September / O C T O B E R 2003
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List (in English)! Silmu, Ura Records / Pacific-Atlantic Records, Helsinki, FinlandFavourite pieces (October 2003):1. ALKUPERÄINEN: Maski (Rikos Records 7")The first Finnish Trip Hop Recording? Not in the vein of the coffee shop e-z listening but true paranoia backed with piledriver beats. 2. NINA HAGEN: New York, N.Y. (Album: Angstlos) Those 80's, those 80's... Yes, I'm on the verge of becoming a genuine old fart big time any day now. Anyway, this out-there tech-pop aria applauds the busy nightlife of the Big Apple at a time when New Wave finally crashed on the hard rocks of the dawning yuppie era. Nice. 3. BECK: Asshole (Album: One Foot In the Grave) I've never really "got" Beck's so called hit albums apart from some individual songs. Instead I've appreciated more the "non-commercial" ones like this, Mutations and Sea Change. They may not be funky fun, filled with amusing sonic tricks or sampladelic trainspotting. They just happen to have some of the most heartfelt and touching music I've heard. 4. THOMAS DOLBY: Cruel (Album: Astronauts and Heretics) A master of sci-fi tinged, science-scented adventures and nerdy heartbreak, Dolby is loved by ex-bookworm teens accross the globe. His albums, apart from the Golden Age Of The Wireless, are uneven, each one still containing at least one great song. This one's off his last solo album, otherwise ruined by L.A. hair guitar pomp. 5. GENESIS: The Lamia (Album: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway) Being the last record featuring Peter Gabriel, LLDOB is hailed by many the greatest Genesis album ever. And yes, it contains all the loved (and abhorred) prog elements: classical influences, mystical stories, soaring mellotron choirs, portamento moog leads and guitar with quite a few extra strings. In this song the albums protagonist, Rael, is consumed by Lamia, a snakelike creature with three beautiful female faces. Who could possibly not relate to that? 6. MOUSE ON MARS: Actionist Bespoke (Album: Idiology) Noisy twitching dancing fit featuring malfunctioning brat voice on vocals. Brings about nervousness accompanied by wide grins and wild, spastic feet. 7. BLUR: Coffee and TV (Album: 13) Good old pop-rock like this goes down well after long adventures on the verge of the known sonic universe. Boy, does that Graham Coxon lad have a sympathetic singing voice or what? 8. URIAH HEEP: Bird Of Prey (Album: Best Of) Anyone can tell that I'm an occasional fan of falsettos. This song is just perfect for the practical joke of starting any sleepyhead's day with some blaring musical kicks. Check also: the harmonic parts and how the lead vocalist's energy diminishes little by little as the song progresses. 9. ELLIOTT SMITH: Everything Reminds Me Of Her (Album: Figure 8) Post-relationship melancholy flashback illustrated in bold strokes. 10. SILMU: Bright Bulb (Early Release ep) Not afraid of honking Pacific's own horn now and then, I'd like to point out how the post-rave chords, sine basses and cricket rhythms interweave into more than a feeling on this track off Silmu's new ep. Jan Anderzén, Kemialliset Ystävät, Tampere, Finland'Aré 'Aré Panpipe Ensembles 2CD (Le Chant du Monde)Electronic Kabuki Mambo: Highlights from Vortex CD (Locust Music) Michael Hurley: Blueberry Wine CD (Locust Music) Jewelled Antler Library 3"CD-r's Lauhkeat Lampaat 7" (Pohjoisten Kukkaisten Äänet) Lily & Maria LP Magic Carpathians: Euscorpius Carpathicus CD (Obuh) Maniacs Dream CS (Lal Lal Lal) + live at Mental Alaska Moondog and his Honking Geese CDep (Moondog's Corner) Vainica Doble LP (Wah Wah) DAX DJ, Family House, Italy* O C T O B E R 2 0 0 3 *Shake - Convalescence - Frictional rec.It ain't Chicago - Ride the rhythm - Parisonic Putsch '79 - Asian girls - Clone NAOMB EP - Discfunction Ricardo Villalobos - Alcachofa - Playhouse The Acid - Robsoul rec. Force (sullivan's groove mix) - Milo rec. Tasty Hoagies EP Max 404 - Dirty disco 1 - Eskimo rec. Dance, freak and Boogie - Casablanca rec.
ALBUM OF THE MONTH
LOOP OF THE MONTH: Unidentified Sound Objects, Helsinki, Finland1. Rock'n Rollin Maailma2. ROR-Galleria 3. Sylvie Simmons - A Fistful Of Gitanes book 4. Al Green - Gets Next To You CD 5. Esquivel and his orchestra- Latin-Esque CD 6. Cabaret Voltaire - Methodology '74-'78. Attic Tapes 3CD 7. Cabaret Voltaire - The Original Sound of Sheffield - 78 / 82 Best Of CD 8. Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca CD 9. Pink Grease - All Over You CD 10. VA - Ultimate Trojan Club Reggae Box 9CD peewee, acid fake / fakezine, skopje, macedoniarhythmic albums
billy dalessandro - midievalization (resopal schalware) experimental albums
every kid on speed - every kid on speed vs every kid on acid
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nooncat - popcorn ep (konvex | konkav) Sektori.Happi/TrankKlubi.Oulu.FinlandSfääreistä syvyyksiin.Jard Fireburg "Suit Is Hot!" (Dumb-Unit)Thomas Brinkmann "Wanda / Xenia" (Ernst) WeltZwei "Expander" (Sender Records) Jake Fairley "Going Down The Road" (Sender Records) Process "Glider" (Traum) Paul Kalkbrenner "Steinbeisser" (Bpitch Control) Various "Total 5" (Kompakt) Voigt & Voigt "Speicher 10" (Kompakt) Misc. "Trash Talk EP" (Sender Records) Joachim Spieth "Schalg Auf Schalg" (Auftrieb) Falko Brocksieper "Hoax Deluxe" (Substatic) M.Meyer "Speaker" (Kompakt) Pom Pom "Pom Pom 09" (Pom Pom) Heiko Laux "Still Lively" (Kanzleramt) Tomas Jirku "Rynchov" (Traum) D.Diggler "Motojuice" (Resopal) Freitag "Patch" (Tonsport) Ben Neville "The Norris Division Sucked EP" (Telegraph) TIP: if you want to spare my time, readily HTML-coded charts are always preferred when sending one to me. [1997] [1998] [1999] [2000] [2001] [2002] [January 2003] [February 2003] [March 2003] [April 2003] [May 2003] [June 2003] [July 2003] [August 2003] [September 2003] Next Charts: [November 2003] [December 2003] [2004]
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