
"Alternately absurd and acutely real, these five songs from the enigmatic Cambridge-based Um are propelled by off-kilter, charity shop grooves, sampled loops and post-digital crunches and hums. His style is short, darkly humourous tales that are frequently eccentric and ...
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SL1 | STRANGE LIGHTS

"The Gold Sparkle Band hit New York fully-formed in 1998, and Nu*Soul Zodiac, their third album, documents their breakthrough. Blurring the line between composition and improvisation, GSB move seamlessly from dirges saturated with Messiaen-ic color to full-throttle free ...
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SQLR028 | SQUEALER

"We've [Bobby Conn & the Glass Gypsies] played over 250 gigs in the past few years with the same line-up, and our live set has chrome-plated pointy metal spikes that you don't hear on the records. In the studio, I do lots of arranging with overdubs, editing and mixing, ...
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THRILL155 | THRILL JOCKEY

"'V V i t c h' is fucked up. The vocals are on the minimal side, and what you can hear you wouldn't want to understand. 'Black Skull' the first song sounds like Devo being sprayed out of an industrial tree shredder. Next up 'Lamenting A Maiden' is a funeral march in the ...
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REPOSE704 | RIOT SEASON

"scotty and i worked together at a record store in new york city. he was a dj around town and he still is i think. we both really liked dance music and dance music from the very beginning and i mean stomps and shouts and claps and stuff like that. of course we like all ...
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PAW06 | PAW TRACKS
"acousmatic & electroacoustic stuff / very XP / continually mutating / quite physical & neurotic, very worked mastering. mixed, struktured & mutated by Seal Phüric & Trionix. 250gr. egg holed "cream-white" rectangular sleeve / black printing / thin plastic layered ( in ...
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LENS002 | AMBIVALENCE
"crunshed spasmic broken beats / noisy psychodelictual XP analog soundscapes / cloudy disturbed jazz. quadri folded sleeve / plastic EP case / plastic film protection - 2 color mini-CD with transparent surface around." (label info)
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