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Hellfish, "One Man Sonic Attack Force"

Sunday, 29 May 2005

Jim Siegel

Music

Any producer that samples dialogue from the film Fear And Loathing In Las Vegasscores big points in my book. The line in question, in which thejournalist/protagonist Dr. Gonzo is ruminating on the joy and irony of"running a savage burn on one Las Vegas hotel and then just wheelingacross town and checking into another" captures the spirit ofHellfish's hardcore techno perfectly.

Diana Rogerson, "The Inevitable Chrystal Belle Scrodd Record"

Sunday, 29 May 2005

Staff

Music

In the early 1980s, Diana Rogerson was peddling S&M gear at a shopin Kensington, creating her own films and performing in the performanceart duo Fistfuck (sometimes referred to as the "female Whitehouse")along with Jill Westwood. The short films were described as extremeversions of their live performances with urination and humiliation ascontrolled by Jill and Diana.

Chrystal Belle Scrodd, "Belle de Jour"

Sunday, 29 May 2005

Staff

Music

Once again I'm impressed with the packaging of this reissue. Having thecover and inside photos restored on nice paper in a booklet is farbetter than the flimsy Beastingscard and anything done in a chintzy digipack. While this is the secondChrystal Belle Scrodd record (originally released in 1986), it featuresmusic which pre-dates The Inevitable.

THE MAGIC CARPATHIANS PROJECT, "SONIC SUICIDE: ETHNOISE #1"

Sunday, 29 May 2005

Jonathan Dean

Music

I wish more people knew about this group, as they are often brilliant,and far more consistent than a lot of bands who get way more press. TheMagic Carpathians began as a side-project of Polish progressive bandAtman, but since 1998 the group has become the primary outlet for themusic of Anna Nacher and Marek Styczynski.

JANDEK, "WHEN I TOOK THAT TRAIN"

Sunday, 29 May 2005

Jonathan Dean

Music

It's no secret that 2004 was a banner year for the mysterious andprolific Texas artist who records as Jandek. Not only was it the firstyear that Corwood Industries released four albums in one year, the yearalso saw the release of Chad Freidrichs' documentary Jandek on Corwood,and the man himself made his first public appearance at a surprise gigat Glasgow's Instal Festival.

Jandek, "Glasgow Sunday"

Sunday, 29 May 2005

Jonathan Dean

Music

Only a couple of years ago, the mere suggestion that Jandek would ever come out of hiding to perform live at a series of festivals in Scotland would have seemed the height of absurdity. What a difference a day makes, and in this instance that day was October 17, 2004 at The Arches in Glasgow, Scotland, the place where the improbable became reality.

Jane, "Berserker"

Sunday, 29 May 2005

Lucas Schleicher

Music

Mistaking this band for nothing more than an Animal Collective sideproject would be silly; it is clear that this duo has a distinctpurpose from the second "Berserker" begins: they're out to record thevoice of ghosts and the sound of the underworld.

Nudge, "Cached"

Sunday, 29 May 2005

Lucas Schleicher

Music

Honey Owens of Jackie-O Motherfucker, Paul Dickow of Strategy andFontanelle, and Brian Foote, also of Fontanelle, form a bio-organicunit filled to the brim with all manner of exotic sounds and strangeinteractions. Combining sequenced and processed composition with liveand acoustic elements, this trio flies back and forth between jazzy,dub-influenced sounds, punk attitude, and spacious, dark atmosphereshighlighted by Owens' seductive voice.

Rhythm & Sound, "See Mi Yah"

Sunday, 29 May 2005

Administrator

Music

Infamous among club DJs and producers for the deep tech-house styleincubated and pushed forward by their still potent Basic Channel andMaurizio records, Germany's Mark Ernestus and Moritz Von Oswald took amost adventurous step when they departed from the dancefloor for thelabor of love known as Rhythm & Sound.

The Hafler Trio, "Being a Firefighter isn't Just About Squirting Water"

Sunday, 29 May 2005

Administrator

Music

The Hafler Trio's latest EP for Important is pretty much as expected ofthe series: one twenty minute piece of Andrew McKenzie's patentedatmospherics. The piece starts off with some soft metallic harmonics,sounding like heavily treated guitar strings.