July 23, 2002

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  Akufen

  CD / My Way / Force Inc

  Amazing, cut-up collage thing, using various one second samples coupled with a strong beat and (occasionally) nice, melodic riffs to carry the pieces.
  [read more] ---Brian Cleary

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  Better Than The Beatles!

  CD / various / Knight Records

  This is much more than just a novelty album, i think it really captures a bit of what it must have felt like to be in the midst of the BEATLE frenzy of 1964
  [read more] ---Pip

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  Dynamite With A Laserbeam

  CD / various / Three.One.G

  Queen as heard through the meat grinder of Three One G. All in all an enjoyable tribute album; one guaranteed to really piss off any hard core Queen fanatics.
  [read more] ---Peter Ledebur

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  Sascha Funke

  12inch / When Will I Be Famous b-w Be Tender & Surrender / Bpitch Control

  When Will I Be Famous, his fourth release on Bpitch, is his anthem. The two instrumental b-sides are a mix of minimal electro/house/techno.
  [read more] ---Teresa Concepcion

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  Gore Gore Girls

  CD / Up All Night / Get Hip Recordings

  although UP ALL NIGHT is a fun album, it sounds surprisingly lackluster compared to last year's effort (STRANGE GIRLS).
  [read more] ---Pip

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  Paul Kalkbrenner

  12inch / Brennt / Bpitch Control

  Every track has a trancey tech-house minimal feel to it.
  [read more] ---Patrick Rands

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  Messer Chups

  CD / Black Black Magic / Solnze Records

  Images that define Messer Chups: bright colors, zipper suited aliens and cheap flying saucers, racy woman in tiny costumes.
  [read more] ---Carl Thien

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  The Modern World - Sounds of a Beat Generation

  2xCD / various / Boss Sounds (Cherry Red)

  Contemporary pop bands using the 60s (mostly mod, perhaps some garage) as their starting point through a 21st century filter.
  [read more] ---Tina Glyptis

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  Quarks

  12inch / Rehmixe / Monika Enterprise

  Mixes by Schneider TM, Submission, Gonzales, Turner & James Hodge
  [read more] ---Patrick Rands