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Extended extended extended

Brand new special extended episode featuring 14 new (and new from the vaults) recordings by British Murder Boys, Mono, JG Thirlwell, Gouge Away, Rail Band, Greater Than One, Can, Akira Kosemura & Lawrence English, Hans Reichel, Or Best Offer, Tongue Depressor, Drop Nineteens, A Certain Ratio, and Aya.

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ACHIM WOLLSCHEID, "AIRS"

Sunday, 16 January 2000

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Although it's not quite like catching this electronic performer live, it is a nice artifact to own.

SUICIDE REISSUES

Sunday, 16 January 2000

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Thanks, Mute for making these available now in the USA. While Red Star did reissue Suicide's first album in 1997, this version is coupled with a second CD.

PITA, "GET OUT"

Sunday, 16 January 2000

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Peter Rehberg, well-knownfor his work in Rehberg & Bauer, is also prolific with his solooutput as Pita, featured on the Austrian experimental techno label MEGO.

UAKTI, "AGUAS DA AMAZONIA"

Sunday, 02 January 2000

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I feel a littleembarrassed browsing through my local record store's New Age section,but only a little. I find the latest album by the Brazilian group Uakti(wa-ka-chee), and am vindicated.

ELPH, "20' TO 2000"

Sunday, 02 January 2000

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Alas, the final installment of the 20 minutes to 2000 series from Germany's Raster-Noton label. ELpH (a.k.a. Coil) constructs the December issue, the most interesting and least minimal bit from the entire series.

LAUB, "INTUITION"

Sunday, 02 January 2000

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Not just your regular remix album. This one kicks major booty withtracks from previous Laub CDs that have been reworked by folks likePole, Schneider TM and Coldcut.

FANTASTIC PLASTIC MACHINE, "INTERNATIONAL STANDARD EP" US

Sunday, 02 January 2000

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What is it with theJapanese and their interest in releasing different music in differentcountries? More annoying than them goddamned European two parts, thisremix EP has three different versions, three different tracklistings,yet one's released in Japan, one in Europe and one in North America.

"THE REPERCUSSIONS OF ANGELIC BEHAVIOR"

Sunday, 02 January 2000

Mark Weddle

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Bill Rieflin (Ministry, the Revolting Cocks, KMFDM, SWANS, NIN, etc),Robert Fripp and Trey Gunn (King Crimson) first pooled their impressivetalents on Rieflin's debut solo album from earlier this year, "Birth ofa Giant", also on First World Records. "The Repercussions of AngelicBehavior" is 53 minutes of instrumental improvisations from the samesessions. Whereas the majority of the tracks on "BoaG" were wellcrafted experimental pop songs, the 10 untitled tracks found here arelittle more than self indulgent, masturbatory jamming ... unfocused,leftover session fodder better left in the vaults. The music rangesfrom laid back ambient atmospheres, courtesy of Fripp and Gunn's uniqueguitar tones, to rapid-fire and somewhat random, headache inducingguitar/drum/bass noise blasts. There's a lot of talent in the room butto my ears there's a serious lack of soul. I'm sure the prog rock /acid jazz crowds would be able to find whatever it is they find in thissort of stuff ... but it does nothing for me. Save for three of thelonger (7+ minute) tracks of the more ambient nature, "Repercussions.."is really disappointing. "Birth of a Giant" makes much better use ofthe talents of Rieflin, Fripp and Gunn (and several others) and remainsone of my favorite new albums of 1999. Get it instead ... - Mark Weddle

THOMAS FEHLMANN "ONE TO THREE. OVERFLOW"

Sunday, 02 January 2000

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Fehlmann is an electronicmusician with 20 years experience as a member of Palais Schaumburg andthe Orb, producer/mixer for Sun Electric, and as a solo artist andre-mixer.

BEST BOY ELECTRIC, "SONGS OF LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE"

Sunday, 02 January 2000

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Sometimes it gets quitedifficult to describe something without using comparisons to othersbefore them. While I really enjoy this, the charming and honest debutfull-lengther from Best Boy Electric, the slow and melodic musiccombined with the hesitant vocals screams of influence of Galaxie 500,Bedhead and of course, Low.