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Forced Exposure New Releases for the Week of 6/16/2025

New music is due from Matmos, Sally Anne Morgan, and Goya, while older music is due from Gray, Octopus, and Mad Professor. 

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Twilight Circus, "Dub Voyage"

11 June 2000
Administrator
Albums and Singles

Ryan Moore makes it sound so easy. He's become a natural at the Dub Soundystem project.

Over the last five years, his progress has moved into utilizing more electronic and organic instruments while staying true to the ideals of old school dubmasters. Organs and pianos echo, sub atomic bass lines swirl mesmerizing any listener caught in its path, new chimes ring in (almost never heard before), drum beats remain simple and reverberate in loops which end perfectly. The feelings are still there of a desolate scene in a hot western ghost town, or driving for hours in the desert. Listening to this sometimes makes me wish I enjoyed pot smoking as I can picture this would be a great soundtrack to chilling out with meaningless conversation, passing the coochie on the left hand side. Gosh that sounds tacky!

samples:

  • Fast
  • Heavy
  • Slicer


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THE THE, "SHRUNKENMAN INTERPRETATIONS"

11 June 2000
Scott Lundquist
Albums and Singles
What a grand idea. As opposed to the usual, overly done idea of having other bands remix songs, Matt Johnson's clever self has decided to have other bands cover (or "interpret") his songs. Even though it's not much different from a remix (now the interpreting artist sings as well), it's a refreshing idea. This single for ShrunkenMan starts with The The's original version. The first interpretation is by Daau, beginning with strings and some wind instrument playing the familiar tune from the original. In comes a piano, playing the recognizable hip melody. More beautiful piano follows as the song builds. Suddenly the song goes off with a new style. Cool drums and vocals take over, which are amusing. This half of the song hardly resembles anything of the original. I love it. The next interpretation is by John Parish. This version is all acoustic, much simpler and slower than the original. The final version is a dark, spooky interpretation by Foetus. I recognize this version as it was played as a prelude to their live concert I caught last month -- remembering that I didn't even recognize it until noticing some vaguely familiar lyrics. I like this interpretations concept, all the versions are great and very different from each other. If anything, the EP was a wee bit too short. Other than that, it was perfect and I'm very much looking forward to the next set of interpretations, which I believe will be for December Sunlight.
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MELTED MEN, "I DRINK BLOOD" 7"

04 June 2000
Administrator
Albums and Singles
In their own words, this is "a ridiculous display of personal hygiene through over-sampled funk and breathing problems."
 I saw this bandlive about 4 years ago as one of five people in the audience and wascompletely stunned by their insane and delightfully tastelessperformance. I hadn't heard anything about them since, so needless tosay, I was very surprised to see this 7" turn up. The music isincredibly amusing, and highly innovative in its own ways. Using aplethora of eccentric samples, they combine a kind of extreme congodancin' funk to create this surreal music. This release also comes witha free ingrown toenail! Definitely for fans of Negativland, Nurse withWound, Volcano and the Bear, and the likes. They have several otherreleases available through their record label, Nerve Rust, which youcan contact at Box 211, Athens, GA, 30603, USA. Tell them Brainwashedsent you.

samples:

  • Voices at the Tent
  • Limeultaneous
  • I Drink Blood

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ECHOBOY, "VOLUME ONE"

04 June 2000
Daniel McKernan
Albums and Singles
This is the debut album from this band whose fans now seem to be growing exponentially.
  Thoughjudging by the instrumentation alone, this album seems to have no realconsistency to it, there is definitely a certain "Echoboy mood" thatglows through the whole disc, in instrumental and vocal tracks alike.The single of the album, "Kit and Holly," is a lovely blend of pleasantsounding keyboards and a nice guitar melody that mix very well with thelyric, "I've got to keep on running..." Great music for the road or forwalking around town with headphones, dancing to yourself. There aremany tracks that consist of simple keyboard programming with guitar orbass strummed down on top, making a nice, quaint sound. The album isreally well produced and constructed, especially for a debut. Echoboywill soon be playing in Barcelona at the Sonar Fest 2000, as well asother European dates. www.echoboy.com

samples:

  • Kit and Holly
  • Walking
  • Broken Hearts

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BUZZCOCKS, "SPIRAL SCRATCH" + "TIME'S UP"

04 June 2000
Mark Weddle
Albums and Singles
The Buzzcocks formed in the summer of 1976 ... the big bang of UK punk.

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BUZZCOCKS, "SPIRAL SCRATCH" + "TIME'S UP"

04 June 2000
Mark Weddle
Albums and Singles
The Buzzcocks formed in the summer of 1976 ... the big bang of UK punk.
  In October they spentless than a hundred pounds for half an hour of studio time to recordthe "Spiral Scratch" EP, the first independent, do-it-yourself, selfreleased UK punk record. The 4 songs that make up the EP ("Breakdown","Time's Up", "Boredom" and "Friends of Mine") were done live in thestudio, most in 1 take, each with a single guitar overdub. They'reexactly what you'd expect from the early days of punk ... simple,cynical, sarcastic, catchy, brief and explosive. Howard Devoto's lyricsare more personal than political, delivered in a nasally whine over thetight and talented (in punk terms) rhythm section of Pete Shelley,Steve Diggle and John Maher. The Devoto fronted Buzzcocks is thedefinitive line-up as far as I'm concerned.
The album that followed, "Time's Up", has slower, less abrasiveversions of the 4 EP songs plus 7 more songs including the classics"Orgasm Addict" and "I Love You, You Big Dummy". If you're a fan of anyearly UK punk (such as the Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, etc)these two discs are just as essential as "Never Mind..", "Damned,Damned, Damned" and "The Clash". Kudos to Mute for giving a shit aboutthe past and re-issuing them ... this is really important stuff forhistorically minded music aficionados such as myself and gives everyonea chance to discover vital music. The "Time's Up" disc also includesthe "Breakdown" video with footage from the first gig and both discshave really nice inserts chock full of pictures (most from Devoto'spersonal collection and previously unseen), liner notes, interviews andlyrics. My only complaint: why 2 discs? The EP is a whopping 10 minutesand the album less than 30, so why didn't they just put it all on 1? Ohwell, both were reasonably priced. Thanks again Mute ...

samples:

  • Breakdown
  • I Can't Control Myself
  • Time's Up

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KAMMERFLIMMER KOLLEKTIEF, "INCOMMUNICADO" + "MAANDER"

04 June 2000
Jon Whitney
Albums and Singles
Here's what happens when you go looking in a section from a band you've recently fallen in love with but know very little about.

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KID 606/LESSER, "EUROPEAN TOUR SINGLE 2000"

04 June 2000
Daniel McKernan
Albums and Singles
As the title says, this 7" release was available at the recent Kid 606 dates throughout Europe. Again, a split release from 555 Recordings of LeedsUK, the Kid's side consists of three tracks - all very short,especially at 45rpm on a 7". "Start/over" is a droney melodic piece, asis the last track, "Relive yr unhappy childhood." However, the middletrack, "attn:vat!" is very statically beat-driven, with subtle odditiesgoing on through the background. Fun stuff. Side AA is Lesser, with twotracks: "epic act" and "awful way to go." It starts out with Lesser'sshout out to Kid 606 and "those that don't like it, eat a bowl of dicks- those that do, blast these kicks." At which point the butchery ofFaith No More's "Epic" blasts through with extreme, V/VM-styled beatsand morphs of the original. The latter track is mostly noise andmachine-gun-styled drumbeats. A very fun and release, as most 606releases are.

samples:

  • Kid 606 - attn:vat!
  • Kid 606 - Relive yr unhappy childhood
  • Lesser - Epic Act

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KID 606/THE REMOTE VIEWER, "WHEN I WANT A GUN, YEAH"/"A FIELDER"

04 June 2000
Daniel McKernan
Albums and Singles
The 606 side is a niceblend of noise and hard, fast electronic beats, although the noiseseems to flow more melodically in the music than with Kid 606's usualwork. It keeps around the same pace throughout thetrack, though at the end a few different noises and effects are addedto make it extra tasty. It clocks in at a little under five minutes.The Remote Viewer side is a bit softer, with a unique, low-tempoelectro-beat overlaying droney distant keyboard work. The track dropsoff after a bit, then picks up - then repeats this again. This is on apicture disc 7", with much Japanese writing and nice anime girls withguns and such. It's out on the 555 Recordings of Leeds UK label.

samples:

  • Kid 606 - When I Want A Gun, Yeah
  • The Remote Viewer - A Fielder

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MARK SPYBEY & AMBER, "SFUMATO"

04 June 2000
Mark Weddle
Albums and Singles
This is the firstinstallment of Hushush Records' "Threesome" subscription seriesfeaturing collaborations between Mark Spybey (Dead Voices On Air,Download), Mick Harris (Scorn) and Ambre (John N Sellekaers, C-drik andOlivier Moreau of Snog, Imminent Starvation, etc).
  Ambre and Spybeycollaborated via mail late last year, the latter sending the formertapes which they then used in the 2 week recording sessions. Sfumato isa painting technique of blurring or softening sharp outlines by subtleand gradual blending of one tone into another to create a vague senseof movement. A perfect title for this album. The bulk of the 14 Frenchtitled tracks are composed of deep drones, found sound samples andambient atmospheres. The music is primarily minimal, but not tediouslyso, melodic with gradual introductions and shifting of sounds. A fewtracks add subtle bass programming while a few others are simply brief,bizarre sample collages meant to break up the flow. Spybey's patentedreverb drenched environments are clearly evident on at least half thetracks. Although the album is best listened to start to finish, the 2lengthiest tracks are standouts. "L'horloge de Calcutta" ("The Clock ofCalcutta") is a mesmerizing pulsation that slowly builds up an intensetension for what seems like an eternity but is really only 9 minutes."Le Printemps des Abîmes" ("The Spring of the Abysses") is amasterpiece of deep drone that dissolves into a beautiful melody cloudin the final few of it's 8 and 1/2 minutes, bringing the album to agentle finale. Altogether, "Sfumato" is a very pleasant surprise sinceI had no idea what to expect from Ambre. They did a fantastic job ofusing Spybey's sounds with their own. Next up is Spybey & Harris"Bad Roads, Young Drivers" in July then Ambre & Harris in latesummer. As of May 31st there were 15 of the 100 subscriptions stillavailable, so if you're interested go to hushush.com immediately beforethey're gone ...

samples:

  • A Quoi Servent les Morts
  • Le Printemps des Abemes
  • L'horloge de Calcutta

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KALMA, "EMBARASSED"

04 June 2000
Daniel McKernan
Albums and Singles
Brian Herman and DonnaDragotta have returned to NYC (from Florida) to launch the Diskosquidlabel and release their first CD as Kalma, a somewhat mysteriouscollective project recorded together with a bunch of other friends. Stunned at the professionalism and splendor of this debutrelease, there is most definitely promise for this new group and thelabel itself. The album's design and layout, first of all, are uniquemirror-image minimalist photos of sandy and icy tree scenes. The musicrivals old school Autechre with complex beat structures along withAphex Twin's home-grown sound ideas. The opening track, "FoamSpraying," is a nice intro into the disc - droney foamy noises thatbuild. The rest of the disc is a whole array of electronic reaches:beat-driven head-spinners, crackly soundscapes, and walls of curiousliquidy noises. One flaw is that the does disc seems to go on for a bittoo long, perhaps because there are thirteen different tracks, and afew clock in at around ten minutes, but it truly doesn't interfere withthe quality of the album overall. If this sounds like your cup of tea,definitely support this release, though, and keep your eye on the DiskoSquid label in the future. www.diskosquid.net

samples:

  • Suction
  • Glamerousss Sundresss
  • Free Basing Pimp Toe

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  1. COIL, "MUSICK TO PLAY IN THE DARK, VOL. 2"
  2. LEGENDARY PINK DOTS, "A PERFECT MYSTERY"
  3. MARTIJN DE KLEER - FLOW, "SONGS AND PIECES"
  4. NICK CAVE, "THE SECRET LIFE OF THE LOVE SONG"

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Benoit Pioulard & somesurprises East Coast USA


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