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GRY/FM EINHEIT, "PUBLIC RECORDING"

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.
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MICE PARADE, "COLLABORATIONS"

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.
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MUSLIMGAUZE "NEW SOUL - REVERBERATION REMIXES"

I could probably review a new Muslimgauze cd each week at the rate they're released!
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MARK KOZELEK, "ROCK AND ROLL SINGER"

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.
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"OHM: THE EARLY GURUS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC 1948-1980"

"OHM" is an ambitious 3 CD compilation that collects tracks from 42 electronic music artists between the years 1937 and 1982.
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"TRAVELS IN CONSTANTS 7, 8, 9"

The latest round of theTravels in Constants series from Temporary Residence Limited has beenshipped out and I can't say how amazing this series has become.
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TOMAS JIRKU, "VARIANTS"

21-year old Czech-born Canadian resident Thomas Jirku was picked up by Alien8 for the sounds they heard on MP3 'label' Notype.
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"TAKE ME HOME - A TRIBUTE TO JOHN DENVER"

No matter how you slice it, it still comes up John Denver.
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ASMUS TIETCHENS, "a-MENGE"

Clear your mind for asecond, forget all you know about modern minimalism, listen to thesound samples below and consider the fact that Tietchens has beenreleasing electronic music for over 20 years.
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PEACE ORCHESTRA

Okay, so this album came out about a year ago but after some listening I finally want to give it a wee bit of attention.
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THE NO WTO COMBO, "LIVE FROM THE BATTLE"

There's no way a protest against the WTO (World Trade Organization) is going down without Jello Biafra getting involved.
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BLUE MAN GROUP, "AUDIO"

The Blue Man Group are aperformance art group who's shows combine art, music, science andtheater to a bizarre and comedic effect.
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KID 606, "DOWN WITH THE SCENE"

It's nice to see that in Kid's ripe old age of 20 he has no plans of slowing down.
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THE CZARS, "BEFORE... BUT LONGER"

With their country esque American feel and sound, The Czars seem like an unlikely pick for the Bella Union label.
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NOT BREATHING, "ITCHY TINGLES"

David Wright has picked up the beat a bit on the latest offering. I find myself more captivated by this album than most of the other music Wright has released.
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LAIKA, "BAD TIMES"

Laika's second single from this year's "Good Looking Blues" is a three-tracker featuring the title track plus two non-lp tunes.
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AROVANE, "ATOL SCRAP" + "TIDES"

Arovane, aka 35-year-old German Uwe Zahn, has in the past few years produced a split 7", several 12"s, an EP, remix work (Various Artists "8,8.5,9 remixes" - Arovane's 'amx' is one of my personal favorites) and now, two full length albums: the debut "Atol Scrap" on Din and "Tides" on the new City Centre Offices label.
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ROLLERBALL, "BATHING MUSIC"

Whenever I see that envelope arrive in my box with the RoadCone return stamp I get all gleeful wondering what treats await inside.
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CURRENT 93, "SLEEP HAS HIS HOUSE"

David Tibet throws himself heartfirst into a single-pointed meditation on loss which is perhaps his finest work to date.
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MARTY WILLSON-PIPER, "HANGING OUT IN HEAVEN"

If I weren't such an incurable Church fan, I might not have given this CD a listen.
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