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Louie Austen
CD5 / Hoping / Kitty Yo/Cheap
48 minutes comprising 7 versions of the song Hoping. Louie Austen has taken the same idea Tosca did on two of their CDs, but has managed to keep the price down to that of a CD single. Nice work!
[read more] ---Carl -
Borneo & Sporenburg
CD / Remember Today / Italic
More rooted in a rock styled verse-chorus-verse structure than music I would call tech-house, plus the vibe is more relaxed and introspective. It is music for urban loners living in a dance culture.
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The Bran Flakes
CD / Bounces / Happi Tyme Records
The Bran Flakes are Otis Fodder and Mildred Pitt, from Seattle WA. They use samples from old records to put together collages which work as unified pieces independent of their sources.
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Chicks On Speed
12inch / Fashion Rules / Chicks On Speed Records
The best fashion song since David Bowie's 1980 song Fashion. Fashion Rules! is both a celebration and indictment of the fashion industry.
[read more] ---Carl -
Errase Errata/Numbers
3inch CD / Tigerbeat 6
Two songs each by two different bands on a three inch compact disc. Numbers is all guys, Erase Errata all women. A neo-No Wave CD.
[read more] ---Peter Ledebur -
The Fall
2xCD / Totally Wired - the Rough Trade Anthology / Castle Music
2 cd set of prime era Fall. The Fall recorded for Rough Trade at just the right time: the lineup had been firmed up with a relatively steady lineup, and Mark E. Smith was in his prime ranting best.
[read more] ---Patrick Rands -
The Jesus And Mary Chain
CD / The Complete John Peel Sessions / Strange Fruit
Collecting the series of six Peel Sessions the Jesus & Mary Chain recorded between 1984 to 1989, this cd is a prime slice of what made the Chain so great in their heyday while also opening up a side of the band seldom seen.
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Gary Numan Tubeway Army
CD / The Peel Sessions / Strange Fruit
Collecting the two John Peel Sessions recorded by Gary Numan as Tubeway Army - both recorded in 1979 and produced by Tony Wilson.
[read more] ---Patrick Rands