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Time-tested, probably not mother-approved: veterans Abigor are the definition of true cult black metal. Hailing from Austria, one of the few non-Scandinavian European countries to really boast an "infamous" black metal scene, Abigor have now released umpteen

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The latest offspring in Mille Plateaux's propagation of minimalist techno comes from Los Angeles graphic designer Dan Abrams, who continues the trend of elegeat glitch techno also heard from SND, Andreas Tilliander, Mikael Stavostrand, and Taylor Deupree.

The French Band (remember they informed us of this fact on the cover of their first album?) has returned. Whatever -- we've been very vocal in the past about our strong dislike for the puffy shallowness that is Air. My main argument was that their music made

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SF pop heroes return with a newly recorded version of "The Red Door", from last year's highly acclaimed LP "The Last Match". Also included are two new songs, a live cover of Girls At Our Best's "Warm Girls" and "Summers Reprise".

Like Jonah Sharp (aka Spacetime Continuum) and Tom Jenkinson (aka Squarepusher), Mitchell Akiyama arrived at electronica after extensive training as a jazz musician. That said, Mitchell's jazz roots don't really show here. "Hope That Lines Don't Cross" is

The soothing mellowness of American Analog Set is captured wonderfully on this collection of various singles and unreleased tracks (original sleeve artworks are reproduced in the liner notes). Conjuring lazy-summer-afternoon-in-a-hammock daydreams that bring to

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Described as Morbid Angel meets At The Gates, Sweden's Anata play relentless and pummelling melodic death metal. While their last record -was- really great, it was definitely plagued by their blatant Morbid Angel worship. On 'Dreams...' they make a huge progression, still heavy and intricate and almost catchy, but much more uniquely Anata.

Swedish melodic death/prog metal, featuring the sort of over-the-top guitar and keyboard wizardry that makes people either love or hate the similarily-inclined Children of Bodom. The former (first) vocalist of Darkane does a bit more actual singing on here than he did in his previous band.

For being a band that's scary as shit to see live, and who may be the only practitioner of the long lost art of GG Allin style entertainment (one show had the singer leap from the PA onto a table covered with tacks, and all shows have him ending up covered in blood), Antiseen sure sound wimpier and wimpier with every record. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, just kind of weird.

Remixes of Scottish duo Arab Strap's first single off of their newest "The Red Thread" album by Bis, Jason Famous and... Arab Strap. Three pleasant, if not particularly challenging tracks for diehard AS completists (AS newcomers should definitely check out

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Another old school hiphop collection, compiling the best of KRS-One and Scott La Rock's early BDP output, documenting the historic Bronx vs. Queens battle (on tracks like "The Bridge Is Over", the rebuttal to MC Shan's "The Bridge"). Also included: "South

This is one of the coolest, weirdest takes on the metalcore sound we've heard. Broken Promises are from Belgium, and their sound is equal parts full on metalcore mayhem, and dynamic restraint (read: space). The first song is epic, with a repeating, muted

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Featured here are two previously unreleased recordings from the Frankfurt Jazz Festival in 1968 and 1970. The first track is an alternate version of Brotz's classic attack "Machine Gun", as performed by a nine piece instead of the octet featured on the FMP Definitely a must for any free jazz junkie, these two lost artifacts were lovingly recovered by the fine folks at Atavistic.

Reissue of Sandy Bull's first album, originally released in 1963. Often stuffed in the drawer behind John Fahey's dirty socks though, if he were to be compared with anyone, his playing style is much more influenced by Pete Seeger. Banjo was Sandy's first

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Formed out of the ashes of Swedish 90's Earache deathmetal act Cadaver, the 21st Century Cadaver (Inc.) is an-all new "post-black-metal" beast, drawing upon bandleader/guitarist Anders Odden's experiences contributing to recent Apoptygma Berzerk

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John Cale's "Sun Blindness Music" is the first release in a planned trilogy of archival recordings from this founder of the Velvet Underground. Much has been made already about Cale's contribution to both the history of rock and the history of minimalism, so As on the archival recordings of The Dream Syndicate excavated by Table of the Elements, the recording quality of "Sun Blindness Music" is not all that good, but at least here it's much more listenable.

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If there's one thing you can count on, it's pure Calexico quality. Even their newest grab bag ep of eight odds and ends (unreleased tracks, remixes and b-sides) and three videos (on cd-rom) is no exception. Joey Burns and John Convertino craft

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From the garage rock headquarters known as Estrus Records comes this sweaty rock'n'roll combo. Playing it loose, trashy and fully amped up, The Cherry Valence bow down at the alter of Nuge... that's right, they rock a la Ted "Bowhunters World" Nugent. High-spirited boogie rock from Raleigh, NC. Just off tour with big fans The (Fucking) Champs and Drunkhorse.

Hip hop's great white hope is not Eminem, no matter what MTV tells you, it's cLOUDDEAD and the East Bay's Anticon collective which he proudly represents, and that has already produced avant-hip-hop masterpieces from Boom Bip and Dose One and Them. This cd collects the 6 super limited cLOUDDEAD 10"s, (some of which we still have in stock) and much like the Them record, this is

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We here at Aquarius haven't agreed with the critical acclaim that's greeted the recent output of Coil; however, we do agree that their second proper album "Horse Rotovator" should still be viewed as one of the great electronic albums of the 1980s. Immersed in Industrial Culture's transgressive ideologies, and thus intended as perversions of contemporary media and politics, Coil produced With bands like Peaches and Trans Am trawling the '80s solely for the purpose of irony, Coil's work from that decade may appear today as excessively bombastic, too homoerotic, or downright dated. However, "Horse Rotovator" and the criminally unavailable "Love's Secret Domain" undeniably stand at the apex of Coil's extensive career.

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Back in October of 2000 when the Deltron 3030 album came out we expressed our sadness that an album of such great potential was sullied by the pedestrian vocal stylings of Del "Tha Funky Homosapien" and hoped that at some point Dan The Automator would

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So this is the new Diabolical Masquerade album and it actually IS an "Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (not one of those 'soundtrack to an imaginary film' things) for a film about a man who somehow cheats death, and his mind is seperated from his body and he is forced to try and free his mind from the 'not alive' netherworld and rejoin it to his body. Sounds pretty cool. Doubt

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RSI is another UK label trafficking in difficult and totally original electronic music (like countrymates Fflint Central). It's a shame that they only make cd-rs. I find it hard to believe they wouldn't be able to sell 1000 cds, but it hardly makes a The beginning of the opening track is a bit misleading, with what sounds like the gentle shimmering of Tibetan bells, but they slowly distort until POW! A crunching ear-shredding sort-of-electro/sort-of-jungle MONSTER BEAT kicks in. And while within these 5 tracks, DOS takes the occasional breather, with bleeping and blipping, squiggly electronic squeals and tranquil burbling, it's all about the beat, which resurfaces a couple more times to pound your skull and rattle the rafters.

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This is an ultra limited split seven inch on Die Stadt, featuring stalwart sound researcher John Duncan, conceptual artist C.M. von Hausswolff, and Ditterich Von Euler-Donnersperg, who is often described as a cranky writer. Duncan offers 6 locked grooves of

Debut release from Seattle based electronic artist Eblake (aka E. Blake Davis). A beautifully cold, dark record full of pulsing beats and lush sonic landscapes. Fans of Autechre's "Amber" or the Chain Reaction label take note.

Mark Eitzel has long been an AQ-favorite, the local troubadour of the downtrodden whose work with American Music Club and thru three+ solo albums was so stellar that there was a time I would never ever miss one of his shows. Eitzel's newest solo album was completed mostly on his own using ProTools and a guitar in his living room. You wouldn't know it from the sound, though, as it is

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This is the second full length from Electric Birds (Mike Martinez -- head honcho of Deluxe, formerly of Cars Get Crushed). Panorama is full of rich tones, layered with organic found sounds and bubbly beats. Fans of Nobukazu Takemura and Matmos should definitely check this out.

For those of you who don't have MTV, avoid mainstream hip hop radio, and thus may not ever have heard Missy Elliot before, take our advice and get this record. It's pretty damn worthwhile. Missy is a big and curvaceous hip hop diva (unlike the rail thin

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Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn of EBTG reveal their "chillout" mix as their contribution to the Back To Mine series. Stuff they play includes cuts from DJ Cam, Carl Craig, Beth Orton, and The Roots.

Celebrating a decade of their doomier/uglier/more fucked up than thou sludgy, Sabbathy metalcore, New Orleans favorites EyeHateGod serve up their first offical live album. Includes four previously unreleased demo tracks (1990), four live-in-the-studio tracks from a 1990 radio show, and eight live songs recorded on their 2000 European tour. Live albums are not always essential purchases, even for devoted fans (like we are of EHG), but this one definitely captures the band's particular (peculiar) genius. And if you didn't already know who it was, you could mistake portions of this for a Brainbombs record, with EHG's trademark solid state feedback filling in for the trumpet sounds (at least I did, for a moment, when it was playing in the store. But then, for a second I also thought it was Abruptum or something, as the vocals are much more akin to a black metal croak). But the damaged Sabbathy swing is unmistakable, and the feedback sound IS EHG.

If you've been itchin' for something house-y for your warm summer nights, look no further than this, the third album from Tomoyuki Tanaka aka Fantastic Plastic Machine. Reaching back to the 70s for some soul and house moves embellished with some Brazillian accents and flute flourishes. A comment on the music straight from the horse's mouth, "Comparing my music to a girl, I used to

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We do declare this "Tortoiselab". Second album from these ex-Jessamine boys. Faux-krautrock groove/ambience.

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From Quagmire performs their avant-folk improvisations with the same restraint and quietness as Tower Recordings, yet produce their recordings with a great deal more clarity. From Quagmire is a trio from Virginia, featuring members of the damaged rock ensemble Rake. Their songs are loosely based around the Jandekian plucks of a nylon-strung acoustic guitar and the hushed vocals

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A new addition to the Constellation Records family which as you may know includes such impressive abstract soundscapers as Godspeed You Black Emperor, Do Make Say Think and Fly Pan Am. Fellow-Montrealers Hanged Up travel in a very similar carriage. Spare, often metallic percussion and sinewy, on-the-verge-of-feedback strings are combined in dramatic, minimal improvisations.

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I'm beginning to feel like the guy at AQ that tries to convince you it's okay to like those bands that for some reason you are embarassed to like. But if that is my position, then so be it. We had a Hanoi Rocks greatest hits collection a while back, but Hanoi Rocks, while inadvertently helping to spawn an entire generation of MTV glam rock, managed to create an amazing and varied body of work, from trashy garage stomps to perfect little pop songs. And even with a lot of high profile attention (their drummer was killed by Motley Crue's Vince Neil in a drunk driving accident, a hit with their cover of CCR's 'Up Around The Bend, having their entire catalog reissued on Guns and Roses' label at the height of G&R's popularity) they somehow managed to stay just enough underground to miss the superstardom they so deserved. Their sound was a mix of Stooges style garage rock, good old Beatle-esque pop, and a weird reggae/dub influence most obvious in their rhythm guitar parts and dubby drum lines (like the Clash, who supplied Hanoi Rocks with their replacement bass player when Sam Yaffa moved to America to play in Jetboy). But the bottom line is always the songs, and the songs are catchy as fuck. Trust me, Hanoi Rocks are so good -- don't be swayed by their tenuous connection to the eighties hair bands (even though singer Mike Monroe was way hotter than any of his glam rock contemporaries). And mark my words, I will have Allan singing their praises in no time, even if it kills me, or him. This is Hanoi Rocks' third and maybe best record and things get decidedly weirder, with the bizarre (and aptly titled) intro 'Strange Boys Play Weird Openings', the rollicking and insane 'Mental Beat', the stumbling chaos of 'Tooting Bec Wreck', the ultra catchy Stooges-like 'Back To Mystery City' and just a non stop barrage of fucking great songs: 'Malibu Beach Nightmare', 'Until I Get You', 'Lick Summer Love', 'Sailing Down The Tears' and more.

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I'm beginning to feel like the guy at AQ that tries to convince you it's okay to like those bands that for some reason you are embarassed to like. But if that is my position, then so be it. We had a Hanoi Rocks greatest hits collection a while back, but Hanoi Rocks, while inadvertently helping to spawn an entire generation of MTV glam rock, managed to create an amazing and varied body of work, from trashy garage stomps to perfect little pop songs. And even with a lot of high profile attention (their drummer was killed by Motley Crue's Vince Neil in a drunk driving accident, a hit with their cover of CCR's 'Up Around The Bend, having their entire catalog reissued on Guns and Roses' label at the height of G&R's popularity) they somehow managed to stay just enough underground to miss the superstardom they so deserved. Their sound was a mix of Stooges style garage rock, good old Beatle-esque pop, and a weird reggae/dub influence most obvious in their rhythm guitar parts and dubby drum lines (like the Clash, who supplied Hanoi Rocks with their replacement bass player when Sam Yaffa moved to America to play in Jetboy). But the bottom line is always the songs, and the songs are catchy as fuck. Trust me, Hanoi Rocks are so good, don't be swayed by their tenuous connection to the eighties hair bands (even though singer Mike Monroe was way hotter than any of his glam rock contemporaries). And mark my words, I will have Allan singing their praises in no time, even if it kills me, or him. These reissues are remastered, have tons of photos and really great and extensive liner notes. 'Bangkok Shocks' was Hanoi Rocks debut and starts off with possibly two of their best songs, 'Tragedy', all chunky guitars and falsetto backup vocals, and 'Village Girl', probably my favorite Hanoi Rocks songs. A perfect pop song, ultra catchy chorus, unforgettable riff, and a weird dubby rhythm.

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I'm beginning to feel like the guy at AQ that tries to convince you it's okay to like those bands that for some reason you are embarassed to like. But if that is my position, then so be it. We had a Hanoi Rocks greatest hits collection a while back, but Hanoi Rocks, while inadvertently helping to spawn an entire generation of MTV glam rock, managed to create an amazing and varied body of work, from trashy garage stomps to perfect little pop songs. And even with a lot of high profile attention (their drummer was killed by Motley Crue's Vince Neil in a drunk driving accident, a hit with their cover of CCR's 'Up Around The Bend, having their entire catalog reissued on Guns and Roses' label at the height of G&R's popularity) they somehow managed to stay just enough underground to miss the superstardom they so deserved. Their sound was a mix of Stooges style garage rock, good old Beatle-esque pop, and a weird reggae/dub influence most obvious in their rhythm guitar parts and dubby drum lines (like the Clash, who supplied Hanoi Rocks with their replacement bass player when Sam Yaffa moved to America to play in Jetboy). But the bottom line is always the songs, and the songs are catchy as fuck. Trust me, Hanoi Rocks are so good, don't be swayed by their tenuous connection to the eighties hair bands (even though singer Mike Monroe was way hotter than any of his glam rock contemporaries). And mark my words, I will have Allan singing their praises in no time, even if it kills me, or him. 'Self Destruction Blues' was a compilation of unreleased material released to give the band time to rehearse/write with new drummer Razzle. But even as an odds and ends collection, this is an amazingly tight collection. Features possibly their most famous song (and everyone's favorite live tune) 'Taxi Driver' as well as another unbeatable batch of trashy, catchy songs, including the hauntingly beautiful and mildly creepy 'Dead By Xmas' which seemd to hint at Razzle's premature death.

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You can never have too much Hawd Gangstuh Rappuhs MC's (Wid Ghatz). And god knows we're trying! Full length number two, in less than a year, and it's everything you've come to love from these East Coast miscreants. Bad drum programming, stupid lyrics, bad

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RSI is another UK label trafficking in difficult and totally original electronic music (like countrymates Fflint Central). It's a shame that they only make cd-rs. I find it hard to believe they wouldn't be able to sell 1000 cds, but it hardly makes a difference, because this stuff is so good. Headtrapcrashman was a definite contender for my record of the week. A static-y, scratchy, noisy masterpiece. Loping and melodic pianos, and gently plucked acoustic guitar, and whirring organs play simple melodic lines while a storm of wheezing and whining high end and washes of swelling fuzz roar in the background. Punctuated by bursts of rumblng bass and chopped up vocal snippets, sinister whispers and the occasional hiccupping drum loop. This record is dark and languorous, but in a threatening din sort of way. Kind of what I used to get out of listening to the still-trading-the-same-water Oval, but much more dynamic and much more interesting. Everyone who bought Fflint stuff, and fans of Oval, Dead C, Gate and just strange electronic music in general needs to check this out!

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John and Peter Hinds (of Sun Ra Research 'zine fame) return with their second album of hybrid jazz/electronica grooves. The mix includes drum'n'bass beats, dub elements, spacy synth, faux-classical compositions, AND incoherent interviews with homeless people

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This disc (Hollenthon's debut) actually came out last year, but we thought we ought to list it since it was an unfairly overlooked "sleeper" deserving of your attention, and also now we're excited by the prospect of an upcoming second Hollenton album and should

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RSI is another UK label trafficking in difficult and totally original electronic music (like countrymates Fflint Central). It's a shame that they only make cd-rs. I find it hard to believe they wouldn't be able to sell 1000 cds, but it hardly makes a difference, because this stuff is so good. This is fucking way out. Agonised wails of tortured souls buried underneth a suffocating layer of digital buzz/crapout littered with trashcan lid precussion. That's how it begins. And it never really lets up. Crazy and all over the place and totally original. Demented organs and horns battle malfunctioning drum machines spitting out inhuman and terminally unfunky rhythms. Sheets of high end skree and whirring harmonics punctuated by a barrage of peculiar sounding percussion: chirping bird snares, fist in the gut kick drums, and erratic cookie sheet clatter. And a track that sounds like they sampled some sort of post rock/fusion band playing in an airplane hanger, chopped it up and then unleashed an unholy plague of maniacal modems and renegade synths. This is some crazy shit. Recommended.

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So if you were disappointed by the new Weezer, and thought maybe Weezer don't sound as much like Weezer as they used to, well, the Impossibles do. Starting life as a pop-ska-punk band, the Impossibles have mutated into a catchy heartfelt power pop band, and a

Second album by this German heavy metal unit with a super dumb/generic name. Allan had dismissed them as yet another bunch of second rate Helloween/Hammerfall clones, but Andee gave 'em a chance and now both of us are fans, as we've discovered that there's

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It's not surprising to hear that a couple of Isan's tracks had been licensed for commercials here in the US. What marketing firm wouldn't kill to have some pleasant electronica that is simultaneously relaxing, happy, definitively European in origin, slightly obtuse, but totally catchy, and always leaving you wanting more? Isan specializes in wistful electronica melodies that hold more

Self-described by J.K. himself, Suddenly One Summer "was actually a spiritual realization through LSD." Certainly a dark psych album with hazy morose, Moby-Grape-style vocals that sound as if they're being uttered by a cosmic being somewhere beyond the next

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"Eisen" is another installment in a series from Organum ringleader David Jackman, who consistently offers a disturbing body of work with undeniable references to the atrocities of World War II. This piece is an extended collage built from an eerie repetition of a Wagnerian theme as played by a German marching band circa 1940. Jackman handles this piece with such masterful

Outside of his work in Organum (which has been sadly on hold for the past few years), David Jackman has been producing a strange series of collages based upon a handful of personal yet unidentified accounts from World War II. In previous interviews, Jackman has stated an open hostility towards the ultra-conservative agendas of certain elements of Industrial culture, thus making This album originally was released as an incredibly limited cassette in 1996 in an edition of only 61 copies. The CD release will see a bit more longevity with a pressing of a whopping 700 copies.

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Tomas Jirku's "Immaterial" makes no claims of innovation; however, this album stands way above the crowded field of electron engineers who have been peddling an increasingly mediocre and hollow form of minimalist techno. As in Jirku's previous recordings, "Immaterial" (released through Alien 8's new electronica imprint Substractif) owes a great debt to Pole and Vladislav Delay for

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Brazilian singer Joyce's debut album from 1968. It's very lovely, her voice is bell clear but has a husky quality that will please fans of Gal Costa. The pretty, yet pretty standard, bossa nova backup instrumentation is not the reason to buy this cd, her voice is! Pricey Japanese reissue, with original liner notes in Portugese and Japanese.

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[ aquarius records new arrivals — issue 114 ]