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MARC GARTMAN, "THE HORRIBLE COCOANUT GROVE DISASTER"

Two CDs this week I've pulled from the home-made bin as I think these folks are moving in the right direction.
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WILKES LAND, "DERECORDED"

Second home-made release this week comes from Tulsa, OK?
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FUTURE BIBLE HEROES, "I'M LONELY (AND I LOVE IT)"

This is the 80's synthpop side of Stephin Merritt - another excellent project by the gloomysourpuss that everyone now knows and loves.
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CURD DURCA, "ELEVATOR 3"

This is the 4th album byVienna based artist Curd Duca for electronic label Mille Plateaux, 3rdin the "Elevator" series of 'digitalanalog mood music' and my personalfirst.
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SONOVAC, "HIGH-ON-TECH" EP

You ever hear a name so much that you really should indeed check them out?
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SONIC YOUTH?, "MUSICAL PERSPECTIVES 5"

Well, maybe it's not really Sonic Youth, but it does follow along the whole theme of the Musical Perspectives series.
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"INVISIBLE SOUNDTRACKS 3"

The latest in Invisible Soundtracks collections, volume 3, features Rothko, 310, Bass Communion, Bob Ellis and many many others.
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"L'AGE D'OR (THE GOLDEN AGE)"

Eleven years of German rock comes together for this medium priced sampler from label L'Age D'or.
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DRUMS & TUBA "WATER DAMAGE RE-ISSUES"

Two brand spanking new reissues from My Pal God are the rereleases of Drums & Tuba.
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BRIGHT, "FULL NEGATIVE (OR) BREAKS"

Fans who love to drone onand on and on will love what they'll get from the new Bright record.Bright, formerly (currently?) based in Boston had a release in Darla's"Bliss Out" series a couple years back.
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FRED GIANNELLI, "TELEPATHIC ROMANCE"

From Sahko in Finland comes this excellent priced CD from that guy who simply goes by Fred.
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LIVE HUMAN, "ELEFISH JELLYPHANT"

I figure I should get to this release as it's been staring me in the face since June.
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KIM CASCONE, "PARASITES"

Kim Cascone, formerly of Silent Records, has founded the new label Anechoic and this is the debut release.
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FOREIGN TERRAIN, "LP1"

Foreign Terrain is AndrewDiey of Manchester, UK. "LP 1" was originally a very limited cd-rrelease but now it is the readily available debut for SoleilmoonRecordings.
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Rediscovering Chris & Cosey

Four discs have been reissued this round, all of which were originally out on Rough Trade, subsequently released by Play It Again, Sam, WaxTrax! and/or Nettwerk. These four releases are scatterings across the growth curve—represented by 1981's 'Heartbeat', 1988's 'Songs of Love and Lust', and two releases from 1990: 'Trance' and 'Techno Primitiv.'
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SALLY DOHERTY AND THE SUMACS, "SLEEPY MEMORY"

Originally released in 1998, the international distribution through World Serpent begins this week.
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"RGB [an audio spectrum]"

Also re-distributed byWorld Serpent (from 1998 originally) is the collaboration between LeifElggren, souRce Research and Matmos.
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DEAD VOICES ON AIR, "FRANKIE PETT PRESENTS THE HAPPY SUBMARINES, PLAYING THE MUSIC OF,..."

Mark Spybey's mostinteresting work is often the result of collaborative efforts. Most ofthis album is produced and engineered by either Frank "Frankie Pett"Verschuuren (Legendary Pink Dots / Teargarden) or Daryl Neudorf(Abintra) with Frankie being the executive producer, thus some of themeaning behind the goofy title (the rest is somewhat explained by thehumorous work of fiction in the insert).
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SQUAREMETER, "SINECORE"

Seek and ye shall find: Panacea's alter-ego, m2is not the easiest thing to find (since it could be filed under S, P orM) but it is a treat when you can indeed come home with it.
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CTI, "EAR 1"

This disc is billed as the first in a series of Chris and Cosey pieces from the vaults 'reworked' into modern sounding pieces.
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