EAR/Rational Update Week 22, 2008

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This week's CD update contains releases by:

Accidental * Adam Beyer * Anemonengurt * Ariel Kalma * Ashtray Boy featuring Liz Phair * Beasts of Paradise * Bellafea * Beyond Sensory Experience * Bleeding Like Mine * Boris Hauf * Bovine Life * Centro-matic + South San Gabriel * Coastal Guard * Dan Nelson * David Abir/Ashley Wales * Delta of Venus * Denny Almonde * Dino Felipe * DJ Tron * Dr. P. Li Khan * Eleanoora Rosenholm * Elisabeth Wurst * Errors * Es * Exclipsect * Fall, The * Fifty Foot Hose * Forest * Frank Rowenta * Frank Rowenta/Dr. P. Li Khan * Free Pop Electronic Concept * Fricara Pacchu * Gang * Ghost Buffalo * Gold Chains * Graham Hood * Grim * Grouper * H.N.A.S. * Heaven Falls Hard * I.A.M Umbrella * Jack or Jive Lights * Janek Schaefer * Jean-Luc Godard * John Tejada * Jr. Juggernaut * Judy Henske & Jerry Yester * Julien Ribot * Justine * Jvox * Korea Soundblaster * Lautreamont * Leo Abrahams * Lokai * Los Yorks * Luna in Caelo * Maat * Machine Fabriek + Stephen Vitiello * Master/Slave Relationship A * Mates of State * Mekons/Kathy Acker * Mercantan * Mouserocket * Negative Approach * Nicola Ratti * Nurse With Wound * Odd Clouds * Olympic Lifts * One Little Plane * Orange * Orient Express, The * Otto von Schirach * Paavoharju * Peter Rehberg * Rain * Rome * Rottweiler * S.O.L.O. * S/T * School, The * Second Skin * Shit And Shine * Siddal * Slogun * Steinski * Supa D * Them * Timeblind * Toby Tobias * Twine * Vampire Hands * Ville Leinonen * Violent Vanities * Volcano The Bear * Warren Suicide * We Versus the Shark * Wire, The * Women * Yoshinori Sunahara

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Steinski - What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective 2CD (Illegal Art) [ILL016CD] $15.25
"This Illegal Art retrospective collects everything from his hip-hop narrative about the Kennedy assassination (originally a white-label promo, also issued as a flexi-disk for UK music magazine NME) to the 1998 remix of Afrika Bambaataa's `Jazz' with Double Dee. Besides the completist archive, the release will also includes the critically acclaimed `Nothing To Fear: A Rough Mix,' an hour-long mashup that was produced for Solid Steel/BBC London, described by Salon as, `the closest thing to a masterpiece the genre has yet produced' and perhaps the most obvious precursor (along with The Lessons) to Girl Talk's Night Ripper."

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Accidental - There Were Wolves CD (Thrill Jockey) [THRILL199] $13.25
RELEASE DATE: 06-03-2008
***Take the man behind THE MEMORY BAND and Trunk Records (StTEPHEN CRACKNELL), the twisted songwriter from TUNNG main man (SAM GENDERS), one half of Fence Collective duo THE BICYCLE THIEVES (HANNAH CAUGHLIN) and singer-songwriter LIAM BAILEY. Put them in front of a PC and add occasional input from guests including harpist SERAFINA STEER and ROB, JENNY & NANCY from the Memory Band. The outcome is new collective THE ACCDENTAL and their beguiling debut album There Were Wolves. The album was recorded in the front room of Cracknell's flat using just a computer, a pair of microphones, and the rampant imaginations of those involved. The finished record is fittingly warm, personal and intimate, and less disguised in its folkiness than either Cracknell or Genders's main projects. Within this, new influences have crept in, such as Liam's soul and reggae edge and Hannah's jazz-influenced vocals. The album also gave Cracknell (who handled the programming) a chance to experiment with vocal and instrumental loops and layers, inspired, in part, by Panda Bear and Animal Collective.

Adam Beyer - Fuse Presents Adam Beyer CD (Music Man) [MM032CD] $16.00
RELEASE DATE: 06-10-2008
Joining the ranks of Dave Clarke, DJ Hell, Joris Voorn, Steve Bug, Shinedoe and Technasia, who have all been firm favorites at Belgium's illustrious techno Mecca, Fuse, Adam Beyer now provides a mix showcasing where Sweden's techno pioneer is currently at. Fusing a rhythmic and minimal mix throughout its 22 tracks, Beyer splices tracks from Patrik Skoog, Joel Mull, LEM, Mauro Picotto, Cari Lekebusch (Braincell), Kyle Geiger (exclusive), Smith & Selway (exclusive), Schneider & Galluzzi, Paco Osuna, Museum (exclusive), Mathew Jonson (exclusive) and more into an hypnotic late-night tale.

Ariel Kalma - Le temps de moissons CD (Beta-Lactam Ring) [09488] $16.25
First ed. of 500 copies packaged in a book bound CD . First time on CD for this classic prog album! This has been the first solo recording LP from Ariel Kalma, recorded in 1975. After a long journey to India where he learnt the basics of modal music and singing, Ariel was inspired by the fusion of ancient and modern ways of playing music in the 70s with saxophone, ethnic instruments, effects, electric instruments and electronic filters. As making a record was expensive at that time, when the first thousand records were pressed Ariel run out of money so he bought blank sleeves and one by one, he drew the shape of his hand and numbered each LP. This first pressing is now rare and sought after!

Another detail made this LP memorable because it had not been done before: Ariel convinced the pressing engineer to loop the groove at the end of side 2 - thus creating an endless loop - and although it was casually mentioned on the cover, it caused surprises sometimes by sending listeners into trance. or on some occasions burning the motor of their turntable after endless hours! On this CD, Ariel included a loop of several minutes only, because the LP loop had an audio advantage: as time passed the sound of the loop changed because the diamond eroded the groove.

To the 3 compositions originally on the LP have been added 2 other ones from that period of time. Note from Ariel : Saxophone is powerful. It has raw sounds that are often filtered, polished for easier listening. I like to let my saxophone sing and when I play, I hear high-pitched, teasing sounds that I like so much. they titillate my senses. If it is too sharp for your ears, adjust your EQ till you are comfortable.

Ceci fut le premier disque solo d'Ariel Kalma, enregistré en 1975. Après un long séjour en Inde où il apprit les rudiments de la music modale et du chant, Ariel fut inspiré par le mélange d'ancients et modernes facons de jouer de la musique, mixant ses saxophones avec des instruments ethniques, des effets, des instruments electriques et des filtres électroniques. A cette époque, faire un disque coutait cher et lorsque le pressage des milles premiers disques fut effectué, Ariel n'avait plus d'argent disponible; il acheta des pochettes blanches et dessina sur lune après l'autre le contour de sa main et numerota chaque disque. Ce premier pressage est rare et recherché de nos jours !

Un autre détail contribua à rendre ce LP mémorable, du fait que cela ne fut pas fait auparavant : Ariel convaincu l'ingenieur du pressage de boucler le sillon à la fin de la plage 2 - créant ainsi une boucle sans fin - Et malgré que ce fut mentionné sur la pochette, créa des surprises : parfois génerant une transe chez l'auditeur. ou en quelques occasions, brulant le moteur de leur tourne-disque après des heures sans arrêt ! Sur le CD, Ariel a inclus une boucle de quelques minutes seulement car le LP bouclé offrait un avantage auditif supplémentaire au CD : en long terme le diamand de la platine usait le sillon un peu plus, provoquant un continuel changement sonore, comme une Reternelle...

Aux trois compositions originellement présentes sur le LP on été ajoutées deux autres de cette période. Note d'Ariel: le saxophone est puissant. Il a des sons crus qui sont souvent filtrés, polis pour une écoute plus aisée. Dans cet album, j'aime laisser mon saxophone chanter, et lorsque je joue j'entend des sons aigüs, provoquant, et je les aime beaucoup. ils titillents mes sens. Si c'est trop acide pour vos oreilles, réglez votre équalisation jusque ce que vous soyez confortable.

Ashtray Boy featuring Liz Phair - The Honeymoon Suite CD (Scout Releases) [09539] $7.00
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Beasts of Paradise - Nobody Knew The Time CD (City of Tribes Communications) [09550] $0.00
Picture five musicians shadow dancing on a butterfly's wings, and you'll begin to understand the fragile grace of San Francisco's Beasts of Paradise. Eda Maxym's vocal incantations oscillate far above the earth, even as the multitude of instruments used to make the music flutter and spin span its far reaches. At the center are Nancy Kaspar's double bass, Geoffrey Gordon's exotic array of percussion and Stephen Kent's didgeridoo-though it's not as prominent as with his other outfit, Trance Mission. Combined, they create enough gravitational pull to balance Maxym's drifting vocals and Barbara Imhoff's feathery harp. The title track of the five-song debut is a mix of atypical rhythms, with both Middle Eastern and Indian lilts. Aside from the harp and didgeridoo, the record's instrumentation includes dumbek, Zambian drums and world music master Jai Uttal's dotar. Kenneth Newby, a percussionist in Trance Mission, shows off his exotic throat singing. Despite the loose arrangement, "Nobody Knew the Time" is the most grounded of the tracks, and the best vehicle for Maxym's wafting vocals. Both "Falling" and "Limehouse Chambers," which employs a toy piano and one-string rebab, are as ephemeral as tide pool in the Sahara. But Maxym's introspective presence keeps the songs from evaporating completely. Buzzcocks fans may balk at harps taking the place of electric guitar on a cover of "Why Can't I Touch It," but Maxym makes the question her own.

Bellafea - Cavalcade CD ( Southern) [281452] $13.75
BELLAFEA call Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The rich, independent music history and their subsequent Southern upbringing play obvious roles in structuring their individuality. Bellafea teems with the punk spirit of local townies Superchunk, while the trialing dissonance of Polvo shine through in their string parts. There is an earnest aggression in their music, perhaps channeled from their struggles with the vastly conservative Southeastern United States--the patriarchal, Bible-belt countryside where they grew up. There is resistance, and there is also a secular nod to their heritage and its inevitable and inspiring impact on their songwriting.

Beyond Sensory Experience - No Lights in Our Eyes CD (Cold Meat Industry) [09554] $15.50
After months of long Nordic nights, intense recording sessions and creative outbursts Beyond Sensory Experience release No Lights In Our Eyes on which they further develop their characteristic and much commended sound. The examination of life that began on Pursuit Of Pleasure and The Dull Routine Of Existence advances and now focuses on death and the subconscious sides of life. Musically, No Lights In Our Eyes ranges from coldest minimalism to the darkest orchestral eruptions, becoming an addictive stimulus for your inward eyes. Expect first class dark atmospheres with a distinctive BSE twist!

Centro-matic + South San Gabriel - Dual Hawks 2CD (Misra) [MSR048] $13.25
Keeping track of the distinctions between CENTRO-MATIC and SOUTH SAN GABIREL could be a full-time effort, if one were so inclined. Based in Denton, Texas, Centro-matic once titled an album South San Gabriel Songs/Music, only to give a splinter faction of the participating musicians--meaning Centro-matic and more friends--the name South San Gabriel and release that album in Europe under the new band name. South San Gabriel includes the four core members of Centro-matic, plus additional members, but we'll get to that shortly. You might be inclined to say that Centro-matic material tends to be more rockin', with SSG its mellow, literary counterpart, and WILL JOHNSON's solo material as skinny-dipping in the abyss--but it would be a gross oversimplification. Each of these projects shares all of the aforementioned respective qualities and more. What is distinctive about the release of Dual Hawks is that we get the chance to hear side-by-side the various ways in which Centro-matic and South San Gabriel complement and play off of each other--sort of the full-length equivalent of a split single.

Coastal Guard - Coastal Guard CD3 (Scout Releases) [09535] $4.75
3"CD, limited to 100 copies only. Not a CDr, but a factory pressed release.

Dan Nelson - All Known Metal Bands Book (McSweeney's) [978-1-932416-92-3] $17.75
This handsomely packaged hardbound volume contains the names of over fifty thousand metal bands. If one presumes that each of these bands had an average of four members, and multiplies that by the bands, one might figure that at least a quarter of a million humans have pledged allegiance to one of these groups of wandering beasts. Never has a music relegated to the underground of a civilization had so many devotees; no radio need transmit the power of this music, for it is sought fiercely and freely by the doomed and the dispossessed, whose ears are never touched by songs of love and weakness.

David Abir/Ashley Wales - Movement A, Study 33/Landscape CD (Sulfur) [09524] $10.75
Britain's Sulphur label straddles a number of musical lines, dabbling in everything from abstract beats, dubwise electronica, and acid jazz to experimental art music and twisted drum'n'bass. This compilation draws largely on the label's Parallel Meld series, which throws different artists together with the assignment of collaborating on an album; most of the material here comes from albums that already feature in the Sulphur catalog, but several tracks are previously unreleased. The resulting program is an interesting mix of the funky, the abstract, and the soothingly ambient, and includes everything from Sukyaneer's vaguely reggae-flavored "Dub Treatment Koto" to Future Pilot A.K.A. and Kim Fowley's neo-psychedelic "Night Flight to Memphis." Highlights include "Guanxi," a restrained mixture of pizzicato strings and beatbox rhythms dubbed up by Scanner and DJ Spooky, and the very funky "Mirror Image," which features exquisite turntablism from Dstar. If you're looking for something simultaneously adventurous and relaxing, this comp was made to order. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Dino Felipe - No Fun Demo CD (No Fun Productions) [NFP31] $12.25
RELEASE DATE: 06-16-2008
Previously know for his electronic work with Miami's Schematic label and his experimental records on his own and with others: Old Bombs, Fukktron, etc. This time Dino stares right at the ghost of his MTV dreams childhood years and comes out of it with the most beautiful record of well put together songs you'll hear this year. A full instrumented record of pop rock, ballads, psychedelia, no-wave, rock noise and total mutations injected with Dino's own unique approach. This is the pop music of the present, and a recording shooting to change the future.

Eleanoora Rosenholm - Vainajan Muotokuva CD (Fonal) [FR054CD] $16.00
This is the debut full-length by Eleanoora Rosenholm. Eleanoora Rosenholm comes from Pori, Finland and is a project began by Noora Tommila, Pasi Salmi and Mika Rättö. They crafted a genius pop album with murderous lyrics inside the dark stone walls that surround SS-Palace studio. The time came to take the show on the road and the band evolved into a full 8-piece. Weird, almost avant synth-pop harmonies with creepily-sweet Finnish vocals, sometimes vocoded.

Errors - It's Not Something But It Is Like CD (Rock Action Records) [ROCKACT036CD] $17.75
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Es - Sateenkaarisuudelma 2CD (Fonal) [FR052CD] $19.75
Originally released as a 2LP by the (K-RAA-K)? label in 2005, Sateenkaarisuudelma is Fonal label-head Sami Sänpäkkilä's fourth solo album under the name Es. The 2CD release is a trilogy containing three independent parts: "Sateenkaarisuudelma," "Maailmankaari" and "Pianokaari." Sateenkaarisuudelma was conceived from live songs performed on tour with Black Forest/Black Sea's Miriam Goldberg on cello, Jeffrey Alexander on guitar and effects, and Fursaxa's Tara Burke on vocals and keyboard.

Fricara Pacchu - Stories of the Old Book (Fonal) [FR051EP] $16.00
Includes a 7" vinyl and a 40-page full-color book.

Gang - Zero Hits CD (Absolutely Kosher) [AK080] $12.75
Simply put, Brooklyn's GANG just loves doing what they do, which is playing music for people. Just trying to lend form to a feeling. Making a contribution. For fans of The Go Team, Mission Of Burma, Fugazi, Le Savy Fav.

Ghost Buffalo - Magician CD (Suburban Home) [SH68] $9.50
The follow-up to GHOST BUFFALO's self-titled debut album on Suburban Home. In the years since their first album, the band has undergone a metamorphosis. The band has experienced a marriage, lineup changes, tour troubles, a musical evolution and are now stronger than ever. Their sound is heavier and more technical while somehow retaining the beauty that makes them Ghost Buffalo. MARIE's vocals have never sounded better and MATT BELLINGER shows no restraint with his guitar. Newcomers JED and BEN are no slouches either as the band has never sounded better. The direction of the band makes it even harder to associate them with other bands (including PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS). Reference points might include 27, Denali, and Discount. Recorded by BOB FERBRACHE at Absinthe in Denver.

Graham Hood - Empty Pocket Blues - The Life & Music of Clive Palmer Book (Helter Skeleter) [HSPALMER] $25.75
"Empty Pocket Blues is the biography of Clive Palmer, a beatnik banjo player who began playing skiffle, jazz and folk in 1950s London, honed his skills by busking in Paris and then moved to Scotland (influencing the young Billy Connolly, among many others) to co-found the legendary Incredible String Band." 224 pages. P/b. Full colour cover, b/w illustrations throughout.

Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill CD (Type) [TYPE038CD] $14.00
RELEASE DATE: 06-10-2008
This is the third full-length release for Portland, Oregon-based Liz Harris. Harris might have achieved a significant fan base thanks to the whispering, near-ambient vocal crusades of her debut album Way Their Crept and its follow-up Wide, but those with a careful ear would have heard slightly more trapped beneath her fuzzy chain of effects. Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill marks a departure of sorts for Liz, which sees her turn down the fuzz boxes which caged (and to some degree defined) her sound and allows her voice to ring out above everything else. It is an album steeped in the world of dream-pop - a genre pioneered by the likes of Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil - and far from shying away from the reference, Liz has instead grabbed on with both hands, creating an album's worth of perfect, left-field pop songs.

Janek Schaefer - Extended Play (Triptych for the child survivors of war and conflict) CD (Line) [LINE036] $12.25
RELEASE DATE: 06-09-2008
LIMITED EDITION 600. LINE is proud to release the latest audio work from British composer and installation artist Janek Schaefer based on his installation of the same title. Installation Reviews: "a piece to return to again and again... haunting and lulling" [The Wire, UK] "so inspirational, and in many ways very spiritual" [Gerry Turvey] "I was so deeply touched by your piece" [Mandeep Kaur Samra] Red is the colour of Life, of Death, and of Love. Scarlett, my first child, was born in 2005, and since then I have been very aware of how lucky we all are. have been constantly comparing this to the fact that my mother was born in Warsaw in 1942 - the epicenter of World War II. How opposite can two beginnings be? This inspired me to produce the Extended Play installation, which continuously and positively celebrates hope and new beginnings, for child survivors in all situations around the world. The original idea for the composition, came from learning about the 'Jodoform' system of secret musical messages, that were broadcast by the BBC Service, during music they played was given a particular meaning, which was interpreted by Polish Underground. discovered from the original Jodoform log book, that the lovely Polish folk song 'Tango yczakowskie', was broadcast on the day my mother was born. song describes how children in 1918, had been forced to take up arms, in defense of their town. From this tune, chose a short rising musical phrase, and with my arranger Michael Jennings, developed a ten minute score. Each of the three solo parts was then recorded separately, edited, and cut onto vinyl. In the gallery, 3 x Cello EP's, 3 x Piano EP's, and 3 x Violin EP''s are played at either 33, 45, or 78rpm using nine retro record players. These play continuously, and each was modified to stop playing briefly in response to the audience moving around the exhibition. This has the effect of changing and extending the composition, so that it is never the same again.

Janek Schaefer - Extended Play CD (Line) [LINE036CD] $12.25
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John Tejada - Where CD (Palette) [PAL050CD] $16.00
RELEASE DATE: 06-24-2008
This is California-based producer John Tejada's 11th full-length release. Normally associated with his peers in techno from Detroit, Europe and elsewhere, John Tejada has embraced electronic music as a personal frontier, expanding on his resume as a techno recording artist, producer, remixer, DJ, and label owner. Known for crafting a brand of subtle, musical techno, his recorded output ranges across tempo and genre lines, from chilled-out affairs with spacious arrangements to pulsating, densely layered, deeply energetic tracks that work magnificently in the hands of DJs as well as on the home stereo. Where ventures away from many of his own trademarks, journeying into an intimate vibe of warm pulses and bright energies. The tracks take expectations and enlighten them with a collection of grooves and tweaks that are spacious and rhythmic while being devoid of predictability.

Jr. Juggernaut - Ghost Poison CD (Suburban Home) [SH69] $9.50
"The debut album from Los Angeles rockers, JR. JUGGERNAUT. The band has sensibly shared bills with Two Cow Garage and Armchair Martian, as their sound fits somewhere right in the middle. Loud guitars and straight forward rock and roll with a definite Americana vibe is the order here.

Judy Henske & Jerry Yester - Farewell Aldebaran CD (Phoenix Records) [ASH3018CD] $16.00
Timely reissue of this late `60s folk/psych classic from husband and wife team Jerry Yester and Judy Henske.

Julien Ribot - Vega CD (Ici d'Ailleurs) [IDA040] $16.75
A luxurious 24 page book edition. Julien Ribot has always loved both music and image. At the end of the nineties he was a professional illustrator. He had always composed from his early years on for his own pleasure and out of a natural need related to his being a man of many ideas-- The triggering event was the meeting with a Japanese pop star seeking new songs for her new LP. He wrote her two songs and met a few people in the small French pop world. As the buzz around his mysterious personality increased, Julien Ribot gave up his job in order to devote himself entirely to music. He released his first LP Hôtel Bocchi at the end of 2001. On top of having Françoiz Breut's participation, he was surrounded on some tracks by Dionysos or Katrine, who helped him enjoy a pleasant succès d'estime. As a pianist and a singer he has been influenced (among others) by Mike Garson (one of Bowie's musicians) and Gerard Jouannest (who worked with French singer Jacques Brel). He also drew his inspiration for his second LP from graphic worlds belonging to David Lynch, Roland Topor or Tim Burton. It was called La Metamorphose de Caspar Dix and came out in 2004. This album proved his ability to build a rich and sophisticated world around a dreamlike story served by sensitive and creative pop music. He is back today with VEGA, a record he wrote between Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Rome and Florence. Without being a concept album, this new release is fully coherent and builds up again a subtle and captivating atmosphere. The artist describes a quest for identity and inner peace throughout the fourteen tracks of the LP which stand for joyful or sad ~V but always edifying - personal experiences. His most personal record was made with a new team of musicians and here Ribot stands out as a solo artist able to create a world of his own. The recording of this album provoked some enriching experiences like the recording of the strings in London or the meeting with Mieko Miyazaki, who has fallen in love with Julien's project. She is one of the most popular koto players worldwide and her instrument enlightens Le rêve de Tokyo. To finish, the presence of Julien Ribot's partner in life, Annabelle, should also be underlined. She cosigns two titles (La nuit and Les jardins de Boboli) and sings them in duet. First single : LA CHAMBRE RENVERSEE No one is as talented as Julien Ribot is when it comes to creating original worlds, yet he uses very simple ideas. La chambre renversee is a good example of his inspiration. An artist (Daniel Spoerri) who covers tables with every day objects before sticking them on the wall pleased Julien to the utmost. He saw in it an inversion of perspective which can be summed up as follows: everything is possible in the imagination! A rather naïve idea that the artist claims. Julien Ribot is a cunning composer who wrote a heady gimmick of flute creating something close to the sound of fanfare in the listener's ear and which plays a major role in making this first single a charming and efficient one. As far as the lyrics are concerned, without getting into any of the details of the simple poetry of La chambre renversee, it must be said that the "top of the great alphabet" where the bedroom happens to land on is directly inspired by The Alphabet, David Lynch's first short length film, which is a sort of painting that comes to life that fascinates Julien Ribot. By the way, he is currently using his own talent as a graphic artist in order to illustrate this song with an animated video clip made with his own drawings. It will soon enable us to see Julien Ribot's special talent for twisting ideas and perspectives so as to create a matchless universe.

Jvox - Shuffling Data CD (Unit) [09525] $9.50
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Lautreamont - Maldoror And The Complete Works Book (Exact Change) [ECLAUT] $15.25
Reprinted! "Andre Breton wrote that Maldoror is `the expression of a revelation so complete it seems to exceed human potential.' Little is known about its pseudonymous author aside from his real name (Isidore Ducasse), birth in Uruguay (1846), and early death in Paris (1870). Lautreamont's writings bewildered his contemporaries but the Surrealists modeled their efforts after his lawless black humor and poetic leaps of logic, exemplified by the oft-quoted slogan, `As beautiful as the chance meeting on a dissecting-table of a sewing-machine and an umbrella!' Maldoror's shocked first publisher refused to bind the sheets of the original edition - and perhaps no better invitation exists to this book which warns the reader, `Only the few may relish this bitter fruit without danger.' This is the only complete annotated collection of Lautreamont's writings available in English, in a superior translation."

Machine Fabriek + Stephen Vitiello - Box Music CD (12k) [12K1048] $12.25
RELEASE DATE: 06-09-2008
Rutger and Stephen sort of accidentally met through e-mail. A simple note regarding an ordering question for a CD led to an enthusiastic e-mail conversation and climaxed in a musical collaboration. This all happened in a very short period, both musicians being very inspired by the concept of "exchange," as a means to cross space and time -- Rutger living in the Netherlands and Stephen in Virginia. Most of the time, when (electronic) musicians work together it's a matter of swapping digital files. In this case they decided to do something different and sent each other a box full of (mostly non-musical, or musically non-functional) objects and recordings, with the "assignment" to make music with those objects and all as source materials. As the titles tell, we're talking about an egg cutter, thumb piano, a broken kraakle box, rice, chocolate sprinkles, old cassette tapes, a broken 7" record, etcetera, etcetera. Both musicians made two of their own solo tracks with the box they received, and the last track was done together by Rutger adding sounds and processing to a piece started by Stephen. For Rutger/ Machinefabriek this is part of his most delicate work. For Stephen, it was a new and extremely enjoyable form of long-distance collaboration. Machinefabriek: Rutger Zuydervelt, better known as Machinefabriek, lives in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Started as Machinefabriek in 2004, he released 40+ small run home-made cdr's as well as work for Type Records, Lampse, Digitalis, Staalplaat (Mort Aux Vaches) and now 12K. A double remix cd was released in 2007, with interpetations by Alva Noto, Pita, Mitchell Akiyama, Xela, Gert-Jan Prins and many more. Collaborations (live or recording) include Steinbrüchel, Jasper TX, Wouter van Veldhoven, Simon Nabatov, Frans de Waard, Aaron Martin and Peter Broderick. Stephen Vitiello: Stephen Vitiello is a sound and media artist based in Richmond, VA. CD releases include Bright and Dusty Things (New Albion), Listening to Donald Judd (Sub Rosa) and Untitled/Exchange, a collaborative CD with Michael J. Schumacher (A Question of Re-Entry). Solo exhibitions of Vitiello's sound installations, photographs and drawings have been presented at The Project, NY, Museum 52, London, the Texas Gallery, Houston, TX and Diapason, NYC. Group exhibitions include the 2002 Whitney Biennial and the 2006 Biennial of Sydney. Over the last 18 years, Stephen has collaborated with numerous musicians and artists including Scanner, Pauline Oliveros, Andrew Deutsch, Julie Mehretu and Tony Oursler.

Mates of State - Re-arrange Us CD (Barsuk) [BARK74] $12.00
MATES OF STATE are back with Re-arrange Us, only a few months following the birth of JASON and KORI's second daughter. Though conceived as a duo, Mates of State have never failed to generate a trademark wall of sound built on dozens of varied voicings of keys, drums, and alternately lushly-layered and playfully-dueling vocals. On Re-arrange Us they move beyond these boundaries (Kori's traditional organ sound is a distant memory, replaced with organic piano and synth sounds) with additional instrumentation including lush strings, guitar, and horns to back up their already-honed melodic songwriting, which continues to shine on instantly indelible gems like "Get Better," "Now," and "Jigsaw." Both this newfound broadening of instrumentation and the increased emergence of both Mates' lead vocals signal the next stage of the band's evolution.

Mouserocket - Pretty Loud LP+CD (Tic Tac Totally) [TTT014] $12.00
MOUSEROCKET is back with their sophomore album after two years in the making and four years apart from their 2004 debut on Empty. Worth the wait? Yes! This LP has been as carefully injected with deliciously sweet rock'n'roll razorblades as a half-opened Halloween treat. The no nonsense, semi-sweet, creeped-out pop of Mouserocket is back! Back with a Southern-tinged delivery that conjures the charm of Roky Erickson and the clean tastes and mighty grandeur of Television.

Nicola Ratti - From the Desert Came Saltwater CD (Anticipate) [ANTICIP005CD] $14.00
Italian-born multi-instrumentalist and architect, Nicola Ratti, presents his debut for Anticipate. Nicola's music can best be described as warm, subtractive rock, whereby he reduces guitar figures and piano passages into quiet explorations of the hidden corners of an otherwise familiar sound. Guitars twang with slight and spacious percussion and softly hushed (occasional) vocals and atmospheric twinkles congeal into a carefully-composed re-imagining of music. In terms of situating this album in the context of modern electroacoustic music, Nicola uses more natural effects treatments, shying away from fragmentation and processing, which obscures the inherent character of the instruments. Rather, he uses these processes to add depth and subtly tease out the hidden sonorities of his tools of choice, re-composing them and adding atmospherics along the way. With one solo album on Megaplomb, a handful of single tracks and remixes, and a recent collaboration with producer and engineer Giuseppe Ielasi, Nicola is defined by the excellence of his craft.

Nurse with Wound - Huffin' Rag Blues CD [UJ444] $TBA
RELEASE DATE: 06-16-08
Label: Jnana Notify Me (What is this?) Nurse With Wound is the main recording vehicle for British musician Steven Stapleton. Since 1978, with collaborators such as David Tibet (Current 93), John Balance (Coil), Colin Potter and Matt Waldron (Irr. App [Ext]), Nurse With Wound has released dozens of albums that draw on nearly every genre of music. The only constant is that one never knows what the next album will sound like. Stapleton and Andrew Liles form the core of the band on Huffin' Rag Blues, and the direction to which they are heading is the lounge! Huffin' Rag Blues is unlike any Nurse With Wound album in recent memory as they veer into the space-age bachelor pad. Guest vocalists Lynn Jackson and Freida Abtan channel Peggy Lee, while Matt Waldron also lends his golden pipes to one song. This is truly exotica as imagined by the twisted genius that is Nurse With Wound.

Nurse With Wound - Images / Zero Mix Book+CD (Beta-Lactam Ring) [09484] $32.75
(220 page hard bound book with full color dust jacket, the album "Zero Mix"). Hardbound book featuring paintings created to celebrate the release of the albums "Angry Eelectric Finger". The book also contains the album "Zero Mix" packaged in a book bound cd case. Released in an edition of 1500 copies featuring full color images and a matte and gloss spot coating, plus full color dust jacket. Thou had best be ready when the angry eelectric finger points to YOU! THUS SPAKE NURSE (& Xhol): The recipe began with our fearless leader, Steve Stapleton, cooking up some recordings & mixing in a few tablespoons of Xhol Caravan. Beta-lactam Ring now serves up this piping hot dish to you, the hungriest of hungry, hungry hippos. In addition, Chef Steve painted 100 individually hand painted discs to celebrate the release of the three album set "Angry Eelectric Finger". The paint and vinyl was salvaged from the local landfill site at Inagh, County Clare, Ireland and recycled here in Cooloorta during September and November 2004. The paintings were displayed in Galway, Ireland and Portland, Oregon before being offered for sale. All the paintings are now presented here in a deluxe hardbound book with full color images and a spot gloss coating. Released in an edition of 1500 copies with the album "Zero Mix".

Odd Clouds - Odd Clouds Picture Disc LP (Qbico) [QBICO079LP] $22.75
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One Little Plane - Until CD (Text) [TEXT005CD] $17.75
"A twist on the singer-songwriter tradition, One Little Plane is a musical epiphany straight from the unfaltering beat of one little heart - the captivating Kathryn Bint. One Little Plane's music will appeal to fans of Cat Power, Bat for Lashes, Beth Orton, and Feist."

Orange - In The Midst of Chaos CD (Destijl) [DESTIJL064CD] $12.25
"Free jazz group Orange's one and only release In The Midst Of Chaos was recorded in 1978 and became renowned saxophonist Paul Flaherty's first record." ~ Charles F. Destruction

Otto von Schirach - Oozing Bass Spasms CD (Cock Rock Disco) [CROCK019] $17.25
RELEASE DATE: 06-30-2008
The sado-booty ring-master is back again, that's right, Cock Rock Disco is proud to present the new full length album by Otto Von Schirach: "Oozing Bass Spasms". With enough porn and horror samples to satiate the most demented programmer, and enough juicy bass to placate the most voracious bass-head, Oozing Bass Spasms is a masterwork by one of the world's most original artists. By far his most approachable and even refined album, it's still pretty f***ing crazy in a way that only Otto von Schirach can provide. This time the overall feeling of the album is more dance sounding; elements of Booty, Electro, Breakcore, and Rave music all find a place in his bizarre universe. From the first track "Subatomic Disco Divas" to the last "Satanic Unicorn Orgy", we are spoon-fed outstanding beats of all types, fractured and welded into ghettoized forms never seen. "Magnetic Rave Headache" will probably be one of the hardest breakcore tracks you've ever heard, and then the next song, "GELIATIN FIXATION" is built around a dubstep bassline that would make Scorn wet himself. His ballad "Her Blood Is Like Poison" gets the ladies horny and the boys start the mosh-pit during "DJ Hepatitis Tofuburger". But the party gets rowdy with his collaboration with Liquido -"Romance in the Club"- a electro-club banger like we rarely get anymore- it's positively soaked in party. Otto Von Schirach (half Cuban / half German) was born in 1978 in the ghetto in Miami. In 1995 he bought his first drum machine from a crack-head just 2 blocks from his mom's house, and in 1998 Otto released his first demo, which got him signed to a 4 album deal with Schematic Records. In 2003 Otto worked on the Skinny Puppy album "The Greater Wrong of the Right" and then tour with them now 3 times. In 2004 Miss Kitten had Otto remix her "Professional Distortion" track for Nova Mute UK. Otto's last album, "Maxipad Detention", was released by Mike Patton's Ipecac Recordings in 2006 to vast critical and fan accolades world-wide. Otto is currently touring in Europe with Einstürzende Neubauten (May), in the USA with Venetian Snares (June), and will be back for a massive tour in collaboration with porn-rap legend Blowfly (August-Sept).

Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista CD (Fonal) [FR055CD] $16.00
RELEASE DATE: 07-22-2008
This is the highly-anticipated second full-length release on Fonal Records from Finland's Paavoharju, a collective formed around two brothers - Lauri and Olli Ainaila and their troupe of associates. The group is a collective project of ascetic born-again Christians. Laulu Laakson Kukista (A Song About Flowers of the Valley) evokes the sounds of raindrops falling on a sheet metal roof melting together with an old television's random dot-pattern noise. Backwards pianos, backwards vocals, tilted organ and baroque beats lean against sweeping operatic soundscapes and gossamer back-porch folk singalongs. Mind-bending devotional rock-opera from the deepest Finnish forests.

Peter Rehberg - Fremdkoerper CD (Scout Releases) [09538] $10.75
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Rome - Masse Mensch Material CD (Cold Meat Industry) [09553] $15.50
New wine from the orchards of Rome! After two successful albums, Nera and Confessions d'un Voleur d'Ames, ROME blesses us with its 12-track-knock-out Masse Mensch Material -which holds more than one musical surprise! ROME's particular brand of post-industrial folk, combined with new-wave song-writing and neo-classical arrangements, takes on a new and poppy twist. But these outstanding songs have way too much depth to be dismissed as mere pop music. This third album is of a more subtle darkness and probably ROME's best work to date. A work of art of extreme sincerity, Masse Mensch Material revolves around the themes of love, faith and endurance. ROME has created a fascinating world of contradictions which each song lays out with clarity and with all the cruelty and kindness intact. Within a very short period of time and at a terrifying pace, workaholic mastermind Jerome Reuter has carved his own path and created and established a dominion of his own, with its own codes and values. Through its bitter sweet melodies of exquisite sadness and rebellion, its haunting lyrics, mesmerizing vocals and recordings of unmatched production and sound, ROME has become the new face of dark romanticism. Jerome's voice echoes pride and death of a time and place long forgotten. A voice which becomes the axis that breaks one's consciousness into some kind of tender submission. Let yourself be buried in the shade of this masterpiece, in the beauty of desperation! Come out under the stars! ROME is the light!

Exclusive 4-panel embossed digipak with 16-pages booklet including ALL lyrics!

S/T - Und So Weiter CD (Dirter Promotions) [DPROM064CD] $16.00
RELEASE DATE: 06-24-2008
Dirter Promotions releases Und So Weiter by Kraut-psych band S/T from Hamburg. This CD is the most accomplished work to date from this astounding band, who has released lavishly-packaged and mind-blowing material since 1993 that sounds like no other. Their previous releases have appeared on both their own Save Our Sperms and Get Happy imprints, as well as the label run by Hans Joachim Irmler of Faust, Klangbad. Andy Wilson, author of Faust - Stretch Out Time and faust-pages.com web master says that "S/T are a classic Kraut rock group - not in the sense that they sound like other Kraut rock groups, but that they take Kraut rock forward in a punk/songwriter direction." Packaged in a beautiful mini-LP sleeve, printed on reverse board with a lyric sheet.

School, The - Let It Slip CDS (Elefant) [ER-373] $7.75
RELEASE DATE: 06-02-2008
Only some weeks after letting you know about this amazing new band from Cardiff and their wonderful debut single, "All I wanna do", now it's time to confirm the commotion and clamour their songs are creating amongst the music press and 50s girl-group fans. Rough Trade compares them to Kirsty McColl and CAMERA OBSCURA, Hipersonica to BELLE & SEBASTIAN and THE BEACH BOYS, New York newspaper The Village Voice turns them into a magical daydream of THE RONETTES, weblog Parallax View makes them single of the week and Pitchfork considers them relatives to Phil Spector's wall of sound. And let's not forget about the two radio sessions the band has recorded for British BBC: the first one, last February, for Bethan Elfyn's show on Radio 1, and their second appearance live on the BBC by mid-March, this time for Marc Riley. After such enthusiastic reactions, we cannot do other than euphorically annouce that their second single, "Let it slip", has been released. Born from the same sessions that resulted in "All I wanna do", and with Ian Catt (SAINT ETIENNE, TREMBLING BLUE STARS, NOSOTRÄSH, THE FIELD MICE, SHAMPOO, THE BOO RADLEYS, Kahimi Karie) on production duties, this new single holds four delightful songs: "Let it slip" (which gives the single its name), "I don't believe in love", "I want you back" y "Shoulder". But the best thing about this release is the way it reaffirms our already strong belief in the single format's grandeur, especially when a band such as THE SCHOOL is able to record four songs that could very well be earth-shaking hits.

Slogun - Glory Of Murder CD (Bloodlust) [B!090] $13.25
The sixth and final release in SLOGUN's History of Violence reissue campaign was originally released on cassette (Soffitta Macabra, 1998); it was a major landmass in the evolving world of true crime subject matter. Like the five precursors in the series, it boasts ultra-violent, harsh electronics, great samples, and raging vocals.

Supa D - Rinse 03 CD (Rinse Fm) [RINSE004CD] $15.25
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Toby Tobias - Space Shuffle CD (Rekids) [REKIDS003CD] $15.50
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Twine - Violets CD (Ghostly International) [gi59] $13.75
LIMITED TO 750. This is a requiem for the new dark age. A memoir of a dying era, defined by the years of an inevitably dichotomized & isolated nation. The duo of Greg Malcolm & Chad Mossholder move from the muggy backwoods of their early work towards the sonic approximation of icy remoteness. Created by a process of long distance file-sharing, the layers mesh together in a synchronous & fragile splendor, melding disembodied vocals, guitar rattles & crispy unpredictability to create a modern classic.

Vampire Hands - Me And You Cherry & Cherry Red CD (Modern Radio) [MRRL040] $9.00
"VAMPIRE HANDS' release Me And You Cherry Red doesn't differ from the trippy, hypnotic sound showcased on Virgin Dust American Lips and 2007's Cuz It's a Beach Funeral, but rather skims the edge off their sometimes rattling and raucous sound and cleaning it up with echoing vocal harmonies and catchy melodies. Songs like "No Fun" have a mellow, retro flavor that are soaked in electric guitar solos that would be complimentary in sound to Jefferson Airplane; "Statuette" taps into the roots of Vampire Hands' older tunes with haunting hymns and modern heavy beats that somehow manage to tap into a sound not entirely unlike Portishead. Me And You Cherry Red is staying in touch with its psychedelic roots, but definitely proves you don't have to sacrifice melody and conform to one standard sound. And as far as live gigs are concerned, Vampire Hands earned recognition for a reason: they put on one hell of a show."--MFR

Various Artists - Dangerous Drums presents It's a Berlin Thing Vol 2 2 X CD (Dangerous Drums) [09511] $13.00
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Various Artists - Compound CD (Sulfur) [09514] $10.75
Britain's Sulphur label straddles a number of musical lines, dabbling in everything from abstract beats, dubwise electronica, and acid jazz to experimental art music and twisted drum'n'bass. This compilation draws largely on the label's Parallel Meld series, which throws different artists together with the assignment of collaborating on an album; most of the material here comes from albums that already feature in the Sulphur catalog, but several tracks are previously unreleased. The resulting program is an interesting mix of the funky, the abstract, and the soothingly ambient, and includes everything from Sukyaneer's vaguely reggae-flavored "Dub Treatment Koto" to Future Pilot A.K.A. and Kim Fowley's neo-psychedelic "Night Flight to Memphis." Highlights include "Guanxi," a restrained mixture of pizzicato strings and beatbox rhythms dubbed up by Scanner and DJ Spooky, and the very funky "Mirror Image," which features exquisite turntablism from Dstar. If you're looking for something simultaneously adventurous and relaxing, this comp was made to order. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Various Artists - This is Bungalow: A DJ Mix by Le Hammond Inferno CD (Bungalow) [09526] $12.00

  1. Sony Romantic Electro Wave - Yoshinori Sunahara
  2. Man From Lafonda (Remixed By Paul Barman) - Cubismo Grafico
  3. Hanging Around - International Pony
  4. L'Amour A Trois (Cem Oral Mix) - Stereo Total
  5. Art Police - Le Hammond Inferno
  6. Follow My Riddim (Ben Human Mix) - Maxwell Implosion
  7. My Rug
  8. Pontiac Firebird 82 - Sonido Lasser Drakkar
  9. Tied To The Mast
  10. Desktop (Remixed By Erobique) - Mina
  11. Freeyourself
  12. Rhysical Workout
  13. Cowboy Cosmopolita
  14. Living In A Box - Jupiter Ace
  15. Street Vibes (Le Hammond Inferno Mix) - Tolcha
  16. Immer Wieder - Sirius Mo
  17. Voltage Is Ok (Sirius Mo Mix) - Fancy Free
  18. Video Rein - Alltag Raus


Various Artists - Battery Sentinel 2 2CD (Crunch Pod Media) [09540] $7.00
Limited to 1000 copies. There are 10 unlisted tracks at the end of the CD -- nine silent tracks that are each five seconds in duration, followed by an eight minute, forty second track that features a few bursts of silly vocal shenanigans interspersed between prolonged periods

Various Artists - We Are All Circling The Stars 2CD (Cosmos Recordings) [COSMOS004CD] $17.75
"We Are All Circling The Stars is an outstanding 30 track 2CD compilation of fresh faced troubadours and more seasoned songsmiths, solo artists and bands, bringing sounds that encompass everything from shimmering folk pop to sun drenched psychedelia and cosmic avant-country."

Ville Leinonen - Suudelmitar CD (Fonal) [FR053CD] $16.00
Originally released on CD by Poko Records in 2004, this is the debut full-length release by Ville Leinonen. This is a musical journey to the shores of imagined inner lands and to the Scandinavian forests of hopes and dreams. These songs are moments of beauty from nature, cities and villages. It's autumn in Finland. Freezing wind blows from Itämeri - the sea. Rain washes the streets of Helsinki.

Violent Vanities - Come To Dust CD (Palace of Worms) [09513] $9.50
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Volcano The Bear - Mountains Among Us CD (Beta-Lactam Ring) [09486] $19.00
Edition of 500 numbered copies in a full color book bound cd case. This year sees the eruption of the Volcano with a myriad of releases leaving the town folk covered in a fine and mysterious silt of musical entropy. The limited release of "Mountains" finds our boy's spelunking the creepiest of dream spawned caves, excavating crystalline fragments along the way, which are then set in beautiful mental jewelry appropriate for any formal occasion. Arpeggiated blurs and disinterred voices snap, crackle and pop as an unnamed rusted hulk is slowly pushed across an ever morphing open landscape. More accurately still, it's like that weird wind harp record from the 70's with a mid period NWW and Mauve Sideshow marching up opposite sides of the hill to claim the giant harp. And that's just in the first 19 minutes!. Afterwards, there is a slo-mo interlude battle between rarified VTB brand chamber music and the sounds of...things. As promised, the denouement is a brief, dare I say, pretty little whisper of pizzicato and drone. So pretty and little, in fact, that it caught the attention of my otherwise weirdness deaf partner. A real symphony of the spheres that showcases this Volcano's ability to blow its top and rain sweet tweeky kittens on the valley below

Warren Suicide - Requiem For A Missing Link CD (Shitkatapult) [STRIKE093CD] $16.00
RELEASE DATE: 06-24-2008
This is Berlin-based art/music duo Cherie and Nackt aka Warren Suicide's first full-length release for the Shitkatapult label. Since 2006's The Hello on Fume, their world has been overflowing with projects: drawings, videos, visual concepts, theater music, composing, web sites, productions, sessions, remixes and new ideas. Requiem For A Missing Link is a condensed expression of their multimedia works - 12 great songs merged into one big composition beyond genre boundaries.

We Versus the Shark - Dirty Versions CD (Hello Sir) [SIR015] $13.50
Hello Sir Records is pleased to announce the release of WE VERSUS THE SHARK second LP, Dirty Versions. Drawing from the likes of Mclusky and The Melvins for inspiration, Dirty Versions is a compact, immediate record that builds on the quartet's post-Dischord sonic template. Dirty Versions was recorded in Athens by friend of the Shark JOEL HATSTAT, who also mixed and mastered the album with the help of the band. We Versus The Shark will spend the first quarter of 2008 criss-crossing the United States on tour.

Wire, The - #293 July 2008 Magazine (The Wire) [WIRE293] $8.75
"On the cover: Mark Stewart. Features: Bill Dixon, The Necks, Invisible Jukebox: .Snd, Rustie, Franz Hautzinger."

Women - Women CD (Flemish Eye) [FLCR016] $13.50
Looking at the stage prior to a WOMEN performance, a viewer could be forgiven for being confused about what they are about to experience. With samplers, drum machines, 5-6 amps, a full drum set (plus an seemingly random stack of toms) and cables snaking everywhere, the stage resembles a cross between a jam space and a garage sale. But when the band come out on stage, all comes clear: Women are a phenomenon. Somehow, amid what should be bedlam, the most astonishing thing occurs--actual songs emerge. Powerful, melodic, songs. Friends since childhood--two of them brothers--the band have an intuitive rapport that seems to transcend speech. A headlong collision of the basement (lo-fi pawn shop amps, and clanky, broken drums) with the synthetic (drum machine, samples, and electronics) becomes, through the filter of the band, something resembling pop music. Barely.

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Jean-Luc Godard - La Chinoise DVD (Koch Lorber Films) [KLF3115DVD] $25.75
"Jean-Luc Godard presents one of his most contentious and political films focusing on a small group of French students who want to change the world by using any means necessary. After studying Mao and the growth of communism in China, the students decide that they must use terrorism to ignite their own revolution."

Jean-Luc Godard - Le Gai Savoir DVD (Koch Lorber Films) [KLF3158DVD] $23.25
"While producing a movie, two militants, Emile Rousseau (Leaud) and Patricia Lumumba (Berto), have a discourse on language. Referring to spoken word as `the enemy' - the weapon used by the establishment to confuse liberation movements - the two deconstruct the meanings of sounds and images in a film representing an important step in Godard's return to a `degree zero' of cinema."

Negative Approach - Can't Tell No One DVD (MCRNR Video) [00259] $17.75
Hardcore legends NEGATIVE APPROACH captured live in concert in 2006 and 2007. This DVD features performance footage at St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit, Michigan, May 26, 2007; Touch and Go 25th Anniversary, Chicago, Illinois, September 9, 2006; rehearsal footage in Detroit, August 26, 2006; performance at The Dome, London, England, December 7, 2006; ATP show, Minehead, England, December 10, 2006 and Antwerp, Belgium, May 12, 2007; and No Fun Fest, Brooklyn, New York, May 20, 2007. (STREET DATE - 6/03/2008)

Shit And Shine - Cherry DVD+CD (Riot Season) [REPOSECD17X] $17.75
NOW AVAILABLE ON CD WITH LIMITED EDITION DVD!!! SHIT AND SHINE isn't a band, it's a state of mind. They're an afternoon spent tearing up betting-slips at the bookies. A stain on your shirt that won't wash out. Shit and Shine refuse to be categorized, commodified or caught with their trousers down. They're a blurred snapshot of bi-polar Britain, camera-phone footage of a nation that's slowly swallowing itself whole, one mouthful at a time. They're a requiem for back-street cafes and grubby little places that now only exist in our memory or in back-issues of Savage Messiah magazine. They're a brittle, defiantly distorted soundtrack to our own cultural demise: time at the bar, gentlemen, please! "The kind of deranged collage that damaged psychedelic warriors like The Butthole Surfers or Bongwater used to come up with. Its an album that defies any kind of neat summation. Immense!"--The Wire. CD version includes a limited DVD of a live performance.

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Fifty Foot Hose - Cauldron CD (Phoenix Records) [ASH3016CD] $16.00
RELEASE DATE: 06-24-2008
Cauldron was Fifty Foot Hose's first and most famous recorded work, released on Limelight Records in 1968.

Forest - Forest CD (Phoenix Records) [ASH3011CD] $16.00
The classic debut album by the UK's Forest, originally released in 1969 by Harvest.

Free Pop Electronic Concept - A New Exciting Experience CD (Vampisoul) [VAMPI089] $20.00
First-time ever legit reissue of this lost gem from the late '60s Euro psychedelic underground. Belgium-based Portuguese soul brothers TONY & WALDO LAM (better know as JESS & JAMES) join forces with American jazzman SCOTT BRADFORD and Belgian mad scientist & electronics granddaddy ARSENE SOUFFRIAU for a crazy trip of groovy free-rock and soul electronics in the tradition of Pierre Henry's Jerks Electroniques Pour La Messe Du Temps Present, Cecil Leuter's Pop Electronique, and JP Massiera's Maledictus Sound. Heavy riffing, screaming fuzz, mind-frying chirping electronics, tribal drumming mayhem, crazy studio effects, groovy go-go keyboard action, and stomping beats all over. A must-have for psych fiends, krautrock aficionados, beat diggers, library lunatics and all-around acid heads.

Justine - Justine CD (Sunbeam Records) [SBR5053CD] $16.00
RELEASE DATE: 06-24-2008
Recorded in London by a youthful Anglo-American quintet and originally released in June 1970, this lost classic was described in original promotional material as "rich, splendid bursts of colorful sound." A bewitching brew of dreamy pop and whimsical psychedelia, it features glorious vocal harmonies throughout and culminates with one of the era's greatest acid trips, the mind-blowing "Unknown Journey."

Los Yorks - El Viaje 1966-1974 CD (Munster) [MR285] $20.00
A collection of the greatest tracks from LOS YORKS taken from their four LPs and twenty-five singles, released between 1966 and 1974. Los York's were the most famous and successful band in their country (more than Los Shains or Los Saicos), and in this best-of compilation you surely can find why.

Orient Express, The - The Orient Express CD (Fallout) [FO2102CD] $16.00
Recorded by a Frenchman, a Belgian and an Iranian who'd wound up in New York's East Village via extensive travels out East, this 1969 classic is arguably the finest fusion of traditional Middle Eastern music and psychedelia ever recorded.

Rain - Rain CD (Sunbeam Records) [SBR5054CD] $16.00
Rain arose from the ashes of Rock Island (who also made a highly-regarded album of psychedelic rock), and their sole album is a lost classic touching on power-pop, progressive rock, folk and psychedelia, boasting glorious melodies, harmony vocals and superb musicianship. Recorded under the aegis of the legendary Enoch Light in New York in 1971, it was barely released but has gone on to acquire a major cult reputation.

Them - Them CD (Fallout) [FO2100CD] $16.00
RELEASE DATE: 06-24-2008
The complicated life of this legendary UK R&B outfit was almost over when this, their penultimate album, appeared in 1970. Astonishingly, by then they were reduced to a duo consisting of original bassist Alan Henderson and U.S. vocalist/percussionist Jerry Cole. It ranges from pounding psychedelia ("I Keep Singing") and snotty garage punk ("Lonely Weekends," a shameless rewrite of "Gloria") to furious rock and roll ("Jo Ann") and even a country ballad ("Take A Little Time").

Them - Them In Reality CD (Fallout) [FO2101CD] $16.00
In 1971, following the departure of his bandmate Jerry Cole, bassist Alan Henderson joined forces with U.S. guitarist Jim Parker and drummer John Stark to make this lost power trio classic - the last to be issued under the legendary Them moniker. It opens with a searing medley of the Them classics "Gloria" and "Baby Please Don't Go," boasting superb interplay and savage psychedelic guitar throughout.

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Anemonengurt - Bocuse Berneau CD (Dom Elchklang) [09497] $9.50
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Anemonengurt - Wo Die Ebene Geglattet Sind CD (Dom Elchklang) [09502] $9.50
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Bleeding Like Mine - In The Eyes of Lovelost CD (Palace of Worms) [09543] $7.00
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Boris Hauf - Soft Left Onto Westland CD (Mosz) [09519] $7.00
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Bovine Life - Social Electrics CD (Palace of Worms) [09549] $7.00
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Delta of Venus - Neutral A CD (Crunch Pod Media) [09541] $5.75
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Denny Almonde - Something, Samething CD (Minus Habens) [09552] $8.25
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DJ Tron - Psychotic TriZt CD (Palace of Worms) [09544] $8.25
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Dr. P. Li Khan - Ein Hauch von Hollenlarm CD (Dom Elchklang) [09498] $9.50
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Elisabeth Wurst - Sitzgruppe CD (Dom Elchklang) [09493] $9.50
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Exclipsect - Point of Focus CD (Unit) [09521] $10.75
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Fall, The - The Legendary Chaos Tape CD (Scout Releases) [09529] $4.75
This comes from a Fall gig at Acklam Hall in London, 1980. If the photo on the interior is to be believed, the band was Smith, Scanlon, Riley, and the Hanley brothers (sounds that way to me). The gig was aparently recorded by Grant Showbiz (my personal theory on Mr. Showbiz' identity is that he is David Bowie). You can tell what this 59:08 presentation of music will sound like just from looking at the song titles - the set list is peppered mostly with material from Grotesque and from the Slates EP - and darn if that isn't what it sounds like. Most of the tracks on here kicked major ass in their definitive incarnation, and kick ass as live tracks too. The material has that unique sideways-rhythmic feel to it that the Fall have posessed when they're at their best, when Mark Smith sounds like a genius bastard offspring of Lou Reed and Captain Beefheart. This is a damn sight further into prime-grade Fall-ism than the Live Totale's Turns LP which featured (at least most of) the same personnel. Quite frankly everything on here is sloppy and everything on here is brilliant. Best of all are a 7-minute "New Face In Hell" (you just knew that it would be), a 9:48 version of "Spectre versus Rector" which explores itself to the fullest, and a "Pay Your Rates" which finds Smith particularly animated vocally. If you don't have the studio material from this time frame, and you're interested in the possibilities of noise and rock, then you need to get this. And if you do have the studio material, then you'll undoubtably enjoy hearing some of the most outstanding of their tracks from this time frame live, and you need to get this. An extra bonus is that many of Smith's lyrics are more audible than they were on the LP's- he seems to want the audience to be able to understand what he's singing. A great document of an important and inimitable band. Forget Nirvana and all of this grunge and post-grunge crap- this is the real stuff, offhandedly brilliant. On a scale of 10, I give this a 10.

Frank Rowenta - Schuss in den Ofen CD (Dom Elchklang) [09494] $9.50
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Frank Rowenta - Weinguter CD (Dom Elchklang) [09504] $9.50
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Frank Rowenta/Dr. P. Li Khan - Tiefpunkte Moderner Tonkomposition CD (Dom Elchklang) [09492] $9.50
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Frank Rowenta/Dr. P. Li Khan - Sofavision CD (Dom Elchklang) [09499] $9.50
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Frank Rowenta/Dr. P. Li Khan - Sofavision Live CD (Dom Elchklang) [09500] $9.50
No description available at this time.

Frank Rowenta/Dr. P. Li Khan - Avantgarde Explosion CD (Dom Elchklang) [09517] $9.50
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Gold Chains - Gold Chains CDEP (Orthlorng Musork) [09523] $7.00
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Grim - The Past Is Still In Current Use CD (Scout Releases) [09528] $4.75
Grim is a band with members who later went and formed/joined Vasilsk and White Hospital. Tracks 1 to 3 original released on the 7" Amaterasu, G.A. Propaganda, #LM-0610, in 1985. Tracks 4 to 13 original released on the album Folk Music, Eskimo Records, #1201-02, in 1986. Tracks 16 to 20 original released on the EP Message, Eskimo Records, #1202-03, in 1987. All other tracks were previously unreleased. Comes with 12-page booklet.

H.N.A.S. - Melchoir CD (Dom Elchklang) [09489] $10.75
Tracks 1-5 originally released on LP (United Dairies, 1986) and cassette (Dom, 1986). Tracks 6-15 are bonus tracks. Track 6 from Ohrensausen LP (Dom, 1986). Tracks 7 & 9 from Hunsrück 7" (Dom, 1987).

Heaven Falls Hard - In the Obedience of Angels CD (Palace of Worms) [09512] $9.50
No description available at this time.

I.A.M Umbrella - Sound of Shadows Breathing on Themselves CD (Drag & Drop) [09507] $7.00
No description available at this time.

I.A.M Umbrella - Nowhere CD (Drag & Drop) [09508] $7.00
No description available at this time.

Jack or Jive Lights - A Picture of a Dancer CD (Elves Recordings) [09506] $7.00
No description available at this time.

Korea Soundblaster - Korea Soundblaster CD (Dom Elchklang) [09495] $9.50
No description available at this time.

Korea Soundblaster - Geisha Pop Farm CD (Dom Elchklang) [09496] $9.50
No description available at this time.

Leo Abrahams - Scene Memory CD (Palace of Worms) [09548] $7.00
No description available at this time.

Lokai - 7 Million CD (Mosz) [09522] $7.00
No description available at this time.

Luna in Caelo - Aquellos Desarradores Gritos Llamados Silencio CD (Palace of Worms) [09546] $7.00
The extensive liner notes in Aquellos Desgarradores Gritos Llamados Silencio explain that Luna In Caello deals with "feelings, the fears, the dreams, the pain of the individual." Perhaps they do, who knows. As the album is not sung in English, it's hard to feel a connection with some of the feelings that the song title suggests like "Doubt, Sorrow, and Shadow." Yet the music is great and sometimes can be very moving just by itself. As Luna In Caelo was started as an artistic project by historian Alejandra Araya and designer Daniel Davila they must be given some slack and some time to grow as they did not set out to be musicians first. Some of the best bands in the last two decades, The Talking Heads and Blur, were started as artistic projects and the difference between their first output and even their second is amazing. Compare Talking Heads 77 and More Songs About Buildings and Food and you'll see a world of difference. So stay tuned. If you're into great music and soft spoken lyrics (and you don't mind not knowing what is being sung) this might be for you.

Maat - Sie CD (Dom Elchklang) [09518] $7.00
No description available at this time.

Master/Slave Relationship A - New Explanation For Decadence CD (Dragnet) [09510] $8.25
No description available at this time.

Mekons/Kathy Acker - Pussy, King of the Pirates CD (Scout Releases) [09527] $4.75
A match made in avant-pop heaven: Kathy Acker, lesbian punk heiress to William Burroughs's edge-of-humanity literature, together with the Mekons, eclectic punk survivors and underground music gods and goddesses. In a musical/literary pairing that easily beats the Burroughs/Cobain collab a few years back, Acker and the Mekons meet to produce what must be a first, a soundtrack to a novel. Pussy, King of the Pirates is an aural companion to Acker's novel of the same name, a typically brutal journey into a wonderland of oblivion where the real and imagined intermingle freely, and horror and obscenity live side by side with childhood fantasy and adventure. Though the record might make a bit more sense if you've read the novel, the Mekons do an exceptional job of conjuring musically what Acker attempts in words. Acker's recitations of book excerpts introduce each of Pussy's seven songs, which echo the writer's disjointed and cacophonous collage style by mixing samples from pirate radio ("Ange's Song As She Crawled Through London"), dub reggae ("The Song of the Dogs"), lesbian pirate shanties ("Ostracism's Song to Pussycat"), industrial noise ("Into the Strange"), and disco synth-pop ("Antigone Speaking of Herself"). Acker brings out the Mekons' savage female side--with Jon Langford's vocals taking a back seat to Sally Timms's singing and Susie Honeyman's shrill fiddle--while the Mekons bring Acker's lyrics into a new, sensual realm without compromising the power of her naked words. --Roni Sarig

Mercantan - IX CD (Drag & Drop) [09509] $7.00
No description available at this time.

Olympic Lifts - Do One CD (Palace of Worms) [09547] $7.00
No description available at this time.

Rottweiler - Beaute Fatale Avec Rottweiler CD (Dom Elchklang) [09491] $9.50
No description available at this time.

S.O.L.O. - Out Is In CD (Sulfur) [09515] $8.25
The first album from S.O.L.O. (aka Michael Wells), Out Is In, combines electronic and organic elements to create a warm, elegant, exotica sound. Samples of conversations, folky guitars, and other snippets combine with Wells' electronics on songs like "4 Play," "Batchelor Party," "Tummy Finger," "Fish Happens," and "Ocean Lullaby." Out Is In gives the lounge aesthetic an intriguing update. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Second Skin - Black Eyed Angel CD (Palace of Worms) [09520] $9.50
The official second release from this brooding Goth/Darkwave band and certainly not a moment too soon. Not only does "Black Eyed Angel" feature a cleaner and tighter production value but it also shows that they haven't softened up their sound, with strong hooks and an equally strong indication towards the Arron's continuing electric lyricism and deep soothing Voice resounding around their melancholic dark rock. "Black Eyed Angel" is the album fans have been waiting for and certainly a much deserved recognition is due as veterans of the gothic music scene with a prowess that has surpassed other pioneers throughout the years so we're quite lucky to have them. Their songs move from dark dance to more stripped down gothic rock ballads while some of their reprise's on classics like "Sweet Nothing" and "Club Sexxx" could easily be the band's foray of bleakly lit experiments into the world of remixes, be it dance oriented or introspective. Second Skin is writhing over broken glass and fire capturing their inner demons with precision and keen insight. They come highly recommended

Siddal - The Pedestal CD (Elves Recordings) [09505] $7.00
No description available at this time.

Timeblind - Rugged Redemption CD (Orthlorng Musork) [09551] $7.00
No description available at this time.

Various Artists - XXXd Generation CD (Unit) [09542] $8.25
No description available at this time.

Yoshinori Sunahara - Crossover CD (Palace of Worms) [09545] $8.25
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This week's VINYL update contains releases by:

Allez Allez * Amboy Dukes, The * Andre Lodemann * Andres Garcia * Arcade Lovers * Architeq * Art Of Lovin', The * Black Cobra * Bugati Force * Chaz Jankel * Chenaux * Claude Vonstroke & Christian Martin * Cotton Museum * CRC/WAV * Cure, The * Darko Esser/Denis Karimani * Detroit Grand Pubahs * Diplo & Don Rimini * DJ Yellow * Eleanoora Rosenholm * Errors * Expressions East * Fabrice Lig * Factums * Farflung * Freeport * Grimes Adhesif * Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts * Heartthrob * Hexlove/Faulouah * Hrdvsion * Hugo * Ican * Inca Ore * Italoboyz * Jjak Hogan * John Berberian * John Tejada * Josefus * Katmandu * Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground * Kevin Blechdom * Klondike & York * Last Nikle, The * Lincoln St. Exit * Luke Abbott * Mae Shi * Maelstrom * Marc Ashken * Michal Ho * Mike Wall * Mouserocket * Murder By Death * Nekes * Nick Chacona * Norma Jean * Nothing People * Nucleus * Odd Clouds * Oliver Deutschmann * Paavoharju * Peter Visti * Petrus Castrus * Phase * Pink Noise * Plus1 * Radio Slave * Rory St. John * Rose & Ulysse * Sachiko Kanenobu * Shonky & Dyed Soundorom * Slither * Stefan Tretau * Steve Rachmad * Style of Eye * Subliminal Kid, The * Tree People, The * Van Rivers * Veinte Tres * Velvet Underground & Nico * Ville Leinonen * Yellow Swans

Amboy Dukes, The - Jouney To The Center Of The Mind LP (Mainstream) [MAINS/6112HLP] $15.00
No description available at this time.

Andre Lodemann - Wanna Feel 12 inch (Simple Music) [SIMPLE832EP] $11.50
"Andre's first release for Simple Records Wanna Feel is all about the resonant, hypnotic bass line that steadily opens out to reveal more layers of harmony. Little sounds and licks of melody dance around the bass while strings and stabs build the hook into one big crescendo. Brooks' melancholic strings cleverly cut up the bass line and an eerie soundscape pushes the vibe of the original into a darker, more sinister techno place."

Andres Garcia - No More Tears 12 inch (Connaisseur Superieur) [CNSS011EP] $12.25
No description available at this time.

Arcade Lovers - Fantasy Lines 12 inch (Tirk) [TIRK034EP] $10.75
No description available at this time.

Architeq - Birds of Prey 12 inch (Tirk) [TIRK035EP] $10.75
No description available at this time.

Art Of Lovin', The - The Art of Lovin' LP (Mainstream) [MAINS/6113HLP] $15.00
180 gram vinyl.

Black Cobra - Feather And Stone LP (At A Loss) [AAL023V] $16.75
NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! Even without a North American booking agent (until just recently) BLACK COBRA has gone on seven US, one European, one UK only, one Belgium only, and one extended 10-day tour of Japan since the 2006 release of Bestial. BC have played absolutely empty rooms to in front of 3,000 people at the Dour Festival. Shows have been with everyone from Tragedy to the The Sword and tours with everyone from Torche to Eternal Elysium (Japan). And what are they like? Alternative Press says: "Like Karp with Jupiter-sized balls and swords for teeth."

Bugati Force - Shake & Pop/Dirty Mutha 7 inch (Exploited) [GHEX000EP] $10.75
No description available at this time.

Chaz Jankel - Get Yourself Together 12 inch (Tirk) [TIRK036EP] $10.75
No description available at this time.

Chenaux - Sloppy Ground LP (Constellation) [CST52V] $16.25
NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! Sloppy Ground is ERIC CHENAUX's strongest, most accessible and most dynamic work in years. Constellation has long been champions of the man's inimitable talents--as a songwriter, arranger and mind-bending guitarist--and this new album should make these talents clear to the nominally attentive listener. This is a collection of beautifully fried love songs, highly original in compositional approach and instrumental texture, utterly compelling in lyrical content and delivery.

Claude Vonstroke & Christian Martin - Groundhog Day 12 inch (Dirtybird) [DBIRD016EP] $11.50
"Claude VonStroke returns with his first original record in over a year. This time he partners with long time friend and upcoming producer, Christian Martin. This is a melodic hybrid of techno and house with influences as far away as drum n' bass.The flip side features a remix by super hot producer Gabriel Ananda and newcomer Alice Rose. They playfully twist the main theme throughout, sprinkling in stabs to the constantly-building groove. Many people have said the original record sounds like a follow-up to `Who's Afraid of Detroit?' but we will let you decide what to think for yourself."

Cotton Museum - No Face in the Bog LP (Qbico) [QBICO078LP] $22.75
No description available at this time.

CRC/WAV - The Nymph/Nyquist Plot 12 inch (Curle Recordings) [CURLE012EP] $11.50
"CRC from Finland is still a fresh name to the world. He already released on Force Inc, Phonocult and a few local labels, but under different disguises. After his track on Curle 009 (remixed by the mighty Convextion because he liked it so much!) CRC then got signed to Arne Weinberg's label for a track on their first compilation. His `The Nymph' track, has been a secret weapon for many months. Combine the melodic virtuosity of a young Mathew Jonson with the deepness of the current Detroit sound and you're almost there. Truly a blinder! Wav is no other than that same CRC together with his good friend and fellow Finnish producer Aki `Artificial' Latvamäki. Their `Nyquist Plot' outing seems the perfect highlight in a Sven Väth set to us, so be sure to check it out!"

Darko Esser/Denis Karimani - Absolutely No Regrets/Melted 12 inch (Curle Recordings) [CURLE011EP] $11.50
"Two incredibly strong tracks from two established names in the scene. Played by Sven Väth, Dave Clarke, John Acquaviva, Josh Wink, Laurent Garnier, Monika Kruse, Efdemin."

Detroit Grand Pubahs - Thanks For Coming 12 inch (Detelefunk) [DETELE007EP] $12.25
Taken from the Pubah's album Nuttin Butt Funk, "Thanks For Coming" is from the elusive Dr. Bootygrabber character, last seen on DGP's Funk All Y'All. This continues in the same vein with deep beats and eerie, seductive vocals, accompanied by Ernest's high-pitched evil conscience. On remix duty are Steve Bug and The Advent, who add serious dancefloor fuel to the fire. Finally, a little message from one of DGP's cohorts - a little Mexican only known as "La Chuppa Roussa."

Diplo & Don Rimini - Bust A Move Rmxxs 12 inch (Delicious Vinyl) [DV9039] $7.50
As the years scroll by, some rhymes stay forever fly. Back in 1989 YOUNG MC's "Bust A Move" was a ubiquitous presence on the pop music landscape, the sort of inescapable rap hit that remains imprinted in the minds of a generation. Now, two decades later, "Bust A Move" has been refueled and retooled by two of today's party-rocking superheroes--DIPLO and DON RIMINI--as part of Delicious Vinyl's RMXXOLOGY. Diplo's "Bust A Move" RMX takes all the hard-earned club savvy and pours it out in service of a certified floor-filler. Don Rimini, the frisky Frenchman, gets synthesizers sizzling on the front-burner and four-on-the-floor beats moving your back end.

DJ Yellow - Too Much Of Nothing 12 inch (Wolfskuil Records) [WOLF011EP] $11.50
"With influences that range from the bells of Mike Oldfield to the beats of Jeff Mills, the depths of James Holden to the drive of Josh Wink, its Yellow's signature blend of hypnotic techno and deephouse that he is respected for. With both drive and melancholic strains apparent in his works, Yellow is a master at weaving melodies and grooves that continue to hypnotize and energize over the course of a night. He is considered one of the godfathers of the French house scene since the early `80s and has continued his legacy through his own Poussez! Music imprint and the Alienation & Intermission series. The 2 tracks on his first ever release on a Dutch label have the typical DJ Yellow trademarks written all over it. The title track with its uplifting drum patterns, driving bassline and haunting strings and melodies is peaktime material for anyone who likes to go deep without losing energy in his or her set."

Eleanoora Rosenholm - Vainajan Muotokuva LP (Fonal) [FR054LP] $19.75
This is the debut full-length by Eleanoora Rosenholm. Eleanoora Rosenholm comes from Pori, Finland and is a project began by Noora Tommila, Pasi Salmi and Mika Rättö. They crafted a genius pop album with murderous lyrics inside the dark stone walls that surround SS-Palace studio. The time came to take the show on the road and the band evolved into a full 8-piece. Weird, almost avant synth-pop harmonies with creepily-sweet Finnish vocals, sometimes vocoded.

Errors - It's Not Something But It Is Like LP (Rock Action Records) [ROCKACT036LP] $17.75
No description available at this time.

Expressions East - Featuring the Oud of John LP (Mainstream) [MAINS/6023HLP] $15.00
No description available at this time.

Fabrice Lig - Purple Raw Part One 12 inch (Versatile) [VER058EP] $11.50
Fabrice Lig presents chapter one in his Purple Raw trilogy. "The Track" is based around a jerky, syncopated rhythm and a very dry kick. A great mixture of minimal techno and Detroit nostalgia that has been hammered by Dixon, me, Alex Attias, etc. "Bump Bump" is built around fat analog sounds and an animalistic groove that keeps on building. It all ends with the very funky "The Riff Pourpre," a perfect crossover between Metro Area and Parliament. Big, fat beats.

Factums - Sistrum LP (Sacred Bones) [SBR004] $17.50
Full-length follow-up to last year's LP on the Sitlbreeze label from this band that vaguely circles in the A-Frames/Intelligence/Fruit Bats orbit. Critics have compared Factums to Tronics, Cabaret Voltaire, or Pere Ubu's more chaotic moments also citing some heavy Kraut influenced flashes. Includes a bonus three song 7-inch EP and screened cover art.

Farflung - A Wound In Eternity 2xLP (Cobraside / Meteor City) [CSDLP1122] $20.75
NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! Double vinyl, gatefold sleeve Cobraside version of the new Meteor City release, containing a bonus vinyl-only 7-minute track! Mind-blowing spacerock that crosses over into alternative, punk and no-wave scenes.

Freeport - Freeport LP (Mainstream) [MAINS/6130HLP] $15.00
No description available at this time.

Grimes Adhesif - Wilmslow Road 12 inch (Curle Recordings) [CURLE002P-EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.

Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts - Les Gans 12 inch (Musique Risquee) [RISQUEE0151EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.

Heartthrob - Signs 12 inch (Minus) [MINUS062EP] $10.75
No description available at this time.

Hexlove/Faulouah - Free Jazz From Slavery 2xLP (Weird Forest) [WEIRD007LP] $18.00
No description available at this time.

Hrdvsion - Playing For Keeps 12 inch (Wagon Repair) [WAG036EP] $11.50
This is Hrdvsion's third Wagon Repair release. Taking influence from the unrestrained creativity of luminaries such as Squarepusher and Aphex Twin, Hrdvsion's disjointed compositions stand in stark contrast to the more fluid output of his brother, Mathew Jonson. "Playing For Keeps" is centered around swinging, crunching beats, "Playing for Daddy's Girl" introduces distorted 8-bit melodies, a throbbing deep bass, and a sampled cheering audience. The Mole transforms "Playing For Keeps" into pure house - a dark electro sweat fest.

Hugo - The Sloop & The Siren 12 inch (Tuning Spork) [TS034EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.

Ican - Caminos del Niño 12 inch (Ican Productions) [ICAN004EP] $8.25
No description available at this time.

Inca Ore - Brute Nature versus Wild Magic LP (Weird Forest) [WEIRD011LP] $12.00
2005 release. "Inca Ore is the solo voice of Eva, the singer of such fine bands as Alarmist and Malibu Falcon. Inca Ore travels the cosmos on fiery phoenix mattresses with the voice of a goose-quilled cloud pillow siren calling to all the constellations in the universe. Eva uses her vocal range and delay complement to create the sounds of entire sorceress covens through her lone voice."

Italoboyz - Bahia 12 inch (Mothership) [MSHIP006EP] $11.50
"After the genre-smashing, seven vinyl pressings deep (and counting) success of Viktor Casanova, there is no way that the Italoboyz could possibly top their first appearance on Mothership, right? Wrong! We are happy to report that they have created an organic techno masterpiece in `Bahia,' enlisting the help of one of the greatest jazz musicians of our time - John Coltrane. You've never heard the master like this - the Italoboyz have molded the original `Bahia' into a stomping peak timer as only they can."

Jjak Hogan - Jjak Hogan 12 inch (Rekids) [REKIDS019EP] $10.75
No description available at this time.

John Berberian - Oud Aristry LP (Mainstream) [MAINS/6047HLP] $15.00
No description available at this time.

John Tejada - Where 2xLP (Palette) [PAL050LP] $19.00
RELEASE DATE: 06-24-2008
This is California-based producer John Tejada's 11th full-length release. Normally associated with his peers in techno from Detroit, Europe and elsewhere, John Tejada has embraced electronic music as a personal frontier, expanding on his resume as a techno recording artist, producer, remixer, DJ, and label owner. Known for crafting a brand of subtle, musical techno, his recorded output ranges across tempo and genre lines, from chilled-out affairs with spacious arrangements to pulsating, densely layered, deeply energetic tracks that work magnificently in the hands of DJs as well as on the home stereo. Where ventures away from many of his own trademarks, journeying into an intimate vibe of warm pulses and bright energies. The tracks take expectations and enlighten them with a collection of grooves and tweaks that are spacious and rhythmic while being devoid of predictability.

Josefus - Josefus LP (Mainstream) [MAINS/6127HLP] $15.00
No description available at this time.

Katmandu - Katmandu LP (Mainstream) [MAINS/6131HLP] $15.00
No description available at this time.

Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground - Kay Kay And His Weathered Underground 2xLP (Suburban Home) [SH65] $20.75
Born after the unfortunate end (or hiatus) of GATSBY'S AMERICAN DREAM, KIRK and KYLE began doing KAY KAY AND HIS WEATHERED UNDERGROUND. Although the band is still relatively new, they have released a live DVD, played Last Call with Carson Daly, and have gotten people talking all over the world. The songs are well written, the instrumentation vast, and the hooks just reach out and grab you. This record defies classification, genre pigeonholing, or band comparisons. Includes a digital download card.

Kevin Blechdom - Children's Suite And Live At PBS 7 inch (Dual Plover) [07BLECHCHIL] $16.25
Possibly the sickest release Dual Plover has ever produced. You would expect this type of perversion from label mates Suicidal Rap Orgy but KEVIN BLECHDOM? No, sweet Kevy wouldn't rework a Beatles classic like "Twist and Shout" into a celebration of pre-natal pleasure, or would she? Comes complete with bonus live-to-air CD recorded at Melbourne's PBS FM's studio 5 live program during her 2006 Australian tour.

Klondike & York - The Holy Book LP (Weird Forest) [WEIRD002LP] $12.00
2002 release, the earliest available Weird Forest album. From Arthur Magazine: "Skronky sax, scuddering drums, some wall-eyed synthesizer, everything blended like some sorta weird stew of darkly boiling orgone. Its one of the best free jazz duo records to come out of Sacramento since [your favorite here]. And frankly, its even better than that." -Byron Coley. Limited to 500 copies.

Last Nikle, The - The Last Nikle LP (Mainstream) [MAINS/6122HLP] $15.00
No description available at this time.

Lincoln St. Exit - Drive It LP (Mainstream) [MAINS/6126HLP] $15.00
No description available at this time.

Luke Abbott - Tuesday 12 inch (Border Community) [BCR021EP] $10.75
No description available at this time.

Mae Shi - Hllyh LP (Yosada) [YOS18V] $18.75
NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! THE MAE SHI returns with fourteen tracks and 46 minutes of frantic no-wave electro pop bliss. This LA band brings on the swirling synthesizers and heavy party jams leaving crowds smiling, sweaty and ready for more.

Maelstrom - Enter The Cosmos 12 inch (Solardisco) [SOLAR002EP] $11.00
No description available at this time.

Marc Ashken - Root Rot 12 inch (Leftroom) [LEFT014EP] $10.75
No description available at this time.

Michal Ho - Quitior 12 inch (Curle Recordings) [CURLE001P-EP] $11.50
Limited white vinyl. Taken from the Screw The Coffeemaker full-length. Remix by Mark August.

Mike Wall - Loose Changes 12 inch (Metroline Limited) [MLTD007EP] $10.75
No description available at this time.

Mouserocket - Pretty Loud LP+CD (Tic Tac Totally) [TTT014] $12.00
MOUSEROCKET is back with their sophomore album after two years in the making and four years apart from their 2004 debut on Empty. Worth the wait? Yes! This LP has been as carefully injected with deliciously sweet rock'n'roll razorblades as a half-opened Halloween treat. The no nonsense, semi-sweet, creeped-out pop of Mouserocket is back! Back with a Southern-tinged delivery that conjures the charm of Roky Erickson and the clean tastes and mighty grandeur of Television.

Murder By Death - Who Will Survive 2x10 inch (Murder By Death) [MBD001] $19.25
NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! Bloomington, Indiana's MURDER BY DEATH is part horror movie climax, part Western barroom brawl, and a dash of wintry and ambling layers reminiscent of the Cure. Their sophomore album, Who Will Survive and What Will Be Left of Them, has been described in hushed tones as one of the most innovative and well executed records of the year.

Murder By Death - Red Of Tooth And Claw LP (Murder By Death) [MBD004] $23.75
NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! MURDER BY DEATH play a blend of rocking Americana noir and dramatic post-punk that erased old style and audience boundaries as much as it tested the limits of new ones. And with this album they are emerging as true artists in the zero-boundary sense: cinematic storytellers whose albums come together in an essential whole, and players whose jaw-dropping performances on record make you yearn for the chance to experience their energy up close and in person. Red of Tooth and Claw finds Murder By Death at the height of their powers.

Nekes - Cristal 12 inch (Oslo) [OSLO008EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.

Nick Chacona - Binding Spheres 12 inch (Dogtown Records) [DOGTOWN006EP] $11.50
"Dogtown expands its horizon to the States! New York City-based Nick Chacona comes up with a dark hypnotic tribal burner with some uplifting `80s synth sounds on top of it that could best be described as Radio Slave meets Lindstrøm! Nick has gained an admirable reputation with diverse releases on high prolific labels and on Prins Thomas' Internasjonal label! Be ready for the sound of the future! And while we're at it, we asked Ibadan legend Jerome Sydenham to attack the original."

Norma Jean - Bless The Martyr, Redeemer, O God The Aftermath LP Box (Suburban Home) [SH59] $46.50
NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! A quadruple LP box set from NORMA JEAN featuring all three of their studio albums (Bless the Martyr, and Kiss the Child, Redeemer, and Oh God, the Aftermath). Limited edition pressing on colored vinyl.

Nothing People - Anonymous LP (S-S Records) [SS038] $13.25
"Over the last couple of years, THE NOTHING PEOPLE have released three stellar 7-inch records and during that time they have built a "fan club" that includes Anopheles Records' Karl Ikola, the guys at Victim of Time, Siltbreeze's Tom Lax, In the Red's Larry Hardy, the folks down at Your Flesh, Ryan Wells of Z Gun, and many more. And over the last couple years this "fan club" has asked me "When's the full length?" over and over again. Well, now they can shut the hell up because the Nothing People's first album is here! And let me tell you this, while the Nothing Peeps have plenty of songs that yell out "put me on a 45," they have just as many that demand to be heard in long form. Want an example, check out "Sickness." It is the kind of song you want to hear on twelve inches, and there are 8, 9, 10 hell I lost count, but there are a bunch more. So, yeah, it is time for you to get a big dose of proto/glam/psych/punk/wave excellence. On clear vinyl. 600 pressed."--Scott Soriano

Nothing People - Anonymous LP (S-s Records) [SS036LP] $13.50
No description available at this time.

Nucleus - Nucleus LP (Mainstream) [MAINS/6120HLP] $15.00
No description available at this time.

Odd Clouds - Odd Clouds Picture Disc LP (Qbico) [QBICO079LP] $22.75
No description available at this time.

Oliver Deutschmann - Big With Nobody 12 inch (Konsequenz) [KONV001EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.

Paavoharju - Yhä hämärää LP (Fonal) [FR037LP] $19.75
No description available at this time.

Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista LP (Fonal) [FR055LP] $16.00
RELEASE DATE: 07-22-2008
This is the highly-anticipated second full-length release on Fonal Records from Finland's Paavoharju, a collective formed around two brothers - Lauri and Olli Ainaila and their troupe of associates. The group is a collective project of ascetic born-again Christians. Laulu Laakson Kukista (A Song About Flowers of the Valley) evokes the sounds of raindrops falling on a sheet metal roof melting together with an old television's random dot-pattern noise. Backwards pianos, backwards vocals, tilted organ and baroque beats lean against sweeping operatic soundscapes and gossamer back-porch folk singalongs. Mind-bending devotional rock-opera from the deepest Finnish forests.

Peter Visti - Kodex 205/Tokyo By Night 12 inch (Eskimo) [ESK502202] $11.50
No description available at this time.

Phase - Ryder's Return/At First Light 12 inch (Token) [TOKEN007EP] $11.50
No description available at this time.

Pink Noise - Dream Code LP (Sacred Bones) [SBR05] $14.50
The first full-length release from this French Canadian guitar and electronics duo. Those who caught their track on Almost Ready's World's Lousy With Ideas Volume 2 comp have been craving another fix. Drum machines, pop-hooks, processed guitars, distorted vocals, boombox recording aesthetic.

Plus1 - Over 12 inch (Koax) [KOAX001EP] $10.25
No description available at this time.

Radio Slave - No Sleep (Part Four) 12 inch (Rekids) [REKIDS022EP] $10.75
No description available at this time.

Rory St. John - Ear Cycle 12 inch (Mantrap Recordings) [MANTRAP003EP] $11.00
No description available at this time.

Rose & Ulysse - Myosotis 12 inch (Edit Select) [EDIT0025EP] $11.00
"Edit Select rolls out another exquisite double A-side release, this time with the help of the Parisian pairing, Rose & Ulysse known for their releases on liebe*detail. Fans of the duo include Tiefschwarz, Loco Dice, Josh Wink, Efdemin, Sebo K and many more. Features an Edit Select remix on the flip. Limited to 500 copies, in keeping with the 2.5 catalog number."

Shonky & Dyed Soundorom - Dan Ghenacia Presents Eyelights Compilation Sampler Part 2 12 inch (Freak N' Chic) [FNC030EP] $12.25
No description available at this time.

Slither - Invertebrate LP (Qbico) [QBICO077LP] $22.75
No description available at this time.

Stefan Tretau - Uniz Uz 12 inch (Leftout) [LEFTOUT003EP] $10.75
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Steve Rachmad - Surdosong 12 inch (Ec Records) [EC078EP] $11.50
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Style of Eye - The Big Kazoo 12 inch (Dirtybird) [DBIRD015EP] $11.50
"Style of Eye has delivered one of the most creative Dirtybird releases to date. This is a totally fresh sound coming straight out of Stockholm, Sweden. `The Big Kazoo' is an epic tech-funk masterpiece that achieves ultimate ass-shaking glory while also innovating at the same time. Yes, in the past Dirtybird has brought you animals, fart noises, bass blips, and strange breakdowns and now a kazoo? Well, all we have to say is that `The Big Kazoo' goes a step beyond any gimmicks and brings you the real shit."

Subliminal Kid, The - Figurehead feat. Malcolm Pardon 12 inch (Islands & Islets) [STHLMISLE004EP] $11.50
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Van Rivers - Easy Street 12 inch (Islands & Islets) [STHLMISLE003EP] $11.50
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Various Artists - Various Artists Vol. V 12 inch (Highgrade) [HIGH049EP] $11.50
"After looking deeply into Berlin's minimal house scene and extended family in the previous releases, Highgrade features mainly international artists in this release. Three artists/projects from three different countries: Ung and Bastos from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil raise the bar `high' in the first techno/house track remixed by label boss Tom Clark. Jackspot, a popular minimal project from Lisbon, Portugal, comes in with `Brainstorm' - after a soft start, the number grows more and more quirky with sick rhythms to end in euphoric house heaven. Finally, Homm und Popoviciu's `Deaf Sniper' brings us back to Berlin. The German/Romanian project delivers a minimal and hypnotic house move to take you to the top."

Various Artists - Playing Around Album Sampler 12 inch (Made To Play) [MTP013EP] $1.00
"For everyone who has liked playing around with Made to Play tracks over the past few years but possibly missed the limited edition vinyl, now is your chance to get your hands on four of the most popular tracks. As a little teaser from the forthcoming Playing Around label compilation, here are some of Made to Play's top moments. This includes a remix of Magik Johnson's `Scanning for Viruses' by the Jolly Giant himself, Claude VonStroke, `Would It?' by Trevor Loveys and Jesse Rose under the guise of IZIT, the huge `Block Party' from Buckley and `Wake Up,' which was a landmark collaboration between Jesse Rose and Made to Play's rising star, Oliver

Various Artists - Bersa Discos Volume 2 12 inch (12K) [BERSA002EP] $10.25
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Various Artists - A Pot of Flowers with Love LP (Mainstream) [MAINS/6100HLP] $15.00
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Various Artists - ZZK Sound Volume 1: Cumbia Digital Sampler 12 inch (Zizek Records) [ZZK002EP] $9.25
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Veinte Tres - Serpiente Cosmica 12 inch (Rekids) [REKIDS023EP] $10.75
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Ville Leinonen - Suudelmitar LP (Fonal) [FR053LP] $19.75
Originally released on CD by Poko Records in 2004, this is the debut full-length release by Ville Leinonen. This is a musical journey to the shores of imagined inner lands and to the Scandinavian forests of hopes and dreams. These songs are moments of beauty from nature, cities and villages. It's autumn in Finland. Freezing wind blows from Itämeri - the sea. Rain washes the streets of Helsinki.

Yellow Swans - Psychic Secession 2xLP (Weird Forest) [WEIRD016LP] $18.00
2005 release. "This is the third Yellow Swans vinyl release on Weird Forest and they've really tattooed it out of the ballpark on this one. It's a pulse-pounding, synapse-blasting expedition straight to the cacophonous pleasure points of your innards.This is the vinyl edition of the CD release on Load Records. Limited to 1000 copies."

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Allez Allez - Best of Allez Allez Album Sampler 12 inch (Eskimo) [ESK502237] $11.50
Allez Allez are one of those early `80s hidden gems of the Belgian new wave dance scene who shone so brightly for a few years (1981-1985) and then were gone - but not forgotten. The trademarks of Allez Allez were highly danceable and catchy rhythms, African influences and high quality singing, forming a powerful and funky mixture. Here are two tracks off of the Best of Allez Allez full-length including bonus remixes from Aeroplane and Optimo (Espacio).

Cure, The - Seventeen Seconds LP (Vinyl Lovers) [990359] $29.25
Released in 1980 as the follow up to their debut album, Three Imaginary Boys, and featuring a new line-up that included SIMON GALLUP and MATHIEU HARTLEY, this is the album that gave the band their first hit ("A Forest"), and also began to solidify the brooding atmospheric sound that would soon make these grandfathers of goth international pop icons.

Petrus Castrus - Mestre LP (Guerssen Records) [GUESS042LP] $25.75
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Sachiko Kanenobu - Misora LP (Guerssen Records) [GUESS043LP] $27.75
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Tree People, The - The Tree People LP (Guerssen Records) [GUESS045LP] $25.75
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Various Artists - In-kraut Vol. 3 2xLP (Marina) [MA072] $18.75
The third and final installment of The In-Kraut. Once again, the Marina label takes you on a deep trip into the funky musical spheres of 1960s and 1970s Germany--an undiscovered universe full of Hammond-heavy grooves, tight big band arrangements and fuzz guitar-enhanced dancefloor nuggets. Dip into a motherlode of twenty rare soul, beat, now sound, mod, jazz & soundtrack gems--most of them appearing for the first time on CD. You get tracks by DAISY CLAN, AMBROS SEELOS, DIETER ZIMMERMANN, INGA, KATJA EBSTEIN, PETER THOMAS, INGFRIED HOFFMANN, PETER HERBOLZHEIMER, GENE WILLIAMS, THE RAINBOW ORCHESTRA, HEINZ KIESSLING, FRANK & THE TOP TEN, ADAM & EVE, HAZY OSTERWALD SEXTET, ACID and KARL SCHILLER.

Various Artists - Fuse Ten Years Techno Music 04-94 1/8 12 inch (541) [541501191EP] $12.25
Repressings of the this 8-part vinyl series; the editions feature the full versions of the all-time floor-filling tracks from the Fuse Ten Years/Techno Music 94-04 double CD on 541 (originally released 2004). This is Vol. 1 of 8, including these classics: Gerd: "Arkest Blaze"; Vitalic: "La Rock 01"; Laurent Garnier: "Crispy Bacon"

Various Artists - Fuse Ten Years Techno Music 04-94 2/8 12 inch (541) [541501192EP] $12.25
2 of 8, including these classics: Spokesman: "Acid Creak (Pierre's Reconstruction Mix)"; Speedy J: "Pannik". DJ Pierre remix on the Spokeman track. "Pannik" is a golden Plus 8 track from 1997.

Various Artists - Fuse Ten Years Techno Music 04-94 3/8 12 inch (541) [541501193EP] $12.25
Volume 3 of 8, including these classics: Vapour Space: "Gravitational Arch of Ten"; Vainqueur: "Lyot (Maurizio Mix)". Vapour Space is Mark Gage and "Gravitations Arch of Ten" was his first single, originally issued by Plus 8 in 1993. Has a legendary status and has been remixed by the likes of John Acquaviva, Fred Giannelli, Mark Ryan. Vainqueur is Rene Löwe and "Lyot" was original released on Maurizio's M label, in 1992.

Various Artists - Fuse Ten Years Techno Music 04-94 4/8 12 inch (541) [541501194EP] $12.25
Volume 4 of 8, including these classics: Wishmountain: "Radio"; Heiko Laux: "Souldancer"; JB3: "Forklift (Luke Slater Remix)". Wishmountain is older Matthew Herbert alias, this track was originally issued by Evolution in 1996 as his first Wishmountain single.

Various Artists - Fuse Ten Years Techno Music 04-94 6/8 12 inch (541) [541501196EP] $12.25
Volume 6 of 8, including classics: The Advent: "Mononix"; Joey Beltram: "Drome"; DJ Rolando aka The Aztec Mystic: "Jaguar". "Drome" is from a 1994 Beltram EP on Warp. "Jaguar" was the 2000 anthem from UR/430 West's DJ Rolando.

Various Artists - Fuse Ten Years Techno Music 04-94 7/8 12 inch (541) [541501197EP] $12.25
Volume 7 of 8, including these classics: Dave Clarke: "Southside"; Surgeon: "Intro"; Luke Slater: "All Exhale (Trunk Mix)". "Southside" was originally issued on Deconstruction from 1996 and is one of Clarke's finest filter-techno moments.

Various Artists - Fuse Ten Years Techno Music 04-94 8/8 12 inch (541) [541501198EP] $12.25
Volume 8 of 8, including these classics: LFO vs Fuse: "Loop"; Ben Sims: "Manipulated (Adam Beyer Mix)". "Loop" was originally issued on Plus 8 from 1995.

Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground & Nico PICTURE DISC LP (Vinyl Lovers) [990052] $27.50
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND's legendary debut album with the original ANDY WARHOL banana cover art printed on vinyl! Although Warhol, who was listed as producer on the album, allegedly gave the Velvets free reign over their sound, it was on his insistence that Nico performed on this album. However, this does not detract from the fact that when this album was made the Red Sea parted, and the Velvet Underground crossed into the Promised Land.