Thanks in no small regard to the efforts of high profile DJs like Richie Hawtin, whose DE9mix CDs in particular have served as accessible benchmarks for thesubgenre, minimal techno and its incestuous electronic variantscontinue to enjoy the freedoms of expression and progression whilemaintaining an audience.
Two new shows just for you. We have squeezed out two extended release episodes for this weekend to get you through this week. They contain mostly new songs but there's also new issues from the vaults. The first show features music from Rider/Horse, Mint Field, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Anastasia Coope, ISAN, Stone Music, La Securite, Bark Psychosis, Jon Rose, Master Wilburn Burchette, Umberto, Wand, Tim Koh, Sun An, and Memory Drawings. The second episode has music by Laibach, Melt-Banana, Chuck Johnson, X, K. Yoshimatsu, Dorothy Carter, Pavel Milyakov, Violence Gratuite, Mark Templeton, Dummy, Endon, body / negative, Midwife, Alberto Boccardi, Divine. Cow in Maui from Veronika in Vienna. Get involved: subscribe, review, rate, share with your friends, send images!
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1996. Near Reykjavik, Iceland. Staring at the brick home was not a pleasant experience; the lights seeping coolly out of the windows never impressed anyone with kindness or welcoming warmth. If there was any reason for the continued interest taken in the building, it was certainly because of its occupant, a man whose strange walk and unconvincing kindness spoke of foreign intrigue and deep suspicion. 
Although it's not a split single, "Smiling Off" is split down themiddle: the first half being the 4/4 dance record and the second beingthefree-form noise-off.
For Black Dice's third full-length LP for DFA, they've almost completely abandoned the tropical sunshine of Creature Comfortsand embraced their family's beat tendencies. It's still Black Dice,however, and the whimsical surrealistic approach to songwriting isstill present, however it's more refined than ever.
This bloodless zombie movie from France winds up saying more
about the human condition than anyone might have expected of a film
full of the walking dead. By throwing out genre conventions and
focusing on the human story, this quiet character film turns out to be
creepier and more anxiety-inducing than almost any film with a proper
gut-chewing scene.
The box cover depicts what could be a strange retro-digital flower with
Buddhist temples pictured in the background. The writing is entirely in
Chinese, with something which loosely translates as "electronic prayer
machine" on the spine and on the back a list of good things about
buddhism (being nice to others, not killing, etc,...) and the all
important "Made in Hong Kong."
Sohgo Ishii’s movie of Einstürzende Neubauten’s first visit to Japan is a mesmerising
piece of work. Ishii mainly filmed Neubauten both at a traditional concert and at a private
performance in a disused factory. The industrial setting suits the band perfectly and vice versa. This
movie documents the old lineup in its prime.
