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FEATURES
VINCENT KUHNER - "NO MINUTE..."
an album with a very long name + FREE DOWNLOAD LINK
JAMES BLACKSHAW - "ALL IS FALLING"
the Lord of the 12-string returns
CLUTTER - "YELLOW LIGHT DISCARDED"
excellent experimental little 3"
FIELD ROTATION - "WHY THINGS ARE DIFFERENT"
icey sounds
MOON DUO - "ESCAPE"
heavy psyche grooves
GUILD - "REQUIEM"
majorly mysterious minamilism + FREE DOWNLOAD LINK
CURRENT 93 - "BAALSTORM, SING OMEGA"
major new release from David Tibet and his current crew
WORMROT - "ABUSE"
mind-crushing grindcore from Singapore on Earache
GUSTAVO JOBIM - "TRAPPED IN A DAYJOB"
electronic soundwaves from Brazil
MAX RICHTER - "INFRA"
new album from the innovative composer/producer
NANCY GARCIA - "BE THE CLIMB"
more irresistible madness from Ecstatic Peace records
CARLTON MELTON - "PASS IT ON"
heavy psyche kicks from the West Coast
FAUST
live review of the Manchester Ruby Lounge date
HAUSFRAUEN EXPERIMENT
4 classic songs get taken up the analogue electric avenue
DAVID NEWLYN - "FRIDAY NIGHT CHOIR PRACTISE"
manipulated cathedral field recordings
TALVIHORROS - "MUSIC IN FOUR MOVEMENTS"
a free-flowing, stream of conciousnes review of a strange ambient record
DAMON & NAOMI - "1001 NIGHTS"
A DVD compilation from the former Galaxie 500 rhythm section turned acoustic troubadours
CARLOS VILLENA - "OSCI.LACIONS EN LA PENOMBRA DE LES TAQUES SOLARS"
a 3" disc from another world. probably.
MUSHROOM - "NAKED, STONED & STABBED"
more sultry, sunny sounds
CARIBOU - "SWIM"
new album from Dan Snaith and it's joyous
WOODEN SHJIPS - "VOL.2"
a compilation of essential but rare Wooden Shjips moments
IT'S SPRINGTIME!
a spotify playlist for your next barbeque, garden party, game of croquet or hillside booze session
HARUKI - "THE LAND THAT LIES BEHIND US"
a stunningly abstract mini-album on 5" cd
VIBRAVOID - "WHAT COLOUR IS PINK? EP"
a 7" that takes early Pink Floyd over to Dusseldorf
FURSAXA - "MYCORRHIZAE REALM"
some seriously psychedelic folk
JACK ROSE - "LUCK IN THE VALLEY"
lovely old time jam with the sadly recently deceased guitarist
THE PSYCHOGEOGRAPHICAL COMMISSION - "GENIUS LOCI"
tripping through England's hidden reverse
RBE: RAUDIVE BUNKER EXPERIMENT
80s experimental electro compilation
WHITE HILLS - "WHITE HILLS"
white-hot, shit-hot, white-out rock 'n' roll reviewed
HARMONIA & ENO 76 - "TRACKS & TRACES re-issued"
better late than never, a review of the new version of Eno's collaboration with his German mentors
HANNAH PEEL - "REBOX"
a little EP of big songs with a little sound
NICK HENNIES - "LINEAL"
more haunting ambience from the ever-poignant SRA label
KAWABATA MAKOTO & MICHISHITA SHINSUKE - “MARU SANKAKU SHIKAKU (CIRCLE TRIANGLE SQUARE)”
another collaboration between the Acid Mothers Temple & LSD March mainmen
SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN - "A"
Latest collaboration with Four Tet - fucking a!
KRAUTROCK: Cosmic Rock & it's Legacy
we review a book!
HUSH ARBORS - "YANKEE REALITY"
More great modern American new rock sound
WHITE OUT with JIM O'ROURKE & THURSTON MOORE - "SENSO"
Incendiary live document
MV & EE - "BARN NOVA"
Super cosmic woodland rock n roll
STARLESS & BIBLE BLACK - "SHAPE OF THE SHAPE"
Mancunian folk-rock space exploration
SAMARA LUBELSKI - "FUTURE SLIP"
gorgeous downtempo album from the former Hall Of Fame, The Tower Recordings member
RICHARD YOUNGS - "UNDER STELLAR STREAM"
a hand-written review of one of 2009's finest
THE YELLOW MOON BAND - "POLARIS (SPACE AND TIME REMIX)"
what's 12"s long, yellow and give us pleasure?
BORIS - "8 / HEY EVERYONE"
first in a new series of Boris 7"s entitled "Japanese Heavy Rock Hits"
SPACEMEN 3 / WOODEN SHJIPS
a split 7" of Spacemen 3 songs
MICHAEL YONKERS & PLASTIC CRIMEWAVE SOUND - "BLEED OUT"
lp of guitar noise joy
CAVE - "THE RIDE"
a little 7" packed full of power
ALOG / ASTRAL SOCIAL CLUB
latest release in Fat Cat's Split Series
MAX RICHTER - "MEMORYHOUSE"
composers debut album finally available again
PENS - "HEY FRIEND WHAT YOU DOING?
sick, psyche punk pop thrills
THE FLAMING LIPS - "EMBRYONIC"
it's not often you'll find us enthusing about Time Warner produce but every rule has it's exceptions
CELER - "CLOSE PROXIMITY AND THE UNHINDERED CARE-ALL"
a stunning work of minamilism and emotion
OM - "GOD IS GOOD"
the bass/drum duo leap off further into space
VARIOUS ARTISTS - "ALL KILLER"
Gaslamp Killer makes a mix CD out of the Finders Keepers catalogue
THE TWILIGHT SAD – “FORGET THE NIGHT AHEAD”
The Scottish miserbalists return and still on form
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE – “LUMINOUS NIGHT”
Ben Chasney is back with another classic album
VIBRAVOID – “KRAUTROCK SENSATION EP”
A 4 track EP on coloured 7" vinyl of.....krautrock cover versions!
MÚM “SING ALONG TO SONGS YOU DON'T KNOW”
Twinkling, odd pop music from Iceland
TWINKRANES - "SPEKTRUMTHEATRESNAKES"
A review of the forthcoming debut album on Twisted Nerve from this Dublin trio. Hand-written and cut-up
BAKU: SYMPHONY OF SIRENS. SOUND EXPERIMENTS IN THE SOVIET AVANT-GARDE
Andy Wilson reviews Recommended Records compilations of Soviet era avant-garde music.
SUNN O))) - "MONOLITHS & DIMENSIONS"
A hand-written review of the recent Sunn O))) album
JEFFREY LEWIS - HEBDEN BRIDGE TRADES CLUB - 27/9/09
A mathematical hand-written gig review
MAHIKARI - "MAHIKARI"
A review of the collaboration between Kawabata Makoto of Acid Mothers Temple and Yamamoto Seiichi formerly of The Boredoms
NICHOLAS SZCZEPANIK – “THE CHIASMUS”
A review of a modern masterpiece of mood-driven, ambient minimalism
FAUST "C'EST COM...COM...COMPLIQUE"
A hand written review of the new Faust studio album
WAS IST DAS SPOTIFY PLAYLIST
Listen to a list of recommended tracks, both classic & modern
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE "ARE WE EXPERIMENTAL?"
An excedingly odd album reviewed in all it's glory
"OPEN STRINGS: Early Virtuoso Recordings From The Middle East, And New Responses"
Excellent new compilation on Honest John's Records
RHYS CHATHAM - "A CRIMSON GRAIL (FOR 400 ELECTRIC GUITARS)"
Not a new release but just for the sake of it, here's a review
WASISTDAS VERSION 1.0
All the files were lost due to computer death while the site was offline. However, in a few wonderful corners of the internet, I managed to find traces and remnants presented here for historical and sentimental reasons
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE. - "MYTH OF THE LOVE ELECTRIQUE"
A review of one of their 2006 releases
JANEK SCHAEFER - HUDDERSFIELD TOWN HALL
A review of a gig from November 20th 2005, part of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
JEAN-HERVE PERON OF FAUST INTERVIEWED
One of the earliest articles on the old website, an e-mail interview with Jean-Herve Peron of Faust.
INTERNET ARCHIVE
I found a 2006 version of my website saved on the internet archive. Thanks to them, here are the rest of the articles
AMON DUUL II - "PHALLUS DEI" DVD
JOHN PEEL - "MARGRAVE OF THE MARSHES"
MUSIC OF TODAY- an overview of Embyro by Lee Brady
FAUST - "COLLECTIF MET(Z)"
TUSSLE - "KLING KLANG"
FAUST + Ectogram - Newcastle Academy 2, UK, 8th November 2005
TONY CONRAD & FAUST - "OUTSIDE THE DREAM SYNDICATE ALIVE" (Table Of The Elements)
SUPERSILENT @ Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Saturday 19th November 2005
AMON DÜÜL II - Mean Fiddler, London, UK, November 13th 2005
DAMO SUZUKI NETWORK - The Cornerhouse, Huddersfield, Friday 27th January 2006
BRAIN LABEL REMASTERS - DIGIPAK ISSUES
ROTHER, CURTIS & KLINGHOFFER @ The Bowery Ballroom, NYC, USA, 4th March 2006
RECORD SHOP GUIDE TO BERLIN
CAN - "ZHENGZHENG RIKANG"
THIRD & FINAL BATCH OF CAN REMASTERS
MICHAEL ROTHER & MOEBIUS – Picture House, Hebden Bridge, 14th July 2006
ANDY WILSON - “STRETCH OUT TIME: 1970-1975” - book about Faust
THE FLAMING LIPS - “AT WAR WITH THE MYSTICS 5.1”
TUSSLE – “TELESCOPE MIND”
FAUST – Irish Centre, Leeds, 5th June 2007
HARMONIA - “LIVE 1974” (Gronland)
ommited are:
1. A very obsolete article about legal music download websites.
2. Lee Brady's excellent article on Embryo does not seem to be on the web archive. BAH! It was really good, trust me.
3.An article on the Huddersfield Festival of Light which was little more than a bunch of poorly-taken photos
4.A review of a single by !!! which I think was the first review I ever did on the site. If memory serves, I took it down after a year or two for no particularly good reason.