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Smegma, "Rumblings"

Sunday, 27 February 2005

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The ever revolving cast of characters that form Smegma grew out of theLos Angeles Free Music Society in the mid-70s and has not stoppedreocrding or performing since. This, however, is their first "proper"album in over ten years. Rumblingsincludes a cast of familiar characters, but also includes the infamousRichard Meltzer (known for his writing and for his involvement in theBlue Oyster Cult).

Jesu

Sunday, 27 February 2005

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This album is going to make a lot of people very happy. Jesuis the first full-length, all-cylinders-firing rock-oriented releasefrom Justin Broadrick in quite a while, following a long period of timeduring which the former Napalm Death guitarist and Godflesh founderindulged his interest in hip-hop, dub and other, more experimental,less satisfying projects.

The Field Mice reissues

Sunday, 27 February 2005

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In a proper offering of respect, LTM has assembled three releases(including a double CD) collecting all of the Field Mice's output whichhas been out of print for a number of years. The majority of songs arelicensed from the now defunct Sarah Records, a label which was createdfor the very specific teleology of releasing 100 singles (though inactuality they surpassed that initial vision).

Bill Fay Group, "Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow"

Sunday, 27 February 2005

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More than 35 years after Bill Fay's work first surfaced on DeccaRecords, the unique singer-songwriter is finally getting his due. Isuppose its inevitable that an artist who recorded two such singularlyidiosyncratic and intensely rendered albums—1970's Bill Fay and 1971's Time of the Last Persecution—andthen permanently disappeared off the radar screen would be the subjectof much speculation.

Vicious Pink Goo, "Take U To The Car Crash"

Sunday, 27 February 2005

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Yuck. Thankfully this 12" from Vicious Pink Goo is not indicative ofthe depth and breadth of current trends in dance music.

ANAL, "ZERO BEATS PER MINUTE"

Sunday, 27 February 2005

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In 1995, Jody Evans was a 19-year-old studio technician working on Julian Cope's dreadful 20 Mothersalbum, when the Archdrude himself caught the youngster fucking aroundwith his VCS3 synthesizer, creating a marvelous racket.Thighpaulsandra, the widely acknowledged master of all instrumentssynthetic and analog, was also at those sessions, and, similarlyimpressed by Evans' instinctive techniques, joined forces with Cope toproduce his debut album as Anal.

Hive Mind, "Death Tone"

Sunday, 27 February 2005

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I think this is supposed to sound grinding, heavy, and intimidating,but the latest from Chondritic Sound's founder sounds more like a blastof dense, hot air than anything else. This single, 42 minute trackfluctuates between a frustrating stasis and short, intense barrages ofmachine noise and static. The bass-like rumble that stays through theentire album undergoes a series of modulations that becomes thicker andthicker while waves of bees, never-ending crunches, and low-endfrequencies boil over one another in an almost indistinguishable haze.

Machine Boy, "Depression EP"

Sunday, 27 February 2005

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At the intersection of loopy, downtempo electronica and spoken wordpoetry sits Machine Boy and collaborator Lorian Elbert. It's awell-trodden stretch of road that their project approaches, full ofsuccessful and experimental marriages between the often uncomfortable,confrotntational and confessional vibe of a poetry slam and the more orless easy-to-swallow looped beat, sampled melody routine.

M.I.A., "ARULAR"

Sunday, 20 February 2005

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Maya Arulpragasam is one of those artists whose backstory is so uniqueand interesting that it threatens to completely eclipse the music shemakes. The press release for this, her debut album, spends far moretime talking about her childhood in civil war-torn Sri Lanka, than itdoes talking about her contributions to the modern music scene in theUK.

Aranos, "Bering Sea"

Sunday, 20 February 2005

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The rolling waves of crepuscular sounds on this disc are consumptiveand nightmare inducing. The single 62 minute track that occupies thewhole of Aranos' latest album works on several levels, each of whichcommunicate with each other and inform the shape of the music as awhole.