With the Wire banging on about the legendary Dream Syndicate prettymuch every other month you're either going to be gagging to hear theseearly sonic experiments of the long nosed Welsh viola player from theVelvet Underground or you're going to be almost as pig sick of hearingabout it as you are of Radiodread.
Those who remember the gorgeous eponymous first release by Halifax Pierin 2000 will want to come back for more, and those who have never heardthem should start here.
Keigo Oyamada, the boy genius better known as Cornelius, has finallyreturned from a three-year hiatus which followed the release of hiscritically acclaimed 'Fantasma'.
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Not to be confused with the album of a similar name, 'Paws' is a cleverly-titled four song EP of remixes from Kieran Hebden and friends.
The ambient/electronic/noise collage veterans' latest CD features eightunreleased improv pieces recorded live in Europe and the U.S., plus onestudio piece that also appears on the 'Wiretapper 7' CD compilation.
Making its way to the shops this week is the CD issue of the nowlegendary 12" single originally released (and reviewed) back inDecember of 2000. "Sign" has got to be one of my favorite 12" singlereleases in the last few years, with a B-side that clocks in over 36minutes.
Trawling in mostly sonic experimenters and improvisers from theManchester area, this CD-R compilation offers a partial window on thenoises being made at regular events such as Rotations andaLECTRO_eCOUSTIC throughout 2001.
This Sub Rosa compilation brings together five artists working withelectroacoustic drone and is perhaps chiefly notable as the firstreappearance of the hibernating Main in quite some time, but all fivetracks will quite likely appeal to fans of Robert Hampson's laterrecordings such as the "Hertz" and "Firmament" series.
This is definitely one of the most ambitious releases in months and isquite possibly the most ambitious LPD release to date. This three CDset is composed of nearly all unreleased music, with the exception oftwo tracks from the LP edition of 'Nemesis Online' ("10th Shade," and"Schatten").