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.
The secondfull-length-ish album from Charles Atlas was recorded in San Franciscoover the course of five months but is much more stripped down than lastyear's "Two More Hours."
Danish vocalist GryBagøien and former Einstürzende Neubauten member FM Einheit co-wrotethe bulk of these dozen songs and recorded them along with anassortment of guests this past February at Marstall Media Lab in Munich.
Picture a constructionsite, three architects decide to erect a building while workingtogether, when they're done another architect deconstructs the buildingand uses the materials to build it his way, adding what he feels thebuilding would look good with.
What a tease! While thefans still wait with baited breath for that Red House Paintersfull-lengther "Old Ramon," we are tossed a reasonable selection oftable scraps.