We have squeezed out two extended release episodes for this weekend to get you through this week. They contain mostly new songs but there's also new issues from the vaults.
The first show features music from Rider/Horse, Mint Field, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Anastasia Coope, ISAN, Stone Music, La Securite, Bark Psychosis, Jon Rose, Master Wilburn Burchette, Umberto, Wand, Tim Koh, Sun An, and Memory Drawings.
The second episode has music by Laibach, Melt-Banana, Chuck Johnson, X, K. Yoshimatsu, Dorothy Carter, Pavel Milyakov, Violence Gratuite, Mark Templeton, Dummy, Endon, body / negative, Midwife, Alberto Boccardi, Divine.
Cow in Maui from Veronika in Vienna.
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Fehlmann is an electronicmusician with 20 years experience as a member of Palais Schaumburg andthe Orb, producer/mixer for Sun Electric, and as a solo artist andre-mixer. Fehlmann is an electronicmusician with 20 years experience as a member of Palais Schaumburg andthe Orb, producer/mixer for Sun Electric, and as a solo artist andre-mixer. Last year's "Good Fridge. Flowing", also on Apollo / R + SRecords, collected 20 of his solo pieces from 1990 to 1998. "One toThree. Overflow" seems to be a collection of solo leftovers with 8 ofthe 12 tracks being re-mixes (of and by Fehlmann) and collaborations.This disc, beautifully mixed/produced by Fehlmann and mastered byStefan Betke (aka Pole) has the same ambient-IDM flavored techno feelas "Flowing". The songs are bright and fluid, sexy and sublime ...thumpin' grooves to dance or chill out to. It's not quite like the Orb,but you can definitely tell that he is a member of the Orb. Fehlmanndoes a fine job of re-mixing Charles Wilp's "Charlies Angeles" andInfiniti's (aka Juan Atkins) "Never Tempt Me" (which is unfortunatelymarred by insipid spoken word lyrics). It's easy to see why he is indemand for re-mix and production work. In turn, "Superfrühstück" and"Wee Wee Mademoiselle", both originally from "Flowing", are re-mixed togreat effect twice apiece by Plug Research and Fehlmann and To RococcoRot and Sun Electric/Willekes Wille, respectively. The "Superfrühstück"mixes are an especially tasty blend of ambiance, smooth bass and beats.The final 2 tracks are collaborations of a more ambient/experimentalnature: "Tuning" with Mute Records boss Daniel Miller and"FriedrichstraBe" with King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp. Round itall off with 4 straight Fehlmann tracks mixed in and you have asurprisingly cohesive and solid 62 minutes of electronic music. As with"Flowing", this one features groovy minimal artwork courtesy of theDesigners Republic. Worth every penny of the $16.75 import price tag... - Mark Weddle Read More
I feel a littleembarrassed browsing through my local record store's New Age section,but only a little. I find the latest album by the Brazilian group Uakti(wa-ka-chee), and am vindicated. I feel a littleembarrassed browsing through my local record store's New Age section,but only a little. I find the latest album by the Brazilian group Uakti(wa-ka-chee), and am vindicated. Taking their name from a mythiccreature whose body is ridden with holes and makes wonderful sounds ashe runs and winds pass through him, Uakti here perform music composedfor them by Philip Glass. Nine of the ten tracks (the last composed byGlass for ballet) are inspired by the rivers of the Amazon, hence thealbum title. Mostly percussion-lead (from homemade instruments tomarimbas) with woodwinds and sparse keyboard accent, these pieces(which flow together seamlessly) don't really recall rushing water, northe calm babble of brooks. They sew together bits of tribal warmth andairy classicism onto a frame that sounds a lot like Steve Reich's"Music For 18 Musicians"-era melodic minimalism. Allowing your mind tofloat free of association and physical sensation, this music is perhapsbest suited for the waters of an isolation tank rather than tropicallocales... brilliant and beautiful, nonetheless. - Jason Olariu Read More
Sometimes it gets quitedifficult to describe something without using comparisons to othersbefore them. While I really enjoy this, the charming and honest debutfull-lengther from Best Boy Electric, the slow and melodic musiccombined with the hesitant vocals screams of influence of Galaxie 500,Bedhead and of course, Low. Sometimes it gets quitedifficult to describe something without using comparisons to othersbefore them. While I really enjoy this, the charming and honest debutfull-lengther from Best Boy Electric, the slow and melodic musiccombined with the hesitant vocals screams of influence of Galaxie 500,Bedhead and of course, Low. Best Boy is based in Madison, WI andfeatures former Low bass guitarist John Nichols, who left the band tohead to college. The album was produced in Duluth by Alan Sparhawk fromLow and features a similar formula of simple drums, slow pace, melodicguitar lines, heart-felt bass strums and quiet keybaord backgroundaccompaniment. The lack of pop ditties and up-and-down stroked guitarsdoesen't necessarily warrant calling this "sad" music, so I'm confusedwhere people get off on accusing bands like this of being as such. Thisshould be an interesting band to watch develop over the next few years,as the singer sounds like he's just beginning to get comfortable withhis voice. Those fans of the above mentioned bands would probably enjoythis as much as I did while if slow-core or shadow-pop isn't yourstyle, it's most likely not for you. - Jon Whitney Read More
Packaged in a flimsybaggy with a black and white book of artwork, Art-IC Culture in Swedenbrings this Aube release, constructed using only glass as the soundsource.artwork, Art-IC Culturein Sweden brings this Aube release, constructed using only glass as thesound source. While each album from Aube utilizes one non traditionallymusical source, the sounds and music are never dull or boring. Themusic on "Shade-Away" is considerably more pulsing and rhythmic thanolder somewhat droney recordings. It features tones of clanging glassin spots as well as low end scraping, looped and modified. Crunchedglass and crackling shards accent the appropriately titled track"Trample," while "Rebounce" sounds like it could be a bunch of drinkingglasses rustling underneath a repeated loop of other tones. Thepackaging for Aube releases is usually unique to each release andfrequently something completely new in general -- with examples likeMetal de Metal housed in a metal sleeve, Pages from a Book housed intorn pages from the bible or Aqua Syndrome packaged in a liquid filledpastic baggy thing -- this one is somewhat of a let down but I guess acouple of pieces of glass could be bought to house this CD with book. - Jon Whitney Read More
1. Coil, "Musick to Play in the Dark, Vol.1 " 2. Nurse with Wound, "An Awkward Pause" 3. Autechre, "EP7" 4. three way tie: Tom Waits: "Mule Variations" To Rococo Rot: "The Amateur View" godspeed you black emperor: "Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada" 5. Stereolab, "Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night 6. Labradford, "E luxo so" 7. two way tie: Low, "Secret Name" Nine Inch Nails, "The Fragile" 8. two way tie: Trans Am, "Futureworld" Jim O'Rourke, "Eureka" 9. four way tie: Mogwai, "Come on Die Young" Add N to (X), "Avant Hard" Sonic Youth, "Goodbye 20th Century" Plaid, "Rest Proof Clockwork" 10. six-way tie: Angels of Light, "New Mother People Like Us, "Hate People Like Us" Pan Sonic, "A" Mouse on Mars, "Niun Niggung" Plateau, "Spacecake" Flaming Lips, "The Soft Bulletin"
BAND OF THE YEAR
1. Coil 2. godspeed you black emperor! 3. Legendary Pink Dots 4. two-way tie: Stereolab Squarepusher 5. Low
SONG OF THE YEAR
1. Aphex Twin, "Windowlicker" 2. Coil, "The Dreamer is Still Asleep" 3. godspeed you black emperor!, "Moya" 4. Mogwai, "Stanley Kubrick" 5. godspeed you black emperor!, "Blaise Bailey Finnegan, III"
MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
1. Aphex Twin, "Windowlicker" 2. Bjork, "All is Full of Love" 3. three-way tie: Add N to (X), "Metal Fingers in My Body" Beck, "Sexx Laws" Leftfield, "Afrika Shox" 4. three-way tie: Lamb, "B-Side" U.N.K.L.E., "Rabbit in Your Headlights" Meat Beat Manifesto, "Prime Audio Soup"
NEW BAND OF THE YEAR
1. Angels of Light 2. five-way tie: The Beta Band Cyclobe Plone Pole The All Seeing I
CONCERT EVENT
1. Labradford/godspeed you black emperor! (notably in various combinations including Low, Mogwai and Matmos) 2. Trans Am / Pan Sonic 3. Tom Ze with Tortoise 4. Current 93 NYC 5. four-way tie: v/vm Stereolab / Papa M Legendary Pink Dots Man... or Astro-Man??
1. John McEntire & Jim O'Rourke 2. Timbaland 3. Jack Dangers 4. Steven Stapleton 5. Howie B
WORST BAND
1. three-way tie: Nine Inch Nails Limp Bizkit Backstreet Boys 2. Korn 3. six-way tie: Coil Britney Spears Blink 182 Plone Marilyn Manson Kid Rock
WORST ALBUM YOU BOUGHT
1. Nine Inch Nails, "The Fragile" 2. Tricky, "Juxtapose" 3. Mogwai, "Come on Die Young"
BEST COMP
1. Warp's 10th Anniversary collections 2. Reach the Rock Soundtrack 3. v/vm, "AuralOffalWaffleTenPintsOfBitterAndABagOfPorkScratchings" 4. five-way tie: Fight Club Soundtrack Matrix Soundtrack Eyes Wide Shut Soundtrack Matador's 10th Anniversaty Soundbombing II
BEST MOVIE
1. two-way tie: Blair Witch Project Being John Malkovich 2. Eyes Wide Shut 3. Fight Club 4. two-way tie: American Beauty The Matrix 5. two-way tie: Run, Lola, Run Dogma 6. Sixth Sense 7. two-way tie: South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut Sleepy Hollow 8. three-way tie: Princess Mononoke Iron Giant eXistenZ 9. The Straight Story 10. Man on the Moon 11. American Pie
BEST TV SHOW
1. The Simpsons 2. Futurama 3. South Park 4. That 70s Show 5. X-Files 6. two-way tie: Law and Order Just Shoot Me
BEST BOOK
1. The Onion Presents, "Our Dumb History" 2. "Wreckers of Civilization," by Simon Ford
BEST ACTOR
1. Kevin Spacey 2. Ed Norton 3. three-way tie: Johnny Depp John Cusak Tom Cruise 4. John Malovich
BEST ACTRESS
1. Christina Ricci 2. three-way tie: Nicole Kidman Heather Donahue Annette Benning 3. three-way tie: that chick in Run Lola Run Jennifer Jason Leigh Cameron Diaz
BIGGEST DISAP- POINTMENT
1. Star Wars 2. Y2K and all the other hype 3. Blair Witch Project 4. The Haunting
EVENT
1. Columbine High 2. Seattle Riots 3. New Year's Eve 4. Coachella Music Festival
WEBSITE
1. brainwashed geez, can't you get more original! 2. Superbad.com 3. Pitchforkmedia.com 4. Disinfo.com 5. hamsterdance.com
HERO nobody got more than one vote VILLAIN
1. Bill Gates 2. A four-way tie: Milosevic the Media Richard D. James George W. Bush