carretta style; electroclash par excellence.

Cat On Form - A Blanket Over Your Eyes
Southern

Cat On Form got together in Brighton late 2001, and quickly became a powerful live force, making a distinct impression on their audience with their fierce and intelligent post-hardcore and passion by the arm load. "A Blanket Over Your Eyes" is their final album, a far more introspective effort than previous releases, the paradigm shifting from the political to the personal. Dark and apocalyptic, this album is more reflective of their intense live performances.

Various Artists / Runeology 2
Rune

Special low price 70 minute sampler including tracks from recent and current releases as well as tracks from forthcoming 2005 albums. Artists featured are Deathprod, Arve Henriksen, Phonophani, Strønen/Storløkken, Scorch Trio, Food, Nils Økland, Alog, Shining and Archetti/Wiget.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:49 PM

 

New Releases @ Piccadilly Records - for Week of December 6th

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

65Daysofstatic - Retreat! Retreat!
Monotreme

The first single from the critically acclaimed debut album, "The Fall Of Math". Seamless guitar shapes with ferocious drum 'n' bass styled beats, live drums and c-c-c-computer g-g-g-g-glitch create a soundtrack to a new dimension - where rock, dance and electronica are equals. In addition to the album track "Retreat! Retreat!" there are two new tracks.

Amusement Parks On Fire - Venosa / Eighty Eight
Invada

Amusement Parks On Fire release their new double A-side single "Venosa" / "Eighty Eight" on Invada. The tracks are taken from their recently released self-titled debut album. Formed by 19 year old frontman Michael Feerick, Nottingham based Amusement Parks On Fire inhabit the world of God Speed You Black Emperor, The Pixies, My Bloody Valentine and Sigur Ros. This is a no frills indie rock record with all the parts in the right place, raw and untouched by the grubby hands of over egged production with the writing purity of a new young british talent.

Fiver - Let It All Fall Down
Devil In The Woods

Smashing all things before it and surpassing all expectation. Fiver delivers their 4th and most definitive record to date. Utilizing an amazing amalgamation of distorted guitars, intricate rhythms and keyboard swells. "Let It All Fall Down" is an amazing listen from start to finish. A small cast of Los Angeles indie rock super heroes (including former Grandaddy keyboardist Dan Lillie) play a part in the making of this record. For Fans of: TV on the Radio, Grandaddy & Pedro The Lion.

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.

Henry Flynt - Back Porch Hillbilly Blues Volumes 1&2
Bo Weavil

Henry Flynt is a genuine one-off and his wildly varying releases are only now reaching a deserved, wider audience. This disc contains fiddle and ukelele instrumentals recorded in the early 1960s. They're full of a mad sort of boogaloo folk. The highlight is the zen meditation piece "Blue Sky, Highway and Tyme" it's a fifteen minute gem.

The Last Town Chorus - The Last Town Chorus
Blast First Petite

The Last Town Chorus, the Brooklyn-based duo of Nat Guy on guitar and Megan Hickey on lapsteel and vocals, play gentle, minimal and mesmerizing songs in the vein of Liz Fraser, Cat Power, Mary Lorson and Jesse Sykes. Their debut album is a hypnotic wonder - the seemingly ramdon strains and bursts of the lapsteel create a foggy dream-pop effect, soaring over Guy's simple strumming. The songs sparkle with warmth but are delicate enough to cause lethargy. Apparently they occasionally play live with drummers, pianists and violinists, but for the time being their strength is in being sparing; their haunting songs are uncluttered enough to suck in your energy and make you sleep. And that's a good thing...

Asja Auf Capri - Novi Ronde
Difficult Fun

Some of you will remember Asja Auf Capri from the wonderful Difficult Fun sampler 7". They're currently causing a stir from their East London base and comprise of David Panos and German singer Anja Kirschner who are both in another Difficult Fun band, Antifamily. Their sound harks back to the early 80s times of lo-fi DIY sounds, complete with cool (cold) Germanic vocals, punk-funk rhythms and warped avant electronics. A superb album!!!

Emery Reel - ... For And Acted Upon Through Diversions
Resonant

Emery Reel proudly employ the tried & tested quiet / loud dynamic, with pensive moments turning into a gigantic wall of sound - and they also display a rare ability to utilise subtleties that give their work distinguishing features and inject much-needed freshness into an over-populated musical field. The real beauty herein lies with the mesmerizing, simplistic and beautiful arrangements - often subdued and understated, yet complexed and full of emotion, with the music going through movements in the same manner as classical compositions. While the obvious parallels (Mogwai / GYBE! / Explosions in the Sky / Tortoise / Scenic) undeniably apply, this is powerful, accomplished body of work that belies their position as debutants.

Souvaris - I Felt Nothing At All
Bearos

Souvaris are a six piece instrumental band. They exploring tone, melody, rhythm and noise in vast and intricately constructed arrangements designed to envelop and overwhelm the audience - you don't so much listen to their music as feel it. The obvious reference points are gods of post-rock like Labradford, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Aerial M and Mogwai. In the presence of such big boys of the scene it's something of a feat in itself that Souvaris have managed to carve their initials into the playground post-rock tree. The CD comes in a rather fancy digipac. The cover and booklet are exclusive comic drawings by John Porcellino of "King Cat" fame.

Guru Guru - Guru Guru
Brain

Although the first three albums released by the experimental / fun krautrockers had met with mixed reactions, their fourth self-titled album won high praise from the critics. This album is one of Guru Guru's most important recordings, something which is also attributable to the fantastic "Der Elektrolurch", the electronic amphibian that was to become Mani Neumeier's trademark as well as his alter ego.

Harmonia - Musik Von Harmonia
Brain

Sublime Kraut rock album, and one of the best in my humble opinion!!, from the combined talents of Michael Rother from Neu! and Moebius and Roedelius of Cluster fame.

John Tejada - Logic Memory Center
Plug Research

One week he's doing post rock, the next he's back onto pure techno and this week sees the Los Angeles enigma recording a techno album for Plug Research that features guest vocalists with the likes Carl Finlow and glistening futuristic executions. At times minimal and abrasive, at others beguiling and gentle, John Tejada cuts another facet onto his flawless reputation

Minus 8 - Eclectica
Stereo Deluxe

After two great albums on Munich's Compost label ("Elysian Fields" in 2000 and "Minuit" in 2002), Minus 8's brand new LP "Eclectica"" is ready to go! Featuring guest vocalists Sitta Föhr, Sharon Harris, New York rappers Dread Event, Ras Charmer, Cali P, Ras Theo and Michael Morris, the album shows the massive versatility of Zürich based producer, remixer and DJ Robert Jan Meyer aka Minus 8. Where as "Minuit" was pretty much Brazil influenced, "Eclectica", as the name suggests, draws a wider bow from downbeat to hip-hop, from disco to ragga and techno-influenced grooves and back.

Sleepwalker - Sleepwalker
Especial

Japanese import release from Hajime Yoshizawa's Sleepwalker outfit on the highly collectable Especial imprint. Jazz, nu-jazz, soul-jazz, latin-jazz...it's all here.

Various Artists / Who Shot Jacques Laverne?
Jacques Laverne

Danish label Jacques Laverne service us with a selection of their best vinyl releases to date, all fitted nicely onto this CD compilation. There's a healthy Nothern slant to proceedings, with tracks by 777 (aka Jon Kennedy) and Beatphreak looming large, as well as funky-breaky-beaty joints by Dr Rubberfunk, The Bass Snatchers, Monochrome, The Currymints and more.

Various Artists / Jazzie B Presents Soul II Soul At The Africa Centre
Casual / Soul II Soul

When Jazzie B and Daddae changed the name of their sound system from Jah Rico to Soul II Soul, and added funk and rare groove to the mix, little did they know what they'd set in motion, creating one of THE places to go on the late 80s London club scene. Included here are some hand picked favourites from their Africa centre parties, including The Naturals, Ripple, Lee Dorsey, Maceo & The Macks, James Brown, James Mason, Don Blackman, Gary Bartz, Roy Ayers etc, and some previously unreleased Soul II Soul 'specials' (tracks / mixes recorded especially for the night). Originally due for release on the now defunct Strut label, which shows in the attention to detail of the sleeve notes and liner photos etc.

A Guy Called Gerald - First Try EP
K7

Since the late eighties, A Guy Called Gerald has produced groundbreaking music: Manc techno classic "Pacific State" with 808 State, the acid house anthem "Voodoo Ray", and early 'intelligent' drum and bass tracks. Produced in his new home base of Berlin, this EP demonstrates a return to form. The opening track "First Try" is a typical Gerald tune; mighty, epic sounds, a racy, forward pushing kick drum and minimal acid sounds. Track two, "Meaning", is a deep track attached to a breakbeat groove. The B side opens with "Pump", a minimal tech-house groover in which string accents and funky chords create an irresistible drive. Lastly Middle Eastern-tinged "Tajeen" glistens with a digital jazz feeling, instrumented by a double bass, live percussion, synth strings and 303 beats.

Vordul Mega - The Revolution Of Yung Havoks
Nature Sounds

The half of Cannibal Ox that isn't Vast Aire cuts his own solo path on Nature Sounds. More straight ahead without too much Def Jux leftfieldism, he and guests like Jean Grae, Karnage and C Rayz Walz, drop Bronx hip hop that is still below the radar of most. Includes the Cannibal Ox reunion track "Handle That".

# posted by DJ Martian 11:34 PM

 

Terrorizer Issue #126 - January 2005

What to expect in the [new] issue of Terrorizer magazine, on the front cover Norway Invades - featuring the artists appearing at the Inferno Festival happening in London in January 2005. Arcturus, Enslaved, Red Harvest, Madder Mortem and Grimfist.

[Regarding when this issue goes on sale I am not sure, one other website suggests Thursday 30th December. However with the holiday schedules it may turn up earlier than that - I recall one Christmas in the late 90s when the issue was on sale just before Christmas. So keep your eyes scanned at your local newsagents !]

FEATURES
STUDIO REPORT: GREEN CARNATION
STUDIO REPORT: SOILWORK
STUDIO REPORT: PRIMORDIAL
INFERNO UK
IRON MAIDEN
KREATOR
USURPER
ENTHRONED
DARK TRANQUILLITY
THE MEADS OF ASPHODEL
THE AXIS OF PERDITION
THE THIRD AND THE MORTAL
LOST SOUL
TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION
JHONN BALANCE REMEMBERED
HARD OF HEARING: MASTODON
HERMANO
YOB
THE OCEAN
2004 READERS' POLL
2004 READERS' QUESTIONNAIRE

.......................................................

However you will have to wait to the following issue for the end of year polls, I guess that means the end of January 2005.

Next Issue section @ Terrorizer

COMING NEXT MONTH...
...2004 IS NEARLY OVER - BUT YOU DIDN'T REALLY THINK WE WERE GOING TO LET YOU GET AWAY WITH IT THAT EASILY, DID YOU?

BLACK METAL SPECIAL PART 1 | READERS POLLS & WRITERS POLLS: THE RESULTS | MARDUK | LORDI | BLOOD BROTHERS | LAMB OF GOD | DISSECTION | DIMEBAG | HARD OF HEARING: DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN | JUDAS PRIEST

# posted by DJ Martian 7:46 PM

 

On Radio 1 Rob da Bank show there are sessions by:

Tues 21st December: Sunn 0)))

Weds 22nd December: Vitalic from (Maida Vale)

# posted by DJ Martian 7:21 PM

 

The Third Eye Foundation / Matt Elliott announce details of a new Matt Elliott album: Drinking Souls on ICI D'AILLEURS

Matt has finished his next album! It's called 'Drinking Songs' and is set for release in February 2005.
Moody and beautiful, it picks up the story where The Mess We Made left off.

The tracklist is as follows:
1. C.F. Bundy
2. Trying to Explain
3. The Guilty Party
4. Whats Wrong
5. The Kursk
6. What the Fuck am I Doing on this Battlefield?
7. A Waste of Blood
8. The Maid We Messed

If you can understand French, this is what ICI D'AILLEURS mentioned in their email today:

MATT ELLIOTT - DRINKING SONGS
28/02/05 - distribution Discograph

écouter un titre : What's wrong ?

en même temps que son pseudo de The Third Eye Foundation, Matt a délaissé les aspects les plus electroniques de sa musique pour développer un folk tourmenté très personnel qui doit autant à son amour pour les musiques slaves et d'Europe de l'est qu'à ses racines drum' n bass.

# posted by DJ Martian 6:08 PM

 

Piero Scaruffi has updated Best rock albums of 2004

# posted by DJ Martian 4:30 PM

 

Cokemachineglow present Cokemachineglow.com - 2004 Year In Music: Top 50 Combined Ratings [screen resolution/ browser alert..the lists are [hidden] in the far right of the screen]

cokemachineglow also must get waffle of the year award, that intro is long winded reading !

# posted by DJ Martian 2:22 PM

 

Neumu feature individual writers favourite music of 2004 lists.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:41 PM

 

WZBC present WZBC - DJ Top 10s of 2004

# posted by DJ Martian 12:59 PM

 

Dusted Features [ End of the Year 2004 (Charlie Wilmoth) ]

# posted by DJ Martian 12:46 PM

 

Dusted Features [ Through the Past, Darkly ]

Ethan Covey flashes back a year's worth of psychedelia.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:45 PM

 

Pitchfork feature their Top Reissues of 2004

This list will be followed tomorrow (Tuesday) by a list of our Top 50 singles of the year, and on Wednesday, our Top 50 albums of the year.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:32 PM

 

All About Jazz Bulletin Board discuss Favourites of 2004

# posted by DJ Martian 12:28 PM

 

Stylus commence The Top 40 Albums of 2004 - Article - Stylus Magazine

Over 35 writers lists were turned in and more than 400 albums were tallied, and we’re left with 40 albums that spoke the most deeply to our collective taste this year. And each day this week we’ll be presenting ten of them, culminating in the unveiling of each writer’s individual list on Friday. So without further ado: Stylus Magazine’s Top 40 Albums of 2004:

# posted by DJ Martian 12:26 PM

 

Ammo City interview a guy called gerald

# posted by DJ Martian 12:16 AM

 

This week's The Breezeblock show features DJ Hype - one of drum n bass/ jungle's longest serving DJ.

Dec 20th
» DJ Hype Drum and bass from Ganja's main man

# posted by DJ Martian 12:13 AM

 

This week's One World show: Rebel Radio + DFA Records + LCD Soundsystem

» Show broadcast on Radio 1 on 20th December 2004 from 1 till 3am [and available on listen again after broadcast]

# posted by DJ Martian 12:07 AM

Sunday, December 19, 2004

 

Reminder: ORGAN MAGAZINE ON LINE new issue on line every Thursday afternoon

# posted by DJ Martian 11:53 PM

 

Magnetophone will release a new album: The Man Who Ate The Man on 4ad in 2005.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:43 PM

 

Derk Richardson on Best Of 2004 / The songs, CD and reissues that made the year in music

Best Of 2004
The songs, CD and reissues that made the year in music
by Derk Richardson, special to SF Gate

Thursday, December 16, 2004

# posted by DJ Martian 11:24 PM

 

Two releases early 2005 on important label

Piano Magic
Opencast Heart ep
Release date: January 2, 2005

Pianio Magic go for their most electronic oriented release to date.

Larsen
Play (full length)
Release date: January 2, 2005

[Larsen previously released an album for Michael Gira's Young God Records record label.]

[Alerted via Eternal Fusion blog]

# posted by DJ Martian 11:12 PM

 

A new minimalist Modern Composition album by Matt Borghi has just been released:

Matt Borghi - Images

This recording realized some of the sounds that matt was working on with his KOSIK project, as well as fully incorporating his passion for Philip Glass and Claude Debussy into his music. Matt feels confident that this is one of his finest sonic statements, as well as his first true incorporation of minimalism in the vein of Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Lamonte Young, and Terry Riley; deep in texture, a great meditative fabric of sounds with an occasional rhythmic element ala Reich's Piano or Violin Phase this is matt's most accessible, finest audio quality release to date.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:03 PM

 

Tommy Allen - Remettez - Best of 2004

The prize for the end of the year list with the most diverse/ eclectic and extreme contrasts of sounds must go to Tommy Allen the founder of this discussion group:

Yahoo! Groups : Remettez

Remettez is a group for music fans to discuss innovative music, regardless of genre. Everyone is welcome here and encouraged to post messages. You don't have to be knowledgeable about multiple genres of music to contribute. Post messages about as few (or as many) artists that you want. The list’s focus will be whatever it’s membership decides it will be but I expect it will include music from every corner of the world.

[list originally posted at: Yahoo! Groups : electroambientdreampop ]


1. Enzo Avitabile & Bottari : Salvamm'o Munno (Wrasse)

2. Think Of One : Chuva Em Pò (LC)
3. Triosk : Moment Returns (Leaf)
4. Scorch Trio : Luggmut (Rune Grammofon)
5. Susie Ibarra : Folkloriko (Tzadik)
6. Hala Strana : These Villages (Soft Abuse)
7. Old Man Gloom : Christmas (Tortuga)
8. Bembeya Jazz National : Syliphone Years (Sterns)
9. Secret Chiefs 3 : Book Of Horizons (Mimicry)
10. Tinariwen : Amassakoul (World Village)

11. Phonophani : Oak Or Rock (Rune Grammofon)
12. Uri Caine : Live At The Village Vanguard (Winter & Winter)
13. Melvins & Lustmord : Pigs Of The Roman Empire (Ipecac)
14. Murcof : Utopia (Leaf)
15. Meshuggah : I (Nuclear Blast)
16. Madvillain : Madvillainy (Stones Throw)
17. Ross Daly : Microkosmos (Pan)
18. Majid Bekkas : Mogador (Igloo)
19. Noxagt : The Iron Point (Load)
20. Migala : Increible Aventura (Nois)

21. Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant : Sister Phantom Owl Fish
22. Lhasa : The Living Road
23. Henry Flynt & The Insurrections : I Don’t Wanna
24. Woven Hand : Consider The Birds
25. Flat Earth Society : Isms
26. Warsaw Village Band : Uprooting
27. Gorge Trio : Open Mouth
28. Boom Bip : Corymb
29. Mahmoud Fadl : Drummers of the Nile in Town: Cairosonic
30. Alice Coltrane : Translinear Light

31. Franco & Sam Mangwana : Cooperation, Volume 2
32. Fennesz : Venice
33. Keren Ann : Nolita
34. Mercan Dede : Sufi Traveler
35. Clutch : Blast Tyrant
36. PJ Harvey : Uh Huh Her
37. Battles : Tras
38. ESO Octet : ESO Octet
39. Devendra Banhart : Rejoicing In The Hands/Nino Rojo
40. Sufjan Stevens : Seven Swans

41. Bugge Wesseltoft : Filming
42. Antibalas : Who Is This America?
43. Mark Van Hoen : The Warmth Inside
44. The Hotel Alexis : The Shining Example Is Lying On The Floor
45. Home (Benjamin Biolay & Chiara Mastroianni) : Home
46. Sidsel Endressen : Merriwinkle
47. Burmese : Men
48. Ali Farka Toure : Red & Green
49. Raz Mesinai : Cyborg Acoustics
50. Thulsa Doom : And Then Take You…

51. Darko Rundek : Ruke
52. Daniel Humair : Baby Boom
53. Arto Lindsay : Salt
54. Rachid Taha : Tekitoi
55. Fantomas : Delirium Cordia
56. The Reverend Lester Knox of Tifton Georgia : Put Your Face In
Gwod
57. Laua Veirs : Carbo Glacier
58. Chib : Moco
59. Gypsy Kings : Roots
60. Sun City Girls : Carnival Folklore Resurrection Radio

61. Mus : Divinia Lluz
62. Charlie Haden : Land of The Sun
63. Graham Coxon : Happiness In Magazines
64. Hood : The Lost You
65. Niobe : Voodooluba
66. Gotan Project : Inspiracion/Espiracion
67. Uri Caine : Dark Flame
68. Manuel “Guajiro” Mirabal : BVSC Presents
69. Aereogramme : Seclusion
70. Dave Alvin – Ashgrove

71. The Black Keys : Rubber Factory
72. Efterklang : Tripper
73. Johann Johannsson : Viroulegu Forsetar
74. David Darling & The Wulu Bunam : Mudanin Kata
75. Converge : You Fail Me (Epitaph)
76. Savath & Savalas : Manana
77. Arve Henriksen : Chiascuro
78. Dani Siciliano : Likes
79. Big Satan : Souls Saved Here
80. Amadou & Miriam : Dimanche a Bamako Mali

81. Non Phixion : The Green
82. Bill Frisell : Unspeakable
83. Malouma : Dunya
84. Issa Bagayogo : Tassoumakan
85. Guided By Voices : Half Smiles of the Decomposed
86. Paris Combo : Motifs
87. Susanna & the Magical Orchestra : List Of Lights And Buoys
88. Muslimgauze : No Human Rights For Arabs in Isreal
89. Lo Jo : Ce Soir Là...
90. MC Chris : Eating’s Not Cheating

91. Food : Last Supper
92. !!! : Louden Up Now
93. El P : Collecting The Kid
94. Wolf Eyes : Burned Mind
95. John Zorn : Magick
96. The Magnetic Fields : I
97. Isis : Panopticon
98. Wibutee : Playmachine
99. Art Of Fighting : Second Storey
100. Les Savy Fav : Inches

101. cLOUDDEAD : Ten
102. Shitmat : Killababylonkutz
103. Tim Hecker : Mirages
104. Bark Psychosis : Codename: Dustsucker
105. Anaal Nathrakh : Domine Non Es Dignus
106. Gange Brass Band : Whendo
107. Gary Wilson : Mary Had Brown Hair
108. Fiery Furnaces : Blueberry Boat
109. Ricardo Villalobos : Thé Au Harem d'Archimède

# posted by DJ Martian 10:32 PM

 

HP.STONJI - 'mélaina cholé' album

Forthcoming on Switzerland's esteemed record label: :: SPEZIALMATERIAL RECORDS :: an album from HP.STONJI

:: HP.STONJI ::

... Hans Platzgumer (A)/Estonji (D)

... hp.stonji are hans platzgumer and e.stonji, two melancholic souls producing artificial music, sharply cut high tek break beats and sinister ambient soundscapes. Two powerbooks floating online between their native Austria & Germany, constantly demanding the unexpected.
Debut 'metic EP' is out on Spezialmaterial (baked goods).
Full lenght interactive CD 'mélaina cholé' to follow in early 2005. ...

# posted by DJ Martian 10:13 PM

 

This Week's New Releases @ Boomkat

This week's new releases @ Boomkat include:

ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
Andrea Parker / Touchin' Bass - Nobody's Perfect
Touchin' Bass

£2.99? That's right kids - Andrea Parker spins through the finest moments of her Touchin Bass' imprint with this hour-long mix - from driving electro to booty, dark atmospherics, twisted tones and of course plenty of bass! The mix features Touchin' Bass classics and some forthcoming gems from the likes of : ADJ, Manasyt, Bass Junkie, DJ Godfather, Hydraulix, Chaotic State, Eggfooyoung, David Morley, DJ Assault, Sync 24 and, of course, Andrea Parker herself. Bargain!...

Album Of The Week!
Albert Ayler - Holy Ghost
Revenant
9cd + Book

Its the Wire magazine's number 1 release of the year and has blown away anyone' who's seen it - here it is back in stock once again!!! The Revenant label follows up its triple grammy winning charley patton box with Holy Ghost, a career spanning collection of the music of the sax titan Albert Ayler (1936-1970) spread across 9 cd's, a book, lots of extra material and housed in an unbeleivable etched mock-ivory biscuit box. Albert Ayler became the catalytic force in defining the sound of the tenor in free jazz, and was a heavy influence on john coltrane's later work. The box comprises: 9 cds of rare and unissued recordings, extensive unpublished Ayler interview footage, 208 page full color hardbound book/ essays by amiri baraka, val wilmer, daniel caux, and ben young. essay by marc chaloin on ayler's key formative years (1958-62). unpublished photos by raymond ross, wilmer and many others. unpublished ayler family snapshots & cleveland memorabilia. Artist testimonials bearing witness to encounters with ayler's music. exhaustive chronology of ayler performance / recording activities. all of this housed in a lavish tabletop (9 " by 9" by 3") spirit box format, deluxe moulded "onyx" box carved from handcarved wooden original. Not cheap...but quite breathtaking. Buy....

Dvd Of The Week!
Specialten - Issue 7
Specialten
Dvd / Magazine

Specialten is a bi-monthly collection of short films, music videos and exclusive interviews that aims its focus towards music, film, animation and design. The packaging is gatefold A4 bound heavy card in full colour and includes a 24 page book of artwork, reviews and stills together with a ltd print by a chosen artist in every issue. For your £5 you get a completely packed bundle of killer content, including : a documentary with Bjork on the making of Medulla, a special interview and live footage of the amazing Nouvelle Vague, an exclusive video clip from SSR for Subtle / Lex, the award winning video clip for Fat Cat's Mum, a special Bonnie Prince Billy video from the director of Gummo and writer of the cult movie Kids, an interview with Mark Craaste, the recent BAFTA winner for animated short film `Jojo in the stars', Jamie Hewlett, the Creator of Tank Girl, an award winning short film about Hells Kitchen created by Studio AKA, a brilliant documentary to celebrate 10 years of Beck's classic Mellow Gold, an Award winning commercial by Smith & Faulkes commissioned for Honda, previously unseen video from Output's DK7, Pete Fowler - Ltd. A4 artwork print by illustrator and creator of Monsterism. Plus material on Husky Rescue, Death from Above, The Earlies, The Knife, The Go Team and Chrome Hoof..... Total running time 2 hours approx - an absolute bargain and indispensible viewing. Buy!!...

Bill Laswell - City Of Light / Hashisheen
Sub Rosa

Two of Bill Laswell's masterpieces featuring a huge list of very special guests: Coil, Trilok Gurtu, Genesis P-Orridge, Techno Animal, Patti Smith, Tetsu Inoue, Lori Carson, Hakim Bey, Anton Fier, Jah Wobble, Iggy Pop, WS Burroughs. City of Light was recorded in Banaras, India, and mixed in Greenpoint, NY. Music composed by Bill Laswell, Coil, Trilok Gurtu, Tetsu Inoue, and features texts and vocals from Lori Carson. "City of Light is about Banaras, a city older then history, tradition, than legends. It is Shiva's land, founded at the dawn of creation. It is India's oldest and most fabled city. The Hindus call it Kashi, the luminous... The City of Light." Hashisheen is the result of two years of hard work and collaborations. This conceptual project guided and supervised by Bill Laswell is presenting through, voices and music, from artists such as: WS Burroughs, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Anne Clark, Jah Wobble, Paul Schutze, Techno Animal, Genesis P-Orridge, Jah Wobble.... The ancient (11th century) and mystic story of Hasan bin Sabbah, Alamut the 'Garden of Earthly Delights' and the rites of the Hashisheens (also called the 'Assassins')." Special double cd edition. ..

Pita - Get Off
Hapna

This is the fourth solo album from Mego founder and infamous recording artist Peter Rehberg, aka Pita. His previous solo albums as Pita (all on the Mego label) have been landmarks in electronic music. His sound ranges from furious to minimalistic, but always with the same uncompromising attitude. "Get Off" is his most varied album to date and a bit of a revelation with its sporadic seepage into more delicate climes. Apart from his solo work, he is also a member of several groups, notably MIMEO (with Keith Rowe, Rafael Toral, Marcus Schmickler, Jerome Noetinger and others) and Fenn O'Berg (with Christian Fennesz and Jim O'Rourke). ..

# posted by DJ Martian 10:07 PM

 

DenverPost.com - Bret Saunders lists his 10 favorite jazz releases of 2004. [via Avant Music News]

# posted by DJ Martian 9:26 PM

 

Rune Grammofon outline their release schedule for 2005:

2004 has been a very busy and at times exhausting year with more releases than ever, but that doesn´t stop us from releasing another two albums in January. First out is the third and so far best album from Alog. ”Miniatures” is scheduled for release on January 17.One week later comes the new album from Shining, a progressive artrockmonsterjazz quartet counting two former Jaga Jazzist members and writers in their ranks. Before summer we should also see the debut album from In The Country, the young acoustic piano trio led by Morten Qvenild from Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, a second album from Archetti/Wiget as well as Supersilent 7 in the shape of a concert DVD.

# posted by DJ Martian 8:51 PM

 

Arve Henriksen on Radio 3

Now available online via Listen Again on BBC Radio Player: BBC - Radio 3 - Late Junction - 16 December 2004

Thursday 16 December 2004 22:15-0:00 (Radio 3)

Fiona Talkington presents a Christmas concert from Arve Henriksen, specially recorded for Late Junction.

# posted by DJ Martian 8:31 PM

 

As promised Boomkat add in end of year charts from many electronic music artists & record label owners.

# posted by DJ Martian 7:47 PM

 

Haunted Ink: Michael Heumann's Best Albums of 2004 - some interesting selections.

# posted by DJ Martian 6:35 PM

 

Brainwashed Releases a listing of recent & upcoming electronic/experimental/etc. releases - has been updated.

including:

MARCH 15th, 2005
Scritti Politti - Early CD [collection of early singles] (Rough Trade America, US)

# posted by DJ Martian 5:57 PM

 

IF MUSIC... ONLINE - More Than A Record Store - the website for the London based record store.

# posted by DJ Martian 2:23 PM

 

music blog: eternal FUSION has been reactivated.

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Dutch based music blog: Lowtones has started featuring their favourite albums of 2004.

By the way apart from US and UK, I seem to have a large readership [from my web stats referrals] from Netherlands & Belgium - so thanks for reading in 2004.

Plus there is an interesting all time list: Lowtones 100

Lowtones 100
1. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
2. Radiohead – Kid A
3. Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrjun
4. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
5. Talk Talk – Laughing Stock
6. Radiohead – OK Computer
7. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
8. Michael Jackson – Bad
9. Fennesz – Endless Summer
10. Slowdive – Souvlaki
11. GZA – Liquid Swords
12. Joy Division – Closer
13. Miles Davis – Sketches Of Spain
14. Can – Tago Mago
15. Cocteau Twins – Heaven Or Las Vegas
16. Talk Talk – Spirit Of Eden 17. Dr. Dre – The Chronic
18. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – I See A Darkness
19. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A# (infinity)
20. Microphones – Mt. Eerie
21. Outkast – ATLiens
22. Raekwon – Only Built For Cuban Linx
23. Public Image Ltd. – Metal Box
24. M83 – Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
25. The Smiths – The Smiths
26. Grandaddy – The Sophtware Slump
27. Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy
28. My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
29. Bark Psychosis – Hex
30. Bardo Pond – On The Ellipse
31. Jeff Buckley –Grace
32. Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
33. John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
34. The Microphones – The Glow Pt. 2
35. Mercury Rev – All Is Dream
36. Wu Tang Clan – Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
37. Black Dice – Beaches & Canyons
38. Squarepusher – Music Is Rotted One Note
39. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Lift Your Skinny Fists…
40. Charles Mingus – The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady
41. Metallica – Ride The Lightning
42. Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
43. Pulp – This Is Hardcore
44. Bright Eyes – Lifted..Or The Story Is In The Soil
45. Low – Things We Lost In The Fire
46. The Cure – Disintegration
47. Radiohead – The Bends
48. David Bowie – Low
49. Fennesz – Venice
50. The Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come
51. A Silver Mt. Zion – He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corners of Our Rooms
52. Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights
53. Mogwai – Come On Die Young
54. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – B.R.M.C.
55. Metallica – Master Of Puppets
56. Slint – Spiderland
57. MC5 – Kick Out The Jams
58. Hood – Cold House
59. Mercury Rev – Deserter’s Songs
60. Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
61. Pink Floyd - Animals
62. Sigur Ros – ( )
63. Underworld – Everything, Everything
64. Grandaddy – Under The Western Freeway
65. Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue
66. Autechre – Confield
67. Alvin Lucier – I Am Sitting In A Room
68. Method Man – Tical
69. Pantera – Vulgar Display Of Power
70. Tindersticks - Curtains
71. Fushitsusha – Pathetique
72. Matmos – A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure
73. Nick Drake – Bryter Layter
74. Boredoms – Super Ae
75. Spacemen 3 – Playing With Fire
76. Metallica – Black Album
77. Lightning Bolt – Wonderful Rainbow
78. Slayer – Seasons In The Abbyss
79. Radiohead – Amnesiac
80. Loveliescrushing – Xuvetyn
81. Portishead – Dummy
82. Morbid Angel – Blessed Are The Sick
83. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
84. Labradford – Mi Media Naranja
85. Charalambides – Joy Shapes
86. Autechre – Tri Repetae ++
87. Popgroup – Y
88. Michael Jackson – Thriller
89. Scott Walker – Tilt
90. Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
91. Biohazard – Urban Discipline
92. Current 93 – All The Pretty Little Horses
93. Chapterhouse – Whirlpool
94. Tangerine Dream – Phaedra
95. Russel Haswell & Masami Akita – Satanstornade
96. Tim Hecker – Haunt Me, Haunt Me, Do It Again
97. Ride – Nowhere
98. Kaffe Matthews – cd eb + flo
99. Shalabi Effect – Trial Of St. Orange
100. Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing

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The front cover of the debut Bloc Party album Silent Alarm looks superb: Reviews and Ratings for Silent Alarm -- Bloc Party -- Rate Your Music

# posted by DJ Martian 10:40 AM

Saturday, December 18, 2004

 

US Internet based radio station Woxy.com have launched a new website.

# posted by DJ Martian 9:31 PM

 

Music blog: The Suburbs Are Killing Us has a feature on new Norwegian Jazz, primarily focused on the forthcoming Tord Gustavsen Trio album, including two mp3 tracks.

# posted by DJ Martian 8:26 PM

 

Echo & the Bunnymen will be recording a new album with producer Hugh Jones for a 2005 release. [Source: BBC 6 Music]

# posted by DJ Martian 4:49 PM

 

betterPropaganda present betterPropaganda 2004 Year in Review

# posted by DJ Martian 4:22 PM

 

The music year of Nick Southall @ Auspicious Fish

# posted by DJ Martian 4:21 PM

 

BW & BK (Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles) albums of the year 2004

66 albums of 2004 according to Canadian Metal music magazine BW & BK: BW & BK (Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles) albums of the year 2004 -- Rate Your Music

# posted by DJ Martian 4:17 PM

Friday, December 17, 2004

 

Next week's releases are reviewed @ Norman Records - plus various personal best of 2004 lists.

# posted by DJ Martian 2:21 PM

 

Boomkat Best of 2004

Breaking news: Manchester's Boomkat have unleashed their end of charts for 2004:

So.....a few things to tell you about this week. Firstly - you can now finally have a look at our top 50 albums and singles of the year on our Charts page - over the course of the next day or so we will be uploading almost 100 charts from all sorts of contributors and friends - keep your eyes peeled! Once these are all uploaded we'll compile them for you in one handy Newsletter, expect it in the next couple of days.

Boomkat - Top 50 albums of 2004 - the top 50 is packed with excellent choices.

Junior Boys - take the esteemed number 1 album of the year. Norwegians, Deathprod at number 2 and at number 3 Arve Henriksen.

Also: Boomkat - Top 50 Singles of 2004

# posted by DJ Martian 2:11 PM

 

This week's Mixing It show: Mixing It - 17 December 2004

Broadcast: Friday 17 December 2004 22:15-23:30 (Radio 3)

Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present a unique mix of musical styles and influences

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Almost Cool review Lars Horntveth - Pooka

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Jess Harvell @ blackie lawless fanclub provides an extensive 2004 Rewind feature.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:53 PM

 

The Best Ambient music of 2004 is discussed here: Hypnos Forum: Top Ten Ambient CD's of 2004 (so far)

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Today Marcello reaches the final part of MC'S TOP 50 NEW ALBUMS OF 2004: THE TOP TEN, WITH THE SEASON ACKNOWLEDGED

I approve of Boredoms at Number 1.

1. THE BOREDOMS Seadrum/House Of Sun

Some of other highlights

2. FENNESZ Venice
4. ANNIE Anniemal
13. ARTHUR RUSSELL Calling Out Of Context
17. CURSOR MINER Cursor Miner Plays God
19. THE NECKS Drive By
26. PETER HAMMILL Incoherence
28. MICHAEL MAYER Touch
39. THE EARLIES Those Were The Earlies
43. ED LAWES 14 Tracks/Pieces
48. THE ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Sung Tongs

# posted by DJ Martian 12:14 PM

 

dirty underworld feature Underworld's list of recommended listening for December 2004

# posted by DJ Martian 11:58 AM

Thursday, December 16, 2004

 

RTQE 15 of the Top Ten Recordings of 2004

RTQE is a weekly radio show:

Sunday evening program of electronic, experimental, classical, and improvised conduct for survivors or the 20th century hosted by Gregory Taylor which has aired since 1986 on Sunday evenings on WORT-FM in Madison, Wisconsin.

present: RTQE 15 of the Top Ten Recordings of 2004 - essential reading/ listening recommendations for fans of The Wire / Mixing It / BBC Music Experimental / Signal to Noise magazine etc.

# posted by DJ Martian 10:39 PM

 

Geeta @ the original soundtrack blog profiles the forthcoming Justus Köhncke album Doppelleben - due in 2005 on Kompakt

# posted by DJ Martian 10:28 PM

 

The Wire interview LCD SOUNDSYSTEM

The Wire 251, January 2005
Unedited Transcript by Pete Shapiro

# posted by DJ Martian 10:16 PM

 

The Wire - January 2005 Issue

The new issue of THE WIRE: ADVENTURES IN MODERN MUSIC features James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem drenched in water on the front cover.

It looks like LCD Soundsystem's debut album will be one of the big impact releases of 2005.

Details of the current issue of: The Wire

This issue includes an extensive 2004 Rewind feature.

# posted by DJ Martian 8:36 PM

 

Other Music present Other Music Year End Recap

Looking back over this past year, one thing was apparent to all of us at
Other Music. 2004 was a solid year for music. Our latest annual Year End
Recap reflects this, with more albums listed than in previous years. Culled
from earlier editions of the Update, many of these abbreviated reviews may
be familiar to you. But we've also included a lot of great releases that
we're featuring here for the first time. And while a few of the albums on
the list may be sold out, we will announce restocks in future Other Music
Updates.

In the upcoming weeks we'll be sending out our annual staff top 10 picks and
a list of 2004's top sellers.

# posted by DJ Martian 7:28 PM

 

Keeping it Peel - Tribute for John Peel on Radio 1 Tonight

New microsite for Keeping It Peel on Radio 1 Tonight starting at 7pm GMT. You can listen to this live on the web, or on listen again after broadcast for a week.

Radio 1 pays tribute to the late John Peel through a night of live music at Maida Vale...

PART 1
'Teenage Dreams So Hard To Beat' - Documentary

Featuring tributes from The Undertones, Orbital, The Cure, New Order, Supergrass, Robert Plant, Underworld, Siouxsie Sioux and The Buzzcocks.

PART 2
Wedding Present
Stuart Murdoch
Graham Coxon
Damon Albarn
Steveless
Nina Nastasia
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
PJ Harvey
Trencher
Hefner
Melys

PART 3
Underworld
Hixxy
Coldcut
Shitmat
Dynamite MC
Grooverider
Dave Clarke
Jon E Cash
Alex Paterson

# posted by DJ Martian 5:59 PM

 

NewOrderOnline report New Order's new album will be released on March 28th 2005

# posted by DJ Martian 5:43 PM

 

Xfm report New Radiohead Material For 2005 @ The Ether Festival in London

Organisers have announced that new Radiohead compositions from Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood will make up a part of the programme for next year’s Ether Festival at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

New music from members of Radiohead will receive their debut performance as part of London’s Ether Festival in March 2005. The material is to be performed by the London Sinfonietta at the London Royal Festival Hall on March 27 and 28.

The Ether Festival breaks downs boundaries between classical and contemporary rock/ electronic/ pop music. "two evenings of experimentation, collaboration and cross-genre juxtaposition".

# posted by DJ Martian 5:42 PM

 

The legendary Dead Can Dance have annnounced a 2005 European tour including London - Barbican on April 6th.

# posted by DJ Martian 5:09 PM

 

Music blogs round up: MonkeyFilter | MONKEYFILTER MUSICBLOG LISTING 2.0

# posted by DJ Martian 12:49 PM

 

An interesting overview: KRAUTROCKSAMPLER: Top 50 Albums compiled by writer Julian Cope

# posted by DJ Martian 12:35 PM

 

New Tarwater Album

In the latest e-mail from Morr Music this is listed as a forthcoming release:

14.03.05 tarwater - the needle was travelling

# posted by DJ Martian 10:30 AM

 

Kultureflash - Headlines from London [No. 106/ 15.12.04]

This week's Kultureflash

KultureFlash is a free, weekly newsletter covering contemporary culture in and around London. Each week we track down some of the more unusual and interesting 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 most stimulating events in London.

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PopMatters present PopMatters - Best Music of 2004 - Top 100 Albums

a user @ rateyourmusic presents the Top 100 with album covers here: popmatters.com albums of the year 2004

# posted by DJ Martian 9:28 AM

Wednesday, December 15, 2004

 

Top 100 Albums of 2004 @ Rate Your Music has been updated.

# posted by DJ Martian 5:11 PM

 

Kate Bush News & Information - Confirmation that there will be a new Kate Bush album in 2005.

# posted by DJ Martian 4:43 PM

 

Pitchfork review Arthur Russell - World of Echo

# posted by DJ Martian 4:05 PM

 

The Jazz Journalists Association [JJA] are featuring their members end of year lists @ JJA Top Ten for '04

# posted by DJ Martian 2:18 PM

 

NME.COM speak to Jimi Goodwin of Doves about the recording of their album: Some Cities. » Doves reveal all about new album

# posted by DJ Martian 12:44 PM

 

The Mars Volta - Playlouder's Verdict on the New Opus

Playlouder highly endorse the forthcoming The Mars Volta album: Frances the Mute

# posted by DJ Martian 12:36 PM

 

prefixmag . best albums of 2004 and the number 1 slot goes to:

Madvillain - Madvilliany (Stones Throw)

# posted by DJ Martian 10:55 AM

 

Splendid review The Muffins - Double Negative

After a near-twenty year break, instrumental prog quartet The Muffins returned to recording and performing in 2002. Double Negative is their second album since reforming, and their most inspired effort since their 1978 debut, Manna/Mirage, mixing elements of prog, avant jazz and psychedelic improv into a memorable musical brew.

# posted by DJ Martian 10:45 AM

 

Mojo Magazine - January 2005 Issue

Oh dear it's the new issue of MOJO Magazine

Why I hate British Music Magazines Part 1001 - what is the point of yet another Nirvana/ Kurt Cobain front cover? and Mojo's albums of the year selections are mostly dull and uninspiring.

# posted by DJ Martian 10:36 AM

 

Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again - March 2005 Album

Kranky report that Out Hud have named their second album: Let Us Never Speak of It Again

There is some news stirring in the Out Hud camp. Their second full-length album, Let Us Never Speak of It Again is set for a worldwide release on March 21st, 2005. It will be released in Europe through K7 Recordings in Germany and will be preceeded with the single 'One Life to Leave' due for release on February 7th, 2005. The band plan to begin touring in April 2005 in the East Coast, South and Midwest portions of the United States.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:01 AM

Tuesday, December 14, 2004

 

Dusted Features - End of the Year: 2004

Dusted now have a central webpage for their 2004 features: Dusted Features [ End of the Year: 2004 ]

# posted by DJ Martian 11:41 PM

 

Reminder: Keep It Peel - John Peel Night on Radio 1 this Thursday 7pm - 1am.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:28 PM

 

Ladytron sign to Island Records, New Album Spring 2005

Confirmed @ ::: Ladytron.com :::

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Ladytron sign to Island Records. ( 7th December 2004 )
Ladytron are happy to confirm the rumours, that after extensive negotiations they have finally signed with Island/Universal records. It is with great pleasure they now join the likes of Roxy Music, Sparks, B52s, Pulp, PJ Harvey, and countless other acts they love on this label. They are currently in London mixing their new LP, working on the songs: 'international dateline', 'weekend', 'soft power', 'destroy everything you touch', 'sugar', and 'highrise'. A spring 2005 release for the yet untitled album is planned, accompanied by an extensive tour.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:15 PM

 

Porcupine Tree name New Album: Deadwing

One of Britain's premier art rock bands: Porcupine Tree have announced the title of their forthcoming album: Deadwing

album Deadwing is scheduled for release on March 21st. A very special edition will be available to preorder a few weeks prior to this date.

In the meantime a microsite dedicated to the album deadwing.com will develop as the release date approaches, with audio, video and other media relating to the album added to the site on a regular basis.

Microsite: Deadwing

# posted by DJ Martian 5:22 PM

 

This week's flavourpill LONDON an email magazine covering music, art, and cultural events

# posted by DJ Martian 4:45 PM

 

Type records have a streaming radio show by Helios

December 2004

A genre hopping exercise in the sublime from Keith Kenniff, aka Helios and Goldmund. From folk to avant-classical to pop, just quality music from beginning to end.

Tracklisting :

One of the most exciting artists working in electronic music at the moment, Keith released the album 'Unomia' this year to great acclaim, and unsurprisingly it is making many of the end of year lists. Next year Type begins the year with Keith's next work, under the moniker 'Goldmund' this is a foray into cagean piano-based minimalism. This gives an insight into the influence he soaked up as he wrote these albums.

1. There's a Long Trail A Winding - Bill Carrothers

2. Idaho - Untitled Hidden Track

3. Ennio Morricone - Humbert On The Hillside

4. Michael Andrews - To The Lab

5. Morton Feldman - Rothko Chapel 5

6. Tom Recchion - The Little Green Thing

7. Suicide - Cheree (remix)

8. Nina Nastasia - The Body

9. Frou Frou - Let Go

10. David Holmes - Mother

11. Thomas Newman - The Farm

12. Tom Recchion - Enormous Horses

13. Sigridur Nielsdottir - Komdu Litla Barnid

14. Tin Hat Trio - Bill

15. Climax Golden Twins - Seculsion

16. P.G. Six - Introduction (letter to Lilli St. Cyr)

17. Wuttemberg Chamber Orchestra - Albinoni Adagio in G for Strings and Organ Continuo

# posted by DJ Martian 4:42 PM

 

ireallylovemusic have exclusive news: That Petrol Emotion are trying to arrange a reunion tour.

If there is any further news, check back at this unofficial fansite: That Petrol Emotion

Trivia fact, That Petrol Emotion released their legendary Babble album on the same day as my 17th birthday in May 1987.

# posted by DJ Martian 4:05 PM

 

Pause & Play's On The CD Front list Strapping Young Lad - Alien as a March 22nd release date.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:48 PM

 

prefixmag present prefixmag best albums of 2004 - the countdown will continue through the week.

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Monday, December 13, 2004

 

Dälek - Absence is one of my most anticipated releases of 2005.

Ipecac will release this album in early February 2005.

Mary Anne Hobbs on Radio 1's Breezeblock played a track from this last week - powerful intense pummeling beats drenched in sonic feedback.

Think: Mark Stewart & the Mafia, Scorn, Techno Animal, MBV and Public Enemy - in a sonic blender.

# posted by DJ Martian 7:49 PM

 

Ulver MP3 Track

Jester Records present a new mp3 clip from the forthcoming Ulver album.

Ulver - Blood Inside will be released in 2005.

I do believe the clip is a preview of the upcoming album "Blood inside", due out early next year. Kind of harkens back to the "Marriage of heaven and hell" album to my ears, for better or worse. alerted via [It's a trap]

I agree, also sounds a bit like Industrial Rock Depeche Mode circa 1993, The Young Gods, Scorn, Einstürzende Neubauten.

# posted by DJ Martian 6:54 PM

 

This week Fopp list their favourites of the year.

Call my cynical though - it look likes a pre Christmas sales display campaign - it's full of the high profile releases of 2004.

# posted by DJ Martian 2:32 PM

 

Junkmedia present Junkmedia, 2004: The Year in Music

Including: Junkmedia: Top 10 Albums of 2004 - Surprisingly, NYC epic rock band The Walkmen take top slot.

[By the way this is presented in a rather nice horizontal style webpage design]

on rateyourmusic
The Walkmen - Bows and Arrows is currently ranked Number 33 album of 2004.

I would rather webzines feature individual top lists rather than just publish the overall results. Also why only a Top 10, Junkmedia ?

# posted by DJ Martian 2:11 PM

 

Dusted commence looking back on 2004:

Our Year In Review
Dusted is proud to begin our look back on '04. We'll be publishing two pieces a day by staff writers offering their own takes on what exactly happened this year. Batting leadoff: Bill Meyer and Ben Tausig

# posted by DJ Martian 1:46 PM

 

Splendid review Tin Hat Trio - Book of Silk

# posted by DJ Martian 1:44 PM

 

Splendid review Jesu - Self-Titled this album is due for a January 2005 release on HydraHead.

Since disbanding Godflesh more than two years ago, Justin Broadrick has undertaken many musical voyages -- most notably his violent hip-hop persona Techno Animal, and dissenting dub project Curse of the Golden Vampire. While fans greedily scarfed up those sojourns, all that the faithful really wanted was for Broadrick to return to the world from which he came...

# posted by DJ Martian 1:42 PM

 

London's Phonica Records have launched their website.

The website is split into 2 sections: Online Shop and a virtual tour of the actual shop.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:30 PM

 

Marcello Carlin has started to countdown his fave new albums of 2004: MC'S TOP 50 NEW ALBUMS OF 2004: PART I

Note, Last week Marcello on his blog dealt with Top 50 Reissues and Compilations.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:22 PM

 

New Releases @ Piccadilly Records - for November 29th

[Releases for December 6th and 13th - to follow soon]

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

The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys Deluxe Edition
Ficiton

The Cure's debut album from 1979 has now been elevated to the Deluxe Edition series. Compiled by Robert Smith and digitally remastered by Chris Blair at Abbey Road, this two CD set is a must for all Cure fans. Contains six previously unreleased songs and 17 tracks on CD for the very first time! The 16-page booklet contains sleevenotes by Johnny Black plus rare and previously unseen photographs from Robert Smith's personal archive.

Headshoppe - All Manner Of Things
Monocle 78

This mini-album proves that by working with excellent producers (Edwyn Collins and Mr Liam Watson in this case!!), a band can really find their own sound, whilst paying homage to their musical loved ones. With the addition of a full time trumpet player, Headshoppe deliver a beautiful record. The tracks vary from gentle, love inspired, tunes about the loss of direction, to heavy blues / moog loaded psyche-outs (think Groundhogs), discussing the pain of modern married life.

Jarboe - Anhedoniac
Atavistic

A deluxe reissue of Jarboe's limited edition private press 1998 album, remastered, with three bonus tracks, presented in an oversized six colour, 16 page booklet, with exclusive Richard Kern photos, this is the third in the atavistic reissue series for the avant auteur / ex-Swans / chanteuse. Quite varied musically, some acoustic guitar based numbers, some harsh like early Swans, another fine addition to the catalogue.

Thurston Moore / My Cat Is An Alien - From The Earth To The Spheres Vol. 1
Very Friendly

CD version of the ridiculously limited opax vinyl release (100 only). Thurston Moore starts things off with a 21 minute piece called "American Coffin" engaging in improv piano action that recalls both Dave Burrell's genius on the legendary "Echo" album on Jazz Actuel and textures on some of Stockhausen's wildest masterpieces. The track is fragmented by splinters of sonic feedbacks, howling guitar and every sort of musical collage insert, all permeated by a cloud of dust and debris. My Cat Is An Alien's track is entitled "Brilliance In The Outer Space", - music made of space sounds flowing freely in both inner and outer dimensions; sound sculptors and audiovisual artists My Cat Is An Alien base most of their work and research on purely improvised compositions, erecting minimal textures created essentially by guitar space-drones influenced by early American minimalism and the conceptual and philosophical modus operandi of avant-pioneers such as John Cage and Sun Ra.

Performance - Love Life
Guilty Feet Recordings

Hailing from Manchester, Performance are best friends Joe Cross and Joe Stretch, and sisters Laura and Billie Marsden. Coming across like the Human League via New Order via the Velvet Underground, Performance are already masters of their hometown 'Manctronica' scene, and have packed out shows in London and Glasgow as well as headlining the acclaimed 'Non-Stop Electronic Cabaret' tour last year with Pink Grease and Chikinki.
CDS
The CD single also includes the tracks "Blasé" and "Live A Little".

Rebelski - Stickers On Keys
Twisted Nerve

Martin Roman Rebelski is a man keen to let his ear guide him, an approach that has served him well in the careful construction of this, his second solo album. Rebelski's acclaimed debut album on Heavenly saw electronic meanderings, whereas "Stickers on Keys" introduces guest vocals, strings and more 'conventional' songs into the fray, to wonderful effect. A keyboard player by trade, Rebelski's day job is to provide keys and sounds for Doves, and they return the favour by playing on a number of tracks on the album. Rebelski lists influences such as Steve Reich, Harold Budd, Brian Eno, Tom Waits and Aphex Twin, their influence yet more evident in the twinkling electronic starlight of opener "Alka Seltzer" and gentle, aquatic lullaby "As The Crow Flies". Elsewhere, Martin lets his ivories take centre stage, teasing out strands of melody like spinning silk through "Magic Calculator" and single "Play The School Piano".

Christina Rosenvinge - Foreign Land
Smells Like Records

Recorded in New York City at Echo Canyon and the Magic Shop, and again with the help of Steve Shelley, Lee Ranaldo, and Tim Foljahn with added guest help from Smokey Hormel and Jeremy Wilms, the album also features her first collaborations with the Soldier String Quartet, giving things a nouvelle vague flavour recalling pre-electronic German music or nordic pop, all tied together with some good old clanging New York experimentation. The songs come from a personal, mysterious world of concise romanticism peopled with kindred spirits such as Francoise Hardy, Stina Nordenstam and Nico.

Tokyo Explode - Tokyo Explode
Fire

Its been over 12 months since XFM's Jon Kennedy first played tracks from Tokyo Explodes self financed demo. Since then the band have been hard at work finishing this their debut album, writing tracks for Japanese video game giant Konami and piecing together a live band which will hit these shores in early 2005.

Trembling Blue Stars - The Seven Autumn Flowers
Elefant

Trembling Blue Stars return with a fantastic new album for Elefant Records (home to Camera Obscura). This is TBS' first new material in three years, and moves into slightly new territory on some tracks (there's a dub vibe on "The Rhythm Of Your Breathing", and "All Eternal Things" shows TBS paying homage to their post-punk roots a la Cure and 80s synth pop). In all other respects, TBS' new album dives deep into self-confessed indie-pop with those ambient and chamber-pop electronic touches they are loved for. Bob Wratten's songs share the spirit of 70s songwriters such as Jackson Browne or Nick Drake's romanticism, along with a modern day focus on synth-pop elements and melodic 'wall of sound' indie-pop.

The Yellow Swans - Bring The Neon War Home
Narnack

This is Yellow Swans' highly anticipated proper full length. They have been wowing audiences for a couple of years now with their unrelenting savage atack of artistically packaged CDRs and self released vinyl. Much in the same vein as Wolf Eyes, Nautical Lamanac, and Crack: We Are Rock, the unrelenting noise / destructo onslaught from this two piece has to be heard to be believed / understood.

Various Artists / Club AC30 #3
Club AC30

London shoegazing night Club AC30 releases its third limited edition CD. Strictly 500 copies, hand made, hand stamped and numbered, each CD features new tracks from the best in shimmery and noisy guitars. Televise - new project of ex-Inner Sleeve and Slowdive member Simon. Guitaro hail from Canada, their song "Rainbow Brain" definitely nods in the direction of Air and M83. Track three comes from The Meeting Places with a recording from their "Find Yourself Along The Way" album sessions.

Bloemfontein - The Longer Now
Label High Fidelity Recordings

Two full instrumental CDs from this Canadian band that mine a similar vein to Godspeed and Do Make Say Think, with added bits of Spiritualized and Sigur Ros. Excellent longer than life tracks that allow you to dream yourself off into another world!!!!

Autistic Daughters - Jealousy And Diamond
Kranky

Autistic Daughters are a new ensemble formed by Dean Roberts as a vehicle for his collaboration with influential musicians Martin Brandlmayer and Werner Dafeldecker. "Jealously And Diamond" picks up where Robert's "Be Mine Tonight" album left off, pulling apart the threads that hold together the contemporary song, blending genres, musical approaches and traditions to create unique song structures and an inventive, emotionally potent form of contemporary.

Kaada / Patton - Romances
Ipecac

Eagerly anticipated follow up to Kaada's debut on Ipecac, in which he collaborates with Ipecac's very own El Presidente, Mike Patton himself. They play around with harmonies, melodies and forms inspired by composers Gustav Hahler, Chopin, Brahms and Liszt. The song titles were chosen from French songs of the 1800s. "Romances" is the perfect soundtrack to your latest haunted dream. Referencing fifties and sixties sci-fi sound effects, Kaada and Patton fill up the aural palette with sounds we haven't heard since John Cage was preparing pianos for unprepared audiences everywhere.

On Filmore - Sleeps With The Fishes
Drag City

On Fillmore is Darin Gray (Grand Ulena, Dazzling Killmen, Loren Mazzacane-Connors) and Glenn Kotche (Wilco, Barnes-Kotche Duo, Jim O'Rourke). Culled from over a hundred hours of collective intimacy as well as distance. On Fillmore's latest "Sleeps with Fishes" is a pixilated paean to lullabies, location, and liberation.

Silver Ray - Humans
Broken Horse

Following the release of the second Silver Ray album "New Love" to wide acclaim earlier this year, word has spread rapidly of the instrumental Melbourne-based trio. Whilst comparisons to the likes of Mogwai, Godspeed You Black Emperor and the Dirty Three are inevitable, the band's unique pallet of largely just guitar, piano and drums is a sound of their very own. For their third album "Humans", the band decided to record live with no overdubs. In the early hours of a March morning in Melbourne, the band did just that in less than four hours. The result is possibly their strongest statement to date.

Various Artists / Team Kitty-Yo 1994 - 2004
Kitty Yo

Celebrating Kitty-Yo's ten year anniversary, "Team Kitty-Yo" features exclusives from, amongst others, Gold Chains and Sue Cie, Maximilian Hecker, Jimi Tenor, Tarwater and Kante, plus a free bonus CD. The first disc of the CD version is a collection of unreleased material by both new and established Kitty-Yo artists, offering a thrilling view of Kitty-Yo's future releases. It includes exclusive tracks by Tarwater, Rechenzentrum, Raz Ohara, Taylor Savvy, Sex In Dallas, Rhythm King And Her Friends and Maximilian Hecker mingle with new input from Kitty-Yo freshmen Jay Haze, Richard Davis and Spyritual. The second, bonus CD was perceived as a 'Thank You' to those who have supported the label during the last decade. It features rare and unreleased tracks from Tarwater, Peaches and Gonzales, Kante, Louie Austen, Rhythm King And Her Friends, Sex In Dallas, To Rococo Rot, Raz Ohara, Rechenzentrum, Preed and more.

Alter Ego - Rocker - Erol Alkan Remix
Klang

This massive glitched up electro-tech monster, licenced from Playhouse's Klang offshoot, has been a favourite of every DJ worth their salt for a while now, and finally gets a wider release via Skint. As well as the original you now get a rework by Nag Nag Nag's Erol Alkan that tweaks the beats about a bit. Not to be missed.

Various Artists / Shibuya Jazz Clash! - No Wave In Jap Jazz & Funk '75 -'86
Solid

As with the late 70s to mid 80s in the UK and US, Japan also had it's own No Wave movement, with jazz and funk artists taking influences from electronic outfits like Kraftwerk, the world sweeping disco phenomenon and angular punk experiments to create their own fusion tracks. Minoru Wakasugi collects together some of the best sounds from the era for this Solid Records compilation, including EP-4, BGM, Fad, Honma Express, Genji Sawai & Material, Akira Ishikawa, Ichiko Hashimoto, RNA Organism, Coloured Music, Casiopea etc.

Fertile Ground - Black Is...
Counterpoint

Led by the magisterial voice of astral soul goddess, Navasha Daya and overseen by bandleader / composer / keyboardist James Collins, Baltimore's Fertile Ground return with another fine LP. Their power lies not only in their rich blend of soul, jazz, funk, and African-inspired rhythms, but in their positive, progressive lyrics - truly spiritual, and delivered without any sort of hype - they are one of the few combos with a power to rival the most righteous groups of the 70s!

Various Artists / Shibuya Jazz Classics - Gilles Peterson Collection (Trio Issue)
Solid

Gilles Peterson gets a chance to pick out some of his favourite tracks from the Trio label's 1960s / 1970s output on this Solid Records compilation. As ever he chooses some great vocal tracks (Dee Dee Bridgewater, Helen Merrill, Irene Kral, Lorez Alexandria), fantastic jazz fusion (Richard Beirach, Kunihiko Sugano etc) and cool swingers (Ryo Fukui Trio) and cuts on more of an improv / free tip (Koichi Matsukaze, Eddie Gomez).

Bola - Gnayse
Skam

In the scheme of things there are a number of electronic artists who by releasing quality album after quality album, become modern-day classic electronic artists. Darrell Fitton (aka Bola) is one of these alongside Autechre, Boards Of Canada, Plaid and Aphex Twin.

Current 93 - Halo
Durtro

The first of a comprehensive reissue series of the Durtro and United Dairies catalogue, "Halo" is a live album featuring the entire set performed by the expanded line-up of Current 93 at their sold-out concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at London's South Bank Center on October 9, 2003; it is David Tibet's personal favorite of all the live Current 93 albums. This 67-minute-long album is packaged in a beautiful full-color gatefold digipak. It was originally released by World Serpent in an edition of 1,000 copies which sold out immediately. This is the album's second pressing, making it one of the rarer of the recent Current 93 albums.

Yamataka Eye & John Zorn - Naninani II
Tzadik

Eye and Zorn first met in Tokyo back in 1986. Since then they have travelled, toured, performed, laughed, cried, recorded and collectively been responsible for some of the strangest music ever conceived. In 1995, nine years after their first meeting, they went into the studio to create one of the first releases in the Tzadik New Japan series; "Naninani". In 2003 they returned to the studio to create "Naninani II" a wild and crazy compendium of fragile screams and tender fire. After almost twenty years the telepathic rapport of these two kindred spirits is stronger than ever.

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Sunday, December 12, 2004

 

Signal to Noise - the journal of improvised & experimental music

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

New Winter 2004 issue of Signal to Noise has Avant Jazz 3some Ellery Eskelin with Andrea Parkins & Jim Black on the front cover.

# posted by DJ Martian 6:03 PM

 

A touch of wacky humour here: Essential Albums of the 2000's

A refresher and reference for the last decade.
by James Cooper 12/12/09

# posted by DJ Martian 5:48 PM

 

This week's One World show on Radio 1 features: M83 + LTJ Bukem + Leon Sega

» Show broadcast on Radio 1 on 13th December 2004 from 1 till 3am [and available for 7 days online after broadcast]

On One World tonight we have 2 hours of pure eclectic-ness from all corners of the extreme. We have a Maida Vale session from M83 with their latest mish mash of ambient and guitar pop sounds. Also a mix from drum n bass hero LTJ Bukem and a storming set from Berlin based monster Leon Sega.

# posted by DJ Martian 4:52 PM

 

Radio 1 interview John Tejada

If you're a fan of techno in any way you will have come across John Tejada many times over. A producer of deep, chunky, musical beats, John's music has graced classic labels like R&S, Organized Noise, A13 and now his own Palette Recordings. We caught up with him to find out more about his label and his approach to production.

# posted by DJ Martian 4:48 PM

 

Forthcoming Shows on The Breezeblock on Radio 1:

Dec 13th
» John Tejada
San Francisco DJ, producer and label owner gets a long overdue mix.

Dec 27th
» Jimmy Edgar
Warp’s new production whiz returns

Jan 3rd
» Best of...
Highlights from 2004

Jan 10th
» Laurent Garnier
Playing tracks from the new album

# posted by DJ Martian 4:46 PM

 

The latest Mixing It show is now available to listen to online.

» Radio 3: Mixing It - 10 December 2004

Mark Russell and Robert Sandall introduce another selection of intriguing and unusual sounds, including a session by the improvising electronics duo Yee King and Graham Gatheral.

# posted by DJ Martian 4:35 PM

Saturday, December 11, 2004

 

Eternal Fusion on SpydaRadio

The latest Eternal Fusion show is now available to listen online @ Eternal Fusion

Streaming available on demand until replaced with new show.

11th December 2004

Playlist: Eternal Fusion Playlist: 11th December 2004

Telephone Jim Jesus - 'Struck By A Falling Object'
Wolfgang Dauner Quintet - 'A Day In The Life'
Edgar Broughton Band - 'Out Demons Out'
Coil - 'The Sea Priestess'
Strønen/Storløkken - 'Acrobat'
Medeski, Martin & Wood - 'Shine It'
Prefuse 73 - 'Robot Snares Got No Cadence Or Balance'
A Hawk & A Hacksaw - 'Maremaillette'
July Skies - 'Countryside Of 1939'
Broadcast - 'The Book Lovers'
Renaldo & The Loaf - 'Ow! Stew the Red Shoe'
Faust - 'Mamie Is Blue'
Lovely Midget - 'Dolphin'
Spectrum - 'Neon Sigh'
Richard Youngs - 'Neon Winter'
Gravenhurst - 'Winter Moon'
Magma - 'K.A.1'
Hala Strana - 'Nepdal Tarogaton'
Alastair Galbraith - 'Marcasite Lace'
The Tower Recordings - 'Harvester'
The Bevis Frond - 'Crumbs'
Robyn Hitchcock - 'Creeped Out'
OOIOO - 'Fossil'
Harmonia - 'Watussi'
Kemialliset Ystävät - 'Savuava Harmonia'
Jessamine - 'Step Down'
Nick Castro - Flight Of The Mourning Dove'
Devendra Banhart - 'Pumpkin Seeds'
Tom Waits - 'Sins Of My Father'
Cul de Sac - 'Far Off, The Fabulous Iron Serpent Whistles'
Bardo Pond & Tom Carter - '10:24'
Kim Hiorthøy - 'Soliga Dagens Slappiga Trosor'

Source: Eternal Fusion e-mail newsletter.

# posted by DJ Martian 5:10 PM

 

Kayo Dot - News Update

Kayo Dot plan to work on new material this winter and are also looking for a new record label.

Kayo Dot's last album was released on John Zorn's Tzadik label.

Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye is ranked in the top 100 albums of 2003 on rateyourmusic.

# posted by DJ Martian 2:59 PM

 

The Glide present The Glide 20: Our Top Albums Of 2004

An observation with this list all the selections in the top 20 [apart from one] are from North American [US/ Canada]. Some rather strange selections, plus obvious high profiles - but good to see: Medeski Martin & Wood – End of The World Party: Just In Case.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:34 PM

 

This Week's New Releases @ Boomkat

This week's new releases @ Boomkat include:

ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
Deru - Trying To Remember
Merck

Following on from the beautifuly constructed debut for the Neo Ouija imprint, Deru returns with this developed second album that takes electronic templates and heads into a much denser environment. "Trying to Remember" sets its tone with gliding layers of midnight sounds and brimming ambience, hugely atmospheric and at times laying itself vulnerable to the fractured percussion that makes an appearance every so often. In truth this could scarcely be called IDM and is much the richer for it - Deru seems to effortlessly set himself apart from many of his contemporaries overly reliant on presets and stylistic terrain trod on countless times before. A rewarding, inspired listen that comes highly recommended

Calamalka - Shredders Dub
Plug Research

Vancouver based producer/musician Michael Campitelli aka Calamalka is focused on the heavyweight. A veteran skateboarder who employs trickery as the basis for many good dubs and mixes. Inspired as a youth by the hardcore -reggae crossover of washington state's Bad Brains, Michael quickly discovered Jamaican roots through artists such as King Tubby, Scientist and Lee "Scratch" Perry. During this phase Michael realized Dub was the true predecessor for all electronic and hip hop musics alike. Inspired by Public Enemy, Beasties and Tribe and in turn by producers such as Pete Rock, Primo and Jay Dee, it wasn't long before Michael started making his own beats - dubby live instrumentals and intricate hip hop beats. During the year 2000, Michael independently pressed up his first 12" simply titled the Calamalka E.P. and sent a few out to select parties garnering reviews not to mention positive feedback from established dub-wise producers such as Ryan Moore of Twilight Circus, Stephan Betke (Pole) and Omar Celemetson of Supersoul. This led to two spots on Supersoul's Miami based Metatronix Music in 2002 and it's first compilation Plug Tunes Vol. 1 as well as a live appearance at Miami's Infiltrate 3.0 performing alongside Cannibal Ox, Prefuse 73, Mr. Lif and others. Shortly after, Supersoul turned Michael onto Plug Research (through Supersoul himself). As you listen to the album, each beat bangs with a thundering crack and thump. Volcanic bass pushes cryptic incantations through the murky surface while mysterious melodies snake like shadows through shattered skies. Calamalka's earthshaking rumble vibrates with inspiration. His riddims ride on mesmerizing tones that magnetize ears. Hypnotic bass swells cast deep spells. With audio waves alone, Shredder's Dub projects vibrant images into open minds. ..

Various / Toytronic - 3d Concepts
Toytronic

Double cd compiling the very limited Miles Tilmann, Loess, and Low Profile Society marble vinyl EPs with 4 bonus new and unheard tracks from Low Profile Society. Loess deliver 5 tracks employing ambient principles for a foundation, with rhythmic elements softly extending themselves to enrich proceedings with a beautifully smoothed-over rendition of futuristic sounds. The opening "retinve" strengthens itself with a reliance on only the simplest of principles, a muted industrial percussive line loops itself for background while soothingly stretched synths and whispered basslines surround the rendition for an almost haze-driven listening experience. "alt.tone.two", meanwhile, suddenly discovers a world of bass, more sparkling night-time ambience sets the scene while a dub-driven revolution of stabs and a skanking pace remind of Denmark's excellent Dub-Tractor. Chicago's Miles Tillman, meanwhile, starts proceedings with "Middle Fields" - a gorgeously layered construction of beatless textures, a dense display of warmth that brings to mind work by Brian Eno, Shuttle 358 and even the more ambient stretches of Casino vs Japan. "The Big Swim" follows in glorious form, a gentle pitter-patter in 4/4 form overlayed with more life-affirming edits of multi-coloured ambience, creating a sort of soothing tap of the feet that the likes of Christian Kleine are so good at extending with apparent ease. Low Profile Society, meanwhile, get a full disc to themselves, expanding on ambient themes to blissed-out shores previously visited by Arovane at his most spacious. 24 tracks across 112 minutes of music over two CDs....

Sun City Girls - 98.6 Is Death - Carnival Folklore Resurrection Volume 13
Abduction

The "Carnival Folklore Resurrection" keeps rolling in the 'Made for Radio' format with this hour-long broadcast aired on WFPK in Louisville Kentucky in April of 2004. More manic than the 2-disc Vol. 11/12 which preceded it, there are 37 pieces crammed in 58 minutes of SCG razor-sharp patented assembly including studio outtakes from the Juggernaut and Piasa?.Devourer of Men LP recording sessions from the early 1990's, live SCG cuts, Alvarius Bacharach, whacked ideas on how to make money in a bad economy, cryptic audio theatre message rants including Uncle Jim and other characters, an Indian banjo raga by Sir Richard Bishop from a hotel in Bangalore, Mexicana radio collage, indescribable subversive weirdness and its all capped-off with a cover of Morricone's 'Man w/ a Harmonica'! Limited one time pressing of 1000 copies - utter brilliance....

Gaston - What Time Does Your Train Leave Today?
Beau Rivage

Fineinstrumental post-rock album by Gaston from Berlin, after numerous shows and short tours with the likes of Sea and Cake, Karate, Dianogah manage tocombine playful virtuosity with a strong sense for atmospheric arrangements. Recorded mostly live on analogue tape, this their first full-length album exemplifies a convincing and dynamic approach to experimental rock formats. 7 extended songs of polyrhythmic instrumental turns and harmonic evolutions, crikey you might even be able to call them jams. Use your headphones or dance - or both. ..

Thomas Fehlmann - Lowflow
Plug Research

CD Finally available!! While Allen Avanessian (Plug Research) had always been a huge fan of Fehlmann's solo records and loved his production on some of the great Detroit techno tunes (e. g. Eddie Flashin Folks or Blake Baxter), Thomas was eager to place his music in a new context - ´a new step for me and an exciting one at that.´ Whenever I go to America I also cultivate a different way of listening.´ Over the years, frequent visits and similar tastes in music led to a prolific exchange between the two, introducing each other to the finer aspects of hip-hop and jazz, respectively. After extensive forays into more physical, club-related tracks with his series of ´Blah..,, releases (on Kompakt) "Lowflow", recorded on and off over the last years, now heralds a return to his slower, more experimental side and provides a surprisingly concise description of the album´s overall feel.Both minimal and expansive, "Lowflow" allows its tracks to float across and into each other, an infinite, gentle mix to which Fehlmann playfully introduces the soft murmur of chimes, pedal steel guitar or his very own trumpet. From opener Goldhaar and the disjointed fascination of the decidedly unslinky Slinky with its hypnotic, focused distortion via the briefest of Alice Coltrane homages (Interstellar) to the almost rocky determination of Alice Springs and the classic, minimalist house of Andrea is Delighted, Lowflow nevertheless retains a distinctly dubby, low-end heavy vibe, that makes for his hands-down finest album to date. Everything on this record was generated by Thomas himself, except the cover supplied by seminal artist Raymond Pettibon who was his only contact when he first came to LA 15 years ago, as well as three short, connecting interludes growing out of a collaboration with Detroit artist Dabrye. Highly Recommended....

# posted by DJ Martian 12:18 PM

 

Leonard's Lair review Matthew Dear - Leave Luck To Heaven

# posted by DJ Martian 12:00 PM

 

Parasol Records : Mail Order : Top Picks of 2004 - some eccentric and obscure selections here.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:40 AM

 

Rocklist.net now have the NME 2004 music lists.

As I mentioned on ILM only 10 out of 50 albums made my extensive year tracklisting list, and only 2 could be considered top tier selections - The Radio Dept and TV on the Radio.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:31 AM

 

BBC Music - Album Of The Year 2004 - now with a central holding webpage.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:20 AM

 

BBC - collective - albums of 2004 a fairly predictable selection.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:18 AM

 

WARP RECORDS present Warp Christmas Party :: Friday 17th December :: Jacks, London

Miss Kittin DJ Set.
Jimmy Edgar Live + DJ
Milanese Live
Secondo Live
UNIQUE 3
DJ MINK
Kid Acne
Buddy Peace
Visuals by: Flat-E and av:tv (new bleep)

# posted by DJ Martian 11:07 AM

Friday, December 10, 2004

 

Q request: Ask New Order!

# posted by DJ Martian 3:58 PM

 

Pitchfork review Magma - K.A

# posted by DJ Martian 3:42 PM

 

Next week's releases are reviewed @ Norman Records

# posted by DJ Martian 2:24 PM

 

Juno Records have a new website.

Welcome to Juno Records, the world's largest online dance music store, with over 38,000 titles in stock. The site is updated daily to contain a complete listing of new UK dance releases and imports, along with sound clips and track listings.

Also sign up for their e-mail newsletter.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:54 PM

 

Almost Cool review Thomas Fehlmann - Lowflow

# posted by DJ Martian 1:45 PM

 

Almost Cool review Harold Budd - Avalon Sutra

# posted by DJ Martian 1:40 PM

 

themilkfactory.co.uk interview OCHRE

Chris Leary is undoubtedly one of the most promising young talent of the British electronic scene of today. After propagating his music via the Internet for some years, he has, in the last couple of years, started to get more noticed. In recent months, his work has appeared on countless compilations, and after months of wait, his first album, A Midsummer Nice Dream, is finally about to be released. We took the opportunity to corner him and ask him about his journey so far and what are his plans for the future.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:34 PM

 

Junkmedia review Mike Patton / John Kaada - Romances

# posted by DJ Martian 12:28 PM

 

House of Love - New 2005 Album

Playlouder report late 80s epic guitar band House of Love have reformed and will release a new album: Days Run Away on February 28th.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:25 PM

 

Dusted review Ada - Blondie

# posted by DJ Martian 12:07 PM

 

Find out what Underworld are doing online next Tuesday at 6pm.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:11 AM

 

The Guardian on 'No one can ever be the next John Peel'

Dom Phillips meets Rob Da Bank, the main contender for the most difficult job in pop

# posted by DJ Martian 11:06 AM

 

The Ethereal Digest: Best Of 2004 by FREDofLA

FREDofLA @ Yahoo! Groups : electroambientdreampop presents:

The Ethereal Digest: Best Of 2004

BEST ALBUMS OF 2004

1. STINA NORDENSTAM "The World Is Saved"
2. BOY IN STATIC "Newborn"
3. SAVATH + SAVALAS "Manana"
4. CLOUDDEAD "Ten"
5. LUMEN "This Day & Age"
6. EFTERKLANG "Tripper"
7. EBERG "Plastic Lions"
8. MUS "Divina Lluz"
9. NIOBE "Voodooluba"
10. SIGNER "The New Face Of Smiling"
11. MUSIC AM "A Heart & Two Stars"
12. SUSANA & THE MAGICAL ORCHESTRA "List Of Lights & Buoys"
13. XIU XIU "Fabulous Muscles"
14. UNDER BYEN "2 Ryk Og En Aflevering"
15. SIGMATROPIC "Sixteen Haiku & Other Stories"
16. PARK AVENUE MUSIC "For Your Home Or Office"
17. PSAPP "tiger, my friend"
18. AIR "Talkie Walkie"
19. COCOROSIE "La Maison De Mon Rêve"
20. MÚM "Summer Make Good"
21. JOANNA NEWSOME "The Milk Eyed Mender"
22. THE BOATS "Songs By The Sea"
23. THE MAGNETIC FIELDS "I"
24. MOUNTAIN MEN ANONYMOUS "Krknonose"
25. PLINK "Sleeping Lines"
26. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE "Sung Tongs"
27. WORM IS GREEN "Automagic"
28. DANI SICILIANO "Likes"
29. LISA GERRARD "Immortal Memory"
30. BETHANY CURVE "Flaxen"

# posted by DJ Martian 8:10 AM

Thursday, December 09, 2004

 

Drum & Bass Arena are counting down TOP 20 TUNES OF 2004

Top 20 dnb tunes of 2004, as voted for by you...

# posted by DJ Martian 7:13 PM

 

Norway's 2005 Alarm Prize Nominations Announced

it's a trap! relay the news that Norway's Alarm Prize have announced their nominations list:

Video:
Ugress - Manhattan Sapphire
Sondre Lerche - Two Way Monologue
Ravi & DJ Løv - Dødsøt
Wibutee - We Are In Space, So Are You
Kings Of Convenience - I'd Rather Dance With You

Rock:
Gåte - Iselilja
International Tussler Society - s/t
Gluecifer - Automatic Thrill
Euroboys - Soft focus
WE - Smugglers

Pop:
Thomas Dybdahl - One Day You'll Dance For Me, New York City
Kings of Convenience - Riot on an empty street
Minor Majority - Up for you and I
Annie - Anniemal
Bertine Zetlitz - Rollerskating

Metal:
Red Harvest - Internal Punishment Programs
Khold - Mørke Gravers Kammer
Mayhem - Chimera
Enslaved - Isa
Darkthrone - Sardonic Wrath

Hip-hop/rap:
Tungtvann - III: Folket Bak Nordavind
Jaa9 & OnklP - Sjåre Brymæ
Gatas Parlament - Fred, frihet & alt gratis
Karpe Diem - Glasskår
Madcon - It’s All A Madcon

Electronica:
Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band - Your New Best Friends
Mental Overdrive - 083
Snuten with friends - We Are The Future
Ost & Kjex - Some, But Not All Cheese Comes From The Moon
Illumination - The Poppy Rocks

Jazz:
Scorch Trio - Luggumt
Lars Horntveth - Pooka
Wibutee - Playmachine
Susanna & The Magical Orchestra - A list of lights and buoys
The Thing - Garage

P3 prize for best song:
National Bank - Tolerate
Annie - Chewing Gum
Jim Stärk - Morning Song
Kings Of Convenience - I’d Rather Dance With You
Euroboys - One Way Street

Live:
Gåte
Tussler
Thomas Dybdahl
Ralph Myerz
WE

Newcomer:
Samsaya
Bonk
Samsaya
The Beautiful People
Annie

More info @ MIC Norway and Alarmweb 2005

The winners will be announced February 5th, 2005 at a ceremony in Oslo.

# posted by DJ Martian 7:00 PM

 

Felix Da Housecat: the Next Album

TrusttheDJ report the latest Felix Da Housecat news: Felix Da HouseCat focuses on funk

# posted by DJ Martian 4:54 PM

 

Splendid review Yang - A Complex Nature

# posted by DJ Martian 1:10 PM

 

The latest Bonobo news:

The new record is due to drop sometime 2005. I’ve also started work on my first mix album for Ninja Tunes’ Solid Steel series. Check back for info on release dates.

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themilkfactory.co.uk ISSUE #63 DECEMBER 2004: Summary

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
KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN Schöner Flußengel
Follow-up to Keith Fullerton Whitman’s Antithesis album released earlier this year, Schöner Flußengel is truly beautiful, sumptuous and dark.

REVIEWS
AS ONE - Out Of The Darkness
Three years after his last album, Kirk Degiorgio returns with his latest opus as As One and delves deeper into seventies soul and jazz while still retaining his edgy experimental side.

JIMMY BEHAN - Days Are What We Live In
Long-awaited first album from Dublin-based Jimmy Behan, Days Are What We Live In is an exceptionally endearing piece of work.

CABARET VOLTAIRE - Double Vision Presents Cabaret Voltaire
This long-awaited re-release of Cabaret Voltaire’s Double Vision, now available on DVD, is as sharp and effective today as it was when originally released over twenty years ago.

COPPÉ 8
Japanese pixie Coppé returns with her eighth album and collaborates once again with Ryan Breen. This time, the pair embark on an impressive experimental journey through sound.

OCHRE - A Midsummer Nice Dream
Following his first EP released last year, A Midsummer Nice Dream is the long awaited first album from one of the most interesting young British talents on the electronic scene at the moment.

RE: - Alms
Re:, duo formed of Aden Evens and Ian Ilavsky, return with their second album and continue to develop their unique sound, based on field recordings, acoustic and dense electronic soundscapes.

SUPERCILIOUS - Next Time We Go Sublime
On his first album, French musician Alexandre Vaudin develops beautiful abstract pop constructions which sits somewhere between the ethereal post pop of Múm and the tormented soundscapes of Locust.

MARK VAN HOEN - The Warmth Inside You
In ten years, Mark Van Hoen has become one of the most consistent and influential musicians of his generation, and with this new album, he reasserts his positions with confidence.

OTTO VON SCHIRACH - Global Speaker Fisting
Otto Von Schirach certainly has a devastating sense of humour, but is it enough to hold Global Speaker Fisting together?

SHORTCUTS
MAGNETOPHONE Kel's Vintage Though
JOSEPH AUER Kyoto :: Tokyo :: 2001
NEAT LITTLE BOXES Selection Box
LEMON JELLY Stay With You

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themilkfactory.co.uk present GRAHAM MASSEY / 808 STATE Interview Pt. 1

When Graham Massey dropped us an email to say he liked the site, we couldn’t let the opportunity of an interview go. Not only did he accept, but he’s given us an almost down-to-the-minute run down of his career from way before 808 State. From his days working as a sound engineer for the Broadwalk in Manchester to spending too much time at the Hacienda, the explosion of the Acid House movement, working with Björk and Bernard Summer, and how Prebuild came about, this is, dare we say, essential reading. So, get yourself a large drink, put your arse on your most comfy chair, and enjoy!

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From Sweden: Nöjesguiden - The 50 Best Albums of 2004 [via Acclaimed Music]

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themilkfactory.co.uk present their The 2004 Review

It was the Nordic Year for us, with no less than eight Scandinavian acts in our top 20, and let's face, only a handful of British artists.

One of the more interesting end of year review selections I have seen so far. Norwegians, Deathprod take top slot.

Meanwhile a Norwegian newspaper publishes a list of the: Best Norwegian releases 2004 (Dagbladet)

According to Norwegian tabloid Dagbladet, December 7, 2004.

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Wednesday, December 08, 2004

 

BBC Music - 2004 Music

BBC Music have started their 2004 end of year music features, and are asking for feedback/ debate:

BBC - Music - Classical - Album Of The Year
BBC - Music - Classic Rock / Pop - Album Of The Year
BBC - Music - Dance - Album Of The Year
BBC - Music - Experimental - Album Of The Year
BBC - Music - Folk & Country - Album Of The Year
BBC - Music - Jazz - Album Of The Year
BBC - Music - Pop - Album Of The Year
BBC - Music - Rock & Alt - Album Of The Year
BBC - Music - World - Album Of The Year

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The Onion A.V. Club | Best Albums of 2004 - Another 2004 Music year end feature.

By Andy Battaglia, Josh Modell, Noel Murray, Keith Phipps, Nathan Rabin & Stephen Thompson

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Kultureflash - Headlines from London [No. 105/ 08.12.04]

This week's Kultureflash

KultureFlash is a free, weekly newsletter covering contemporary culture in and around London. Each week we track down some of the more unusual and interesting 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 most stimulating events in London.

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This week's flavourpill LONDON an email magazine covering music, art, and cultural events

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dirty underworld notify:

Underworld win the coveted ‘Best Dance Artist’ @ the 25th Anniversary celebrations of Tower Records, Japan.

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Tom Hull has updated his Music Year 2004 webpage.

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Tuesday, December 07, 2004

 

the rub presents his favorite music of 2004.

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Grammy Nominations Announced

Associated Press publish the complete list of Grammy music nominations. So many categories to sift through.

BBC report

British dance acts Basement Jaxx and The Prodigy compete with UK DJ Paul Oakenfold in the Grammys' new electronic/dance album category.

So that will be the Prodigy that released a weak generic beats album with no purpose.

So the Americans who organize the Grammys finally see fit to include dance/ electronic music as a category - that will be 16 years after the Europeans had the 1988 Summer of Love and nearly 20 + years after Chicago House and 20 years since detroit electro techno sound of Cybrotron - Clear that was released in 1984.

Inversely the faddish British music industry, organized by the BPI have dropped the dance category in their awards - as the feel that Britain is full of saddo Darkness fans that only like live retro guitar music.

What a strange world.

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Nate Patrin's new blog: The Cool Out

[was previously @ Hipster Detritus]

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Nile progress on new Album

BW & BK report the latest Nile news: NILE’s Karl Sanders Issues “Big Huge Update”

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RWD interview DJ SS - the Leicester based Junglist.

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CUNEIFORM RECORDS have info on their January 2005 releases:

FAST 'N' BULBOUS - PORK CHOP BLUE AROUND THE RIND
FOREVER EINSTEIN - RACKET SCIENCE
MACHINE AND THE SYNERGETIC NUTS - LEAP SECOND NEUTRAL
ALEC K. REDFEARN AND THE EYESORES - THE QUIET ROOM
HENRY KAISER/WADADA LEO SMITH - YO MILES! UPRIVER

Alerted via Avant Music News: Cuneiform January Releases

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Richard Barbieri - Things Buried

Richard Barbieri has a debut solo album:

Things Buried' is the debut solo album from Richard Barbieri.

Surprisingly this is his first solo work despite a musical career that has spanned four decades.

He joined the group Japan in 1976 and although initially perceived as a hyped act, the band went on to enjoy commercial success and critical acclaim. They were one of the most successful bands of the early eighties and the album 'Tin Drum' is still considered today a classic innovative work.

He has been a member of the rock band Porcupine Tree for ten years and recently the group have enjoyed chart success across Europe with their album 'In Absentia' .

To mention all the albums, collaborations, tours, and guest appearances over the years requires a detailed discography. Suffice to say that Richard's musical output has been substantial and varied and he has worked on many projects alongside some of the most innovative artists of our time.

'Things Buried' is an instrumental work that highlights Barbieri's unique approach to sound and mood, ranging from textural atmospherics to dynamic rhythmic passages.

The album also features the distinctive styles of Percy Jones ( Brian Eno, Brand X ) on fretless bass guitar and Andy Gangadeen ( The Bays, Massive Attack ) on Drums.

The album is available to order now @ Burning Shed

Elsewhere, I have seen that this will get a full release in January 2005.

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PopMatters present PopMatters Music Feature | Best Music of 2004 by Zeth Lundy - mostly serious worthy adult authentic trad songs rockcritics music - and mostly rather dull.

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Monday, December 06, 2004

 

Summer 2005 album for The Fall

The Fall report this news:

"The Fall will be recording a brand new record for Narnack in the early part of 2005. All new material and is scheduled to be released June/July 2005. We'll keep you updated as we get more information."

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Pitchfork review Triola - Im Funftonraum on Kompakt

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NME Best of 2004 Issue

NME have reverted to publishing their best of year list before the traditional end of year double issue.

What a hideous front cover for this week's NME - on sale in inner London tomorrow. I wonder, how much utter retro regressive rock tripe will be in The 50 Best Albums section and will they select a few maverick gems?

The only reason for publishing this list early is to generate PR / mass media comment for the NME brand.

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Travelers Diagram presents: TRAVELERS DIAGRAM FAVORITE MUSIC 2004 The Year of “Let’s Move to Canada.”

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Musique Machine review Jóhann Jóhannsson - Virðulegu Forsetar

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piccadilly top 100 albums 2004 - a staff poll from Manchester's Piccadilly Records.

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New Pita Album: Get Off

Details of Pita - Get Off

Pita
“Get Off”

Häpna H.19, CD
8 tracks, 35 minutes
Release date: December 7, 2004

This is the fourth solo album from groundbreaking sound artist Pita (real name Peter Rehberg). His previous solo albums as Pita (all on the Mego label) have all been landmarks in electronic music. His sound ranges from furious to minimalistic, but always with the same uncompromising attitude. To be true to ones ideas when trends come and go is something admirable in every artist. “Get Off” is his most varied album to date.

“Get Off” was made over a two-year period, with most of the material originating from various 'live' situations. It was then compiled and completed during the summer of 2004 in relative isolation.

Apart from his solo work, he also collaborates with choreographers Gisele Vienne (DACM) and Chris Haring, as well as being a member of the MIMEO project.

Tracks: 1. Eternel, 2. Like watching shit on a shelf, 3. Resog 45, 4. More break after the terror, 5. By both, 6. Babel, 7. Luzthm, 8. Retour

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Some Additions to 2004 Music Lists for [Monday December 6th]

The end of year lists are starting to roll in:

Artforum present Artforum - Music Best of 2004 a series of individual writer lists.

Canada's Exclaim present Year in Review 2004 who split music into loose categories.

Along with Converge, our best of the year coverage features a diverse range of sounds and approaches: Arcade Fire, Green Day, Loretta Lynn, Christian Fennesz, Dead Cat Bounce, LAL, Federico Aubele, Madvillain and Junior Boys all reach the zenith of their respective categories. The nuances within those lists should sustain any music fan through a long winter.

Pop - Top 20
Metal - Top 10
Punk - Top 5
Folk, Country & Blues - Top 10
Destination Out - Improv - Top 5
Destination Out - Non-Improv - Top 5
Outernational - Top 5
Hip-Hop - Top 10
Electronic - Top 10
Soul - Top 5

Donewaiting have commenced their Donewaiting.com: 2004 Favorites

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This week's new releases @ Fopp

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Sunday, December 05, 2004

 

This Week's New Releases @ Boomkat

This week's new releases @ Boomkat include:

ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
Thomas Fehlmann - Lowflow
Plug Research
Vinyl [CD to follow next week?]

While Allen Avanessian (Plug Research) had always been a huge fan of Fehlmann's solo records and loved his production on some of the great Detroit techno tunes (e. g. Eddie Flashin Folks or Blake Baxter), Thomas was eager to place his music in a new context - ´a new step for me and an exciting one at that.´ Whenever I go to America I also cultivate a different way of listening.´ Over the years, frequent visits and similar tastes in music led to a prolific exchange between the two, introducing each other to the finer aspects of hip-hop and jazz, respectively. After extensive forays into more physical, club-related tracks with his series of ´Blah..,, releases (on Kompakt) "Lowflow", recorded on and off over the last years, now heralds a return to his slower, more experimental side and provides a surprisingly concise description of the album´s overall feel.Both minimal and expansive, "Lowflow" allows its tracks to float across and into each other, an infinite, gentle mix to which Fehlmann playfully introduces the soft murmur of chimes, pedal steel guitar or his very own trumpet. From opener Goldhaar and the disjointed fascination of the decidedly unslinky Slinky with its hypnotic, focused distortion via the briefest of Alice Coltrane homages (Interstellar) to the almost rocky determination of Alice Springs and the classic, minimalist house of Andrea is Delighted, Lowflow nevertheless retains a distinctly dubby, low-end heavy vibe, that makes for his hands-down finest album to date. Everything on this record was generated by Thomas himself, except the cover supplied by seminal artist Raymond Pettibon who was his only contact when he first came to LA 15 years ago, as well as three short, connecting interludes growing out of a collaboration with Detroit artist Dabrye. Highly Recommended....

Digitonal - The Centre Cannot Hold
Seed
CD

Now available on cd!! First outing from Toytronic's Digitonal since his well received "23 Things Fall Apart" album back in 2002. His trademark use of strings is here once again, beautifully modified to fit in with its electronic surroundings. "Maris Stella" is the first collaboration between Digitonal and ambient vocalist Kirsty Hawkshaw (Opus III , Orbital). Limited to 1000 copies only....

Chilled By Nature / Ulrich Schnauss - Musical Box Mixes
Big Chill

It's two years since Big Chill's co-founder Pete Lawrence released his own unique brand of cinematic music on the debut Chilled By Nature 'Solar Powered' EP. Championed by the likes of Laurent Garnier, Charles Webster, Pete Herbert, Chris Coco, Phil Mison and Tom Middleton as a forward looking statement of intent, it confirmed Pete's talent as a composer and arranger as well as festival organiser, writer and DJ. After another busy festival season, Pete returned to the studio for 'Musical Box'. Something of a winter's fairytale, a calm and detached journey across a snowbound landscape, punctuated by a haunting glockenspiel theme, simple rhythm box and live horns. Dare we say it, almost christmassy. Label mate Bruce 'Alucidnation' Bickerton turn up the dub heat for his own remix, adding string pads, vocals and gently skanking guitar for another lesson from the lucid one. Of course, it's all about the Ulrich mix to close, as Schnauss pushes it to the outer reaches with his excursion on the version, full-on aural gymnastics for headphone freaks and box watchers, phase shifting and the by now trademarked MBV swathed backwards to the front production of the yuletide glockenspiel, adds large enough sub-bass and usual sound effects before the drums wade in for a final closing salvo. Play loud - merry chri-schnauss!...

Various / Condominium - Condominium
Mousike Lab

Kinda cool compilation from Italian artists Retina IT's label. Centered around their own interest in glacial electronics with subtle live edges, "Condominium" features established artists like Mum, Tarwater, Populous, Mondii (Plop, Spekk), Tadd 'Dabrye' Mullinix, DJ Vadim and Slicker though i'm afraid I can't vouch as to how many tracks are exclusive to this CD the quality is high throughout. As much as we are tired of compilations this one does it's job in a fine style and thus would make a great stocking filler for your trendy uncle or your nosey sister. Recommended (p.s. hush hush, we've just heard the new upcoming Tarwater and Populous albums for Morr Music in 2005 and they are both amazing, believe)....

Various / Rune Grammofon - Runeology 2
Rune Grammofon

Following on from the incredibly generous double cd compilation from those kind folk over at Kranky, Norway's Rune Grammofon follow suit with an excellent, budget priced introduction to its formiddable catalogue. Running at over 70 minutes, the sampler features tracks from recent and current releases as well as bits from forthcoming 2005 albums. Artists featured are Deathprod, Arve Henriksen, Phonophani, Stronen/Storlokken, Scorch Trio, Food, Nils Okland, Alog, Shining and Archetti/Wiget. The cd comes in a slimcase cardboard sleeve with artwork by Kim Hiorthøy. 2004 has been an outrageously productive year for this label, with so many of you making your first steps into its mind-bending catalogue, this is another spectacular entry-point for beginers and admirers alike....

Team Doyobi / Autechre / Snd / Various - Pushchairs For Grownups Remixed
Skam

Its been almost a year since the super-limited vinyl release for this impressive remix package - and now here's the long promised cd edition, complete with bonus remixes from Wevie Stonder, Beige and Hecker to complete the original 6 reworkings from Autechre, Snd, Ryo Co, Nick Birmingham (Dummy Run), Made and the mysterious Hottroche. The ecclectic lineup serves the crunchy and at times pixelated faces of the Team very well - ranging from the almost steppin' vibe of Autechre's brilliant opener, to the sparse twinkling keys and edits offered up by Snd, to the vocal chop-up beat haemorage of Made's reworking, to Birmingham's hyperactive splice orgy and beyond. The Hecker remix was so extreme that the mastering engineer refused to cut it to vinyl, fearing it would snap his lathe! Thankfully the track is now included on the cd, alongside another brilliantly funked-up deranged mashup from those loveable rogues Wevie Stonder. Big package - don't miss out!...

Hafler Trio - Mastery Of Money
Korm Plastics

The third in the "Paragraph 2" hafler trio re-issue series, "Mastery Of Money" was originally released in 1992 by the Touch imprint as a cd and is here repackaged in a beautiful book-bound package, complete with a new and revised 28 page booklet, poster and postcard. Limited copies only....

Vordul Mega - The Revolution Of Young Havocs
Nature Sounds

In case you don't know Vordul was Vast Aire's partner in the massive Cannibal Ox. To be honest with the Ox' it was always Vast's vocal that grabbed your attention, more for his tone then strictly for his lyrics which on this display Vordul is equally as adept at delivering. 'The Revolution Of Yung Havoks' is thirteen tracks deep with vocal guest spots from C Rayz Waltz, Karnage, Jean Grae and of course Vast Aire. Beat controllers include the incredible Belief, Omega One, Opto, Ruddy Rock, The Prof, Soul Purpose and Ninja Tunes Blockhead. Peep 'Neva Again' a dope midtempo rocker with a sweet chorus and string sample. Belief's loose drum programming like a little reggae hit works wonders on 'Hell Yeah' plus on 'Hard Times' & In The Hood' The Prof takes time out from jamming with MF Doom to lace us up some dope mid-uptempo jams. Of course the track that causes the most damage is 'Handle That' with Vast Aire on fine form, so please guys can we have another Can Ox album for the 2005. Check this album now....

Scientific American - Strong For The Future
Mush

Mush continue to cause confusion in our racking system by releasing this IDM fuelled album by an ex indie kid by the name of Andrew Rohrmann. Elements of hip hop, techno, indie pop and rock collide in a style that's similar to the works of Electric Company getting down with Cex. Ten tracks, 42 minutes. Pretty cool....

Akira Rabelais - Spellewauerynsherde
Samadhisound

Released just prior to the wonderful final album from Harold Budd this is one of the most heartbreakingly beautiful CD's to have graced this website all year, and off many years to come. Akira Rebalais is an artist cloaked in mystery, try unlocking the secrets on his magical website, an Irdialesque warren of coded messages, revelatory software programs, cryptic poems and serious essays. Musically he's never failed to make us take notice of his growing stature initially via his lost classic debut for Mille Plateuax's much missed Ritornell offshoot 'Eisotrophobia', then onto Faalt and then Orthlorng Musork. Undertaking a project to transfer from tape to digital some old tape recordings of Icelandic vocal lament songs presumed to have been recording in the 1960's Akira claims to have been completely obsessed by them to an extent where he wished to incorporate the vocals into his own music. '1382 Wyclif Gen. ii. 7' - the single voice swept up into an echoic overlapping framework, subtely falling apart until a strong wind blows across a group of microphones - astonishing. '1390 Glower Conf. II.20' is a more melancholic song, one which would lie perfectly within context in one of Ingmar Bergman's stark films like 'Winter Light' and 'Shame'. '1440 Promp Parv. 518/20' finds Akira hightening the ghostly quality of this vocal through reverb, echo and subdued time stretch that would make a Chris Morris disturbathon sketch even more effective. '1483 Caxton Golden Leg, 208b/2' stretches out for over twenty minutes feeling like a floating fogbound rework of Gyorgy Ligeti's 'Lux Aeterna'. To round up 'Spellewauerynsherde' brings to myself memories of loved one's passed, favourite films that haunt your consciousness for weeks after viewing and make you want to revisit your favourite spiritually enhancing CD's. Not many album's will move you in quite the way that this album does. Believe....

Nils Okland - Bris
Rune Grammofon

Amazing third album from hardanger fiddle and all round violin and viola master Nils Okland. Creatively expanding on a range of traditional music from his homeland, Nils is engaged like some of the unsung heroes of new and traditional music - Stefan Micus, Andrew Cronshaw, Rabih Abou Khalil - people at once working inside and outside their respective traditions, as renewers of folk music, building bridges to classical, contemporary and improvised listening music. There's clearly deep respect and schooling here in his Norwegian musical heritage - yet a real sense of a continuity with some kind of oral folk tradition and yet openness to the experimental possibilities of the music, once effectively charged with modern impulses. On "Bris", his second album for Rune Grammofon, all the music is self-penned, and this alone is something of a departure from the norm. Joined by long term musical companion Sigbjørn Apeland on harmonium, Mats Eilertsen of Food on double-bass and Per Oddvar Johansen and Håkon Stene on dual percussions - this record will surely delight, calm and lead you to reflect on how much better Rune's output can possibly become. Quite outstandingly beautiful - this is sensitive and lovely in all the right ways. Recommended....

Emery Reel - .....For And Acted Upon Through Diversions
Resonant

Another supreme release from Resonant, this time round diverting their attention momentarily from the icy log-cabin planes of Iceland and heading west towards Nashville, Tennessee for a sublime quiet/loud post-rock session with Emery Reel. ".....For And Acted Upon Through Diversions" was originally released on the fledgling "First Flight" imprint but has been licensed here by Resonant with much care and attention to detail. The packaging owes much to the Constellation pedigree - dye-cut cardboard slipcase and multi-layered artwork, a good signpost for the shimmering cocophany of instrumentation to be found within. One for fans of Mogwai, Godspeed, Do Make Say Think etc.... Highly Recommended

154 - Strike
Delsin

Now available on cd! Killer debut album from 154 for Delsin, an artist also sometimes known as Newworldaquarium working not only for Delsin but the likes of techno giants Peacefrog and Eevolute in his spare time. 154 has been producing electronic music over ten years, and was there along with other Dutch initiators Stefan Robbers, Dylan Hermelijn, Jochem Paap and Orlando Voorn perfecting his deep, heavy style. "Strike" heads back to classic Berlin, Detroit and Chicago influences, spacious and layered, taking time to build up and drown itself in reverb and space echo...for the smoke-filled corner of the floor. Good sh*t....

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BW & BK report on Candlemass: CANDLEMASS - New Studio Report Issued

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New Katatonia Album for Autumn 2005 release

BW & BK report the latest Katatonia news: KATATONIA - Triple Disc Box Set Detailed

Also more importantly plans for a new album: The band are also about to embark on the recording of their 7th studio album which is expected to be released in early Autumn 2005

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Norwegian Music in the UK in 2005

Norway.org.uk inform Norway 2005, 100 Years as an Independent Nation a centenary programme of 2005 events in the UK.

A whole series of cultural events are planned in the UK in 2005 to celebrate Norway as an independent nation for 100 Years. A diverse range of music will be represented including rock, dance, jazz and experimental artists.

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Beyond Dawn Remixed and New Virus Album Planned for 2005

The latest BEYOND DAWN news:

We are currently putting the finishing touches to the as-of-yet untitled remix album. .... The details: two lps, playing time apx 63 mins. Artists; Verbose, Snuten, The New Men, Martin Horntvedt, Rune Lindbaek, Björn Svin, Origami Galaktika, Xhale, Center Of The Universe, Trulz & Robin.

Related news:

Two Trains, Lamented Souls, Virus and Infernö are all preparing new releases for 2005 and the new side-project Beyond Brain is also starting to come to life.

Excellent news regarding a forthcoming Virus album.

Reminder Virus released one of the landmark rock albums of 2003, indicative review: Virus - Carheart

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TikTak is a Norway based music promotions company, get the latest music news from Norway first. Includes Norwegian artists and international artists performing in Norway.

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Forced Exposure - 2004 Music Lists

Forced Exposure have published their favorite music of 2004 lists. This is nicely broken down into new releases, reissues and compilations. [Attention certain people on ILM ! see that's the way to do things !]

Before the turn of the new year, though, it's time to put together your top 10 lists. A few reminders of what we've been selling over here at Forced Exposure, and what I've had the opportunity to publicize. These are the crème de la crème of our year [critically, anyway] and could potentially land in your top 10 of 2004: [Source: Forced Exposure e-mail list]

New Releases:
ADA: Blondie CD (AREAL 03)
AKIYAMA, MITCHELL: If Night Is A Weed And Day Grows Less CD (SR 209)
AMBARCHI, OWEN: Grapes From The Estate CD (TO 61 CD)
BOLA: Gnayse CD (SKALD 015)
BIOSPHERE: Autour de la Lune CD (TO 62 CD)
BEANS, THE: Bassplayer CD (INTR 013)
BLANKO, BENNY: 8 Ft. In The Air CD (PLAY 012)
BOATS, THE: Songs By the Sea CD (MOTEER 003)
BOLA: Gnayse CD (SKALD 015CD)
COBRA KILLER: 76/77 CD (MONIKA 038)
CLARO INTELLECTO: Neurofibro CD (AI 008)
DALEK VS. FAUST: Derbe Respect, Alder CD (STAUB 050)
DAS BIERBEBEN: No Future, No Past CD (STRIKE 047)
DEADBEAT: Something Borrowed, Something Blue CD (SCAPE 021)
DEATHPROD: Morals and Dogma CD (RCD 2035)
DELAY, VLADISLAV: Demo(n)Tracks CD (HUUME 001)
DMX KREW: Collapse of the Wave Function LP (REPH 155 LP)
DUNGEN: Ta Det Lugnt CD (SUBL CD10)
EHLERS/SUCHY/HAUTZINGER: Soundchambers CD (STAUB 049)
FENNESZ: Venice CD (TO 53)
GRINGO GRINDER: Breakfast Included CD (ONITOR 31CD)
HENDRIKSEN, ARVE: Chairoscuro CD (RCD 2037)
JOHANNSSON, JOHANN: Virthulegu Forsetar CD (TO 64)
JUNIOR BOYS: Last exit CD (KIN 003)
KIKI: Run With Me CD (BPC 095)
KERRIER DISTRICT: S/T CD (REPH 143)
LIPPOK, ROBERT: Falling Into Komeit CD (MONIKA 037)
LOSOUL: Getting Even CD (PLAY 013CD)
LUTHER & TOBY: Karny Sutra CD (HIT 008)
MARZ: Wir Sind Hier CD (KALK 29)
MASTER MUSICIANS OF BUKKAKE: The Visible Sign of the Invisible Order CD (ABD 029CD)
MELCHIOR PRODUCTIONS: The Meaning CD (PLAY 011)
MELIAN, MICHAELA: Baden-Baden CD (MONIKA 39)
MINIT: Now Right Here CD (STAUB 053CD)
MUSIC AM: A Heart & Two Stars CD( QS 154)
PARKINS & IKUE MORI, ZEENA: Phantom Orchard CD (MEGO 071)
PARLANE, ROSY: Iris CD (TO 58)
PITA: Get Off CD (HAPNA 019CD)
SAGOR & SWING: Orgelplaneten CD (HAPNA 016)
SCORCH TRIO: Luggumt CD (RCD 2040)
SEX IN DALLAS: Around War CD (KY 4086)
SHADOW HUNTAZ: Corrupt Data CD (SKALD 012)
SPEKTRUM: Enter The Spektrum CD (PLAY 010)
SUPERPITCHER: Here Comes Love CD (KOMP 032)
SUSANNA AND THE MAGICAL ORCHESTRA: List of Lights and Buoys CD (RCD 2034)
TAPE: Milieu CD (HAPNA 014)
TOOG: Lou Etendue CD (KALK 28
TORAL, RAPFAEL: Harmonic Series 2 CD (HEADZ 024)
WRUHME, ROBAG: Wuzzelbud KK CD (MKR 001CD)
WIRKUS, PAUL: Inteletto d'Amore CD (QUECK 004)
VILLALOBOS, RICARDO: The Au Harem D'Archimede CD (PERL 043CD)
YELLOTONE: Tar File Junction CD (AI 009)

Reissues:
808 STATE: Prebuild CD (REPH 807)
A CERTAIN RATIO: The Graveyard And The Ballroom CD (US CD 20) AIRAKSINEN, PEKKA: Madam I'm Adam 2CD (LXCD 642CD)
BELGRAVE, MARCUS: Gemini CD (US 24CD)
CHANCE, JAMES AND THE CONTORTIONS: Paris 1980 - Live Aux Bains Douches (ZE 010)
CHANCE, JAMES AND THE CONTORTIONS: Buy CD (ZE 008)
DEATHPROD: s/t 4CD Box (RCD 2036)
DESCLOUX, LIZZY MERCIER: Press Color CD (ZE 003CD)
DESCLOUX, LIZZY MERCIER: Mambo Nassau CD (ZE 004CD)
DIE HAUT AND NICK CAVE: Burnin' The Ice CD/DVD (HIT 007)
DNA: DNA on DNA CD (NO 12)
INUIT: 55 Historical Recordings/Traditional Music From Greenland CD (SR 115CD)
REID AND THE MASTER BROTHERHOOD, STEVE: Rhythmatism CD (US 23CD)
RESIDENTS, THE: The King & Eye RMX (ER 031)
RESIDENTS, THE: WB: RMX (ER 033)
RUSSELL, ARTHUR: Calling Out Of Context CD (AU 1001)
VA: So Young But So Cold: Underground French Music (1977-1983) CD (TSR 005 CD)
VA: Chicago Soul CD (SJR 93)
VA: New York No Wave CD (ZE 001CD)
VA: Mutant Disco 2CD (ZE 002CD)
VA: The Conet Project: Recordings of Short-Wave Numbers Stations 4CD (IRD TCP1)
WAS (NOT WAS): Out Come the Freaks CD (ZE 005CD)
WAS (NOT WAS): (The Woodwork) Squeaks CD (ZE 006CD)
WHITE, JAMES AND THE BLACKS: Off White CD (ZE 007)
WHITE, JAMES: James White's Flaming Demons CD (ZE 009)
ZACHARIAS, TOM: Belinda CD (SUBL CD08)

Compilations:
OPTIMO: How to Kill the DJ (Part Two) CD (TSKT 001)
VA: Bis Neunzehn CD (AREAL 002)
VA: Brokenhearted Dragonflies: Insect Electronica from ... CD (SF 013CD)
VA: Bush Taxi Mali: Field Recordings from Mali CD (SF 012CD)
VA: Cambodian Cassette Archives: Khmer Folk & Pop Music Vol. 1 CD (SF 011CD)
VA: Grime CD (REPH 156)
VA: Famous When Dead III CD (PLAY 009)
VA: Futurism Ain't Shit To Me CD (KYO 001)
VA: Haunted Weather: Music, Silence and Memory CD (STAUB 52)
VA: Katapult CD (KARAT 002)
VA: Soul Jazz Records presents Nicky Siano's The Gallery CD (SJR 100CD)
VA: The World of Arthur Russell CD (SJR 83)
VA: Thai Beat a Go-Go CD (SUBL 11)

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Saturday, December 04, 2004

 

Grand National set for South by Southwest

Watch out America, Grand National are coming ! GIGWISE.com report Grand National To Storm America In 2005

The band will make their North American debut in March by performing at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas.

Latest Grand National news:

Da Bank added: "The good thing is, they're not this kind of trendy band that will just be around for 10 minutes. As I speak, they're writing the second album. Although the first record has been out for a fair awhile, this is really just the start of the whole project worldwide."

Metacritic reviews: Grand National - Kicking The National Habit

The London duo of Rupert Lyddon and Lawrence 'La' Rudd make their debut with this '80s-influenced album (reminiscent of everyone from New Order to the Police).

# posted by DJ Martian 1:52 PM

 

Backroads Music present Backroads Music - Best of 2004

Here's our list of favorites for 2004. In another year of transition for the industry and for Backroads, the music was stronger than ever! Placing titles in the 5 categories has become quite challenging, as it seems many titles have elements from more than one section &emdash; many cross-cultural titles actually fit into several! So we now have a 6th category!! In any case, here's the Best of 2004 -- Space/Ambient, Vocal/Chant, World Music, Electronic/Contemporary, Music for the Healing Arts, (includes Acoustic & Electronic music)," & Chill Out/Nu Ambient/Electronica - call 'em what you will! We also noted "Top Debut" in each category, as this seemed to be still another strong year for first-timers.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:38 PM

Friday, December 03, 2004

 

Next week's releases are reviewed @ Norman Records

# posted by DJ Martian 5:10 PM

 

Encompass - London's Music Conference

DJmag report London will hold a UK DANCE MUSIC CONFERENCE 2005 in late April/ early May 2005.

In the international calendar this event will fill the gap between the Miami Winter Conference and the Sonar festival in Barcelona in the Summer.

The Encompass event is planned to run from Friday 29th April to Sunday 1st May, held at the Old Truman Brewery in London.

Sign up for the newsletter: Encompass

# posted by DJ Martian 4:11 PM

 

Junkmedia interview Signer

preamble:
Signer is a quiet musical enterprise headed by the the young New Zealand composer, Bevan Smith. On his second album, The New Face of Smiling, he stitches together songs based on live recordings of jams between himself and usually one or two other shy folk. The pop music that results is a gestural synthesis of analog and digital that evades the traditional while never straying too far into white noise.

His gentle, guitar-washed sounds are dredged over rhythmic computer glitches that instantly recall the best of the Morr label, like Oval with a nostalgia for pre-Grunge. But there's a poet at the heart of Smith's songs. He is a descendant of Donovan, a humble bard of modern melancholy.

# posted by DJ Martian 3:32 PM

 

Ashra - The Official Website announce Manuel Göttsching interview on Progressive Soundscapes Radio

11 hour radio programme featuring Manuel Göttsching
On Sunday 05 December 2004, the US American Internet radio station Progressive Soundscapes (http://www.progressivesoundscapes.com) will do an 11 hour feature of Manuel Göttsching. The show will begin at 8 pm EST and will include a recent interview with Manuel Göttsching.

Progressive Soundscapes Radio

Prog's Edge: Tune in December 5th at 8 PM EST as we feature an interview with and the music of Ashra.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:35 PM

 

This week's Mixing It show: Mixing It - 3 December 2004

Broadcast: Friday 3 December 2004 22:15-23:30 (Radio 3)

Mark Russell and Robert Sandall introduce more music from their recent visit to Montreal

# posted by DJ Martian 1:27 PM

 

Domino: News report Max Tundra has recorded a Peel Session.

MAX TUNDRA PEEL SESSION – Tx: TUESDAY 14 DECEMBER 2004

Four songs. Eight musicians. Twenty musical instruments. Max Tundra unpacks four of his existing compositions and arrange them for a band. Some of the original material, being sequenced in nature, has never been played by human hands before.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:21 PM

 

Radio 1's Gilles Peterson is organizing Worldwide Awards 2004

You can vote now online for:

:: WW Album of the Year
:: WW Track of the Year
:: Club Night
:: Label
:: WW Session
:: Compilation
:: The John Peel 'Play More Jazz' Award

Voting closes on December 8th. You can only vote once in each category.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:07 PM

 

Basement Galaxy commences The Best Albums of 2004 year end feature.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:00 PM

 

Almost Cool review Strønen/Storløkken - Humcrush

# posted by DJ Martian 12:45 PM

 

New issue of Uncut magazine, unfortunately Bob Dylan is on the front cover again.

Details of this month's Uncut magazine

# posted by DJ Martian 12:16 PM

 

Issue 36 of Earplug

DECEMBER 2 - DECEMBER 15

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

# posted by DJ Martian 12:11 PM

 

6 Music have launched their new look website. I will provide a critique later.

# posted by DJ Martian 9:22 AM

Thursday, December 02, 2004

 

Rough Trade Shops present Rough Trade Shops - Top 100 Albums of 2004

# posted by DJ Martian 11:52 PM

 

Junkmedia review Ricardo Villalobos - The Au Harem D'archimede

# posted by DJ Martian 2:26 PM

 

Junkmedia interview Mouse on Mars

# posted by DJ Martian 2:24 PM

 

Intuitive Music have features on: Top Electronic Music Albums from the 70's and Top Electronic Music Albums from the 60's

# posted by DJ Martian 1:59 PM

 

This week's Jazz on 3 show: Jazz on 3 - 3 December 2004

Broadcast: Friday 3 December 2004 23:30-1:00 (Radio 3)

Jez Nelson and guests discuss the best contemporary jazz and improvised music releases from 2004.

# posted by DJ Martian 1:18 PM

 

The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute

inertiatic report the latest info on the upcoming The Mars Volta album: Frances the Mute, now apparently set for release March 22nd

The 77 minutes of music will be seamless all the way through. The tracklist looks like this:

FRANCES THE MUTE:

CYGNUS....VISMUND CYGNUS
A. SARCOPHAGI
B. UMBILICAL SYLLABLES
C. FACILIS DESCENUS AVERNI
D. CON SAFO

THE WIDOW

L' VIA L' VIAQUEZ

MIRANDA THAT GHOST JUST ISN'T HOLY ANYMORE
A. VADE MECUM
B. POUR ANOTHER ICEPICK
C. PISACIS (PHRA-MEN-MA)
D. CON SAFO

CASSANDRA GEMINI
A. TARANTISM
B. PLANT A NAIL IN THE NAVEL STREAM
C. FAMINEPULSE
D. MULTIPLE SPOUSE WOUNDS
E. SARCOPHAGI

# posted by DJ Martian 12:13 PM

 

Delays - Action Reaction

NME.com report Delays will release their second album: Action Reaction in April 2005.

# posted by DJ Martian 12:07 PM

 

David Sylvian Remixed

davidsylvian.net report a new David Sylvian remix album: "Good Son vs The Only Daughter: Blemish Remix" will be released late January 2005.

# posted by DJ Martian 11:48 AM

 

Eternal Fusion on SpydaRadio

The latest Eternal Fusion show is now available to listen online @ Eternal Fusion

Streaming available on demand until replaced with new show

2nd December 2004

Playlist: Eternal Fusion Playlist: 2nd December 2004

Sun City Girls - 'Post Jet Groove'
Crescent - 'Abstract Forms'
Tim Hecker - 'Neither More Nor Less'
Signer - 'Hurricane Or Sunshine'
Khonnor - 'Megan's Present'
Efterklang - 'Foetus'
Tyrannosaurus Rex - 'Fist Heart Mighty Dawn Dart'
Muslimgauze - 'Morphina Gobi'
When - 'Modern Research Into Mummies'
Peace Orchestra - 'Double Drums'
I'm Not A Gun - 'Slowly Discovering'
Hash Jar Tempo - 'Gravitational Lens Opera'
Deerhoof - 'Dummy Discards A Heart'
Mercury Program - 'Tequesta'
Grails - 'Fevers'
Dungen - 'Festival'
Eyvind Kang & Tucker Martine - 'Baseer Ornamental'
The Muffins - 'The Ugly Buttling'
Jean Luc Ponty - 'How Would You Like To Have A Head Like That?'
Tratosphäre - 'Elefant'
Masaki Batoh - 'Magakami'
Amon Düül II - 'Henriette Krötenschwanz'
L - 'Troll'
Islaja - Kämmen, Kynsi, Kieli'
Faun Fables - 'Catch Me'
In Gowan Ring - 'Lady Beyond The River'
Six Organs Of Admittance - 'Regeneration'
Phonophani - 'A Lion Lies Listening'
Lope - 'Panik'
Harry Partch - 'Cloud-Chamber Music'
Deathprod - 'Cloud Chamber'
Stars Of The Lid - 'Requiem For Dying Mothers Pt.1'

# posted by DJ Martian 11:44 AM

Wednesday, December 01, 2004

 

BBC Music review Tin Hat Trio - Book of Silk

Fans of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra will find much to entertain them here. Though THT lack the typically English self-deprecation of Simon Jeffes' band, they draw on much the same sources; 20th Century Classical, folk music (principally bluegrass, French chanson and a touch of bossa or tango) and elements of the avant garde. It's a grab-bag, but one that seems to work.

# posted by DJ Martian 3:02 PM

 

BBC NEWS report Family to finish John Peel book

# posted by DJ Martian 12:18 PM

 

Kultureflash - Headlines from London [No. 104/ 01.12.04]

This week's Kultureflash

KultureFlash is a free, weekly newsletter covering contemporary culture in and around London. Each week we track down some of the more unusual and interesting 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 most stimulating events in London.

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