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IN THE NURSERY, "EXHIBIT"

Released for an exhibit in Brazil, this disc collects music from every album era of In the Nursery from 1986 - 1998.
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The Shalabi Effect

Sam Shalabi's name has popped up on various other records and projects, always with the note that he's of 'The Shalabi Effect.' The eponymous debut double-CD has finally been released through Alien8 in Montreal.
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PLAID, "TRAINER"

Trainer is acompilation—with a few previously unreleased tracks thrown in for goodmeasure—of the early work of the Handley and Turner duo, done mostly,with various aliases, when they were still members of Black DogProduction, whose "Bytes" LP is a classic of the "ArtificialIntelligence" post-rave electronic music on the Warp label.
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"SCULPTING FROM DRAKE VOL. 1"

Long beforeadvertisements put Nick Drake on the minds and in the home stereos ofEuropean car drivers, Elsie and Jack were preparing a tribute disc.
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"COLLISION COURSE"

With "Collision Course"Kevin Martin compiles 14 exclusive and/or rare vinyl tracks from thevaried sonic wasteland where hip hop, drum 'n bass and noise quiteliterally collide ... a place he is very familiar with himself throughIce, The Bug and Techno Animal, among others.
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FREDERICH JURGENSON, "FROM THE STUDIO FOR AUDIOSCOPIC RESEARCH"

If you bought PARC CD1: The Ghost Orchid, then you know what toexpect; if you didn't then prepare to have the shit scared of you.
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"TOUCH SAMPLER 0"

Yet more weirdness from the Touch stable.
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BIOSPHERE, "CIRQUE"

Biosphere are similar to S.E.T.I. in that beats are a rare occurrenceand that both remind me of the bits inbetween tracks on RichardH. Kirk releases.
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S.E.T.I., "POD" & "LIGHT SHIFT"

Pod, the new proper album from S.E.T.I. is, well, adisappointment.
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OVALPROCESS

Oval's "Process" providessomething of a meditative environment, meshing static hisses and popswith droning and often soothing washes of noise and whistles.
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NWW/ARANOS, "SANTOOR LENA BICYCLE"

Housed in a handmade and painted case, this idiosyncratic release marks the peak of Stapleton and Aranos' creative activity.
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PORCUPINE TREE, "LIGHTBULB SUN"

Porcupine Tree is one ofseveral creative outlets for UK multi-instrumentalist Steven Wilson(see also Bass Communion and No Man).
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JIMI TENOR, "OUT OF NOWHERE"

What good is an entire orchestra and stellar production if your writing stinks?
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BOGUS BLIMP, "CORDS. WIRES."

Bogus Blimp are a 6 pieceNorwegian 'apocalyptic film rock' band and this is their debut albumfollowing up on last year's "Men-Mic" EP, both from Oslo label JesterRecords.
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"ATTITUDE"

Expanding on the ideareleased from V/Vm Test Recordings earlier this year, Kid 606 hasreleased a 14-track various artists compilation with reinterpretationsof classic NWA favorites.
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KID 606, "THE SOCCERGIRL EP"

Did you actually go by a week without getting anything new from Kid 606?
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CHARLES ATLAS,"PLAY THE SPACES"

The secondfull-length-ish album from Charles Atlas was recorded in San Franciscoover the course of five months but is much more stripped down than lastyear's "Two More Hours."
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ALAN SPARHAWK/CHARLES WYATT,""

New in from Star StarStereo is a split 7" single with Alan Sparhawk of Low on one side andCharles Wyatt (with Charles Atlas) on the other.
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LOW/SPRING HEEL JACK,"BOMBSCARE EP"

While the vocals are unmistakenly Low, the music is not unmistakenly Spring Heel Jack.
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GRY/FM EINHEIT, "PUBLIC RECORDING"

Danish vocalist GryBagøien and former Einstürzende Neubauten member FM Einheit co-wrotethe bulk of these dozen songs and recorded them along with anassortment of guests this past February at Marstall Media Lab in Munich.
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