[ aquarius records new arrivals — issue 125 ]

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V/ASkampler(Skam)cd$ 16.98

The "Skampler" was originally curated by Skam and Linus Booth (now of Phonics Distribution) for Silent Records as a collection of the best tracks from the very hard to find early singles from Skam -- one of the UK's premiere IDM / electronica labels. With

V/AStudio One Roots(Soul Jazz)cd$ 18.98

On the heels of their unsuccessful "500% Dynamite" compilation, comes the third installment of Soul Jazz's "Studio One" series of themed anthologies culled from Coxsone Dodd's highly influential studio. As a collection "Studio One Roots" is perhaps the best

V/AThe Breaks Vol. 4: Original B Boy Street Funk & Block Party Classics(Harmless)cd$ 17.98

The fourth installment of The Breaks comps is fantastic. Not only are most of the tracks rare collectibles that you'd be hardpressed to find elsewhere, so coveted by DJs are they, but after one listen you realize that these original tracks are stone Another nice thing about The Breaks comps is that the liner notes are detailed and inspiring, they give you just enough substantial info to make you wanna find out more about each artist, plus they namedrop all the many musicians who love this music too and have sampled these very tracks -- on this album alone are tracks used by Wu Tang, NWA, Del, the Beastie Boys, KRS-One, Raekwon, Limp Bizkit (!), Gang Starr, Massive Attack, etc., making the listening experience both new and pleasantly familiar.

V/AThe Cosmic Forces Of Mu(Planet Mu)2cd$ 16.98

Two discs, 26 tracks of all new and exclusive tracks from the Planet Mu roster: Hrvatski (record forthcoming, we hope), Jega, Capitol K, Luke Vibert, Hellfish, Producer, Phthalocyanine, Electric Company, Venetian Snares, Speedranch, Leafcutter John, Joseph

V/AThe Funky 16 Corners(Stones Throw)cd$ 14.98

Super rare funk cuts from the golden late '60s/early '70s era. 22 tracks, with notes on each in the booklet, from the obscure but funky likes of Kashmere Stage Band, Ernie and The Top Notes, The Highlighters, Carleen and the Groovers, Soul Vibrations, and

V/AUltra Chicks 6()cd$ 14.98

Finally, the next volume in the amazing Ultra Chicks series. More fabulous FRENCH girl groups doing cool and sexy Sixties pop. As usual, this is super limited, of dubious legality (definitely a bootleg) and totally recommended. Don't delay though, not sure how

VIDFragrant Stirrings(Phthalo)cd$ 12.98

Also known as Televasquez and the proprietor of the East Bay electronica label Incomplet, Vid offers his debut album on Phthalo of quiet stirrings for dubbed-out electronics and cybernetic timestreched drones over slow motion drum machines. Certainly fits in

VITIELLO, STEPHENBright and Dusty Things(New Albion)cd$ 13.98

While Vitiello's intention is pretty cool, his execution has been limited by his insistance that sound art must sound like it came from Mills College, with all sorts of random for the sake of being random MAX / MSP algorithims processing the sounds, a clunky

VOIGT, REINHARDIm Wadel der Zeit(Kompakt)cd$ 16.98

After a couple of releases on which he'd devolved the Cologne monophunktrax techno sound into a questionably conceived array of clunky machinations, Reinhard Voigt finally lives up to his family name with his "Im Wadel der Zeit" album for Kompakt. Like his

WHENThe Lobster Boys(Jester)cd$ 13.98

The band's name is When, but the question really is *What?* As in, what the hell is this? Totally amazing, for one thing, but beyond that...? One thing we can say about When is that we NEVER know what to expect from 'em. On this new album, the music is a When is the brainchild of Norwegian musician/sampler artist Lars Pedersen; he's been at it since the early '80s (after quitting a new wave/Industrial band called Holy Toy) and has released 8+ albums that have ranged from ambient soundscapes to prog rock, yet have steadily grown more and more pop. When's previous full-length release, "Psychedelic Wunderbaum", dabbled in pop sounds, if you consider Carl Stalling cartoon music meets crazed electronica "pop"! But on The Lobster Boys, Lars really lets his Beatles / Beach Boys inspiration come to the fore. His British (not Norwegian) accented singing is placed into some far-from conventional settings -- over, say, an Ethiopiques sampled loop (really!), or over crazy wild drumming most pop songs never get to feature. Lars and several friends handle sampling, organ, guitar, bass, xylophone, drums, vocals, melodica, viola, etc... all culminating in an utterly amazing final unlisted bonus track, 15+ minutes of trancey middle eastern samples and effects that build up into a distorted storm of loud electric guitar feedback skree, noisy and yet blissfully rhythmic throughout. Lastly, we have to say: how weird is it that we can only get this album from heavy metal distributors? Because it's on the Norwegian label Jester, which is run by Garm from (former) black metal legends Ulver, some from the metal community have noticed the record, but we worry it may go under-recognized by other intrepid listeners (except for, of course, AQ and you!) Truly, we never imagined how much we'd come to love this decidedly non-metal, fantastic band. (And if you want to catch up on When's previous work, we also stock "PW" and the When best of/rarities double cd compilation "The Unblessed World Of When: WriterCakeBox".)

YABBY YOURally Dub(Select Cuts)10"$ 11.98

Limited edition 10" from the second volume of Select Cuts From Blood & Fire. Features a dub mix by Lee Perry on one side (not included on the album) and, apparently, an alternate remix by Apollo 440 of the track that was featured on the album -- though if there's any difference other than a small time difference between Apollo 440's two remixes it's got me stumped cuz they both sound

ZEKEDeath Alley(Aces & Eights/Sub Pop)cd$ 14.98

Zeke are a popular, high energy punk rawk and roll band that with the release of "Death Alley" are trying to fool people into thinking that they're a metal band. Actually, I think they're trying to fool themselves too, but it's all in fun. Well, the rapid