Release date 26 March 2007
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It would seem that they took the title literally, as the otherwise majestic track is sliced into thousands of pieces by 250 BPM beyond-gabber drum programming. Yann Tomita's blissed out “Laughter Robot's Hemp Mix” helps to bring the track back to earth, with spacy, phased percussion and heavy electronic dub ... [more]

Release date 26 March 2007
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7 will sound familiar to Mekons fans; ostensibly, it's an extended cover of the group's second single, “Where Were You?” The gods and goddesses of the rave had their way with the Boredoms by its 1998 release date, particularly in its exuberant, 20-minute “Boriginal” mix (numerologically helping to ... [more]

Release date 26 March 2007
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Aside from a harsh noise buffer in opener “01,” some slicing cymbal in “13,” and some squeaking ape stomp in “14,” Super Roots 6 is the gentlest of any Boredoms release, a collection of static and minimally fucked-with beats, sometimes juxtaposed with world music loop overlays. Eye, Hira, Yamamoto, Yoshimi ... [more]

Release date 8 January 2007
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It's unknown which members participated in the Japan-exclusive releases Super Roots 3 and Super Roots 5, but both discs share a similar aesthetic: ceaseless pummeling.

Both consist of one long track apiece; Super Roots 3's “Hard Trance Away (Karaoke of Cosmos)” rages forth with a full half-hour's worth of unimpeded, ... [more]

Release date 8 January 2007
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At the time of its original release the group was championed by Sonic Youth and Nirvana , and signed to a multi-album deal stateside with Reprise, culminating in the release of their groundbreaking album Pop Tatari and a slot on the 1994 Lollapalooza tour.

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Release date 8 January 2007
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Divesting itself of anything rhythmic, Super Roots 5 consists of one 64-minute freakout called “GO!!!!!,” which is perhaps the centerpiece of the series.

“GO!!!!!” is sublime, sublimated crash for the end times, a mélange of churning guitar, electronics, crashing cymbals and bowed percussion. The track is endlessly inventive and in ... [more]

Release date 31 May 2004
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The fourth Boredoms album, from 1994, Chocolate Synthesizer was the Boredoms second major-label album and, while it bears little or no resemblance to their new stuff, its absolutely essential listening and very much in the same ecstatic spirit. It's very raw but also very sophisticated - blending elements of speed-core, ... [more]

Release date 31 May 2004
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2nd in the series of Boredoms re-issues on Very Friendly... and the Boredoms 3rd album from 1992, Pop Tatari is a loopy mix of reggae, funk, hip hop, punk, metal and noise topped off with gratutiously puerile yodelling, burping and screaming.

Beefheart, or Locust period Butthole Surfers, seem to be obvious ... [more]

Release date 31 May 2004
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Based in Osaka, Japan, the Boredoms have borrowed liberally from the US hardcore punk tradition to forge their own climatic rock music.

The band was formed in the spring of 1986 by Yamatsuka Eye (vocals), Tabata Mara (guitar), Hosoi (bass) and Taketani (drums), although the rhythm section was rapidly changed to ... [more]