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202 Project LP (Monkey Tool 01)
- This is serious noise-damaged ambient bliss. Otherworld sounds
with a clangy industrial edge, but nothing hokey, swimming in swampy
delayed murk... akin to Not Breathing's ambient work $10
Aphasic "This is Junk" 12"
(Junk 03) Aphasic continues to redefine his new label with a distinct
noise and breaks edginess combined with a dubby vastness. A nice
companion to both Bong-Ra's dread and Wasteland's industry. Original.
$12
Aphasic "Yeah, Yeah, Whatever" 12" (Junk 01)
Aphasic and Scud recently shut down Ambush Records to work on separate
projects in separate cities. Aphasic is running Junk outta Amsterdam
working the noise and breaks sound he's developed with some newer
breakcore edges, notably his collab. with Bong-Ra on this one. Our
fave Aphasic 12" yet. $12
Aaron Spectre "Evil Most Fowl" 12" (Death$ucker)
Mr Spectre supremely represents here with a stop-start, jammed style
with an industrial puff/tuffism. This along with Speedhall and Dubplate
War represent an expat. Berlin running wild with sounds day and night.
The first track on this one, however, takes the cake - original +
anti-Bush!!! $10
AX.L.E. 7" (Mullet 03) Mullet's a new French
7" label of brilliant, playful electronic noise and mental-ness.
Kinda reminds me of Throbbing Gristle with David Bowie singing over
it. Don't ask... $6
Bazooka
feat. Daddy Freddy 12" (Aural Carnage 01) Daddy Freddy
runs rampant over rinsin' jungle breaks on the A side while the
flip is more hoover breakcore a la Bong Ra. For the jungle massive.
$10
Blackmass Plastics "The South Side Rules" 12"
EP (FDB Rec.) Experimental electro-breaks from South London
with old school ravey edges and a nice dark DJ-friendly edge. Ill
basslines give a grime edge - very street. $12
Bomb Mitte We just discovered
this cool 7" label done by an underground promoter in Berlin.
His connections help, too: a nice array of breaks and dub from some
interesting collaborations.
- Textor and Positive "Pure Luck"/version"
7" A loopy hip hop beat with warped samples and KRS-ONE lines
under a German rapper whose alright. The version is worth spinning,
as well. $6
-Faust and Dalek "Nummer 3 (parts 1&2)"
7" This being a dope jam accentuating Faust's industrial strum
and clang on one side and Dalek's abstract MCing on the other. Uncompromising.
$6
-Still "Anodyne/Love from Room 232" 7"
Droney instrumental post-rock with good beats. I'd mix this into 1-Speed
Bike anyday. Side 2 has some great bugged-out sounds! $6
**Bong-Ra
7" (Clash 06) Another full-throttle Bong-Ra single,
this time on his own Clash 7" label. "Soundwave" kicks
it off with easily one of the best punk-core tracks ever, using a
Dead Kennedy's bass/drums loop to dread-full effect. Add burnin' ragga
vocals and we're set. Side two doesn't disappoint either with a bustery
wallop of its own. Not cheap, but worth it. $8
Bong-Ra "Old
School Armeggedon" 7" (Death$ucker 06) Reissued
7" with one side of jungle ragga vocals and the other ravecore
retro madness. Dope. $7
**Bong
Ra "Praying Mantis" 12" (Russian Roulette
Rec.) We find Mr. Bong on more of a dark ambient jazz tip here evoking
hints of Crowley and, one assumes from recent releases, a bit of
an anti-Iraq war vision ("River Euphrates" and Mephistopheles
II".) Nice to hear him do interesting non-ragga stuff - props!
Mind you, the breaks are still great and the bass still heavy...
$12
Bong-Ra vs. The Dirty Dread "Renegade Bubblin'"
12" (Supertracks) Much better than the last single from
the "Kill, Kill..." CD, Bong goes straight for the jugular
with rollin' dubbed-out bass-heay madness. Great vocals by The Dirty
Dread and a dub'n'table-saw remix by Scud make it a summer banger.
Tight. $13
**Breakin' Stevens "Ze French Bootleg,
Vol. 1" 12" Hard electrobreaks mash-ups of Donna
Summer's "Hot Stuff" and the themes from "Rawhide"
and "Brother, Where Art Thou." I shit you not - and you
will like it. $10
DinST "Ladycracker" 12" (Koolpop) Along EP
at 10 trax and packed full of experimental dub'n'bass that's perfectly
cut for DJs. A good half of it is cut-up, runnin' upbeat breakcore,
too. Koolpop delivers here. $12
Cavage - The Cavage
label exists in the catacombs below Paris. Labelhead Boris, also
a producer of weird beats, hosts free parties and excursions into
the watery undergound of Paris's human bone-filled catacombs. His
compilations of primarily Parisian artists are filled with images
from their world and sometimes recorded live down there. See also
the CD section.
- Cavage 8 12" - Saoulaterre, Gamaboy, Gorki
Plubakter and more Parisians kick out experimental noise, hip hop
beats and hard breaks. $10
- Cavage 9 12" - New Trolls tracks as well as
Nomex and Saoulleterre's wicked hard, hip breaks with a french MC.
Cavage's newer releases are all implementing long MC passages with
bugged-out beats - way to go!!! $11
-Cavage 13 CD (Cavage)
Another strictly underground Paris Cavage CD. This is way French with
hard electronic beats drudging along while French MCs and cabaret
singers sing over the top. I wish i could understand what they are
saying because the vocals play an important part here... featuring
Gorki Plubakter, Nerf, Ann'so and Donkishot among others. Another
introduction to the free party scene which survives in the catacombs
of Paris. $12
CDatakill "Resurrector" 12" (No
Room for Talent Rec.) Damn good new slab from this new label outta
Akron, OH. In the tradition of CDatakill, dark synth - driven electrobreaks
with some sweet industrial textures. For fans of Hands and Hymen
stuff. $10
CDatakill "666" 7" (Eupholus) A little
heavy on the goth tones, but good breaks with a new dubby take on
the darkbreaks style with plenty of nice industrial ambience, as usual.
A sweet 7" with cool packaging. $5
**Chan and
Mike 03 12" Don't know much about this wicked experimental
hardcore disc except that Mike is Michael Forshaw and you can hear
his excellent slurred, stop-onna-dime electro style here. Four tracks
stretching from booty to hard electro to hardcore with 10 locked
grooves of sounds from the vinyl! Reissued for a reason... $11
Cock E.S.P. "Greatest Dicks 3" Mini-CD
(Breathmint) A great introduction to Midwest godhead noise wackos
Cock E.S.P. with 39 greatest hits from 2001-2003. The first 38 tracks
are under 20 seconds, but everything blends together as a mix. Then
there's a more tribal 4 min. track and a weird interview with them
ends it all. I told you Wisconsin was weird. $6
Dan Doormouse
"Have a Few Get Some" 2 x 12" LP (Addict
7) $14
**Dev/Null
"E-Boyz Revenge" 12" (Violent Turd 13) Boston's
Dev/Null debuts with a manic ravey breakcore killer. Six tracks
with a distinctive sound mashing rapid-fire breaks with early 90's
rave piano riffs, vocal styles and the odd synth stab. Original
while paying homage without coming across retro. 230 BPM Eternal,
indeed! $10
The Dexorcist "Dextermination" 12"
(SMB) Another fine release from SMB. Dexorcist keeps getting better
with bass-heavy electro punctuated with keyboard stabs and snare-heavy
breaks. How do you know it's good? Because it sounds good at any
speed... sharp. $10
The Dexorcist "Quad Angle" 2x12"
EP (SMB 11/12) Ill cyborg electro-breaks from the French/English
SMB label. Always good dancefloor breakers, this one will not disappoint
with plenty of broken edges to their runnin' electro style. $15
**DJ Balli
"From the Inside" LP (Sonic Belligeranza) A full-fledged
DJ scratch LP from this Italian label. Absurdist noise meets everything
from rap acapellas to electro breaks to cinematic interludes to
meteorological forecasts to horsey clip-clops. Pleanty of DJ options
on this one. Class A... $11
Doormouse "Fractured Hearts" 12" (Peace Off!)
The man just keeps improving. This one mixes his aerobics gabber with
hardcore rap snippets and some ragga melodies and then throws in some
surfer dude. Sounds like Doormouse to me. There's also a great jazzy
breakcore number among his best. Great package. $12
**Drummond "Armoured
Blinde" 12" LP (Toolbox Ltd. 04) Something new
outta Nantes, France. Reminds me of Kazamix with more of a spy movie
- sample thing going on. Maybe End would be a better comparison. Regardless,
it's tight, funky breaks with plenty of creativity. Seven tracks!
$10
**Dubberman
"Sous Influence" (Apocalypse) from the same French
label that gave us A.P.PARTT.'s "Nu Tango" comes this
similar project of experimental breaks pan-ethnic fusion. Quite
similar to many acts on TheAgriculture, the album veers from experimental
dubby breaks to ambient dub in a pass of the spliff. A.PPART. shows
up for a track, as well. A solid album of material in a world of
3-good-track releases!
$15
Duran Duran Duran / The Magus split 12"
(Advanced Idea Mechanics) DDD's first 12" from up-and-coming
label A.I.M. highlights his developing splatterbreaksboogie style.
Magus holds down the flip with more a a Somatic Respponses vibe.
$8
**Electric Kettle "Drunk and Disorderly" 12"
(Combine) Good to see all of these Peace Off! artists putting out
new stuff (see also Krumble, Mr. Kill and Electromeca.) Electric Kettle
is probably one of the harsher of this sound, but all the better for
it. Twitchy stop-n-start b-boy-on-speed mayhem. Great package from
this fresh new Belgium label. $11
**Elektro
Chok 12"(Twin 01) - A great mix of experimental French
electro and moody electronic druggy sounds. Hard to categorize,
thus a good DJ tool. $10
Electromeca "Battling Doll Breaks" 12"
(Hurry Up Limited) The skitteriest of the skittery breaks, Electromeca
always comes correct with a strong hip hop edge to his breakcore
and unlike anything else out there. Never enough copies of his stuff...
this stuff is great mixed with rap because of the space he leaves
between beats. $12
**Entropie vs. Leto
12" (Toolbox Ltd. 05) Solid downtempo experimental for all
those late-night DJs. Leto packs a dusty lo-fi Muslimgauze edge
with nice found sounds added. Entropie is like their name - electric,
hovering downtempo electro. Impressive. $10
Expedisound 1 12" (EXPLP01) Arok & Mecha,
Midi Link and Tahiti Bob throw down what appears to be a French-African
experimental electronic 12" spanning bubblin' electro, digidub,
raw rhythms and electric call-and-response breaks. Seriously worth
checking out and some of the best French MC edits we've heard... a
winner. $12
Fanny "Fear and Loathing for Dummies 2" 12"
(Zod) - Snares-like mayhem from his roomate and they live in Winnepeg
and he's Scottish and was once in The Exploited, but he doesn't suck
like they did. In fact this is our favorite Zod release: twisted,
cracked and genius. $10
Fanny/ Geroyche & Wintermute split 12" (Suburban
Trash) - Is Fanny a compete nihilist or am I imagining things? Track
one features a delicious triadic melody with plenty of bass blasts,
beats, and grit. With track two we get grit grinding a dubby bassline
and metallic sounds. Geroyche & Wintermute deliver clobber-you-over-the-head
breaks intensity and an anarchist edge on the first track, the second
track tame in comparsion to the rest of the record. Shock-value vocal
samples aside, a nice 12". $10
Filastine
"Judas Goat / Palmares" 7" (Soot 07) This
year's gem from Rupture's Soot Records is Seattle's Filastine with
multi-culti rhythms and desert dub. Definitely perfect on Soot being
quite Nettle-ish (Grey Filastine actually played in the live Nettle
tour...) Top-rated anti-establi-bliss-ment!!! $6
Forgotten Fish Memory Orchestra "Our Tin Tribe"
LP (Monkey Tool 02) - A remix LP of a previous CD, this is
akin to Muslimgauze's atmospherics with the din of tribal percussion
and woodwinds floating in and out of the mix. Fourteen tracks which
each hold their own whether DJing (loud for a vinyl LP) or smokin'
out at home. $11
**Forgotten
Fish Orchestra vs. Veda 12" (Toolbox Ltd. 03) Toolbox
are slowly putting together a label of really DJ-friendly experimental
music which bridges acoustic tribal and electronic elements. Tribal
describes F.F.M. who mix drum machines with hand percussion and a
load of chants and otherworldly effects. Veda wins out with a fresh
take on digi-dub, incorporating live Middle Eastern horns... or maybe
it's just a clarinet... $11
Michael Forshaw "The Last Starfighter"
12" (SMB) Forshaw comes correct again on this 4-track slab of
broken techno and electro. Seriously dope breakdowns which push techno
in some new directions. If you spin techno, check this guy out!!!
$11
**Framix
CD (Hi-Subway) Everyone here loved the LP by Kazamix from
Western France. It was a great weird electronic ska-driven world
of exotica executed perfectly. Well, we are happy to discover another
earlier release from 2001 by one of the 2 members, Framix. This
release has more digi-dub and less psychedelia, but if you dug Kazamix,
you'll dig this... probably even been waiting for more like us.
$13
**Framix
vs. Boulez Republique 12" (Toolbox Ltd. 07) Framix is
one-half of Kazamix and practically the same gorgeous ska-driven,
exotica/country dub plus nice French English chants. Boulez Republique
compliment Fraza's 3 tracks with kitchy vocals over solid beats. If
you liked the previous Kazamix, you will love this!!!! $11
Fuck Uphner 12" (Mewe 01) The debut release
from this new Belgium imprint delivers nice experimental dirty electro
with plenty of strange textures mixed among the kicks and breaks.
A good DJ tool for electro or downtempo... $11
Goodie Pal "Statoil" 7"(Pal) Another
picture-disc 7" from the Pal - this one very dreamy and Greenlandish
you might say. Nice bugged-out slithery underwater cave Gollum bit,
too! $7
Hecate's Ascension Chamber
2x12" LP (Zhark Intl) Michigan's Rachel Kozak has always followed
her own path, injecting dark breakcore with a heavy dose of Crowley
and her own vocal presence. This is one of her best-realized releases
to-date. The synth-driven splatterbreaks often break down into ambient
passages with hand percussion and the drum programming is definitely
some of her best. There's a lot of different stuff to DJ with here,
but be warned - there's still a strong goth vibe as in past releases.
$15
Hecate/Eiterherd split 12" (Zod) - Hecate's
characteristic dark abrasive break textures and an eerie symphonic
last track. For those of you not familiar with Eiterherd, this would
be a good place to get acquainted with his signature apocalyptic sex
fetish ragga breaks hardcore chaos. Zod done good once again. $8
Hijos de Puta" Smegmarschloch" 7"
- Two tracks by Gusano Rojo and one by DJ Tan all in a throbby kick
/ industrial noise vein. Cool packaging and weird energy make it a
cool little single... $5
**Hop-Frog's
Drum Jester Devotional 12" (Toolbox Ltd 01) Limited
to 300 copies apiece, Toolbox's new limited series collects eclectic
projects from around the globe. Hop Frog exemplifies the eclecticism
with urban sewage chants mixing bass and percussion with chanting,
handclaps, found samples and a believable mysticism. Good downtempo
multi-culti-dub. $10
I:gor "Znak Zapytania" 12" (Low
Res 015) Spacious gritty slow core with glitchy idm (i should wash
my mouth out with soap for even thinking to utter that word) sounds
that lighten up the mood for a while. Thankfully not for the duration
though. The last track is a gnarled mass of breaks and wraps the
record up with a big fuck you to the previous prettiness. $10
**Infernal Noise Brigade
7" (Post World Industries) Filastine's activist marching
band recorded this after being released from jail at the RNC Convention
here last fall. They note that you should pitch up the record because
their wrists were sore after being handcuffed, but we think this
sounds just great with its multi-culti throb and strong sentiment.
Sweet. $6
Jason Forrest "Shamelessly Exciting" LP
(Sonig) In which Jason moves to Berlin and refines his oddity for
a city crying out for a shot of cockrockdisco. Everything we've
come to expect - prog interludes, metal licks, all yer fave punk
guitars in one song, some great melodies and, of course, many a
rampant snare. DJ Shadow on Ritalin. LP or CD $14
LP
CD
Jmstwghrpr " Intutive American Esoteric" 12"
(Ignivomous) A 180 gram behemoth slab of literally warped vinyl (it
still plays fine.) This Baltimore noise artist lays down a great weirdo
DJ slab interspersing UFO inner noise squeal with all manner of live
affected instruments and sounds. A good deal that's a little cheap
due to a slight warp, but limited and a unique DJ noise tool. $6
**Istari
Lasterfahrer "Divertimento in Quattro al Pavimento"
12" EP (Mental Ind. Records) Hamburg's istari only improves
with an analog amen sound brimming with fresh ideas from hip hop samples,
Middle-Eastern breakdowns, Hoover bass, acid lines and Tweet singing
tenor. Good at any speed. $10
**Istari Lasterfahrer "Dubcore
Vol. Four" 7" (S.P.B.) Istari rarely disappoints
on his many self-produced 7"s and this is one of his best yet.
"Sound Gets Dropped" does the raggajungle sounds but really
makes something very original like a breakcore Metalheadz....Class
A dub effort, to boot! On pink vinyl with stenciled pink hearts shows
his love.$7
**Istari Lasterfahrer / Enduser 7"
(Stoodioplastiks.tk/S.P.B.) Istari cuts a nice gritty ragga
jungle number with KRS-ONE samples and Enduser delivers the same,
but more techstep with dread vocals. $7
Kazamix s/t CD+video This duo from Western France plays psychedelic
folk music on samplers incorporating ska, bluegrass, tiki lounge and
dub with fresh beats and a playful upbeat vibe. Sometimes reminds
me of Mano Chau's energy - highly recommended and don't sleep on their
website: www.kazamix.com 17 trax and 3 videos $14
Kazamix s/t 12" LP (Kazamix)
This duo from Western France plays psychedelic folk music on samplers
incorporating ska, bluegrass, tiki lounge and dub with fresh beats
and a playful upbeat vibe. Sometimes reminds me of Mano Chau's energy
- highly recommended and don't sleep on their website: www.kazamix.com
17 trax - get it before it sells out again - one of our best sellers...
$12
**Kid 606
"Wickid" 12" (Peace Off!) Miguel picked a
barnstormer for his French release, remixing it twice and adding numerous
locked grooves from the track - call it "The Kid 606 Remix Starter
Kit." Dope track in his ragga styley. $11
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang "Atomic Jokes"
12" (Otaku) Klangy drum programming often simulating a live free
jazz drummer with buggy, swirly noises floating around. Four tracks,
all good ear-friendly danceables... $9
K.K. Null "Kosmik Engine" CD (Important)
- Beautiful, shifting, complex noise with lush, shimmering textures.
Highly recommended, cheap import. $12
Konundrum 12"
(Switchcraft 3) Jagged break-heavy free party techno from Jack Clang
and his brother Nic Fit. This shit delivers - definite hardware-oriented
throbcore for the non-sleepers among us. Great to see that SF crews
are working hard to get this stuff out. Hardcore!!! $9
Krumble 12" (Jungle Therapy 07) One of the year's
best 12"s back in stock (and going fast.) Krumble polishes his
tight, chopped breaks on a hip hop breakers tip and a runnin' neojungle
burner. Wow. $12
**Krumble
"My Funny Dead Cat" 12" (Damage) Thank you
for returning Mr. Krumble. Now please destroy all of the summer
soundsystems. Thank you. Yes, fucking cut-up dancehall/jungle/whatever
core... breakcore! Plenty of pop culture references starting with
Sean Paul. Ace breaks. Ace period. $12
Kurva "Dub Elements"
12"(Kurva 03) An older release that's pure French digi-dub with
plenty of chanting and ragga crooning amid the reggae basslines and
dubby atmospherics. Side two starts things rolling a lot harder, but
still finds room to dub shit out. Great cover art, again. $11
Little Brutal Rave Bastards Vol. II 12" (Dhyana
042) Rave bastards is right! Filter, compression and repetition anyone?
Side two saves the day by brutally beefing up the repetition. $11
L.O.D. "Pop History 2000"
7" (War of Nerves 01) An older single of acid-drenched 80's synthpop
mash-ups with a few delayed, distorted break bursts. Predicting the
last couple years' sounds from 2000. $6
**MC Trachiotomy / Occasional
Detroit split 12" (Ignivomous) MC T.'s side is outsider
rap to the nth degree stranded somewhere between Sensational and
New Kingdom. Definitely a refreshing sound. Occasional Detroit play
more of a neo-no-wave landscape with a dose of Chrome. Some cool
bugged-out vinyl here! $10
Merzbow "Amlux" CD (Important) - One of the newest
Merzbow albums hits our shores and it's fucking awesome. If you've
been daunted by his catalog or just always curious, this is a good
place to start. Really beautiful noise that brings you somewhere special...
$12
Merzbow /Kouhei split 12" (CFET) - Christoph
de Babalon releases a Merzbow 12"? How could it possibly disappoint?!
Dope noise. - $12
**Monkey Steak vs. Parasite
12" (Death$ucker 11) Four cuts of mashed-up reggae classics
("Jamaican Girl Style" and "Big Up Yourself")
turn into ragga jungle killers with some nice drum kicks and bass
and plenty of stop-n-start action. Good dancefloor action here.
Monkey Steak is none other than Peace Off's Anarchic Harddrive...
$10
Monster Zoku Onsomb 12" (Death$ucker) A mixed
bag of sampledelia spanning from a roots vocal mash-up to "Tequlia"
big band chopped up and further down the road into sci-fi and love
songs. Think Ove Naxx meets End. $10
Mr. Kill "Haters Want War" 12"
(Peace Off!) Frank Tavakoli from France's Rotator and labelhead
of Peace Off! etc. pulls out all of the stops on this updated breakcore
sound. Buzzsaw distorto-dub gabberbreaks from Dreadville. Almost
sounds like someone's been smoking hash... Definitely on a new tip
and a perfect companion to his remix on the new /Rupture Broklyn
12". $12
Muslimgauze "lo-fi india abuse" CD
(B.S.I.) $11
Muslimgauze/Systemwide/Sound Secretion "Classics Selection"
CD (B.S.I.)You don't get the original packaging from these
3 12"s, but the tracks are dope. Muslimgauze's burnt dub is well
executed here with a sweet melancholic motif running through it all.
Loud and edgey... Systemwide plays good earthy live digidub and Sound
Secrection, another Portland project, follows in sound fashion. A
solid dub affair with 16 tracks. $10
**Mutamassik
"Masri Mokkassar: Definitive Works" CD (SoundInk)
Quite interesting to see all of Ms Mutamassik's Egyptian Brooklyn
trracks all in one place. From her illbient beginnings remixing
Arto Lindsay, to d&b experiments to her Soot breakcore tracks
and hip-hop flavors of her SoundInk 12", it's all here and
sounds great one after another. Definitely original and long overdue.
$13
**N "Memories from Before Being Born" CD
(+Belligeranza) Feedback from 2 tape players plugged into each other
is run through filters and delays for an interesting variety of soundscapes
akin to Nomex or early TG. This is a new sub-label from Italy's Sonic
Belligeranza, thus the quality is present... $10
Needle Sharing "Switching
to Planet Inferno" CD (Hands) Top quality industrial
electro-breaks from this German label. Plenty of ravey synths and
a dope Panacea collab. on "Rasta Zombies" lets you know
where all of this is headed. Hands Prod. rarely disappoints. $17
**NRon &
Mikeo "Pull It Up!" 7" (Tax Records 04) a
mysterious boot of M.I.A.'s "Pull Up the People" from locals
who succeed at screwing the volume down and adding a mental trance-synth
melody of their own. Great for mixing and the instrumental is practically
its own song. Reminds us of something from Soot Records. Let's hear
more!!! $8
Noisebrothel and A:Pod 12" (Toolbox
Ltd. 02) A Minneapolis duo on a French label. Noisebrothel has recorded
as Target Market Research on History of the Future. Here he teams
up with MC A:Pod for a hypnotic heavy downtempo trip. Think Zach de
la Rocha with Techno Animal. $10
Noizecreator "Something Bad" 2xCD (Thorn 03) Super-dope!
All of the old Noizecreator tracks from out-of-print Active Underground
releases on one disc. These are some of the best underground industrial
dance breaks out in the past few years. Collected on the second disc
are more hard-to-find similarities with tracks by Geroyche, Slepcy,
RudeAssTinker, as well as more Noizecreator. The mix shows off their
affinities well with a strong blend of hard, hip hop, noise and weirdo.
Tough and slammin'. All of this stuff is out-of-print for a reason!
$20
Nu Tango "A.P.P.A.R.T" CD - This contains
the Nu Tango 12" as well as new tracks. It seems it's one person
with an accordian and guitar who also programs sweet, rough beats
underneath tango motifs. Sound cheesey? Well, it's not - it's one
of the best digital-acoustic folk blends we've ever heard and we're
very happy to have it on CD because our vinyl copy's worn out. $13
Nu Tango 12" (see above) $11
**Panacea / Knifehandchop
"Street Chic" 12" (Ad Noiseam) Ad Noiseam
had a good idea mixing these two guys up. One side lets 'em remix
each other and the other gives us two new tracks. Knifehandchop's
ravey bootyness works great with Panacea's darker acid rave retro
edge. One side is more house mash-up, the other more ragga jungle.
$11
Panicstepper "The Shuffler" 12" (Ambush)
Ambush goes for broke on their last-ever release. It's almost like
they picked this release to say goodbye to the breakcore sound they
spent years engineering. While break-oriented, there's an out/free
quality here that just threw the reins away. Closest comparison could
possibly be some of Slepcy, but... Exotic. $11
**Parts and
Labor / Big A Little a split 7" (Cardboard Rec.) Two
local Brooklyn bands with strong underground followings join to make
a dope little 7". Parts and Labor do a power electronics Husker
Du thang with good songwriting and plenty of noise. These guys rule!
Big A Little a do more of a tribal Boredoms thing with plenty of spacey
effects and big drums. Both sides are loud and clear for DJing and
on green vinyl. $6
Pleasurehorse "Purly Gait" 12" (History of
the Future) An old release from ground-breaking HOTF label. Pleasurehorse
is from Providence and has played bass in several Load Records bands,
namely Landed and Six-Finger Satellite. Here he plays skipping CDRs
of his own bass playing to great effect. Think Lesser but with hairier
balls. A great DJ tool and long out of print. $10
Public Convenience comp. 12" - A 7 track introduction
to some new European artists from nutty hard breaks (LFO Demon) to
textural electronics ([in]anace) to darkcore (Low Entropy, 5xpi) Something
for everyone who knows what we're talking about... $9
**Pushy!
12" (Perce Oreille 18) An older release from this Parisian,
but we're happy to see it. Early breakcore a la experimental jump-up
jungle with some Musilimgauze flourishes thrown in. Good dancefloor
runner 5 years on... $9
Radio Shock 7" This is one Kyle Lapidus, a renowned
friend of ours whose been doing weird-ass noise in NYC for eons. This
little dog has plenty of good lo-fi noise and textures and is produced
well enough to scratch and DJ with - sweet w/ cool Radio Shack bag
packaging. $5
**Red
Ewe Lamb "Sacrifice to the Ewe Lamb" CD (Sphenoide)
Blood-curdling Jacob's Ladder splatterbreaks with a nice distorted
edge. These newcomers definitely pack a unique wallop. Worth checking
out, especially for fans of Hands and Hymen. $11
Ripit 12" (Zhark Int'l) Paris's
Ripit represents with 2 newer tracks of lo-fi darkcore breaks and
a desert sand grittiness. The older A-side is more symphonic and HEAVY.
Not unlike the other recent Zhark releases. $10
Rotten and the Bogomen "Don't Live in Terror,
Play in Terror" 12" (Power Vs. Power 01) Dope hardcore
breaks free party disc from Amsterdam featuring a Crass mash-up and
a very UP runnin' vibe. The Crass track is worth the price of admission.
Big ups to Overtoom!!! $10
Sekt "Downliners" 12"
(B Cut) Runnin' electro breaks with a moody ambient synth patch flowing
through the 3 trax. Similar to SMB styles out of France. $10
Sensational "Natural Shine" CD (Wordsound) Back
on his old label with a solid Sensational flow - bugged and slurred
with self-accompanied basement beats. The production's gotten tight,
though - ain't so 4-track anymore, but the beats make you forget about
all that. Brooklyn - put some delay on that mic!!! $10
Sickboy "Morbid Monster Breaks" 12" (Hurry
Up Limited) Delightfully intricate broken breakcore for your mind-losing
pleasure. Sickboy gets better with every release, but how will he
ever get better than mashing up Oasis with Lauryn Hill and Operation
Ivy??!! I think I'm getting too old.... nahhhhh! $12
- Niko Skorpio "Grey Bloom" 12" LP (Some Place
Else) His first release from 1998 sees a variety of noise collaborations
tracking the grit of Finnish scapes. Stands the test of time... $10
- Reptiljian / Ibrahim Terzic 7" (Some Place Else) One
side mixes Muslimgauze with splattercore and the other is playful,
caustic electronic noise. Both sides sound great and point in an interesting
direction for this new Scandinavian label. $6
- Skorpio / Reptiljian "Silence is King" 7" (Some
Place Else) A dope collaboration by these 2 Finnish experimentalists
leads to 4 tracks of downtempo broken electro. Sweet. $6
Society Suckers/Abdullah K 12"
(AmEx 1) The Suckers reinvent breakbeat hardcore and throw in a
little noirish voice-over . Plenty of thick beats here. I mean killer
bass buzz with maximum paranoid high synths. Abdullah K (a.k.a.
Bogdan Rodzinski) is straight puff-tuff hard jungle with plenty
of nice analogedges helping rinse it out. Proper dancefloor material.
$11
**Sonic Belligeranza
We met these Italian labelheads/DJs a few years back and have finally
gotten a few more of their records. Translated as Sonic Eggplant,
their name sums up their absurd take on breakcore. Despite the absurdity,
they always manage to pack a couple solid bangers and plenty of loops
and locked grooves into their vinyl... Check http://belligeranza.c8.com
for audio samples of all of these.
-DJ Balli "Mutant Milly and Commodore 16" 12"
(Sonic Belligeranza 01) This is labelhead DJ Balli's first release
and it combines a lot of dub elements with some breakbeat experiments
and plenty of funky bass. Ten tracks give plenty of options for spinning...
$11
-Slaaam "Skank Block Bologna" 12"
(Sonic Belligeranza 03) Peace Off's Slaaam from France repesents with
his splattered breakcore sound with 5 solid tracks. DJ Balli also
tacked on some great dubby horn locked grooves which, even if your
not into wall-of-sound breakcore are some versatile DJ tools, for
sure. Almost out-of-print, as well. $11
-DJ Balli "Straight-Edge Rastafari Manifesto" 12"
(Sonic Belligeranza 04) Absurdity actually helps when you're
an Italian making English-speaking Ragga breaks. It also helps give
the project a lot more originality than most breakcore. Of course
a number of Italian accordian locked grooves and one dubbed-out straight-edge
scream thrown on the end can only punctuate the, um, manifesto.
SoundInk Records
Our closest Brooklyn allies, SoundInk has been on a similar tip as
us for about the same length of time. They've done a really good job
of bringing indie rap to electronic and vice versa. This new batch
of releases speaks for itself...
-King Honey "Trinity" 12" (SoundInk)
Philly MC King Honey spits over an ill beat that's great for mixing.
Add DJ /Rupture and Heat Sensor remixes and an instrumental and you
have one of this label's strongest releases. $9
-Marcus Wormstorm 12" (SoundInk) Dreamy ambience
collides with spiked breaks falling somewhere between IDM and instrumental
hip hop. Cinematic. $8
-Mutamassik "High Alert" 12" (SoundInk)
Her follow-up to the Soot 12" falls along similar territory,
mining diasporic rhythms with breaks and noisescapes, but also adding
some MCs this time around. A much-overlooked stunner from last year.
$9
-Viktor Vaughn "Mr. Clean" 12" (SoundInk)
One of SoundInk's biggest successes of late was pairing MF Doom's
V. Vaughn alter-ego with in-house producers Heat Sensor and King Honey.
"Mr. Clean" rocks it with some nice organ stabs and sweet
comic book flows. Three tracks and their instrumentals... $9
**Stalkf4 12" - Do I know what this Nantes,
France producer is about? Hell no, but it's some seriously damaged
shufflin' braekcore with plenty of breakdowns, acoustic samples
and weirdo dubby mixes. Reminds us of other French pals Kktus Tribe
and Antistatik; hypnotic, rollin' breaks with noize and broken here
and there. Strong new talent and cool artwork. $12
Systemwide "Osmani Stepper" CD EP (B.S.I.)
- rootsy digidub with nice full productions and a full live
band and we're always suckers for melodicas. Six tracks with two remixes
by Alpha and Omega and Rootsman. $6
Terminal 11 "Bistro" 7" (Advanced
Idea Mechanics) A sweet little bugged-out bugger from the Philly
camp, home to Duran Duran Duran to drop a reference... This is all
punch-drunk chopped up beats with plenty of creative little rhythms
slipped in. More broken beat than breakcore - we likey! $6
Tester vs. Capleton 12" (Maxi Tuff Ganger) The "Dissin'
Yuh Sound" is tight as is that "Cellular Phone" track
they use on the flip. This is a straight ragga jungle runner in a
Rewind Records style with Capleton vocals. $10
TROLLS Trolls hail from Toulosse and exemplify the strange
beats coming outta that scene. Their sound is pure street hip hop
mixed with free party breaks and urban atmospherics. We play this
shit a lot, especially as their production gets better and better.
Don't forget some of the best cover artwork anywhere recently! Check
the Cavage compilations for other good tracks by them.
-**"A Beautee Est Dans
La Chiralite" 12" EP (Les Trolls) Trolls' new release
sees them following their trademark sound with stronger and stronger
production. Sometimes the tracks roll with hardware drum machine beats
competing with string samples and bombastic splatters. There's also
a great cinematic feel to their sound, combing rough breaks with dark,
uncorny synth lines. And of course the graphix are stupendous, as
usual. Six solid tracks. $12
-"exec 2.0" 12"- Experimental breaks
and rap beats from Toulouse, France. Dope shit and one of his best.
I mean dope DJ breaks. And a 12" coming on Broklyn next year
we hope! $9
-**V/A"Laisse Les Sexes
Primer" 12" EP (Kor a Kor 2) A six-track compilation
of hardbreaks with French MCs addressing sexual politics. Included
are tracks by Les Trolls as well as Parisian Gorki Plubakter and newcomers
Whaloo and Cornflex. It's probably a lot better if you can understand
French, but still contains some solid trax and plenty of DJ-tool French
sex samples between each track. Tracks by Nevroz and Trouble Clef
win out substituting MCs for cut-up sex samples and an Aaliyah "Try
Again" mash-up. $11
- "Partout Au Long Des Rues..." 12"
- An essential summer party hit from 2002. $12
-"Moignon pourri ton alie volera" 12" -
2003 release follows the same vibe as their previous release. Solid.
- $12
Umkra / +2H-2N 7" (Trakma)
Textured synth/breaks-driven French electronics with plenty of mixable
material. Weird noises abound making this one stand out - more anti-war
sentiment here, as well. $6
Urbana Youth Outreach "No More War" 12"
(Eupholus) - Experimental DIY breaks from the Midwest with a bit of
a ragga dub edge thrown in. This is our favorite Eupholus release
and we think you'll like what they're doing... $9
Uske Orettestra "Moli
Herzog" CD (ambivalence) Dreamy yet disturbing free
form electro-acoustics. Eerily reminiscent of the many shows I have
heard while bartending upstairs at Tonic. Thankfully it is more playful
than serious. Nice packaging. The same Belgium label that has put
out the lovely Synchopated Elevators Legacy 12". $13
**V/A "8
Sound Works" benefit CD - Neighborhood pirate radio
station free103point9 implants New Yorkers in rural upstate for an
abstract electronic jam transmitted and listened to by people tuning
it in on headphones while wandering through the woods. This is a benefit
disc for The New York Society for Acoustic Ecology so there's a running
theme to the recordings and intriguing liner notes about the project.
Most notable for us because there's one of the first audio recordings
from MPLD, the Broklyn graphics honcho. Ben Owen another Broklyn
collaborator produced this collection minimal abstract noise which
has grown out of his Seasonal parties here in Williamsburg. $12
V/A "Bruchstellen Rec. Vol. 2" 12" (Bruchstellen
Rec.) Aussie - German collab. of distorted mash-up ravey breakcore.
If you're familiar with any of the artists, you'll dig this immensely:
LFO Demo, Maladroit, Toecutter, Edgey, Main$tream, and D.R.K. Dancefloor-ready,
but still experimental. $12
**V/A
Byteburger 12" - Very happy to get a few copies of
this hard-to-find French comp. It's twelve tracks of bizarre electronic
electronics from a bunch of artists we've never heard of from Strasbourg.
Reomini's track still slays 3 years later with it's electro breakcore
finesse. Don't sleep. $11
**V/A
Cockrockdisco 02 12" - A messy, noisey beast of a let's
make-it-in-a-day effort that succeeds with glorious colors. Warst
wins, but DuranDuranDuran, Jason Forrest and Dev/null are only a cock's
length behind in this punky breakcore, neorave meltdown. Comes with
a loverly poster from Jason Forrest, unicorn stickers and a dozen
Hoover samples for maximum DJ pleasure. $11
V/A "Contaminated Bass Injection" 12"
EP (Dirty Needles 001) A tight compilation of London broken electro
with tracks by DJ Controlled Weirdness, Ronin, Noyeahno and Black
Mass Plastics whose grime-edge wins out hard. Can't wait for 002.
$10
V/A - Crooked "The Original Score"
CD (Wordsound) 23 tracks inspired and included in the Wordsound movie
"Crooked". This is a great overview of everyone on the Wordsound
label and their newer projects: Scotty Hard, Sensational, Spectre,
Mentol Nomad and Bill Laswell define the legacy of Wordsound's gritty,
abstract hip hop. $10
V/A - Flav-o-Pac: Memeograph (Soundlab) Way back
when Soundlab had a label and there wasn't so many electronic artists
and the WTC is still in the picture, everyone got along and gave
tracks topromoters Soundlab: Mutamassik, I-Sound, Shizuo, Spooky,
Anti-Pop, Toshio Kajiwara and many more connect the new terrain
to the illbient beginnings laid before. Another discount goodie...
$8
**V/A "How
to Build a Bomb Pt. 1" 12" (Audio Illusion 19)
London comp. experimental dance. Black Mass Plastics starts with 2
dope electro-break runners, while HRude and Suspect Device add two
more d'n'b experiments on the flip. Worth it for BMP's broken electro!
$10
V/A Marasm 10 7" EP (Marasm)
another nice EP of dirty downtempo from this Paris label. Four tracks
of heavy breaks from Caterva, Les Trolls, Sound Disaster and Umkra.
A good deal. $5
V/A - Noodles 11 12" Si
Begg, Kirk and Osymyso give us a sweet combo of electro, minimal
techno and funk on this resuscitated oddball label which never disappoints.
$11
V/A - "Popular Electronic Uzak" CD (Samboat)
This is about a year old, but still ahead of things with 20 tracks
from all of our underground Parisian friends: DJ Isaac, Saouleterre,
Gamaboy, Tzii and many more (even Duck Juggler!) Imagine a bunch of
broke-ass city kids cranking out dirty electro and noise on drum machines
and you have the Paris sound! A good introduction at a great price.
$10
V/A -"Popular Electronic
Uzak vol. 2" CD (Samboat) Another cool compilation covering
the underground electro and noise scene in Paris with 17 selections
from Tzii, Ripit, Gamaboy and many others. A few non-French artists
such as Donna Summer and Sikhara also pop up. Cool cover, too. $12
V/A Reject Records #1 12" (Reject) This new
Michigan label comes out the block strong with this assortment of
chopped-up breakcore (labelhead Selector Catalogue,) downtempo noise
(Deucalion,) hip hop instrumental (Da Vinci Green) and next-level
greatness from DJ Aneurysm and Uchuuhikoushi. They even threw in a
track of scratch samples! $8
**V/A
- Shockout 06 12" (Tigerbeat 6) Finally got ahold
of some of TB6's sweet Shockout 12"s. This one features Shadetek's
dope "Balkan Nights Riddim" and Drop the Lime's stop-onna-dime
breaks under Wayne Lonesome's "Gal Yuh Nuh Beg." Our fave
of the series and back in print... $9
**V/A
- Shockout 08 12" (Tigerbeat 6)This 12" sees Drop
the Lime and Ghislain Poirier loading up tracks for Wayne Lonesome's
"Tribute to Tiger" vocal. DtL drops 3 tracks, one exp.d'n'b,
one in his tribal dub stylee and one breakcore. Poirier gives us something
more in a Soot/ Rupture style. Known more as an MC, you cannot front
on G.P.'s production prowess... $9
**V/A "Showtunes of the Condemned"
CD (Hospital Prod.) From this promising new Providence noise
label comes a compilation of new tracks from the likes of Pleasurehorse
(3 new tracks!), Sinking Body, Kites, Work/Death, Smashed femur Dance
Party and Meerck Puffy. Top quality glitchy, spastic beat madness
from the capital of noise. $10
V/A "Speedhall" 12"
comp. (Koolpop) Yes, first there was dubcore and now we have speedhall...
and that's what this is: 4 trax from Kovert, Amboss and FFF ("Batty
Bwoy"?!) The best new ragga breakcore... errr... speedhall this
season. Oh, did I mention it's got Sizzla vox thrown hard all over
it?! Underpants-dancecore for the German masses!!! Sweet distortion.
$12
**V/A
"Sidetracked" double LP (Mode of Proof) This new Detroit
label gets kickstarted with a grand double LP of short tracks by
56 different artists, a veritable U.S. breakcore who's who. Donna
Summer, Bombadier, Dev/null, Duranduranduran, Xanopticon and many
many more. Great packaging and a great start... $14
V/A "Speedhall The Rewind"
12" (KoolPop) Berlin's KoolPop rarely disappoint and
this second Speedhall comp. doesn't. Geryoche, Amboss and Unsane Virusez
mash up dancehall vocals with experimental breakcore, the second winning
with a laidback distorted buzz best described as skankhall. Amboss
delivers 2 Sean Paul mash-ups, the first delivering the way every
mash-up should (if not, why bother?!) $11
V/A "World A Jamrock" 7" (Punchline)
A wicked boot from England mixing Ini Kamoaze's first verse from his
original with Damien Marley's new take. A great mix if you dig the
riddim. The flip is a reggaeton mash-up of "Freaky Toma"
with Spragga Benz, Lil Jon, Pitbull and Lady Saw. Reggaeton from England?!?
$7.50
Venetian Snares "Doll, Doll, Doll" 12" (Hymen)
An older release we decided to stock because its one of our favorites
by Mr. Snares; hard jazzy breaks with stop-on-a-dime change-ups perfectly
executed. If you don't have this, you should. $10
Venetian Snares "Shiver in Eternal Darkness"
CD (Isolate) Snares first full-length from Wai Optic's Isolate Records
(he also does the more gabber Dyslexic Responses label.) Fucking rugged
metal/satan/drug/breakcore debauchery. Quite a mini-classic this CD
is and a bit of a history lesson from 2000. $13
**Venetian Snares "Winnepeg is
a Frozen Wasteland" 12" (Peace Off!) Mental gabberbreak
action from the frozen shithole. If you spin gabber and hardcore,
you will want this... nice acid lines in there, too. $12
Venetian Snares/Fanny "Leopards of Mass Destruction"
7" (Death$ucker) - Bugged-out disco breaks from Winnepeg
roommates. This would hurt on drugs: I see the bunny in the ground...
$6
**Denim Venom
12" A clear vinyl slab by local breakcore producer Denim
Venom. Skittery breaks and drillcore flourishes remind us of "Hangable
Auto Lightbulb" era AFX or old Squarepusher. Don't sleep on the
breakcore version of Usher's "Yeah"... $8
Yee King "Fat Drunk Dead"
2 x 12" LP (Trash Records) England's now-defunkt Trash
Records released some dope vinyl 5 years back, bridging the gap
between today's breakcore and 20th century experimental techno and
jungle. This LP has plenty of programmed madness, from Throbbing
Gristle passages to distorto-electro. Think early Squarepusher.
Out of print. $15
**Zea "One Bomb Fits All" remix
12" (Transformed Dreams) Dutch 2-piece Zea make electronic,
melodic pop with buzzsaw guitars and great melodies. Leave it to Melt
Banana, 1-Speed Bike, Donna Summer and Felix Kubin to twist these
great songs their own way. Definitely one of the best things out this
year. $11
Zea "Today I Forgot to Complain" CD
(Transformed Dreams) Really good songwriting with buzzsaw punk geetar,
abstract beats, weirdo vocals ("I think I'm turning Japanese...")
and plenty of original ideas to prick up our ears. More Lookout
sounding than the more Tigerbeat6-ish newer single listed below,
but hey, we don't listen to Green Day anymore and we still love
throwing this on - solid 15 tracks. $11
Zea "We Buried Indie Rock Years Ago" / Fonda 500
"Digital Space Pop" 7"(Transformed Dreams)
Two Dutch bands, but get it for the Zea single - One of the best singles
of last year, blending Buzzcocks punk hooks with broken hardware beats
and some cool singing. 5 stars and we don't even have a star system.
The flip is along the lines of Krautrock w/ vocoder. Watch out for
Zea and have fun spinning this at your next party! $5
Zod.07 12" - Compilation featuring Pressboard,
Dartanjal, Gridlock, Seven Dials, and Casino vs. Japan. Melodic break
cut-ups, rhythmic underwater drone sounds, mellow downtempo, and minimal
glitchy itch. $8
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