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Gal, "Relisten"

Another limited-edition release from Intransitive Recordings, this is acollection of six pieces by Viennese artist Bernhard Gal, each createdfrom Gal's own field recordings.
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Death Cab For Cutie, "The Photo Album"

Death Cab For Cutie was at first the brainchild of Ben Gibbard, hisstab at a solo project. After early success, however, he recruited aband, a strong and tight group of players who could bring across hisbrand of post-punk pop with fervor and skill.
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Sianspheric, "The Sound of the Colour of the Sun"

Canadian space rock ensemble Sianspheric have been making music since1994, despite several key line-up changes that might make lesser bandsthrow in the towel.
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Swans, "The Great Annihilator"

One of the few remaining pieces of the digipacked and remastered re-issue puzzle, 1994's The Great Annihilator is reclaimed from Invisible Records for Michael Gira's own Young God Records.
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Troum, "Tjukurrpa (Part Two: Drones)"

While I had always enjoyed what I've heard from Troum and Maeror Tri,it was the first part in their 'Trilogy' ('Harmonies') which made mefall in love. Be warned, however, as the second part in the trilogy isnot nearly as gentle as part one. Ironically, 'Drones' is not 100%drones, a characteristic of a number of their other releases.
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Tausendschoen, "Yonmade"

Ex-members of Maeror Tri are behind this atmospheric, beat-orientatedalbum which stands somewhere in between traditional German electronicpioneers and current artists like Maju and the more experimentalstructures of Zoviet France.
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POSSET, GOMMORRAHH, "SPILT SIGNALS #2"

The second in Mancester based RSI label's Spilt Signals series bringstogether a pair of unique improvising duos from the North of England.
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Sugar Plant, "Dryfruit"

Was it worth paying the expensive amounts for shipping from Japan? No.Does this album deserve a worldwide release? Yes. Sugar Plant is one ofthe world's premiere technologically-friendly dream pop combos.
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"Unbearable Candies"

The first CD from the London-based Unbearable Recordings label is acollection of music which previously only existed on a series of 7"records.
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"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Twisted Nerve But Were Afraid to Ask"

Following that palpitating heart over Misty Dixon last week, someresearch was actually conducted. Turns out Misty's not a person, but aquartet from Manchester. I can't find any albums yet but there is atrack on this compilation, "Misty Dixon and some other less-significantfriends or something" (don't believe what the record label tells you).
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"The Legendary Pink Box"

While I have always loved the music on the Pink Box, I have always hadissues with the CD version.
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"ELECTROCLASH 2001"

This compilation serves as a soundtrack to last years NYC Electroclash2001 festival. Held over four days at various venues throughout thecity, Electroclash brought together many of the contemporary luminariesof the currently festering retro electro scene.
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BED, "THE NEWTON PLUM"

Bed are a French group led by Benoit Burello, presumably at least thevocalist and pianist, and this is their debut for French label Icid'ailleura.
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JAH WOBBLE, "THE EARLY YEARS"

Between his late '70s stint with Public Image Limited and the mid '80sfoundation of Invaders of the Heart, Jah Wobble released a number ofsolo and collaborative singles, EPs and albums. This 2 CD compilationselectively revisits that period.
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Norway Squared, "Geometry Not Geography"

Everyone seems to either love or hate the 'electro revival,' but thetruth of the matter is that, with any genre of music, you have the goodand the bad. In this case, you have the good (Fischerspooner, Soviet,Ladytron) and then you have artists like Norway Squared.
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Tarentel, "The Order Of Things"

Tarentel have always been an interesting sort. They are another in aline of bands that approaches rock music with an almost orchestraltheory, allowing their compositions to build, adding and subtractinginstruments and voices, building to dynamic crescendoes—or not.
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Dykehouse, "Dynamicobsolescence"

MikeDykehouse (yes, it's his real last name) recorded this effort, hisfirst release on the Planet Mu label, on 4-track, then it was mixed,mastered, edited, and reconstructed by Mike Paradinas, the banalincubus known as µ-Ziq.
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Neil Halstead, "Sleeping On Roads"

Fans of Mojave 3 and the legendary (and sadly defunct) Slowdive haveawaited with baited breath and in sweaty anticipation the solo debut ofNeil Halstead, the frontman of both groups. Having performed quite anumber of live gigs prior to the release of 'Sleeping on Roads,'Halstead's ease as a solo artist is apparent.
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Monster Movie, "Last Night Something Happened"

Although Halstead is the former Slowdive member currently receiving themost attention in light of his new solo record, Christian Savill hasremained active as well, recording with Sean Hewson as Monster Movie.
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Coil, "Moon's Milk (In Four Phases)"

Most fans have probably collected each one of the seasonal Solstice& Equinox singles back when they were released in 1998. Now thatthey're long out of print, a reasonably priced collection takes theirplace.
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