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LUSTMORD, "HERESY"

Sunday, 16 January 2005

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Brian Williams has been operating as Lustmord for more than 20 yearsnow, churning out an impressive number of albums, all of which havebeen classified, for want of a better term, "dark ambient." Not thatit's an inappropriate term for what Williams does, creating rhythm-freesoundscapes that evoke an oppressive atmosphere of loneliness,desolation and dread.

Die T√∂dliche Doris, "Kinderringellreihen F√ºr Wahren Toren Des Grals"

Sunday, 16 January 2005

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Käthe Kruse, Wolfgang Müller, and Nikolaus Utermöhlen formed somethinglike a band in 1980 and began producing all kinds of awkward soundcollages, pounding rhythmic pieces, and just plain silly exhibitions.Whether or not they can truly be considered a band is hazy, butPsychedelic Pig's release of Nursery Rhymes for True Fools of the Grailcontains twenty pieces of audio that were either ridiculously rare("Schöne Musik" appeared in an edition of twenty copies on cassette) ornever released at all.

Secret Mommy, "Hawaii 5.0"

Sunday, 16 January 2005

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This 17 minute EP belongs to a rare breed of musical projects: theconcept project that is not overblown or pretentious. Perhaps thebrevity helps this cause, as Hawaii 5.0is the perfect length to visit the islands without feeling trappedthere. Each of the five tracks represents a different aspect of theHawaiian experience, as filtered through Ache label owner Andy Dixon'ssense of composition.

MUSLIMGAUZE, "SYRINJIA"

Sunday, 16 January 2005

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The late Bryn Jones was rightly notorious for his extreme prolificacy:a characteristic that incredibly, does not seem to have slowed down atall since his demise in 1999. In addition to the mountains of new musicthat has been dusted off and released in the past five years, therehave also been many reissues of previously limited edition releases, ofwhich Syrinjiais one.

Pinback, "Summer In Abaddon"

Sunday, 16 January 2005

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After tooling around with their sound on recent releases in search ofthemselves, Pinback have finally crafted what may be the best slice ofindie pop ever created. They've certainly always had the elementsright: hook-driven melodies, a playful sensibility, the right effectsfor the right moments, and a perfect mixture of instruments to choosefrom track after track.

Lab Waste, "Zwarte Achtegrond"

Sunday, 16 January 2005

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Lab Waste, the nom de collaboration of Los Angeleans Thavius Beck andSubtitle, have mated the rap set with the digital age on their oddlytitled full length debut, Zwarte Achtegrond("Black Background" in Dutch). Appropriately modern, to make theirmusic they eschew two turntables and a microphone for two Apple G3s anda veritable shopping list of samplers, mixers and gadgets that would bethe drooling envy of any A/V club.

The Soft Pink Truth, "Do You Want New Wave or Do you want..."

Sunday, 09 January 2005

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On his latest collection as The Soft Pink Truth, Drew Daniel attemptsto answer the famous question posed by The Minutemen while negotiatinga postmodern marriage of heaven and hell.

Sun City Girls, "Carnival Folklore Resurrection Radio-98.6 is Death"

Sunday, 09 January 2005

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Sun City Girls are heroes of the Attention Defecit Disorder generation.This 57 minute collage, prepared for broadcast on WFPK in Louisville,Kentucky, presents everything from found dialogue to snippets offamiliar songs to live playing to absurd skits in rapid-firesuccession.

Tom Waits, "Real Gone"

Sunday, 09 January 2005

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While maintaining the typical uncompromising method to creating music,which is after all much of what makes Waits what he is, he perhaps goesa bit too far. For the first time in his career, he abandons keyboardinstruments. Instead, he is accompanied by a drove of weird noises,from bells, whistles, hisses and what sounds like banging on pots andpans to industrial clanging and leaky pipes hizzing, to humanbeatboxing, which Waits performed and recorded on a cheap tape deck inhis bathroom.

TUSSLE, "KLING KLANG"

Sunday, 09 January 2005

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And then there was Tussle, the latest in a succession of bands honingin on the resurgence of interest in bands like Liquid Liquid, Pigbagand 23 Skidoo.