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GOLDFRAPP, "FELT MOUNTAIN"

Well, add this to the list of things I just happened to miss at Sonar and get really pissed off about after.
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PRAM, "THE MUSEUM OF IMAGINARY ANIMALS"

Rosie and company return with a brilliant new disc of ten of the best Pram songs since 1995's "Sargasso Sea" LP.
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CALE/CONRAD/MACLISE/YOUNG/ZAZEELA "INSIDE THE DREAM SYNDICATE VOLUME I: DAY OF NIAGRA (1965)"

In the early to mid1960's the New York City based collective of John Cale, Tony Conrad,Angus Maclise, La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela invented a "dreammusic" of precise pitched drones for extreme duration.
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LUSTMORD, "PURIFYING FIRE"

"That's what he's beendoing for years," says Jessica regarding my comments of the latestcollection from Brian Williams, a.k.a. Lustmord.
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CHRIS CONNELLY AND THE BELLS "THE ULTIMATE SEASIDE COMPANION (REVISITED)"

Chris Connelly is aScottish born, Chicago based singer/songwriter with a decade long solocareer that has produced five albums thus far under his own name andThe Bells band name.
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MERZBOW/CHRISTOPH HEEMANN, "SLEEPER AWAKES AT THE EDGE OF ABYSS"

In 1987 Masami Akita (akaMerzbow) mailed a cassette of sound material to Christoph Heemann(H.N.A.S., Current 93, Mirror, Mimir, etc.) which the latter thenworked on for the next 6 years.
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VLADISLAV DELAY, "MULTILA"

The more I hear from Helsinki's Vladislav Delay, the more I'm convinced he's a genius.
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ILLUSION OF SAFETY, "THE NATURE OF SAND"

This CD documents twolive performances from 1995 featuring Illusion of Safety with membersof Life Garden (in Phoenix) and Illusion of Safety with Voice of Eye(Houston).
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ELEVENTH DREAM DAY, "STALLED PARADE"

In the course of thirteen years, the face and styles of independent rock has gone through a number of changes.
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"RISE/CONVERGENCE"

Kurt Gluck explains inthe rather impressive booklet for this CD that he wanted to arrange acollection of various artists that could be listened to together in onelisten.
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"VOICES IN MY LUNCHBOX"

What does that title mean to you?
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"SOUNDS OF THE GEOGRAPHICALLY CHALLENGED"

The next compilation featured this week proves that Jeremy Devine does indeed have good Karma after all.
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"CHILLOUT BASSCAPES 2"

There once was a technocollection titled "Beware of Bass," and I wished I paid attention tothat warning, because any compilation with the word "Bass" in thetitle, stay far away from.
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THE CLARKE & WARE EXPERIMENT, "PRETENTIOUS"

pretentious\Pre*ten"tious\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]tentieux. See Pretend.] Full ofpretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming;assuming.
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"COMMERCIAL AD HOC"

I sometimes wonder why I buy these things, especially when the websites openly give the songs away free on MP3.
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THROBBING GRISTLE, "RAFTERS"

More evidence that CDs are too easy to produce are all these bootlegs of Throbbing Gristle popping up.
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TRANS AM, "RED LINE"

This has got to be one of (if not) my favorite albums released this year.
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MAN OR ASTRO-MAN?, "A SPECTRUM OF INFINITE SCALE"

For those still holdingonto the summer magic, run to the nearest store to get the latestspace-invader surf-epic guitar-noodling electronica rock and roll fromMan Or Astro-Man?!
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MARK SPYBEY/MICK HARRIS, "BAD ROADS, YOUNG DRIVERS"

Mark Spybey & Mick Harris "Bad Roads, Young Drivers"This is volume 2 of the 3 part Hushush "Threesome" series of collaborations between Ambre, Mark Spybey (Dead Voices On Air, Propeller) and Mick Harris (Scorn, Quoit).
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FUMBLE, "FUMBLE"

Fumble is electronic artist Jens Massel (aka Senking, Kandis) and this is the debut as Fumble for Germany's Karaoke Kalk label.
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