Quite an intriguing burst of dark electronic and sample noise from Violet, whose Violet Ray Gas and The Playback Singers
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1970s UK Power Pop (TSP radio 06/03/09)
Sparks, ‘At Home At Work At Play’ (1974) From Propaganda, UNIVERSAL-ISLAND 984 341 0 CD (2006) Rezillos, ‘Flying Saucer Attack’
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Pianist Tonino Miano sent a copy of Ulysses (IMPRESSUS RECORDS NO NUMBER), a record of improvised music he made with
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From Rhode Island’s mudboy we received the envelope decorated with a blue line drawing of a flying cat. This arrived
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Paris-based electroacoustic musician Eric Cordier was noted in issue 15 for his 2006 CD Breizhiselad, a fine and bewitching record
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Music from Japan IV (TSP radio 27/02/09)
Kousokuya, ‘The Dark Spot’ (1989) From 1st, JAPAN PSFD-132 CD (2003) Altered States, ‘Travis’ From 6, JAPAN ZENBEI RECORD ZEN-005
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We’ve been receiving some fairly dark and opaque releases from the excellent Fang Bomb label in Sweden these last few
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From the ESP-Disk’ label this month, we have Don Cherry from 1966 with Live at Cafe Montmartre (ESP 4051). It’s
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Three new vinyl objects from the German DEKORDER label, whose identity might be emerging as a European equivalent of America’s
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A box of considerable size arrived from the Escho record label in Denmark. In it, a number of limited-pressing vinyl
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