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VV.AA.: Analogous Indirect

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Artist: VV.AA.
Title: Analogous Indirect
Format: 12"
Label: Public Eyesore (@)
Public Eyesore # 22, released in 2000 on a dear old 12" vinyl slab. Lots of veterans, a few well-known artists (Thurston Moore, The Flying Luttenbachers) and a number of interesting "minor" performers - which sums the Public Eyesore catalog and policy quite well, I'd say. Also music-wise, with a mix of harsh noise (New Port, Solmania, Jonas Lindgren, Automobile, Cornucopia and Sickness), improvisation, non-standard electronics and extreme free-jazz. Best moments in my humble opinion: Thurston Moore with a Fahey-esque strummed acoustic piece, the duet between Kazumoto Endo and Yoko Sato (experimental vocal collages with bursts of guitar feedback), and of course Cornucopia and Sickness. Boy, can these two acts deliver the noise. Brutal and in your face.


EMPIRE STATE HUMAN: Alpha & Omega

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Artist: EMPIRE STATE HUMAN (@)
Title: Alpha & Omega
Format: CD
Label: Ninthwave Records (@)
I already knew part of the tracks of this ALPHA & OMEGA as at the time I interviewed them Aindan gently passed me a CDr with some of their new songs but listening to these fifteen songs all in a row is like listening them for the first time. You want to know why? Simply as abc (heheh... some fine humor in the house)... because Empire State Human for me are one of the finest nowadays synthpop artists. They aren't too retro (even if their sounds are deeply based on those of the '80s) and they mix in a cool way electronic, pop, techno and feverish rhythms. Coming from the sessions of their Martian Anthems and Pop Robot albums, ALPHA & OMEGA is a concentrate of what a cool CD should be: one hour of good songs/sounds, fresh ideas and passion. I assure you that listening to these recordings you can feel all the passion and enthusiasm the band put in their music. The album contains new songs as well as remixes and collaborations with some of today’s best underground artists (Count To Infinity, Freezepop, Wave In Head, One Lazy Ear & ESH). It contains also some covers of tv serial and movie themes as the opening theme of British show "The Persuaders" (which had Roger Moore and Tony Cutis as main actors. For those of you who don't remember them in France and UK there are the DVDs of the whole serie available...) and the one of "Halloween" (for those of you who don't know this, this theme has been written directly by Carpenter himself which is a good movie director and an interesting composer as well). This CD is something more than a compilation of outtakes, try it and lemme know...


SUBMARINE FLEET: O1 MIX 1 COMPILATION

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Artist: SUBMARINE FLEET
Title: O1 MIX 1 COMPILATION
Format: CD
Label: The Lion's Den
Distributor: MP3.COM
Submarine Fleet is a new project by TRANCE TO THE SUN founder, Ashkelon Sain. This seven instrumental tracks on cd is a collection from all the 2001 releases, accept one. Authentic live performances on audio, which is recorded on a dat machine. Guitar that's space-rock mixed with dark synth soundscapes. Experience a long journey that will spiral you into oblivion where no man has not been before. Ash's atmospheric dark psychedelic music will set your min in a deep trance, soothe your soul with ease and body floating in space.


CLAN OF XYMOX: REMIXES FROM THE UNDERGROUND

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Artist: CLAN OF XYMOX
Title: REMIXES FROM THE UNDERGROUND
Format: CD
Label: Metropolis
Distributor: Metropolis
This is limited edition remix double cd is taken from the original album "Notes From The Underground", remixed by various electronic, industrial and darkwave bands such as Iris, Cult Rate Box, Tri-State, Sophya, Front 242, Perfidious Words, Beborn Benton, and others. A great electro musical club album that will make you enter to a new dimension.


PUNCH DRUNK: UPLOAD THE PAST...DOWNLOAD THE FUTURE

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Artist: PUNCH DRUNK
Title: UPLOAD THE PAST...DOWNLOAD THE FUTURE
Format: CD
Label: FLOATING FISH (@)
This is a collection of remastered tracks recorded during 1992-1994. Punch Drunk is a hardtech, robocore, punk & new wave electronic band that'll put you in the mind of DEVO. They have the tendency to make you dance along with their aggressive and loud gidgets, gadgets, and technology with impulsing throbbing electro-beats. "Upload The Past...Download The Future" is one weird electronic experimentation album that will have you fall in the band's futuristic crazy world.