Sam Shalabi's name has popped up on various other records and projects, always with the note that he's of 'The Shalabi Effect.' The eponymous debut double-CD has finally been released through Alien8 in Montreal.
Trainer is acompilation—with a few previously unreleased tracks thrown in for goodmeasure—of the early work of the Handley and Turner duo, done mostly,with various aliases, when they were still members of Black DogProduction, whose "Bytes" LP is a classic of the "ArtificialIntelligence" post-rave electronic music on the Warp label.
With "Collision Course"Kevin Martin compiles 14 exclusive and/or rare vinyl tracks from thevaried sonic wasteland where hip hop, drum 'n bass and noise quiteliterally collide ... a place he is very familiar with himself throughIce, The Bug and Techno Animal, among others.
Oval's "Process" providessomething of a meditative environment, meshing static hisses and popswith droning and often soothing washes of noise and whistles.
Bogus Blimp are a 6 pieceNorwegian 'apocalyptic film rock' band and this is their debut albumfollowing up on last year's "Men-Mic" EP, both from Oslo label JesterRecords.
Expanding on the ideareleased from V/Vm Test Recordings earlier this year, Kid 606 hasreleased a 14-track various artists compilation with reinterpretationsof classic NWA favorites.